Will and Charlie go through this week’s Bitcoin news, including mining stock flows, Braiins adding Lightning and a DL News hit piece on Bitcoin miners. Please subscribe to our newsletter: https://blockspace.beehiiv.com/subscribe Questions or want to sponsor? william@blockspace.media

The return of the GigaChad! In our final TAKOVER episode, guest hosts Marc Fresa of Vnish and Taylor Monnig of Cleanspark dig into Chad Everett Harris’ Bitcoin genesis, his time at Riot Platform’s and H3 Data Solutions, his new venture. Please subscribe to our newsletter: https://blockspace.beehiiv.com/subscribe Questions or want to sponsor? william@blockspace.media

Charlie, Matt and Will go through this week’s most important Bitcoin headlines, including the 8% difficulty adjustment, Coinmint’s $14 million payout and Justin Sun’s Bitcoin ambitions. Please subscribe to our newsletter: https://blockspace.beehiiv.com/subscribe Questions or want to sponsor? william@blockspace.media

Sam Tabar, CEO of BitDigital, joins the show to discuss the Bitcoin miner’s strategy, its AI investments and how he thinks of the upcoming halving. Please subscribe to our newsletter: https://blockspace.media/ Questions or want to sponsor? william@blockspace.media.

Charlie, Matt and Will talk about Bitcoin mining news this week, including price, Hut 8’s leadership change, the EIA seeking energy data and French Montana shilling his latest Bitcoin NFT. Please subscribe to our newsletter: https://blockspace.media/ Questions or want to sponsor? william@blockspace.media.

Celsius Mining recently completed its Chapter 11 restructuring, and is now managed by Hut 8. Are creditors getting a good deal? Celsius Mining was one of the only truly functional parts of Celsius, a defunct lending firm that went belly up in mid-2022. The mining firm recently transitioned to its own entity, Ionic, and is working with Hut 8 to run its mining assets. But did creditors get a good deal? We brought on citizen journalist and long time skeptic ‘ChazzonKe’ to learn more. Please subscribe to our newsletter: https://blockspace.media/ Questions or want to sponsor? william@blockspace.media.

Swan launched a large mining company out of stealth. The question is…how? Bitcoin financial services company announced its 4.5 EH/s Bitcoin mining operation the other week, turning heads across the Bitcoin ecosystem. Why is a financial services company getting into Bitcoin mining and how did they do it so sneakily? We find out with Rapha Zagury, CIO of Swan and head of Swan Mining. Please subscribe to our newsletter: https://blockspace.media/ Questions or want to sponsor? william@blockspace.media.

Texas is Bitcoin country, right? Over 2 gigawatts of energy is now mining Bitcoin in Texas, but it might be bad for the long term stability of the Texas energy grid. Tom Masiero of Standard Bitcoin walks us through why, in addition to insights on mining Bitcoin in the Tennessee Valley. Thanks for our sponsor, Foreman Mining for making this show possible! https://foreman.mn/ Please subscribe to our newsletter: https://blockspace.media/ Questions or want to sponsor? william@blockspace.media.

Will and crew go through the top stories in Bitcoin and Bitcoin mining, including data on the upcoming Bitcoin halving, Swan announcing its 4.5 EH/s mining operation and Core Scientific re-listing on the Nasdaq. Charlie also gives us an overview of what’s happening in the Ordinals ecosystem this week! Please subscribe to our newsletter: https://blockspace.media/ Questions or want to sponsor? william@blockspace.media.

Ever wanted to mine Bitcoin at home? Well you can with FutureBit! Founder and CEO John Stefanopoulos joins us to talk about how to mine Bitcoin at home and why it's important for network decentralization. Please subscribe to our newsletter: blockspace.media Questions or want to sponsor? william@blockspace.media.

OG Bitcoin miner Michael Carter walks us through how he is investing and building out Bitcoin mines going into 2024's bull run, including infrastructure, buying ASICs and GPUs for AI. Please subscribe to our newsletter: Blockspace.media Questions or want to sponsor? william@blockspace.media.

Today we are joined by Amanda Fabiano, founder of Fabiano Consulting, to look into the Bitcoin mining market post-Bitcoin ETF, using the gold mining industry as a comparative example. Please subscribe to our newsletter: blockspace.media Questions or want to sponsor? william@blockspace.media.

Bitcoin mining stocks took a nose dive after the launch of the Bitcoin ETFs yesterday. We jumped on a livestream as the market closed to speculate on why mining stocks tumbled and first takes on Bitcoin’s big tradfi day. Please subscribe to our newsletter: Blockspace.media Questions or want to sponsor? william@blockspace.media.

On the eve of a possible Bitcoin ETF, we conduct the first ever BITCOIN MINING STOCK DRAFT! We each pick 5 Bitcoin mining stocks to watch over the next 3 months based on public information. Please subscribe to our newsletter: Blockspace.media Questions or want to sponsor? william@blockspace.media.

Happy New Year! We kick off our first show with Charlie and Matt to talk about what happened with Ordinals in 2023. If you’re lost on what Ordinals are or want to catch up on the current trends, this is the show for you. Please subscribe to our newsletter: Blockspace.media Questions or want to sponsor? william@blockspace.media.

Happy New Year! We’re joined by Russell Cann, Head of Mining at Core Scientific. Today we discuss Russell’s history in Bitcoin mining, CoreSci’s take on immersion mining and lessons from his years of experience in the mining business. Please subscribe to our newsletter: Blockspace.media Questions or want to sponsor? william@blockspace.media.

Welcome back to the Mining Pod! Today we are joined by Philip Salter, an OG Bitcoin miner with Genesis Digital Assets (GDA), one of the largest private miners in the world. Philip teases a new Bitcoin ASIC from GDA, among other topics. Please subscribe to our newsletter: Blockspace.media Questions or want to sponsor? william@blockspace.media.

Parker Merritt of CoinMetrics joins Charlie, Matt and Will to talk about the top highlight in Bitcoin mining from 2023 and some thoughts on what to look ahead at in 2024. Please take a moment to fill out our survey and subscribe to our newsletter! Subscribe: Blockspace.media Survey: https://forms.gle/4BUSGC5T8ZrCToiT9 Questions or want to sponsor? william@blockspace.media.

Bob Bodily, CEO of Bioniq, joins the show to talk about rollups as a scaling solution for Bitcoin that could bring massive amounts of transactions to Bitcoin and Bitcoin miners. We talk about Rollups, Ordinals and other scaling solutions and how miners should think about them. Questions or want to sponsor? william@blockspace.media.

Taylor Monnig (CLSK) and Marc Fresa (Vnish) flip the desk, interviewing top experts in the Bitcoin mining space. Austin Storms from Galaxy Digital joins the show to discuss his own mining story and how he manages the largest immersion Bitcoin mining in North America with Galaxy Digital. Questions or want to sponsor? william@blockspace.media.

The Mining Pod goes to PUBKEY to do a show with Thomas Pacchia and Drew Armstrong. We go through some mining highlights and talking points for the second half of 2023. Questions or want to sponsor? william@blockspace.media.

We are joined by Spiderchain creator and founder of Botanix Labs Willem Schroe to discuss his proposal to bring a fully functioning EVM to Bitcoin. What does this mean for applications and fees on Bitcoin? Questions or want to sponsor? william@blockspace.media.

Mining takeover! Taylor Monnig from Cleanspark and Marc Fresa of Vnish flip the desk and interview top guests in the mining industry! In this show we interview Ben Gagnon, Chief Mining Officer from Bitfarms. Questions or want to sponsor? william@blockspace.media.

Samourai Wallet joins the news show to talk about their interesting experience with Luke Dashjr’s lawyer (and Luke). Questions or want to sponsor? william@blockspace.media.

We’re joined by the Hut 8 team to talk about the recent merger between the two entities, including the motivations for merging, the details of the listing process and the next steps for the Celsius asset acquisition. Subscribe to our newsletter: https://theminingpod.substack.com/ Questions or want to sponsor? william@blockspace.media.

News time! We’re joined by Charlie and Matt to discuss this week’s happenings in Bitcoin mining, including the Ocean Pool post-launch controversy, Antpool trying to return (?) the 83 BTC fee and a special drop in guest. Questions or want to sponsor? william@blockspace.media.

Bob Burnett of Barefoot Mining joins us to discuss the launch of Ocean Pool, backed by Jack Dorsey, live from the South Carolina debut. Questions or want to sponsor? william@blockspace.media.

Today we are joined by Alejandro De La Torre, a Bitcoin miner announcing the launch of the first Stratum v2 Bitcoin mining pool: Demand. We talk with Alejandro about what Stratum v2 means for Bitcoin, how it works and the state of the Bitcoin mining pool game. Questions or want to sponsor? william@blockspace.media.

Welcome back to the show! We have a news roundup and mining stocks with Anthony Power in one show today. First, we discuss Antpool’s $3 million transaction fee and F2Pool censoring certain transactions before digging into mining stocks with Anthony Power. Questions or want to sponsor? william@blockspace.media.

Adam Sullivan of Core Scientific joins us to discuss rebuilding Core Scientific - formerly the largest Bitcoin miner in the world. We discuss Core’s facilities, its Chapter 11 exit plan and what it expects in 2024. Questions or want to sponsor? william@blockspace.media.

Today we are joined by Dennis Porter of the Satoshi Action Group to discuss the politics of Bitcoin mining in the US. We discuss recent pushback on Bitcoin mining in certain rural regions and national security concerns from Bitcoin miners with CCP ties. Questions or want to sponsor? william@blockspace.media.

We are joined by Asher Genoot and Scott Duffy of US Bitcoin and the Celsius Creditor’s Committee to discuss US Bitcoin’s successful bid to purchase the mining fleet of now-defunct Celsius, now under new management as Fahrenheit, in collaboration with its consortium partners Arrington Capital, Proof Group, Steve Kokinos, and Ravi Kaza. Questions or want to sponsor? william@blockspace.media.

Today we are joined by Tether Inc. CTO and incoming CEO Paolo Ardoino to discuss Tether’s move into Bitcoin mining, including its $600 million unsecured loan to Northern Data, why its mining Bitcoin versus other investments and how it thinks about site selection. Questions or want to sponsor? william@blockspace.media.

We’re talking about Biden’s AI order, Core exiting Chapter 11 in the next few months and Tether’s $600 million unsecured loan to Northern Data. Questions or want to sponsor? william@blockspace.media.

Today we are joined by Dan Roberts, Co-CEO of Iris Energy, to discuss its 2023 financials, recent Antminer S21 pre-order and its experiment with AI/HPC. Questions or want to sponsor? william@blockspace.media.

Welcome to the news roundup! We’re talking about if you should buy ASICs before a mega-price pump, why and how Marathon Digital is diluting shareholders with a $750 million equity offering and Siphon, a novel Ordinals bot that kneecaps BRC-20 mints but causes MEV on Bitcoin. Questions or want to sponsor? william@blockspace.media.

Reggie Smith, lead FinTech analyst at JP Morgan, joins us to discuss his recent research into Bitcoin mining stocks including Riot, Marathon, Cleanspark and Cipher Mining. Questions or want to sponsor? william@blockspace.media

Matt and Charlie join to talk about Bitcoin’s pop above $30,000, ASIC rig prices changing after the S21 appearing on the scene and what Taproot assets mean for Bitcoin. Questions or want to sponsor? william@blockspace.media.

Today we are joined by Paul Sztorc and James McAvity of Layer2 Labs and Cormint, respectively. We discuss the pressing issue of crypto fees, how to think about L2 designs for Bitcoin, criticisms of BIP 300/301 and why Bitcoin miners arn’t more involved in Bitcoin governance. Questions or want to sponsor? william@blockspace.media.

Today we are joined by Tatum and Matt to talk about Lancium and Foreman’s on-going litigation around demand response, Inscribing WikiLeaks documents on Bitcoin, BitVMs potential for mining and the NY Times latest Bitcoin mining slander against Chinese Bitcoin miners. Questions or want to sponsor? william@blockspace.media.

Today we are joined by Wolfie Zhao of The Miner Mag and Anthony Power, an independent analyst, to discuss the Bitmain cash flow rumors and monthly mining production numbers, respectively. Questions or want to sponsor? william@blockspace.media.

Happy weekend! We’re talking about SBF’s big week in Federal court, an Op-Ed in Bitcoin Magazine over Drivechains from prominent Bitcoin miners and Antpool’s return to hashpool dominance. Questions or want to sponsor? william@blockspace.media.

On this week’s show we talk with Jan Capek, co-founder and co-CEO of Braiins. We discuss their new control board, the pool’s state of growth, funding Braiins and the new Bitmain Antminer S21 coming to the mining market. Questions or want to sponsor? william@blockspace.media.

News is back! We talk about Marathon testing in prod, Bitmain and others new ASICs and Casey Rodarmor’s newest protocol (or blog turned protocol) Runes! Questions or want to sponsor? william@blockspace.media.

We speak with Chain Reaction co-founder Alon Webman about his new Israeli startup building Bitcoin ASICs. We discuss his background at Mellanox Technologies, purchased by Nvidia for $7 billion in 2019, to forming Chain Reaction and taking on the incumbent players in Bitcoin mining. Questions or want to sponsor? william@blockspace.media.

Welcome back to the show! Today we are joined by Barun Kar and Rajiv Khemani of Auradine, a new Bitcoin miner manufacturer to talk about their new 4nm Bitcoin miner.  Questions or want to sponsor? william@blockspace.media.

Welcome back to the show! Today we are joined by Dylan LeClair of BTC Inc. to talk about his viral tweet concerning Bitcoin’s ‘security budget,’ macro flows into Bitcoin, and how mining stocks are poised for a breakout (after a recession, Dylan says). Questions or want to sponsor? william@blockspace.media.

Welcome back to the show! A few things to announce: The show is now independent. If you'd like to reach me, email william@blockspace.media. Second, we now have sponsors! Give our sponsors some love and reach out if you are interested in sponsoring! Lastly, we are giving away free hashrate to celebrate the another season of the podcast. Subscribe to our email list to be entered! https://theminingpod.substack.com/

Today we are joined by Alen Makhmetov a miner in Kazakhstan to talk about the realities of operating in that country. Alen Makhmetov: https://twitter.com/alenmakhmetov Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley SPONSOR MinerMag is a research and data portal focusing on institutional bitcoin miners, consolidating company-level and network-wise data to produce coherent research articles on the state of bitcoin mining. https://theminermag.com TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 00:48 Alen profile 02:49 Mining in Russia 03:56 Mining is Kazakhstan 05:05 New regulation 07:13 Energy landscape 08:33 On-grid mining ops 09:35 China ban effect 11:47 Grid outages 15:09 4 points of new laws 17:16 National mining pool 20:34 Russia war 22:16 Importing ASICs 23:41 Russia energy cost 25:15 Crypto payments in ops 26:03 Future of mining in K and R 27:44 Large miners in K 28:25 Will R increase mining 29:14 The halving 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 Fountain https://bit.ly/3NeNTec 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://linkedin.com/company/compassmining

Today we are joined by Anthony Power to go over June’s monthly mining numbers.  https://compassmining.io/education/bitcoin-mining-stock-roundup-june-monthly-numbers/ Anthony Power: https://twitter.com/cazenove Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley TIMESTAMPS: 00:00:00 Start 00:02:40 Mining Metrics 00:04:40 Texas Energy Challenges 00:05:54 Full CP Program Benefits 00:07:35 Mining Stock Surge 00:09:09 Market Cap Disparities 00:10:05 Clean Spark & Cipher Momentum 00:11:56 Preparing for the Halving 00:13:28 Potential Breakout Miners 00:14:46 TerraWulf & Clean Spark Potential 00:16:22 Market Cap Considerations 00:17:57 Potential Mergers Impact 00:19:18 Investing in New Miners 00:21:14 Potential Valuation Shifts 00:23:09 Market Focus on Production 00:24:53 Importance of Financial Metrics 00:25:12 Q1 Analysis 00:26:11 Bitcoin Margin 00:27:33 Good Cash Costs 00:30:06 Bitcoin Production 00:31:20 Bitfarms Steady 00:32:13 DMG's Poor Month 00:33:27 Argo's Immersion Cooling 00:35:40 Twitter Questions 00:36:03 Actual All-in Cost? 00:38:15 Positive EPS in Q2? 00:40:09 Potential Mergers 00:49:29 Conclusion 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 Fountain https://bit.ly/3NeNTec 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

Today we are joined by James McAvity, CEO of Cormint about their new yield product, immersion, and the realities of mining in Texas. https://cormint.com James: https://twitter.com/jamesmcavity Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 01:12 James background 02:43 Cormint background 05:07 Why immersion? 06:44 Balance Sheet 08:47 Yield on BTC 10:47 Yield product details 13:38 Wind power + debt 16:56 Why not more traditional capital raise? 19:26 Ordinal war bond 21:02 Community response to ordinals 24:26 IPO? 27:38 Future of Texas energy 31:42 ERCOT, heat, dust.. oh my! 34:55 Wrap 36:23 Dogecoin is the final boss 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 Fountain https://bit.ly/3NeNTec 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

Today we are talking about the hashrate and how it don’t give a f^#$, Binance laying off 1000 people and XRP gets some news in it’s case. https://mempool.space/mining https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/07/14/binance-cut-1000-workers-in-recent-weeks-wsj https://www.coindesk.com/consensus-magazine/2023/07/13/ripple-labs-ruling-throws-us-crypto-token-regulation-into-disarray/ Matt Kimmell: https://twitter.com/MatthewKimmell Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 01:01 Hashrate go up 03:03 Public miners at 25% 04:45 Binance cuts 100 staff 07:35 XRP trading surges 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 Fountain https://bit.ly/3NeNTec 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

Today we are joined by Karim Helmy, an independent researcher. Karim walks us through his novel use of nonce analysis to study the ASIC topography of the Bitcoin network and energy footprint. https://twitter.com/karimhelpme/status/1668592283871244288 https://coinmetrics.io/special-insights/bitcoin-nonce-analysis Karim Helmy: https://twitter.com/karimhelpme Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 00:47 What is nonce analysis? 03:19 Karim's nonce research 06:29 Why aren't the chips random? 08:10 Why are models showing before their release date? 10:22 Top rigs mining the network 12:56 Antminer dominates the chart 13:57 Energy draw of the network 18:03 Is Cambridge obsolete? 21:02 Data next steps 23:21 Using data to inform purchasing times/prices? 24:31 Charting new machines 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 Fountain https://bit.ly/3NeNTec 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

Today we are talking about the miners pivoting to AI and what’s up with Bored Apes? Listener Survey https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdvmgIN36Uz8Xul73lNiLADM0vyUxHCuy5WKFDsgI1qiTznuw/viewform https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/07/07/bitcoin-mining-is-a-game-of-survival-consolidation-and-potential-ai-diversification-bernstein/ https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/06/30/applied-digital-stock-surges-12-after-announcing-its-third-ai-deal/ https://archive.ph/226PQ https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/06/30/bitcoin-miner-hive-blockchain-touts-privacy-of-ai-models-running-on-its-gpus/ Matt Kimmell: https://twitter.com/MatthewKimmell Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 01:53 Miner's pivot to AI 12:08 Bored Ape 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 Fountain https://bit.ly/3NeNTec 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

Today we are joined by Blake King, Power Markets Engineer at Galaxy Digital. We discuss how ERCOT works, what signals energy traders look for and how battery and Bitcoin mining loads interact on the grid. Blake King: https://twitter.com/hhornblower95 Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley TIMESTAMPS: 00:00:00:00 Start 00:01:38:17 Hot in Texas 00:03:55:03 ERCOT 00:08:21:01 Demand calculations 00:10:44:29 What signals are miners looking at 00:14:19:17 Renewable issues & day ahead costs 00:19:24:06 Process for forward pricing 00:23:14:21 What to expect this summer 00:27:59:25 Flexible residential loads 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 Fountain https://bit.ly/3NeNTec 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

Today we are joined by Frank Holmes and Aydin Kilic of Hive Blockchain to discuss their recent ASIC acquisitions and jump into AI processing. https://hiveblockchain.com Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 01:11 Pivot to AI 02:34 Ordinals 04:09 Balance sheet 06:03 ASIC ROI 11:18 6 exahash by year end 14:46 Uncommon sats 16:10 Greenhouse project 18:52 GPUs 21:16 Hive cloud 26:17 Super micro servers 28:50 AI profitability vs mining 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 Fountain https://bit.ly/3NeNTec 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

Today we are joined by Jason Goodman Co-Founder of Bathhouse a thermal bath & spa facility in New York that utilizes Bitcoin mining to heat their pools. We discuss infrastructure, energy costs and public reaction to learning the source of their heat.  Instagram: https://instagram.com/bathhouse Location: 103 N 10th St, Brooklyn, NY 11249 Booking: https://na.spatime.com/abh11249/73814252/home Jason Goodman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jason-goodman-422780192 Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 00:26 When the story was posted 04:58 Jason's story 07:01 Immersion setup 13:50 Temps & heat loss 17:20 Planning 23:28 I'll never buy another pool heater 24:08 Energy costs 27:49 Treasury management 28:57 Other heating ideas 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 Fountain https://bit.ly/3NeNTec 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

Today we are joined by Justin Orkney, Mining. Commercial Director at Standard Power. We discuss building a one gigawatt site in Ohio, nuclear power, and the future of demand response in North America. https://twitter.com/StandardPower Justin Orkney: https://twitter.com/jorkney5 Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley SPONSOR MinerMag is a research and data portal focusing on institutional bitcoin miners, consolidating company-level and network-wise data to produce coherent research articles on the state of bitcoin mining. https://theminermag.com TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 03:08 What is Standard Power? 09:59 Ohio nuclear site 13:59 Community response 16:33 From Duke Energy to BTC mining 21:24 What's unique to BTC mining? 27:24 Finding a job 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 Fountain https://bit.ly/3NeNTec 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://linkedin.com/company/compassmining

Today we are joined by Anthony Power to go over May’s monthly mining numbers. We discuss standouts like Marathon Digital and Iris Energy, energy curtailment revenues, and predictions for the mining industry. https://compassmining.io/education/bitcoin-mining-stock-roundup-may-monthly-numbers/ Anthony Power: https://twitter.com/cazenove Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 00:26 Cost of BTC production 04:15 Energy contracts 06:35 Self mining updates 16:39 Terrawolf debt vs cost 22:25 Ordinals & curtailment 27:18 Market timing growth 38:41 Weather & temp 46:03 Predictions 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 Fountain https://bit.ly/3NeNTec 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

Today we are joined by DMG’s Sheldon Bennet & Adrian Glover to talk about Ordinals. We discuss DMG’s mining profile, their carbon-neutral pool Terra, Inscriptions and uncommon satoshi mining. https://dmgblockchain.com Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley SPONSOR MinerMag is a research and data portal focusing on institutional bitcoin miners, consolidating company-level and network-wise data to produce coherent research articles on the state of bitcoin mining. https://theminermag.com TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 01:40 DMG profile 07:12 Terrapool 13:36 Ordinals 15:57 Ordinals tech stack 18:03 Transaction ordering 20:06 Future of ordinals & utility 22:48 What ordinals mean for Bitcoin 25:45 Recursive & other types of ordinals 28:11 Shareholders 31:10 Value of software & zero fee pools 34:37 Ordering tnxs & MEV 36:12 Rare sats 38:35 Pricing ordinals services 39:55 Will other miners have ordinals business? 41:53 Devs considerations for ordinals 43:00 What's next for ordinals? 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 Fountain https://bit.ly/3NeNTec 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://linkedin.com/company/compassmining

Today we are talking about the Blockrock ETF, the Coinshares mining report, the new Blockstream mining rig and flare gas mining in Argentina with Crusoe Energy. Listener Survey https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdvmgIN36Uz8Xul73lNiLADM0vyUxHCuy5WKFDsgI1qiTznuw/viewform https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2023/06/13/bitmains-s19-bitcoin-miners-account-for-bulk-of-network-hashrate-says-new-research/ https://twitter.com/wolfiezhao/status/1668596600690851845 https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2023/06/13/bitcoin-infrastructure-firm-blockstream-to-unveil-its-long-awaited-mining-rig-in-3q-of-2024/ https://twitter.com/EricBalchunas/status/1669691447996456963 Charlie Spears: https://twitter.com/cbspears Tatum Turn Up: https://twitter.com/tatumturnup Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 01:52 Blackrock ETF 06:13 Damus debacle 07:08 Between Two ASICs 08:25 Blackrock again 10:26 Coinmetrics report 15:59 Blockstream miner 20:42 Iris Energy 25:31 Flare gas mining in Argentina 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 Fountain https://bit.ly/3NeNTec 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

Today we are joined by Jim Seto, CEO of ePIC Blockchain Technologies. We discuss designing the ePIC Blockminer, partnering with Intel and making mining rigs in North America. https://epicblockchain.io Jim Seto: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jim-seto-663149a Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley SPONSOR MinerMag is a research and data portal focusing on institutional bitcoin miners, consolidating company-level and network-wise data to produce coherent research articles on the state of bitcoin mining. https://theminermag.com TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 01:26 Jim Seto Background 02:35 From chip fabrication to BTC 04:44 What is Epic? 08:19 The semiconductor landscape 13:09 Design vs. chip density 16:01 Nanometer are mostly marketing 19:37 Cost vs efficiency 21:55 Shipping before it's ready 24:03 Epic products 27:38 Intel partnership 30:51 Just buying chip challenges 34:30 Growing in a bear market 38:40 Geopolitics 41:35 Fabricators opinion of BTC mining 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 Fountain https://bit.ly/3NeNTec 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://linkedin.com/company/compassmining

Today we are talking about BTC Prague, BitGo acquiring Prime Trust and Consensys troubles over assets. https://www.btcprague.com https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/06/08/crypto-custody-firm-bitgo-reaches-preliminary-agreement-to-buy-prime-trust-source/ https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/06/07/bitcoin-halving-is-coming-and-only-the-most-efficient-miners-will-survive/ https://www.coindesk.com/consensus-magazine/2023/06/08/consensys-faces-shareholder-vote-over-controversial-transfer-of-company-assets/ Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 00:51 Stories from Prague 05:50 BitGo acquires Prime Trust 10:18 BTC halving 13:38 Consensys assets 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 Fountain https://bit.ly/3NeNTec 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

Today we are joined by Sebastien Hess, co-founder of Block Green, a protocol for selling hashrate. We discuss how miner’s sell hashrate, who is buying hashrate and how Block Green thinks of energy. https://www.block.green Sebastien Hess: https://twitter.com/SebastienHess Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 00:36 Black Green overview 03:58 Hashrate derivative 05:48 What is a vault? 06:51 Onboarding miners 09:05 Contracts & collateral 11:12 Who is buying? 13:02 Liquidity 14:47 Size of contracts 15:44 Minimum hash 17:28 EU vs US customers 18:35 EU mining landscape 20:56 Energy source profile 22:54 KYM process 25:33 Future of Block Green 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 Fountain https://bit.ly/3NeNTec 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

Today we are talking about how miner revenue has been up, if old ETH miners pivoting to AI is realistic and Tether hydro mining in Uruguay. https://www.theblock.co/post/232886/bitcoin-miner-revenue-climbs-to-916-million-in-may https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/05/26/usbtc-aims-to-become-bitcoin-mining-giant-after-deal-to-buy-celsius-assets/ https://hashrateindex.com/blog/fahrenheit-256-inside-us-bitcoin-and-cos-acquisition-of-celsius-bankruptcy-assets/ https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230531005132/en/CoreWeave-Secures-200-Million-Series-B-Extension-Bringing-Total-Round-to-421-Million https://twitter.com/nic__carter/status/1664675237819031553 https://www.theblock.co/post/232521/tether-bitcoin-mining-uruguay https://www.thestreet.com/cryptocurrency/news/biden-30-percent-bitcoin-mining-tax-debt-ceiling-deal https://github.com/djrtwo/writing/blob/main/docs/2022-05-30_the-risks-of-lsd.md Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 01:13 Miner revenue increase 02:25 USBTC to buy Celcius assets 04:19 ETH miners pivot to AI compute 06:08 Nic Carter on AI pivot 07:09 Tether mining in Uruguay 08:22 Biden 30% mining tax dead (for now) 09:28 ETH risks of LSD 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 Fountain https://bit.ly/3NeNTec 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

We are down south in Miami for Bitcoin 2023. Today we are joined by Taylor Monnig, VP of Mining Technology at CleanSpark. We discuss the history and current trends in immersion mining, oil vs hydro, overclocking and how to decide if immersion is right for a specific location. https://cleanspark.com Taylor Monnig: https://twitter.com/taylorbmonnig Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 00:54 Immersion mining overview 06:10 History of immersion mining 07:53 Taylor's history 11:04 Who is using immersion? 13:38 2019-20 immersion scene 15:19 Current trends 16:21 1 vs 2 phase 17:37 Why use immersion 20:23 Current innovations 22:15 Immersion patents 23:24 ASIC immersion demand 25:47 Hydro vs immersion 27:54 Cooling design mistakes 30:23 Cleanspark 33:00 Setup immersion vs air cooled 35:56 Deciding to go immersion 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 Fountain https://bit.ly/3NeNTec 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

Today we are joined by Anthony Power to discuss his May mining update, “Ranking ‘mid-tier’ Bitcoin miners, by the numbers”, the effect of Ordinals on rewards and the continued importance of balance sheet management. https://compassmining.io/education/ranking-mid-tier-bitcoin-miner/ Anthony Power: https://twitter.com/cazenove Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 02:14 Top miner update 08:53 This month's narratives 17:13 Hut 8 production 23:04 Balance sheet importance 29:26 Mid-tier miner ranking 37:42 Miner margin table 43:01 Direct Cash Cost per BTC 48:39 Share price growth 50:13 Rankings 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 Fountain https://bit.ly/3NeNTec 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

We are down south in Miami for Bitcoin 2023. Today we are joined by Lee Bratcher, President of the Texas Blockchain Council. We discuss Texas mining, Bitcoin and CBDC bills, domestic ASIC production and garnering public interest. Lee Bratcher: https://twitter.com/lee_bratcher Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 01:13 Proof of Reserves Bill 02:15 State based law making 05:32 Texas CBDC Bill  08:14 Limiting BTC mining in ERCOT Bill 16:38 Political flexibility 19:29 NYT Mining Story 21:44 Miner data privacy 26:07 Interacting w/ journalists 29:25 ERCOT update 34:11 Domestic ASIC manufacturing 37:33 Lobbying progress 41:26 BTC interest in Texas 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 Fountain https://bit.ly/3NeNTec 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

Today we are joined by Justin Drake an Ethereum researcher that collaborated on the ETH 2.0 consensus change. We talk about variations of mining attacks on Bitcoin. Justin Drake: https://twitter.com/drakefjustin Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Intro 01:30 Justin Drake 04:05 51% attacks 11:22 Spectrum of attack outcomes 14:33 Attackers vs defenders 19:22 $5.25B economic security 23:17 Tactics 30:46 Timing the attack 34:13 Hardware attacks 39:43 Infrastructure attacks 44:24 Regulation & violence attacks 46:50 Vulnerable attack vectors 52:27 How to prepare? 01:01:38 Checkpoints & ASIC secret code 01:06:48 The role of ideology 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 Fountain https://bit.ly/3NeNTec 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

Today we discuss Ordinals driving a crazy fee market and miners stacking sats, Marathon making moves in Abu Dhabi and the ZeroSync paper. Matt Kimmell: https://twitter.com/MatthewKimmell Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley STORIES https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/zerosync-introducing-validity-proofs-to-bitcoin/ https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/05/11/bitcoins-high-fees-brought-back-bull-market-level-mining-revenue-but-not-for-long/ https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/05/09/marathon-digital-in-jv-for-immersion-cooling-bitcoin-mining-in-abu-dhabi/ https://mempool.space/block/0000000000000000000435ab16cdc0e2df3a7dbf75eec117ecfcedc6d053b0c2 https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/05/11/hut-8-first-quarter-revenue-drops-64-as-bitcoin-mining-difficulties-bite/ https://mempool.space/mining TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 01:47 Ordinals fees gone wild! 12:06 Marathon & Abu Dhabi 15:11 Hut 8 having ops trouble 17:40 ZeroSync 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 Fountain https://bit.ly/3NeNTec 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

Today we are joined by Anthony Power to discuss his March mining updates, strengths and weaknesses of miners and a special note on Core Scientific, who recently appointed a new president. https://compassmining.io/education/mining-stock-roundup-march-2022-monthly-bitcoin-mining-numbers/ Anthony Power: https://twitter.com/cazenove Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 00:56 Separating miners into divisions 04:11 Hive merger 10:03 Iris hashrate 11:26 Utilization rate 15:18 3 classes of miners 19:55 immersion overclocking 22:16 New miners on the scene 28:31 Core Scientific 33:35 Balance sheet management 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 Fountain https://bit.ly/3NeNTec 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

Today we are joined by Jamie Leverton and Asher Genoot of Hut 8 and US BTC to discuss the merger of the two Bitcoin mining firms. We talk about US BTC’s operations, its strategic purchases in 2022 and merging the two firm’s assets. https://hut8.io/ https://usbitcoin.com/ Jamie Leverton: https://twitter.com/jaimeleverton Asher Genoot: https://twitter.com/ashergenoot Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 02:10 Merger overview 05:07 USBTC assets & experience 09:12 Bear market asset acquisitions 15:05 Hut 8 BTC treasury & Canada 19:56 Integrating business ops 24:06 Mining sites as data centers 26:35 Hashrate predictions 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 Fountain https://bit.ly/3NeNTec 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

Today we discuss Intel pausing ASIC manufacturing due to inventory glut, Gensler doing his best impression of a piñata in Congress & Coinbase considers moving to Bermuda. Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley STORIES https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2023/04/21/solanas-annual-carbon-footprint-equals-8-flights-from-london-to-new-york/ https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/04/20/crypto-exchange-coinbase-receives-license-to-operate-in-bermuda/ https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/04/18/bitcoin-financial-services-firm-unchained-capital-raises-60m/ https://twitter.com/sassal0x/status/1648338351832064003 https://mempool.space/mining TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 01:14 Intel pauses ASIC manufacturing 03:36 Solana ESG nonsense 05:35 Coinbase Bermuda register 09:01 Gensler in the hot seat 14:54 Unchained raises money 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 Fountain https://bit.ly/3NeNTec 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

Today we are joined by Clara Medalie of Kaiko Research to talk about Bitcoin markets. We discuss market depth post-FTX, what a healthy Bitcoin marketplace looks like and how miners can influence price action. https://www.kaiko.com/pages/kaiko-research Claire Medalie: https://twitter.com/clara_medalie Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 01:58 BTC market structure 03:41 Market maker volume 05:22 Why makers aren't filling the gap 07:32 Low liquidity, higher volatility 09:06 Number go up? 10:25 Historical comparison 12:06 Binance order book 14:29 Wash trades 15:47 Miner selling BTC 17:43 Market selling 10k BTC 19:55 Healthy market structure 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 Fountain https://bit.ly/3NeNTec 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

Today we are covering Bitcoin price breaking $30k, Ontario & Sweden Energy Rates & the Bitdeer SPAC not going so well. Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley STORIES https://dune.com/queries/2008613/3324931 https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/04/14/bitcoin-miner-bitdeer-stock-slumps-nearly-30-at-trading-debut/ https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/ontario-introduces-new-ultra-low-overnight-hydro-pricing-1.6350650 https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2023/04/14/sweden-drives-final-nail-into-its-bitcoin-mining-industry-with-tax-hike/ https://mempool.space/mining TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 04:02 1M Ordinals 04:42 Ontario & Sweden Energy Rates 08:07 Bitdeer SPAC 11:01 ETH hard fork 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 Fountain https://bit.ly/3NeNTec 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

Today we are joined by Matt Lousteau of Luxor Technologies to discuss their newest firmware, LuxOS. We discuss the reason for making the firmware, its benefits and options for onboarding to the firmware. https://luxor.tech/firmware Matt Lousteau: https://twitter.com/tdr_mlousteau Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 01:36 Mining pool configurations 05:11 Luxor as a full stack solution 06:45 Firmware counterparty risk 08:06 Functions of 3rd party firmware 11:13 Future Luxor tech stack 12:22 Hashrate splitting 13:55 LuxOS fees 15:39 When Whatsminer? 16:51 Any tech problems with Whatsminer? 20:13 Who is the customer? 21:15 Electricity curtailment applications 23:38 Antminer problems 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 Fountain https://bit.ly/3NeNTec 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

In this week’s news roundup, we talk about the Bitcoin whitepaper begin hidden deep in MocOS, Foundry ending its free services and Paxful shutting down. Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley STORIES https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2023/04/06/hidden-inside-macos-the-bitcoin-whitepaper https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-04-06/dcg-s-bitcoin-mining-firm-foundry-to-stop-offering-free-services https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/04/04/peer-to-peer-bitcoin-exchange-paxful-to-suspend-operations https://mempool.space/mining TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 01:28 MacOS Bitcoin whitepaper 02:48 Foundry new fee 04:29 Paxful shuts down 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 Fountain https://bit.ly/3NeNTec 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_miningLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/compassmining

Today we are joined by Marko Tarman of Nicehash. We discuss how it operates, solo miners finding blocks on Nicehash and why operators might want to sell hashrate into a marketplace. https://www.nicehash.com Marko Tarman: https://twitter.com/MarkoTarman Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 01:17 Single block winner 03:55 Cost to rent hashrate? 05:27 History of Nicehash 06:38 Effect of ETH merge 08:27 How it works? 13:07 Who's buying? 15:31 MEV on Nicehash? 16:50 Who are the sellers? 18:20 Fluctuations of hash supply recently? 19:31 Profits over spot price? 22:31 5-10% profit for miners 25:47 Competitors? 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 Fountain https://bit.ly/3NeNTec 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

Today we are joined by Rete Browning & Isaac Fithian from Cathedra to discuss their recent underclocking study, what it means for efficiency, profitability and rig lifespan. https://twitter.com/cathedrabitcoin/status/1624086205485707264 https://cathedra.com Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 01:32 Underclocking experiment 07:51 Testing the underclocking 13:23 Frequency vs Voltage 19:27 The role of temperature 24:27 What is Catherdra doing with the results? 29:21 Software for underclocking? 32:05 Implications? 35:10 Importance of real world testing 36:21 Perception of machine lifespan 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 Fountain https://bit.ly/3NeNTec 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_miningLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/compassmining

Today we discuss Foreman’s product stack, how integrating automation and intelligence into mining increases hashrate and how middleware providers are thinking about energy markets. https://foreman.mn/ Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley SPONSOR: https://foundryacademy.com TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 01:24 What is Foreman? 02:49 How to use it? 05:44 Monitoring your whole ecosystem 10:13 Problems pulling data 15:01 Scaling your miner count 19:38 Quick remote diagnostics 22:14 Balancing the electrical grid with miners 32:59 What's Foreman working on? 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 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

In this week’s news roundup, we talk about the BlockFi Hindenburg Report, the BitDeer SPAC, Greenpeace “change the code” campaign (LOL), and Bankless Bros contemplate war…. seriously…. you can’t make this stuff up. Matt Kimmell: https://twitter.com/MatthewKimmell Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley STORIES https://www.theblock.co/post/222314/blockfi-sells-physical-mining-assets-amid-bankruptcy https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1853084/000110465923035915/tm2135137-55_prer14a.htm https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/03/23/jack-dorseys-block-tumbles-17-after-short-seller-hindenburgs-report/ https://twitter.com/wsfoxley/status/1639007316371709959 https://twitter.com/pledditor/status/1639124930720563201 https://mempool.space/mining TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 01:07 Hindenburg Block Report 04:10 BlockFi sells rigs 05:48 Bitdeer 07:24 Greenpeace nonsense 10:51 Bankless bros & war 🤡 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 Fountain https://bit.ly/3NeNTec 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_miningLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/compassmining

Today on the show we are joined by Erick Hersman, co-founder of Gridless, a Bitcoin mining company building mini-mines on stranded energy sites in Africa. We dig into micro-grid economics, mining operations in East Africa and financing continued expansion. https://gridlesscompute.com https://twitter.com/GridlessCompute Erik Hersman: https://twitter.com/whiteafrican Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 01:42 Mini grid economics 04:28 Setup process 07:33 Shipping hardware in East Africa 09:29 Corruption in the supply lines 10:16 Jobs 11:58 Local building regulations 15:00 Mini grid electricity costs 18:13 Renewable energy sources 19:47 Unique challenges 22:45 Geographic distribution of sites 25:08 Security 26:06 Aspirations 28:36 Bitcoin awareness locally 31:22 Hashrate prediction 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 Fountain https://bit.ly/3NeNTec 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

Today we discuss Marathon Digital’s playbook including its relationship with Applied Digital after the Compute North bankruptcy, movement into the UAE, S19 XP purchases and increasing mining efficiency under its hosted model. Thanks to Amanda Cavaleri for her help in making these shows possible. https://marathondh.com/ https://twitter.com/MarathonDH Fred Thiel: https://twitter.com/fgthiel Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 01:26 Current business strategy 08:28 The hosting model 12:31 Mining in the UAE 16:00 Energy sources in UAE 17:31 Antminer S19XP upgrades 19:47 Immersion mining 23:25 Maintaining sites 25:20 USBTC & Hut 8 26:40 Partnering behind the meter 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 Fountain https://bit.ly/3NeNTec 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_miningLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/compassmining

In this week’s news roundup, we talk about the FDIC & the Big Bad Banks, Luxor launches new mining firmware to compete with Braiins, Fidelity quietly launches it’s crypto market and the mempool filling up with JPEGs. Matt Kimmell: https://twitter.com/MatthewKimmell Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley STORIES https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/luxor-launches-bitcoin-miner-firmware-made-in-the-u-s https://www.theblock.co/post/220298/fidelity-crypto-quietly-went-live-giving-millions-of-retail-customers-access-to-bitcoin-ether https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2023/03/17/fdic-denies-report-signature-bank-purchaser-must-divest-crypto/ https://twitter.com/ewarren/status/1636488503197413377 https://twitter.com/TikTokInvestors/status/1636522652545458176 https://mempool.space/mining TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 04:01 LuxOS new firmware 06:27 Fidelity Crypto 09:53 FDIC & Signature Bank

Today we discuss Cleanspark’s current financials, adding hashrate quickly, buying S19j Pro+ over S19 XPs, stock compensation and future growth plans outside the US. https://cleanspark.com Zach Bradford: https://twitter.com/zachkbradford Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley 🎥 TIMESTAMPS: 00:00  Start 00:38  Intro 01:14  Q4 financials 03:45  Investor communications 06:40  Executive compensation 13:43  9.4 exahash target 17:39  Why smaller facilities? 21:37  Redundancy for multiple sites 26:40  Why S19 not XPs? 30:37  Mining in US vs global 33:59  Last 6 months summary 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 Fountain https://bit.ly/3NeNTec 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

Today we are joined by mining analyst Anthony Power to talk about February's public miner performance. We discuss the chaos in the banking sector, big deployments from Marathon and others and some new metrics to be aware of. https://compassmining.io/education/mining-stock-roundup-february-monthly-bitcoin-mining-numbers/ Anthony Power: https://twitter.com/cazenove Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 01:11 Is Binance responsible for the pump? 10:46 Hashrate Utilization 20:53 HODL vs Sold 21:30 Production by EH/s 26:05 Economy of scale 37:38 Developing new metrics 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 Fountain https://bit.ly/3NeNTec 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

Today we are covering SVB being taken over by the FDIC, the Biden administration proposing a 30% miner tax, Block publishing a miner development kit and call for input, and ePIC’s new mining hardware based on Intel technology. Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley STORIES https://education.compassmining.io/education/bitmain-changed-its-asic-design-miners-need-to-be-ready/ https://www.niagara-gazette.com/news/local_news/judge-signs-contempt-order-directing-u-s-bitcoin-to-cease-operations-in-the-falls/article_ca7e7c58-ba24-11ed-9a33-6706cd141cd1.html https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/03/08/canadian-crypto-miner-powre-lands-100-mw-contract-in-paraguay/ https://www.mining.build/the-mining-development-kit-unlocking-innovation-in-bitcoin-mining/ https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2023/03/09/us-treasury-department-proposes-30-excise-tax-on-crypto-mining-firms/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines https://mempool.space/mining TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 00:53 SVB collapse 02:20 30% excise tax proposal 04:15 MDK - Mining Dev Kit 05:14 100MW Paraguay dam contract 06:12 Niagara mining judgment 07:34 New ASIC miner 08:43 Bitmain ASIC design change 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 Fountain https://bit.ly/3NeNTec RSS https://bit.ly/3chpULV

Today we are joined by David Kemmerer, co-founder of CoinLedger, to discuss crypto taxes. We go over what you need to know including taxable income, cost bases and mining specific questions. https://coinledger.io/ David Kemmerer: https://twitter.com/david_kemmerer Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 01:26 Coinledger Intro 03:27 Why use Coinledger? 06:28 Common questions 08:31 Reporting losses 11:58 Ordering taxable events 17:30 Mining taxes 19:39 Hobby miners 21:55 Tax loss harvesting 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 Fountain https://bit.ly/3NeNTec 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

Today we’re going offroad from Bitcoin mining into an adjacent subject, decentralized storage. We are joined by Bill Schreckenstein, an engineer at Protocol Labs focused on building a decentralized alternative to cloud computing such as AWS. Bill gives us the inside scoop on Filecoin–a decentralized network for storing data. We talk about the actors, the economics and how it compares to Bitcoin mining. https://filecoin.io/ Bill Schreckenstein:https://www.linkedin.com/in/billschreckenstein Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 01:18 Bill's bio 05:26 Filecoin ecosystem 09:41 Adding capacity to the network 11:36 Slashing 12:50 FIL token & monetary rewards 16:50 Customer base? 21:06 Becoming a Filecoin storage provider 24:31 It's NOT like BTC mining 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 Fountain https://bit.ly/3NeNTec 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

Today we are joined by Andy Long, CEO of White Rock Management. A Bitcoin mining OG, Andy walks us through the current mining landscape, his long term mining thesis and a primer on European mining opportunities. https://wrm.swiss/ Andy Long: https://twitter.com/longandy Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 01:42 Andy Long Bio 04:29 It's all about the difficulty adjustment 09:27 Surplus ASIC supply 11:59 Near future predictions 15:07 Has the cycle changed? 20:27 The halving & energy prices 25:45 Mining in Europe 28:49 Mining in the US 32:33 Hashrate prediction 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 Fountain https://bit.ly/3NeNTec 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

In this week’s news roundup, we talk about the Fed denying Costodia’s banking application, friendly mining regulation making it’s way through Montana’s legislature, and a school employee putting miners in a crawlspace to leach electricity, sneaky, sneaky. Matt Kimmell: https://twitter.com/MatthewKimmell Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley STORIES https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2023/02/23/crypto-bank-custodias-bid-for-fed-supervision-rejected-again/ https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2023/02/23/montana-senate-passes-bill-protecting-crypto-miners/ https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/cryptocurrency-mine-secretly-operated-inside-mass-school-crawlspace-police-say/ar-AA17OFJa https://mempool.space/mining TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 00:51 Custodia banking denial 04:54 Montana friendly mining regulation 07:08 Employee stealing electricity 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 Fountain https://bit.ly/3NeNTec 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

Today we are joined by Brian Morgenstern, head of public policy at Riot Platforms. Brian recently joined Riot to advocate for the Bitcoin mining industry in Washington DC. We talk about the recent SEC crackdown on staking, operation choke point 2.0 and opportunities for policy makers. https://www.riotplatforms.com Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 01:14 Kraken SEC judgment 04:40 Kraken staking product vs mining 07:05 Brian background 10:19 Bitcoin policy lobbyists 15:31 State vs federal policy focus 17:15 Energy narratives 21:27 Risks and opportunities 27:18 Operation Chokepoint 2.0 33:08 Rationale behind Chokepoint 37:16 Future opportunities 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 Fountain https://bit.ly/3NeNTec 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

In this week’s news roundup, we talk about Core Scientific flying high (literally) in private chartered jets, Blockchain.com’s loss connected with the Three Arrows Capital debacle, and WSJ uses a clickbait headline to detail mundane Bitcoin open sources processes that zero normies will understand. Good times. Colin Harper: https://hashrateindex.com/blog/author/colin/ Colin Harper: https://twitter.com/asilayhodling Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley STORIES https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/02/17/crypto-miner-core-scientific-paid-more-than-1m-to-ceo-affiliated-personal-jet-company/ https://decrypt.co/121627/blockchain-com-shopping-assets-to-fill-270m-hole-from-three-arrows-capital-sources https://archive.is/Q03au https://mempool.space/mining TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 01:36 Core Scientific Jet Company 05:44 Blockchain.com's 3AC Loss 11:20 WSJ: 6 Mysterious Coders 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 Fountain https://bit.ly/3NeNTec 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

Today we are joined by Frank Holmes and Aydin Kilic of Hive Blockchain. We talk about Hive’s 2022 including Ethereum mining and the Intel-based Buzzminer. Mainly we focus on Hive’s corporate culture, including its dedication to efficiency, maintaining margins and controllable risks. https://www.hiveblockchain.com/ https://twitter.com/HiveBlockchain Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 00:55 Leadership change at Hive 04:50 Hive operations & new CEO 07:44 ETH mining change & new chips 13:07 4722 BTC equivalent mined 14:52 Texas is a crowded market now 16:22 Scaling past 10k+ ASICs 25:31 Intel chips & building a new miner 32:37 Not making miners 34:51 2023 & beyond 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 Fountain https://bit.ly/3NeNTec 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

In this week’s news roundup, we talk about the SEC staking announcement, Kazakh Mining & Ordinal Theory. Matt Kimmell: https://twitter.com/MatthewKimmell Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley STORIES https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2023/02/07/kazakhstans-president-signs-legislation-to-limit-energy-usage-of-crypto-mining/ https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2023/02/09/kraken-agreed-to-shutter-crypto-staking-operations-to-settle-sec-charges-source/ https://cointelegraph.com/news/argo-ceo-follows-resignation-trend-after-company-acquisition-by-galaxy-digital https://mempool.space/mining TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 01:27 Staking go bye bye 05:08 Kazakhstan energy limit 08:34 Argo CEO resigns 11:23 Ordinals 20:37 ETH vs BTC NFTs 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 Fountain https://bit.ly/3NeNTec 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

Today we are joined by Tyler Page, CEO of Cipher Mining. We talk about Cipher’s capital strategy, machine purchases and growing its operational footprint across Texas. https://www.ciphermining.com https://twitter.com/cipherinc Tyler Page: https://twitter.com/rftylerpage Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 01:20 What is Cyphermining? 06:09 Working with equity groups 08:37 Timing hardware buys 12:41 Bull market pressure to get rigs online 15:29 Managing hardware manufacturers 17:38 Building facilities 22:01 Managing "behind the meter" facilities 24:30 Jobs in mining 26:10 Putting 6 exahash online 28:58 Hashrate prediction 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 Fountain https://bit.ly/3NeNTec 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

In this week’s news roundup, we talk about miners restructuring, Giga raising $10M and Riot staffing changes. Matt Kimmell: https://twitter.com/MatthewKimmell Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley STORIES https://compassmining.io/education/bitcoin-mining-shares-dilution/ https://seekingalpha.com/news/3930940-bitcoin-miner-riot-platforms-chief-commercial-officer-leaves https://www.theblock.co/post/208109/bitcoin-mining-infrastructure-startup-giga-energy-raising-10-million-in-series-a https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/02/03/core-scientific-to-hand-crypto-mining-rigs-to-nydig-to-extinguish-386m-in-debt/ https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230201006127/en/TeraWulf-Announces-Beneficial-[…]8TsFlWC94i5bShFoukL9Gk5koy58LEUpvQpH4uhrDreVaSuMjrJS3dDw== https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-02-02/bitcoin-btc-rebound-gives-crypto-miners-chance-to-renegotiate-debt https://braiins.com/blog/debt-capital-markets-in-bitcoin-mining-part-1 https://mempool.space/mining TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 01:35 Miners Renegotiate Debt 04:41 Core Scientific Debt 06:53 Giga raises $10M 09:13 Riot CCO leaves

Hot Bitcoin NFT (Ordinals) talk on today's show. What are they? How are they possible? Is Bitcoin doomed? Find out. Matt Kimmell: https://twitter.com/MatthewKimmell Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 00:12 Intro 01:21 Intro 01:40 NFTs on BTC? 03:06 What is an ordinal? 05:11 Tracking & fungibility of BTC 07:07 Storing data on chain 08:19 OP_RETURN 11:52 Taproot transaction types 15:59 Why is on chain data bad? 18:30 Pruning the data on nodes 20:14 Community response 22:16 What is Bitcoin for? 28:12 Other use cases for on chain data storage? 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 Fountain https://bit.ly/3NeNTec 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

Today we are joined by Greg Beard, CEO of Stronghold Digital Mining. Greg and I discuss Stronghold’s use of waste coal to clean up Pennsylvania and mine Bitcoin, how Bitcoin mining incentives land reclamation and the mining economics of vertical integration. https://strongholddigitalmining.com/ Greg Beard: https://www.linkedin.com/in/greg-beard-682047142 Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 00:28 Intro 01:03 Stronghold business 02:20 Power from coal waste 06:58 Special power plant 12:53 Scale or the problem / solution 17:07 Why Bitcoin mining? 21:21 Mining economics w/ vertical integration 26:04 Subsidies & carbon credits 26:59 Deciding when to switch revenue streams 29:25 Predicting energy price volatility 35:40 Local community reaction 37:15 Environmentalist pushback? 40:17 Bitcoin community reaction 43:31 Hashrate prediction 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 Fountain https://bit.ly/3NeNTec 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

This week we talk about Cleanspark compensation, Blockstream raises $125 million, Celsius stores mining units, Hut 8 goes to court and Marathon looks international. Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley STORIES https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1507605/000149315223002672/form8-k.htm https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/hut-8-provides-update-on-north-bay-facility-301731278.html https://www.theblock.co/post/205100/celsius-to-store-20000-mining-machines-remains-optimistic-about-new-hosting-sites?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/01/24/crypto-infrastructure-firm-blockstream-raises-125m-for-bitcoin-mining/ https://twitter.com/RG_Leachman/status/1618405923910987778 TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 00:44 Cleanspark Exec comp is actually $6M 02:53 Blockstream raises $125M 04:18 Celsius 200 rigs offline 05:22 Hut 8 North Bay facility 06:25 Marathon 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 Fountain https://bit.ly/3NeNTec 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

Today on the show we are joined again by mining analyst Anthony Power. We discuss mining stocks ripping into the green, news updates and the dangers of debt and dilution. https://compassmining.io/education/mining-stock-roundup-december-monthly-numbers/ Anthony Power: https://twitter.com/cazenove Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 00:23 Intro 01:15 Stock performance 12:07 Why are some stocks outperforming? 19:19 Equity dilution 24:00 The cost of debt 29:24 Small miners 35:04 Hashrate growth per company 41:29 Hashrate prediction 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 Fountain https://bit.ly/3NeNTec 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

In this week’s news roundup, we talk about Genesis Capital’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing, DCG selling its assets and the mixed reactions to Bitcoin mining across the United States. Matt Kimmell: https://twitter.com/MatthewKimmell Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley STORIES https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/01/20/genesis-owes-over-35b-to-top-50-creditors/ https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/19/us/north-carolina-crypto-mine-noise-weir-wxc/index.html https://bitcoinmagazine.com/legal/new-hampshire-commission-recommends-bitcoin-mining https://mempool.space/mining TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 00:56 Genesis bankruptcy 08:04 New Hampshire looking to mining to grid balance 09:02 Don't mine near people! 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 Fountain https://bit.ly/3NeNTec 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

Today we are joined by John Light to discuss how the novel introduction Validity Proofs to Bitcoin could increase mining fee revenues. We also get into the costs for full nodes and if there’s a silver bullet scaling solution. https://hrf.org/zkrollups John Light: https://twitter.com/lightcoin Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 00:27 Intro 01:08 Human Rights Foundation Grant 03:41 What's the problem? 06:29 Validity proofs 11:40 Architecture needed to work 14:07 Scaling vs Tx throughput 17:04 What's this mean for miners? 22:23 Higher throughput & cheaper fees? 28:12 Burden for full nodes 38:44 Full node storage costs 45:12 Other solutions 52:52 Promoting new optionality 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 Fountain https://bit.ly/3NeNTec 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

Today we are re-joined by Bitcoin mining OG Michael Carter (BitsBeTrippin). We talk about the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, deploying hashrate and ASIC prices. Michael Carter: https://twitter.com/BitsBeTrippin Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 00:27 Intro 01:59 CES 2023 06:28 Cryptocurrency not Blockchain 10:04 GPU go bye bye 14:37 Becoming industrial scale miner 20:53 Difficulty adjustment history 26:55 Miner Revenue vs Yearly Average 34:08 ASIC Profit Per Day 41:23 AISC supply 44:58 Hashrate prediction 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 Fountain https://bit.ly/3NeNTec 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

Gemini vs. Genesis vs. SEC the bankruptcy and securities showdown! Bitfarms possibly defaulting on a BlockFi loan. Alkimiya Raises $7M. Matt Kimmell: https://twitter.com/MatthewKimmell Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley STORIES https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/01/13/bitcoin-miner-bitfarms-looks-to-amend-blockfi-loan-warns-of-default/ https://www.cnbc.com/2023/01/12/sec-charges-genesis-and-gemini-with-selling-unregistered-securities.html https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/01/12/alkimiya-raises-72m-funding-round-to-grow-cash-flow-hedging-protocol-for-miners-stakers/ https://cointelegraph.com/news/celsius-mining-arm-announces-1-3m-sale-of-equipment https://mempool.space/mining TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 00:12 Intro 01:08 Genesis investigation 05:42 BitFarms restructuring BlockFi loan 11:03 Celsius mining selling ASICs 12:19 Agora Digital no IPO 14:45 Alkimiya hedging protocol 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 Fountain https://bit.ly/3NeNTec 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

Today we are joined by Colin Harper and Jaran Mellerud of Hashrate Index to talk about their mega 2022 report. We go over machine prices, state-by-state energy comparisons, mergers and bankruptcies and hashrate projections for next year. Hashrate Index: https://twitter.com/hashrateindex Colin Harper: https://twitter.com/AsILayHodling Jaran Mellerud: https://twitter.com/JMellerud Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 00:26 Intro 01:33 Top thoughts for '22 04:38 '22 vs '18 Bitcoin cycle 07:42 S19 XP price premium 13:12 New-Gen hardware vs. immersion & overclocking 17:24 State by state power in the US 23:14 Regulatory risk vs cheap power 25:32 Canada vs US 00:27:42:16 Bankruptcies & acquisitions 00:32:07:23 Miners staying private for longer 00:36:33:09 Global mining outlook 00:48:13:01 Hashrate prediction 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 Fountain https://bit.ly/3NeNTec 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

Silvergate Bank hits some rough water and lays off staff, Marathon pays off revolving credit line, Core Scientific parts ways with Celsius, and Argo restructures its debt. Matt Kimmell: https://twitter.com/MatthewKimmell Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley STORIES https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/01/05/silvergate-cuts-40-jobs-writes-off-diem-asset-acquisition/ https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/crypto-miner-core-scientific-to-shut-37-000-celsius-rigs-1.1865410 https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/01/05/bitcoin-miner-marathon-digital-pays-off-silvergate-revolving-credit/ https://finance.yahoo.com/news/argo-blockchain-plc-announces-transformational-070000486.html https://mempool.space/mining TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 01:30 Silvergate & Genesis 05:34 Marathon 07:23 Core Scientific & Celsius 11:51 Argo Blockchain 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 Fountain https://bit.ly/3NeNTec 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

Today we are joined by Doug Lewin, President of Stoic Energy. We discuss the recent winter snap in Texas, what ERCOT is doing to fix the energy grid and how Bitcoin miners and other flexible loads fit into the Texas market. https://douglewin.substack.com/p/2022-cold-snap-shows-resistance-is https://linktr.ee/douglewin Doug’s Podcast: https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/the-texas-power-podcast/ Doug Lewin: https://twitter.com/douglewinenergy Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley SPONSOR https://foundryacademy.com Enhance your ASIC education with hands-on courses offered by Foundry. Led by industry-veteran instructors, Foundry’s Mining Technician academy programs cover a range of topics - from identifying issues and troubleshooting common hardware failures, to coursework exploring bitcoin’s global impact. TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 00:52 Intro 01:36 Doug Lewin 02:21 Current state of the Texas grid 08:50 What energy source is to blame for failures? 11:13 Bad / Good Reductivity 15:56 House insulation & energy demand 22:15 Soulutions? 28:49 New power generation 34:46 Central planning of Texas grid 38:21 Energy storage 41:33 Bitcoin & critical flexible loads 44:03 2023 predictions 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 Fountain https://bit.ly/3NeNTec RSS https://bit.ly/3chpULV

Today we are joined by Phil Jankowski, a state reporter for Dallas News, to discuss Texas’ energy market problem. We talk about the new market rules lawmakers are debating, the outlook for Texas this winter and how Bitcoin miners fit into the picture. Phil Jankowski: https://twitter.com/philjankowski Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley SPONSOR https://foundryacademy.com Enhance your ASIC education with hands-on courses offered by Foundry. Led by industry-veteran instructors, Foundry’s Mining Technician academy programs cover a range of topics - from identifying issues and troubleshooting common hardware failures, to coursework exploring bitcoin’s global impact. TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 00:53 Intro 01:18 Who is Phil? 02:19 Texas storm reaction 04:03 Why are solutions slow? 06:27 What entities are responsible? 12:13 Free market or not? 16:31 Proposals for grid change 22:19 Incentives during peak demand 24:12 New credit system model 28:22 Current progress 31:57 People's reaction 35:00 Demand on the grid 37:09 BTC mining demand 39:49 Miners paid for flexible load 41:17 The future 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 Fountain https://bit.ly/3NeNTec RSS https://bit.ly/3chpULV LEARN Every week, Compass sends a memo to 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

On today’s show, we are joined by Paul Sztorc and Austin Alexander of Layer 2 Labs, a new Bitcoin company that raised $3 million to bring sidechains to the Bitcoin network. https://layer2labs.com/ https://twitter.com/LayerTwoLabs Paul Sztorci: https://twitter.com/Truthcoin Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley SPONSOR https://foundryacademy.com Enhance your ASIC education with hands-on courses offered by Foundry. Led by industry-veteran instructors, Foundry’s Mining Technician academy programs cover a range of topics - from identifying issues and troubleshooting common hardware failures, to coursework exploring bitcoin’s global impact. TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 01:10 Intro 01:44 Who is Paul? 02:50 Who is Austin? 04:33 ETH & Zcash on drivechains 07:10 What is merge mining? 10:08 The history of sidechains 20:49 Liquid vs sidechains 26:18 Cultural pushback against drivechains 32:53 Other scaling ideas 36:45 The BIP process 42:16 Wrap up 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 Fountain https://bit.ly/3NeNTec RSS https://bit.ly/3chpULV LEARN Every week, Compass sends a memo to 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

Watch as we go over the top highlights from Bitcoin mining's 2022 with the Coin Metrics team! 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 Fountain https://bit.ly/3NeNTec 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

Today we are joined by Sue Ennis, VP of Corp Development at Hut 8. We discuss Hut 8’s conservative growth strategy, building out alternative lines of revenue and hodling an 8,000+ Bitcoin stack. Sue Ennis: https://twitter.com/bigsuey Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley SPONSOR https://foundryacademy.com Enhance your ASIC education with hands-on courses offered by Foundry. Led by industry-veteran instructors, Foundry’s Mining Technician academy programs cover a range of topics - from identifying issues and troubleshooting common hardware failures, to coursework exploring bitcoin’s global impact. TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 00:54 Intro 01:27 What is Hut 8? 02:47 2022 expansions 07:13 Diversified revenue 11:34 When to expand BTC operations? 13:05 Distressed asset acquisition 16:03 Expanding without selling BTC 19:25 Leveraging growth from BTC reserves 21:17 Cashflows vs reserves 25:26 Ontario news 28:21 New CFO 29:51 1-5 yr plan 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 Fountain https://bit.ly/3NeNTec RSS https://bit.ly/3chpULV LEARN Every week, Compass sends a memo to 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

Argo’s fat finger bankruptcy announcement retracted, Core Scientific gets a fresh cash injection and Bitmain releases new firmware but does it really make your miner more profitable? Matt Kimmell: https://twitter.com/MatthewKimmell Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley STORIES https://www.theblock.co/post/194747/bitcoin-mining-report-argo-blockchain-tumbles-38-after-bankruptcy-gaffe https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/core-scientific-lender-72-million-bailout https://twitter.com/BITMAINtech/status/1602665283768188929 https://mempool.space/mining TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 01:11 Argo leak update 03:01 Core Scientific 04:59 Bitmain firmware update 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 Fountain https://bit.ly/3NeNTec 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

In part 1 of this two part episode, we are joined by Anthony Power to discuss November monthly mining updates. Anthony Power: https://twitter.com/cazenove Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley SPONSOR https://foundryacademy.com Enhance your ASIC education with hands-on courses offered by Foundry. Led by industry-veteran instructors, Foundry’s Mining Technician academy programs cover a range of topics - from identifying issues and troubleshooting common hardware failures, to coursework exploring bitcoin’s global impact. TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 00:39 Intro 01:00 Potential Agro bankruptcy 08:06 Bitfarms 13:09 Hut8 21:51 Riot 28:42 DMG & Digihost 32:53 Cleanspark 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 Fountain https://bit.ly/3NeNTec RSS https://bit.ly/3chpULV LEARN Every week, Compass sends a memo to 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

Argo may be filing for bankruptcy in the coming weeks. The Block CEO steps down amid news of undisclosed involvement with FTX. Riot causes a fuss by announcing a switch to their mining pool. Matt Kimmell: https://twitter.com/MatthewKimmell Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley STORIES https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-12-09/bitcoin-miner-argo-s-arb-shares-suspended-while-revenue-declines https://www.axios.com/2022/12/09/bankman-fried-funded-crypto-news-site-block https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/12/05/bitcoin-miner-riot-switches-mining-pool-after-falling-short-in-november/ https://mempool.space/mining TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 02:06 The Block & FTX 07:17 Thoughts on independent reporting 09:50 Argo potential bankruptcy 14:30 Riot vs Braiins 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 Fountain https://bit.ly/3NeNTec 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

Today we are joined by Ryan Condron, CEO of Titan Pool. We talk about revenue strategies for small mining pools, building a trustless hashrate marketplace and why every large miner should run their own pool. https://titan.io Ryan Condrone: https://twitter.com/ryankcondron Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 00:52 Intro 01:33 Titan Pool 03:17 Titan Pool growth strategy 05:22 Hashrate product (lumerin?) 09:06 How enforceable are smart contracts w/ hashrate? 12:07 Reception by miners? 16:26 Hashrate marketplace efficiencies 19:58 Miner adoption & competition 25:06 Luck & profitability 31:16 BTC reserve depletion 33:52 Debt financing 37:39 Bear cycle 41:04 The tech is sound 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 Fountain https://bit.ly/3NeNTec 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

News Roundup: Blockfi, Last Hodl Standing and Manitoba’s Mining Moratorium Matt Kimmell: https://twitter.com/MatthewKimmell Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley STORIES https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/12/02/bitcoin-miners-ftx-contagion-exposure-may-amplify-industry-pain/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines https://www.getrevue.co/profile/BlocksBridge/issues/miner-weekly-a-tale-of-two-mining-hodlers-1472954 https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2022/12/01/canadas-manitoba-province-enacts-18-month-moratorium-on-new-crypto-mining-reports/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2022/11/28/ftx-fallout-continues-as-crypto-lender-blockfi-declares-bankruptcy/ https://mempool.space/mining https://twitter.com/wsfoxley/status/1597783267528171520 https://bitcointreasuries.net/ TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 01:33 Difficulty adjustment 06:34 BlockFi Bankruptcy 13:06 Hut8 & Marathon 16:43 Manitoba moratorium on new miners 18:55 Texas mining 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 Fountain https://bit.ly/3NeNTec RSS https://bit.ly/3chpULV

Today we are rejoined by Zach Bradford of Cleanspark to talk about market sentiment, mining economics, ASIC prices and what to expect from the numerous Chapter 11 filings. https://cleanspark.com Zach Bradford: https://twitter.com/zachkbradford Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley SPONSOR https://foundryacademy.com Enhance your ASIC education with hands-on courses offered by Foundry. Led by industry-veteran instructors, Foundry’s Mining Technician academy programs cover a range of topics - from identifying issues and troubleshooting common hardware failures, to coursework exploring bitcoin’s global impact. TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 00:51 Intro 01:52 BlockFi Bankruptcy 04:48 Yield risks & volatility 08:26 Mining equities 11:08 Mining sector 14:05 New ASIC lows next 60 days 17:24 What's a good ASIC price? 18:11 Facilities 22:13 Evaluating facilities 25:11 Current financing market 31:18 Miner bankruptcy prediction 34:34 Hashrate prediction 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 Fountain https://bit.ly/3NeNTec 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

Today we are joined by Glyn Jones, CEO of Ice Breaker Finance. Ice Breaker is a novel DeFi application merging miner financing with on-chain contracts. We talk about the mining credit crunch, what makes a good borrower and if ASIC backed loans will survive as a collateral type. https://icebreakerfinance.biz https://twitter.com/IcebreakerDeFi Glyn Jones: https://twitter.com/glynjonesdefi Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley SPONSOR https://foundryacademy.com Enhance your ASIC education with hands-on courses offered by Foundry. Led by industry-veteran instructors, Foundry’s Mining Technician academy programs cover a range of topics - from identifying issues and troubleshooting common hardware failures, to coursework exploring bitcoin’s global impact. TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 00:55 Intro 01:26 Icebreaker Finance 06:23 The value of DeFi for miners? 11:21 Collateral clawback? 18:22 Bad lending terms 23:04 Interest rates and LTV 32:09 Scale of the lending 34:48 ASIC Loans 39:00 Blending loan collateral 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 Fountain https://bit.ly/3NeNTec 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

In this interview, we discuss competition among Bitcoin miners, building the world’s largest bitcoin mine during Covid, how to think about mining equities, the vertically integrated model, working with ERCOT, deploying S19 XPs and bear market mining strategies. https://www.riotblockchain.com Jason Les: https://twitter.com/jasonles_ Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley SPONSOR https://foundryacademy.com Enhance your ASIC education with hands-on courses offered by Foundry. Led by industry-veteran instructors, Foundry’s Mining Technician academy programs cover a range of topics - from identifying issues and troubleshooting common hardware failures, to coursework exploring bitcoin’s global impact. TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 00:58 Intro 01:50 FTX collapse 03:00 Relationships in the industry 06:48 Miners having trouble 09:11 Bad decisions in mining 14:00 Miner loans and rates 22:20 Building a massive mining site 26:24 Financing expansions 31:21 Risks of mining equity 34:07 The business model of mining 39:44 Working with ERCOT 44:23 ASIC market 49:35 BTC in a broader bear market 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 Fountain https://bit.ly/3NeNTec 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

We discuss Marathon’s 2022 including the storm that knocked out its Hardin site, getting 9 EH/s online, EGS regulations, OFAC compliance, if the hosting model is broken or not, Marathon’s finance strategy and why Marathon hasn’t sold its Bitcoin. https://marathondh.com/mining Charlie Schumacher: https://twitter.com/charlieschu Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 00:35 Intro 09:33 Storm that knocked miners offline 14:02 MARA projecting only 9 exahash 18:49 Getting off coal as an energy source 23:32 Mining pools and OFAC compliance 30:56 ASIC hosting as a business model 36:39 Asset & counterparty risk 42:49 Next gen ASICs & efficiency 44:07 Financing & debt risk 46:04 Keeping BTC in reserve 00:51:26:01 MARA bear market strategy 00:55:16:05 Global energy opportunities 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 Fountain https://bit.ly/3NeNTec 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

We talk with Ray Nasser, CEO of Arthur Mining, about teaming up with power producers to utilize stranded renewable energy for Bitcoin mining. https://arthurmining.com Ray Nassar: https://br.linkedin.com/in/raymondnasser Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 00:23 Intro 05:40 Arthur Mining in Brazil 12:38 High cost of mining in Brazil 15:18 Energy sources 16:59 Brazil vs LatAm markets 20:36 Moving into US market 21:59 Bear market mining in Brazil 23:29 Off grid & wasted energy mining 25:12 Bear market strategies 27:42 Effects of big miners failing 29:53 Market prediction 33:00 Hashrate prediction 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 Fountain https://bit.ly/3NeNTec 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

We talk about the bombshell that is FTX, the tail risks and what it means for the industry. Matt Kimmell: https://twitter.com/MatthewKimmell Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley STORIES https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2022/11/11/ftx-files-for-bankruptcy-protections-in-us/ https://twitter.com/ChainLinkGod/status/1590920559747272706 https://www.theblock.co/data/crypto-markets/structured-products/premium-of-gbtc https://twitter.com/Edvis100/status/1591106598436761603 TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 01:11 FTX files bankruptcy 08:21 BlockFi contagion 11:55 Broader market impacts 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 Fountain https://bit.ly/3NeNTec 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

Today on the show I am joined by Alex DaCosta and David Yi of Aspen Creek Digital Corporation (ACDC) to discuss their newest Texas facility. We talk about Compass Mining’s 27 MW deployment to ACDC, working with ERCOT and their energy first approach to mining. https://acdigitalcorp.com https://twitter.com/acdc_hq Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 00:27 Intro 02:49 New Texas 4 deployment 05:29 Renewables site selection 09:32 Building excess solar capacity 12:23 Dealing with ERCOT 18:02 ERCOT's feelings about miners 22:35 Surviving this bear market 30:53 Managing costs 37:57 Hosting business model 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 Fountain https://bit.ly/3NeNTec 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

We talk about publicly traded miners in financial trouble, Compute North and their executive golden parachutes on the day of their bankruptcy filing and new ASIC models M50 and S19 XP pricing. Matt Kimmell: https://twitter.com/MatthewKimmell Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley STORIES https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/11/03/bitcoin-mining-host-compute-north-paid-executives-3m-on-the-day-it-declared-bankruptcy/ https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/11/01/bondholders-of-troubled-bitcoin-miner-core-scientific-said-to-be-working-with-lawyers-bloomberg-says/ https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-10-31/argo-shares-plunge-by-record-after-fundraising-collapses https://twitter.com/DylanLeClair_/status/1587804166839324673 https://twitter.com/LaurenQianLin/status/1588560223866089473 TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 00:12 Intro 00:53 Argo, Core & Iris financial problems 05:30 Compute North bankruptcy 07:32 ASIC market 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 Fountain https://bit.ly/3NeNTec RSS https://bit.ly/3chpULV

Today I am joined by Anthony Power, an independent mining analyst. We talk about Argo Blockchain and Core Scientific’s financial warnings. The day after recording, Iris Energy also announced its inability to pay for up to $103 million in ASIC financing from NYDIG. While we covered Iris’ precarious financial situation, the warning was issued after we recorded this show. Anthony Power: https://twitter.com/cazenove Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 00:38 Intro 01:35 Argo 15:26 Core Scientific 27:26 Failure of large miners 35:00 Macro forces 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 Fountain https://bit.ly/3NeNTec RSS https://bit.ly/3chpULV LEARN Every week, Compass sends a memo to 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

Today we are joined by longtime miner Ben Gagnon, Chief Mining Officer at Bitfarms. Ben and I discuss Core Scientific’s bankruptcy warning, Bitarms energy strategy and treasury management. https://bitfarms.com Ben Gagnon: https://twitter.com/hashoveride Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 00:26 Intro 02:08 Core Scientific 07:48 Effect of company failures 10:28 Bitfarms' hydro strategy 14:00 Bitfarms' business strategy 19:11 Operations 21:34 Using debt in a bear market 28:18 Dangers of growth right now 29:49 Hashrate predictions 34:55 ASIC surplus 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 Fountain https://bit.ly/3NeNTec 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

We talk about Core Scientific mentioning possible bankruptcy in SEC filing (stock is down 97%), Maple creating a new lending pool for miners and Block hiring the former CTO of Argo. Matt Kimmell: https://twitter.com/MatthewKimmell Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley STORIES https://compassmining.io/education/september-monthly-performance/ https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/10/24/struggling-bitcoin-miners-are-flocking-to-maple-finances-300m-lending-pool/ https://www.cnbc.com/2022/10/27/bitcoin-miner-core-scientific-warns-it-might-go-bankrupt-stock-plunges.html https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-10-25/block-sq-btc-taps-former-argo-technology-chief-hothi-for-bitcoin-mining TIMESTAMPS: 00:00  Start 00:55 Core Scientific 01:21 Intro 04:49 Core Scientific Financials 07:57 Miner capitulation? 10:06 Maple Finance 14:04 Block + Argo 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 Fountain https://bit.ly/3NeNTec 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

Today we are joined by Matt Williams, head of derivatives at Luxor Technologies. Matt is an expert on commodities trading and built Luxor’s new hashrate derivative, a product that allows miners to buy and sell hashrate. https://luxor.tech/derivatives https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/10/10/crypto-services-firm-luxor-to-offer-derivatives-for-bitcoin-miners-to-hedge-risk/ Matt Williams: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-williams-0a1b592b/ Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley TIMESTAMPS: 00:00  Start 00:25  Intro 01:11 Meet Matt 01:21 Intro 02:42 Hashrate as a commodity 04:04 Defining hashrate as commodity 05:30 Why hedge against hashrate? 08:18 Changing the thinking about hashrate 00:13:25:09 Seller of hashrate example 00:14:26:11 Buyer of hashrate example 00:15:59:23 Creating the index 00:18:36:01 Creating the marketplace 00:21:42:27 Customer requirements and security 00:25:12:13 Technical specifics 00:26:09:27 Regulation future 00:28:37:17 Product future 00:31:01:21 Cycles & volatility 00:33:39:25 Hashrate prediction 00:34:12:06 Wrap up 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 Fountain https://bit.ly/3NeNTec 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

We talk about the US semiconductor chip ban, the Rhodium filing, and the Celsius and Core Scientific debt story. Matt Kimmell: https://twitter.com/MatthewKimmell Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley STORIES https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-10-10/china-chip-stocks-drop-as-biden-tightens-rules-on-us-tech-access https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1236275/000121390022064755/fs42022_silversuntech.htm https://www.wsj.com/articles/crypto-miner-core-scientific-flags-threat-from-celsius-chapter-11-dispute-11666287993 https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2022/10/19/2537494/0/en/Riot-Announces-Groun[…]ata-Center-Facility-in-Corsicana-Navarro-County-Texas.html https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/concerns-bitcoin-mining-farm-coming-to-north-texas/3100197/ https://compassmining.io/education/september-monthly-performance/ 🎥 TIMESTAMPS: 00:00  Start 00:12  Intro 00:48  Biden Chip Ban 03:56  Rhodium Public Filing 07:11  Celsius Owes Core Scientific Money 11:58  Riot Expanding 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 Fountain https://bit.ly/3NeNTec 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

Welcome back to the Mining Pod. Today we are rejoined by Mining Analyst Anthony Power. We talk about his miner performance rankings, debt and dilution and where markets go next. Anthony Power: https://twitter.com/cazenove Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley 🎥 TIMESTAMPS: 00:00  Start 00:22  Intro 02:06  Most profitable public miner? 07:11  Mid-tier miners 13:57  Loan servicing 22:38  Margins 25:19  What miners are at risk? 30:11  Debit vs revenue valuation 34:26  6 mo. prediction 43:57  Hashrate prediction 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 Fountain https://bit.ly/3NeNTec 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

We talk about difficulty, hashprice, miners seeking relief from debt, NYDIG laying off 33% of its staff, Luxor Technologies new hashrate derivative and Braiins Stratum v2. Matt Kimmell: https://twitter.com/MatthewKimmell Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley STORIES https://data.hashrateindex.com/network-data/btc https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/08/16/bitcoin-miner-stronghold-digital-in-restructuring-negotiations-with-lenders/ https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/10/07/bitcoin-miner-argo-blockchain-raises-27m-to-ease-liquidity-pressures-shares-plunge-15/ https://compassmining.io/education/argo-blockchain-balance-sheet/ https://www.theblock.co/post/177162/nydig-laid-off-one-third-of-staff-in-september-wsj https://blockworks.co/nydig-raises-720m-for-institutional-bitcoin-fund/ https://hashrateindex.com/blog/luxor-technologies-launches-otc-bitcoin-mining-derivative/ https://twitter.com/BraiinsMining/status/1579822557788004352 🎥 TIMESTAMPS: 00:00  Start 00:26  Intro 01:08  Hashprice & Difficulty 03:58  Stronghold Restructures Debt 04:10  Argo Raises $27M 07:29  NYDIG Layoff 12:07  Luxor Hashrate Derivative 15:02  Braiins Stratum V2 Update 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 Fountain https://bit.ly/3NeNTec RSS https://bit.ly/3chpULV

Today we are joined by Louis Guthmann, ecosystem developer at Starkware. Starkware is building zero-knowledge proof rollups for multiple chains, including Bitcoin, that promises to dramatically change how Bitcoin can scale without sacrificing security or Bitcoin’s simplicity. In this first episode we go over how starks are different from Lighting, what fees starks would bring to bitcoin and the rationale behind Starkware’s efforts. Louis Guthmann: https://twitter.com/GuthL Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley 🎥 TIMESTAMPS: 00:00  Start 00:36  Intro 00:57  Meet Starkware 08:29  What is BTC lacking? 13:47  How is Starkware different? 18:37  Scaling off-chain 23:18  What are the tech costs? 30:36  How to implement? 34:42  Why do this? 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 Fountain https://bit.ly/3NeNTec 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

Matt Kimmell of CoinShares and I talk about the 12% difficulty increase, Greyscales new mining product, miners raising capital and the latest in Compute North’s chapter 11. Matt Kimmell: https://twitter.com/MatthewKimmell Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley STORIES https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/10/06/grayscales-new-venture-aims-to-capture-bear-market-opportunities-in-bitcoin-mining/ https://www.finsmes.com/2022/09/aspen-creek-digital-raises-8m-in-series-a-funding.html https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/10/06/bitcoin-miner-marathon-invested-313m-in-bankrupt-data-center-compute-north/ https://www.theblock.co/post/175143/greenidge-seeks-to-raise-up-to-22-8-million-in-stock-offer https://compassmining.io/education/miners-face-millions-in-debt-payments-as-revenues-dry-up/ https://data.hashrateindex.com/network-data/btc TIMESTAMPS: 00:00  Start 00:24  Intro 01:49  12% upward difficulty adjustment 06:20  Grayscale new mining product 09:20  Aspen Creek Digital fund raise 13:09  Greenidge 16:46  Marathon 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 Fountain https://bit.ly/3NeNTec RSS https://bit.ly/3chpULV

Today we are joined by Zach Bradford, CEO of Cleanspark. Cleanspark is a publicly listed mining firm which has been leveraging its treasury model to scoop up distressed assets. We talk about treasury management, buying discounted contracts and energy rates. https://cleanspark.com Zach Bradford: https://twitter.com/zachkbradford Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley 🎥 TIMESTAMPS: 00:00  Start 01:06  CleanSpark 04:43  CleanSpark contracts 08:20  Hardware 10:32  Energy contracts 14:00  Stock valuations 20:08  Energy rates and clean energy 24:50  Treasury strategy 27:27  Cash on hand or credit? 30:14  Operations 32:55  Hashrate prediction 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 Fountain https://bit.ly/3NeNTec 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

Matt Kimmell of CoinShares joins me again to talk about hashprice, difficulty, Celsius mining filing suit against Core Scientific and Rhodium testing public markets. Matt Kimmell: https://twitter.com/MatthewKimmell Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley STORIES https://www.theblock.co/post/173475/bitcoin-mining-difficulty-falls-2-14-after-four-consecutive-increases https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/09/29/bitcoin-miner-rhodium-going-public-through-reverse-merger-with-silversun-technologies https://arcane.no/research/most-public-bitcoin-miners-have-racked-up-losses-in-their-lifetimes https://data.hashrateindex.com/network-data/btc 🎥 TIMESTAMPS: 00:00  Start 00:23  Intro 00:47  Difficulty & hashprice 02:59  Celsius lawsuit 11:06  Arcane: Miners Negative Earnings 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 Fountain https://bit.ly/3NeNTec 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

We sat down again with Mark Rossano of C6 Capital Holdings to talk about energy markets - both international and domestic. We go through PPAs and the crazy California ISO. Mark Rossano: https://twitter.com/markfny Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley 🎥 TIMESTAMPS: 00:00  Start 00:27  Intro 02:32  NatGas International Markets 07:31  Summer vs. Winter 11:03  Governments & energy prices 16:34  Countries swapping providers 19:16  Politicians stepping in 30:16  California energy problems 34:56  California vs. Texas 38:13  Bitcoin miner PPAs 43:24  Energy price prediction 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 Fountain https://bit.ly/3NeNTec 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

Today we are talking news with Matt Kimmell of CoinSharees including Compute North filing Chapter 11 bankruptcy, Stakefish slashing 25% of its staff and Bitmain lowering ASIC prices by 30%. Matt Kimmell: https://twitter.com/MatthewKimmell Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley STORIES https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/09/22/crypto-mining-data-center-provider-compute-north-files-for-bankruptcy-protection/ https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/09/23/bitcoin-miner-marathon-digital-downgraded-at-btig-on-headwinds-from-compute-norths-bankruptcy/ https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/09/23/ethereum-merge-vastly-increased-stakefishs-profile-but-25-of-its-employees-are-gone-anyway/ https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/09/21/bitmain-discounts-bitcoin-mining-machines-in-an-already-depressed-market/ https://data.hashrateindex.com/network-data/btc 🎥 TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 00:29 Intro 00:41 Compute North 09:39 Stakefish layoffs 15:44 Bitmain discounts 22:22 Hashprice 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 Fountain https://bit.ly/3NeNTec 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

Today we are joined by Arcane Research analyst Jaran Mellerud to talk about Arcane’s new report, “How Bitcoin mining can transform the energy industry.” We discuss Bitcoin mining’s novel features, the economics of renewable energy and underrated positive externalities. Summary https://compassmining.io/education/how-bitcoin-mining-can-transform-the-energy-industry-arcane-research/ Full Report https://arcane.no/research/how-bitcoin-mining-can-transform-the-energy-industry-new-report Jaran Mellerud: https://twitter.com/JMellerud Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley 🎥 TIMESTAMPS: 00:00  Start 00:26  Intro 01:08  Bio 03:51  Report: How Bitcoin Mining Can Transform the Energy Industry 12:26  Nonflexible Load 17:16  The Paris Accords & Demand Response 22:33  Energy markets 24:41  Bitcoin vs. Other Excess Uses of Energy 28:59  BTC + Renewables Operations 35:07  Flare gas miners] 39:38  Heat collection 46:24  Changing the BTC narrative 48:50  Hashrate prediction 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 Fountain https://bit.ly/3NeNTec 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

Welcome back to the Mining Pod. Today we are joined by Matt Kimmell of CoinShares to go over this week’s news. We talk about the Ethereum Merge, Poolin issuing IOU tokens and a new report from Chainalysis showing crypto adoption in 2022. Matt Kimmell: https://twitter.com/MatthewKimmell Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley 🎥 TIMESTAMPS: 00:00  Start 00:25  Intro 01:58  Hot takes on the ETH merge 06:15  Other aspects of the merge 09:09  Energy weight vs financial weight 12:03  BTC vs ETH narratives 15:36  ETH is not like BTC 20:01  Poolin IOU tokens 24:57  Chainalysis Report 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 Fountain https://bit.ly/3NeNTec 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

In this episode we talk with Ethan Vera from Luxor about the Ethereum 2.0 merge and its impact on proof of work miners. Ethan Vera: https://twitter.com/ethan_vera Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley 🎥 TIMESTAMPS: 00:00  Start 00:27  Intro 02:07  Terminal difficulty vs block height 05:25  Technical thoughts 06:42  Why no POW fight? 09:19  Why are miners still mining? 12:50  ETH POW & Luxor 14:49  ETH POW chain? 17:05  GPU hashrate switch? 18:24  Miner hostility other chains 21:46  Switching to rendering & AI? 25:27  NVIDIA & AMD stocks 26:37  Validator pools 31:50  Merge predictions 33:03  BTC hashrate prediction 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 Fountain https://bit.ly/3NeNTec 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

Matt Kimmell is a Researcher with Coinshares and in the episode we talk about RIOT’s lawsuit vs GMO, Argo partnering with Intel, and Bitmain’s new low interest rate loan program. Matt Kimmell: https://twitter.com/MatthewKimmell Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley 🎥 TIMESTAMPS: 00:00  Start 00:35  Intro 01:47  Bio 02:12  RIOT vs GMO lawsuit 10:09  Mining going mainstream (Vice) 19:19  Argo & Intel 21:36  MARA selling machines 28:06  Bitmain lending product 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 Fountain https://bit.ly/3NeNTec 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

Alyse Killeen is the founding Managing Partner of StillMark a Bitcoin VC firm. In this episode we talk about the bear market’s effect on venture capital, balance sheet management, and how VC firms invest in the mining industry. Alyse Killeen:https://twitter.com/alysekilleen Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley 🎥 TIMESTAMPS: 00:00  Start 01:06  Intro 02:33  Market outlook 05:24  Macro vs. halvening 07:44  BTC during recession 11:20  Evaluating for VC 16:31  Time horizons 21:42  Bear balance sheets 28:20  Mining VC future? 30:08  Seed vs. growth investment 34:37  Wrap 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 Fountain https://bit.ly/3NeNTec 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

Welcome back to the Compass Podcast! Today we are joined by Andrew Hinkes, author and adjunct professor at New York University focusing on the intersection of law, government regulation and digital assets. We talk about the huge OFAC sanction on Ethereum mixer Tornado Cash, what it means for Bitcoin miners and further industry repercussions. Drew Hinkes: https://twitter.com/propelforward Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley SPONSOR https://foundryacademy.com/ 🎥 TIMESTAMPS: 00:00  Start 00:17  Foundry Academy 01:04  Intro 02:19  Drew's BTC backstory 05:05  Tornado Cash history 07:16  Censoring smart contracts 09:04  Are miners intermediaries? 11:25  Censoring Bitcoin 13:52  OFAC compliant pools 19:06  Tainting coins 24:18  Account model vs. UTXO 26:30  Legal interpretation roulette 27:38  Celebrity spam transactions 32:05  Future of OFAC regulation 36:26  Privacy coins 38:18  Wrap 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 Fountain https://bit.ly/3NeNTec 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! 🤝

We talk with Camden Spiller from Maddox Industrial Transformer about demand for electrical infrastructure, including the consequences of the pandemic, tapering demand from Bitcoin miners and how demand destruction is easing production concerns. https://www.maddoxtransformer.com/ Camden Spiller: https://www.linkedin.com/in/camden-spiller/ Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley 🎥 TIMESTAMPS: 00:00  Start 01:06  Intro 02:37  Maddox Industrial Transformer 04:49  Customers 06:40  Diversity of infrastructure 07:43  Experience working w/ miners 11:05  Learning the mining space 12:16  Typical examples 14:54  Miner demand 17:45  Steel & deindustrialization 19:42  Auro EV demand on transformers 23:24  COVID & workforce 30:39  Demand destruction 33:05  This miner cycle 36:16  If you could change one thing 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 Fountain https://bit.ly/3NeNTec 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

Colin Harper is Head of Research for Hasrate Index. In this episode we talk about hashrate changes, how miners are handling the bear market, ASIC prices and the ETH2 merge (it’s like a car wreck, we can’t help ourselves..). https://hashrateindex.com/blog/hashate-index-q-2-2022-report-exit-pursued-by-a-bear/ Hashrate Index: https://twitter.com/hashrateindex Colin Harper: https://twitter.com/AsILayHodling Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley 🎥 TIMESTAMPS: 00:00  Start 00:15  Foundry Academy 01:04  Intro 03:00  Hashrate 06:37  Heatwave & up-time 09:25  Cost to mine per state 12:46  Hashprice 17:17  Hashprice prediction 22:36  Strategies for bear market 26:26  ASIC prices 29:35  ETH 2.0 32:45  MEV vulnerability 34:45  ETH miner switch 37:27  Wrap 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 Fountain https://bit.ly/3NeNTec 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

Jesse Davern of RK Mission Critical talks about all things related to Bitcoin mining containers. We discuss their engineering process, what deployment entails and what future containerized solutions are on the horizon. https://www.rkmissioncritical.com Jesse Davern: https://twitter.com/Daverns_Tavern Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley 🎥 TIMESTAMPS: 00:00  Start 00:21  Foundry Academy 01:10  Intro 02:39  About Company 07:12  Other container solutions 10:39  Competitors 16:52  Brining designs to market 20:33  Building first BTC container 21:44  Container design specs 26:39  Deploying containers 32:53  Running power 34:46  Deployed projects 36:33  Future predictions 39:50  New products 45:33  Wrap 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 Fountain https://bit.ly/3NeNTec 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

In this episode we talk with Charlie Spears from Nakamotor about the potential impacts the Celsius bankruptcy might have on miners, rising energy costs, and miners overheating. Seriously, why is it so damn hot!? Charlie Spears: https://twitter.com/cbspears Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley 🎥 TIMESTAMPS: 00:00  Start 00:27  Foundry Academy 01:15  Intro 02:43  S19 hardware bug 05:07  Celsius bankruptcy 19:53  M & A of miners 23:11  Heat & mining 31:09  ERCOT miner response 37:50  Energy cost in bear market 40:41  Hashrate prediction 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 Fountain https://bit.ly/3NeNTec 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

Today on the show we are joined by Parker Merritt of CoinMetrics to talk about all things 2022 - Q2 data. We go through hashrate, mining revenue, energy costs and much more. https://coinmetrics.io/insights/state-of-the-market/ Parker Merrit: https://twitter.com/ParkerMerritt Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley 🎥 TIMESTAMPS: 00:00  Start 00:22  Intro 01:33  Hashrate 05:47  Blocktime vs Difficulty 10:03  Revenue by Quarter 12:49  Cumulative Revenue 16:21  Fee Revenue 20:54  Block Fullness 28:26  Hashprice 30:30  USD Revenue vs Difficulty 35:43  Energy Cost 43:10  S19 Profit Margin 47:47  ASIC Profit by Model 49:42  Profit Margin by Model 51:49  1-Hop Analysis 55:41  Supply Held by Miners 01:00:28 Active 1-Hop Accounts 01:06:11 Wrap 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 Fountain https://bit.ly/3NeNTec 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

With the bear market in full swing miners are getting squeezed from all sides. In this episode of the Compass Podcast, Cassie Clifton & Craig Birchall from Galaxy Digital walk us through the risks of hodling through a bull market, lending rates and availability drying up, and if they see more capitulation on the horizon. Cassie Clifton https://twitter.com/bitcoincass Craig Birchall https://twitter.com/_CraigBirchall Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley 🎥 TIMESTAMPS: Intro 00:26 Market commentary 01:03 Future of ASIC backed loans 10:48 Operational loans drying up 15:33 Interest rates 19:40 Macro forces 22:49 Miner selling BTC 24:47 Treasury management risks 28:49 More capitulation 33:58 Shutting off machines 35:39 Future of public miners 39:43 Hashrate predictions 41:41 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 Fountain https://bit.ly/3NeNTec 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Starting a Bitcoin mining company can be a daunting task. Sourcing hardware, finding cheap and reliable power, and maximizing miner uptime are just some of the issues new startups face. To get some insight into how to solve these issues we talked with David Kiger from Blockmetrix, a new startup mining company primarily focused on North American mining. https://blockmetrix.com Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley 🎥 TIMESTAMPS: Start 00:00 Intro 00:34 Blockmetrix  01:08 Blockmetrix strategy  05:44 Blockmetrix team  09:54 Deploying capital  13:33 Choosing partners  17:41 Buying mining rigs  19:09 Finding facilities  22:53 Being a mid-tier miner  25:40 Texas  30:36 Locations for sites  33:07 Hold or sell?  34:51 Financing while holding BTC  35:51 Future predictions  36:37 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

Wolfie Zhao is a journalist that covers the Bitcoin mining sector. In this episode we talk about public mining firms, private loan structures, and the manufacturing race to create the most efficient miners. Wolfie Zhao: https://twitter.com/wolfiezhao Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley 🎥 TIMESTAMPS: Start 00:00 Intro 00:26 Wolfie’s background 01:20 New sources of mining data 05:45 Marathon hardware count 10:13 Narratives shifting 11:26 Miners raising capital 13:08 Loan structures 20:21 Loan rates 24:12 Current interest rates 26:54 Machine manufacturing 30:54 Immersion based hashrate 39:42 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 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

Immersion mining is quickly becoming the most popular hardware configuration mainly due to the ability to overclock machines to make more profit. But putting miners in specialized cooling oil can be a messy business. In this episode we talk with Hank Tanner from Automation & Electronic about the pros and cons of immersion, configuring your setup, and the future of liquid cooled mining. https://twitter.com/tannerhank http://www.autoelect.com Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley 🎥 TIMESTAMPS: Start 00:00 Intro 00:28 Hank Tanner 01:01 Why go immersion? 03:33 How to immersion mine 05:05 Things to consider 07:25 Hardware configurations 09:43 Thermal flow 10:46 Replacing fluid? 12:25 What machines are best? 18:41 Big miners getting into immersion 19:50 Secondary markets for dipped AISCs 21:29 Dismantle machines? 23:03 Profitability curves 27:30 Scaling immersions setups 28:28 Local regulators 31:25 Future of immersion 34:15 Cost per megawatt 36:25 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 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

If you are running Bitcoin miners you’ll want to be able to remotely access them. Forman’s software platform lets you manage your operation from anywhere. In this episode Dan Lawrence from Forman.mn walks us through their software platform and how it aims to simplify the many issues remote access encounters. https://foreman.mn/ Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley 🎥 TIMESTAMPS: Start 00:00 Intro 00:25 Forman software 01:19 The mining market 03:28 What firmware are most miners using? 05:13 Firmware vs. remote software 07:09 Who is using the software? 08:53 Competitive landscape 12:09 Example use case 16:34 Hardware integration 21:21 What controls do you have? 25:26 Security with remote access 28:52 Suggestions to manufacturers? 31:47 Are manufacturers open to collaborate? 35:52 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 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

If you follow the bitcoin mining space you would have routinely seen Riot Blockchain, Marathon Digital, Core Scientific and other other large mining farms market themselves as a gift to the grid in North America. But building such large facilities is not without it’s downsides. In this episode we talk with Steve Barbour from Upstream Data about censorship risks, geolocation for unreliable electricity loads, transmission loss and more. Steve: https://twitter.com/SGBarbour https://bullishthoughts.substack.com/p/the-elephants-in-the-grid Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley 🎥 TIMESTAMPS: Begin 00:00 Intro 00:29 Why mega-mines might be a folly 01:20 Logistics of decentralized hashrate 12:52 Utility companies 15:11 Unreliable power generation 17:52 Does a BTC standard fix this? 26:15 Regulation 32:01 Should we change Bitcoin?  43:24 Volunteering censorship  48:15 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 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

As the mining sector becomes more institutionalized it’s important for the Bitcoin community to always focus on building systems that are as decentralized as possible. From supply chain to block propagation, all aspects of the mining technology stack are potential failure points. In this episode we talk with Shinobi, Co-host of Block Digest about various centralization attack vectors lurking in the Bitcoin mining ecosystem. https://twitter.com/Brian_trollz https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/is-bitcoin-mining-centralized PERSON: TWITTER HANDLE Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley 🎥 TIMESTAMPS: Begin 00:00 Intro 00:23 Centralization of the mining stack 01:10 Pools 05:52 Changing SHA256 07:32 Are pools a threat? 11:04 Betterhash & Stratum V2 16:12 Hardware centralization 18:39 Home mining 21:03 Geographic distribution 24:59 Political threats 29:00 Equipment market threats 30:33 New mining projects 36:35 Energy production threats 40:42 Threats related to Compass 45:30 Acknowledging problems 49:32 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 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

Bitcoin mining is a great way to generate value from interacting with the network but there are real operational risks that should be considered when mining. What if there was a decentralized way to use financial instruments to hedge against the uncertainties and lock-in the return upfront. Alkimiya Protocol is a smart contract system currently on testnet that allows any consensus producers (miners) to create financial contracts backed by the underlying “consensus resources”. In this episode Leo Zhang from Alkimiya Protocol discusses this permissionless open-source protocol for consensus capital markets. https://twitter.com/leorzhang https://alkimiya.io/ Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley 🎥 TIMESTAMPS: Intro 00:00 Progress on the Alkimiya Protocol? 00:51 How does it work? 04:54 Alkimiya Protocol on different chains? 15:40 Is Alkimiya Protocol defi? 17:44 Alkimiya and the future of BTC 21:33 Is there a market for this? 24:47 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 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

As regulators continue to criticize Bitcoin mining for its carbon footprint, public mining companies are getting ahead of the narrative by exclusively using renewable sources for their power. In this episode we talk with Zach Bradford from CleanSpark about being a public mining company, the challenges of ESG power sourcing, and the future of the Bitcoin mining industry. https://twitter.com/CleanSpark_Inc HOST: Whit Gibbs: https://twitter.com/BitcoinBroski 🎥 TIMESTAMPS: Begin 00:00 Intro 00:34 Zach's background 00:54 Data center energy optimization 02:55 CleanSpark vs. other miners 04:32 CleanSpark future 06:15 Mining mergers 07:30 Mining is not an arms race 09:24 Equipment lifespan 13:25 CleanSpark expansion 15:03 Why ESG mining? 18:09 Renewables vs. fossil fuels 21:44 Bitcoin community split on ESG 24:56 Regulation 27:14 Does the ESG narrative go away? 29:19 Hiring talent 32:07 What's exciting 34:00 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 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

With calls for environmental stewardship louder than ever in the business community, Bitcoin miners are frequently turning to renewable energy sources. Daniel Roberts is C-CEO of Iris Energy which mines Bitcoin with renewable energy in Australia. https://irisenergy.co https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-roberts-b767444/ Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley 🎥 TIMESTAMPS: Intro  00:00 Begin  00:23 How did you get into Bitcoin?  00:58 What was challenging about moving into mining?  03:24 What does Iris Energy do?  06:02 How do you find suitable ESG locations?  08:17 Iris operations  11:00 Iris competition  13:47 Financing operations  18:33 ESG  22:40 The ESG narrative  25:15 Australia vs other locations  28:16 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 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

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 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 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

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 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 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

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. 👤 Follow him on Twitter. ✔️ Rusty Russell: https://twitter.com/rusty_twit Follow our host on Twitter too! ✔️ Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley 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/CompassMini... 📲 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! -------------------------------------------- 🔎 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/comp... Happy hashing! 🤝 #Bitcoin #BitcoinMining

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. 👤 Follow them on Twitter. ✔️ Seth Estrada: https://twitter.com/mineyour_biz ✔️ Michael Carter: https://twitter.com/BitsBeTrippin Follow our hosts on Twitter too! ✔️ Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley 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! -------------------------------------------- 🔎 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! 🤝 #Bitcoin #BitcoinMining

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. 👤 Follow her on Twitter. ✔️ Kristy-Leigh Minehan: https://twitter.com/OhGodAGirl Follow our hosts on Twitter too! ✔️ Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley 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! -------------------------------------------- 🔎 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! 🤝 #Bitcoin #BitcoinMining

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! 👤 Follow him on Twitter. ✔️ Didar Bekbau from Xive: https://twitter.com/didar_bekbau Follow our hosts on Twitter too! ✔️ Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley 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! -------------------------------------------- 🔎 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! 🤝 #Bitcoin #BitcoinMining

👤 Follow him on Twitter. ✔️ Jeremy Rubin: https://twitter.com/JeremyRubin Follow our hosts on Twitter too! ✔️ Zack Voell: https://twitter.com/zackvoell ✔️ Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley 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! Thanks for watching! -------------------------------------------- 🔎 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! 🤝 #Bitcoin #BitcoinMining

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 Follow our hosts on Twitter too! ✔️ Zack Voell: https://twitter.com/zackvoell ✔️ Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley 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! Thanks for watching! 🎥 TIMESTAMPS: -------------------------------------------- 🔎 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! 🤝 #Bitcoin #BitcoinMining

✔️ Lili Rhodes: https://twitter.com/Marketsbylili ✔️ Brandon Bailey: https://twitter.com/bitcoinbeezy Follow our hosts on Twitter too! ✔️ Zack Voell: https://twitter.com/zackvoell ✔️ Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley 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! -------------------------------------------- 🔎 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! 🤝 #Bitcoin #BitcoinMining

Let's talk Bitcoin mining. Follow our host on Twitter too! ✔️ Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley 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! -------------------------------------------- 🔎 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! 🤝 #Bitcoin #BitcoinMining

✔️ AJ Scalia: https://twitter.com/ajscalia ✔️ Drew Armstrong: https://twitter.com/btc_buddhist Follow our hosts on Twitter too! ✔️ Zack Voell: https://twitter.com/zackvoell ✔️ Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley 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! Thanks for watching! -------------------------------------------- 🔎 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! 🤝 #Bitcoin #BitcoinMining

This is an episode of Compass Live hosted by Compass Mining. In this livestream, Compass reviews the past year of mining trends and data with several people from Coin Metrics. 2021 has been a landmark year for the bitcoin mining industry. In this conversation, the panel of guests discusses multiple charts, trends, and notable data sets that show the historic growth and changes in mining since January. 👤 Follow them on Twitter. ✔️ Kyle Waters: https://twitter.com/kylewaters_ ✔️ Nate Maddrey: https://twitter.com/bertcmiller ✔️ Parker Merritt: https://twitter.com/ParkerMerritt Follow our hosts on Twitter too! ✔️ Zack Voell: https://twitter.com/zackvoell ✔️ Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley 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! Thanks for watching! -------------------------------------------- 🔎 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! 🤝 #Bitcoin #BitcoinMining

This is an episode of Compass Live hosted by Compass Mining. In this livestream, Compass explores the basics and possibilities of relay networks. Both guests on this show are working to decentralize block propagation and make data relay infrastructure more secure. 👤 Follow them on Twitter. ✔️ Uri Klarman: https://twitter.com/uriklarman ✔️ Ivan Bogatyy: https://twitter.com/ivanbogatyy Follow our host on Twitter too! ✔️ Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley 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! -------------------------------------------- 🔎 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! 🤝 #Bitcoin #BitcoinMining

This is an episode of Compass Live hosted by Compass Mining. In this livestream, Compass talks to a panel of nuclear experts about the future of powering Bitcoin mining with nuclear energy. 👤 Follow them on Twitter. ✔️Puru Goyal: https://twitter.com/purugyl ✔️Nuclear Bitcoiner https://twitter.com/NuclearBitcoinr ✔️eMac https://twitter.com/emcerlain Follow our hosts on Twitter too! ✔️ Zack Voell: https://twitter.com/zackvoell ✔️ Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley 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! -------------------------------------------- 🔎 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! 🤝 #Bitcoin #BitcoinMining

This is an episode of Compass Live hosted by Compass Mining. In this livestream, Compass talks to a panel of ether miners about the future of ETH mining after China’s recent ban. Not only have ether miners faced the constantly possibility of a network switch to Proof of Stake. They’ve also suffered exile from China along with all other miners. What does their future look like? These guests explain. 👤 Follow them on Twitter. ✔️ Christian Krauter: https://twitter.com/ABitPower ✔️ Chris: https://twitter.com/flexpool_io Follow our hosts on Twitter too! ✔️ Zack Voell: https://twitter.com/zackvoell ✔️ Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley 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! Thanks for watching! 🎥 TIMESTAMPS: [coming after livestream ends] -------------------------------------------- 🔎 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! 🤝 #Bitcoin #BitcoinMining

This is an episode of Compass Live hosted by Compass Mining. In this livestream, Compass talks with a pair of mining CEOs about what “clean” or sustainable mining actually means. Cryptocurrency mining has received a lot of criticism for its energy consumption and carbon output over the past 18 months. Both guests on this livestream share their opinions and perspectives on how clean mining is now, what should change in the future, and what is misunderstood about “clean” mining. 👤 Follow them on Twitter. ✔️ Dave Perrill: https://twitter.com/computenorthllc ✔️ Peter Wall: https://twitter.com/ArgoBlockchain Follow our hosts on Twitter too! ✔️ Zack Voell: https://twitter.com/zackvoell ✔️ Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley 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! -------------------------------------------- 🔎 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! 🤝 #Bitcoin #BitcoinMining

This is an episode of Compass Live hosted by Compass Mining. In this livestream, Compass talks about the state of advocacy and lobbying for the cryptocurrency mining industry. Bitcoin and cryptocurrency lobbying typically hasn’t received much attention over the past decade. But a recent fight to protect miners from dangerous language in a federal infrastructure bill brought this part of the industry to the fore. Two leading advocates share their perspectives on lobbying for bitcoin mining. 👤 Follow them on Twitter. ✔️ Trystine Payfer: https://twitter.com/TrystineAnn ✔️ Tom Mapes: https://twitter.com/tommapes88 Follow our hosts on Twitter too! ✔️ Zack Voell: https://twitter.com/zackvoell ✔️ Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley 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! -------------------------------------------- 🔎 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! 🤝 #Bitcoin #BitcoinMining

The Navajo Nation is becoming an attractive location to mine Bitcoin due to its abundant natural and renewable energy sources and the Navajo Nation’s desire to grow the tech industry on the reservation. In this episode, West Block’s Navajo Bitcoin mining team joined Compass to talk about their 15 MW on the Nation. https://youtu.be/b94XAejlFa8

This is an episode of Compass Live hosted by Compass Mining. In this livestream, Compass talks with a panel of miners about how large-scale mining farms are designed and built. All three guests explain their experiences touring and designing mining farms, from the massive Whinstone farm in Texas to off-grid mining units in Wyoming. 👤 Follow them on Twitter. ✔️ Justin Ballard: https://twitter.com/JLB_Oso ✔️ Neil Galloway: https://twitter.com/NeilsNews ✔️ Chad Harris: https://twitter.com/chadeverett Follow our hosts on Twitter too! ✔️ Zack Voell: https://twitter.com/zackvoell ✔️ Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley 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! -------------------------------------------- 🔎 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! 🤝 #Bitcoin #BitcoinMining

This is an episode of Compass Live hosted by Compass Mining. In this livestream, Compass explores the state of the public mining markets focusing on mining ETFs and SPACs. Two mining-related EFT managers join the stream. Both guests share their perspectives on the health or froth of the current mining market. They also describe each of their mining investment vehicles and the benefits of mining ETFs couple with the latest mining SPACs. 👤 Follow them on Twitter. ✔️ David Lawant: https://twitter.com/dlawant ✔️ Wes Fulford: https://twitter.com/WesFulford Follow our hosts on Twitter too! ✔️ Zack Voell: https://twitter.com/zackvoell ✔️ Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley 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! -------------------------------------------- 🔎 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! 🤝 #Bitcoin #BitcoinMining

This is an episode of Compass Live hosted by Compass Mining. In this livestream, Compass talks about the usefulness of bitcoin mining as a tool for financial sovereignty. Two experts in the financial freedom and cryptocurrency mining world are guests on this livestream. Both individuals offer unique perspectives on how mining makes bitcoin, and by extension wealth, more accessible to everyone. Whether it’s hosted or at home, a bitcoin mining rig creates opportunities that previously never existed for individuals around the world. 👤 Follow them on Twitter. ✔️ Alex Gladstein: https://twitter.com/gladstein ✔️Diverter: https://twitter.com/Diverter_NoKYC Follow our hosts on Twitter too! ✔️ Zack Voell: https://twitter.com/zackvoell ✔️ Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley 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! -------------------------------------------- 🔎 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! 🤝

This is an episode of Compass Live hosted by Compass Mining. In this livestream, Compass talks with a panel of immersion miners about the tools and designs they used for their at-home mining rigs. All five miners share their insights and experience working with immersed mining machines on this livestream. They explain how and why they build their current setup. They also offer advice to new miners interested in immersion. 👤 Follow them on Twitter. ✔️ Jon Yuan: https://twitter.com/CoinHeated ✔️ Jesse Peltan: https://twitter.com/JessePeltan ✔️ DJ: https://twitter.com/ASIC_heater ✔️ Cachaulo: https://twitter.com/Cachaulo ✔️ Gian Mendoza: https://twitter.com/theGianMendoza Follow our hosts on Twitter too! ✔️ Zack Voell: https://twitter.com/zackvoell ✔️ Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley 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! -------------------------------------------- 🔎 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! 🤝 #Bitcoin #BitcoinMining

This is an episode of Compass Live hosted by Compass Mining. In this livestream, Compass discusses the future of powering cryptocurrency mining farms with nuclear energy. This conversation is to be continued... Two experts in the nuclear energy and relevant regulatory fields are guests on this livestream. They each offer unique insights into ongoing development between mining and nuclear power in addition to the broader growth and opportunity for nuclear power around the world. 👤 Follow them on Twitter. ✔️ Caroline Cochran: https://twitter.com/caorilne ✔️ Alex Gilbert: https://twitter.com/gilbeaq Follow our hosts on Twitter too! ✔️ Zack Voell: https://twitter.com/zackvoell ✔️ Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley 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! -------------------------------------------- 🔎 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! 🤝 #Bitcoin #BitcoinMining

This is an episode of Compass Live hosted by Compass Mining. In this livestream, Compass explores recent developments and proposed regulations that affect the cryptocurrency mining industry in Kazakhstan. Both guests are founders of Xive, a leading mining and hosting company in Kazakhstan. They share their opinions and insights on Kazakh regulation and what the future looks like for the country’s miners. 👤 Follow them on Twitter. ✔️ Didar Bekbau: https://twitter.com/didar_bekbau ✔️ Olzhas Kemal: https://twitter.com/olzhaskemal Follow our hosts on Twitter too! ✔️ Zack Voell: https://twitter.com/zackvoell ✔️ Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley 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! -------------------------------------------- 🔎 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! 🤝 #Bitcoin #BitcoinMining

This is an episode of Compass Live hosted by Compass Mining. In this livestream, Compass explores the intricacies and challenges of miner extratable value (MEV) with three experienced decentralized finance (DeFi) developers and MEV engineers. All three guests explain the development of MEV, how it changes the dynamics of mining and transacting on different blockchains, and the tools being built for MEV. 👤 Follow them on Twitter. ✔️ Jordan Frankfurt: https://twitter.com/jordanfrankfurt ✔️ Robert Miller: https://twitter.com/bertcmiller ✔️ Nathan Worsley: https://twitter.com/NathanWorsley_ Follow our hosts on Twitter too! ✔️ Zack Voell: https://twitter.com/zackvoell ✔️ Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley 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! -------------------------------------------- 🔎 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! 🤝 #Bitcoin #BitcoinMining

This is an episode of Compass Live hosted by Compass Mining. In this livestream, Compass walks through the basics of at-home mining with five experienced home miners. All five guests explain the designs of their at-home mining rigs, tips for getting started with mining, and misconceptions about home mining. 👤 Follow them on Twitter. ✔️ Econoalchemist: https://twitter.com/econoalchemist ✔️ Bob: https://twitter.com/BitcoinCoderBob ✔️ Missaghi: https://twitter.com/missaghi ✔️ Eric: https://twitter.com/BITCOIN_RAIL ✔️ Cali: https://twitter.com/CaliInKansas Follow our hosts on Twitter too! ✔️ Zack Voell: https://twitter.com/zackvoell ✔️ Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley 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! -------------------------------------------- 🔎 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! 🤝 #Bitcoin #BitcoinMining

This is an episode of Compass Live hosted by Compass Mining. In this livestream, Compass reviews the new technologies that allow miners to reuse the massive amounts of heat waste that ASICs create. Two founders of leading heat reuse companies are guests on this livestream. They share their insights on the economics of heat reuse, the process of taking heat reuse mainstream, and the challenges they face when designing this technology. 👤 Follow them on Twitter. ✔️ Colin Sullivan: https://twitter.com/Colin_Sully ✔️ Alex Vinot: https://twitter.com/Alexandre_Vinot Follow our hosts on Twitter too! ✔️ Zack Voell: https://twitter.com/zackvoell ✔️ Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley 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! Thanks for watching! 🎥 TIMESTAMPS: [coming after livestream ends] -------------------------------------------- 🔎 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! 🤝 #Bitcoin #BitcoinMining

This is an episode of Compass Live hosted by Compass Mining. In this livestream, Compass explores the opportunities and challenges for everyone looking for a job in the cryptocurrency industry, whether they want to work in mining, other bitcoin roles, or different sectors of crypto. Two founders of leading cryptocurrency recruiting firms (Proof of Talent and CryptoJobsDaily) are guests on this livestream. They share updates on the status of hiring in crypto now, insights into best practices for getting a crypto job, and other tips for pursuing a successful crypto career. 👤 Follow them on Twitter. ✔️ Rob Paone: https://twitter.com/crypto_bobby ✔️ Mani Anwer: https://twitter.com/CryptoJobsDaily Follow our hosts on Twitter too! ✔️ Zack Voell: https://twitter.com/zackvoell ✔️ Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley 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! -------------------------------------------- 🔎 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! 🤝 #Bitcoin #BitcoinMining

This is an episode of Compass Live hosted by Compass Mining. In this livestream, Compass explores the financial side of cryptocurrency mining with two leaders in cryptocurrency and mining-focused financial products and services. From lending giant Genesis and public mining company Galaxy Digital, two Vice Presidents are guests on this stream to talk mining finances. Both guests share their views on the current state of leverage in the mining sector, what sorts of education and service opportunities exist in mining, and what miner financial products could look like in the future. 👤 Follow them on Twitter. ✔️ Brian Wright: https://twitter.com/brian_wright21 ✔️ Roshun Patel: https://twitter.com/roshunpatel Follow our hosts on Twitter too! ✔️ Zack Voell: https://twitter.com/zackvoell ✔️ Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley 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! TIMESTAMPS: 0:35 - Introductions 8:35 - Mining financial products summary 13:35 - Leverage in mining 19:50 - Miners as lenders 24:30 - Mining financial advice 30:30 - Mining companies going public 37:00 - Mining as a proxy investment 40:00 - Miners leaving Asia 44:00 - Financial differences between Asian and North American mining 48:00 - Ethereum’s switch to PoS 54:00 - Mining derivatives -------------------------------------------- 🔎 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! 🤝 #Bitcoin #BitcoinMining

This is an episode of Compass Live hosted by Compass Mining. In this livestream, Compass dives into the cryptocurrency mining hardware market with two ASIC experts. The sales directors for both MicroBT and Compass Mining are guests on this livestream. Vincent Zhang and Vincent Vuong share perspectives on the changes they've witnessed in the mining hardware industry, offer insights into the sector's challenges and opportunities for growth, and offer forward-looking thoughts on what the market will look like by the next Bitcoin halving. 👤 Follow them on Twitter. ✔️ Vincent Vuong: https://twitter.com/BitcoinVincent ✔️ Vincent Zhang: https://twitter.com/Whatsminer_MBT Follow our hosts on Twitter too! ✔️ Zack Voell: https://twitter.com/zackvoell ✔️ Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley 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! -------------------------------------------- 🔎 Learn more about cryptocurrency mining! 💻 Every week, Compass sends a memo to over 10,000 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! 🤝 #Bitcoin #BitcoinMining

This is an episode of Compass Live hosted by Compass Mining. In this livestream, Compass talks through the history, challenges, opportunities, and growth of GPU cryptocurrency mining. Two professional GPU miners and educators are guests on this livestream. They share perspectives on GPU mining through previous market cycles, strategies for GPU mining, and how GPU mining compares to ASIC mining. 👤 Follow them on Twitter. ✔️ Michael Carter: https://twitter.com/BitsBeTrippin ✔️ Seth Estrada: https://twitter.com/mineyour_biz Follow our hosts on Twitter too! ✔️ Zack Voell: https://twitter.com/zackvoell ✔️ Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley 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! -------------------------------------------- 🔎 Learn more about cryptocurrency mining! 💻 Every week, Compass sends a memo to over 10,000 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! 🤝 #Bitcoin #BitcoinMining

This is an episode of Compass Live hosted by Compass Mining. In this livestream, Compass discusses the environmental narratives around mining that have grown stronger and more intense over the past year. Three bitcoin mining executives from companies working to limit pollution with mining are guests on this livestream. They share updates on their companies' growth, insights into the true environmental effects of bitcoin mining, and explain the disconnect between mining and mainstream narratives. 👤 Follow them on Twitter. ✔️ Steve Barbour: https://twitter.com/SGBarbour ✔️ Ryan Leachman: https://twitter.com/RG_Leachman ✔️ Marty Bent: https://twitter.com/MartyBent Follow our hosts on Twitter too! ✔️ Zack Voell: https://twitter.com/zackvoell ✔️ Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley 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! -------------------------------------------- 🔎 Learn more about cryptocurrency mining! 💻 Every week, Compass sends a memo to over 10,000 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! 🤝 #Bitcoin #BitcoinMining

This is an episode of Compass Live hosted by Compass Mining. In this livestream, Compass discusses the seemingly constant challenges facing mainstream media outlets that cover bitcoin mining.  Two journalists from leading cryptocurrency news companies (The Block and CoinDesk) guests on this livestream. They share their experiences covering bitcoin mining, opinions on why other non-crypto-native journalists frequently struggle to understand and accurately report on mining, and the future of media and mining. 👤 Follow them on Twitter.  ✔️ Wolfie Zhao: https://twitter.com/WolfieZhao ✔️ David Pan: https://twitter.com/DavidPan_1 Follow our hosts on Twitter too!  ✔️ Zack Voell: https://twitter.com/zackvoell ✔️ Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley 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/CompassMini... 📲 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!  Thanks for watching! -------------------------------------------- 🔎 Learn more about cryptocurrency mining! 💻 Every week, Compass sends a memo to over 10,000 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/comp... Happy hashing! 🤝 #Bitcoin #BitcoinMining

This is an episode of Compass Live hosted by Compass Mining. In this livestream, Compass discusses popular tax questions from miners, ways to minimize tax liabilities, and common mistakes miners make when filing taxes. Like it or not, taxes are one of the most important considerations when starting to mine bitcoin. Two tax professionals join the Compass livestream to share their opinions and experience working with miners to help them understand their tax liabilities and how to best prepare for tax season. 👤 Follow them on Twitter. ✔️ Roger Brown: https://twitter.com/RogerBr59295778 ✔️ Shehan Chandrasekera: https://twitter.com/TheCryptoCPA Follow our hosts on Twitter too! ✔️ Zack Voell: https://twitter.com/zackvoell ✔️ Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley 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! -------------------------------------------- 🔎 Learn more about cryptocurrency mining! 💻 Every week, Compass sends a memo to over 10,000 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! 🤝

This is an episode of Compass Live hosted by Compass Mining. In this livestream, Compass discusses the value of mining data and popular on-chain metrics for explaining price movements in the cryptocurrency market. Do mining data and various on-chain metrics offer any insights into cryptocurrency market movements? Or is the majority of on-chain data analysis noise? Three traders and market analysts join the Compass livestream to discuss the utility (or lack thereof) of mining data for interpreting market movements. 👤 Follow them on Twitter. ✔️ Sam Trabucco: https://twitter.com/AlamedaTrabucco ✔️ Karim Helmy: https://twitter.com/karimhelpme ✔️ Josh Frank: https://twitter.com/Joshua_Frank_ Follow our hosts on Twitter too! ✔️ Zack Voell: https://twitter.com/zackvoell ✔️ Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley 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! -------------------------------------------- 🔎 Learn more about cryptocurrency mining! 💻 Every week, Compass sends a memo to over 10,000 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! 🤝

North American mining pools didn't exist a few years ago. Now they're some of the world's largest. What changed? Two executives from leading North American pools explain. 👤 Follow them on Twitter. ✔️ Mike Colyer: https://twitter.com/colyermike ✔️ Ethan Vera: https://twitter.com/ethan_vera Follow our hosts on Twitter too! ✔️ Zack Voell: https://twitter.com/zackvoell ✔️ Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley 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! -------------------------------------------- 🔎 Learn more about cryptocurrency mining! 💻 Every week, Compass sends a memo to over 10,000 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! 🤝

This is an episode of Compass Live hosted by Compass Mining. In this livestream, Compass chats with a panel of professional traders and investors to learn why they became bitcoin miners. Three traders who started mining with Compass are guests on this stream to share why they decided to become miners. All three guests share the reasoning for their new venture, what would stop them from mining, if they plan to treat it like another trade, and how the view the market long term. 👤 Follow them on Twitter. ✔️ Lyn Alden: https://twitter.com/LynAldenContact ✔️ Scott Melker: https://twitter.com/scottmelker ✔️ Crypto Cactus: https://twitter.com/TheCryptoCactus Compass Live covers everything related to bitcoin mining and relevant industry news. Subscribe and connect with us! Get Started Mining: https://bit.ly/3CehBf1 Twitter: https://twitter.com/Compass_Mining WATCH Twitch https://bit.ly/3Aok1WP YouTube https://bit.ly/3ys6sot LISTEN Apple: https://apple.co/3fNfrdi Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3tSf9G1 Anchor: https://bit.ly/3rmb7UF PocketCast: https://pca.st/bzjjlmhj RSS: https://bit.ly/3chpULV

This is an episode of Compass Live hosted by Compass Mining. In this livestream, Compass talks through the bitcoin mining landscape in Latin America, it's challenges and opportunities, and where the mining hubs are across Venezuela, Argentina, and other parts of the region. Two executives from Venezuela- and Argentina-based mining companies share their insights and perspectives on mining in Latin America. They also comment on popular news items, like volcano-powered mining in El Salvador, regulatory troubles facing miners, and cheap energy all across the region. 👤 Follow them on Twitter. ✔️ Juan Pinto: https://twitter.com/beachainbtc ✔️ Nick Damico: https://twitter.com/BitPatagonia Compass Live covers everything related to bitcoin mining and relevant industry news. Subscribe and connect with us! Get Started Mining: https://bit.ly/3CehBf1 Twitter: https://twitter.com/Compass_Mining WATCH Twitch https://bit.ly/3Aok1WP YouTube https://bit.ly/3ys6sot LISTEN Apple: https://apple.co/3fNfrdi Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3tSf9G1 Anchor: https://bit.ly/3rmb7UF PocketCast: https://pca.st/bzjjlmhj RSS: https://bit.ly/3chpULV

Two miners who build small-to-medium sized farms and have a finger on the pulse of the market's current growth rate are guests on the stream. They share insights into where they're looking to deploy new ASICs, what obstacles and delays are facing new mining farms, and when Bitcoin's hashrate will fully recover. 👤 Follow them on Twitter. ✔️ Bob Burnett: https://twitter.com/boomer_btc ✔️ Austin Storms: https://twitter.com/austorms Bob's article: Wayward Block Times https://medium.com/coinmonks/wayward-block-times-and-their-impact-on-bitcoin-mining-d8d5c950d7e5 Compass Live covers everything related to bitcoin mining and relevant industry news. Subscribe and connect with us! Get Started Mining: https://bit.ly/3CehBf1 Twitter: https://twitter.com/Compass_Mining WATCH Twitch https://bit.ly/3Aok1WP YouTube https://bit.ly/3ys6sot LISTEN Apple: https://apple.co/3fNfrdi Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3tSf9G1 Anchor: https://bit.ly/3rmb7UF PocketCast: https://pca.st/bzjjlmhj RSS: https://bit.ly/3chpULV

Three professional miners with deep knowledge of energy markets are guests on this livestream. They share high-level overviews of how grids work, where miners fit into local and global power markets, and the future of energy and bitcoin companies. Harry Sudock: https://twitter.com/harry_sudock Shaun Connell: https://twitter.com/ShaunPConnell Rich Godwin: https://twitter.com/rich__godwin Compass Live covers everything related to bitcoin mining and relevant industry news. Subscribe and connect with us! Get Started Mining: https://bit.ly/3CehBf1 Twitter: https://twitter.com/Compass_Mining WATCH Twitch https://bit.ly/3Aok1WP YouTube https://bit.ly/3ys6sot LISTEN Apple: https://apple.co/3fNfrdi Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3tSf9G1 Anchor: https://bit.ly/3rmb7UF PocketCast: https://pca.st/bzjjlmhj RSS: https://bit.ly/3chpULV

Compass discusses the opportunities and challenges of mining in Canada with Jamie Leverton, CEO of Hut 8 Mining, and Ben Gagnon, Chief Mining Officer at Bitfarms. https://twitter.com/JaimeLeverton https://twitter.com/hashoveride Compass Live covers everything related to bitcoin mining and relevant industry news. Subscribe and connect with us! Get Started Mining: https://bit.ly/3CehBf1 Twitter: https://twitter.com/Compass_Mining WATCH Twitch https://bit.ly/3Aok1WP YouTube https://bit.ly/3ys6sot LISTEN Apple: https://apple.co/3fNfrdi Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3tSf9G1 Anchor: https://bit.ly/3rmb7UF PocketCast: https://pca.st/bzjjlmhj RSS: https://bit.ly/3chpULV

Daniel Frumkin of Braiins and Blake King of RES Holdings https://twitter.com/dfrumps https://twitter.com/hhornblower95 Compass Live covers everything related to bitcoin mining and relevant industry news. Subscribe and connect with us! Get Started Mining: https://bit.ly/3CehBf1 Twitter: https://twitter.com/Compass_Mining WATCH Twitch https://bit.ly/3Aok1WP YouTube https://bit.ly/3ys6sot LISTEN Apple: https://apple.co/3fNfrdi Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3tSf9G1 Anchor: https://bit.ly/3rmb7UF PocketCast: https://pca.st/bzjjlmhj RSS: https://bit.ly/3chpULV

Compass discusses the growth in North American mining with CEOs of the industry's two largest public mining companies: Jason Les of Riot Blockchain and Fred Thiel of Marathon Digital Holdings. https://twitter.com/JasonLes_ https://twitter.com/fgthiel Compass Live covers everything related to bitcoin mining and relevant industry news. Subscribe and connect with us! Get Started Mining: https://bit.ly/3CehBf1 Twitter: https://twitter.com/Compass_Mining WATCH Twitch https://bit.ly/3Aok1WP YouTube https://bit.ly/3ys6sot LISTEN Apple: https://apple.co/3fNfrdi Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3tSf9G1 Anchor: https://bit.ly/3rmb7UF PocketCast: https://pca.st/bzjjlmhj RSS: https://bit.ly/3chpULV

Compass discusses the vague language in Congress' latest infrastructure that could cause trouble for miners and the rest of the cryptocurrency industry. Listen to insights and analysis from Perianne Boring (Chamber of Digital Commerce), Lee Bratcher (Texas Blockchain Council), and Roger Brown (Chamber's Tax Task Force). https://twitter.com/lee_bratcher https://twitter.com/PerianneDC Texas Blockchain Council https://texasblockchaincouncil.org/ Chamber of Digital Commerce https://digitalchamber.org/ Compass Live covers everything related to bitcoin mining and relevant industry news. Subscribe and connect with us! Get Started Mining: https://bit.ly/3CehBf1 Twitter: https://twitter.com/Compass_Mining WATCH Twitch https://bit.ly/3Aok1WP YouTube https://bit.ly/3ys6sot

In this episode Zack and Will talk about the new ability for new mining companies to survive, the performance of publicly traded mining companies, and the ongoing China migration saga. https://twitter.com/zackvoell https://twitter.com/wsfoxley The Compass Podcast covers everything related to bitcoin mining and relevant industry news. Subscribe and connect with us! Get Started Mining: https://compassmining.go2cloud.org/SH7 Twitter: https://twitter.com/Compass_Mining Telegram: https://t.me/compassmining SUBSCRIBE Apple: https://apple.co/3fNfrdi Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3tSf9G1 Anchor: https://bit.ly/3rmb7UF PocketCast: https://pca.st/bzjjlmhj RSS: https://bit.ly/3chpULV Contact: podcast@compassmining.io

In this episode we talk to Josh Metnick & David Steinberg from Hashtest.com about the new ability to audit and benchmark your ASIC miner. https://hashtest.com The Compass Podcast covers everything related to bitcoin mining and relevant industry news. Subscribe and connect with us! Get Started Mining: https://compassmining.go2cloud.org/SH7 Twitter: https://twitter.com/Compass_Mining Telegram: https://t.me/compassmining SUBSCRIBE Apple: https://apple.co/3fNfrdi Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3tSf9G1 Anchor: https://bit.ly/3rmb7UF PocketCast: https://pca.st/bzjjlmhj RSS: https://bit.ly/3chpULV Contact: podcast@compassmining.io

In this episode we talk to David Vorick from Skynet and the Sia protocol about building a decentralized storage protocol and the challenges of manufacturing your own AISC. https://twitter.com/DavidVorick https://siasky.net/ The Compass Podcast covers everything related to bitcoin mining and relevant industry news. Subscribe and connect with us! Get Started Mining: https://compassmining.go2cloud.org/SH7 Twitter: https://twitter.com/Compass_Mining Telegram: https://t.me/compassmining SUBSCRIBE Apple: https://apple.co/3fNfrdi Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3tSf9G1 Anchor: https://bit.ly/3rmb7UF PocketCast: https://pca.st/bzjjlmhj RSS: https://bit.ly/3chpULV Contact: podcast@compassmining.io

In this episode we talk to Leo Zhang from Anicca Research about hedging Bitcoin mining operational risk with hashrate derivatives. https://twitter.com/leorzhang https://aniccaresearch.tech/blog/introducing-alkimiya-protocol The Compass Podcast covers everything related to bitcoin mining and relevant industry news. Subscribe and connect with us! Get Started Mining: https://compassmining.go2cloud.org/SH7 Twitter: https://twitter.com/Compass_Mining Telegram: https://t.me/compassmining SUBSCRIBE Apple: https://apple.co/3fNfrdi Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3tSf9G1 Anchor: https://bit.ly/3rmb7UF PocketCast: https://pca.st/bzjjlmhj RSS: https://bit.ly/3chpULV Contact: podcast@compassmining.io

In this episode we talk to Marty Bent & Austin Storms from Great American Mining about flare gas Bitcoin mining and challenging environmental concern trolling. https://twitter.com/GAMdotAI https://twitter.com/MartyBent https://twitter.com/austorms The Compass Podcast covers everything related to bitcoin mining and relevant industry news. Subscribe and connect with us! Get Started Mining: https://compassmining.go2cloud.org/SH7 Twitter: https://twitter.com/Compass_Mining Telegram: https://t.me/compassmining SUBSCRIBE Apple: https://apple.co/3fNfrdi Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3tSf9G1 Anchor: https://bit.ly/3rmb7UF PocketCast: https://pca.st/bzjjlmhj RSS: https://bit.ly/3chpULV Contact: podcast@compassmining.io

In this episode we talk to Jacob DeWitte & Caroline Cochran from Oklo about the future of Bitcoin mining with nuclear power and the recent partnership with Compass. https://twitter.com/oklo The Compass Podcast covers everything related to bitcoin mining and relevant industry news. Subscribe and connect with us! Get Started Mining: https://compassmining.go2cloud.org/SH7 Twitter: https://twitter.com/Compass_Mining Telegram: https://t.me/compassmining SUBSCRIBE Apple: https://apple.co/3fNfrdi Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3tSf9G1 Anchor: https://bit.ly/3rmb7UF PocketCast: https://pca.st/bzjjlmhj RSS: https://bit.ly/3chpULV Contact: podcast@compassmining.io

In this episode we talk to Ben Edgington from Consensys about the future of Proof of Work mining on Ethereum and the coming launch of ETH 2. https://twitter.com/benjaminion_xyz https://hackmd.io/@benjaminion/eth2_news The Compass Podcast covers everything related to bitcoin mining and relevant industry news. Subscribe and connect with us! Get Started Mining: https://compassmining.go2cloud.org/SH7 Twitter: https://twitter.com/Compass_Mining Telegram: https://t.me/compassmining SUBSCRIBE Apple: https://apple.co/3fNfrdi Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3tSf9G1 Anchor: https://bit.ly/3rmb7UF PocketCast: https://pca.st/bzjjlmhj RSS: https://bit.ly/3chpULV Contact: podcast@compassmining.io

In this episode we talk to Matt Lohstroh & Brent Whitehead from Giga EnergySolutions about the future of off-grid flared natural gas Bitcoin mining. https://twitter.com/lohstroh https://twitter.com/B_whitehead21 https://twitter.com/GigaEnergy_ The Compass Podcast covers everything related to bitcoin mining and relevant industry news. Subscribe and connect with us! Get Started Mining: https://compassmining.go2cloud.org/SH7 Twitter: https://twitter.com/Compass_Mining Telegram: https://t.me/compassmining SUBSCRIBE Apple: https://apple.co/3fNfrdi Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3tSf9G1 Anchor: https://bit.ly/3rmb7UF PocketCast: https://pca.st/bzjjlmhj RSS: https://bit.ly/3chpULV Contact: podcast@compassmining.io

In this episode we talk to Yulong Liu from Babel Finance about the financing miner operations, the migration of hashrate out of China, and what the next twelve months look like. https://twitter.com/wukong47337041 The Compass Podcast covers everything related to bitcoin mining and relevant industry news. Subscribe and connect with us! Get Started Mining: https://compassmining.go2cloud.org/SH7 Twitter: https://twitter.com/Compass_Mining Telegram: https://t.me/compassmining SUBSCRIBE Apple: https://apple.co/3fNfrdi Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3tSf9G1 Anchor: https://bit.ly/3rmb7UF PocketCast: https://pca.st/bzjjlmhj RSS: https://bit.ly/3chpULV Contact: podcast@compassmining.io

In this episode we talk to John Lee Quigley from Compass Mining about the publication of the North American Bitcoin Mining Index, a holistic study and analysis of the Bitcoin mining industry in the United States and Canada. https://compassmining.io/education/research/bitcoin-mining-index/north-america https://twitter.com/bitcoinnomadic The Compass Podcast covers everything related to bitcoin mining and relevant industry news. Subscribe and connect with us! Get Started Mining: https://compassmining.go2cloud.org/SH7 Twitter: https://twitter.com/Compass_Mining Telegram: https://t.me/compassmining SUBSCRIBE Apple: https://apple.co/3fNfrdi Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3tSf9G1 Anchor: https://bit.ly/3rmb7UF PocketCast: https://pca.st/bzjjlmhj RSS: https://bit.ly/3chpULV Contact: podcast@compassmining.io

In this episode we talk to Mike Hamilton of Griid about how energy grids work, what excess grid capacity really means, and how Bitcoin really runs off excess energy. https://twitter.com/mikehamilton The Compass Podcast covers everything related to bitcoin mining and relevant industry news. Subscribe and connect with us! Get Started Mining: https://compassmining.go2cloud.org/SH7 Twitter: https://twitter.com/Compass_Mining Telegram: https://t.me/compassmining SUBSCRIBE Apple: https://apple.co/3fNfrdi Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3tSf9G1 Anchor: https://bit.ly/3rmb7UF PocketCast: https://pca.st/bzjjlmhj RSS: https://bit.ly/3chpULV Contact: podcast@compassmining.io

In this episode we talk to Vincent Vuong of Compass Mining about the current state of hashrate, the used ASIC market, and profitability due to difficulty declining. https://twitter.com/bitcoinvincent The Compass Podcast covers everything related to bitcoin mining and relevant industry news. Subscribe and connect with us! Get Started Mining: https://compassmining.go2cloud.org/SH7 Twitter: https://twitter.com/Compass_Mining Telegram: https://t.me/compassmining SUBSCRIBE Apple: https://apple.co/3fNfrdi Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3tSf9G1 Anchor: https://bit.ly/3rmb7UF PocketCast: https://pca.st/bzjjlmhj RSS: https://bit.ly/3chpULV Contact: podcast@compassmining.io

In this episode we talk to Stephen Barbour of Upstream Data about the current state of natural gas Bitcoin mining, the future energy mix of the network, and the dangers of ESG narratives inviting regulation.. https://twitter.com/sgbarbour https://twitter.com/upstreamdatainc The Compass Podcast covers everything related to bitcoin mining and relevant industry news. Subscribe and connect with us! Get Started Mining: https://compassmining.go2cloud.org/SH7 Twitter: https://twitter.com/Compass_Mining Telegram: https://t.me/compassmining SUBSCRIBE Apple: https://apple.co/3fNfrdi Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3tSf9G1 Anchor: https://bit.ly/3rmb7UF PocketCast: https://pca.st/bzjjlmhj RSS: https://bit.ly/3chpULV Contact: podcast@compassmining.io

In this episode we talk to Josh Riddett of Easy Crypto Hunter about farmers using anaerobic digesters to produce biogas to run GPU miners. https://twitter.com/easycryptohunt The Compass Podcast covers everything related to bitcoin mining and relevant industry news. Subscribe and connect with us! Get Started Mining: https://compassmining.go2cloud.org/SH7 Twitter: https://twitter.com/Compass_Mining Telegram: https://t.me/compassmining SUBSCRIBE Apple: https://apple.co/3fNfrdi Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3tSf9G1 Anchor: https://bit.ly/3rmb7UF PocketCast: https://pca.st/bzjjlmhj RSS: https://bit.ly/3chpULV Contact: podcast@compassmining.io

In this episode we talk to Daniel Frumkin of Braiins about the solar powered Bitcoin mining, the economics of machine up time, and the future of solar as a viable energy source for the Bitcoin network. https://twitter.com/dfrumps https://twitter.com/braiins_systems The Compass Podcast covers everything related to bitcoin mining and relevant industry news. Subscribe and connect with us! Get Started Mining: https://compassmining.go2cloud.org/SH7 Twitter: https://twitter.com/Compass_Mining Telegram: https://t.me/compassmining SUBSCRIBE Apple: https://apple.co/3fNfrdi Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3tSf9G1 Anchor: https://bit.ly/3rmb7UF PocketCast: https://pca.st/bzjjlmhj RSS: https://bit.ly/3chpULV Contact: podcast@compassmining.io

In this episode we talk to Juan Pinto of Doctorminer about the Venezuelan hydropower mining, the government mining pool, and how retail miners make up a significant amount of Venezuelan hashrate. https://twitter.com/doctorminer_ https://doctorminer.com The Compass Podcast covers everything related to bitcoin mining and relevant industry news. Subscribe and connect with us! Get Started Mining: https://compassmining.go2cloud.org/SH7 Twitter: https://twitter.com/Compass_Mining Telegram: https://t.me/compassmining SUBSCRIBE Apple: https://apple.co/3fNfrdi Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3tSf9G1 Anchor: https://bit.ly/3rmb7UF PocketCast: https://pca.st/bzjjlmhj RSS: https://bit.ly/3chpULV Contact: podcast@compassmining.io

In this episode we talk to Adam Ortolf of Upstream Data about the “Bitcoin Mining Council”, mitigating emissions through Bitcoin mining, and the incentives that lead people to seek out wasted and stranded energy sources. https://twitter.com/denverbitcoin https://twitter.com/UpstreamDatainc The Compass Podcast covers everything related to bitcoin mining and relevant industry news. Subscribe and connect with us! Get Started Mining: https://compassmining.go2cloud.org/SH7 Twitter: https://twitter.com/Compass_Mining Telegram: https://t.me/compassmining SUBSCRIBE Apple: https://apple.co/3fNfrdi Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3tSf9G1 Anchor: https://bit.ly/3rmb7UF PocketCast: https://pca.st/bzjjlmhj RSS: https://bit.ly/3chpULV Contact: podcast@compassmining.io

In this episode we talk to James Prestwich of Celo about how ETH culture affects design choices, miner extractable value, and cross chain interoperability. https://twitter.com/_prestwich https://twitter.com/CeloOrg Miners Aren’t Your Friends Bitcoin’s Time Locks A model for Bitcoin’s security and the declining block subsidy The Compass Podcast covers everything related to bitcoin mining and relevant industry news. Subscribe and connect with us! Get Started Mining: https://compassmining.go2cloud.org/SH7 Twitter: https://twitter.com/Compass_Mining Telegram: https://t.me/compassmining SUBSCRIBE Apple: https://apple.co/3fNfrdi Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3tSf9G1 Anchor: https://bit.ly/3rmb7UF PocketCast: https://pca.st/bzjjlmhj RSS: https://bit.ly/3chpULV Contact: podcast@compassmining.io

In this episode we talk to Lee Bratcher & Nathan Nichols of the The Texas Blockchain Council about balancing energy grids with Bitcoin mining, renewables, and how Texas is aiming to become the center of U.S. Bitcoin mining. https://twitter.com/lee_bratcher https://twitter.com/NathanN37784204 https://texasblockchaincouncil.org The Compass Podcast covers everything related to bitcoin mining and relevant industry news. Subscribe and connect with us! Get Started Mining: https://compassmining.go2cloud.org/SH7 Twitter: https://twitter.com/Compass_Mining Telegram: https://t.me/compassmining SUBSCRIBE Apple: https://apple.co/3fNfrdi Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3tSf9G1 Anchor: https://bit.ly/3rmb7UF PocketCast: https://pca.st/bzjjlmhj RSS: https://bit.ly/3chpULV Contact: podcast@compassmining.io

In this episode we talk to Ben Gagnon, Director of Mining at Bitfarms about getting listed on NASDAQ, mining in China vs. Canada, and the utility of Bitcoin giving stranded energy a market to trade in. https://twitter.com/Bitfarms_io The Compass Podcast covers everything related to bitcoin mining and relevant industry news. Subscribe and connect with us! Get Started Mining: https://compassmining.go2cloud.org/SH7 Twitter: https://twitter.com/Compass_Mining Telegram: https://t.me/compassmining SUBSCRIBE Apple: https://apple.co/3fNfrdi Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3tSf9G1 Anchor: https://bit.ly/3rmb7UF PocketCast: https://pca.st/bzjjlmhj RSS: https://bit.ly/3chpULV Contact: podcast@compassmining.io

What determines if a Bitcoin miner will be profitable? In this episode we talk to Drew Armstrong and AJ Scalia of Galaxy Digital about their methodology for calculating potential miner profitability, recent network disruptions and the work they are doing at Galaxy. https://medium.com/galaxy-digital-bitcoin-mining/bitcoin-mining-economics-101-80cf488d0637 https://twitter.com/ajscalia https://twitter.com/btc_buddhist The Compass Podcast covers everything related to bitcoin mining and relevant industry news. Subscribe and connect with us! Get Started Mining: https://compassmining.go2cloud.org/SH7 Twitter: https://twitter.com/Compass_Mining Telegram: https://t.me/compassmining SUBSCRIBE Apple: https://apple.co/3fNfrdi Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3tSf9G1 Anchor: https://bit.ly/3rmb7UF PocketCast: https://pca.st/bzjjlmhj RSS: https://bit.ly/3chpULV Contact: podcast@compassmining.io

Christian Keroles (CK) is the Product Manager at Bitcoin Magazine. In this episode we talk about how lack of due diligence and research leads to the wrong conclusion about Bitcoin, how Bitcoin is hope, and how crazy the Bitcoin 2021 conference is going to be. https://twitter.com/ck_SNARKs The Compass Podcast covers everything related to bitcoin mining and relevant industry news. Subscribe and connect with us! Get Started Mining: https://compassmining.go2cloud.org/SH7 Twitter: https://twitter.com/Compass_Mining Telegram: https://t.me/compassmining SUBSCRIBE Apple: https://apple.co/3fNfrdi Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3tSf9G1 Anchor: https://bit.ly/3rmb7UF PocketCast: https://pca.st/bzjjlmhj RSS: https://bit.ly/3chpULV Contact: podcast@compassmining.io

Andy Edstrom, CFA, CFP is the author of the book “Why Buy Bitcoin: Investing Today in the Money of Tomorrow.” In this episode we talk about how Bitcoin can help an investment portfolio, the derisking of threats to Bitcoin over the last few years, and market cycles. https://twitter.com/edstromandrew The Compass Podcast covers everything related to bitcoin mining and relevant industry news. Subscribe and connect with us! Get Started Mining: https://compassmining.go2cloud.org/SH7 Twitter: https://twitter.com/Compass_Mining Telegram: https://t.me/compassmining SUBSCRIBE Apple: https://apple.co/3fNfrdi Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3tSf9G1 Anchor: https://bit.ly/3rmb7UF PocketCast: https://pca.st/bzjjlmhj RSS: https://bit.ly/3chpULV Contact: podcast@compassmining.io

Jesse Proudman is CEO at Makara Digital and they are building the first crypto robo-advisor, helping people onboard and trade in this complicated asset class. https://twitter.com/jesseproudman The Compass Podcast covers everything related to bitcoin mining and relevant industry news. Subscribe and connect with us! Get Started Mining: https://compassmining.go2cloud.org/SH7 Twitter: https://twitter.com/Compass_Mining Telegram: https://t.me/compassmining SUBSCRIBE Apple: https://apple.co/3fNfrdi Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3tSf9G1 Anchor: https://bit.ly/3rmb7UF PocketCast: https://pca.st/bzjjlmhj RSS: https://bit.ly/3chpULV Contact: podcast@compassmining.io

Karim Helmy is a Researcher at Galaxy Digital and discusses North American hashrate expansion, nonce research and delivering deeper engagement with mining data. https://twitter.com/karimhelpme The Compass Podcast covers everything related to bitcoin mining and relevant industry news. Subscribe and connect with us! Get Started Mining: https://compassmining.io Twitter: https://twitter.com/Compass_Mining Telegram: https://t.me/compassmining SUBSCRIBE Apple: https://apple.co/3fNfrdi Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3tSf9G1 Anchor: https://bit.ly/3rmb7UF PocketCast: https://pca.st/bzjjlmhj RSS: https://bit.ly/3chpULV Contact: podcast@compassmining.io

Leo Zhang from Anicca Research discusses hardware ROI, price manipulation and miner extractable value. https://twitter.com/Leorzhang The Compass Podcast covers everything related to bitcoin mining and relevant industry news. Subscribe and connect with us! Get Started Mining: https://compassmining.io Twitter: https://twitter.com/Compass_Mining Telegram: https://t.me/compassmining SUBSCRIBE Apple: https://apple.co/3fNfrdi Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3tSf9G1 Anchor: https://bit.ly/3rmb7UF PocketCast: https://pca.st/bzjjlmhj RSS: https://bit.ly/3chpULV Contact: podcast@compassmining.io

Bitcoin mining stocks are hot right now but are they overpriced? In this episode Ethan Vera from Luxor discusses SPAC valuations, miner extractable value, and mining energy sources. https://twitter.com/ethan_vera The Compass Podcast covers everything related to bitcoin mining and relevant industry news. Subscribe and connect with us! Get Started Mining: https://compassmining.io Twitter: https://twitter.com/Compass_Mining Telegram: https://t.me/compassmining SUBSCRIBE Apple: https://apple.co/3fNfrdi Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3tSf9G1 Anchor: https://bit.ly/3rmb7UF PocketCast: https://pca.st/bzjjlmhj RSS: https://bit.ly/3chpULV

MintGreen offers mining rigs that recapture heat and use it for industrial purposes. In this episode Colin Sullivan, President discusses ESG mandates, industrial heat recovery and the messaging pitfalls of mining Bitcoin. https://twitter.com/Colin_Sully The Compass Podcast covers everything related to bitcoin mining and relevant industry news. Subscribe and connect with us! Get Started Mining: https://compassmining.io Twitter: https://twitter.com/Compass_Mining Telegram: https://t.me/compassmining SUBSCRIBE Apple: https://apple.co/3fNfrdi Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3tSf9G1 Anchor: https://bit.ly/3rmb7UF PocketCast: https://pca.st/bzjjlmhj RSS: https://bit.ly/3chpULV

CoinShares is a global leader in Bitcoin related ETPs and indexes as well as conducting some of the most comprehensive research in the Bitcoin space. In this episode Chris Bendiksen, Head of Research discusses Norwegian multinational Aker announcing the launch of Seetee, a subsidiary dedicated to investing in the Bitcoin ecosystem. https://twitter.com/C_Bendiksen The Compass Podcast covers everything related to bitcoin mining and relevant industry news. Subscribe and connect with us! Get Started Mining: https://compassmining.io Twitter: https://twitter.com/Compass_Mining Telegram: https://t.me/compassmining SUBSCRIBE Apple: https://apple.co/3fNfrdi Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3tSf9G1 Anchor: https://bit.ly/3rmb7UF PocketCast: https://pca.st/bzjjlmhj RSS: https://bit.ly/3chpULV

Bixin accounts for approx. 2% of the total Bitcoin hashrate and has operations in Inner Mongolia, Sichuan province and other places. In this episode Mustafa discusses migrating miners after the rainy season, the changes coming to Inner Mongolia, and jurisdictional arbitrage. https://twitter.com/MustafaYilham The Compass Podcast covers everything related to bitcoin mining and relevant industry news. Subscribe and connect with us! Get Started Mining: https://compassmining.io Twitter: https://twitter.com/Compass_Mining Telegram: https://t.me/compassmining SUBSCRIBE Apple: https://apple.co/3fNfrdi Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3tSf9G1 Anchor: https://bit.ly/3rmb7UF PocketCast: https://pca.st/bzjjlmhj RSS: https://bit.ly/3chpULV

As two of the top journalists in the Bitcoin mining space, Zack and Will have delivered new ways of seeing into an industry that seems opaque. They discuss what brought them to this work and what keeps them striving for a deeper understanding. https://twitter.com/zackvoell https://twitter.com/wsfoxley The Compass Podcast covers everything related to bitcoin mining and relevant industry news. Subscribe and connect with us! Get Started Mining: https://compassmining.io Twitter: https://twitter.com/Compass_Mining Telegram: https://t.me/compassmining SUBSCRIBE Anchor: https://bit.ly/3rmb7UF Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3tSf9G1 PocketCast: https://pca.st/bzjjlmhj RSS: https://bit.ly/3chpULV

As the mayor of Miami, Francis Suarez aims to turn his city into a technology hub. Part of that plan is to bring Bitcoin into the city's regular operations and investment strategy. https://twitter.com/FrancisSuarez The Compass Podcast covers everything related to bitcoin mining and relevant industry news. Subscribe and connect with us! Twitter: https://twitter.com/Compass_Mining Telegram: https://t.me/compassmining SUBSCRIBE Anchor: https://bit.ly/3rmb7UF Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3tSf9G1 PocketCast: https://pca.st/bzjjlmhj RSS: https://bit.ly/3chpULV