Listen "Russia Bitcoin Mining Ban, BitFuFu’s 80k ASIC Order, and a Rhodium Update"
Episode Synopsis
Welcome back to The Mining Pod! Will and Colin are back from the holiday break with the latest news, plus an update on the ASIC hosting market from our friends at Compass. At the top of the news docket, they touch on Russia’s bitcoin mining ban, particularly which miners the ban actually affects (and which ones it doesn’t). Also in the rotation, BitFuFu’s massive 80k ASIC order from Bitmain, and an update on a few of Rhodium’s outstanding litigations. And for this week’s cry corner: pour one out for all the folks who were sad/big mad that they didn’t get invited to Michael Saylor’s $100k New Year’s Eve party…
Timestamps:
00:00 Start
00:00 Start
01:51 Difficulty update
06:17 OMG Russia bans Bitcoin mining!!!!!
11:59 ASIC hosting market update
23:20 BitFuFu 80k miners
30:50 More trouble at Rhodium
36:46 Cry corner: No invite to Saylor party!
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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"The Mining Pod" is produced by Sunnyside Honey Inc. with Senior Producer Damien Somerset.
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Timestamps:
00:00 Start
00:00 Start
01:51 Difficulty update
06:17 OMG Russia bans Bitcoin mining!!!!!
11:59 ASIC hosting market update
23:20 BitFuFu 80k miners
30:50 More trouble at Rhodium
36:46 Cry corner: No invite to Saylor party!
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!
👉Enjoying the show? Check out our newsletter at miningpod.blockspace.media!
👉 Check out Bitcoin Season 2 and The Gwart Show!
Follow our hosts on Twitter: @wsfoxley, @cbspears, @AsILayHodling, @MatthewKimmell
-
Thank you to our sponsor, CleanSpark, America’s Bitcoin miner!
"The Mining Pod" is produced by Sunnyside Honey Inc. with Senior Producer Damien Somerset.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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