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In this week’s Mining Pod, Charlie, Matt, Will and special guest Walt Smith of Cyber Fund discuss the talks from Bitcoin developer conference Bitcoin ++ in Austin, Texas, with special focus on new soft forks for Bitcoin that could bring more programmability on-chain.00:00 Start01:37 What is Bitcoin ++?05:09 Specter of MEV on Bitcoin11:49 Defining MEV17:23 Slipstream & Data Blobs21:08 Protocol Ossification23:56 OP_CAT👉 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this week’s Mining Pod, we talk with the Galaxy Digital Bitcoin mining team about their Helios Bitcoin mine in Spur, Texas, population 900! We discuss the latest film, The Big Empty, how it was received by the community and what it means to have a Bitcoin miner join rural American towns like Spur.Chapter Markers:00:00:00 Start00:02:01 Guest Intros00:02:36 Helios Mine Scale00:03:21 Guest Bios00:07:59 Helios Facility Size00:11:26 Immersion Mining Process00:13:21 Living in Dickens County00:20:13 Suspicion of New Companies00:23:42 Bitcoin Adoption in Towns00:27:15 Community Interactions00:29:32 Money & State Separation00:33:41 Communication Barriers00:35:06 The Legendary Pool00:38:50 Wrapping Up👉 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! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We go through this week’s news in Bitcoin and Bitcoin mining, including ViaBTC’s 33.3 BTC auction reward, Jack Dorsey’s Block announcing its 3 nm chip plans for a Bitcoin ASIC, and a behind the scenes look at TSMCs Arizona chip fab!00:00:00 Start00:07:27 Post-Halving Difficulty 00:12:16 Via BTC's Epic Sat Sale00:16:14 Block's 3nm Mining Chip00:20:01 Challenges for New ASICS00:24:28 Jack Dorsey's Support00:27:28 TSMC's Arizona Fab Issues00:32:26 Wrap-up👉 Check out Bitcoin Season 2 and The Gwart Show.👉 Watch our newest documentary, The Big Empty!👉 Watch our livestream on Samourai Wallet!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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Gladstein of the Human Rights Foundation and Diverter, a pseudonymous Bitcoiner known for his non-KYC Bitcoin guides, joins The Mining Pod to discuss why Bitcoin mining matters for individual liberty and how Bitcoiners can take mining to the next level.Chapter Markers:00:00:00 Start00:03:13 Diverter's Bitcoin Journey00:06:12 Alex Gladstein's Bitcoin Story00:10:22 Why Mining Matters00:13:07 Value of Non-KYC Mining00:20:27 Mining & Financial Sovereignty00:24:27 Clean Spark Ad00:24:47 Bitcoin Mining Bifurcation00:28:45 Vitamin Ad00:29:26 Mining: Suits vs. Home Miners00:37:36 Regulatory Capture of Mining00:51:50 Bitmain Ad00:52:37 Compromising on Privacy00:57:53 Inevitability of Bitcoin Adoption01:03:17 Cypherpunk Ethos & Nuance01:04:20 What if Bitcoin Succeeds?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 our other shows and content by going to Blockspace.media today.👉 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Matt, Will and Charlie dig into this week’s biggest news stories ahead of the Bitcoin halving, where Bitcoin’s rewards are dropped by 50% by the network! We go through Bitcoin data, Riot energizing Corsicana and Foundry playing halving block games!Chapter Markers:00:00:00 Start00:02:15 Bitcoin Having Discussion00:04:28 Sponsor: Clean Spark00:06:06 Miner Mag Data Review00:09:17 Miner Sell Pressure00:11:18 Riot's 1 GW Mine00:14:23 Sponsor: Foreman00:15:25 Foundry's Rare Sat Auction00:20:36 Sponsor: Bitmain00:21:24 Testnet Reorgs & Hash Bender00:31:39 Mining Innovations & Topics00:33:42 Upcoming Shows & Events00:35:36 Wrap-upPublished 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 our other shows and content by going to Blockspace.media today.👉 Join our Bitcoin Halving party in Denver, Colorado on April 20th! 👉 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Parker Merritt from Coin Metrics and Will Foxley discuss key metrics, trends, and insights in Bitcoin mining. Topics include mining pools, hash rate, transaction fees, hardware fingerprinting, energy consumption, miner efficiency, and the performance of publicly traded mining stocks.Chapter Markers:00:00:00 Start00:01:45 Foreman ad00:02:28 Sponsor message00:02:52 Introductions00:03:50 Bitcoin Halving update00:05:12 Bitcoin Cash price surge00:09:08 Bitcoin Cash mining revenue00:11:23 Bitcoin Cash blockchain growth00:13:41 Big blocks in Bitcoin00:17:35 Mining pool distribution00:20:40 Mining pool payout analysis00:25:53 ASIC breakeven power costs00:28:50 ASIC fingerprinting methodology00:34:20 Bitcoin energy consumption00:35:58 Mining & grid load balancing00:38:50 Average network efficiency00:41:52 CleanSpark's on-chain data00:45:53 Miner market cap dominance00:49:01 Miner stocks vs. Bitcoin in 2024Published 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 our other shows and content by going to Blockspace.media today.👉 Join our Bitcoin Halving party in Denver, Colorado on April 20th! 👉 Watch our newest documentary, The Big Empty!Follow our host on Twitter, @wsfoxley. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Matt, Charlie and Will discuss Bitcoin and Bitcoin mining news, from Bitmain’s large US operations to Ordinals marketcap projections to mining pools playing games with new transaction types. Senator Elizabeth Warren might even drop by!Watch a video version of the show here.Chapter Markers:00:00:00 Start00:01:54 Intro & Bitcoin Halving00:03:27 Difficulty Adjustment 00:05:01 Bitmain & BitFuFu00:07:08 New US ASIC Maker00:10:07 Promising or Flop?00:11:15 Ordinals Corner00:15:31 Ordinals Hype Chart00:18:33 Ordinals vs. ETH NFTs00:20:15 Ordinals & Block Space00:23:45 Ordinals: JPEGs for BTC?00:26:16 Mining Fees & Ordinals00:28:41 Bitcoin Pool Revenues00:31:17 Pool Decentralization00:33:20 Sen. Warren on Crypto00:37:15 Wrapping UpPublished 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 our other shows and content by going to Blockspace.media today.👉 Join our Bitcoin Halving party in Denver, Colorado on April 20th! 👉 Watch our newest documentary, The Big Empty!Follow our host on Twitter, @wsfoxley. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Steve Barbour, owner of Bitcoin mining and oil and gas services company Upstream Data, joins the show to discuss who should get into Bitcoin mining, what problems Bitcoin mining solves and what he expects going into another Bitcoin bull market.Watch a video version of the show here.Chapter Markers:00:00:00 Start00:02:30 Introducing Steve Barbour00:04:12 Bitcoin mining & energy00:07:33 Upstream Data's origins00:14:13 Upstream Data's naming00:19:35 Canadian oil vs. Bitcoin00:24:35 Upstream Data's services00:32:54 Colorado oil & Bitcoin00:36:11 Bitcoin vs oil cycles00:41:45 Bitcoin & AI00:45:00 Water vs. air cooling00:49:05 Advice for new miners00:53:59 Mining contract tips00:57:19 When to start mining01:01:31 Steve on Bitcoin ordinalsPublished 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 our other shows and content by going to Blockspace.media today.👉 Join our Bitcoin Halving party in Denver, Colorado on April 20th! 👉 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! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to the news roundup! Today we chat about potential delays to TSMCs chip production from the earthquake in Taiwan, Franklin Templeton on Ordinals and Poolin selling its 100 MW farm for a fair chunk of change.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! Chapter Markers:00:00:00 Start00:01:07 Intro00:04:21 The Big Empty Documentary00:05:40 Taiwan Earthquake Impact00:10:55 Bitcoin Ordinals Corner00:15:33 Mining Pool Centralization00:24:23 Stratum V2 Discussion00:29:35 Poolin Sells Texas Assets00:35:18 Sauna Miner Test: S21 vs M6000:38:08 Outro👉 Check out our other shows and content by going to Blockspace.media today.👉 Join our Bitcoin Halving party in Denver, Colorado on April 20th! 👉 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Matt Williams of Luxor Tech joins the podcast to discuss hashrate futures, a new trading product that allows miners to forecast and act on the future price of hashrate. We discuss the product, similar Bitcoin futures products on the CME and how mining pool games with Ordinals could alter the equation.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! Timestamps:00:00:00 Start00:02:52 Matt Williams Intro00:04:11 Matt's Background00:09:50 English Major & Skiing00:12:37 CME & Bitcoin Futures00:19:58 Luxor Hashrate Futures00:28:06 Luxor's Product Suite00:32:37 CME Bitcoin Futures00:36:14 Futures Explained00:41:34 Changing Pool Models00:44:30 Transaction Fee Hedging00:48:55 Volatility & Derivatives00:50:54 Futures & OptionsCheck out our other shows and content by going to https://blockspace.media/ today.Join our halving party in Denver, Colorado on April 20th! https://www.meetup.com/denver-bitdevs/events/299059050/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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices