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Feb 1, 2022 • 28min
Bitcoin’s Brain Trust | Natalie Smolenski | Compass Podcast
Where can you find deep intellectual scholarship focused on Bitcoin? The Texas Bitcoin Foundation is aiming to answer that question by producing “education about Bitcoin and related historical and scientific issues.” Natalie Smolenski Founder & Executive Director Texas Bitcoin Foundation discusses the focus of this new organization.
https://www.txbitcoinfoundation.org
Natalie Smolenski https://twitter.com/NSmolenski
Will Foxley https://twitter.com/wsfoxley
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Jan 27, 2022 • 40min
Leaving Proof-of-Work | Ben Edgington & Tim Beiko | Compass Podcast
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 when and how a transition of such scale will take place.
Ben Edgington: https://twitter.com/benjaminion_xyz
Tim Beiko: https://twitter.com/TimBeiko
PERSON: TWITTER HANDLE
Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley
🎥 TIMESTAMPS:
Begin 00:00:00:00
Intro 00:00:44:28
When will ETH2 merge? 00:02:14:27
ETH2 vs. Consensus Layer 00:09:15:00
Execution vs. consensus 00:15:40:17
Preparing for merge 00:20:08:02
The moment of the switch 00:24:21:03
What happens right after 00:30:46:26
Finality and checkpoints 00:31:25:12
Hashrate during merge 00:33:46:19
MINE
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Jan 20, 2022 • 49min
Understanding The Lighting Network | Rusty Russell | Compass Podcast
Blockstream's Rusty Russell joins the Compass Podcast to talk about Lightning network growth, technicals and how Bitcoin miners should understand Lightning!
The Lightning Network has become the leading second layer scaling solution for Bitcoin. With instant transactions and ultra low fees it is making the dream of a “Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System” a reality.
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Jan 14, 2022 • 1h 10min
Altcoin Mining in 2022 | Michael Carter & Seth Estrada | Compass Podcast
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 sit down with Michael Carter (BitsBeTrippin) and Seth Estrada (Mineyourbiz) to talk Altcoin mining in 2022.
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Jan 12, 2022 • 41min
Next Gen Mining with Zero Knowledge Proofs | Kristy Minehan | Compass Podcast
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, Kristy-Leigh Minehan joins Compass Live to discuss how zero knowledge proofs, rollups and other altcoins take advantage of Proof-of-Work.
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Compass hosts livestreams every week on WEDNESDAY and FRIDAY with the leading experts in cryptocurrency mining. Don't miss them! 🔔 Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/c/CompassMining?sub_confirmation=1
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💻 Every week, Compass sends a memo to over 14,000 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
💰 Mine your own bitcoins with Compass. Start here: https://bit.ly/3CehBf1
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Jan 11, 2022 • 24min
The State of Kazakh Mining | Didar Bekbau | Compass Podcast
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 governments authoritarian ways. Compass sits down with Didar Bekbau from Xive Mining to talk about Bitcoin's role in the conflict, if Bitcoin miners will leave and the state of Kazakh mining!
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Compass hosts livestreams every week on WEDNESDAY and FRIDAY with the leading experts in cryptocurrency mining. Don't miss them! 🔔 Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/c/CompassMining?sub_confirmation=1
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💻 Every week, Compass sends a memo to over 14,000 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
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Happy hashing! 🤝
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Jan 7, 2022 • 1h 2min
Smart Contracts for Bitcoin? | Jeremy Rubin | Compass Podcast
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Compass hosts livestreams every week on WEDNESDAY and FRIDAY with the leading experts in cryptocurrency mining. Don't miss them! 🔔 Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/c/CompassMining?sub_confirmation=1
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Thanks for watching!
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🔎 Learn more about cryptocurrency mining!
💻 Every week, Compass sends a memo to over 14,000 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
💰 Mine your own bitcoins with Compass. Start here: https://bit.ly/3CehBf1
⭐️ Follow Compass socials:
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Jan 5, 2022 • 53min
Mining as Money Printing | Mark Thornton | Compass Podcast
Austrian economics – a small, yet growing free market ideology – is often cited as the basis for Bitocin’s supply cap, issuance schedule and proof-of-work consensus mechanism.
In this episode of Compass Live, Peterson and Luddy Professor of Austrian Economics and Senior Fellow at the Ludwig von Mises Institute Mark Thornton lays out the argument for Bitcoin as a competitor to fiat money.
✔️ Mark Thornton: https://twitter.com/DrMarkThornton
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Compass hosts livestreams every week on WEDNESDAY and FRIDAY with the leading experts in cryptocurrency mining. Don't miss them! 🔔 Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/c/CompassMining?sub_confirmation=1
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Thanks for watching!
🎥 TIMESTAMPS:
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🔎 Learn more about cryptocurrency mining!
💻 Every week, Compass sends a memo to over 14,000 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
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Dec 29, 2021 • 1h 4min
An Investor's Guide To Mining | Brandon Bailey & Lili Rhodes | Compass Podcast
✔️ Lili Rhodes: https://twitter.com/Marketsbylili
✔️ Brandon Bailey: https://twitter.com/bitcoinbeezy
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✔️ Zack Voell: https://twitter.com/zackvoell
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Compass hosts livestreams every week on WEDNESDAY and FRIDAY with the leading experts in cryptocurrency mining. Don't miss them! 🔔 Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/c/CompassMining?sub_confirmation=1
📲 You can LISTEN to audio versions of all livestreams on 🎧 Apple Podcasts (https://apple.co/3fNfrdi), 🎧 Spotify (https://spoti.fi/3tSf9G1), 🎧 Anchor (https://bit.ly/3rmb7UF), 🎧 RSS (https://bit.ly/3chpULV) or anywhere else you get your podcasts!
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🔎 Learn more about cryptocurrency mining!
💻 Every week, Compass sends a memo to over 14,000 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
💰 Mine your own bitcoins with Compass. Start here: https://bit.ly/3CehBf1
⭐️ Follow Compass socials:
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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/compassmining
Happy hashing! 🤝
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Dec 22, 2021 • 47min
Institutional Bitcoin Mining | Compass Spaces Recording
Let's talk Bitcoin mining.
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Compass hosts livestreams every week on WEDNESDAY and FRIDAY with the leading experts in cryptocurrency mining. Don't miss them! 🔔 Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/c/CompassMining?sub_confirmation=1
📲 You can LISTEN to audio versions of all livestreams on 🎧 Apple Podcasts (https://apple.co/3fNfrdi), 🎧 Spotify (https://spoti.fi/3tSf9G1), 🎧 Anchor (https://bit.ly/3rmb7UF), 🎧 RSS (https://bit.ly/3chpULV) or anywhere else you get your podcasts!
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🔎 Learn more about cryptocurrency mining!
💻 Every week, Compass sends a memo to over 14,000 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
💰 Mine your own bitcoins with Compass. Start here: https://bit.ly/3CehBf1
⭐️ Follow Compass socials:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/compass_mining
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/compassmining
Happy hashing! 🤝
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