This is an episode of Compass Live hosted by Compass Mining. In this livestream, Compass dives into the cryptocurrency mining hardware market with two ASIC experts. The sales directors for both MicroBT and Compass Mining are guests on this livestream. Vincent Zhang and Vincent Vuong share perspectives on the changes they've witnessed in the mining hardware industry, offer insights into the sector's challenges and opportunities for growth, and offer forward-looking thoughts on what the market wil...
Sep 22, 2021•1 hr•Ep. 47
This is an episode of Compass Live hosted by Compass Mining. In this livestream, Compass talks through the history, challenges, opportunities, and growth of GPU cryptocurrency mining. Two professional GPU miners and educators are guests on this livestream. They share perspectives on GPU mining through previous market cycles, strategies for GPU mining, and how GPU mining compares to ASIC mining. 👤 Follow them on Twitter. ✔️ Michael Carter: https://twitter.com/BitsBeTrippin ✔️ Seth Estrada: https...
Sep 17, 2021•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 46
This is an episode of Compass Live hosted by Compass Mining. In this livestream, Compass discusses the environmental narratives around mining that have grown stronger and more intense over the past year. Three bitcoin mining executives from companies working to limit pollution with mining are guests on this livestream. They share updates on their companies' growth, insights into the true environmental effects of bitcoin mining, and explain the disconnect between mining and mainstream narratives....
Sep 15, 2021•59 min•Ep. 45
This is an episode of Compass Live hosted by Compass Mining. In this livestream, Compass discusses the seemingly constant challenges facing mainstream media outlets that cover bitcoin mining. Two journalists from leading cryptocurrency news companies (The Block and CoinDesk) guests on this livestream. They share their experiences covering bitcoin mining, opinions on why other non-crypto-native journalists frequently struggle to understand and accurately report on mining, and the future of media ...
Sep 10, 2021•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 44
This is an episode of Compass Live hosted by Compass Mining. In this livestream, Compass discusses popular tax questions from miners, ways to minimize tax liabilities, and common mistakes miners make when filing taxes. Like it or not, taxes are one of the most important considerations when starting to mine bitcoin. Two tax professionals join the Compass livestream to share their opinions and experience working with miners to help them understand their tax liabilities and how to best prepare for ...
Sep 08, 2021•1 hr•Ep. 43
This is an episode of Compass Live hosted by Compass Mining. In this livestream, Compass discusses the value of mining data and popular on-chain metrics for explaining price movements in the cryptocurrency market. Do mining data and various on-chain metrics offer any insights into cryptocurrency market movements? Or is the majority of on-chain data analysis noise? Three traders and market analysts join the Compass livestream to discuss the utility (or lack thereof) of mining data for interpretin...
Sep 03, 2021•57 min
North American mining pools didn't exist a few years ago. Now they're some of the world's largest. What changed? Two executives from leading North American pools explain. 👤 Follow them on Twitter. ✔️ Mike Colyer: https://twitter.com/colyermike ✔️ Ethan Vera: https://twitter.com/ethan_vera Follow our hosts on Twitter too! ✔️ Zack Voell: https://twitter.com/zackvoell ✔️ Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley Compass hosts livestreams every week on WEDNESDAY and FRIDAY with the leading experts ...
Sep 01, 2021•1 hr•Ep. 41
This is an episode of Compass Live hosted by Compass Mining. In this livestream, Compass chats with a panel of professional traders and investors to learn why they became bitcoin miners. Three traders who started mining with Compass are guests on this stream to share why they decided to become miners. All three guests share the reasoning for their new venture, what would stop them from mining, if they plan to treat it like another trade, and how the view the market long term. 👤 Follow them on T...
Aug 27, 2021•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 40
This is an episode of Compass Live hosted by Compass Mining. In this livestream, Compass talks through the bitcoin mining landscape in Latin America, it's challenges and opportunities, and where the mining hubs are across Venezuela, Argentina, and other parts of the region. Two executives from Venezuela- and Argentina-based mining companies share their insights and perspectives on mining in Latin America. They also comment on popular news items, like volcano-powered mining in El Salvador, regula...
Aug 25, 2021•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 39
Two miners who build small-to-medium sized farms and have a finger on the pulse of the market's current growth rate are guests on the stream. They share insights into where they're looking to deploy new ASICs, what obstacles and delays are facing new mining farms, and when Bitcoin's hashrate will fully recover. 👤 Follow them on Twitter. ✔️ Bob Burnett: https://twitter.com/boomer_btc ✔️ Austin Storms: https://twitter.com/austorms Bob's article: Wayward Block Times https://medium.com/coinmonks/wa...
Aug 20, 2021•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 38
Three professional miners with deep knowledge of energy markets are guests on this livestream. They share high-level overviews of how grids work, where miners fit into local and global power markets, and the future of energy and bitcoin companies. Harry Sudock: https://twitter.com/harry_sudock Shaun Connell: https://twitter.com/ShaunPConnell Rich Godwin: https://twitter.com/rich__godwin Compass Live covers everything related to bitcoin mining and relevant industry news. Subscribe and connect wit...
Aug 18, 2021•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 37
Compass discusses the opportunities and challenges of mining in Canada with Jamie Leverton, CEO of Hut 8 Mining, and Ben Gagnon, Chief Mining Officer at Bitfarms. https://twitter.com/JaimeLeverton https://twitter.com/hashoveride Compass Live covers everything related to bitcoin mining and relevant industry news. Subscribe and connect with us! Get Started Mining: https://bit.ly/3CehBf1 Twitter: https://twitter.com/Compass_Mining WATCH Twitch https://bit.ly/3Aok1WP YouTube https://bit.ly/3ys6sot L...
Aug 13, 2021•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 36
Daniel Frumkin of Braiins and Blake King of RES Holdings https://twitter.com/dfrumps https://twitter.com/hhornblower95 Compass Live covers everything related to bitcoin mining and relevant industry news. Subscribe and connect with us! Get Started Mining: https://bit.ly/3CehBf1 Twitter: https://twitter.com/Compass_Mining WATCH Twitch https://bit.ly/3Aok1WP YouTube https://bit.ly/3ys6sot LISTEN Apple: https://apple.co/3fNfrdi Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3tSf9G1 Anchor: https://bit.ly/3rmb7UF PocketC...
Aug 11, 2021•1 hr•Ep. 35
Compass discusses the growth in North American mining with CEOs of the industry's two largest public mining companies: Jason Les of Riot Blockchain and Fred Thiel of Marathon Digital Holdings. https://twitter.com/JasonLes_ https://twitter.com/fgthiel Compass Live covers everything related to bitcoin mining and relevant industry news. Subscribe and connect with us! Get Started Mining: https://bit.ly/3CehBf1 Twitter: https://twitter.com/Compass_Mining WATCH Twitch https://bit.ly/3Aok1WP YouTube ht...
Aug 06, 2021•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 34
Compass discusses the vague language in Congress' latest infrastructure that could cause trouble for miners and the rest of the cryptocurrency industry. Listen to insights and analysis from Perianne Boring (Chamber of Digital Commerce), Lee Bratcher (Texas Blockchain Council), and Roger Brown (Chamber's Tax Task Force). https://twitter.com/lee_bratcher https://twitter.com/PerianneDC Texas Blockchain Council https://texasblockchaincouncil.org/ Chamber of Digital Commerce https://digitalchamber.or...
Aug 04, 2021•58 min•Ep. 33
In this episode Zack and Will talk about the new ability for new mining companies to survive, the performance of publicly traded mining companies, and the ongoing China migration saga. https://twitter.com/zackvoell https://twitter.com/wsfoxley The Compass Podcast covers everything related to bitcoin mining and relevant industry news. Subscribe and connect with us! Get Started Mining: https://compassmining.go2cloud.org/SH7 Twitter: https://twitter.com/Compass_Mining Telegram: https://t.me/compass...
Jul 30, 2021•30 min•Ep. 32
In this episode we talk to Josh Metnick & David Steinberg from Hashtest.com about the new ability to audit and benchmark your ASIC miner. https://hashtest.com The Compass Podcast covers everything related to bitcoin mining and relevant industry news. Subscribe and connect with us! Get Started Mining: https://compassmining.go2cloud.org/SH7 Twitter: https://twitter.com/Compass_Mining Telegram: https://t.me/compassmining SUBSCRIBE Apple: https://apple.co/3fNfrdi Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3tSf9G...
Jul 28, 2021•22 min•Ep. 31
In this episode we talk to David Vorick from Skynet and the Sia protocol about building a decentralized storage protocol and the challenges of manufacturing your own AISC. https://twitter.com/DavidVorick https://siasky.net/ The Compass Podcast covers everything related to bitcoin mining and relevant industry news. Subscribe and connect with us! Get Started Mining: https://compassmining.go2cloud.org/SH7 Twitter: https://twitter.com/Compass_Mining Telegram: https://t.me/compassmining SUBSCRIBE App...
Jul 23, 2021•31 min•Ep. 30
In this episode we talk to Leo Zhang from Anicca Research about hedging Bitcoin mining operational risk with hashrate derivatives. https://twitter.com/leorzhang https://aniccaresearch.tech/blog/introducing-alkimiya-protocol The Compass Podcast covers everything related to bitcoin mining and relevant industry news. Subscribe and connect with us! Get Started Mining: https://compassmining.go2cloud.org/SH7 Twitter: https://twitter.com/Compass_Mining Telegram: https://t.me/compassmining SUBSCRIBE App...
Jul 21, 2021•29 min•Ep. 29
In this episode we talk to Marty Bent & Austin Storms from Great American Mining about flare gas Bitcoin mining and challenging environmental concern trolling. https://twitter.com/GAMdotAI https://twitter.com/MartyBent https://twitter.com/austorms The Compass Podcast covers everything related to bitcoin mining and relevant industry news. Subscribe and connect with us! Get Started Mining: https://compassmining.go2cloud.org/SH7 Twitter: https://twitter.com/Compass_Mining Telegram: https://t.me...
Jul 16, 2021•26 min•Ep. 28
In this episode we talk to Jacob DeWitte & Caroline Cochran from Oklo about the future of Bitcoin mining with nuclear power and the recent partnership with Compass. https://twitter.com/oklo The Compass Podcast covers everything related to bitcoin mining and relevant industry news. Subscribe and connect with us! Get Started Mining: https://compassmining.go2cloud.org/SH7 Twitter: https://twitter.com/Compass_Mining Telegram: https://t.me/compassmining SUBSCRIBE Apple: https://apple.co/3fNfrdi S...
Jul 14, 2021•26 min•Ep. 27
In this episode we talk to Ben Edgington from Consensys about the future of Proof of Work mining on Ethereum and the coming launch of ETH 2. https://twitter.com/benjaminion_xyz https://hackmd.io/@benjaminion/eth2_news The Compass Podcast covers everything related to bitcoin mining and relevant industry news. Subscribe and connect with us! Get Started Mining: https://compassmining.go2cloud.org/SH7 Twitter: https://twitter.com/Compass_Mining Telegram: https://t.me/compassmining SUBSCRIBE Apple: ht...
Jul 09, 2021•36 min•Ep. 26
In this episode we talk to Matt Lohstroh & Brent Whitehead from Giga EnergySolutions about the future of off-grid flared natural gas Bitcoin mining. https://twitter.com/lohstroh https://twitter.com/B_whitehead21 https://twitter.com/GigaEnergy_ The Compass Podcast covers everything related to bitcoin mining and relevant industry news. Subscribe and connect with us! Get Started Mining: https://compassmining.go2cloud.org/SH7 Twitter: https://twitter.com/Compass_Mining Telegram: https://t.me/com...
Jul 07, 2021•28 min•Ep. 25
In this episode we talk to Yulong Liu from Babel Finance about the financing miner operations, the migration of hashrate out of China, and what the next twelve months look like. https://twitter.com/wukong47337041 The Compass Podcast covers everything related to bitcoin mining and relevant industry news. Subscribe and connect with us! Get Started Mining: https://compassmining.go2cloud.org/SH7 Twitter: https://twitter.com/Compass_Mining Telegram: https://t.me/compassmining SUBSCRIBE Apple: https:/...
Jul 02, 2021•32 min•Ep. 24
In this episode we talk to John Lee Quigley from Compass Mining about the publication of the North American Bitcoin Mining Index, a holistic study and analysis of the Bitcoin mining industry in the United States and Canada. https://compassmining.io/education/research/bitcoin-mining-index/north-america https://twitter.com/bitcoinnomadic The Compass Podcast covers everything related to bitcoin mining and relevant industry news. Subscribe and connect with us! Get Started Mining: https://compassmini...
Jun 30, 2021•23 min•Ep. 23
In this episode we talk to Mike Hamilton of Griid about how energy grids work, what excess grid capacity really means, and how Bitcoin really runs off excess energy. https://twitter.com/mikehamilton The Compass Podcast covers everything related to bitcoin mining and relevant industry news. Subscribe and connect with us! Get Started Mining: https://compassmining.go2cloud.org/SH7 Twitter: https://twitter.com/Compass_Mining Telegram: https://t.me/compassmining SUBSCRIBE Apple: https://apple.co/3fNf...
Jun 25, 2021•28 min•Ep. 22
In this episode we talk to Vincent Vuong of Compass Mining about the current state of hashrate, the used ASIC market, and profitability due to difficulty declining. https://twitter.com/bitcoinvincent The Compass Podcast covers everything related to bitcoin mining and relevant industry news. Subscribe and connect with us! Get Started Mining: https://compassmining.go2cloud.org/SH7 Twitter: https://twitter.com/Compass_Mining Telegram: https://t.me/compassmining SUBSCRIBE Apple: https://apple.co/3fN...
Jun 23, 2021•24 min•Ep. 21
In this episode we talk to Stephen Barbour of Upstream Data about the current state of natural gas Bitcoin mining, the future energy mix of the network, and the dangers of ESG narratives inviting regulation.. https://twitter.com/sgbarbour https://twitter.com/upstreamdatainc The Compass Podcast covers everything related to bitcoin mining and relevant industry news. Subscribe and connect with us! Get Started Mining: https://compassmining.go2cloud.org/SH7 Twitter: https://twitter.com/Compass_Mining...
Jun 18, 2021•34 min•Ep. 20
In this episode we talk to Josh Riddett of Easy Crypto Hunter about farmers using anaerobic digesters to produce biogas to run GPU miners. https://twitter.com/easycryptohunt The Compass Podcast covers everything related to bitcoin mining and relevant industry news. Subscribe and connect with us! Get Started Mining: https://compassmining.go2cloud.org/SH7 Twitter: https://twitter.com/Compass_Mining Telegram: https://t.me/compassmining SUBSCRIBE Apple: https://apple.co/3fNfrdi Spotify: https://spot...
Jun 16, 2021•39 min•Ep. 19
In this episode we talk to Daniel Frumkin of Braiins about the solar powered Bitcoin mining, the economics of machine up time, and the future of solar as a viable energy source for the Bitcoin network. https://twitter.com/dfrumps https://twitter.com/braiins_systems The Compass Podcast covers everything related to bitcoin mining and relevant industry news. Subscribe and connect with us! Get Started Mining: https://compassmining.go2cloud.org/SH7 Twitter: https://twitter.com/Compass_Mining Telegram...
Jun 11, 2021•32 min•Ep. 18
