What's Halvening - The Bitcoin Mining Podcast

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Ep. 7: Justin Podhola on Vertical Integration in Bitcoin Mining and Going All in on Renewables Feb 27, 2020

Welcome to What’s Halvening! Hosted by Cassie Clifton and produced by Bitcoin Magazine, the show chronicles the latest and greatest developments taking shape across the complex and ever-changing cryptocurrency mining industry through interviews with mining experts, CEOs, and general enthusiasts. In this episode of What’s Halvening, Cassie interviews Justin Podhola, CEO & founder of Washington-based Elite Mining Inc, or EMI. EMI is building a vertically integrated mining facility that will be run on 99% renewable energy. Justin and I discuss:

How to read poker faces of crypto-enthusiasts
EMI’s Series A equity token offering
EMI’s strategy of buying up S9s in anticipation of the halving
What it means to be vertically integrated & expertise needed
How their break-even BTC price is <$2,000

Stick around to the end of the episode for announcements from Justin on their upcoming March 3rd token offering, acquisition of 2 hydro plants and the upcoming launch of their mobile units!

Follow Justin on Twitter @JustinPodhola
Follow EMI on Twitter @EliteMiningInc
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Ep. 6: Nick Hansen & Eddie Wang on the Need for Transparency and Spot Markets in Bitcoin Mining Feb 04, 2020

Welcome to What's Halvening!

In this episode of What's Halvening, Cassie interviews Nick Hansen and Eddie Wang, co-founders of Luxor Tech, North America’s largest mining pool operator. Today we discuss

why Luxor was founded and what sets them apart from other pools
the launch of their Bitcoin mining pool in October 2019
considerations when building out a profit-switching pool
payment mechanisms
the importance of a reliable hashrate spot market

Follow us on Twitter at @whatshalvening
Follow Cassie on Twitter at @bitcoincass
Follow Luxor on Twitter at @LuxorTechTeam
Follow Nick Hansen on Twitter at @NickHansen600
Follow Eddie Wang on Twitter at @Eddiepluswang

https://www.luxor.tech/

https://mining.luxor.tech/en

Join Luxor's Discord Channel: https://discord.gg/BhhASqq

Use code CASS20 for 20% of your ticket to Bitcoin 2020:
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Ep. 5: Bringing Transparency & Open-Source Software to Bitcoin Mining with Braiins' Pavel Moravec & Jan Čapek Jan 08, 2020

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In this episode of What’s Halvening, Cassie interviews Pavel Moravec and Jan Čapek, co-founders of Braiins, the company that operates SlushPool. Braiins launched the first open-source initiative for Bitcoin mining with Brains OS in 2018, and they continue to bring open-source software and transparency to Bitcoin mining across the full stack through their other projects, as well. Today you’ll hear about

Covert ASICBoost
Implementation & features of Stratum V2, including efficiency and security improvements, as well as the inspiration behind the protocol
Work selection with Stratum V2 & why it’s important miners have the ability to select their own work
Taking back ownership of your hardware with bOS miner, as well as features of bOS miner – like improved efficiency through header-only mining, greater security & authentication mechanism, and overriding factory settings
Braiins’ work in supporting custom extensions in a controlled way
Potential barriers preventing new players from entering the hardware manufacturing space

Follow Cassie on Twitter at @bitcoincass

Follow Brains on Twitter at @Braiins_Systems

Follow Pavel Moravec on Twitter at @mor_pav

Follow Jan Čapek on Twitter at @janbraiins

Website Links:

https://braiins-os.org/

https://slushpool.com/

https://stratumprotocol.org/

Use code CASS20 for 20% of your ticket to Bitcoin 2020: https://www.bitcoin2020conference.com/

Ep 4: Chris Bendiksen on Balancing the Grid with Bitcoin Mining Dec 24, 2019

Hosted by Cassie Clifton and produced by Bitcoin Magazine, the show chronicles the latest and greatest developments taking shape across the complex and ever-changing cryptocurrency mining industry through interviews with mining experts, CEOs, and general enthusiasts.In this episode of What’s Halvening, Cassie interviews Christopher Bendiksen, head of research at CoinShares. Chris has been a pioneer in helping dispel a lot of the “Bitcoin Will Burn Down the Planet” myths. We discuss the following topics

CoinShares recently published December 2019 Bitcoin Mining Update
Influence of misconceptions of bitcoin mining on regulatory decisions
Potential use cases for old mining hardware
90 percent increase in hash rate over the last 6 months

Follow us on Twitter at @whatshalvening Follow Cassie on Twitter at @bitcoincass Follow CoinShares on Twitter at @CoinSharesCo Follow Chris on Twitter at @C_Bendikesen Link to CoinShares’ website: https://coinsharesgroup.com/ Use code CASS20 for 20% of your ticket to Bitcoin 2020:
https://www.bitcoin2020conference.com/

Ep 3: Chase Blackmon on Immersion Cooling as an Alternative to Air-Cooled Mines Dec 10, 2019

Welcome to What’s Halvening! Hosted by Cassie Clifton and produced by Bitcoin Magazine, the show chronicles the latest and greatest developments taking shape across the complex and ever-changing cryptocurrency mining industry through interviews with mining experts, CEOs, and general enthusiasts. In this episode of What’s Halvening, Cassie interviews Chase Blackmon, the co-founder and CTO of Immersion Systems. The self-proclaimed “jack of all trades, master of none” developed an immersion cooling system for his mining facility to combat the hot, humid Texas summers. Some of the highlights of the discussion include:

Advantages of immersion-cooled hardware over air-cooled
Heat transfer concepts that give immersion cooling its advantages
Finding a liquid with the right heat transfer properties
The role of immersion cooling technology in mining decentralization
The S15 Exploit

Follow the show on Twitter @whatshalvening Follow Cassie on Twitter @bitcoincass Follow Immersion Systems on Twitter @ImmersionSystem Link to Immersion Systems’ website:
https://immersionsystems.io/ Use code CASS20 for 20% of your ticket to Bitcoin 2020:
https://www.bitcoin2020conference.com/

Ep 2: Apolline Blandin and John Quigley on Bitcion Energy Consumption Nov 26, 2019

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In the second episode of What’s Halvening, Cassie interviews Apolline Blandin, research manager at the Cambridge Center for Alternative Finance (CCAF), and John Quigley, the head of research at MinerUpdate.Taking place at MinerUpdate’s MinerSummit event in Chengdu, China, their conversation covers a wide range of topics, from the methodology used to create the Cambridge Bitcoin Electricity Consumption Index (CBECI) & why a decentralized payment network is a good use of energy to the Belle Epoque period under the gold standard.

Find links to the studies and projects mentioned in today’s episode below:

Cambridge Bitcoin Energy Consumption Index

MinerUpdate

Cambridge Center for Alternative Finance

MinerSummit

The Carbon Footprint of Bitcoin

Nic Carter blog post – It's the settlerment assurances, stupid

Ep 1: Eyal Avramovich on Cryptocurrency Mining Sell Pressure and Demand Nov 04, 2019

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In episode one, Cassie interviews the CEO of Minebest, Eyal Avramovich. Cassie and Eyal talk about Eyal's background in consumer electronics, how to talk to regulators about building a sustainable economic environment for mining, and more.

DISCLAIMER: The following content is for informational purposes only. You should not construe any such information or other material as legal, tax, investment, financial, or other advice. Nothing contained in this presentation constitutes a solicitation, recommendation, endorsement, or offer by BTC Media, The Let’s Talk Bitcoin Network, or any third party service provider to buy or sell any securities or other financial instruments.

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