Bitcoin.Review Podcast with NVK & Guests BR013 - Mining Experts Roundtable ft. Steve Barbour & Harry Sudock
Dec 12, 2022
02:01:59
I'm joined by guests Steve Barbour & Harry Sudock to discuss Bitcoin Mining.
Discussion Topics
- 00:03:42 The service miners provide
- 00:05:01 Current state of mining profitability
- 00:07:58 Mining supply chain issues
- 00:13:18 Profit and loss in the mining industry
- 00:17:05 Financing in the mining industry
- 00:29:07 Risk management in the mining industry
- 00:33:49 Fiat games, leverage, fractional reserves & rehypothecation
- 00:46:44 Cooling technology
- 00:55:15 Higherarchy of needs in mining hardware
- 00:56:41 PSU cost efficiency
- 01:00:55 Voltage dynamics in mining
- 01:03:11 ASICS and ASIC manufacturers
- 01:10:55 Geopolitical concerns and state actors
- 01:22:57 Is Tesla a shitcoin?
- 01:24:04 The evolution of the Bitcoin mining paradigm
- 01:29:25 Sustaining attacks on mining
- 01:31:54 Energy sources
- 01:37:27 Creative miner energy use ideas
- 01:40:51 Base layer, 2nd layers and custodians
- 01:42:57 Attack vectors
- 01:47:19 RBF controversy
Links & Contacts:
- Website: https://bitcoin.review/Podcast
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/bitcoinreviewhq
- NVK Twitter: https://twitter.com/nvk
- Telegram: https://t.me/BitcoinReviewPod
- Email: producer@coinkite.com
- Nostr & LN:⚡nvk@nvk.org (not an email!)
Full show notes: https://bitcoin.review/podcast/episode-13/