POD256 | Bitcoin Mining, Freedom Tech, and Awesome Tangents
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Episodes: 109
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A Bitcoin podcast focused on open-source Bitcoin mining, energy, and freedom tech. Recorded weekly at Bitcoin Park in Nashville, TN. Co-hosted by: @econoalchemist, @skot9000, and @tylerkstevens
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110. April Fools, Real Progress: Open Firmware, Open Pools, and the Path to Decentralized Mining
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Apr 01, 2026 |
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109. Hashrate Heat, Home Sovereignty, and the Open-Source Mining Stack
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Mar 25, 2026 |
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108. From Mixers to Miners: Why Samourai Matters for All of Bitcoin (and What You Can Do)
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Mar 18, 2026 |
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107. Hacking the Antminer: Mujina on Stock Control Boards, Dev Fees Be Gone
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Mar 11, 2026 |
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106. High Signal in the Hashtub: Workshops, Open Source, and Hashrate Heat
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Mar 04, 2026 |
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105. Chips, Chains, and Hot Tubs: Open Mining Goes Hands‑On
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Feb 19, 2026 |
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104. AI, Open-Source Bitcoin Mining, and Battling Surveillance
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Feb 11, 2026 |
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103. Closed-Source is Retarded: Building Bitcoin Miners for Homes, Businesses, and Beyond
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Feb 04, 2026 |
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102. Why Open Firmware Wins: A Post-NEMS Debrief with Mujina’s Lead Dev
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Jan 30, 2026 |
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101. HydraPool, HashDash, and the Telehash Playbook: Open-Sourcing Bitcoin Mining
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Jan 14, 2026 |
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100. Dismantling the Black Box: Hydra Pool, Libre Board, and a Fully Open Miner Demo
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Dec 31, 2025 |
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099. Code Is Not Crime: Samourai Petition, Pool Scams, and Open Mining Tools
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Dec 17, 2025 |
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098. From Mauritius to Modular Miners: Open-Source Bitcoin Mining, Direct-DC Solar, and Hydra Pool
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Dec 13, 2025 |
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097. From Lab to Hash: Ember One, Libre Board, and an Open-Source Mining Future
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Dec 03, 2025 |
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096. From Open Source to Federal Sentence: The Government vs. Samourai Wallet
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Nov 27, 2025 |
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095. Open-Source or Bust: Mujina, Miner Firmware Wars, and the Future of Trustless Hashing
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Nov 19, 2025 |
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094. PPLNS, Pick-and-Place, and Pardon: A Deep Dive into Mining and Freedom Tech
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Nov 12, 2025 |
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093. Decentralize or Die: Open Miners, Pool Payouts, and the Certification Gauntlet
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Nov 05, 2025 |
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092. Hashrate at Home: Zigbee Thermostats, Bitaxe Wins, and Dockerized Pools
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Oct 29, 2025 |
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091. Hash, Heat, and Hardware: LibreBoard, Mujina, and the BitAxe Battle
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Oct 22, 2025 |
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090. Make Every Meetup a Pool: Stratum v2, Hole Punching, and Open Mining
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Oct 15, 2025 |
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089. Copyleft and Cold Rooms: Open Hardware, Passive Heat, and Economic Nodes
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Oct 05, 2025 |
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088. Freedom Tech in Action: Open Miners, Sovereign Homes, and the Post-ImagineIF Debrief
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Sep 24, 2025 |
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087. Heat, Hash, and Hardware Freedom: Live at Bitcoin Park
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Sep 17, 2025 |
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086. Open Source vs. Closed Source: The Future of Bitcoin Mining
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Sep 10, 2025 |
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085. Proto Launch Party Live: Night 2
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Sep 08, 2025 |
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084. Proto Launch Party Live: Night 1
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Sep 08, 2025 |
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083. Breaking New Ground: The Arrival of Intel BZM2 Chips
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Sep 03, 2025 |
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082. Decentralizing Bitcoin Mining: Challenges and Opportunities
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Aug 27, 2025 |
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081. Revamping Bitcoin Mining: From Cool Runnings to Cutting-Edge Tech
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Aug 21, 2025 |
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080. The Chilling Effect: Legal Risks in Privacy Software Development
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Aug 01, 2025 |
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079. Hydrapool Testnet Launch Nears as Miners Prep
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Jul 24, 2025 |
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078. Devs on Trial. Privacy on the Line
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Jul 18, 2025 |
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077. Battle of the Minehackers with Stephen DeLorme
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Jul 14, 2025 |
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076. Keeping Open Source Channels Open
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Jul 03, 2025 |
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075. Sourcing Chips and Building Bitaxes
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Jun 26, 2025 |
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074. Europe has no Air Conditioning
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Jun 20, 2025 |
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073. The AI Panopticon and Las Vegas
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Jun 06, 2025 |
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072. The Gift of Community in the FOSS Space
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May 22, 2025 |
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071. Reviewing the First Ever Texas Energy and Mining Summit
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May 16, 2025 |
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070. Hydrapool is Live and the Texas Energy and Mining Summit is Almost Here
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May 01, 2025 |
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069. The Nonce is a Myth and Bitcoin Social Scalability
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Apr 24, 2025 |
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068. The Wordpress of Mining Pools with @Jungly
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Apr 17, 2025 |
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067. Meet Ryan, Open Source Mujina Firmware Developer
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Apr 14, 2025 |
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066. Bitcoin Mining is the Killer App with Michael Schmid
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Apr 03, 2025 |
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065. How Bad Chainalysis Data Hurts Freedom Technology
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Mar 27, 2025 |
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064. The Power of Donor Advised Funds in Supporting Mining Innovation
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Mar 20, 2025 |
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063. Solo Mining--What the Heck is Even That?
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Mar 13, 2025 |
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062. How Community Supported Bitcoin Mining Works in Practice.
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Mar 06, 2025 |
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061. Open Sourcing Everything: From Chip to Firmware, Software and More
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Mar 03, 2025 |
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060. WE HIT A BLOCK (Behind the Scenes)
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Feb 06, 2025 |
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058. From Nairobi to Nashville, Rise of Open-Source Bitcoin Mining, Telehash, and More
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Dec 26, 2024 |
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057. From Sweden to Silicon: Bitcoin's Global Journey
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Nov 11, 2024 |
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056. From Grilling to Mining: The Birth of a Bitcoin Meetup
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Sep 19, 2024 |
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055. Ditching Shampoo and Embracing Raw Milk: A Journey to Natural Living
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Sep 13, 2024 |
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054. Lighting Up the Studio and the Bitcoin Network with Rob Warren
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Sep 09, 2024 |
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053. From Ice Cream to Encryption: Navigating Temptations and Privacy Concerns
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Aug 30, 2024 |
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052. From Owls on Cocaine to Bitcoin Mining: A Wild Ride
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Aug 22, 2024 |
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051. Mining Mondays and Making Bitcoin Mining Free and Open
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Aug 14, 2024 |
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050. Building a Bitcoin-Powered Homestead with Rev Hodl
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Jul 03, 2024 |
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049. Exploring Braidpool: Innovations in Decentralized Bitcoin Mining
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Jun 27, 2024 |
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048. Decentralizing Bitcoin Mining: Insights from Boerst
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Jun 12, 2024 |
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047. Wilson Mining's Game-Changing Pool Launch: A Low-Fee Revolution
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Jun 06, 2024 |
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046. No Holds Barred w/ Special Guest: Luke Dashjr, Chairman & CTO - OCEAN, State of the Network, Tangents
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May 24, 2024 |
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045. Party Rip w/ Special Guests: skot9000, Barnminer, & Neil RoninMiner
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May 17, 2024 |
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044. State of the Network, News, Tangents, Home Miner of the Week
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Apr 19, 2024 |
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043. Special Guest: skot, Instigator - Bitaxe, State of the Network, News, Tangents, Home Miner of the Week
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Apr 06, 2024 |
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042. No Holds Barred w/ Special Guest: Montana Dukes, CEO - EHT Capital, State of the Network, Tangents, Home Miner of the Week
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Mar 30, 2024 |
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041. No Holds Barred w/ Special Guest: Zack Bomsta, Founder - Pivotal Pleb Tech & UnBound, State of the Network, Tangents, Home Miner of the Week
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Mar 22, 2024 |
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040. State of the Network, News, Tangents, Home Miner of the Week
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Mar 15, 2024 |
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039. No Holds Barred w/ Special Guest: pennyether - Bitcoin Mining Co. Analyst, State of the Network, Tangents
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Mar 09, 2024 |
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038. State of the Network, News, Tangents, Home Miner of the Week
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Mar 01, 2024 |
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037. No Holds Barred w/ Special Guest: Rapha Zagury (Alpha Zeta), CIO - Swan, State of the Network, Tangents, Home Miner of the Week
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Feb 24, 2024 |
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036. No Holds Barred w/ Special Guest: BASSLOAD - Energy Procurement Consultant, State of the Network, Tangents
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Feb 16, 2024 |
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035. No Holds Barred w/ Special Guests: Wilson Mining, State of the Network, Tangents, News, Home Miner of the Week
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Feb 10, 2024 |
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034. Home & Open Source Mining Initiative, State of the Network, Tangents, News, Home Miner of the Week
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Feb 02, 2024 |
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033. NEMS 2024 Recap, State of the Network, Tangents, News, Home Miner of the Week
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Jan 25, 2024 |
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032. No Holds Barred w/ Special Guests: Diverter, Author - Mining for the Streets & Samourai Wallet, Co-Founder - Samourai Wallet
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Dec 18, 2023 |
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031. No Holds Barred w/ Special Guest: BitMaker, Creator - NerdMiner
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Oct 30, 2023 |
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030. No Holds Barred w/ Special Guest: skot, Instigator - Bitaxe
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Oct 07, 2023 |
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029. Pod 256's Telehash: Uniting Bitcoiners for a Cause
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Sep 21, 2023 |
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028. No Holds Barred w/ Special Guest: Zack Bomsta, Founder - Pivotal Pleb Tech (Njord and Loki Boards) & Founder - Owlet
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Sep 09, 2023 |
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027. State of the Network, Tangents, No Holds Barred w/ Special Guest: Jeff, Owner and Operator - Double Hash Farm
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Aug 19, 2023 |
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026. Nuclear Energy Roundtable, Tangents, No Holds Barred
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Jul 22, 2023 |
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025. State of the Network, News, Tangents, Home Miner of the Week, No Holds Barred w/ Special Guest: Bassload, Energy Procurement Consultant
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Jul 08, 2023 |
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024. State of the Network, News, Tangents, Home Miner of the Week, w/ Special Guest: Michael Schmid aka Schnitzel, CTO - amazee.io & Home Miner
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Jul 01, 2023 |
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023. State of the Network, News, Tangents, Home Miner of the Week, w/ Special Guests: Rob Warren, Partner - distributed hash & Alex, Sales - kaboomracks
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Jun 24, 2023 |
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022. State of the Network, News, Tangents, Home Miner of the Week, w/ Special Guest: Michael Schmid aka Schnitzel, CTO - amazee.io & Home Miner
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Jun 17, 2023 |
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021. State of the Network, News, Tangents, Home Miner of the Week, No Holds Barred, w/ Guest Host: Rob Warren, Partner - distributed hash
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Jun 10, 2023 |
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020. State of the Network, News, Tangents, Home Miner of the Week, w/ Special Guests: Rob Warren, Partner - distributed hash & Diverter, Author - ‘Mining for the Streets’
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Jun 05, 2023 |
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019. State of the Network, News, Tangents, Home Miner of the Week, w/ Special Guest: Rob Warren, Partner - distributed hash
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May 28, 2023 |
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018. State of the Network, News, Tangents, Home Miner of the Week
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May 22, 2023 |
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017. State of the Network, News, Tangents, Home Miner of the Week, w/ Special Guests: Rob Warren, Partner - distributed hash & ₿usiness Cat, Co-Host - Rock Paper Bitcoin
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May 13, 2023 |
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016. State of the Network, News, Tangents, Home Miner of the Week
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May 05, 2023 |
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015. State of the Network, News, Tangents, Home Miner of the Week, No Holds Barred w/ Special Guest Rob Warren, Partner - distributed hash
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Apr 29, 2023 |
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014. State of the Network, News, Tangents, Home Miner of the Week, DM Dive
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Apr 21, 2023 |
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013. State of the Network, News, Tangents, Home Miner of the Week, Special Guest: Tom Masiero, Co-Founder - Standard Bitcoin Co.
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Apr 14, 2023 |
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012. State of the Network, News, Tangents, Home Miner of the Week, No Holds Barred w/ Special Guest Ethan Vera, Co-Founder & COO - Luxor Mining
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Mar 18, 2023 |
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011. State of the Network, News, Tangents, Home Miner of the Week, w/ Special Guest Neil RoninMiner
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Mar 11, 2023 |
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010. State of the Network, News, Tangents, Home Miner of the Week, No Holds Barred w/ Special Guest Harry Sudock, CSO - Griid Infrastructure
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Mar 04, 2023 |
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009. State of the Network, News, Tangents, Home Miner of the Week, No Holds Barred w/ Special Guest Jesse Myers aka @Croesus_BTC
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Feb 25, 2023 |
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008. State of the Network, Argo Blockchain CEO Steps Down, Special Guest: John Stefanopoulos, Founder - FutureBit
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Feb 17, 2023 |
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007. State of the Network, Industrial Scale Miner Consolidation, Special Guest: Casey Rodarmor - Creator of Ordinals
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Feb 11, 2023 |
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006. State of the Network, the Taproot Wizard and the 4MB Block, Reliable vs. Renewable Energy, Special Guest: Medi Naseri, CEO - Lincoin
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Feb 03, 2023 |
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005. Expected Difficulty Adjustment, Trending Miner Prices, Luxor Teases Move Into Firmware, Galaxy Digital’s 2023 Total Exahash Prediction, Is Solo Mining the Future, and more
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Jan 27, 2023 |
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004. Recap Nashville Energy & Mining Summit 2023, State of the Network, Elizabeth Warren goes full overreach, Cold vs hot for ASICS, ASICs made with Intel chips go hot with Hive, and more
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Jan 21, 2023 |
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003. Public miners against the ropes, ESG anti-Bitcoin narrative undermined by proof-of-work, Mining-based efficiency innovations, Difficulty headed back up
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Dec 16, 2022 |
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002. Miner capitulation and Compute North bankruptcy, Difficulty down 7.3%, Mining issues in Texas, Nuclear: is it a LARP?, Is ESG finally dead?
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Dec 10, 2022 |
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001. Hashrate down ~14% from ATH, Hashprice at ATL territory, New gen ASICs at ATL valuations, Voell's month in review, Compute North bankruptcy asset sale
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Dec 03, 2022 |