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Optimizing a 51% Attack | Justin Drake | The Mining Pod May 16, 2023

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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

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News Roundup: Ordinal Fees, Marathon in Abu Dhabi & ZeroSync | The Mining Pod May 13, 2023

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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

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Mining Stock Revenues Up 30% in Q1| Anthony Power | The Mining Pod May 10, 2023

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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

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Breaking Down The Hut 8 & USBTC Merge | The Mining Pod Apr 25, 2023

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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

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News Roundup: Intel Pauses ASIC Run, Gensler In The Congressional Hot Seat & Coinbase Tries Bermuda Shorts | The Mining Pod Apr 22, 2023

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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

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“Bitcoin’s Price is Fragile Right Now” | Kaiko | The Mining Pod Apr 18, 2023

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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

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News Roundup: Bitcoin Price, Ontario Energy Rates & Bitdeer SPAC Goes Splat | The Mining Pod Apr 15, 2023

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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

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LuxOS: The New Firmware on the Block | Matt Lousteau | The Mining Pod Apr 11, 2023

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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

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News Roundup: MacOS Hosting The White Paper, Foundry Begins Charging & Paxful Shuttering Apr 08, 2023

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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

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How Marketplaces Can Increase Hash Revenue | Nicehash | The Mining Pod Apr 04, 2023

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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?

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