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Welcome to Unshielded: A Blockchain & Data Podcast by Midnight. We’ll explore the intersection of these two dynamic fields to bring you expert perspectives and practical examples. Each episode, we discuss the importance of zero-knowledge technology and its role in building better apps and a more equitable internet. We interview industry leaders, tech innovators, and data protection advocates to shed light on the latest developments, challenges, and opportunities in the blockchain and data pr ...
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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.
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Bullish Inflows, Ocean’s DATUM, CleanSpark & Helene and Swan’s Lawsuit
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Welcome back to the Mining Pod! This week, we’re talking about about bullish inflows to the crypto (mostly Bitcoin) ecosystem that could support better asset prices, Ocean launching a new decentralized template program for miners, CleanSpark’s hurricane woes and updates from the recent catastrophe in the Southeast US and Swan’s dramatic lawsuit aga…
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Auradine Bitcoin ASIC Performance With Brad Cuddy
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There’s a ton of new units on the market, including new players like Auradine. But how do these units actually hold up when deployed to the field and under harsh environments? We brought on Brad Cuddy of Cholla Energy to walk us through his experience working with the units. We also discuss alternative units like Bitmain and MicroBT, dry cooling, h…
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Swan Bitcoin’s Lawsuit, Bitdeer’s New ASIC, Riot and Bitfarms’ Settlement
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Welcome back to The Mining Pod! For this week’s roundup, Will, Colin, and Matt discuss the bombshell news that Swan Bitcoin is suing its former employees and contractors, alleging that the cabal stole proprietary aspects of Swan’s bitcoin mining business. Speaking of corporate sparring, the gang also covers the news that Riot and Bitfarms have sett…
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HPC, ASICs, and the Post-Halving Reality w/ Taras Kulyk
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For this week's Bitcoin Mining Stock Show, Colin sits down with Taras Kulyk, the CEO and co-founder of Synteq Digital. The fellas open the show by talking about the differences between the AI/HPC and ASIC hardware markets, why its (much) easier for traditional data center operators to access capital markets than bitcoin miners, and whether or not C…
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The Bitcoin Miner’s Almanac With Rob Warren
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Welcome back to The Mining Pod! For this week’s show, Colin interviews Rob Warren, the author of The Bitcoin Miner’s Almanac. Standing up a bitcoin mining operation is a herculean task. From managing ASICs, to standing up infrastructure, to navigating power contracts, bitcoin miners have to learn everything from IT management to hardware maintenanc…
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Hut 8’s Bitmain Partnership, Bhutan’s $700m Bitcoin Bags, RFK Jr.’s Mining Letter, Trump’s Bitcoin Burger
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Welcome back to The Mining Pod! For this week’s news roundup, the crew dives into Hut 8’s partnership with Bitmain on the manufacturer’s new hydro-cooled ASIC model, the U3S21EXPH. Matt also gives everyone a geography lesson with his overview of Bhutan and its hoard of 13,011 BTC worth $780 million, the fourth largest BTC reserve of any nation, and…
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The Midnight Nightpaper: Introducing a New Era of Blockchain Technology
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In this episode of Unshielded: A Blockchain & Data Podcast by Midnight, a team of experts introduces the groundbreaking Midnight network. Join them as they cover: The challenges in current data management and blockchain adoption Midnight's innovative approach to data protection and blockchain utility The architecture and design of the Midnight netw…
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The Current State of the ASIC Miner Market With Ian Descoteaux
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Welcome back to The Mining Pod! Pow.re Co-founder and CTO Ian Descoteaux joins us today to talk about all things ASIC miners. In the conversation, we speak at length about the Antminer S21, including his experience deploying this model, its quirks / failure rates, and its performance. We also touch on ASIC prices and manufacturer competition, inclu…
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August Miner Updates, Japan’s Largest Utility is Mining BTC, Fractal Bitcoin’s Feverish First Week, and Podcasts on the Blockchain (?)
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Welcome back to The Mining Pod! Will and Colin hop on for another duo pod this week for one of the most eclectic roundups yet. The numbers are in for August for the public bitcoin mining world, and these companies are slowly (but steadily) expanding their hashrate, while also collectively selling more than 1,200 BTC over the month. In a testament t…
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Bit Digital’s AI/HPC Strategy With Sam Tabar | Bitcoin Stock Show
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Welcome back to The Mining Pod! Sam Tabar, CEO of NASDAQ-listed Bit Digital, joins us today to talk about Bit Digital’s post-Halving mining strategy and (more importantly) what the company is doing to scale its AI business line. Bit Digital earned $12.5 million with its HPC services in Q2-2024, the most of any AI-focused public bitcoin miner. Durin…
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Blockstream’s ASIC Mining Note With Adam Back
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Welcome back to The Mining Pod! Today we are joined by Adam Back, cryptographer and CEO of Blockstream. Well known for its sidechain software Liquid, among other projects, Blockstream is actually a large private Bitcoin miner. In today’s show, we go through Blockstream mining with Back, including its profile as a miner (energy, locations, fleet). T…
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Galaxy’s $30m Offer to Rhodium, Bitmain’s ASIC Surplus, Bitcoin Mining (in Space!), and…Tokenized Nicotine?
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Welcome back to The Mining Pod! Rhodium is filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, and they’re going to need cash to get through the restructuring. So in comes Galaxy Digital, which is offering a $30m (or 500 BTC!) loan, in a move that could be a savvy attempt to acquire Rhodium assets. Turning to the ASIC market, bitcoin miner prices are down – a lot – …
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Making Sense of AI and HPC Markets with Tom Masiero | Bitcoin Stock Show
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Before 2023, most folks probably associated AI with the far-off dystopias of The Terminator, The Matrix, or other depictions in pop culture. Now, AI is permeating every corner of our culture and economy as applications like Chat-GPT have taken a place alongside Google as the habitual tools of the internet’s citizenry. At the core of all of these ap…
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The Bullish Case for Bitdeer with Brandon Bailey
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Welcome back to The Mining Pod! This week we are joined by Brandon Bailey (a.k.a. Bitcoin Beezy), a co-founder of Second Gate advisory and a former VP of mining at Galaxy Digital, to discuss his recent research note on Bitdeer. He argues that the public miner, which is sometimes overlooked for some combination of language barriers and the team’s ge…
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Rhodium Files for Bankruptcy, Mining Farm Acquisition Season, Public Miner AI Updates, and Bitcoin’s Maddening Energy Debate
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Welcome back to The Mining Pod! Blockspace broke news this weekend that Texas-based bitcoin miner Rhodium is going bankrupt, and we follow up in today’s show about what we do and don’t know regarding the incipient restructuring. As Rhodium starts restructuring its debt, other bitcoin miners have been expanding, with mergers and acquisitions becomin…
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Is Bitcoin Dirty? Reviewing The Bitcoin Mining’s Documentary With Alana Mediavilla
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Welcome back to the show! We’re sitting down with film maker and documentarian Alana Mediavilla to discuss her new film “Dirty Coin,” which premiered on the Bitcoin Halving this year and will go to market in late 2024! In this sit-down interview at Bitcoin Nashville, we discuss film work in Bitcoin, various locations filmed and the stories behind t…
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Babylon Pumps Fees, Bitfarms Merges with Stronghold, Public Miner Q2 Numbers, and the IMF’s (not so Modest) Tax Proposal
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Welcome back to The Mining Pod! On Thursday, Bitcoin transaction fees soared to their highest levels since April, but it has nothing to do with runes or inscriptions. This go around, it was all thanks to the launch of Babylon Chain, a new off-chain BTC staking platform. We also tackle Bitfarms’ merger with Stronghold and what it could mean (or not …
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Compact Language: Powering Smart Contracts on Midnight with Kevin Millikin
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In this episode of Unshielded: A Blockchain & Data Podcast by Midnight, host Anthony Day connects with Kevin Millikin, Principal Architect for Midnight. Join them as they discuss: An under-the-hood look at Compact as a programming language Why Midnight needs its own language, and the importance of great developer experience. Kevin highlights the di…
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