H4shr8 Crypto Mining Podcast

Welcome back to the Mining Pod! On today’s show, we have an exclusive with Proto and Core Scientific, who recently announced a collaboration on a new ASIC chip design. Core Scientific–one of the largest Bitcoin miners in the world–will be buying 15 EH/s of chips to make custom units. Meanwhile, Proto will be working on selling more chips and a custom form factor of its own.  Timestamps: 00:00 Start 03:20 Building hardware at Argo 03:48 Proto miner 05:36 Proto tools development 06:29 Intel chips 08:59 Why is Core Scientific interested in ASIC creation 13:34 Collaboration vs competition 16:06 Interacting with Bitcoin needs to be easier 17:59 Geopolitics 19:54 Having US built ASICs 22:33 Have ASICs gotten better? 25:01 Repairs 27:26 Upgrading rigs 30:09 Form factor changes 35:51 AI & mining 45:36 Is AI driving site design? 50:50 15 exahash or bust? 52:34 EPIC collaboration 56:50 Launch date? 57:28 Open market sales eventually? Published twice weekly, "The Mining Pod" interviews the best builders and operators