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  • Tether Sues Swan, Gov’t Blacklists Sophgo, and Pool Transaction Censorship

    Tether Sues Swan, Gov’t Blacklists Sophgo, and Pool Transaction Censorship
    Jan 17 2025
    Welcome back to The Mining Pod! For this week’s news roundup, Colin and Will dig into Tether’s lawsuit against Swan Bitcoin, the latest development in a now two-front legal dispute over the companies’ bitcoin mining joint venture. Plus, the U.S. government is issuing trade restrictions against Sophgo, a Chinese computer chip company helmed by Bitmain CEO Micree Zhan, and F2Pool might be filtering transactions from OFAC-sanctioned Bitcoin addresses again. And finally, for this week’s cry corner, a Bitcoin mining company’s guerrilla sales tactic to get Ethereum DeFi platform AAVE to invest its treasury into bitcoin mining. Timestamps: 00:00 Start 02:30 Difficulty report 04:49 Tether sues Swan 16:14 BitFuFu Plans Oklahoma Mine 24:52 F2Pool Censoring TXs 33:37 Cry corner: AAVE to mine BTC? 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! And Luxor Tech, Leaders In Bitcoin Mining and Compute Power! "The Mining Pod" is produced by Sunnyside Honey Inc. with Senior Producer Damien Somerset. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    40 min
  • Bitcoin Mining in the Nordics w/ Jaran Mellerud

    Bitcoin Mining in the Nordics w/ Jaran Mellerud
    Jan 14 2025
    Welcome back to The Mining Pod! Today, the CEO of Hashlabs Mining, Jaran Mellerud, joins Colin to discuss Bitcoin mining in Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden. Bitcoin mining on the European market is almost exclusively confined to these Nordic countries – this episode explores why. Jaran and Colin discuss power markets in these countries, why mining has gotten more expensive in Sweden and Norway, the toothless attempt to ban mining in Norway, how bitcoin miners are helping with district heating in Finland, and more. Timestamps: 00:00 Start 01:53 Jarran intro 02:31 Why is hashrate concentrated in Nordic countries? 05:42 How has mining there changed recently? 16:33 Cooling Hashlabs 20:37 Finland nuclear surplus 23:06 Finland district heating 24:53 Is Norway banning mining? 29:02 Iceland vs Norway AI data centers 31:25 Public vs private mining 33:16 Bitdeer expanding Norway 36:59 Iceland & Finland hydro & geothermal 38:57 Mining elsewhere in the EU? 41:20 Green manufacturing failing & excess power 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! And Luxor Tech, Leaders In Bitcoin Mining and Compute Power! "The Mining Pod" is produced by Sunnyside Honey Inc. with Senior Producer Damien Somerset. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    44 min
  • Remembering Hal Finney (Bitcoin Season 2)

    Remembering Hal Finney (Bitcoin Season 2)
    Jan 12 2025
    We're dropping a show from Bitcoin Season 2, another podcast on Blockspace! If you enjoy the show, check it out on Spotify, Apple or wherever else you listen to podcasts! For today's Writer's Room, Colin and Charlie celebrate Running Bitcoin Day by picking through the Bitcoin Talk archives for a selection of Hal Finney's most prescient takes. Finney is famous for being the first person (after Satoshi) to run Bitcoin -- a claim to fame that involves receiving the first non-mining related transaction from Bitcoin's creator -- as well as being one of the earliest contributors to Bitcoin Core. Hal was highly active in Bitcoin's salad days and a prolific poster on Bitcoin Talk, where he provided his thoughts on Bitcoin's earliest versions, pontificated over the cryptocurrency's future, and shared ideas with its earliest adopters. Many of Hal's ideas and prognostications were incredibly incisive and clairvoyant -- almost frighteningly so -- hence the title of today's show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    38 min
  • Compute North Lawsuit, Phoenix Group’s 50 MW Site, Canaan’s Nano 3S and Avalon Mini 3

    Compute North Lawsuit, Phoenix Group’s 50 MW Site, Canaan’s Nano 3S and Avalon Mini 3
    Jan 10 2025
    Welcome back to The Mining Pod! For today’s news roundup, Will, Colin, and Matt are joined by Luxor CEO, Nick Hansen. The gang covers news that Blockspace broke this week pertaining to a creditor lawsuit against former executives of defunct Compute North, the erstwhile bitcoin mining hosting titan that went bankrupt in 2022. Plus, Phoenix Group’s 50 MW bitcoin mine in North Dakota, a 2024 bitcoin mining market review from Nick, and Canaan’s new home mining heater series with the Nano 3S and Avalon Mini 3. And for this week’s cry corner, popular Ethereum browser wallet Metamask is adding support for…Bitcoin? Timestamps: 00:00 Start 02:19 Difficulty report 07:32 Creditors sue Compute North 16:30 Phoenix 50MW North Dakota site 27:18 Yearly overview 31:15 Canaan Nano 3 home heater 40:13 Cry corner: Metamask seeks Bitcoin product manager 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    49 min
  • 2024 Bitcoin Mining Year in Review w/ Nico Smid

    2024 Bitcoin Mining Year in Review w/ Nico Smid
    Jan 9 2025
    Welcome back to The Mining Pod! For this week’s Bitcoin Stock Show, Digital Mining Solutions Founder Nico Smid joins us to share insights from Digital Mining Solution’s 2024 year-end report. During the conversation, Smid shares his and his co-author Cindy Feng’s findings on a range of topics, including 2024’s hashrate growth relative to prior years, bitcoin mining trends in Latin America, pending mining IPOs, predictions for 2025, and more! 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    40 min
  • The Truth About the Russia Bitcoin Mining Ban

    The Truth About the Russia Bitcoin Mining Ban
    Jan 7 2025
    Welcome back to The Mining Pod! Today, Denis Rusinovich, a partner at the Cryptocurrency Mining Group, speaks to Colin about the particulars of the Russia bitcoin mining ban. News broke in December that Russia would be banning bitcoin mining in 10 regions, effective January 1, 2025 through March 15, 2031. Only the ban is not an all-out ban like the first wave of reporting would have us all believe. For today’s show, Rusinovich sets the record straight and gives us a rundown of the miners who are actually affected by the ban. Timestamps: 00:00 Start 03:09 Defining the "ban" 07:42 Legalizing mining 09:07 Identifying miners for regulation 10:22 The scope of Bitcoin mining in Russia 13:16 Subsidizing residential miners 15:50 Effect on global hashrate 17:09 Kazakhstan 22:59 Russia energy crisis? 25:54 Grid balancing 30:40 Oil & gas production areas 32:04 Chechnya 33:16 What regions have the most activity? 36:22 Miners vs hosting 37:42 Taxes 38:47 Where is investment capital coming from? 42:08 Hosted miners 43:17 Future of Russia mining 45:21 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! 👉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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    46 min
  • Solving Ordinals Sniping w/ MagicEden (Bitcoin Season 2)

    Solving Ordinals Sniping w/ MagicEden (Bitcoin Season 2)
    Jan 5 2025
    This is a crossposted podcast from Bitcoin Season 2. We've got Stephen & Matthew, engineering & product on the Bitcoin side of MagicEden, explaining how the platform combines cutting edge tech w/ intuitive product design. Follow our guests: @MakeTokensFun @summraznboi -- Follow our host on X: @cbspears Bitcoin Season 2 is proudly presented by Blockspace Media, Bitcoin’s first B2B publication in Bitcoin. Follow us on X and check out our newsletter for the best information in Bitcoin mining, Ordinals and tech! --- Timestamps: 00:34 Intro 02:19 Roles in Magic Eden, Joining Ordinals 05:57 Growth in Bitcoin Ecosystem & Magic Eden’s Vision 07:13 Expanding Beyond Ordinals: Runes & Ecosystem Building 10:56 Marketplace Challenges & Collaboration in Engineering 20:33 User Benefits: Shield Icon, Mempool Fix & Cart Optimization 30:06 New Trading Features & Improved User Experience 33:11 Enhancing Liquidity & Making Runes Accessible 38:18 Mobile Launch & Broader Market Adaptation 42:28 Magic Eden’s Future in Bitcoin Community & Challenges 45:56 Future Outlook on Bitcoin Economy & Innovation Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    49 min
  • Russia Bitcoin Mining Ban, BitFuFu’s 80k ASIC Order, and a Rhodium Update

    Russia Bitcoin Mining Ban, BitFuFu’s 80k ASIC Order, and a Rhodium Update
    Jan 4 2025
    Welcome back to The Mining Pod! Will and Colin are back from the holiday break with the latest news, plus an update on the ASIC hosting market from our friends at Compass. At the top of the news docket, they touch on Russia’s bitcoin mining ban, particularly which miners the ban actually affects (and which ones it doesn’t). Also in the rotation, BitFuFu’s massive 80k ASIC order from Bitmain, and an update on a few of Rhodium’s outstanding litigations. And for this week’s cry corner: pour one out for all the folks who were sad/big mad that they didn’t get invited to Michael Saylor’s $100k New Year’s Eve party… Timestamps: 00:00 Start 00:00 Start 01:51 Difficulty update 06:17 OMG Russia bans Bitcoin mining!!!!! 11:59 ASIC hosting market update 23:20 BitFuFu 80k miners 30:50 More trouble at Rhodium 36:46 Cry corner: No invite to Saylor party! 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    41 min