Ep. 6: Nick Hansen & Eddie Wang on the Need for Transparency and Spot Markets in Bitcoin Mining
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Welcome to What's Halvening!
Hosted by Cassie Clifton and produced by Bitcoin Magazine, the show chronicles the latest and greatest developments taking shape across the complex and ever-changing cryptocurrency mining industry through interviews with mining experts, CEOs, and general enthusiasts.
In this episode of What's Halvening, Cassie interviews Nick Hansen and Eddie Wang, co-founders of Luxor Tech, North America’s largest mining pool operator. Today we discuss
- why Luxor was founded and what sets them apart from other pools
- the launch of their Bitcoin mining pool in October 2019
- considerations when building out a profit-switching pool
- payment mechanisms
- the importance of a reliable hashrate spot market
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