Insane in the Bitmain

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4.8 • 689 Ratings

🗓️ 21 August 2018

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

Two investing giants say they’re not involved in pre-IPO funding for Bitmain, despite reports to the contrary.

-AND-

Proposed changes to the $200 million Siacoin blockchain would ice out Bitmain’s mining rigs, but concerns around the changes are growing.

-ALSO-

After being acquired by Tron founder Justin Sun, several employees at BitTorrent have left.

-DON’T MISS-

CoinDesk researcher Peter Ryan joins host Nikhilesh De to discuss the difference between transactions and payments.

Recorded August 21, 2018 in New York, NY.

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0:49.7	Who's funding bit main?
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