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Are Mining Pools Political Targets?

Are Mining Pools Political Targets?

Politicians are taking aim at mining pools, but pool operators aren't making it any easier by allowing for various transaction types on-chain. All this and more in this week’s mining news roundup!

The Mining Pod | Blockspace Media · Blockspace Media

April 12, 202438m 55s

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Show Notes

Matt, Charlie and Will discuss Bitcoin and Bitcoin mining news, from Bitmain’s large US operations to Ordinals marketcap projections to mining pools playing games with new transaction types. Senator Elizabeth Warren might even drop by!


Watch a video version of the show here.


Chapter Markers:


00:00:00 Start

00:01:54 Intro & Bitcoin Halving

00:03:27 Difficulty Adjustment 

00:05:01 Bitmain & BitFuFu

00:07:08 New US ASIC Maker

00:10:07 Promising or Flop?

00:11:15 Ordinals Corner

00:15:31 Ordinals Hype Chart

00:18:33 Ordinals vs. ETH NFTs

00:20:15 Ordinals & Block Space

00:23:45 Ordinals: JPEGs for BTC?

00:26:16 Mining Fees & Ordinals

00:28:41 Bitcoin Pool Revenues

00:31:17 Pool Decentralization

00:33:20 Sen. Warren on Crypto

00:37:15 Wrapping Up



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