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Over the past two years Texas has become a focal point for new Bitcoin mining deployments. In this episode we talk with Steve Kinard from the Texas Blockchain Council about the council's roll in being a liaison between industry and government, PoW versus PoS and combating FUD. https://www.linkedin.com/in/steve-kinard-jr-1144b87 https://twitter.com/txblockchain1 https://texasblockchaincouncil.org/...

Starting a Bitcoin mining company can be a daunting task. Sourcing hardware, finding cheap and reliable power, and maximizing miner uptime are just some of the issues new startups face. To get some insight into how to solve these issues we talked with David Kiger from Blockmetrix, a new startup mining company primarily focused on North American mining. https://blockmetrix.com Will Foxley: https://...

Wolfie Zhao is a journalist that covers the Bitcoin mining sector. In this episode we talk about public mining firms, private loan structures, and the manufacturing race to create the most efficient miners. Wolfie Zhao: https://twitter.com/wolfiezhao Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley 🎥 TIMESTAMPS: Start 00:00 Intro 00:26 Wolfie’s background 01:20 New sources of mining data 05:45 Marathon...

Immersion mining is quickly becoming the most popular hardware configuration mainly due to the ability to overclock machines to make more profit. But putting miners in specialized cooling oil can be a messy business. In this episode we talk with Hank Tanner from Automation & Electronic about the pros and cons of immersion, configuring your setup, and the future of liquid cooled mining. https://twi...

If you are running Bitcoin miners you’ll want to be able to remotely access them. Forman’s software platform lets you manage your operation from anywhere. In this episode Dan Lawrence from Forman.mn walks us through their software platform and how it aims to simplify the many issues remote access encounters. https://foreman.mn/ Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley 🎥 TIMESTAMPS: Start 00:00 I...

If you follow the bitcoin mining space you would have routinely seen Riot Blockchain, Marathon Digital, Core Scientific and other other large mining farms market themselves as a gift to the grid in North America. But building such large facilities is not without it’s downsides. In this episode we talk with Steve Barbour from Upstream Data about censorship risks, geolocation for unreliable electric...

As the mining sector becomes more institutionalized it’s important for the Bitcoin community to always focus on building systems that are as decentralized as possible. From supply chain to block propagation, all aspects of the mining technology stack are potential failure points. In this episode we talk with Shinobi, Co-host of Block Digest about various centralization attack vectors lurking in th...

Bitcoin mining is a great way to generate value from interacting with the network but there are real operational risks that should be considered when mining. What if there was a decentralized way to use financial instruments to hedge against the uncertainties and lock-in the return upfront. Alkimiya Protocol is a smart contract system currently on testnet that allows any consensus producers (miner...

As regulators continue to criticize Bitcoin mining for its carbon footprint, public mining companies are getting ahead of the narrative by exclusively using renewable sources for their power. In this episode we talk with Zach Bradford from CleanSpark about being a public mining company, the challenges of ESG power sourcing, and the future of the Bitcoin mining industry. https://twitter.com/CleanSp...

With calls for environmental stewardship louder than ever in the business community, Bitcoin miners are frequently turning to renewable energy sources. Daniel Roberts is C-CEO of Iris Energy which mines Bitcoin with renewable energy in Australia. https://irisenergy.co https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-roberts-b767444/ Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley 🎥 TIMESTAMPS: Intro  00:00 Begin  00...

Where can you find deep intellectual scholarship focused on Bitcoin? The Texas Bitcoin Foundation is aiming to answer that question by producing “education about Bitcoin and related historical and scientific issues.” Natalie Smolenski Founder & Executive Director Texas Bitcoin Foundation discusses the focus of this new organization. https://www.txbitcoinfoundation.org Natalie Smolenski https://twi...

The formal specification for Ethereum 2.0 is almost done and everyone is wondering when and how the Merge will happen. Ben Edgington & Tim Beiko, two developers working on implementing Eth 2.0, join us to talk about when and how a transition of such scale will take place. Ben Edgington: https://twitter.com/benjaminion_xyz Tim Beiko: https://twitter.com/TimBeiko PERSON: TWITTER HANDLE Will Foxley:...

Blockstream's Rusty Russell joins the Compass Podcast to talk about Lightning network growth, technicals and how Bitcoin miners should understand Lightning! The Lightning Network has become the leading second layer scaling solution for Bitcoin. With instant transactions and ultra low fees it is making the dream of a “Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System” a reality. 👤 Follow him on Twitter. ✔️ Rust...

Bitcoin is the dominant proof-of-work cryptocurrency by a large margin, but an army of small time enthusiasts mine other PoW coins using GPUs, FPGAs and other retail friendly rigs.  In this episode of Compass Live, we sit down with Michael Carter (BitsBeTrippin) and Seth Estrada (Mineyourbiz) to talk Altcoin mining in 2022. 👤 Follow them on Twitter. ✔️ Seth Estrada: https://twitter.com/mineyour_b...

Is Bitcoin mining the only application of Proof-of-Work? Where else do we see Proof-of-Work used? Turns out, many other blockchains are using Bitcoin’s tech stack to operate.  In this episode of Compass Live, Kristy-Leigh Minehan joins Compass Live to discuss how zero knowledge proofs, rollups and other altcoins take advantage of Proof-of-Work. 👤 Follow her on Twitter. ✔️ Kristy-Leigh Minehan: ht...

Kazakhstan – a former Soviet satellite and second largest producer of Bitcoin hashrate – is undergoing tremendous civil strife. Gas prices have doubled and citizens have taken to the streets, demanding changes to the governments authoritarian ways.  Compass sits down with Didar Bekbau from Xive Mining to talk about Bitcoin's role in the conflict, if Bitcoin miners will leave and the state of Kazak...

👤 Follow him on Twitter. ✔️ Jeremy Rubin: https://twitter.com/JeremyRubin Follow our hosts on Twitter too! ✔️ Zack Voell: https://twitter.com/zackvoell ✔️ Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley Compass hosts livestreams every week on WEDNESDAY and FRIDAY with the leading experts in cryptocurrency mining. Don't miss them! 🔔 Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/c/CompassMining?sub_confirmation=1...

Austrian economics – a small, yet growing free market ideology – is often cited as the basis for Bitocin’s supply cap, issuance schedule and proof-of-work consensus mechanism. In this episode of Compass Live, Peterson and Luddy Professor of Austrian Economics and Senior Fellow at the Ludwig von Mises Institute Mark Thornton lays out the argument for Bitcoin as a competitor to fiat money. ✔️ Mark T...

✔️ Lili Rhodes: https://twitter.com/Marketsbylili ✔️ Brandon Bailey: https://twitter.com/bitcoinbeezy Follow our hosts on Twitter too! ✔️ Zack Voell: https://twitter.com/zackvoell ✔️ Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley Compass hosts livestreams every week on WEDNESDAY and FRIDAY with the leading experts in cryptocurrency mining. Don't miss them! 🔔 Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/c/Compas...

Let's talk Bitcoin mining. Follow our host on Twitter too! ✔️ Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley Compass hosts livestreams every week on WEDNESDAY and FRIDAY with the leading experts in cryptocurrency mining. Don't miss them! 🔔 Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/c/CompassMining?sub_confirmation=1 📲 You can LISTEN to audio versions of all livestreams on 🎧 Apple Podcasts (https://apple.co/...

✔️ AJ Scalia: https://twitter.com/ajscalia ✔️ Drew Armstrong: https://twitter.com/btc_buddhist Follow our hosts on Twitter too! ✔️ Zack Voell: https://twitter.com/zackvoell ✔️ Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley Compass hosts livestreams every week on WEDNESDAY and FRIDAY with the leading experts in cryptocurrency mining. Don't miss them! 🔔 Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/c/CompassMining...

This is an episode of Compass Live hosted by Compass Mining. In this livestream, Compass reviews the past year of mining trends and data with several people from Coin Metrics. 2021 has been a landmark year for the bitcoin mining industry. In this conversation, the panel of guests discusses multiple charts, trends, and notable data sets that show the historic growth and changes in mining since Janu...

This is an episode of Compass Live hosted by Compass Mining. In this livestream, Compass explores the basics and possibilities of relay networks. Both guests on this show are working to decentralize block propagation and make data relay infrastructure more secure. 👤 Follow them on Twitter. ✔️ Uri Klarman: https://twitter.com/uriklarman ✔️ Ivan Bogatyy: https://twitter.com/ivanbogatyy Follow our h...

This is an episode of Compass Live hosted by Compass Mining. In this livestream, Compass talks to a panel of nuclear experts about the future of powering Bitcoin mining with nuclear energy. 👤 Follow them on Twitter. ✔️Puru Goyal: https://twitter.com/purugyl ✔️Nuclear Bitcoiner https://twitter.com/NuclearBitcoinr ✔️eMac https://twitter.com/emcerlain Follow our hosts on Twitter too! ✔️ Zack Voell:...

This is an episode of Compass Live hosted by Compass Mining. In this livestream, Compass talks to a panel of ether miners about the future of ETH mining after China’s recent ban. Not only have ether miners faced the constantly possibility of a network switch to Proof of Stake. They’ve also suffered exile from China along with all other miners. What does their future look like? These guests explain...