H4shr8 Crypto Mining Podcast

FILL OUT THE MINING POD SURVEY BY CLICKING HERE Welcome back to The Mining Pod! Today, Tyler Page (CEO) and Chris Totin (CCO) from Cipher Mining join us to talk about their strategic pivot from pure-play bitcoin mining to hybrid approach with AI/HPC data centers, SoftBank's $50M investment, the ins-and-outs of building HPC data centers, and why they're betting big on the convergence of bitcoin mining and artificial intelligence workloads. Subscribe to our newsletter!  **Notes:** • Cipher has 2.7 cents/kWh electricity costs • SoftBank invested $50M in Cipher through private placement • Barber Lake site: 300MW capacity with substation • Texas has 397GW generation in queue over 5 years • Construction workforce growing only 1% annually Timestamps: 00:00 Start 00:33 Intro Tyler 01:44 Intro Chris 03:55 Access to capital 06:43 Debt financing 10:37 Selling BTC for operations 16:29 Barber Lake update 20:24 Agnostic greenfield site design 25:02 HPC vs mining design challenges 31:49 Stingray