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In this week’s Mining Pod, Will and Matt dig into Bitcoin and Bitcoin mining news including: difficulty dropping 5.5%, Arkansas putting restrictions around Bitcoin mining and large Bitcoin miners pivoting into artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure.00:00:00 Start00:02:07 Hashrate go down00:06:35 Texas grid spikes00:10:57 Canaan Avalon A1500:17:26 Arkansas hates noise & communists00:25:01 Miners pivot to AI infrastructurePublished 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 👉 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

Chapter Markers:00:00:00 Start00:02:35 Open Timestamps does election fraud00:07:19 Timestamp the internet?00:08:19 Peter Todd Intro00:10:45 Antpool block template use00:16:33 Does Stratum V2 solve pool control?00:17:18 Ocean Pool00:18:19 Developers Incentivisation00:20:19 Mining Testnet00:21:30 Resetting Testnet00:21:56 Ordinal Streisand Effect00:24:16 OP_RETURN00:24:58 1MB Runes incoming w/ Libra Relay?00:28:23 MEV is dangerous00:30:35 RBF transactions00:31:20 MEV types00:32:53 Libra Relay vs Core filters00:34:50 Libra Relay is a political project00:36:10 Suggestions for miners00:37:36 OP_CAT00:42:40 OP Code prediction👉 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, 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