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  • Bitmain’s Newest Liquid Cooled-Chip Bitcoin Miner With Hut 8’s Asher Genoot

    Bitmain’s Newest Liquid Cooled-Chip Bitcoin Miner With Hut 8’s Asher Genoot
    2024/10/08
    Welcome back to the Mining Pod! This week we are joined by Asher Genoot, CEO of Hut 8, one of the larger and older Bitcoin miners! Hut 8 recently entered into a deal with leading Bitcoin mining manufacturer Bitmain to produce a new immersion unit ready for traditional data center builds! In this show we discuss the unit, how the deal got made, how it fits into a data center, parts and repair, the hosting deal with Bitmain and the opportunity cost of entering into investments like this one with Bitmain! 👉 Get tickets to OP_NEXT by visiting the website! And use discount code OCTOBER to get 25% off at check out! Timestamps: 00:00 Start 01:34 New ASIC (U3S21EXPH) 05:03 Chip efficiency 07:55 New cooling solutions 14:12 Datacenter build out 19:00 AI facility conversion 20:58 Hosting for Bitmain deal 26:51 Facility location 29:05 Opportunity costs 32:08 New CEO role 35:11 Growing both AI & mining Published twice weekly, "The Mining Pod" interviews the best builders and operators in the Bitcoin and Bitcoin mining landscape. Subscribe to get notifications when we publish interviews on Tuesday and a news show on Friday! 👉Enjoying the show? Check out our newsletter at miningpod.blockspace.media! 👉 Check out Bitcoin Season 2 and The Gwart Show! Follow our hosts on Twitter: @wsfoxley, @cbspears, @AsILayHodling, @MatthewKimmell Thank you to our sponsor, CleanSpark, America’s Bitcoin miner! "The Mining Pod" is produced by Sunnyside Honey Inc. with Senior Producer Damien Somerset.
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    36 分
  • Bullish Inflows, Ocean’s DATUM, CleanSpark & Helene and Swan’s Lawsuit

    Bullish Inflows, Ocean’s DATUM, CleanSpark & Helene and Swan’s Lawsuit
    2024/10/04
    Welcome back to the Mining Pod! This week, we’re talking about about bullish inflows to the crypto (mostly Bitcoin) ecosystem that could support better asset prices, Ocean launching a new decentralized template program for miners, CleanSpark’s hurricane woes and updates from the recent catastrophe in the Southeast US and Swan’s dramatic lawsuit against its former employees! 👉 Get tickets to OP_NEXT by visiting the website! And use discount code OCTOBER to get 25% off at check out! Timestamps: 00:00 Start 04:18 Difficulty update 05:26 Coinshares: Digital Asset Flows 10:40 Ocean Pool's Datum 18:46 Cleanspark & the hurricane 24:03 Swan mining update 31:32 Cry Corner: Satoshi Has Been Found! LOL Published twice weekly, "The Mining Pod" interviews the best builders and operators in the Bitcoin and Bitcoin mining landscape. Subscribe to get notifications when we publish interviews on Tuesday and a news show on Friday! 👉Enjoying the show? Check out our newsletter at miningpod.blockspace.media! 👉 Check out Bitcoin Season 2 and The Gwart Show! Follow our hosts on Twitter: @wsfoxley, @cbspears, @AsILayHodling, @MatthewKimmell Show links: https://blog.coinshares.com/volume-202-digital-asset-fund-flows-weekly-report-e00fa60eac86 https://ocean.xyz/docs/datum https://www.theblock.co/post/318784/bitcoin-miner-cleanspark-restores-200mw-in-the-wake-of-hurricane-helene https://blockspace.media/insight/new-filings-raise-questions-about-mining-ownership-in-swan-lawsuit/ https://x.com/disclosetv/status/1841896077865230409 Thank you to our sponsor, CleanSpark, America’s Bitcoin miner! "The Mining Pod" is produced by Sunnyside Honey Inc. with Senior Producer Damien Somerset.
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    35 分
  • Auradine Bitcoin ASIC Performance With Brad Cuddy

    Auradine Bitcoin ASIC Performance With Brad Cuddy
    2024/10/01
    There’s a ton of new units on the market, including new players like Auradine. But how do these units actually hold up when deployed to the field and under harsh environments? We brought on Brad Cuddy of Cholla Energy to walk us through his experience working with the units. We also discuss alternative units like Bitmain and MicroBT, dry cooling, hydro vs. immersion and various other topics relating to technical Bitcoin mining. Lastly, we finish with a conversation on the Texas Bitcoin mining landscape including 👉 Get tickets to OP_NEXT by visiting the website! And use discount code OCTOBER to get 25% off at check out! Timestamps: 00:00 Start 02:01 Brad's background 05:53 Types of ASIC cooling 09:25 Bitmain vs MicroBT 12:20 Dry cooling 16:34 Hydro vs immersion 21:38 Immersion form factor challenges 22:26 MicroBT immersion deployment 24:21 Cost difference 25:42 Cooling fluid & thermodynamics 28:24 Fluid longevity 29:14 Auradine 32:32 Firmware & chip uptime 34:47 Auradine conclusion 35:35 What cooling is best? 37:14 Extreme temps 39:23 Curtailing with hydro units 42:21 New Bitmain unit 45:34 Bitmain changing PDUs 48:13 Curtailing (4CP) 49:15 Curtailing (PPA) 51:16 Ancillary grid services 52:43 4CP operations 55:10 Renewable & Texas grid 58:56 Future of solar 1:03:52 Miners, data centers & interconnections 1:06:22 Texas' isolated grid Published twice weekly, "The Mining Pod" interviews the best builders and operators in the Bitcoin and Bitcoin mining landscape. Subscribe to get notifications when we publish interviews on Tuesday and a news show on Friday! Thank you to our sponsor, CleanSpark, America’s Bitcoin miner! 👉Enjoying the show? Check out our newsletter at miningpod.blockspace.media! 👉 Check out Bitcoin Season 2 and The Gwart Show! Follow our hosts on Twitter: @wsfoxley, @cbspears, @AsILayHodling, @MatthewKimmell "The Mining Pod" is produced by Sunnyside Honey Inc. with Senior Producer Damien Somerset. "The Mining Pod" is produced by Sunnyside Honey LLC and distributed by CoinDesk. Senior Producer is Damien Somerset.
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    1 時間 10 分
  • Swan Bitcoin’s Lawsuit, Bitdeer’s New ASIC, Riot and Bitfarms’ Settlement

    Swan Bitcoin’s Lawsuit, Bitdeer’s New ASIC, Riot and Bitfarms’ Settlement
    2024/09/27
    Welcome back to The Mining Pod! For this week’s roundup, Will, Colin, and Matt discuss the bombshell news that Swan Bitcoin is suing its former employees and contractors, alleging that the cabal stole proprietary aspects of Swan’s bitcoin mining business. Speaking of corporate sparring, the gang also covers the news that Riot and Bitfarms have settled (for now, at least) their dispute over Riot’s attempts to acquire its rival. They also discuss Bitdeer’s new SEAL02 ASIC chip, which Bitdeer claims is capable of 13.5 J/TH power efficiency, and why bitcoin mining ASICs are not securities despite some reporting to the contrary. Finally, in this week’s cry corner, they address the indefatigable, maddening myths that persist about Bitcoin’s global electricity use (no Bill Maher, Bitcoin does not use 8% of the world’s electricity, but thank you for playing!). Enjoying the show? Check out our newsletter at miningpod.blockspace.media! Timestamps: CHAPTERS 00:00 Start 00:14 Swan mining lawsuit 11:01 Difficulty update 17:03 Riot vs Bitfarms 27:14 Bitdeer’s SEAL02 chip 35:25 Green Mining SEC suit not dismissed 38:59 Hut 8 GPU-as-a-Service Goes Live 42:47 Cry corner: Bill Maher is wrong Published twice weekly, "The Mining Pod" interviews the best builders and operators in the Bitcoin and Bitcoin mining landscape. Subscribe to get notifications when we publish interviews on Tuesday and a news show on Friday! 👉 Check out Bitcoin Season 2 and The Gwart Show. Follow our hosts on Twitter: @wsfoxley, @cbspears, @AsILayHodling, @MatthewKimmell - Thank you to our sponsor, CleanSpark, America’s Bitcoin miner! And NiceHash (@NiceHashMining), the world's most powerful hashrate marketplace! "The Mining Pod" is produced by Sunnyside Honey Inc. with Senior Producer, Damien Somerset.
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    50 分
  • HPC, ASICs, and the Post-Halving Reality w/ Taras Kulyk

    HPC, ASICs, and the Post-Halving Reality w/ Taras Kulyk
    2024/09/25
    For this week's Bitcoin Mining Stock Show, Colin sits down with Taras Kulyk, the CEO and co-founder of Synteq Digital. The fellas open the show by talking about the differences between the AI/HPC and ASIC hardware markets, why its (much) easier for traditional data center operators to access capital markets than bitcoin miners, and whether or not Core Scientific can capitalize on its AI promises. For the second half of the show, Taras dives into what has changed in the ASIC market since the April 2024 Halving, plus the great migration of older models like the S19 and M30 series to lower cost areas in the global South. Finally, Taras shares his views on Bitmain's new U3S21EXPH hydro-cooled ASIC miner and his vision for the future of data center cooling.
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    1 時間 4 分
  • The Bitcoin Miner’s Almanac With Rob Warren

    The Bitcoin Miner’s Almanac With Rob Warren
    2024/09/24
    Welcome back to The Mining Pod! For this week’s show, Colin interviews Rob Warren, the author of The Bitcoin Miner’s Almanac. Standing up a bitcoin mining operation is a herculean task. From managing ASICs, to standing up infrastructure, to navigating power contracts, bitcoin miners have to learn everything from IT management to hardware maintenance – and everything in between. That’s why Rob wrote The Bitcoin Miner’s Almanac, to help newcomer and veteran miners alike easily navigate the daunting, complicated minutiae of bitcoin mining. In our conversation, we touch on what inspired the book, Rob’s experience researching and writing it, and what he plans to include in the second edition. This isn’t your grandfather’s almanac… You can purchase The Bitcoin Miner’s Almanac on Amazon or the Bitcoin Magazine store. Enjoying the show? Check out our newsletter at miningpod.blockspace.media! Timestamps: 00:00 Start 03:03 The Bitcoin Miner's Almanac 12:21 Forget about Bitcoin 20:14 Making sense of the energy industry 28:37 Energy monopolies 33:01 Pros & cons of energy production 40:33 Book version 2 52:26 Machine form factors 1:02:41 Interviewing miners 1:10:23 Stranded energy opportunities 1:15:49 Wrap up Published twice weekly, "The Mining Pod" interviews the best builders and operators in the Bitcoin and Bitcoin mining landscape. Subscribe to get notifications when we publish interviews on Tuesday and a news show on Friday! 👉 Check out Bitcoin Season 2 and The Gwart Show. Follow our hosts on Twitter: @wsfoxley, @cbspears, @AsILayHodling, @MatthewKimmell - Thank you to our sponsor, CleanSpark, America’s Bitcoin miner! And NiceHash (@NiceHashMining), the world's most powerful hashrate marketplace! "The Mining Pod" is produced by Sunnyside Honey Inc. with Senior Producer, Damien Somerset. "The Mining Pod" is produced by Sunnyside Honey LLC and distributed by CoinDesk. Senior Producer is Damien Somerset.
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    1 時間 18 分
  • Hut 8’s Bitmain Partnership, Bhutan’s $700m Bitcoin Bags, RFK Jr.’s Mining Letter, Trump’s Bitcoin Burger

    Hut 8’s Bitmain Partnership, Bhutan’s $700m Bitcoin Bags, RFK Jr.’s Mining Letter, Trump’s Bitcoin Burger
    2024/09/20
    Welcome back to The Mining Pod! For this week’s news roundup, the crew dives into Hut 8’s partnership with Bitmain on the manufacturer’s new hydro-cooled ASIC model, the U3S21EXPH. Matt also gives everyone a geography lesson with his overview of Bhutan and its hoard of 13,011 BTC worth $780 million, the fourth largest BTC reserve of any nation, and Colin covers Rober F. Kennedy Jr.’s letter to the editor in the Economist in which he defends Bitcoin mining for its utility as a flexible load for renewable energy. Plus, a former President, a bitcoin mining CEO, and a pub owner walk into a bar, and everyone leaves with a burger paid in bitcoin (yes, every outlet has covered this story, but we are too). And finally in this week’s cry corner, the unfortunate story of a Norwegian town whose residents will pay more for power after a bitcoin mine ceased operations. Enjoying the show? Check out our newsletter! Timestamps: 00:00 Start 01:38 Difficulty update 03:36 Fractal fees 07:23 Hut 8 and Bitmain ASIC partnership 12:50 Bhutan got them bags! 19:19 RFK Economist letter to the editor 23:12 Trump's Bitcoin Burger 29:32 Cry Corner: Norwegian energy costs rise Published twice weekly, "The Mining Pod" interviews the best builders and operators in the Bitcoin and Bitcoin mining landscape. Subscribe to get notifications when we publish interviews on Tuesday and a news show on Friday! 👉 Check out Bitcoin Season 2 and The Gwart Show. Follow our hosts on Twitter: @wsfoxley, @cbspears, @AsILayHodling, @MatthewKimmell
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    36 分
  • The Current State of the ASIC Miner Market With Ian Descoteaux

    The Current State of the ASIC Miner Market With Ian Descoteaux
    2024/09/17
    Welcome back to The Mining Pod! Pow.re Co-founder and CTO Ian Descoteaux joins us today to talk about all things ASIC miners. In the conversation, we speak at length about the Antminer S21, including his experience deploying this model, its quirks / failure rates, and its performance. We also touch on ASIC prices and manufacturer competition, including why MicroBT’s Whatsminers are more expensive than other models, and whether or not Auradine and Canaan will be competitive in the near-future.Finally, we close on his takes regarding Bitmain’s newest hydro model, the U3S21EXPH. Enjoying the show? Check out our newsletter at miningpod.blockspace.media! Timestamps: 00:00 Start 01:29 Update 03:11 New ASIC frustrations 04:16 ASIC price competition 06:20 Why MicroBT expensive 06:57 Canaan & Auradine 07:52 S21 deployment experience 09:46 ASIC failure rate 10:51 Repairs 12:46 Paraguay ASIC repair cost 14:44 S21 deliveries 16:07 S21 quirks? 18:39 New Bitmain units 20:02 Current ASIC market 23:05 U3S21EXPH Rack System 27:08 New equipment pushing market split Published twice weekly, "The Mining Pod" interviews the best builders and operators in the Bitcoin and Bitcoin mining landscape. Subscribe to get notifications when we publish interviews on Tuesday and a news show on Friday! 👉 Check out Bitcoin Season 2 and The Gwart Show. Follow our host on Twitter: @wsfoxley
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    29 分