Episodios

  • Bitcoin Blockspace As Electrical Markets With Leo Zhang

    Bitcoin Blockspace As Electrical Markets With Leo Zhang
    Jul 9 2024
    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. For miners, it might open up doors for trading a new commodity: Blockspace. Timestamps: 00:00 Start 03:04 What's Alkyamya? 17:41 How can miners use? 22:54 How does it work? 24:31 Tech design of Alkyamya 26:05 Alkyamya & L2s 26:42 Building on Bitcoin 33:53 New Bitcoin proposals 39:11 Degen spillover 41:20 Final thoughts Published twice weekly, "The Mining Pod" interviews the best builders and operators in the Bitcoin and Bitcoin mining landscape. Subscribe to get notifications when we publish interviews on Tuesday and a news show on Friday! 👉 Check out Bitcoin Season 2 and The Gwart Show. 👉 Watch our newest documentary, The Big Empty! Follow our host on Twitter, @wsfoxley. - Thank you to our sponsor, CleanSpark, America’s Bitcoin miner! And thank you to Foreman Mining, Master Your Mining! "The Mining Pod" is produced by Sunnyside Honey LLC and distributed by CoinDesk. Senior Producer is Damien Somerset.
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    43 m
  • Cleanspark Acquires Griid, Northern Data IPO and ASIC Theft

    Cleanspark Acquires Griid, Northern Data IPO and ASIC Theft
    Jul 5 2024
    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 weekly, "The Mining Pod" interviews the best builders and operators in the Bitcoin and Bitcoin mining landscape. Subscribe to get notifications when we publish interviews on Tuesday and a news show on Friday! 👉 Check out Bitcoin Season 2 and The Gwart Show. 👉 Watch our newest documentary, The Big Empty! Follow our host on Twitter, @wsfoxley. - Thank you to our sponsor, CleanSpark, America’s Bitcoin miner! And thank you to Foreman Mining, Master Your Mining! "The Mining Pod" is produced by Sunnyside Honey LLC and distributed by CoinDesk. Senior Producer is Damien Somerset.
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    32 m
  • Mining Pool Centralization With CheckSum

    Mining Pool Centralization With CheckSum
    Jul 2 2024
    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 template 16:09 Cobo yield & risk 19:31 Merkle tree evidence 25:28 UTXO accelerator 29:59 Selfish mining & 51% 33:35 Covenants 36:26 Antpool incentives 38:38 Block withholding attacks 40:17 How to fix? 43:32 Are new pools likely? 45:52 Final thoughts Published twice weekly, "The Mining Pod" interviews the best builders and operators in the Bitcoin and Bitcoin mining landscape. Subscribe to get notifications when we publish interviews on Tuesday and a news show on Friday! 👉 Check out Bitcoin Season 2 and The Gwart Show. 👉 Watch our newest documentary, The Big Empty! Follow our host on Twitter, @wsfoxley. - Thank you to our sponsor, CleanSpark, America’s Bitcoin miner! And thank you to Foreman Mining, Master Your Mining! "The Mining Pod" is produced by Sunnyside Honey LLC with Senior Producer, Damien Somerset. Distributed by CoinDesk with Senior Producer Michele Musso and Executive Producer Jared Schwartz.
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    47 m
  • Non-Standard Bitcoin With Portland Hodl

    Non-Standard Bitcoin With Portland Hodl
    Jun 28 2024
    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 challenges 26:35 Slipstream profitability 29:00 Why don't more pools MEV? 34:46 Not enough developers 41:17 The infamous/famous M block 49:12 Bitcoin has always been a data storage network 52:19 Re-org of Testnet4 59:39 Testnet3 hijinks 1:06:48 Thoughts on Bitcoin Core 1:13:15 Client diversity 1:17:58 Softforks 1:24:48 Consequences of softforks 1:34:42 Orange-pilling people 1:37:20 What Bitcoiners DON'T understand Published twice weekly, "The Mining Pod" interviews the best builders and operators in the Bitcoin and Bitcoin mining landscape. Subscribe to get notifications when we publish interviews on Tuesday and a news show on Friday! 👉 Check out Bitcoin Season 2 and The Gwart Show. 👉 Watch our newest documentary, The Big Empty! Follow our host on Twitter, @wsfoxley. - Thank you to our sponsor, CleanSpark, America’s Bitcoin miner! And thank you to Foreman Mining, Master Your Mining! "The Mining Pod" is produced by Sunnyside Honey LLC with Senior Producer, Damien Somerset. Distributed by CoinDesk with Senior Producer Michele Musso and Executive Producer Jared Schwartz.
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    1 h y 44 m
  • INTERVIEW: Bitmain’s Newest ASIC Miner

    INTERVIEW: Bitmain’s Newest ASIC Miner
    Jun 25 2024
    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 competitors 22:54 Rig "commoditization" 26:18 New Rig makers 42:46 Final thoughts Published twice weekly, "The Mining Pod" interviews the best builders and operators in the Bitcoin and Bitcoin mining landscape. Subscribe to get notifications when we publish interviews on Tuesday and a news show on Friday! 👉 Check out Bitcoin Season 2 and The Gwart Show. 👉 Watch our newest documentary, The Big Empty! Follow our host on Twitter, @wsfoxley. - Thank you to our sponsor, CleanSpark, America’s Bitcoin miner! And thank you to Foreman Mining, Master Your Mining! "The Mining Pod" is produced by Sunnyside Honey LLC and distributed by CoinDesk. Senior Producer is Damien Somerset.
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    30 m
  • INTERVIEW: Dogecoin’s Newest ASIC Miner

    INTERVIEW: Dogecoin’s Newest ASIC Miner
    Jun 21 2024
    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 revenue? 18:39 Profitability 21:10 Other revenue sources 24:40 Calculators 25:50 Hardware form factor 28:15 Repairs 33:41 Chips & production 35:56 What foundry 36:50 Chip allocations from Samsung 38:40 Bitmain competition 42:46 Final thoughts Published twice weekly, "The Mining Pod" interviews the best builders and operators in the Bitcoin and Bitcoin mining landscape. Subscribe to get notifications when we publish interviews on Tuesday and a news show on Friday! 👉 Check out Bitcoin Season 2 and The Gwart Show. 👉 Watch our newest documentary, The Big Empty! Follow our host on Twitter, @wsfoxley. - Thank you to our sponsor, CleanSpark, America’s Bitcoin miner! And thank you to Foreman Mining, Master Your Mining! "The Mining Pod" is produced by Sunnyside Honey LLC and distributed by CoinDesk. Senior Producer is Damien Somerset.
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    50 m
  • INTERVIEW: Powering Texas’ Mining Boom With Ryan Nuckolls

    INTERVIEW: Powering Texas’ Mining Boom With Ryan Nuckolls
    Jun 18 2024
    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 beforehand 17:13 Capital intensive ops 19:25 Demand on ERCOT 21:43 Trading energy on ERCOT 25:35 What is energy trading? 30:06 The future of ERCOT & Bitcoin Published twice weekly, "The Mining Pod" interviews the best builders and operators in the Bitcoin and Bitcoin mining landscape. Subscribe to get notifications when we publish interviews on Tuesday and a news show on Friday! 👉 Check out Bitcoin Season 2 and The Gwart Show. 👉 Watch our newest documentary, The Big Empty! Follow our host on Twitter, @wsfoxley. - Thank you to our sponsor, CleanSpark, America’s Bitcoin miner! And thank you to Foreman Mining, Master Your Mining! "The Mining Pod" is produced by Sunnyside Honey LLC with Senior Producer, Damien Somerset. Distributed by CoinDesk with Senior Producer Michele Musso and Executive Producer Jared Schwartz.
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    37 m
  • INTERVIEW: Flare Gas Bitcoin Mining In 2024

    INTERVIEW: Flare Gas Bitcoin Mining In 2024
    Jun 14 2024
    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 industry. Chapter Markers: 00:00 Start 04:37 Justin's background 08:37 Mining legal structures 15:41 Energy deal examples 18:55 Flare gas reality check 23:30 Legal gas mining deals 30:00 Learnings big/small operations Published twice weekly, "The Mining Pod" interviews the best builders and operators in the Bitcoin and Bitcoin mining landscape. Subscribe to get notifications when we publish interviews on Tuesday and a news show on Friday! 👉 Check out Bitcoin Season 2 and The Gwart Show. 👉 Watch our newest documentary, The Big Empty! Follow our host on Twitter, @wsfoxley. Thank you to our sponsor, CleanSpark, America’s Bitcoin miner! And thank you to Foreman Mining, Master Your Mining! "The Mining Pod" is produced by Sunnyside Honey LLC and distributed by CoinDesk. Senior Producer is Damien Somerset.
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    35 m