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MINE Start mining your own bitcoins with Compass. https://bit.ly/3CehBf1 WATCH https://youtube.com/c/CompassMining?sub_confirmation=1 LISTEN Apple Podcasts https://apple.co/3fNfrdi Spotify https://spoti.fi/3tSf9G1 Amazon https://amzn.to/3557cqg Anchor https://bit.ly/3rmb7UF RSS https://bit.ly/3chpULV LEARN Every week, Compass sends a memo to over 18,000 professional miners and investors with the most important news and data in cryptocurrency mining. ✍️ Get the free newsletter in your inbox too: https://bit.ly/3vOGzxD FOLLOW Twitter: https://twitter.com/compass_mining LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/compassmining Happy hashing! 🤝 #Bitcoin #BitcoinMining Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 themselves financially to get through this bear market. Joshua Lim: https://twitter.com/joshua_j_lim Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley 🎥 TIMESTAMPS: Start 00:00 Intro 00:32 What does Genesis do? 00:48 Short term prediction 02:57 Fed & macro 08:13 USD inflows 10:19 Genesis financial products 14:26 PoW vs PoS financial products 20:48 Miner hedging 26:10 Miner volume 28:59 Miner selling BTC 30:59 MINE Start mining your own bitcoins with Compass. https://bit.ly/3CehBf1 WATCH https://youtube.com/c/CompassMining?sub_confirmation=1 LISTEN Apple Podcasts https://apple.co/3fNfrdi Spotify https://spoti.fi/3tSf9G1 Amazon https://amzn.to/3557cqg Anchor https://bit.ly/3rmb7UF RSS https://bit.ly/3chpULV LEARN Every week, Compass sends a memo to over 18,000 professional miners and investors with the most important news and data in cryptocurrency mining. ✍️ Get the free newsletter in your inbox too: https://bit.ly/3vOGzxD FOLLOW Twitter: https://twitter.com/compass_mining LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/compassmining Happy hashing! 🤝 #Bitcoin #BitcoinMining Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 potential in the Bitcoin mining sector. https://compassmining.io/education/how-to-value-bitcoin-mining-companies/ Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley 🎥 TIMESTAMPS: Start 00:00 Intro 00:29 Simple metrics to look at 05:48 What leads to under performance 12:52 Hashrate under management 19:33 Large cap miners 30:43 Mid-cap miners  37:16 Hashrate prediction 44:55 Wrap up 48:13 MINE Start mining your own bitcoins with Compass. https://bit.ly/3CehBf1 WATCH https://youtube.com/c/CompassMining?sub_confirmation=1 LISTEN Apple Podcasts https://apple.co/3fNfrdi Spotify https://spoti.fi/3tSf9G1 Amazon https://amzn.to/3557cqg Anchor https://bit.ly/3rmb7UF RSS https://bit.ly/3chpULV LEARN Every week, Compass sends a memo to over 18,000 professional miners and investors with the most important news and data in cryptocurrency mining. ✍️ Get the free newsletter in your inbox too: https://bit.ly/3vOGzxD FOLLOW Twitter: https://twitter.com/compass_mining LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/compassmining Happy hashing! 🤝 #Bitcoin #BitcoinMining Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. In this episode of the Compass Podcast, Michael Carter (BitsBeTrippin) walks us through how to survive a Bitcoin winter and the history of bear cycles. Michael Carter: https://twitter.com/BitsBeTrippin Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley 🎥 TIMESTAMPS: Start 00:00 Intro 00:26 Terra meltdown 05:04 Multiple bear cycles 11:01 Mining through bear markets 27:14 Tips for efficiency 42:18 Maintaining machines 49:40 Wrap up 53:29 MINE Start mining your own bitcoins with Compass. https://bit.ly/3CehBf1 WATCH https://youtube.com/c/CompassMining?sub_confirmation=1 LISTEN Apple Podcasts https://apple.co/3fNfrdi Spotify https://spoti.fi/3tSf9G1 Amazon https://amzn.to/3557cqg Anchor https://bit.ly/3rmb7UF RSS https://bit.ly/3chpULV LEARN Every week, Compass sends a memo to over 18,000 professional miners and investors with the most important news and data in cryptocurrency mining. ✍️ Get the free newsletter in your inbox too: https://bit.ly/3vOGzxD FOLLOW Twitter: https://twitter.com/compass_mining LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/compassmining Happy hashing! 🤝 #Bitcoin #BitcoinMining Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 JAI Energy (“JAI”) to develop up to 60 megawatts of bitcoin mining on TPL’s land in West Texas. In this episode of the Compass Podcast, Justin Ballard from Jai Energy walks through the intricacies of this deal and the importance of such large entities getting into mining. Justin Ballard https://twitter.com/JLB_Oso Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley 🎥 TIMESTAMPS: [coming after livestream ends] MINE Start mining your own bitcoins with Compass. https://bit.ly/3CehBf1 WATCH https://youtube.com/c/CompassMining?sub_confirmation=1 LISTEN Apple Podcasts https://apple.co/3fNfrdi Spotify https://spoti.fi/3tSf9G1 Amazon https://amzn.to/3557cqg Anchor https://bit.ly/3rmb7UF RSS https://bit.ly/3chpULV LEARN Every week, Compass sends a memo to over 18,000 professional miners and investors with the most important news and data in cryptocurrency mining. ✍️ Get the free newsletter in your inbox too: https://bit.ly/3vOGzxD FOLLOW Twitter: https://twitter.com/compass_mining LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/compassmining Happy hashing! 🤝 #Bitcoin #BitcoinMining Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 some insight on the Oklahoma energy landscape. Charlie Spears: https://twitter.com/cbspears https://nakamotor.io/ Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley 🎥 TIMESTAMPS: Start 00:00 Intro 00:28 Nakamotor 01:59 Bitcoiner to Bitcoin Miner 03:57 Oklahoma energy sources 06:15 Natural gas & miners 10:54 The macro picture 14:04 Ok vs. Tx 15:41 ERCOT in Ok? 19:18 Finding places to mine in Ok 24:05 Oil & gas + BTC? 27:35 GPU mining in the field 30:47 Hashrate prediction 36:00 Ok hashrate prediction 37:13 MINE Start mining your own bitcoins with Compass. https://bit.ly/3CehBf1 WATCH https://youtube.com/c/CompassMining?sub_confirmation=1 LISTEN Apple Podcasts https://apple.co/3fNfrdi Spotify https://spoti.fi/3tSf9G1 Amazon https://amzn.to/3557cqg Anchor https://bit.ly/3rmb7UF RSS https://bit.ly/3chpULV LEARN Every week, Compass sends a memo to over 18,000 professional miners and investors with the most important news and data in cryptocurrency mining. ✍️ Get the free newsletter in your inbox too: https://bit.ly/3vOGzxD FOLLOW Twitter: https://twitter.com/compass_mining LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/compassmining Happy hashing! 🤝 #Bitcoin #BitcoinMining Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 Harmon from Blockchain Solutions Hawaii is working on. This conversation is pretty wild so stick around to find out what manganese nodules are. Nate Harmon: https://twitter.com/BlockchainHI1 Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley 🎥 TIMESTAMPS: Start 00:00:00 Intro 00:00:31 Nate's background 00:01:28 Bitcoin background 00:02:52 Blockchain Solutions Hawaii & energy 00:10:31 Ocean thermal power 00:17:17 Designing and deployment 00:19:39 Open ocean deployment 00:27:53 Manganese nodules (deep ocean mining) 00:36:02 Stranded energy 00:41:18 Scaling the tech 00:44:05 MINE Start mining your own bitcoins with Compass. https://bit.ly/3CehBf1 WATCH https://youtube.com/c/CompassMining?sub_confirmation=1 LISTEN Apple Podcasts https://apple.co/3fNfrdi Spotify https://spoti.fi/3tSf9G1 Amazon https://amzn.to/3557cqg Anchor https://bit.ly/3rmb7UF RSS https://bit.ly/3chpULV LEARN Every week, Compass sends a memo to over 18,000 professional miners and investors with the most important news and data in cryptocurrency mining. ✍️ Get the free newsletter in your inbox too: https://bit.ly/3vOGzxD FOLLOW Twitter: https://twitter.com/compass_mining LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/compassmining Happy hashing! 🤝 #Bitcoin #BitcoinMining Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 Capital Holdings is an expert on all things inflation and energy related. In this episode we talk with him about how inflation is affecting energy pricing across the globe and what it means for Bitcoin miners. Mark Rossano: https://twitter.com/markfny Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley 🎥 TIMESTAMPS: Start 00:00:00 Intro 00:00:26 Mark's background 00:01:14 Where to invest capital? 00:06:26 Energy prices 00:09:18 Supply demand dynamics 00:14:29 Legally securing cheap energy 00:19:17 Inflation and regulation 00:25:33 Will energy production support high demand? 00:32:10 Stagflation 00:36:50 MINE Start mining your own bitcoins with Compass. https://bit.ly/3CehBf1 WATCH https://youtube.com/c/CompassMining?sub_confirmation=1 LISTEN Apple Podcasts https://apple.co/3fNfrdi Spotify https://spoti.fi/3tSf9G1 Amazon https://amzn.to/3557cqg Anchor https://bit.ly/3rmb7UF RSS https://bit.ly/3chpULV LEARN Every week, Compass sends a memo to over 18,000 professional miners and investors with the most important news and data in cryptocurrency mining. ✍️ Get the free newsletter in your inbox too: https://bit.ly/3vOGzxD FOLLOW Twitter: https://twitter.com/compass_mining LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/compassmining Happy hashing! 🤝 #Bitcoin #BitcoinMining Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 mining renewable energy. Blake King https://twitter.com/hhornblower95 Will Foxley https://twitter.com/wsfoxley 🎥 TIMESTAMPS: Start 00:00 Intro 00:27 Blake's background 02:12 Mining at energy source vs mega mines 05:58 Mining at source w/ containers 07:56 Demand response 11:56 Curtailment coordination 16:44 Different rules for different sizes 20:43 Stranded energy 23:36 Demand/supply issues 28:25 New demand changes the market  29:51 Is Texas over committing to mining? 30:41 Mining w/ renewables 33:32 Cost of solar plus storage 39:11 Coal solar panels 41:05 MINE Start mining your own bitcoins with Compass. https://bit.ly/3CehBf1 WATCH https://youtube.com/c/CompassMining?sub_confirmation=1 LISTEN Apple Podcasts https://apple.co/3fNfrdi Spotify https://spoti.fi/3tSf9G1 Amazon https://amzn.to/3557cqg Anchor https://bit.ly/3rmb7UF RSS https://bit.ly/3chpULV LEARN Every week, Compass sends a memo to over 18,000 professional miners and investors with the most important news and data in cryptocurrency mining. ✍️ Get the free newsletter in your inbox too: https://bit.ly/3vOGzxD FOLLOW Twitter: https://twitter.com/compass_mining LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/compassmining Happy hashing! 🤝 #Bitcoin #BitcoinMining Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 Blockchain Council about the council's roll in being a liaison between industry and government, PoW versus PoS and combating FUD. https://www.linkedin.com/in/steve-kinard-jr-1144b87 https://twitter.com/txblockchain1 https://texasblockchaincouncil.org/ Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley 🎥 TIMESTAMPS: Start 00:00 Intro 00:29 Steve's background 01:26 Researching Bitcoin mining 09:24 Oil & gas + BTC 15:01 ERCOT & Bitcoin mining 22:23 What issues are TBC addressing? 29:52 What can we go to help Bitcoin? 37:03 MINE Start mining your own bitcoins with Compass. https://bit.ly/3CehBf1 WATCH https://youtube.com/c/CompassMining?sub_confirmation=1 LISTEN Apple Podcasts https://apple.co/3fNfrdi Spotify https://spoti.fi/3tSf9G1 Amazon https://amzn.to/3557cqg Anchor https://bit.ly/3rmb7UF RSS https://bit.ly/3chpULV LEARN Every week, Compass sends a memo to over 18,000 professional miners and investors with the most important news and data in cryptocurrency mining. ✍️ Get the free newsletter in your inbox too: https://bit.ly/3vOGzxD FOLLOW Twitter: https://twitter.com/compass_mining LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/compassmining Happy hashing! 🤝 #Bitcoin #BitcoinMining Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices