H4shr8 Crypto Mining Podcast

Today we are joined by Karim Helmy, an independent researcher. Karim walks us through his novel use of nonce analysis to study the ASIC topography of the Bitcoin network and energy footprint. https://twitter.com/karimhelpme/status/1668592283871244288 https://coinmetrics.io/special-insights/bitcoin-nonce-analysis Karim Helmy: https://twitter.com/karimhelpme Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 00:47 What is nonce analysis? 03:19 Karim's nonce research 06:29 Why aren't the chips random? 08:10 Why are models showing before their release date? 10:22 Top rigs mining the network 12:56 Antminer dominates the chart 13:57 Energy draw of the network 18:03 Is Cambridge obsolete? 21:02 Data next steps 23:21 Using data to inform purchasing times/prices? 24:31 Charting new machines 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 http