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With over 200 shows, The Mining Pod is the industry’s best resource for the latest news and strategies in Bitcoin mining. Trusted by over 3,000 subscribers, including mining executives, operators and fund managers such as Marathon Digital, Cleanspark and BitCap.

The Mining Pod | Bitcoin Mining News William Foxley

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    • 4.7 • 42 Ratings

With over 200 shows, The Mining Pod is the industry’s best resource for the latest news and strategies in Bitcoin mining. Trusted by over 3,000 subscribers, including mining executives, operators and fund managers such as Marathon Digital, Cleanspark and BitCap.

    Bitcoin Mining’s Q1 Numbers With Parker Merritt

    Bitcoin Mining’s Q1 Numbers With Parker Merritt

    Parker Merritt from Coin Metrics and Will Foxley discuss key metrics, trends, and insights in Bitcoin mining. Topics include mining pools, hash rate, transaction fees, hardware fingerprinting, energy consumption, miner efficiency, and the performance of publicly traded mining stocks.

    Chapter Markers:
    00:00:00 Start
    00:01:45 Foreman ad
    00:02:28 Sponsor message
    00:02:52 Introductions
    00:03:50 Bitcoin Halving update
    00:05:12 Bitcoin Cash price surge
    00:09:08 Bitcoin Cash mining revenue
    00:11:23 Bitcoin Cash blockchain growth
    00:13:41 Big blocks in Bitcoin
    00:17:35 Mining pool distribution
    00:20:40 Mining pool payout analysis
    00:25:53 ASIC breakeven power costs
    00:28:50 ASIC fingerprinting methodology
    00:34:20 Bitcoin energy consumption
    00:35:58 Mining & grid load balancing
    00:38:50 Average network efficiency
    00:41:52 CleanSpark's on-chain data
    00:45:53 Miner market cap dominance
    00:49:01 Miner stocks vs. Bitcoin in 2024


    Published twice weekly, "The Mining Pod" interviews the best builders and operators in the Bitcoin and Bitcoin mining landscape. Subscribe to get notifications when we publish interviews on Tuesday and a news show on Friday! 

    👉 Check out our other shows and content by going to Blockspace.media today.

    👉 Join our Bitcoin Halving party in Denver, Colorado on April 20th! 

    👉 Watch our newest documentary, The Big Empty!

    Follow our host on Twitter, @wsfoxley.

    • 1 hr 23 min
    Are Mining Pools Political Targets?

    Are Mining Pools Political Targets?

    Matt, Charlie and Will discuss Bitcoin and Bitcoin mining news, from Bitmain’s large US operations to Ordinals marketcap projections to mining pools playing games with new transaction types. Senator Elizabeth Warren might even drop by!

    Watch a video version of the show here.

    Chapter Markers:

    00:00:00 Start
    00:01:54 Intro & Bitcoin Halving
    00:03:27 Difficulty Adjustment 
    00:05:01 Bitmain & BitFuFu
    00:07:08 New US ASIC Maker
    00:10:07 Promising or Flop?
    00:11:15 Ordinals Corner
    00:15:31 Ordinals Hype Chart
    00:18:33 Ordinals vs. ETH NFTs
    00:20:15 Ordinals & Block Space
    00:23:45 Ordinals: JPEGs for BTC?
    00:26:16 Mining Fees & Ordinals
    00:28:41 Bitcoin Pool Revenues
    00:31:17 Pool Decentralization
    00:33:20 Sen. Warren on Crypto
    00:37:15 Wrapping Up


    Published twice weekly, "The Mining Pod" interviews the best builders and operators in the Bitcoin and Bitcoin mining landscape. Subscribe to get notifications when we publish interviews on Tuesday and a news show on Friday! 

    👉 Check out our other shows and content by going to Blockspace.media today.

    👉 Join our Bitcoin Halving party in Denver, Colorado on April 20th! 

    👉 Watch our newest documentary, The Big Empty!

    Follow our host on Twitter, @wsfoxley.

    • 38 min
    Bitcoin Mining: Get Poor Slow? With Steve Barbour

    Bitcoin Mining: Get Poor Slow? With Steve Barbour

    Steve Barbour, owner of Bitcoin mining and oil and gas services company Upstream Data, joins the show to discuss who should get into Bitcoin mining, what problems Bitcoin mining solves and what he expects going into another Bitcoin bull market.
    Watch a video version of the show here.

    Chapter Markers:
    00:00:00 Start
    00:02:30 Introducing Steve Barbour
    00:04:12 Bitcoin mining & energy
    00:07:33 Upstream Data's origins
    00:14:13 Upstream Data's naming
    00:19:35 Canadian oil vs. Bitcoin
    00:24:35 Upstream Data's services
    00:32:54 Colorado oil & Bitcoin
    00:36:11 Bitcoin vs oil cycles
    00:41:45 Bitcoin & AI
    00:45:00 Water vs. air cooling
    00:49:05 Advice for new miners
    00:53:59 Mining contract tips
    00:57:19 When to start mining
    01:01:31 Steve on Bitcoin ordinals

    Published twice weekly, "The Mining Pod" interviews the best builders and operators in the Bitcoin and Bitcoin mining landscape. Subscribe to get notifications when we publish interviews on Tuesday and a news show on Friday! 

    👉 Check out our other shows and content by going to Blockspace.media today.

    👉 Join our Bitcoin Halving party in Denver, Colorado on April 20th! 

    👉 Watch our newest documentary, The Big Empty!

    Follow our host on Twitter, @wsfoxley.

    Thank you to our sponsor, CleanSpark, America’s Bitcoin miner! And thank you to Foreman Mining, Master Your Mining!

    • 1 hr 7 min
    Taiwan’s Earthquake, Franklin Templeton on Ordinals and Poolin’s Asset Sale

    Taiwan’s Earthquake, Franklin Templeton on Ordinals and Poolin’s Asset Sale

    Welcome to the news roundup! Today we chat about potential delays to TSMCs chip production from the earthquake in Taiwan, Franklin Templeton on Ordinals and Poolin selling its 100 MW farm for a fair chunk of change.
    Published twice weekly, "The Mining Pod" interviews the best builders and operators in the Bitcoin and Bitcoin mining landscape. Subscribe to get notifications when we publish interviews on Tuesday and a news show on Friday! 

    Chapter Markers:
    00:00:00 Start
    00:01:07 Intro
    00:04:21 The Big Empty Documentary
    00:05:40 Taiwan Earthquake Impact
    00:10:55 Bitcoin Ordinals Corner
    00:15:33 Mining Pool Centralization
    00:24:23 Stratum V2 Discussion
    00:29:35 Poolin Sells Texas Assets
    00:35:18 Sauna Miner Test: S21 vs M60
    00:38:08 Outro

    👉 Check out our other shows and content by going to Blockspace.media today.

    👉 Join our Bitcoin Halving party in Denver, Colorado on April 20th! 

    👉 Watch our newest documentary, The Big Empty!

    Follow our host on Twitter, @wsfoxley.

    Thank you to our sponsor, CleanSpark, America’s Bitcoin miner! And thank you to Foreman Mining, Master Your Mining!

    "The Mining Pod" is produced by Sunnyside Honey LLC and distributed by CoinDesk. Senior Producer is Damien Somerset.

    • 38 min
    Hashrate Futures With Matt Williams

    Hashrate Futures With Matt Williams

    Matt Williams of Luxor Tech joins the podcast to discuss hashrate futures, a new trading product that allows miners to forecast and act on the future price of hashrate. We discuss the product, similar Bitcoin futures products on the CME and how mining pool games with Ordinals could alter the equation.
    Published twice weekly, "The Mining Pod" interviews the best builders and operators in the Bitcoin and Bitcoin mining landscape. Subscribe to get notifications when we publish interviews on Tuesday and a news show on Friday! 

    Timestamps:
    00:00:00 Start
    00:02:52 Matt Williams Intro
    00:04:11 Matt's Background
    00:09:50 English Major & Skiing
    00:12:37 CME & Bitcoin Futures
    00:19:58 Luxor Hashrate Futures
    00:28:06 Luxor's Product Suite
    00:32:37 CME Bitcoin Futures
    00:36:14 Futures Explained
    00:41:34 Changing Pool Models
    00:44:30 Transaction Fee Hedging
    00:48:55 Volatility & Derivatives
    00:50:54 Futures & Options

    Check out our other shows and content by going to https://blockspace.media/ today.
    Join our halving party in Denver, Colorado on April 20th! 
    https://www.meetup.com/denver-bitdevs/events/299059050/
    Follow our host on Twitter, @wsfoxley.
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    Thank you to our sponsor, CleanSpark, America’s Bitcoin miner! And thank you to Foreman Mining, Master Your Mining!
    "The Mining Pod" is produced by Sunnyside Honey LLC and distributed by CoinDesk. Senior Producer is Damien Somerset.

    • 52 min
    Making Energy Markets Efficient With Alan Schroeder

    Making Energy Markets Efficient With Alan Schroeder

    Alan Schroeder of Synota joins The Mining Pod to go through the ins-and-outs of the energy credit system and how the Lightning Network can make it more efficient through real time settlement for energy usage. 
    Join our Bitcoin Halving Party! https://www.meetup.com/denver-bitdevs/
    Join our newsletter: https://blockspace.media/
    Questions or want to sponsor? william@blockspace.media
    Thanks to Foreman Mining for sponsoring the show. Foreman Mining, Master Your Mining.
    https://foreman.mn/

    • 48 min

Customer Reviews

4.7 out of 5
42 Ratings

42 Ratings

Tombstone Drone ,

CO2 emissions

Using stranded natural gas to generate electrical power for mining seems to be a good idea. And if that reduces greenhouse gas emissions, it’s even better. On that note, I can understand the reduction in methane emissions, but I struggle with the notion that CO2 emissions are reduced by methane combustion. Can you help educate us on this question?

Soapshin ,

Easy but Knowledgeable

Really enjoy listening to your team. I particularly enjoyed the one on OSL. Smart but a down to earth homeboy explaining the state of the (dis)union. Good stuff.

luna tierra ,

Best Crypto Podcast, even if you don’t mine!

This is my all time favorite crypto(blockchain) podcast. Through the lens of mining and this groups extended knowledge and experiences; countless golden nuggets and gems about how crypto works, markets, trading and the future of crypto are dropped for the listeners to find like easter eggs amongst tasteful jokes and commentary.

I highly recommend this podcast for anyone interested in learning more about crypto or for advanced initiates of the wild west that is crypto/blockchain. As they say DYOR and verify don't trust your information sources.

-@letgoletsgrow

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