THE MINING POD: Are Mining Pools Political Targets?
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4.8 • 689 Ratings
🗓️ 12 April 2024
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
Politicians are taking aim at mining pools, but pool operators aren't making it any easier by allowing for various transaction types on-chain. All this and more in this week’s mining news roundup!
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Matt, Charlie and Will discuss Bitcoin and Bitcoin mining news, from Bitmain’s large US operations to Ordinals marketcap projections to mining pools playing games with new transaction types. Senator Elizabeth Warren might even drop by!
Chapter Markers:
00:00:00 Start
00:01:54 Intro & Bitcoin Halving
00:03:27 Difficulty Adjustment
00:05:01 Bitmain & BitFuFu
00:07:08 New US ASIC Maker
00:10:07 Promising or Flop?
00:11:15 Ordinals Corner
00:15:31 Ordinals Hype Chart
00:18:33 Ordinals vs. ETH NFTs
00:20:15 Ordinals & Block Space
00:23:45 Ordinals: JPEGs for BTC?
00:26:16 Mining Fees & Ordinals
00:28:41 Bitcoin Pool Revenues
00:31:17 Pool Decentralization
00:33:20 Sen. Warren on Crypto
00:37:15 Wrapping Up
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| 0:49.7 | Hey, welcome back to the mining pod. On today's show, we're joined by Matt Kimmel and |
| 0:52.9 | Charlie Spears to go through this week's Bitcoin and Bitcoin |
| 0:55.5 | News. We'd like to thank CleanSpark, America's Bitcoin Miner and Foreman Mining, Master Your Mining for being the lead sponsors for the podcast. |
| 1:03.2 | You'll hear more from both these sponsors in a little bit. Before we jump into the show, be sure to check out the Denver BitDev's Havning Party here in Denver, |
| 1:10.9 | Colorado on April 20th from 2 to 8 p.m. |
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| 1:17.9 | So be sure to check it out. |
| 1:19.2 | You can find a link in today's show notes. |
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