Episodes

  • Bitcoin Hashrate All-Time High, Greenidge Court Case, Unfounded Bitmain Sanctions Scare, and Faketoshi 2.0

    Bitcoin Hashrate All-Time High, Greenidge Court Case, Unfounded Bitmain Sanctions Scare, and Faketoshi 2.0
    Nov 1 2024
    Welcome back to The Mining Pod! Bitcoin’s hashrate is ripping, so Will and Colin sit down to discuss where all the new hashrate is coming from. They also touch on updates for Greenidge’s long-standing lawsuit against the State of New York and why the scuttlebutt that Bitmain might come under the scope of US sanctions is unfounded for now. Finally, in this week’s cry corner, why you shouldn’t spend £500 to hear yet another bloviating imposter claim that he’s Satoshi. 👉 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 02:41 Difficulty update 11:13 US, Russia, China drive bitcoin hashrate all-time high 16:47 Greenidge lawsuit with the State of New York 21:17 Rumors catch Bitmain in the crossfire of Sophgo investigation 27:37 Cry corner: Satoshi reveals himself (lol jk) 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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    33 mins
  • Riot Q3 Earnings Call Recap With PennyEther

    Riot Q3 Earnings Call Recap With PennyEther
    Oct 31 2024
    Welcome back to the Bitcoin Stock Show! Yesterday, we livestreamed Riot's Q3 earnings call, so for today's show, we unpack the earnings call with a special guest, PennyEther! PennyEther is a bitcoin mining stock analyst who shares his research and insights on X. This podcast is a truncated version of the livestream, where we cut the earnings call bit and dive straight into our post-call analysis. If you'd like to listen to the full episode with the earnings call, hop on over to The Mining Pod YouTube channel! 👉 Get tickets to OP_NEXT by visiting the website! And use discount code OCTOBER to get 25% off at check out! 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, @bc1matt - 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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    50 mins
  • Trump or Kamala? Bitcoin Mining’s 2024 Presidential Stakes

    Trump or Kamala? Bitcoin Mining’s 2024 Presidential Stakes
    Oct 29 2024
    Welcome back to The Mining Pod! Today we are joined by Kyle Schneps, VP of Public Policy at Bitcoin mining pool Foundry, joins us to discuss…well the election! Why did Bitcoin miners go so hard for Trump and will there be repercussions? Why did Foundry sit in between and not endorse either candidate? And what actually matters more in 2024, States or the Federal level? 👉 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 01:05 Foundry & political lobbying 04:09 New York state politics 11:10 Trump, AI & energy policy 17:33 Harris statement on crypto 22:54 Miners love Trump? 27:16 What happens if Harris loses? 30:47 US Bitcoin industry 32:24 Key election issues for Bitcoin 37:12 Miners working with energy companies 39:29 Get involved 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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    42 mins
  • Russia’s Bitcoin Economy, Coinmint’s Expansion, and Core Scientific’s $8.7B AI Deal

    Russia’s Bitcoin Economy, Coinmint’s Expansion, and Core Scientific’s $8.7B AI Deal
    Oct 25 2024
    Welcome back to the Mining Pod! Will, Colin, and Matt are back with another news roundup. It’s election season, so naturally, headlines about Russia have weaseled their way into the news cycle – only this time, the news is about how Russia allegedly wants to encourage trade in bitcoin to bypass sanctions. The gang also talks about Coinmint’s partnership with NYDIG to expand its Massena, NY facility, and our friends at Compass give us an update on the bitcoin mining hosting market. The show wraps up with the latest on Core Scientific’s $8.7 billion deal with Core Weave, and in this week’s cry corner, the fellas are perplexed at why Dennis Porter, founder of Satoshi Action Fund, is getting so much heat for Pennsylvania’s new bitcoin rights bill. 👉 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 00:53 Difficulty update 04:00 Russia using bitcoin for international trade? 15:26 Massena & the Alcoa East plant 18:36 Hosting update w/ Karoon from Compass 32:46 Core Scientific Final Contract Option by CoreWeave 37:49 Cry corner: why so butthurt about Dennis Porter? 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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    42 mins
  • Bitfarms' Expansion Strategy w/ Ben Gagnon and Alex Brammer

    Bitfarms' Expansion Strategy w/ Ben Gagnon and Alex Brammer
    Oct 24 2024
    Welcome back to the Mining Pod! For this week’s stock show, Colin interviews Bitfarms CEO Ben Gagnon and Senior Vice President of Global Mining Operations Alex Brammer. Bitfarms made a name for itself as one of the first publicly traded bitcoin miners to expand into South America, first with its operations in Argentina and then in Paraguay. Now, Bitfarms is planning to house 50% of its future hashrate in Pennsylvania with its acquisition of Stronghold Digital. They discuss how their new portfolio in Pennsylvania gives Bitfarms the option to enter the energy trading business, and Bitfarms’s strategy for potentially breaking into the AI/HPC business by 2026. 👉 Get tickets to OP_NEXT by visiting the website! And use discount code OCTOBER to get 25% off at check out! Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 02:20 Why Bitfarms entered into the South American market 07:10 Experience with regulation and approval process in Paraguay 10:00 Difficulties with expanding in Quebec 13:50 Why Bitfarms likes the PJM power region 18:00 Stronghold acquisition: power market play, expansion play, or both? 23:40 Bitfarms HPC aspirations 31:15 Will bitcoin miners need to pivot to AI/HPC to remain relevant? 34:40 How mining can fill in demand gaps for AI/HPC 43:20 How Bitfarms plans to fund mining expansion and potential AI/HPC operations 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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    48 mins
  • Ethiopia’s Bitcoin Mining Boom

    Ethiopia’s Bitcoin Mining Boom
    Oct 22 2024
    Welcome back to the Mining Pod! We’re joined by Ethan Vera of Luxor Tech and Kal Kassa of BitcoinBrr to discuss mining Bitcoin in Ethiopia! Earlier this summer we heard reports of mining picking up in the Eastern side of Africa, particularly with well connected Chinese Bitcoin miners sourcing hydro-powered contracts. Ethan recently visited so we brought him on with Kal to discuss what’s actually happening, the costs versus North American mining and how to invest in the area (if you’re willing to take the risk!) 👉 Get tickets to OP_NEXT by visiting the website! And use discount code OCTOBER to get 25% off at check out! CHAPTERS 00:00 Start 01:55 Kal's bio 02:45 Ethan's bio 03:58 Ethiopia mining scene 06:16 Ethan on Ethiopia 08:45 Stat of Ethiopia's grid 13:47 Political risks 19:23 China in Ethiopia 24:55 US to Ethiopia challenges 30:58 Mining in other parts of Africa 34:11 African miners moving to Ethiopia? 37:35 Bitcoin jobs in Africa 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 mins
  • US Miners Grow Market Share, MARA’s $200m BTC Loan, and Cipher’s 1.5 GW Buy

    US Miners Grow Market Share, MARA’s $200m BTC Loan, and Cipher’s 1.5 GW Buy
    Oct 18 2024
    Welcome back to the Mining Pod! For this week’s news roundup, Colin and Matt discuss how US public bitcoin miners are growing their share of Bitcoin's hashrate. Plus, Marathon is leveraging its trove of 26,000+ BTC and Cipher is going bigly with three pending mining site acquisitions for a total of 1.5 GW of capacity, some of which the miner may allocate toward AI/HPC compute. They also touch on some AI updates from Crusoe and Bit Digital, and in this week’s cry corner, why grown men are getting big mad about arbitrary data on everyone’s favorite block explorer. 👉 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 01:42 Difficulty update 04:19 29% PubCo Hashrate report JPMorgan 10:50 MARA Unlocks $200M BTC-Backed Credit Line 18:06 Cipher Mining Acquires 1.5 GW in Texas 24:37 Blue Owl Backs Crusoe in AI Move 29:35 Bit Digital Acquires HPC Data Center 32:38 Cry corner: "Runes, ordinals, etc don’t exist" 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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    39 mins
  • Bitdeer’s SEALMINER ASIC and AI/HPC Business With Jeff LaBerge

    Bitdeer’s SEALMINER ASIC and AI/HPC Business With Jeff LaBerge
    Oct 16 2024
    Welcome back to the Mining Pod! For this week’s Bitcoin Stock Show, we sit down with Jeff LaBerge, the head of capital markets and strategic investments at Bitdeer. Bursting onto the scene last year with its IPO, Bitdeer quickly became one of the public bitcoin miners to watch, and now, the company is designing its own ASIC miner, the SEALMINER. How did Bitdeer secure TSMC chip allocation for the series, and will Bitdeer sell this ASIC on the open market or keep it for itself? We answer these questions and more, and we also touch on Bitdeer’s multi-continent AI/HPC aspirations. 👉 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 01:28 Jeff's background & Bitdeer 03:51 Bitdeer's ASIC business 06:41 Foot in the door with TSMC 11:55 Retail vs internal allocations 15:07 Different model timelines 17:16 Cooling design 18:48 Hydro & immersion cooling 20:59 Manufacturing capacity 22:05 AI & HPC 25:15 Different business lines 30:57 Norway deployment 35:03 Butan future 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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    43 mins