The Folly of the Mega-Mines | Steve Barbour | Compass Podcast

<p>If you follow the bitcoin mining space you would have routinely seen Riot Blockchain, Marathon Digital, Core Scientific and other other large mining farms market themselves as a gift to the grid in North America. But building such large facilities is not without it’s downsides.</p> <p>In this episode we talk with Steve Barbour from Upstream Data about censorship risks, geolocation for unreliable electricity loads, transmission loss and more.</p> <p>Steve: <a href="https://twitter.com/SGBarbour"><u>https://twitter.com/SGBarbour</u></a></p> <p><a href="https://bullishthoughts.substack.com/p/the-elephants-in-the-grid"><u>https://bullishthoughts.substack.com/p/the-elephants-in-the-grid</u></a></p> <p>Will Foxley: <a href="https://twitter.com/wsfoxley"><u>https://twitter.com/wsfoxley</u></a></p> <p><br></p> <p>🎥 TIMESTAMPS:</p> <p>Begin 00:00</p> <p>Intro 00:29</p> <p>Why mega-mines might be a folly 01:20</p> <p>Logistics of decentralized hashrate 12:52</p> <p>Utility companies 15:11</p> <p>Unreliable power generation 17:52</p> <p>Does a BTC standard fix this? 26:15</p> <p>Regulation 32:01</p> <p>Should we change Bitcoin?  43:24</p> <p>Volunteering censorship  48:15</p> <p><br></p> <p>MINE</p> <p>Start mining your own bitcoins with Compass. <a href="https://bit.ly/3CehBf1"><u>https://bit.ly/3CehBf1</u></a></p> <p><br></p> <p>WATCH</p> <p><a href="https://youtube.com/c/CompassMining?sub_confirmation=1"><u>https://youtube.com/c/CompassMining?sub_confirmation=1</u></a></p> <p><br></p> <p>LISTEN</p> <p>Apple Podcasts <a href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbkRxX0MwTUdPY290VEQzN0J2ME1KbDVSRG1rQXxBQ3Jtc0tsME5TQmZfSHJnMG0xWC1iYXFNZ3ZYRGpTTDNfSUtCVFhoSklibDFtMGU3RmV6Z2k5MVM5MlpUMWxzdVgtOHJ4d0ZpbXVrUnMxTXVkN0xSeHdXZWE2aGh5WEpLUkx4dndBaUZtclVhMXZZcHY1My0zbw&q=https%3A%2F%2Fapple.co%2F3fNfrdi"><u>https://apple.co/3fNfrdi</u></a></p> <p>Spotify <a href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbE5renJPTkpwVC1IMzBoaWg4c3BWdzhnR0J6d3xBQ3Jtc0trTUJROW1aZDRMOEpiNFpOYmZyUEZxTWxFSHRWaXd3REtGWXZDMkhhbkY0cDk0UVNtZlptMkR1ajBlWDljQV9obWxub3NtdmhDcDNwV1dkcDFkVUloZHdRYVdiTm9Fel90bWdoSU4yUzZEczNLakFCQQ&q=https%3A%2F%2Fspoti.fi%2F3tSf9G1"><u>https://spoti.fi/3tSf9G1</u></a></p> <p>Anchor <a href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqa25WckRfQzBqcTJpWWRHRTFiUF9IM0hVbW9Bd3xBQ3Jtc0trdEdoZmFQbXlXajB3c0ZLNGMtUjFSVWloWFBraHoyMFlpVHVFckljbFZRRmQzSTlIRm9VUkFVUTNzS2xhblhvS1E0YnNPLVIxeUl4a3F2aHRQNnV6M0lUZmJVakZGbTI4SUUyc0haUG0xY0JLcmFqRQ&q=https%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2F3rmb7UF"><u>https://bit.ly/3rmb7UF</u></a></p> <p>RSS <a href="https://bit.ly/3chpULV"><u>https://bit.ly/3chpULV</u></a></p> <p><br></p> <p>LEARN</p> <p>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: <a href="https://bit.ly/3vOGzxD"><u>https://bit.ly/3vOGzxD</u></a></p> <p><br></p> <p>FOLLOW</p> <p>Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/compass_mining"><u>https://twitter.com/compass_mining</u></a></p> <p>LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/compassmining"><u>https://www.linkedin.com/company/compassmining</u></a></p> <p>Happy hashing! 🤝</p> <p>#Bitcoin #BitcoinMining</p>

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