What's Halvening - The Bitcoin Mining Podcast

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What's Halvening, crypto nerds? 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 early enthusiasts. This is a show about energy, geopolitics, China and, of course, cryptocurrency.

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  1. Ep. 7: Justin Podhola on Vertical Integration in Bitcoin Mining and Going All in on Renewables

    2020-02-27

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

    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 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 Follow Cassie on Twitter @bitcoincass   https://elitemininginc.com/   www.bitcoin2020conference.com

    1 tim 17 min
  2. Ep. 6: Nick Hansen & Eddie Wang on the Need for Transparency and Spot Markets in Bitcoin Mining

    2020-02-04

    Ep. 6: Nick Hansen & Eddie Wang on the Need for Transparency and Spot Markets in Bitcoin Mining

    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 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: https://www.bitcoin2020conference.com/

    55 min
  3. Ep. 5: Bringing Transparency & Open-Source Software to Bitcoin Mining with Braiins' Pavel Moravec & Jan Čapek

    2020-01-08

    Ep. 5: Bringing Transparency & Open-Source Software to Bitcoin Mining with Braiins' Pavel Moravec & Jan Čapek

    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 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 us on Twitter at @whatshalvening 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/

    1 tim 9 min
  4. Ep 4: Chris Bendiksen on Balancing the Grid with Bitcoin Mining

    2019-12-24

    Ep 4: Chris Bendiksen on Balancing the Grid with Bitcoin Mining

    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/

    1 tim 11 min
  5. Ep 3: Chase Blackmon on Immersion Cooling as an Alternative to Air-Cooled Mines

    2019-12-10

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

    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/

    1 tim 4 min
  6. Ep 2: Apolline Blandin and John Quigley on Bitcion Energy Consumption

    2019-11-26

    Ep 2: Apolline Blandin and John Quigley on Bitcion Energy Consumption

    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 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. Follow us on Twitter at: @whatshalvening 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

    56 min
  7. Ep 1: Eyal Avramovich on Cryptocurrency Mining Sell Pressure and Demand

    2019-11-04

    Ep 1: Eyal Avramovich on Cryptocurrency Mining Sell Pressure and Demand

    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 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.  Minebest Digitalmining.org 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.

    39 min
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What's Halvening, crypto nerds? 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 early enthusiasts. This is a show about energy, geopolitics, China and, of course, cryptocurrency.

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