H4shr8 Crypto Mining Podcast

In this week’s news roundup, we talk about the FDIC & the Big Bad Banks, Luxor launches new mining firmware to compete with Braiins, Fidelity quietly launches it’s crypto market and the mempool filling up with JPEGs. Matt Kimmell: https://twitter.com/MatthewKimmell Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley STORIES https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/luxor-launches-bitcoin-miner-firmware-made-in-the-u-s https://www.theblock.co/post/220298/fidelity-crypto-quietly-went-live-giving-millions-of-retail-customers-access-to-bitcoin-ether https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2023/03/17/fdic-denies-report-signature-bank-purchaser-must-divest-crypto/ https://twitter.com/ewarren/status/1636488503197413377 https://twitter.com/TikTokInvestors/status/1636522652545458176 https://mempool.space/mining TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 04:01 LuxOS new firmware 06:27 Fidelity Crypto 09:53 FDIC & Signature Bank Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we discuss Cleanspark’s current financials, adding hashrate quickly, buying S19j Pro+ over S19 XPs, stock compensation and future growth plans outside the US. https://cleanspark.com Zach Bradford: https://twitter.com/zachkbradford Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley

Today we are joined by mining analyst Anthony Power to talk about February's public miner performance. We discuss the chaos in the banking sector, big deployments from Marathon and others and some new metrics to be aware of. https://compassmining.io/education/mining-stock-roundup-february-monthly-bitcoin-mining-numbers/ Anthony Power: https://twitter.com/cazenove Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 01:11 Is Binance responsible for the pump? 10:46 Hashrate Utilization 20:53 HODL vs Sold 21:30 Production by EH/s 26:05 Economy of scale 37:38 Developing new metrics 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 profe

Today we are covering SVB being taken over by the FDIC, the Biden administration proposing a 30% miner tax, Block publishing a miner development kit and call for input, and ePIC’s new mining hardware based on Intel technology. Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley STORIES https://education.compassmining.io/education/bitmain-changed-its-asic-design-miners-need-to-be-ready/ https://www.niagara-gazette.com/news/local_news/judge-signs-contempt-order-directing-u-s-bitcoin-to-cease-operations-in-the-falls/article_ca7e7c58-ba24-11ed-9a33-6706cd141cd1.html https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/03/08/canadian-crypto-miner-powre-lands-100-mw-contract-in-paraguay/ https://www.mining.build/the-mining-development-kit-unlocking-innovation-in-bitcoin-mining/ https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2023/03/09/us-treasury-department-proposes-30-excise-tax-on-crypto-mining-firms/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines https://mempool.space/mining TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 00:53 SVB collapse 02:20 30%

Today we are joined by David Kemmerer, co-founder of CoinLedger, to discuss crypto taxes. We go over what you need to know including taxable income, cost bases and mining specific questions. https://coinledger.io/ David Kemmerer: https://twitter.com/david_kemmerer Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 01:26 Coinledger Intro 03:27 Why use Coinledger? 06:28 Common questions 08:31 Reporting losses 11:58 Ordering taxable events 17:30 Mining taxes 19:39 Hobby miners 21:55 Tax loss harvesting 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 crypto

Today we’re going offroad from Bitcoin mining into an adjacent subject, decentralized storage. We are joined by Bill Schreckenstein, an engineer at Protocol Labs focused on building a decentralized alternative to cloud computing such as AWS. Bill gives us the inside scoop on Filecoin–a decentralized network for storing data. We talk about the actors, the economics and how it compares to Bitcoin mining. https://filecoin.io/ Bill Schreckenstein:https://www.linkedin.com/in/billschreckenstein Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 01:18 Bill's bio 05:26 Filecoin ecosystem 09:41 Adding capacity to the network 11:36 Slashing 12:50 FIL token & monetary rewards 16:50 Customer base? 21:06 Becoming a Filecoin storage provider 24:31 It's NOT like BTC mining 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 Amazo

Today we are joined by Andy Long, CEO of White Rock Management. A Bitcoin mining OG, Andy walks us through the current mining landscape, his long term mining thesis and a primer on European mining opportunities. https://wrm.swiss/ Andy Long: https://twitter.com/longandy Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 01:42 Andy Long Bio 04:29 It's all about the difficulty adjustment 09:27 Surplus ASIC supply 11:59 Near future predictions 15:07 Has the cycle changed? 20:27 The halving & energy prices 25:45 Mining in Europe 28:49 Mining in the US 32:33 Hashrate prediction 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 profe

In this week’s news roundup, we talk about the Fed denying Costodia’s banking application, friendly mining regulation making it’s way through Montana’s legislature, and a school employee putting miners in a crawlspace to leach electricity, sneaky, sneaky. Matt Kimmell: https://twitter.com/MatthewKimmell Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley STORIES https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2023/02/23/crypto-bank-custodias-bid-for-fed-supervision-rejected-again/ https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2023/02/23/montana-senate-passes-bill-protecting-crypto-miners/ https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/cryptocurrency-mine-secretly-operated-inside-mass-school-crawlspace-police-say/ar-AA17OFJa https://mempool.space/mining TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 00:51 Custodia banking denial 04:54 Montana friendly mining regulation 07:08 Employee stealing electricity MINE Start mining your own bitcoins with Compass. https://bit.ly/3CehBf1 WATCH https://youtube.com/c/CompassMining?sub_confirmation=1 LISTEN Apple Podcas

Today we are joined by Brian Morgenstern, head of public policy at Riot Platforms. Brian recently joined Riot to advocate for the Bitcoin mining industry in Washington DC. We talk about the recent SEC crackdown on staking, operation choke point 2.0 and opportunities for policy makers. https://www.riotplatforms.com Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 01:14 Kraken SEC judgment 04:40 Kraken staking product vs mining 07:05 Brian background 10:19 Bitcoin policy lobbyists 15:31 State vs federal policy focus 17:15 Energy narratives 21:27 Risks and opportunities 27:18 Operation Chokepoint 2.0 33:08 Rationale behind Chokepoint 37:16 Future opportunities 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 RS

In this week’s news roundup, we talk about Core Scientific flying high (literally) in private chartered jets, Blockchain.com’s loss connected with the Three Arrows Capital debacle, and WSJ uses a clickbait headline to detail mundane Bitcoin open sources processes that zero normies will understand. Good times. Colin Harper: https://hashrateindex.com/blog/author/colin/ Colin Harper: https://twitter.com/asilayhodling Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley STORIES https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/02/17/crypto-miner-core-scientific-paid-more-than-1m-to-ceo-affiliated-personal-jet-company/ https://decrypt.co/121627/blockchain-com-shopping-assets-to-fill-270m-hole-from-three-arrows-capital-sources https://archive.is/Q03au https://mempool.space/mining TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 01:36 Core Scientific Jet Company 05:44 Blockchain.com's 3AC Loss 11:20 WSJ: 6 Mysterious Coders MINE Start mining your own bitcoins with Compass. https://bit.ly/3CehBf1 WATCH https://youtube.com/c/CompassMining?s

Today we are joined by Frank Holmes and Aydin Kilic of Hive Blockchain. We talk about Hive’s 2022 including Ethereum mining and the Intel-based Buzzminer. Mainly we focus on Hive’s corporate culture, including its dedication to efficiency, maintaining margins and controllable risks. https://www.hiveblockchain.com/ https://twitter.com/HiveBlockchain Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 00:55 Leadership change at Hive 04:50 Hive operations & new CEO 07:44 ETH mining change & new chips 13:07 4722 BTC equivalent mined 14:52 Texas is a crowded market now 16:22 Scaling past 10k+ ASICs 25:31 Intel chips & building a new miner 32:37 Not making miners 34:51 2023 & beyond 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:/

In this week’s news roundup, we talk about the SEC staking announcement, Kazakh Mining & Ordinal Theory. Matt Kimmell: https://twitter.com/MatthewKimmell Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley STORIES https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2023/02/07/kazakhstans-president-signs-legislation-to-limit-energy-usage-of-crypto-mining/ https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2023/02/09/kraken-agreed-to-shutter-crypto-staking-operations-to-settle-sec-charges-source/ https://cointelegraph.com/news/argo-ceo-follows-resignation-trend-after-company-acquisition-by-galaxy-digital https://mempool.space/mining TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 01:27 Staking go bye bye 05:08 Kazakhstan energy limit 08:34 Argo CEO resigns 11:23 Ordinals 20:37 ETH vs BTC NFTs 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/3rmb7U

Today we are joined by Tyler Page, CEO of Cipher Mining. We talk about Cipher’s capital strategy, machine purchases and growing its operational footprint across Texas. https://www.ciphermining.com https://twitter.com/cipherinc Tyler Page: https://twitter.com/rftylerpage Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 01:20 What is Cyphermining? 06:09 Working with equity groups 08:37 Timing hardware buys 12:41 Bull market pressure to get rigs online 15:29 Managing hardware manufacturers 17:38 Building facilities 22:01 Managing "behind the meter" facilities 24:30 Jobs in mining 26:10 Putting 6 exahash online 28:58 Hashrate prediction 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/3chpUL

In this week’s news roundup, we talk about miners restructuring, Giga raising $10M and Riot staffing changes. Matt Kimmell: https://twitter.com/MatthewKimmell Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley STORIES https://compassmining.io/education/bitcoin-mining-shares-dilution/ https://seekingalpha.com/news/3930940-bitcoin-miner-riot-platforms-chief-commercial-officer-leaves https://www.theblock.co/post/208109/bitcoin-mining-infrastructure-startup-giga-energy-raising-10-million-in-series-a https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/02/03/core-scientific-to-hand-crypto-mining-rigs-to-nydig-to-extinguish-386m-in-debt/ https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230201006127/en/TeraWulf-Announces-Beneficial-[…]8TsFlWC94i5bShFoukL9Gk5koy58LEUpvQpH4uhrDreVaSuMjrJS3dDw== https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-02-02/bitcoin-btc-rebound-gives-crypto-miners-chance-to-renegotiate-debt https://braiins.com/blog/debt-capital-markets-in-bitcoin-mining-part-1 https://mempool.space/mining TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 01

Hot Bitcoin NFT (Ordinals) talk on today's show. What are they? How are they possible? Is Bitcoin doomed? Find out. Matt Kimmell: https://twitter.com/MatthewKimmell Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 00:12 Intro 01:21 Intro 01:40 NFTs on BTC? 03:06 What is an ordinal? 05:11 Tracking & fungibility of BTC 07:07 Storing data on chain 08:19 OP_RETURN 11:52 Taproot transaction types 15:59 Why is on chain data bad? 18:30 Pruning the data on nodes 20:14 Community response 22:16 What is Bitcoin for? 28:12 Other use cases for on chain data storage? 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

Today we are joined by Greg Beard, CEO of Stronghold Digital Mining. Greg and I discuss Stronghold’s use of waste coal to clean up Pennsylvania and mine Bitcoin, how Bitcoin mining incentives land reclamation and the mining economics of vertical integration. https://strongholddigitalmining.com/ Greg Beard: https://www.linkedin.com/in/greg-beard-682047142 Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 00:28 Intro 01:03 Stronghold business 02:20 Power from coal waste 06:58 Special power plant 12:53 Scale or the problem / solution 17:07 Why Bitcoin mining? 21:21 Mining economics w/ vertical integration 26:04 Subsidies & carbon credits 26:59 Deciding when to switch revenue streams 29:25 Predicting energy price volatility 35:40 Local community reaction 37:15 Environmentalist pushback? 40:17 Bitcoin community reaction 43:31 Hashrate prediction MINE Start mining your own bitcoins with Compass. https://bit.ly/3CehBf1 WATCH https://youtube.com/c/CompassMining?sub_confirma

This week we talk about Cleanspark compensation, Blockstream raises $125 million, Celsius stores mining units, Hut 8 goes to court and Marathon looks international. Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley STORIES https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1507605/000149315223002672/form8-k.htm https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/hut-8-provides-update-on-north-bay-facility-301731278.html https://www.theblock.co/post/205100/celsius-to-store-20000-mining-machines-remains-optimistic-about-new-hosting-sites?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/01/24/crypto-infrastructure-firm-blockstream-raises-125m-for-bitcoin-mining/ https://twitter.com/RG_Leachman/status/1618405923910987778 TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 00:44 Cleanspark Exec comp is actually $6M 02:53 Blockstream raises $125M 04:18 Celsius 200 rigs offline 05:22 Hut 8 North Bay facility 06:25 Marathon MINE Start mining your own bitcoins with Compass. https://bit.ly/3CehBf1 WATCH https://youtube.com/c/Compas

Today on the show we are joined again by mining analyst Anthony Power. We discuss mining stocks ripping into the green, news updates and the dangers of debt and dilution. https://compassmining.io/education/mining-stock-roundup-december-monthly-numbers/ Anthony Power: https://twitter.com/cazenove Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 00:23 Intro 01:15 Stock performance 12:07 Why are some stocks outperforming? 19:19 Equity dilution 24:00 The cost of debt 29:24 Small miners 35:04 Hashrate growth per company 41:29 Hashrate prediction 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

In this week’s news roundup, we talk about Genesis Capital’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing, DCG selling its assets and the mixed reactions to Bitcoin mining across the United States. Matt Kimmell: https://twitter.com/MatthewKimmell Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley STORIES https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/01/20/genesis-owes-over-35b-to-top-50-creditors/ https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/19/us/north-carolina-crypto-mine-noise-weir-wxc/index.html https://bitcoinmagazine.com/legal/new-hampshire-commission-recommends-bitcoin-mining https://mempool.space/mining TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 00:56 Genesis bankruptcy 08:04 New Hampshire looking to mining to grid balance 09:02 Don't mine near people! 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://bi

Today we are joined by John Light to discuss how the novel introduction Validity Proofs to Bitcoin could increase mining fee revenues. We also get into the costs for full nodes and if there’s a silver bullet scaling solution. https://hrf.org/zkrollups John Light: https://twitter.com/lightcoin Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 00:27 Intro 01:08 Human Rights Foundation Grant 03:41 What's the problem? 06:29 Validity proofs 11:40 Architecture needed to work 14:07 Scaling vs Tx throughput 17:04 What's this mean for miners? 22:23 Higher throughput & cheaper fees? 28:12 Burden for full nodes 38:44 Full node storage costs 45:12 Other solutions 52:52 Promoting new optionality 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: