Which ASIC miner brand is the best and why have Bitmain and Whatsminer maintained a duopoly? Pow.re Co-founder and CTO Ian Descoteaux  joins Will this week to discuss the ASIC miner market.  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, including why MicroBT’s Whatsminers are more expensive than other models, and whether or not Auradine and Canaan will be competitive in the near-future. Finally, we close on his takes regarding Bitmain’s newest hydro model, the U3S21EXPH. Enjoying the show? Check out our newsletter at miningpod.blockspace.media! Timestamps: 00:00 Start 01:29 Update 03:11 New ASIC frustrations 04:16 ASIC price competition 06:20 Why MicroBT expensive 06:57 Canaan & Auradine 07:52 S21 deployment experience 09:46 ASIC failure rate 10:51 Repairs 12:46 Paraguay ASIC repair cost 14:44 S21 deliveries 16:07 S21 quirks? 18:39 New Bitmain units 20:02 Current ASIC market 23:05 U3S21EXPH Rack System 27:08 New equipment pushing market split Published twice weekly, "The Mining Pod" interviews the best builders and operators in the Bitcoin and Bitcoin mining landscape. Subscribe to get notifications when we publish interviews on Tuesday and a news show on Friday!  👉 Check out Bitcoin Season 2 and The Gwart Show. Follow our hosts on Twitter: @wsfoxley, @cbspears, @AsILayHodling, @MatthewKimmell - Thank you to our sponsor, CleanSpark, America’s Bitcoin miner! - "The Mining Pod" is produced by Sunnyside Honey Inc. with Senior Producer, Damien Somerset. Distributed by CoinDesk. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.