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The Mining Pod | Blockspace Media

Blockspace Media

Trusted by over 3,000 subscribers, including mining executives, operators and fund managers –from JP Morgan to mining plebs. With over 400 shows, The Mining Pod is the industry’s best resource for the latest news and strategies in Bitcoin mining. There"s only 1 Mining Pod!

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51:00

How To Become A Bitcoin Miner With The Coin Dad

The Mining Pod | Blockspace Media ·

2024/08/20

Welcome back to the show! This week, we’re joined by ‘The Coin Dad,’ one of the familiar faces around Bitcoin mining conferences (and mines!) with an extensive history in the small, young sector. The Coin Dad takes us through his personal life–including an overseas deployment to the Middle East–to his time entering Bitcoin mining, including deploying tens of thousands of machines for some of the largest mining companies and fabricating entire container designs. We fininish with a conversation about

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29:52

Public Miners Raise a Couple Billi, CleanSpark May...

The Mining Pod | Blockspace Media ·

2024/08/16

Welcome back to The Mining Pod! How much have public miners raised since Q2? A lot – like, $2.2 billion kind of a lot. The majority of this liquidity flows from at-the-market (and other) stock offerings in Q2, while a handful of miners have also turned toward convertible notes for financing in Q3. In addition to that news, we also cover a story that Blockspace broke regarding CleanSpark’s desire to launch its own mining pool, and we finish the feel good underdog story that yes, solo miners are still

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41:22

The Road To 20 Exahash With Zach Bradford

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2024/08/13

Welcome back to The Mining Pod! This week we are joined by Zach Bradford, CEO of Cleanspark, to discuss Cleanspark’s exlplosive 2024 growth. From purchasing peer miner Griid to new sites in multiple states, Bradford goes through Cleanspark’s last twelve months, why the company is focused on Bitcoin and Bitcoin only, why Cleanspark is focused on building in the US (but maybe not forever!), comparative strategies like MARA’s new HODL and possibly some tech developments worth listening to the end of

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34:45

Hashprice, Iris Energy’s Failed Hedge and Paraguay...

The Mining Pod | Blockspace Media ·

2024/08/09

Welcome back to The Mining Pod! This week we’re in studio talking about Bitcoin and Bitcoin mining news! Colin Harper, our new Editor-in-Chief, walks us through important updates including mining revenue bottoming to historic lows, Iris Energy (IRENE) struggling after a failed hedging strategy this summer in Texas, a flopped narrative violation on China banning (or not banning, depending on the quality of your research) Bitcoin mining and Paraguay trying to bring more Bitcoin mining down

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83:36

Decentralizing Bitcoin Mining With Bitcoin Mechanic

The Mining Pod | Blockspace Media ·

2024/08/06

Welcome back to The Mining Pod! This week we are joined by Bitcoin Mechanic, arguably the face of Ocean Pool. Ocean launched in November 2023 with a lot of hope, excitement and promise, even getting a node from former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey with an investment. The Ocean Pool team promised to decentralize Bitcoin mining through novel block template options for individual miners, a new payout structure called Tides and, to much criticism, the filtering of Ordinals and Inscription projects

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33:37

10% Difficulty Adjustment, Riot’s Hostile Takeover,...

The Mining Pod | Blockspace Media ·

2024/08/02

Welcome back to The Mining Pod! Charlie, Will and Matt jump on the mic to discuss this week’s Bitcoin and Bitcoin mining news, including the largest Bitcoin mining difficulty adjustment since January 2023 at 10.5%, Riot’s increasing pressure on Bitfarms for control over the latter company’s future, new ASIC models debuting at Bitcoin Nashville from Auradine and MicroBT, Cantor Fitzgerald rolling out a $2 billion book for Bitcoin companies and MARA’s $100 million HODL

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44:44

Hive Digital’s AI Play

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2024/07/30

Welcome back to The Mining Pod! Hive Digital is the oldest publicly listed Bitcoin mining stocks. It’s also one of the most conservative and efficient miners on the market. So why does it want to lean into AI and HPC so aggressively? We brought on Frank Holmes and Aydin Kilic of Hive Digital to understand the Canadian Bitcoin miners play, including the team’s background, the expectation on hardware turnaround time, using a Bitcoin treasury, expanding operations in Paraguay and reducing the cost to

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69:52

Wealth Optimization Strategies For Bitcoiners

The Mining Pod | Blockspace Media ·

2024/07/23

Welcome back to The Mining Pod! Ever wonder what to do with your mining stock equity, Bitcoin or other assets so you don’t get hit with a huge tax burden, financial issue or other inconvenience in life? Enter Bespoke Group, a family office and advisory focused on problems Bitcoiners face. We talk with Bespoke about managing your stack in a responsible way, from startup equity to tax structures to trusts.Timestamps: 00:00 Start 03:26 Matt's bio 04:09 Jack's bio 06:53 What is Bespoke? 14:38 Anon

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28:32

Bitcoin & AI, IREN’s Short Report and Tether’s Mining...

The Mining Pod | Blockspace Media ·

2024/07/19

Welcome back to The Mining Pod! In this week’s news roundup, we touch on Bitcoin network metrics, Bitcoin miners increasingly moving to AI, IREN’s short report and what it meant for the stock, Tether’s bid to take over Bitcoin mining (or, diversify revenue and asset holdings) and Charlie’s Ordinals report!Timestamps: 00:00 Start 02:58 Difficulty report 06:08 Miners pivot to AI 14:07 Iris Energy Short Report 18:40 Tether & Northern Data 23:30 Ordinals report Published twice weekly, "The Mining

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35:56

Mining Hardware And Infrastructure With Matt Lousteau

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2024/07/16

Welcome back to The Mining Pod! Today we’re joined by Matt Lousteau of Giga to discuss what you need in the field for mining Bitcoin! From immersion to containers to transformers, we go through your potential needs to mine Bitcoin. Timestamps: 00:00 Start 02:24 What's new w/ Matt? 04:03 10MW deployment 04:35 Plans for Giga 07:01 Giga products 09:09 Sourcing transformers 11:17 Miner transformer needs 13:04 ASIC hardware changes 16:15 Hydro & immersion 20:08 Hydro solution form factor 22:47 Dry

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55:45

What Mining Shareholders Should Look For With Patrick...

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2024/07/12

Welcome back to The Mining Pod! Today we are joined by Patrick Fleury, the CFO of publicly traded mining company TerraWulf to discuss public mining markets, TerraWulf itself and how mining shareholders should think about Bitcoin mining companies!Timestamps: 00:00 Start 02:24 Patrick's background 05:08 Terawulf partnerships 09:17 Financials 16:38 Nondisclosure is bull$#!T 20:15 Shareholder dilution 27:01 Issuing equity at a terahash value 35:27 Current lab projects 40:58 Terawulf lines of

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42:54

Bitcoin Blockspace As Electrical Markets With Leo Zhang

The Mining Pod | Blockspace Media ·

2024/07/09

Welcome back to The Mining Pod! On today’s show, we’re sitting down with Leo Zhang of Alkimiya Protocol to discuss their novel trading solution for Bitcoin blockspace. Yes, you read that right! Alkimiya enables parties like wallets, miners or professional traders to take a position on Bitcoin blockspace. Widespread usage of this trading platform could enable wallets or others to issue on-chain transactions even when fees are high, balancing out the long term volatility of Bitcoin transaction fees

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31:32

Cleanspark Acquires Griid, Northern Data IPO and ASIC...

The Mining Pod | Blockspace Media ·

2024/07/05

Will, Charlie and Matt jump back behind the mic to chomp on this week’s Bitcoin and Bitcoin mining news–and what a week it was! We cover Cleanspark’s plans to purchase Bitcoin miner Griid, Northern Data and Genesis Digital Assets (GDA)eyeing public markets for the first time and we wrap up with a short local story on ASIC theft. Timestamps: 00:00 Start 05:18 Cleanspark Acquisition 14:07 Northern Data IPO 20:05 GDA IPO 26:28 Bad Boys: ASIC thief 28:08 Ordinals number go down :( Published twice

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47:15

Mining Pool Centralization With CheckSum

The Mining Pod | Blockspace Media ·

2024/07/02

Industry expert Ian Descôteaux from Pow.Re discusses evidence of pool consolidation, risks to Bitcoin, and potential solutions for decentralization. This podcast explores the growing centralization of Bitcoin mining pools, focusing on proxy pools and their potential impact on the network.Timestamps: 00:00 Start 02:48 Checksum's bio 03:34 Canada & South America hash rate 06:42 Mining pool centralization 09:14 Proxy pools 11:57 Proxy pool diagram 13:57 F2Pool use proxy? 15:14 F2Pool block

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104:13

Non-Standard Bitcoin With Portland Hodl

The Mining Pod | Blockspace Media ·

2024/06/28

Portland Hodl, a Bitcoin developer with Marathon Digital, discusses Slipstream, Bitcoin Core, soft forks, and the future of Bitcoin. He shares insights on mining innovations, blockchain reorganizations, and the importance of Bitcoin education. The conversation covers technical aspects and broader implications for Bitcoin's development and adoption.Timestamps: 00:00 Start 02:54 Thought on Bitcoin 06:24 Slipstream 12:42 Consensus vs standardness 19:35 Slipstream technical

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30:12

INTERVIEW: Bitmain’s Newest ASIC Miner

The Mining Pod | Blockspace Media ·

2024/06/25

Will and Charlie jump on the microphone to discuss Bitmain’s newest ASICs, the S21 XP and S21 XP Hydro miners! We compare against other ASICs like Canaan, Bitdeer and MicroBT while taking a larger view about how the ASIC market is going to transform over the next few years. We cover topics like AI infrastructure, commoditization of chips and how to compete in a centralized ASIC market!Timestamps: 00:00 Start 04:11 S21 Hydro 06:53 Rackspace & rigs swapping 13:46 AntSpaces 15:56 Bitmain

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49:39

INTERVIEW: Dogecoin’s Newest ASIC Miner

The Mining Pod | Blockspace Media ·

2024/06/21

Ben Weng and Payne Cong of Foundation Logic, the team behind the new ElphaPex Dogecoin/Litcoin miner, join The Mining Pod to discuss their new ASIC mining startup, competing with industry giants, and the future of script mining. Learn about hardware startups, profitability comparisons, and the potential for diversifying mining revenue. Chapters: 00:00 Start 03:20 Ben Weng background 04:29 Payne Cong background 06:32 Litecoin+Dogecoin ASIC 09:40 Why these coins? 14:50 Is Litecoin the main

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36:36

INTERVIEW: Powering Texas’ Mining Boom With Ryan...

The Mining Pod | Blockspace Media ·

2024/06/18

Ryan Nuckolls, a 10th-generation Texan and Bitcoin veteran, discusses the intersection of energy and Bitcoin mining in Texas. He shares insights on optimizing mining infrastructure, the benefits of Bitcoin for the Texas grid, and the industry's future. Nuckolls believes Texas is poised for significant growth in Bitcoin mining.Chapters: 03:12 Ryan's background 04:38 Infrastructure as a service 08:24 Generation vs demand 11:03 When Bitcoin came to ERCOT 13:47 Example deal 16:26 Due diligence

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35:19

INTERVIEW: Flare Gas Bitcoin Mining In 2024

The Mining Pod | Blockspace Media ·

2024/06/14

Ever wonder if this flare gas thing with Bitcoin mining is real? Can it actually scale to solve real world climate issues? And how would someone go about making a project like that in the first place?Justin Ballard, General Counsel at Akon Energy & Founding Partner at Firm 21, shares insights on Bitcoin mining's legal landscape, energy deals, flare gas mining, and the industry's future. He discusses the challenges and opportunities in navigating this space, drawing parallels to the oil and gas

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48:28

INTERVIEW: The Future Of Mining Hardware

The Mining Pod | Blockspace Media ·

2024/06/11

The hardware game is becoming more competitive, with new entrants like Jack Dorsey’s Block, Marathon Digital-backed Auradine and more. And then there’s this whole AI thing which mining CEOs and others keep talking about! To make it straight, we brought on ePIC Blockchain co-founder Earl Mai to discuss ePIC’s hardware product line, the difficulties of getting a hardware startup off the ground, what its like to compete against Bitmain and how mining–and AI–could converge together over the next few

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