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? william@blockspace.media. 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? william@blockspace.media. 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? william@blockspace.media. 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? william@blockspace.media. 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? william@blockspace.media. 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? william@blockspace.media. 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? william@blockspace.media. 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? william@blockspace.media. 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? william@blockspace.media. 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? william@blockspace.media. 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? william@blockspace.media. 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? william@blockspace.media. 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? william@blockspace.media. 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? william@blockspace.media. 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? william@blockspace.media. 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? william@blockspace.media. 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? william@blockspace.media. 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? william@blockspace.media. 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? william@blockspace.media. 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? william@blockspace.media. 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? william@blockspace.media. 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? william@blockspace.media. 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? william@blockspace.media 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? william@blockspace.media. 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? william@blockspace.media. 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? william@blockspace.media. 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? william@blockspace.media. 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? william@blockspace.media. 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? william@blockspace.media. 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? william@blockspace.media. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
