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Today we are joined by Phil Jankowski, a state reporter for Dallas News, to discuss Texas’ energy market problem. We talk about the new market rules lawmakers are debating, the outlook for Texas this winter and how Bitcoin miners fit into the picture. Phil Jankowski: https://twitter.com/philjankowski Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley SPONSOR https://foundryacademy.com Enhance your ASIC education with hands-on courses offered by Foundry. Led by industry-veteran instructors, Foundry’s Mining Technician academy programs cover a range of topics - from identifying issues and troubleshooting common hardware failures, to coursework exploring bitcoin’s global impact. TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 00:53 Intro 01:18 Who is Phil? 02:19 Texas storm reaction 04:03 Why are solutions slow? 06:27 What entities are responsible? 12:13 Free market or not? 16:31 Proposals for grid change 22:19 Incentives during peak demand 24:12 New credit system model 28:22 Current progress 31:57 People's reaction 35:00 Demand on the grid 37:09 BTC mining demand 39:49 Miners paid for flexible load 41:17 The future 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 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

On today’s show, we are joined by Paul Sztorc and Austin Alexander of Layer 2 Labs, a new Bitcoin company that raised $3 million to bring sidechains to the Bitcoin network. https://layer2labs.com/ https://twitter.com/LayerTwoLabs Paul Sztorci: https://twitter.com/Truthcoin Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley SPONSOR https://foundryacademy.com Enhance your ASIC education with hands-on courses offered by Foundry. Led by industry-veteran instructors, Foundry’s Mining Technician academy programs cover a range of topics - from identifying issues and troubleshooting common hardware failures, to coursework exploring bitcoin’s global impact. TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 01:10 Intro 01:44 Who is Paul? 02:50 Who is Austin? 04:33 ETH & Zcash on drivechains 07:10 What is merge mining? 10:08 The history of sidechains 20:49 Liquid vs sidechains 26:18 Cultural pushback against drivechains 32:53 Other scaling ideas 36:45 The BIP process 42:16 Wrap up 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 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

Watch as we go over the top highlights from Bitcoin mining's 2022 with the Coin Metrics team! 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 Sue Ennis, VP of Corp Development at Hut 8. We discuss Hut 8’s conservative growth strategy, building out alternative lines of revenue and hodling an 8,000+ Bitcoin stack. Sue Ennis: https://twitter.com/bigsuey Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley SPONSOR https://foundryacademy.com Enhance your ASIC education with hands-on courses offered by Foundry. Led by industry-veteran instructors, Foundry’s Mining Technician academy programs cover a range of topics - from identifying issues and troubleshooting common hardware failures, to coursework exploring bitcoin’s global impact. TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 00:54 Intro 01:27 What is Hut 8? 02:47 2022 expansions 07:13 Diversified revenue 11:34 When to expand BTC operations? 13:05 Distressed asset acquisition 16:03 Expanding without selling BTC 19:25 Leveraging growth from BTC reserves 21:17 Cashflows vs reserves 25:26 Ontario news 28:21 New CFO 29:51 1-5 yr plan 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 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

Argo’s fat finger bankruptcy announcement retracted, Core Scientific gets a fresh cash injection and Bitmain releases new firmware but does it really make your miner more profitable? Matt Kimmell: https://twitter.com/MatthewKimmell Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley STORIES https://www.theblock.co/post/194747/bitcoin-mining-report-argo-blockchain-tumbles-38-after-bankruptcy-gaffe https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/core-scientific-lender-72-million-bailout https://twitter.com/BITMAINtech/status/1602665283768188929 https://mempool.space/mining TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 01:11 Argo leak update 03:01 Core Scientific 04:59 Bitmain firmware update 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

In part 1 of this two part episode, we are joined by Anthony Power to discuss November monthly mining updates. Anthony Power: https://twitter.com/cazenove Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley SPONSOR https://foundryacademy.com Enhance your ASIC education with hands-on courses offered by Foundry. Led by industry-veteran instructors, Foundry’s Mining Technician academy programs cover a range of topics - from identifying issues and troubleshooting common hardware failures, to coursework exploring bitcoin’s global impact. TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 00:39 Intro 01:00 Potential Agro bankruptcy 08:06 Bitfarms 13:09 Hut8 21:51 Riot 28:42 DMG & Digihost 32:53 Cleanspark 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 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

Argo may be filing for bankruptcy in the coming weeks. The Block CEO steps down amid news of undisclosed involvement with FTX. Riot causes a fuss by announcing a switch to their mining pool. Matt Kimmell: https://twitter.com/MatthewKimmell Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley STORIES https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-12-09/bitcoin-miner-argo-s-arb-shares-suspended-while-revenue-declines https://www.axios.com/2022/12/09/bankman-fried-funded-crypto-news-site-block https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/12/05/bitcoin-miner-riot-switches-mining-pool-after-falling-short-in-november/ https://mempool.space/mining TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 02:06 The Block & FTX 07:17 Thoughts on independent reporting 09:50 Argo potential bankruptcy 14:30 Riot vs Braiins 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 Ryan Condron, CEO of Titan Pool. We talk about revenue strategies for small mining pools, building a trustless hashrate marketplace and why every large miner should run their own pool. https://titan.io Ryan Condrone: https://twitter.com/ryankcondron Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 00:52 Intro 01:33 Titan Pool 03:17 Titan Pool growth strategy 05:22 Hashrate product (lumerin?) 09:06 How enforceable are smart contracts w/ hashrate? 12:07 Reception by miners? 16:26 Hashrate marketplace efficiencies 19:58 Miner adoption & competition 25:06 Luck & profitability 31:16 BTC reserve depletion 33:52 Debt financing 37:39 Bear cycle 41:04 The tech is sound 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

News Roundup: Blockfi, Last Hodl Standing and Manitoba’s Mining Moratorium Matt Kimmell: https://twitter.com/MatthewKimmell Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley STORIES https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/12/02/bitcoin-miners-ftx-contagion-exposure-may-amplify-industry-pain/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines https://www.getrevue.co/profile/BlocksBridge/issues/miner-weekly-a-tale-of-two-mining-hodlers-1472954 https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2022/12/01/canadas-manitoba-province-enacts-18-month-moratorium-on-new-crypto-mining-reports/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2022/11/28/ftx-fallout-continues-as-crypto-lender-blockfi-declares-bankruptcy/ https://mempool.space/mining https://twitter.com/wsfoxley/status/1597783267528171520 https://bitcointreasuries.net/ TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 01:33 Difficulty adjustment 06:34 BlockFi Bankruptcy 13:06 Hut8 & Marathon 16:43 Manitoba moratorium on new miners 18:55 Texas 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 more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we are rejoined by Zach Bradford of Cleanspark to talk about market sentiment, mining economics, ASIC prices and what to expect from the numerous Chapter 11 filings. https://cleanspark.com Zach Bradford: https://twitter.com/zachkbradford Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley SPONSOR https://foundryacademy.com Enhance your ASIC education with hands-on courses offered by Foundry. Led by industry-veteran instructors, Foundry’s Mining Technician academy programs cover a range of topics - from identifying issues and troubleshooting common hardware failures, to coursework exploring bitcoin’s global impact. TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 00:51 Intro 01:52 BlockFi Bankruptcy 04:48 Yield risks & volatility 08:26 Mining equities 11:08 Mining sector 14:05 New ASIC lows next 60 days 17:24 What's a good ASIC price? 18:11 Facilities 22:13 Evaluating facilities 25:11 Current financing market 31:18 Miner bankruptcy prediction 34:34 Hashrate prediction 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 Glyn Jones, CEO of Ice Breaker Finance. Ice Breaker is a novel DeFi application merging miner financing with on-chain contracts. We talk about the mining credit crunch, what makes a good borrower and if ASIC backed loans will survive as a collateral type. https://icebreakerfinance.biz https://twitter.com/IcebreakerDeFi Glyn Jones: https://twitter.com/glynjonesdefi Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley SPONSOR https://foundryacademy.com Enhance your ASIC education with hands-on courses offered by Foundry. Led by industry-veteran instructors, Foundry’s Mining Technician academy programs cover a range of topics - from identifying issues and troubleshooting common hardware failures, to coursework exploring bitcoin’s global impact. TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 00:55 Intro 01:26 Icebreaker Finance 06:23 The value of DeFi for miners? 11:21 Collateral clawback? 18:22 Bad lending terms 23:04 Interest rates and LTV 32:09 Scale of the lending 34:48 ASIC Loans 39:00 Blending loan collateral 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

In this interview, we discuss competition among Bitcoin miners, building the world’s largest bitcoin mine during Covid, how to think about mining equities, the vertically integrated model, working with ERCOT, deploying S19 XPs and bear market mining strategies. https://www.riotblockchain.com Jason Les: https://twitter.com/jasonles_ Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley SPONSOR https://foundryacademy.com Enhance your ASIC education with hands-on courses offered by Foundry. Led by industry-veteran instructors, Foundry’s Mining Technician academy programs cover a range of topics - from identifying issues and troubleshooting common hardware failures, to coursework exploring bitcoin’s global impact. TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 00:58 Intro 01:50 FTX collapse 03:00 Relationships in the industry 06:48 Miners having trouble 09:11 Bad decisions in mining 14:00 Miner loans and rates 22:20 Building a massive mining site 26:24 Financing expansions 31:21 Risks of mining equity 34:07 The business model of mining 39:44 Working with ERCOT 44:23 ASIC market 49:35 BTC in a broader bear market 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

We discuss Marathon’s 2022 including the storm that knocked out its Hardin site, getting 9 EH/s online, EGS regulations, OFAC compliance, if the hosting model is broken or not, Marathon’s finance strategy and why Marathon hasn’t sold its Bitcoin. https://marathondh.com/mining Charlie Schumacher: https://twitter.com/charlieschu Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 00:35 Intro 09:33 Storm that knocked miners offline 14:02 MARA projecting only 9 exahash 18:49 Getting off coal as an energy source 23:32 Mining pools and OFAC compliance 30:56 ASIC hosting as a business model 36:39 Asset & counterparty risk 42:49 Next gen ASICs & efficiency 44:07 Financing & debt risk 46:04 Keeping BTC in reserve 00:51:26:01 MARA bear market strategy 00:55:16:05 Global energy opportunities 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

We talk with Ray Nasser, CEO of Arthur Mining, about teaming up with power producers to utilize stranded renewable energy for Bitcoin mining. https://arthurmining.com Ray Nassar: https://br.linkedin.com/in/raymondnasser Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 00:23 Intro 05:40 Arthur Mining in Brazil 12:38 High cost of mining in Brazil 15:18 Energy sources 16:59 Brazil vs LatAm markets 20:36 Moving into US market 21:59 Bear market mining in Brazil 23:29 Off grid & wasted energy mining 25:12 Bear market strategies 27:42 Effects of big miners failing 29:53 Market prediction 33:00 Hashrate prediction 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

We talk about the bombshell that is FTX, the tail risks and what it means for the industry. Matt Kimmell: https://twitter.com/MatthewKimmell Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley STORIES https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2022/11/11/ftx-files-for-bankruptcy-protections-in-us/ https://twitter.com/ChainLinkGod/status/1590920559747272706 https://www.theblock.co/data/crypto-markets/structured-products/premium-of-gbtc https://twitter.com/Edvis100/status/1591106598436761603 TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 01:11 FTX files bankruptcy 08:21 BlockFi contagion 11:55 Broader market impacts 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 on the show I am joined by Alex DaCosta and David Yi of Aspen Creek Digital Corporation (ACDC) to discuss their newest Texas facility. We talk about Compass Mining’s 27 MW deployment to ACDC, working with ERCOT and their energy first approach to mining. https://acdigitalcorp.com https://twitter.com/acdc_hq Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 00:27 Intro 02:49 New Texas 4 deployment 05:29 Renewables site selection 09:32 Building excess solar capacity 12:23 Dealing with ERCOT 18:02 ERCOT's feelings about miners 22:35 Surviving this bear market 30:53 Managing costs 37:57 Hosting business model 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

We talk about publicly traded miners in financial trouble, Compute North and their executive golden parachutes on the day of their bankruptcy filing and new ASIC models M50 and S19 XP pricing. Matt Kimmell: https://twitter.com/MatthewKimmell Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley STORIES https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/11/03/bitcoin-mining-host-compute-north-paid-executives-3m-on-the-day-it-declared-bankruptcy/ https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/11/01/bondholders-of-troubled-bitcoin-miner-core-scientific-said-to-be-working-with-lawyers-bloomberg-says/ https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-10-31/argo-shares-plunge-by-record-after-fundraising-collapses https://twitter.com/DylanLeClair_/status/1587804166839324673 https://twitter.com/LaurenQianLin/status/1588560223866089473 TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 00:12 Intro 00:53 Argo, Core & Iris financial problems 05:30 Compute North bankruptcy 07:32 ASIC market 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 more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today I am joined by Anthony Power, an independent mining analyst. We talk about Argo Blockchain and Core Scientific’s financial warnings. The day after recording, Iris Energy also announced its inability to pay for up to $103 million in ASIC financing from NYDIG. While we covered Iris’ precarious financial situation, the warning was issued after we recorded this show. Anthony Power: https://twitter.com/cazenove Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 00:38 Intro 01:35 Argo 15:26 Core Scientific 27:26 Failure of large miners 35:00 Macro forces 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 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 longtime miner Ben Gagnon, Chief Mining Officer at Bitfarms. Ben and I discuss Core Scientific’s bankruptcy warning, Bitarms energy strategy and treasury management. https://bitfarms.com Ben Gagnon: https://twitter.com/hashoveride Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 00:26 Intro 02:08 Core Scientific 07:48 Effect of company failures 10:28 Bitfarms' hydro strategy 14:00 Bitfarms' business strategy 19:11 Operations 21:34 Using debt in a bear market 28:18 Dangers of growth right now 29:49 Hashrate predictions 34:55 ASIC surplus 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

We talk about Core Scientific mentioning possible bankruptcy in SEC filing (stock is down 97%), Maple creating a new lending pool for miners and Block hiring the former CTO of Argo. Matt Kimmell: https://twitter.com/MatthewKimmell Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley STORIES https://compassmining.io/education/september-monthly-performance/ https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/10/24/struggling-bitcoin-miners-are-flocking-to-maple-finances-300m-lending-pool/ https://www.cnbc.com/2022/10/27/bitcoin-miner-core-scientific-warns-it-might-go-bankrupt-stock-plunges.html https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-10-25/block-sq-btc-taps-former-argo-technology-chief-hothi-for-bitcoin-mining TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 00:55 Core Scientific 01:21 Intro 04:49 Core Scientific Financials 07:57 Miner capitulation? 10:06 Maple Finance 14:04 Block + Argo 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 Matt Williams, head of derivatives at Luxor Technologies. Matt is an expert on commodities trading and built Luxor’s new hashrate derivative, a product that allows miners to buy and sell hashrate. https://luxor.tech/derivatives https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/10/10/crypto-services-firm-luxor-to-offer-derivatives-for-bitcoin-miners-to-hedge-risk/ Matt Williams: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-williams-0a1b592b/ Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 00:25 Intro 01:11 Meet Matt 01:21 Intro 02:42 Hashrate as a commodity 04:04 Defining hashrate as commodity 05:30 Why hedge against hashrate? 08:18 Changing the thinking about hashrate 00:13:25:09 Seller of hashrate example 00:14:26:11 Buyer of hashrate example 00:15:59:23 Creating the index 00:18:36:01 Creating the marketplace 00:21:42:27 Customer requirements and security 00:25:12:13 Technical specifics 00:26:09:27 Regulation future 00:28:37:17 Product future 00:31:01:21 Cycles & volatility 00:33:39:25 Hashrate prediction 00:34:12:06 Wrap up 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

We talk about the US semiconductor chip ban, the Rhodium filing, and the Celsius and Core Scientific debt story. Matt Kimmell: https://twitter.com/MatthewKimmell Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley STORIES https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-10-10/china-chip-stocks-drop-as-biden-tightens-rules-on-us-tech-access https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1236275/000121390022064755/fs42022_silversuntech.htm https://www.wsj.com/articles/crypto-miner-core-scientific-flags-threat-from-celsius-chapter-11-dispute-11666287993 https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2022/10/19/2537494/0/en/Riot-Announces-Groun[…]ata-Center-Facility-in-Corsicana-Navarro-County-Texas.html https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/concerns-bitcoin-mining-farm-coming-to-north-texas/3100197/ https://compassmining.io/education/september-monthly-performance/ 🎥 TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 00:12 Intro 00:48 Biden Chip Ban 03:56 Rhodium Public Filing 07:11 Celsius Owes Core Scientific Money 11:58 Riot Expanding 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

Welcome back to the Mining Pod. Today we are rejoined by Mining Analyst Anthony Power. We talk about his miner performance rankings, debt and dilution and where markets go next. Anthony Power: https://twitter.com/cazenove Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley 🎥 TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 00:22 Intro 02:06 Most profitable public miner? 07:11 Mid-tier miners 13:57 Loan servicing 22:38 Margins 25:19 What miners are at risk? 30:11 Debit vs revenue valuation 34:26 6 mo. prediction 43:57 Hashrate prediction 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 Happy hashing! 🤝 #Bitcoin #BitcoinMining Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We talk about difficulty, hashprice, miners seeking relief from debt, NYDIG laying off 33% of its staff, Luxor Technologies new hashrate derivative and Braiins Stratum v2. Matt Kimmell: https://twitter.com/MatthewKimmell Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley STORIES https://data.hashrateindex.com/network-data/btc https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/08/16/bitcoin-miner-stronghold-digital-in-restructuring-negotiations-with-lenders/ https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/10/07/bitcoin-miner-argo-blockchain-raises-27m-to-ease-liquidity-pressures-shares-plunge-15/ https://compassmining.io/education/argo-blockchain-balance-sheet/ https://www.theblock.co/post/177162/nydig-laid-off-one-third-of-staff-in-september-wsj https://blockworks.co/nydig-raises-720m-for-institutional-bitcoin-fund/ https://hashrateindex.com/blog/luxor-technologies-launches-otc-bitcoin-mining-derivative/ https://twitter.com/BraiinsMining/status/1579822557788004352 🎥 TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 00:26 Intro 01:08 Hashprice & Difficulty 03:58 Stronghold Restructures Debt 04:10 Argo Raises $27M 07:29 NYDIG Layoff 12:07 Luxor Hashrate Derivative 15:02 Braiins Stratum V2 Update 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 more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we are joined by Louis Guthmann, ecosystem developer at Starkware. Starkware is building zero-knowledge proof rollups for multiple chains, including Bitcoin, that promises to dramatically change how Bitcoin can scale without sacrificing security or Bitcoin’s simplicity. In this first episode we go over how starks are different from Lighting, what fees starks would bring to bitcoin and the rationale behind Starkware’s efforts. Louis Guthmann: https://twitter.com/GuthL Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley 🎥 TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 00:36 Intro 00:57 Meet Starkware 08:29 What is BTC lacking? 13:47 How is Starkware different? 18:37 Scaling off-chain 23:18 What are the tech costs? 30:36 How to implement? 34:42 Why do this? 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 Happy hashing! 🤝 #Bitcoin #BitcoinMining Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Matt Kimmell of CoinShares and I talk about the 12% difficulty increase, Greyscales new mining product, miners raising capital and the latest in Compute North’s chapter 11. Matt Kimmell: https://twitter.com/MatthewKimmell Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley STORIES https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/10/06/grayscales-new-venture-aims-to-capture-bear-market-opportunities-in-bitcoin-mining/ https://www.finsmes.com/2022/09/aspen-creek-digital-raises-8m-in-series-a-funding.html https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/10/06/bitcoin-miner-marathon-invested-313m-in-bankrupt-data-center-compute-north/ https://www.theblock.co/post/175143/greenidge-seeks-to-raise-up-to-22-8-million-in-stock-offer https://compassmining.io/education/miners-face-millions-in-debt-payments-as-revenues-dry-up/ https://data.hashrateindex.com/network-data/btc TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 00:24 Intro 01:49 12% upward difficulty adjustment 06:20 Grayscale new mining product 09:20 Aspen Creek Digital fund raise 13:09 Greenidge 16:46 Marathon 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 more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we are joined by Zach Bradford, CEO of Cleanspark. Cleanspark is a publicly listed mining firm which has been leveraging its treasury model to scoop up distressed assets. We talk about treasury management, buying discounted contracts and energy rates. https://cleanspark.com Zach Bradford: https://twitter.com/zachkbradford Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley 🎥 TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 01:06 CleanSpark 04:43 CleanSpark contracts 08:20 Hardware 10:32 Energy contracts 14:00 Stock valuations 20:08 Energy rates and clean energy 24:50 Treasury strategy 27:27 Cash on hand or credit? 30:14 Operations 32:55 Hashrate prediction 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 Happy hashing! 🤝 #Bitcoin #BitcoinMining Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Matt Kimmell of CoinShares joins me again to talk about hashprice, difficulty, Celsius mining filing suit against Core Scientific and Rhodium testing public markets. Matt Kimmell: https://twitter.com/MatthewKimmell Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley STORIES https://www.theblock.co/post/173475/bitcoin-mining-difficulty-falls-2-14-after-four-consecutive-increases https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/09/29/bitcoin-miner-rhodium-going-public-through-reverse-merger-with-silversun-technologies https://arcane.no/research/most-public-bitcoin-miners-have-racked-up-losses-in-their-lifetimes https://data.hashrateindex.com/network-data/btc 🎥 TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 00:23 Intro 00:47 Difficulty & hashprice 02:59 Celsius lawsuit 11:06 Arcane: Miners Negative Earnings 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 Happy hashing! 🤝 #Bitcoin #BitcoinMining Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We sat down again with Mark Rossano of C6 Capital Holdings to talk about energy markets - both international and domestic. We go through PPAs and the crazy California ISO. Mark Rossano: https://twitter.com/markfny Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley 🎥 TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 00:27 Intro 02:32 NatGas International Markets 07:31 Summer vs. Winter 11:03 Governments & energy prices 16:34 Countries swapping providers 19:16 Politicians stepping in 30:16 California energy problems 34:56 California vs. Texas 38:13 Bitcoin miner PPAs 43:24 Energy price prediction 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 Happy hashing! 🤝 #Bitcoin #BitcoinMining Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we are talking news with Matt Kimmell of CoinSharees including Compute North filing Chapter 11 bankruptcy, Stakefish slashing 25% of its staff and Bitmain lowering ASIC prices by 30%. Matt Kimmell: https://twitter.com/MatthewKimmell Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley STORIES https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/09/22/crypto-mining-data-center-provider-compute-north-files-for-bankruptcy-protection/ https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/09/23/bitcoin-miner-marathon-digital-downgraded-at-btig-on-headwinds-from-compute-norths-bankruptcy/ https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/09/23/ethereum-merge-vastly-increased-stakefishs-profile-but-25-of-its-employees-are-gone-anyway/ https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/09/21/bitmain-discounts-bitcoin-mining-machines-in-an-already-depressed-market/ https://data.hashrateindex.com/network-data/btc 🎥 TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 00:29 Intro 00:41 Compute North 09:39 Stakefish layoffs 15:44 Bitmain discounts 22:22 Hashprice 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 Happy hashing! 🤝 #Bitcoin #BitcoinMining Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we are joined by Arcane Research analyst Jaran Mellerud to talk about Arcane’s new report, “How Bitcoin mining can transform the energy industry.” We discuss Bitcoin mining’s novel features, the economics of renewable energy and underrated positive externalities. Summary https://compassmining.io/education/how-bitcoin-mining-can-transform-the-energy-industry-arcane-research/ Full Report https://arcane.no/research/how-bitcoin-mining-can-transform-the-energy-industry-new-report Jaran Mellerud: https://twitter.com/JMellerud Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley 🎥 TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 00:26 Intro 01:08 Bio 03:51 Report: How Bitcoin Mining Can Transform the Energy Industry 12:26 Nonflexible Load 17:16 The Paris Accords & Demand Response 22:33 Energy markets 24:41 Bitcoin vs. Other Excess Uses of Energy 28:59 BTC + Renewables Operations 35:07 Flare gas miners] 39:38 Heat collection 46:24 Changing the BTC narrative 48:50 Hashrate prediction 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 Happy hashing! 🤝 #Bitcoin #BitcoinMining Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome back to the Mining Pod. Today we are joined by Matt Kimmell of CoinShares to go over this week’s news. We talk about the Ethereum Merge, Poolin issuing IOU tokens and a new report from Chainalysis showing crypto adoption in 2022. Matt Kimmell: https://twitter.com/MatthewKimmell Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley 🎥 TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 00:25 Intro 01:58 Hot takes on the ETH merge 06:15 Other aspects of the merge 09:09 Energy weight vs financial weight 12:03 BTC vs ETH narratives 15:36 ETH is not like BTC 20:01 Poolin IOU tokens 24:57 Chainalysis Report 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 Happy hashing! 🤝 #Bitcoin #BitcoinMining Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode we talk with Ethan Vera from Luxor about the Ethereum 2.0 merge and its impact on proof of work miners. Ethan Vera: https://twitter.com/ethan_vera Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley 🎥 TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 00:27 Intro 02:07 Terminal difficulty vs block height 05:25 Technical thoughts 06:42 Why no POW fight? 09:19 Why are miners still mining? 12:50 ETH POW & Luxor 14:49 ETH POW chain? 17:05 GPU hashrate switch? 18:24 Miner hostility other chains 21:46 Switching to rendering & AI? 25:27 NVIDIA & AMD stocks 26:37 Validator pools 31:50 Merge predictions 33:03 BTC hashrate prediction 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 Happy hashing! 🤝 #Bitcoin #BitcoinMining Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Matt Kimmell is a Researcher with Coinshares and in the episode we talk about RIOT’s lawsuit vs GMO, Argo partnering with Intel, and Bitmain’s new low interest rate loan program. Matt Kimmell: https://twitter.com/MatthewKimmell Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley 🎥 TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 00:35 Intro 01:47 Bio 02:12 RIOT vs GMO lawsuit 10:09 Mining going mainstream (Vice) 19:19 Argo & Intel 21:36 MARA selling machines 28:06 Bitmain lending product 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 Happy hashing! 🤝 #Bitcoin #BitcoinMining Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alyse Killeen is the founding Managing Partner of StillMark a Bitcoin VC firm. In this episode we talk about the bear market’s effect on venture capital, balance sheet management, and how VC firms invest in the mining industry. Alyse Killeen:https://twitter.com/alysekilleen Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley 🎥 TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 01:06 Intro 02:33 Market outlook 05:24 Macro vs. halvening 07:44 BTC during recession 11:20 Evaluating for VC 16:31 Time horizons 21:42 Bear balance sheets 28:20 Mining VC future? 30:08 Seed vs. growth investment 34:37 Wrap 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 Happy hashing! 🤝 #Bitcoin #BitcoinMining Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome back to the Compass Podcast! Today we are joined by Andrew Hinkes, author and adjunct professor at New York University focusing on the intersection of law, government regulation and digital assets. We talk about the huge OFAC sanction on Ethereum mixer Tornado Cash, what it means for Bitcoin miners and further industry repercussions. Drew Hinkes: https://twitter.com/propelforward Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley SPONSOR https://foundryacademy.com/ 🎥 TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 00:17 Foundry Academy 01:04 Intro 02:19 Drew's BTC backstory 05:05 Tornado Cash history 07:16 Censoring smart contracts 09:04 Are miners intermediaries? 11:25 Censoring Bitcoin 13:52 OFAC compliant pools 19:06 Tainting coins 24:18 Account model vs. UTXO 26:30 Legal interpretation roulette 27:38 Celebrity spam transactions 32:05 Future of OFAC regulation 36:26 Privacy coins 38:18 Wrap 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 Happy hashing! 🤝 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We talk with Camden Spiller from Maddox Industrial Transformer about demand for electrical infrastructure, including the consequences of the pandemic, tapering demand from Bitcoin miners and how demand destruction is easing production concerns. https://www.maddoxtransformer.com/ Camden Spiller: https://www.linkedin.com/in/camden-spiller/ Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley 🎥 TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 01:06 Intro 02:37 Maddox Industrial Transformer 04:49 Customers 06:40 Diversity of infrastructure 07:43 Experience working w/ miners 11:05 Learning the mining space 12:16 Typical examples 14:54 Miner demand 17:45 Steel & deindustrialization 19:42 Auro EV demand on transformers 23:24 COVID & workforce 30:39 Demand destruction 33:05 This miner cycle 36:16 If you could change one thing 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 Happy hashing! 🤝 #Bitcoin #BitcoinMining Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Colin Harper is Head of Research for Hasrate Index. In this episode we talk about hashrate changes, how miners are handling the bear market, ASIC prices and the ETH2 merge (it’s like a car wreck, we can’t help ourselves..). https://hashrateindex.com/blog/hashate-index-q-2-2022-report-exit-pursued-by-a-bear/ Hashrate Index: https://twitter.com/hashrateindex Colin Harper: https://twitter.com/AsILayHodling Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley 🎥 TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 00:15 Foundry Academy 01:04 Intro 03:00 Hashrate 06:37 Heatwave & up-time 09:25 Cost to mine per state 12:46 Hashprice 17:17 Hashprice prediction 22:36 Strategies for bear market 26:26 ASIC prices 29:35 ETH 2.0 32:45 MEV vulnerability 34:45 ETH miner switch 37:27 Wrap 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 Happy hashing! 🤝 #Bitcoin #BitcoinMining Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jesse Davern of RK Mission Critical talks about all things related to Bitcoin mining containers. We discuss their engineering process, what deployment entails and what future containerized solutions are on the horizon. https://www.rkmissioncritical.com Jesse Davern: https://twitter.com/Daverns_Tavern Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley 🎥 TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 00:21 Foundry Academy 01:10 Intro 02:39 About Company 07:12 Other container solutions 10:39 Competitors 16:52 Brining designs to market 20:33 Building first BTC container 21:44 Container design specs 26:39 Deploying containers 32:53 Running power 34:46 Deployed projects 36:33 Future predictions 39:50 New products 45:33 Wrap 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 Happy hashing! 🤝 #Bitcoin #BitcoinMining Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode we talk with Charlie Spears from Nakamotor about the potential impacts the Celsius bankruptcy might have on miners, rising energy costs, and miners overheating. Seriously, why is it so damn hot!? Charlie Spears: https://twitter.com/cbspears Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley 🎥 TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 00:27 Foundry Academy 01:15 Intro 02:43 S19 hardware bug 05:07 Celsius bankruptcy 19:53 M & A of miners 23:11 Heat & mining 31:09 ERCOT miner response 37:50 Energy cost in bear market 40:41 Hashrate prediction 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 Happy hashing! 🤝 #Bitcoin #BitcoinMining Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today on the show we are joined by Parker Merritt of CoinMetrics to talk about all things 2022 - Q2 data. We go through hashrate, mining revenue, energy costs and much more. https://coinmetrics.io/insights/state-of-the-market/ Parker Merrit: https://twitter.com/ParkerMerritt Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley 🎥 TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 00:22 Intro 01:33 Hashrate 05:47 Blocktime vs Difficulty 10:03 Revenue by Quarter 12:49 Cumulative Revenue 16:21 Fee Revenue 20:54 Block Fullness 28:26 Hashprice 30:30 USD Revenue vs Difficulty 35:43 Energy Cost 43:10 S19 Profit Margin 47:47 ASIC Profit by Model 49:42 Profit Margin by Model 51:49 1-Hop Analysis 55:41 Supply Held by Miners 01:00:28 Active 1-Hop Accounts 01:06:11 Wrap 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 Happy hashing! 🤝 #Bitcoin #BitcoinMining Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 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 Happy hashing! 🤝 #Bitcoin #BitcoinMining Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In a market downturn Bitcoin miners look to hedge their risk exposure with financial derivatives. In this episode of the Compass Podcast, Joshua Lim from Genesis Trading walks through the ways miners are positioning themselves financially to get through this bear market. Joshua Lim: https://twitter.com/joshua_j_lim Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley 🎥 TIMESTAMPS: Start 00:00 Intro 00:32 What does Genesis do? 00:48 Short term prediction 02:57 Fed & macro 08:13 USD inflows 10:19 Genesis financial products 14:26 PoW vs PoS financial products 20:48 Miner hedging 26:10 Miner volume 28:59 Miner selling BTC 30:59 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 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 Happy hashing! 🤝 #Bitcoin #BitcoinMining Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Public mining stocks have declined in price considerably over the last six months. In this episode of the Compass Podcast, Anthony Power and Independent Analyst walks through how to evaluate companies that have growth potential in the Bitcoin mining sector. https://compassmining.io/education/how-to-value-bitcoin-mining-companies/ Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley 🎥 TIMESTAMPS: Start 00:00 Intro 00:29 Simple metrics to look at 05:48 What leads to under performance 12:52 Hashrate under management 19:33 Large cap miners 30:43 Mid-cap miners 37:16 Hashrate prediction 44:55 Wrap up 48:13 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 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 Happy hashing! 🤝 #Bitcoin #BitcoinMining Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Grab your warmest coat because Bitcoin winter is here. Price is down, feels are down, but hashrate is up and a block still comes every ten minutes. In this episode of the Compass Podcast, Michael Carter (BitsBeTrippin) walks us through how to survive a Bitcoin winter and the history of bear cycles. Michael Carter: https://twitter.com/BitsBeTrippin Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley 🎥 TIMESTAMPS: Start 00:00 Intro 00:26 Terra meltdown 05:04 Multiple bear cycles 11:01 Mining through bear markets 27:14 Tips for efficiency 42:18 Maintaining machines 49:40 Wrap up 53:29 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 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 Happy hashing! 🤝 #Bitcoin #BitcoinMining Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Texas Pacific Land Corporation was established in 1888 and owns more land than any other entity in the state. TPL just signed a Bitcoin mining deal with Mawson Infrastructure Group Inc. (NYSE: MIGI) (“Mawson”), and JAI Energy (“JAI”) to develop up to 60 megawatts of bitcoin mining on TPL’s land in West Texas. In this episode of the Compass Podcast, Justin Ballard from Jai Energy walks through the intricacies of this deal and the importance of such large entities getting into mining. Justin Ballard https://twitter.com/JLB_Oso Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley 🎥 TIMESTAMPS: [coming after livestream ends] 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 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 Happy hashing! 🤝 #Bitcoin #BitcoinMining Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We all know that miners are flocking to Texas in search of cheap electricity but we rarely hear about their neighbor to the north, Oklahoma. In this episode of the Compass Podcast, Charlie Spears from Nakamotor gives us some insight on the Oklahoma energy landscape. Charlie Spears: https://twitter.com/cbspears https://nakamotor.io/ Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley 🎥 TIMESTAMPS: Start 00:00 Intro 00:28 Nakamotor 01:59 Bitcoiner to Bitcoin Miner 03:57 Oklahoma energy sources 06:15 Natural gas & miners 10:54 The macro picture 14:04 Ok vs. Tx 15:41 ERCOT in Ok? 19:18 Finding places to mine in Ok 24:05 Oil & gas + BTC? 27:35 GPU mining in the field 30:47 Hashrate prediction 36:00 Ok hashrate prediction 37:13 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 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 Happy hashing! 🤝 #Bitcoin #BitcoinMining Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What if we could generate electricity from the ocean by using the temperature differences between the deep ocean and the surface? That’s what Nate Harmon from Blockchain Solutions Hawaii is working on. This conversation is pretty wild so stick around to find out what manganese nodules are. Nate Harmon: https://twitter.com/BlockchainHI1 Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley 🎥 TIMESTAMPS: Start 00:00:00 Intro 00:00:31 Nate's background 00:01:28 Bitcoin background 00:02:52 Blockchain Solutions Hawaii & energy 00:10:31 Ocean thermal power 00:17:17 Designing and deployment 00:19:39 Open ocean deployment 00:27:53 Manganese nodules (deep ocean mining) 00:36:02 Stranded energy 00:41:18 Scaling the tech 00:44:05 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 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 Happy hashing! 🤝 #Bitcoin #BitcoinMining Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You’ve probably not heard but we are having a bit of a problem with inflation and specifically with energy sources like gas. Mark Rossano from C6 Capital Holdings is an expert on all things inflation and energy related. In this episode we talk with him about how inflation is affecting energy pricing across the globe and what it means for Bitcoin miners. Mark Rossano: https://twitter.com/markfny Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley 🎥 TIMESTAMPS: Start 00:00:00 Intro 00:00:26 Mark's background 00:01:14 Where to invest capital? 00:06:26 Energy prices 00:09:18 Supply demand dynamics 00:14:29 Legally securing cheap energy 00:19:17 Inflation and regulation 00:25:33 Will energy production support high demand? 00:32:10 Stagflation 00:36:50 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 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 Happy hashing! 🤝 #Bitcoin #BitcoinMining Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode we are re-joined by Blake King, a Power Systems Engineer. Blake has extensive experience working on modeling power grids. We dig into decentralized versus centralized mining setups, ERCOT and the Bitcoin mining renewable energy. Blake King https://twitter.com/hhornblower95 Will Foxley https://twitter.com/wsfoxley 🎥 TIMESTAMPS: Start 00:00 Intro 00:27 Blake's background 02:12 Mining at energy source vs mega mines 05:58 Mining at source w/ containers 07:56 Demand response 11:56 Curtailment coordination 16:44 Different rules for different sizes 20:43 Stranded energy 23:36 Demand/supply issues 28:25 New demand changes the market 29:51 Is Texas over committing to mining? 30:41 Mining w/ renewables 33:32 Cost of solar plus storage 39:11 Coal solar panels 41:05 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 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 Happy hashing! 🤝 #Bitcoin #BitcoinMining Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices