Listen "Bitcoin Mining’s Q1 Numbers With Parker Merritt"
Episode Synopsis
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!
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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.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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