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Welcome back to the Compass Podcast! Today we are joined by Andrew Hinkes, author and adjunct professor at New York University focusing on the intersection of law, government regulation and digital assets. We talk about the huge OFAC sanction on Ethereum mixer Tornado Cash, what it means for Bitcoin miners and further industry repercussions. Drew Hinkes: https://twitter.com/propelforward Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley SPONSOR https://foundryacademy.com/

We talk with Camden Spiller from Maddox Industrial Transformer about demand for electrical infrastructure, including the consequences of the pandemic, tapering demand from Bitcoin miners and how demand destruction is easing production concerns. https://www.maddoxtransformer.com/ Camden Spiller: https://www.linkedin.com/in/camden-spiller/ Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley

Colin Harper is Head of Research for Hasrate Index. In this episode we talk about hashrate changes, how miners are handling the bear market, ASIC prices and the ETH2 merge (it’s like a car wreck, we can’t help ourselves..). https://hashrateindex.com/blog/hashate-index-q-2-2022-report-exit-pursued-by-a-bear/ Hashrate Index: https://twitter.com/hashrateindex Colin Harper: https://twitter.com/AsILayHodling Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley

Jesse Davern of RK Mission Critical talks about all things related to Bitcoin mining containers. We discuss their engineering process, what deployment entails and what future containerized solutions are on the horizon. https://www.rkmissioncritical.com Jesse Davern: https://twitter.com/Daverns_Tavern Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley

In this episode we talk with Charlie Spears from Nakamotor about the potential impacts the Celsius bankruptcy might have on miners, rising energy costs, and miners overheating. Seriously, why is it so damn hot!? Charlie Spears: https://twitter.com/cbspears Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley

Today on the show we are joined by Parker Merritt of CoinMetrics to talk about all things 2022 - Q2 data. We go through hashrate, mining revenue, energy costs and much more. https://coinmetrics.io/insights/state-of-the-market/ Parker Merrit: https://twitter.com/ParkerMerritt Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley

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In a market downturn Bitcoin miners look to hedge their risk exposure with financial derivatives. In this episode of the Compass Podcast, Joshua Lim from Genesis Trading walks through the ways miners are positioning themselves financially to get through this bear market. Joshua Lim: https://twitter.com/joshua_j_lim Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley

Public mining stocks have declined in price considerably over the last six months. In this episode of the Compass Podcast, Anthony Power and Independent Analyst walks through how to evaluate companies that have growth potential in the Bitcoin mining sector. https://compassmining.io/education/how-to-value-bitcoin-mining-companies/ Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley

Grab your warmest coat because Bitcoin winter is here. Price is down, feels are down, but hashrate is up and a block still comes every ten minutes. In this episode of the Compass Podcast, Michael Carter (BitsBeTrippin) walks us through how to survive a Bitcoin winter and the history of bear cycles. Michael Carter: https://twitter.com/BitsBeTrippin Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley

The Texas Pacific Land Corporation was established in 1888 and owns more land than any other entity in the state. TPL just signed a Bitcoin mining deal with Mawson Infrastructure Group Inc. (NYSE: MIGI) (“Mawson”), and JAI Energy (“JAI”) to develop up to 60 megawatts of bitcoin mining on TPL’s land in West Texas. In this episode of the Compass Podcast, Justin Ballard from Jai Energy walks through the intricacies of this deal and the importance of such large entities getting into mining. Justin Ballard https://twitter.com/JLB_Oso Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley

We all know that miners are flocking to Texas in search of cheap electricity but we rarely hear about their neighbor to the north, Oklahoma. In this episode of the Compass Podcast, Charlie Spears from Nakamotor gives us some insight on the Oklahoma energy landscape. Charlie Spears: https://twitter.com/cbspears https://nakamotor.io/ Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley

What if we could generate electricity from the ocean by using the temperature differences between the deep ocean and the surface? That’s what Nate Harmon from Blockchain Solutions Hawaii is working on. This conversation is pretty wild so stick around to find out what manganese nodules are. Nate Harmon: https://twitter.com/BlockchainHI1 Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley

You’ve probably not heard but we are having a bit of a problem with inflation and specifically with energy sources like gas. Mark Rossano from C6 Capital Holdings is an expert on all things inflation and energy related. In this episode we talk with him about how inflation is affecting energy pricing across the globe and what it means for Bitcoin miners. Mark Rossano: https://twitter.com/markfny Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley

In this episode we are re-joined by Blake King, a Power Systems Engineer. Blake has extensive experience working on modeling power grids. We dig into decentralized versus centralized mining setups, ERCOT and the Bitcoin mining renewable energy. Blake King https://twitter.com/hhornblower95 Will Foxley https://twitter.com/wsfoxley

Over the past two years Texas has become a focal point for new Bitcoin mining deployments. In this episode we talk with Steve Kinard from the Texas Blockchain Council about the council's roll in being a liaison between industry and government, PoW versus PoS and combating FUD. https://www.linkedin.com/in/steve-kinard-jr-1144b87 https://twitter.com/txblockchain1 https://texasblockchaincouncil.org/ Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley

Starting a Bitcoin mining company can be a daunting task. Sourcing hardware, finding cheap and reliable power, and maximizing miner uptime are just some of the issues new startups face. To get some insight into how to solve these issues we talked with David Kiger from Blockmetrix, a new startup mining company primarily focused on North American mining. https://blockmetrix.com Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley

Wolfie Zhao is a journalist that covers the Bitcoin mining sector. In this episode we talk about public mining firms, private loan structures, and the manufacturing race to create the most efficient miners. Wolfie Zhao: https://twitter.com/wolfiezhao Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley

Immersion mining is quickly becoming the most popular hardware configuration mainly due to the ability to overclock machines to make more profit. But putting miners in specialized cooling oil can be a messy business. In this episode we talk with Hank Tanner from Automation & Electronic about the pros and cons of immersion, configuring your setup, and the future of liquid cooled mining. https://twitter.com/tannerhank http://www.autoelect.com Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley

If you are running Bitcoin miners you’ll want to be able to remotely access them. Forman’s software platform lets you manage your operation from anywhere. In this episode Dan Lawrence from Forman.mn walks us through their software platform and how it aims to simplify the many issues remote access encounters. https://foreman.mn/ Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley