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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.

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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, …

Bob Burnett of Barefoot Mining joins us to discuss the launch of Ocean Pool, backed by Jack Dorsey, live from the South Carolina debut.

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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 …

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 …

Adam Sullivan of Core Scientific joins us to discuss rebuilding Core Scientific - formerly the largest Bitcoin miner in the world. We discuss Core’s …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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.

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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.

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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 …

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.

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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.

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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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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) …

We speak with Chain Reaction co-founder Alon Webman about his new Israeli startup building Bitcoin ASICs. We discuss his background at Mellanox …

Welcome back to the show! Today we are joined by Barun Kar and Rajiv Khemani of Auradine, a new Bitcoin miner manufacturer to talk about their new 4nm Bitcoin miner. 

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Welcome back to the show! Today we are joined by Dylan LeClair of BTC Inc. to talk about his viral tweet concerning Bitcoin’s ‘security budget,’ macro flows into Bitcoin, and how mining stocks are poised for a breakout …

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Today we are joined by Alen Makhmetov a miner in Kazakhstan to talk about the realities of operating in that country.

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Today we are joined by Anthony Power to go over June’s monthly mining numbers. 

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Today we are joined by James McAvity, CEO of Cormint about their new yield product, immersion, and the realities of mining in Texas.

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Today we are talking about the hashrate and how it don’t give a f^#$, Binance laying off 1000 people and XRP gets some news in it’s case.

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Today we are joined by Karim Helmy, an independent researcher. Karim walks us through his novel use of nonce analysis to study the ASIC topography of the Bitcoin network and energy footprint.

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Today we are talking about the miners pivoting to AI and what’s up with Bored Apes?

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Today we are joined by Blake King, Power Markets Engineer at Galaxy Digital. We discuss how ERCOT works, what signals energy traders look for and how battery and Bitcoin mining loads interact on the grid.

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Today we are joined by Frank Holmes and Aydin Kilic of Hive Blockchain to discuss their recent ASIC acquisitions and jump into AI processing.

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Today we are joined by Jason Goodman Co-Founder of Bathhouse a thermal bath & spa facility in New York that utilizes Bitcoin mining to heat their …

Today we are joined by Justin Orkney, Mining. Commercial Director at Standard Power. We discuss building a one gigawatt site in Ohio, nuclear power, and the future of demand response in North America.

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Today we are joined by Anthony Power to go over May’s monthly mining numbers. We discuss standouts like Marathon Digital and Iris Energy, energy curtailment revenues, and predictions for the mining industry.

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Today we are joined by DMG’s Sheldon Bennet & Adrian Glover to talk about Ordinals. We discuss DMG’s mining profile, their carbon-neutral pool …

Today we are talking about the Blockrock ETF, the Coinshares mining report, the new Blockstream mining rig and flare gas mining in Argentina with …

Today we are joined by Jim Seto, CEO of ePIC Blockchain Technologies. We discuss designing the ePIC Blockminer, partnering with Intel and making …

Today we are talking about BTC Prague, BitGo acquiring Prime Trust and Consensys troubles over assets.

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Today we are joined by Sebastien Hess, co-founder of Block Green, a protocol for selling hashrate. We discuss how miner’s sell hashrate, who is …

Today we are talking about how miner revenue has been up, if old ETH miners pivoting to AI is realistic and Tether hydro mining in Uruguay.

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We are down south in Miami for Bitcoin 2023. Today we are joined by Taylor Monnig, VP of Mining Technology at CleanSpark. We discuss the history and …

Today we are joined by Anthony Power to discuss his May mining update, “Ranking ‘mid-tier’ Bitcoin miners, by the numbers”, the effect of Ordinals on rewards and the continued importance of balance sheet management. …

We are down south in Miami for Bitcoin 2023. Today we are joined by Lee Bratcher, President of the Texas Blockchain Council. We discuss Texas mining, Bitcoin and CBDC bills, domestic ASIC production and garnering public …

Today we are joined by Justin Drake an Ethereum researcher that collaborated on the ETH 2.0 consensus change. We talk about variations of mining …

Today we discuss Ordinals driving a crazy fee market and miners stacking sats, Marathon making moves in Abu Dhabi and the ZeroSync paper.

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Today we are joined by Anthony Power to discuss his March mining updates, strengths and weaknesses of miners and a special note on Core Scientific, who recently appointed a new president. …

Today we are joined by Jamie Leverton and Asher Genoot of Hut 8 and US BTC to discuss the merger of the two Bitcoin mining firms. We talk about US BTC’s operations, its strategic purchases in 2022 and merging the two …

Today we discuss Intel pausing ASIC manufacturing due to inventory glut, Gensler doing his best impression of a piñata in Congress & Coinbase considers moving to Bermuda.

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Today we are joined by Clara Medalie of Kaiko Research to talk about Bitcoin markets. We discuss market depth post-FTX, what a healthy Bitcoin marketplace looks like and how miners can influence price action.

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Today we are covering Bitcoin price breaking $30k, Ontario & Sweden Energy Rates & the Bitdeer SPAC not going so well.

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Today we are joined by Matt Lousteau of Luxor Technologies to discuss their newest firmware, LuxOS. We discuss the reason for making the firmware, …

In this week’s news roundup, we talk about the Bitcoin whitepaper begin hidden deep in MocOS, Foundry ending its free services and Paxful shutting …

Today we are joined by Marko Tarman of Nicehash. We discuss how it operates, solo miners finding blocks on Nicehash and why operators might want to …

Today we are joined by Rete Browning & Isaac Fithian from Cathedra to discuss their recent underclocking study, what it means for efficiency, profitability and rig lifespan.

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Today we discuss Foreman’s product stack, how integrating automation and intelligence into mining increases hashrate and how middleware providers are thinking about energy markets.

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In this week’s news roundup, we talk about the BlockFi Hindenburg Report, the BitDeer SPAC, Greenpeace “change the code” campaign (LOL), and Bankless Bros contemplate war…. seriously…. you can’t make this stuff up.

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Today on the show we are joined by Erick Hersman, co-founder of Gridless, a Bitcoin mining company building mini-mines on stranded energy sites in Africa. We dig into micro-grid economics, mining operations in East …

Today we discuss Marathon Digital’s playbook including its relationship with Applied Digital after the Compute North bankruptcy, movement into the UAE, S19 XP purchases and increasing mining efficiency under its hosted …

In this week’s news roundup, we talk about the FDIC & the Big Bad Banks, Luxor launches new mining firmware to compete with Braiins, Fidelity …

Today we discuss Cleanspark’s current financials, adding hashrate quickly, buying S19j Pro+ over S19 XPs, stock compensation and future growth plans outside the US.

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Today we are joined by mining analyst Anthony Power to talk about February's public miner performance. We discuss the chaos in the banking sector, big deployments from Marathon and others and some new metrics to be …

Today we are covering SVB being taken over by the FDIC, the Biden administration proposing a 30% miner tax, Block publishing a miner development kit and call for input, and ePIC’s new mining hardware based on Intel …

Today we are joined by David Kemmerer, co-founder of CoinLedger, to discuss crypto taxes. We go over what you need to know including taxable income, cost bases and mining specific questions.

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Today we’re going offroad from Bitcoin mining into an adjacent subject, decentralized storage. We are joined by Bill Schreckenstein, an engineer at …

Today we are joined by Andy Long, CEO of White Rock Management. A Bitcoin mining OG, Andy walks us through the current mining landscape, his long term mining thesis and a primer on European mining opportunities.

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In this week’s news roundup, we talk about the Fed denying Costodia’s banking application, friendly mining regulation making it’s way through …

Today we are joined by Brian Morgenstern, head of public policy at Riot Platforms. Brian recently joined Riot to advocate for the Bitcoin mining …

In this week’s news roundup, we talk about Core Scientific flying high (literally) in private chartered jets, Blockchain.com’s loss connected with the Three Arrows Capital debacle, and WSJ uses a clickbait headline to …

Today we are joined by Frank Holmes and Aydin Kilic of Hive Blockchain. We talk about Hive’s 2022 including Ethereum mining and the Intel-based …

In this week’s news roundup, we talk about the SEC staking announcement, Kazakh Mining & Ordinal Theory.

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Today we are joined by Tyler Page, CEO of Cipher Mining. We talk about Cipher’s capital strategy, machine purchases and growing its operational footprint across Texas.

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In this week’s news roundup, we talk about miners restructuring, Giga raising $10M and Riot staffing changes.

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Today we are joined by Greg Beard, CEO of Stronghold Digital Mining. Greg and I discuss Stronghold’s use of waste coal to clean up Pennsylvania and …

This week we talk about Cleanspark compensation, Blockstream raises $125 million, Celsius stores mining units, Hut 8 goes to court and Marathon looks international.

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Today on the show we are joined again by mining analyst Anthony Power. We discuss mining stocks ripping into the green, news updates and the dangers of debt and dilution.

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In this week’s news roundup, we talk about Genesis Capital’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing, DCG selling its assets and the mixed reactions to Bitcoin mining across the United States.

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Today we are joined by John Light to discuss how the novel introduction Validity Proofs to Bitcoin could increase mining fee revenues. We also get …

Today we are re-joined by Bitcoin mining OG Michael Carter (BitsBeTrippin). We talk about the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, deploying hashrate and ASIC prices.

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Gemini vs. Genesis vs. SEC the bankruptcy and securities showdown! Bitfarms possibly defaulting on a BlockFi loan. Alkimiya Raises $7M.

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Today we are joined by Colin Harper and Jaran Mellerud of Hashrate Index to talk about their mega 2022 report. We go over machine prices, …

Silvergate Bank hits some rough water and lays off staff, Marathon pays off revolving credit line, Core Scientific parts ways with Celsius, and Argo …

Today we are joined by Doug Lewin, President of Stoic Energy. We discuss the recent winter snap in Texas, what ERCOT is doing to fix the energy grid and how Bitcoin miners and other flexible loads fit into the Texas …

Today we are joined by Phil Jankowski, a state reporter for Dallas News, to discuss Texas’ energy market problem. We talk about the new market rules …

On today’s show, we are joined by Paul Sztorc and Austin Alexander of Layer 2 Labs, a new Bitcoin company that raised $3 million to bring sidechains …

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Today we are joined by Sue Ennis, VP of Corp Development at Hut 8. We discuss Hut 8’s conservative growth strategy, building out alternative lines of revenue and hodling an 8,000+ Bitcoin stack.

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Argo’s fat finger bankruptcy announcement retracted, Core Scientific gets a fresh cash injection and Bitmain releases new firmware but does it really make your miner more profitable?

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In part 1 of this two part episode, we are joined by Anthony Power to discuss November monthly mining updates.

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Argo may be filing for bankruptcy in the coming weeks. The Block CEO steps down amid news of undisclosed involvement with FTX. Riot causes a fuss by …

Today we are joined by Ryan Condron, CEO of Titan Pool. We talk about revenue strategies for small mining pools, building a trustless hashrate …

News Roundup: Blockfi, Last Hodl Standing and Manitoba’s Mining Moratorium

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Today we are rejoined by Zach Bradford of Cleanspark to talk about market sentiment, mining economics, ASIC prices and what to expect from the numerous Chapter 11 filings.

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Today we are joined by Glyn Jones, CEO of Ice Breaker Finance. Ice Breaker is a novel DeFi application merging miner financing with on-chain contracts. We talk about the mining credit crunch, what makes a good borrower …

In this interview, we discuss competition among Bitcoin miners, building the world’s largest bitcoin mine during Covid, how to think about mining equities, the vertically integrated model, working with ERCOT, deploying …

We discuss Marathon’s 2022 including the storm that knocked out its Hardin site, getting 9 EH/s online, EGS regulations, OFAC compliance, if the …

We talk with Ray Nasser, CEO of Arthur Mining, about teaming up with power producers to utilize stranded renewable energy for Bitcoin mining.

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We talk about the bombshell that is FTX, the tail risks and what it means for the industry.

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Today on the show I am joined by Alex DaCosta and David Yi of Aspen Creek Digital Corporation (ACDC) to discuss their newest Texas facility. We talk about Compass Mining’s 27 MW deployment to ACDC, working with ERCOT …

We talk about publicly traded miners in financial trouble, Compute North and their executive golden parachutes on the day of their bankruptcy filing …

Today I am joined by Anthony Power, an independent mining analyst. We talk about Argo Blockchain and Core Scientific’s financial warnings. The day after recording, Iris Energy also announced its inability to pay for up …

Today we are joined by longtime miner Ben Gagnon, Chief Mining Officer at Bitfarms. Ben and I discuss Core Scientific’s bankruptcy warning, Bitarms energy strategy and treasury management.

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We talk about Core Scientific mentioning possible bankruptcy in SEC filing (stock is down 97%), Maple creating a new lending pool for miners and …

Today we are joined by Matt Williams, head of derivatives at Luxor Technologies. Matt is an expert on commodities trading and built Luxor’s new …

We talk about the US semiconductor chip ban, the Rhodium filing, and the Celsius and Core Scientific debt story.

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Welcome back to the Mining Pod. Today we are rejoined by Mining Analyst Anthony Power. We talk about his miner performance rankings, debt and dilution and where markets go next.

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We talk about difficulty, hashprice, miners seeking relief from debt, NYDIG laying off 33% of its staff, Luxor Technologies new hashrate derivative …

Today we are joined by Louis Guthmann, ecosystem developer at Starkware. Starkware is building zero-knowledge proof rollups for multiple chains, …

Matt Kimmell of CoinShares and I talk about the 12% difficulty increase, Greyscales new mining product, miners raising capital and the latest in …

Today we are joined by Zach Bradford, CEO of Cleanspark. Cleanspark is a publicly listed mining firm which has been leveraging its treasury model to scoop up distressed assets. We talk about treasury management, buying …

Matt Kimmell of CoinShares joins me again to talk about hashprice, difficulty, Celsius mining filing suit against Core Scientific and Rhodium testing …

We sat down again with Mark Rossano of C6 Capital Holdings to talk about energy markets - both international and domestic. We go through PPAs and the …

Today we are talking news with Matt Kimmell of CoinSharees including Compute North filing Chapter 11 bankruptcy, Stakefish slashing 25% of its staff and Bitmain lowering ASIC prices by 30%.

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Today we are joined by Arcane Research analyst Jaran Mellerud to talk about Arcane’s new report, “How Bitcoin mining can transform the energy industry.” We discuss Bitcoin mining’s novel features, the economics of …

Welcome back to the Mining Pod. Today we are joined by Matt Kimmell of CoinShares to go over this week’s news. We talk about the Ethereum Merge, …

In this episode we talk with Ethan Vera from Luxor about the Ethereum 2.0 merge and its impact on proof of work miners.

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Matt Kimmell is a Researcher with Coinshares and in the episode we talk about RIOT’s lawsuit vs GMO, Argo partnering with Intel, and Bitmain’s new low interest rate loan program.

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Alyse Killeen is the founding Managing Partner of StillMark a Bitcoin VC firm. In this episode we talk about the bear market’s effect on venture capital, balance sheet management, and how VC firms invest in the mining …

Welcome back to the Compass Podcast! Today we are joined by Andrew Hinkes, author and adjunct professor at New York University focusing on the …

We talk with Camden Spiller from Maddox Industrial Transformer about demand for electrical infrastructure, including the consequences of the pandemic, tapering demand from Bitcoin miners and how demand destruction is …

Colin Harper is Head of Research for Hasrate Index. In this episode we talk about hashrate changes, how miners are handling the bear market, ASIC …

Jesse Davern of RK Mission Critical talks about all things related to Bitcoin mining containers. We discuss their engineering process, what …

In this episode we talk with Charlie Spears from Nakamotor about the potential impacts the Celsius bankruptcy might have on miners, rising energy costs, and miners overheating. Seriously, why is it so damn hot!?

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Today on the show we are joined by Parker Merritt of CoinMetrics to talk about all things 2022 - Q2 data. We go through hashrate, mining revenue, energy costs and much more.

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With the bear market in full swing miners are getting squeezed from all sides. In this episode of the Compass Podcast, Cassie Clifton & Craig …

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In a market downturn Bitcoin miners look to hedge their risk exposure with financial derivatives. In this episode of the Compass Podcast, Joshua Lim from Genesis Trading walks through the ways miners are positioning …

Public mining stocks have declined in price considerably over the last six months. In this episode of the Compass Podcast, Anthony Power and Independent Analyst walks through how to evaluate companies that have growth …

Grab your warmest coat because Bitcoin winter is here. Price is down, feels are down, but hashrate is up and a block still comes every ten minutes.

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The Texas Pacific Land Corporation was established in 1888 and owns more land than any other entity in the state. TPL just signed a Bitcoin mining deal with Mawson Infrastructure Group Inc. (NYSE: MIGI) (“Mawson”), and …

We all know that miners are flocking to Texas in search of cheap electricity but we rarely hear about their neighbor to the north, Oklahoma. In this episode of the Compass Podcast, Charlie Spears from Nakamotor gives us …

What if we could generate electricity from the ocean by using the temperature differences between the deep ocean and the surface? That’s what Nate …

You’ve probably not heard but we are having a bit of a problem with inflation and specifically with energy sources like gas. Mark Rossano from C6 …

In this episode we are re-joined by Blake King, a Power Systems Engineer. Blake has extensive experience working on modeling power grids. We dig into decentralized versus centralized mining setups, ERCOT and the Bitcoin …

Over the past two years Texas has become a focal point for new Bitcoin mining deployments. In this episode we talk with Steve Kinard from the Texas …

Starting a Bitcoin mining company can be a daunting task. Sourcing hardware, finding cheap and reliable power, and maximizing miner uptime are just some of the issues new startups face. To get some insight into how to …

Wolfie Zhao is a journalist that covers the Bitcoin mining sector. In this episode we talk about public mining firms, private loan structures, and …

Immersion mining is quickly becoming the most popular hardware configuration mainly due to the ability to overclock machines to make more profit. But …

If you are running Bitcoin miners you’ll want to be able to remotely access them. Forman’s software platform lets you manage your operation from anywhere. In this episode Dan Lawrence from Forman.mn walks us through …

If you follow the bitcoin mining space you would have routinely seen Riot Blockchain, Marathon Digital, Core Scientific and other other large mining …

As the mining sector becomes more institutionalized it’s important for the Bitcoin community to always focus on building systems that are as decentralized as possible. From supply chain to block propagation, all aspects …

Bitcoin mining is a great way to generate value from interacting with the network but there are real operational risks that should be considered when …

As regulators continue to criticize Bitcoin mining for its carbon footprint, public mining companies are getting ahead of the narrative by …

With calls for environmental stewardship louder than ever in the business community, Bitcoin miners are frequently turning to renewable energy sources. Daniel Roberts is C-CEO of Iris Energy which mines Bitcoin with …

Where can you find deep intellectual scholarship focused on Bitcoin? The Texas Bitcoin Foundation is aiming to answer that question by producing …

The formal specification for Ethereum 2.0 is almost done and everyone is wondering when and how the Merge will happen. Ben Edgington & Tim Beiko, two developers working on implementing Eth 2.0, join us to talk about …

Blockstream's Rusty Russell joins the Compass Podcast to talk about Lightning network growth, technicals and how Bitcoin miners should understand …

Bitcoin is the dominant proof-of-work cryptocurrency by a large margin, but an army of small time enthusiasts mine other PoW coins using GPUs, FPGAs and other retail friendly rigs.  In this episode of Compass Live, we …

Is Bitcoin mining the only application of Proof-of-Work? Where else do we see Proof-of-Work used? Turns out, many other blockchains are using Bitcoin’s tech stack to operate.  In this episode of Compass Live, …

Kazakhstan – a former Soviet satellite and second largest producer of Bitcoin hashrate – is undergoing tremendous civil strife. Gas prices have doubled and citizens have taken to the streets, demanding changes to the …

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This is an episode of Compass Live hosted by Compass Mining. In this livestream, Compass reviews the past year of mining trends and data with several people from Coin Metrics.

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This is an episode of Compass Live hosted by Compass Mining. In this livestream, Compass talks to a panel of ether miners about the future of ETH mining after China’s recent ban.

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This is an episode of Compass Live hosted by Compass Mining. In this livestream, Compass talks with a pair of mining CEOs about what “clean” or sustainable mining actually means.

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This is an episode of Compass Live hosted by Compass Mining. In this livestream, Compass talks about the state of advocacy and lobbying for the cryptocurrency mining industry.

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The Navajo Nation is becoming an attractive location to mine Bitcoin due to its abundant natural and renewable energy sources and the Navajo Nation’s desire to grow the tech industry on the reservation. In this episode, …

This is an episode of Compass Live hosted by Compass Mining. In this livestream, Compass talks with a panel of miners about how large-scale mining farms are designed and built.

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This is an episode of Compass Live hosted by Compass Mining. In this livestream, Compass explores the state of the public mining markets focusing on mining ETFs and SPACs. Two mining-related EFT managers join the stream.

This is an episode of Compass Live hosted by Compass Mining. In this livestream, Compass talks about the usefulness of bitcoin mining as a tool for …

This is an episode of Compass Live hosted by Compass Mining. In this livestream, Compass talks with a panel of immersion miners about the tools and …

This is an episode of Compass Live hosted by Compass Mining. In this livestream, Compass discusses the future of powering cryptocurrency mining farms with nuclear energy. This conversation is to be continued...

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This is an episode of Compass Live hosted by Compass Mining. In this livestream, Compass walks through the basics of at-home mining with five experienced home miners.

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This is an episode of Compass Live hosted by Compass Mining. In this livestream, Compass reviews the new technologies that allow miners to reuse the …

This is an episode of Compass Live hosted by Compass Mining. In this livestream, Compass explores the opportunities and challenges for everyone looking for a job in the cryptocurrency industry, whether they want to work …

This is an episode of Compass Live hosted by Compass Mining. In this livestream, Compass explores the financial side of cryptocurrency mining with two leaders in cryptocurrency and mining-focused financial products and …

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.

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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.

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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.

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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. 

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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 …

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.

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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 …

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 …

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 …

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.

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Daniel Frumkin of Braiins and Blake King of RES Holdings

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Compass discusses the growth in North American mining with CEOs of the industry's two largest public mining companies: Jason Les of Riot Blockchain …

Compass discusses the vague language in Congress' latest infrastructure that could cause trouble for miners and the rest of the cryptocurrency …

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.

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In this episode we talk to Josh Metnick & David Steinberg from Hashtest.com about the new ability to audit and benchmark your ASIC miner.

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In this episode we talk to David Vorick from Skynet and the Sia protocol about building a decentralized storage protocol and the challenges of …

In this episode we talk to Leo Zhang from Anicca Research about hedging Bitcoin mining operational risk with hashrate derivatives.

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In this episode we talk to Marty Bent & Austin Storms from Great American Mining about flare gas Bitcoin mining and challenging environmental …

In this episode we talk to Jacob DeWitte & Caroline Cochran from Oklo about the future of Bitcoin mining with nuclear power and the recent …

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.

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In this episode we talk to Matt Lohstroh & Brent Whitehead from Giga EnergySolutions about the future of off-grid flared natural gas Bitcoin …

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 …

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 …

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.

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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 …

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 …

In this episode we talk to Josh Riddett of Easy Crypto Hunter about farmers using anaerobic digesters to produce biogas to run GPU miners.

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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 …

In this episode we talk to Juan Pinto of Doctorminer about the Venezuelan hydropower mining, the government mining pool, and how retail miners make …

In this episode we talk to Adam Ortolf of Upstream Data about the “Bitcoin Mining Council”, mitigating emissions through Bitcoin mining, and the …

In this episode we talk to James Prestwich of Celo about how ETH culture affects design choices, miner extractable value, and cross chain …

In this episode we talk to Lee Bratcher & Nathan Nichols of the The Texas Blockchain Council about balancing energy grids with Bitcoin mining, …

In this episode we talk to Ben Gagnon, Director of Mining at Bitfarms about getting listed on NASDAQ, mining in China vs. Canada, and the utility of Bitcoin giving stranded energy a market to trade in.

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What determines if a Bitcoin miner will be profitable? In this episode we talk to Drew Armstrong and AJ Scalia of Galaxy Digital about their …

Christian Keroles (CK) is the Product Manager at Bitcoin Magazine. In this episode we talk about how lack of due diligence and research leads to the …

Andy Edstrom, CFA, CFP is the author of the book “Why Buy Bitcoin: Investing Today in the Money of Tomorrow.” In this episode we talk about how …

Jesse Proudman is CEO at Makara Digital and they are building the first crypto robo-advisor, helping people onboard and trade in this complicated asset class.

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Karim Helmy is a Researcher at Galaxy Digital and discusses North American hashrate expansion, nonce research and delivering deeper engagement with mining data.

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Leo Zhang from Anicca Research discusses hardware ROI, price manipulation and miner extractable value.

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Bitcoin mining stocks are hot right now but are they overpriced? In this episode Ethan Vera from Luxor discusses SPAC valuations, miner extractable value, and mining energy sources.

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MintGreen offers mining rigs that recapture heat and use it for industrial purposes. In this episode Colin Sullivan, President discusses ESG …

CoinShares is a global leader in Bitcoin related ETPs and indexes as well as conducting some of the most comprehensive research in the Bitcoin space. In this episode Chris Bendiksen, Head of Research discusses Norwegian …

Bixin accounts for approx. 2% of the total Bitcoin hashrate and has operations in Inner Mongolia, Sichuan province and other places. In this episode …

As two of the top journalists in the Bitcoin mining space, Zack and Will have delivered new ways of seeing into an industry that seems opaque. They discuss what brought them to this work and what keeps them striving for …

As the mayor of Miami, Francis Suarez aims to turn his city into a technology hub. Part of that plan is to bring Bitcoin into the city's regular …