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Will and crew go through the top stories in Bitcoin and Bitcoin mining, including data on the upcoming Bitcoin halving, Swan announcing its 4.5 EH/s mining operation and Core Scientific re-listing on the Nasdaq. Charlie also gives us an overview of what’s happening in the Ordinals ecosystem this week! Please subscribe to our newsletter: https://blockspace.media/ Questions or want to sponsor? [email protected]. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ever wanted to mine Bitcoin at home? Well you can with FutureBit! Founder and CEO John Stefanopoulos joins us to talk about how to mine Bitcoin at home and why it's important for network decentralization. Please subscribe to our newsletter: blockspace.media Questions or want to sponsor? [email protected]. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

OG Bitcoin miner Michael Carter walks us through how he is investing and building out Bitcoin mines going into 2024's bull run, including infrastructure, buying ASICs and GPUs for AI. Please subscribe to our newsletter: Blockspace.media Questions or want to sponsor? [email protected]. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we are joined by Amanda Fabiano, founder of Fabiano Consulting, to look into the Bitcoin mining market post-Bitcoin ETF, using the gold mining industry as a comparative example. Please subscribe to our newsletter: blockspace.media Questions or want to sponsor? [email protected]. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bitcoin mining stocks took a nose dive after the launch of the Bitcoin ETFs yesterday. We jumped on a livestream as the market closed to speculate on why mining stocks tumbled and first takes on Bitcoin’s big tradfi day. Please subscribe to our newsletter: Blockspace.media Questions or want to sponsor? [email protected]. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the eve of a possible Bitcoin ETF, we conduct the first ever BITCOIN MINING STOCK DRAFT! We each pick 5 Bitcoin mining stocks to watch over the next 3 months based on public information. Please subscribe to our newsletter: Blockspace.media Questions or want to sponsor? [email protected]. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Happy New Year! We kick off our first show with Charlie and Matt to talk about what happened with Ordinals in 2023. If you’re lost on what Ordinals are or want to catch up on the current trends, this is the show for you. Please subscribe to our newsletter: Blockspace.media Questions or want to sponsor? [email protected]. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Happy New Year! We’re joined by Russell Cann, Head of Mining at Core Scientific. Today we discuss Russell’s history in Bitcoin mining, CoreSci’s take on immersion mining and lessons from his years of experience in the mining business. Please subscribe to our newsletter: Blockspace.media Questions or want to sponsor? [email protected]. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome back to the Mining Pod! Today we are joined by Philip Salter, an OG Bitcoin miner with Genesis Digital Assets (GDA), one of the largest private miners in the world. Philip teases a new Bitcoin ASIC from GDA, among other topics. Please subscribe to our newsletter: Blockspace.media Questions or want to sponsor? [email protected]. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Parker Merritt of CoinMetrics joins Charlie, Matt and Will to talk about the top highlight in Bitcoin mining from 2023 and some thoughts on what to look ahead at in 2024. Please take a moment to fill out our survey and subscribe to our newsletter! Subscribe: Blockspace.media Survey: https://forms.gle/4BUSGC5T8ZrCToiT9 Questions or want to sponsor? [email protected]. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bob Bodily, CEO of Bioniq, joins the show to talk about rollups as a scaling solution for Bitcoin that could bring massive amounts of transactions to Bitcoin and Bitcoin miners. We talk about Rollups, Ordinals and other scaling solutions and how miners should think about them. Questions or want to sponsor? [email protected]. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Taylor Monnig (CLSK) and Marc Fresa (Vnish) flip the desk, interviewing top experts in the Bitcoin mining space. Austin Storms from Galaxy Digital joins the show to discuss his own mining story and how he manages the largest immersion Bitcoin mining in North America with Galaxy Digital. Questions or want to sponsor? [email protected]. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Mining Pod goes to PUBKEY to do a show with Thomas Pacchia and Drew Armstrong. We go through some mining highlights and talking points for the second half of 2023. Questions or want to sponsor? [email protected]. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We are joined by Spiderchain creator and founder of Botanix Labs Willem Schroe to discuss his proposal to bring a fully functioning EVM to Bitcoin. What does this mean for applications and fees on Bitcoin? Questions or want to sponsor? [email protected]. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mining takeover! Taylor Monnig from Cleanspark and Marc Fresa of Vnish flip the desk and interview top guests in the mining industry! In this show we interview Ben Gagnon, Chief Mining Officer from Bitfarms. Questions or want to sponsor? [email protected]. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Samourai Wallet joins the news show to talk about their interesting experience with Luke Dashjr’s lawyer (and Luke). Questions or want to sponsor? [email protected]. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We’re joined by the Hut 8 team to talk about the recent merger between the two entities, including the motivations for merging, the details of the listing process and the next steps for the Celsius asset acquisition. Subscribe to our newsletter: https://theminingpod.substack.com/ Questions or want to sponsor? [email protected]. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

News time! We’re joined by Charlie and Matt to discuss this week’s happenings in Bitcoin mining, including the Ocean Pool post-launch controversy, Antpool trying to return (?) the 83 BTC fee and a special drop in guest. Questions or want to sponsor? [email protected]. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bob Burnett of Barefoot Mining joins us to discuss the launch of Ocean Pool, backed by Jack Dorsey, live from the South Carolina debut. Questions or want to sponsor? [email protected]. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we are joined by Alejandro De La Torre, a Bitcoin miner announcing the launch of the first Stratum v2 Bitcoin mining pool: Demand. We talk with Alejandro about what Stratum v2 means for Bitcoin, how it works and the state of the Bitcoin mining pool game. Questions or want to sponsor? [email protected]. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome back to the show! We have a news roundup and mining stocks with Anthony Power in one show today. First, we discuss Antpool’s $3 million transaction fee and F2Pool censoring certain transactions before digging into mining stocks with Anthony Power. Questions or want to sponsor? [email protected]. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Adam Sullivan of Core Scientific joins us to discuss rebuilding Core Scientific - formerly the largest Bitcoin miner in the world. We discuss Core’s facilities, its Chapter 11 exit plan and what it expects in 2024. Questions or want to sponsor? [email protected]. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we are joined by Dennis Porter of the Satoshi Action Group to discuss the politics of Bitcoin mining in the US. We discuss recent pushback on Bitcoin mining in certain rural regions and national security concerns from Bitcoin miners with CCP ties. Questions or want to sponsor? [email protected]. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We are joined by Asher Genoot and Scott Duffy of US Bitcoin and the Celsius Creditor’s Committee to discuss US Bitcoin’s successful bid to purchase the mining fleet of now-defunct Celsius, now under new management as Fahrenheit, in collaboration with its consortium partners Arrington Capital, Proof Group, Steve Kokinos, and Ravi Kaza. Questions or want to sponsor? [email protected]. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we are joined by Tether Inc. CTO and incoming CEO Paolo Ardoino to discuss Tether’s move into Bitcoin mining, including its $600 million unsecured loan to Northern Data, why its mining Bitcoin versus other investments and how it thinks about site selection. Questions or want to sponsor? [email protected]. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We’re talking about Biden’s AI order, Core exiting Chapter 11 in the next few months and Tether’s $600 million unsecured loan to Northern Data. Questions or want to sponsor? [email protected]. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we are joined by Dan Roberts, Co-CEO of Iris Energy, to discuss its 2023 financials, recent Antminer S21 pre-order and its experiment with AI/HPC. Questions or want to sponsor? [email protected]. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to the news roundup! We’re talking about if you should buy ASICs before a mega-price pump, why and how Marathon Digital is diluting shareholders with a $750 million equity offering and Siphon, a novel Ordinals bot that kneecaps BRC-20 mints but causes MEV on Bitcoin. Questions or want to sponsor? [email protected]. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Reggie Smith, lead FinTech analyst at JP Morgan, joins us to discuss his recent research into Bitcoin mining stocks including Riot, Marathon, Cleanspark and Cipher Mining. Questions or want to sponsor? [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Matt and Charlie join to talk about Bitcoin’s pop above $30,000, ASIC rig prices changing after the S21 appearing on the scene and what Taproot assets mean for Bitcoin. Questions or want to sponsor? [email protected]. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we are joined by Paul Sztorc and James McAvity of Layer2 Labs and Cormint, respectively. We discuss the pressing issue of crypto fees, how to think about L2 designs for Bitcoin, criticisms of BIP 300/301 and why Bitcoin miners arn’t more involved in Bitcoin governance. Questions or want to sponsor? [email protected]. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we are joined by Tatum and Matt to talk about Lancium and Foreman’s on-going litigation around demand response, Inscribing WikiLeaks documents on Bitcoin, BitVMs potential for mining and the NY Times latest Bitcoin mining slander against Chinese Bitcoin miners. Questions or want to sponsor? [email protected]. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we are joined by Wolfie Zhao of The Miner Mag and Anthony Power, an independent analyst, to discuss the Bitmain cash flow rumors and monthly mining production numbers, respectively. Questions or want to sponsor? [email protected]. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Happy weekend! We’re talking about SBF’s big week in Federal court, an Op-Ed in Bitcoin Magazine over Drivechains from prominent Bitcoin miners and Antpool’s return to hashpool dominance. Questions or want to sponsor? [email protected]. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this week’s show we talk with Jan Capek, co-founder and co-CEO of Braiins. We discuss their new control board, the pool’s state of growth, funding Braiins and the new Bitmain Antminer S21 coming to the mining market. Questions or want to sponsor? [email protected]. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

News is back! We talk about Marathon testing in prod, Bitmain and others new ASICs and Casey Rodarmor’s newest protocol (or blog turned protocol) Runes! Questions or want to sponsor? [email protected]. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We speak with Chain Reaction co-founder Alon Webman about his new Israeli startup building Bitcoin ASICs. We discuss his background at Mellanox Technologies, purchased by Nvidia for $7 billion in 2019, to forming Chain Reaction and taking on the incumbent players in Bitcoin mining. Questions or want to sponsor? [email protected]. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome back to the show! Today we are joined by Barun Kar and Rajiv Khemani of Auradine, a new Bitcoin miner manufacturer to talk about their new 4nm Bitcoin miner. Questions or want to sponsor? [email protected]. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome back to the show! Today we are joined by Dylan LeClair of BTC Inc. to talk about his viral tweet concerning Bitcoin’s ‘security budget,’ macro flows into Bitcoin, and how mining stocks are poised for a breakout (after a recession, Dylan says). Questions or want to sponsor? [email protected]. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome back to the show! A few things to announce: The show is now independent. If you'd like to reach me, email [email protected]. Second, we now have sponsors! Give our sponsors some love and reach out if you are interested in sponsoring! Lastly, we are giving away free hashrate to celebrate the another season of the podcast. Subscribe to our email list to be entered! https://theminingpod.substack.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we are joined by Alen Makhmetov a miner in Kazakhstan to talk about the realities of operating in that country. Alen Makhmetov: https://twitter.com/alenmakhmetov Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley SPONSOR MinerMag is a research and data portal focusing on institutional bitcoin miners, consolidating company-level and network-wise data to produce coherent research articles on the state of bitcoin mining. https://theminermag.com TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 00:48 Alen profile 02:49 Mining in Russia 03:56 Mining is Kazakhstan 05:05 New regulation 07:13 Energy landscape 08:33 On-grid mining ops 09:35 China ban effect 11:47 Grid outages 15:09 4 points of new laws 17:16 National mining pool 20:34 Russia war 22:16 Importing ASICs 23:41 Russia energy cost 25:15 Crypto payments in ops 26:03 Future of mining in K and R 27:44 Large miners in K 28:25 Will R increase mining 29:14 The halving MINE Start mining your own bitcoins with Compass. https://bit.ly/3CehBf1 WATCH https://youtube.com/c/CompassMining?sub_confirmation=1 LISTEN Apple Podcasts https://apple.co/3fNfrdi Spotify https://spoti.fi/3tSf9G1 Amazon https://amzn.to/3557cqg Anchor https://bit.ly/3rmb7UF Fountain https://bit.ly/3NeNTec RSS https://bit.ly/3chpULV LEARN Every week, Compass sends a memo to over 18,000 professional miners and investors with the most important news and data in cryptocurrency mining. Get the free newsletter in your inbox too: https://bit.ly/3vOGzxD FOLLOW Twitter: https://twitter.com/compass_mining LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/company/compassmining Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we are joined by Anthony Power to go over June’s monthly mining numbers. https://compassmining.io/education/bitcoin-mining-stock-roundup-june-monthly-numbers/ Anthony Power: https://twitter.com/cazenove Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley TIMESTAMPS: 00:00:00 Start 00:02:40 Mining Metrics 00:04:40 Texas Energy Challenges 00:05:54 Full CP Program Benefits 00:07:35 Mining Stock Surge 00:09:09 Market Cap Disparities 00:10:05 Clean Spark & Cipher Momentum 00:11:56 Preparing for the Halving 00:13:28 Potential Breakout Miners 00:14:46 TerraWulf & Clean Spark Potential 00:16:22 Market Cap Considerations 00:17:57 Potential Mergers Impact 00:19:18 Investing in New Miners 00:21:14 Potential Valuation Shifts 00:23:09 Market Focus on Production 00:24:53 Importance of Financial Metrics 00:25:12 Q1 Analysis 00:26:11 Bitcoin Margin 00:27:33 Good Cash Costs 00:30:06 Bitcoin Production 00:31:20 Bitfarms Steady 00:32:13 DMG's Poor Month 00:33:27 Argo's Immersion Cooling 00:35:40 Twitter Questions 00:36:03 Actual All-in Cost? 00:38:15 Positive EPS in Q2? 00:40:09 Potential Mergers 00:49:29 Conclusion MINE Start mining your own bitcoins with Compass. https://bit.ly/3CehBf1 WATCH https://youtube.com/c/CompassMining?sub_confirmation=1 LISTEN Apple Podcasts https://apple.co/3fNfrdi Spotify https://spoti.fi/3tSf9G1 Amazon https://amzn.to/3557cqg Anchor https://bit.ly/3rmb7UF Fountain https://bit.ly/3NeNTec RSS https://bit.ly/3chpULV LEARN Every week, Compass sends a memo to over 18,000 professional miners and investors with the most important news and data in cryptocurrency mining. Get the free newsletter in your inbox too: https://bit.ly/3vOGzxD Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we are joined by James McAvity, CEO of Cormint about their new yield product, immersion, and the realities of mining in Texas. https://cormint.com James: https://twitter.com/jamesmcavity Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 01:12 James background 02:43 Cormint background 05:07 Why immersion? 06:44 Balance Sheet 08:47 Yield on BTC 10:47 Yield product details 13:38 Wind power + debt 16:56 Why not more traditional capital raise? 19:26 Ordinal war bond 21:02 Community response to ordinals 24:26 IPO? 27:38 Future of Texas energy 31:42 ERCOT, heat, dust.. oh my! 34:55 Wrap 36:23 Dogecoin is the final boss MINE Start mining your own bitcoins with Compass. https://bit.ly/3CehBf1 WATCH https://youtube.com/c/CompassMining?sub_confirmation=1 LISTEN Apple Podcasts https://apple.co/3fNfrdi Spotify https://spoti.fi/3tSf9G1 Amazon https://amzn.to/3557cqg Anchor https://bit.ly/3rmb7UF Fountain https://bit.ly/3NeNTec RSS https://bit.ly/3chpULV LEARN Every week, Compass sends a memo to over 18,000 professional miners and investors with the most important news and data in cryptocurrency mining. Get the free newsletter in your inbox too: https://bit.ly/3vOGzxD FOLLOW Twitter: https://twitter.com/compass_mining LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/compassmining Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we are talking about the hashrate and how it don’t give a f^#$, Binance laying off 1000 people and XRP gets some news in it’s case. https://mempool.space/mining https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/07/14/binance-cut-1000-workers-in-recent-weeks-wsj https://www.coindesk.com/consensus-magazine/2023/07/13/ripple-labs-ruling-throws-us-crypto-token-regulation-into-disarray/ Matt Kimmell: https://twitter.com/MatthewKimmell Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 01:01 Hashrate go up 03:03 Public miners at 25% 04:45 Binance cuts 100 staff 07:35 XRP trading surges MINE Start mining your own bitcoins with Compass. https://bit.ly/3CehBf1 WATCH https://youtube.com/c/CompassMining?sub_confirmation=1 LISTEN Apple Podcasts https://apple.co/3fNfrdi Spotify https://spoti.fi/3tSf9G1 Amazon https://amzn.to/3557cqg Anchor https://bit.ly/3rmb7UF Fountain https://bit.ly/3NeNTec RSS https://bit.ly/3chpULV LEARN Every week, Compass sends a memo to over 18,000 professional miners and investors with the most important news and data in cryptocurrency mining. Get the free newsletter in your inbox too: https://bit.ly/3vOGzxD FOLLOW Twitter: https://twitter.com/compass_mining LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/compassmining Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we are joined by Karim Helmy, an independent researcher. Karim walks us through his novel use of nonce analysis to study the ASIC topography of the Bitcoin network and energy footprint. https://twitter.com/karimhelpme/status/1668592283871244288 https://coinmetrics.io/special-insights/bitcoin-nonce-analysis Karim Helmy: https://twitter.com/karimhelpme Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 00:47 What is nonce analysis? 03:19 Karim's nonce research 06:29 Why aren't the chips random? 08:10 Why are models showing before their release date? 10:22 Top rigs mining the network 12:56 Antminer dominates the chart 13:57 Energy draw of the network 18:03 Is Cambridge obsolete? 21:02 Data next steps 23:21 Using data to inform purchasing times/prices? 24:31 Charting new machines MINE Start mining your own bitcoins with Compass. https://bit.ly/3CehBf1 WATCH https://youtube.com/c/CompassMining?sub_confirmation=1 LISTEN Apple Podcasts https://apple.co/3fNfrdi Spotify https://spoti.fi/3tSf9G1 Amazon https://amzn.to/3557cqg Anchor https://bit.ly/3rmb7UF Fountain https://bit.ly/3NeNTec RSS https://bit.ly/3chpULV LEARN Every week, Compass sends a memo to over 18,000 professional miners and investors with the most important news and data in cryptocurrency mining. Get the free newsletter in your inbox too: https://bit.ly/3vOGzxD FOLLOW Twitter: https://twitter.com/compass_mining LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/compassmining Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we are talking about the miners pivoting to AI and what’s up with Bored Apes? Listener Survey https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdvmgIN36Uz8Xul73lNiLADM0vyUxHCuy5WKFDsgI1qiTznuw/viewform https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/07/07/bitcoin-mining-is-a-game-of-survival-consolidation-and-potential-ai-diversification-bernstein/ https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/06/30/applied-digital-stock-surges-12-after-announcing-its-third-ai-deal/ https://archive.ph/226PQ https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/06/30/bitcoin-miner-hive-blockchain-touts-privacy-of-ai-models-running-on-its-gpus/ Matt Kimmell: https://twitter.com/MatthewKimmell Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 01:53 Miner's pivot to AI 12:08 Bored Ape MINE Start mining your own bitcoins with Compass. https://bit.ly/3CehBf1 WATCH https://youtube.com/c/CompassMining?sub_confirmation=1 LISTEN Apple Podcasts https://apple.co/3fNfrdi Spotify https://spoti.fi/3tSf9G1 Amazon https://amzn.to/3557cqg Anchor https://bit.ly/3rmb7UF Fountain https://bit.ly/3NeNTec RSS https://bit.ly/3chpULV LEARN Every week, Compass sends a memo to over 18,000 professional miners and investors with the most important news and data in cryptocurrency mining. Get the free newsletter in your inbox too: https://bit.ly/3vOGzxD FOLLOW Twitter: https://twitter.com/compass_mining LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/compassmining Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we are joined by Blake King, Power Markets Engineer at Galaxy Digital. We discuss how ERCOT works, what signals energy traders look for and how battery and Bitcoin mining loads interact on the grid. Blake King: https://twitter.com/hhornblower95 Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley TIMESTAMPS: 00:00:00:00 Start 00:01:38:17 Hot in Texas 00:03:55:03 ERCOT 00:08:21:01 Demand calculations 00:10:44:29 What signals are miners looking at 00:14:19:17 Renewable issues & day ahead costs 00:19:24:06 Process for forward pricing 00:23:14:21 What to expect this summer 00:27:59:25 Flexible residential loads MINE Start mining your own bitcoins with Compass. https://bit.ly/3CehBf1 WATCH https://youtube.com/c/CompassMining?sub_confirmation=1 LISTEN Apple Podcasts https://apple.co/3fNfrdi Spotify https://spoti.fi/3tSf9G1 Amazon https://amzn.to/3557cqg Anchor https://bit.ly/3rmb7UF Fountain https://bit.ly/3NeNTec RSS https://bit.ly/3chpULV LEARN Every week, Compass sends a memo to over 18,000 professional miners and investors with the most important news and data in cryptocurrency mining. Get the free newsletter in your inbox too: https://bit.ly/3vOGzxD FOLLOW Twitter: https://twitter.com/compass_mining LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/compassmining Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we are joined by Frank Holmes and Aydin Kilic of Hive Blockchain to discuss their recent ASIC acquisitions and jump into AI processing. https://hiveblockchain.com Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 01:11 Pivot to AI 02:34 Ordinals 04:09 Balance sheet 06:03 ASIC ROI 11:18 6 exahash by year end 14:46 Uncommon sats 16:10 Greenhouse project 18:52 GPUs 21:16 Hive cloud 26:17 Super micro servers 28:50 AI profitability vs mining MINE Start mining your own bitcoins with Compass. https://bit.ly/3CehBf1 WATCH https://youtube.com/c/CompassMining?sub_confirmation=1 LISTEN Apple Podcasts https://apple.co/3fNfrdi Spotify https://spoti.fi/3tSf9G1 Amazon https://amzn.to/3557cqg Anchor https://bit.ly/3rmb7UF Fountain https://bit.ly/3NeNTec RSS https://bit.ly/3chpULV LEARN Every week, Compass sends a memo to over 18,000 professional miners and investors with the most important news and data in cryptocurrency mining. Get the free newsletter in your inbox too: https://bit.ly/3vOGzxD FOLLOW Twitter: https://twitter.com/compass_mining LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/compassmining Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we are joined by Jason Goodman Co-Founder of Bathhouse a thermal bath & spa facility in New York that utilizes Bitcoin mining to heat their pools. We discuss infrastructure, energy costs and public reaction to learning the source of their heat. Instagram: https://instagram.com/bathhouse Location: 103 N 10th St, Brooklyn, NY 11249 Booking: https://na.spatime.com/abh11249/73814252/home Jason Goodman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jason-goodman-422780192 Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 00:26 When the story was posted 04:58 Jason's story 07:01 Immersion setup 13:50 Temps & heat loss 17:20 Planning 23:28 I'll never buy another pool heater 24:08 Energy costs 27:49 Treasury management 28:57 Other heating ideas MINE Start mining your own bitcoins with Compass. https://bit.ly/3CehBf1 WATCH https://youtube.com/c/CompassMining?sub_confirmation=1 LISTEN Apple Podcasts https://apple.co/3fNfrdi Spotify https://spoti.fi/3tSf9G1 Amazon https://amzn.to/3557cqg Anchor https://bit.ly/3rmb7UF Fountain https://bit.ly/3NeNTec RSS https://bit.ly/3chpULV LEARN Every week, Compass sends a memo to over 18,000 professional miners and investors with the most important news and data in cryptocurrency mining. Get the free newsletter in your inbox too: https://bit.ly/3vOGzxD FOLLOW Twitter: https://twitter.com/compass_mining LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/compassmining Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we are joined by Justin Orkney, Mining. Commercial Director at Standard Power. We discuss building a one gigawatt site in Ohio, nuclear power, and the future of demand response in North America. https://twitter.com/StandardPower Justin Orkney: https://twitter.com/jorkney5 Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley SPONSOR MinerMag is a research and data portal focusing on institutional bitcoin miners, consolidating company-level and network-wise data to produce coherent research articles on the state of bitcoin mining. https://theminermag.com TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 03:08 What is Standard Power? 09:59 Ohio nuclear site 13:59 Community response 16:33 From Duke Energy to BTC mining 21:24 What's unique to BTC mining? 27:24 Finding a job MINE Start mining your own bitcoins with Compass. https://bit.ly/3CehBf1 WATCH https://youtube.com/c/CompassMining?sub_confirmation=1 LISTEN Apple Podcasts https://apple.co/3fNfrdi Spotify https://spoti.fi/3tSf9G1 Amazon https://amzn.to/3557cqg Anchor https://bit.ly/3rmb7UF Fountain https://bit.ly/3NeNTec RSS https://bit.ly/3chpULV LEARN Every week, Compass sends a memo to over 18,000 professional miners and investors with the most important news and data in cryptocurrency mining. Get the free newsletter in your inbox too: https://bit.ly/3vOGzxD FOLLOW Twitter: https://twitter.com/compass_mining LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/company/compassmining Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices