I'm joined by guests Steve Barbour & Harry Sudock to discuss Bitcoin Mining.

Discussion Topics

• 00:03:42 The service miners provide
• 00:05:01 Current state of mining profitability
• 00:07:58 Mining supply chain issues
• 00:13:18 Profit and loss in the mining industry
• 00:17:05 Financing in the mining industry
• 00:29:07 Risk management in the mining industry
• 00:33:49 Fiat games, leverage, fractional reserves & rehypothecation
• 00:46:44 Cooling technology
• 00:55:15 Higherarchy of needs in mining hardware
• 00:56:41 PSU cost efficiency
• 01:00:55 Voltage dynamics in mining
• 01:03:11 ASICS and ASIC manufacturers
• 01:10:55 Geopolitical concerns and state actors
• 01:22:57 Is Tesla a shitcoin?
• 01:24:04 The evolution of the Bitcoin mining paradigm
• 01:29:25 Sustaining attacks on mining
• 01:31:54 Energy sources
• 01:37:27 Creative miner energy use ideas
• 01:40:51 Base layer, 2nd layers and custodians
• 01:42:57 Attack vectors
• 01:47:19 RBF controversy

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Full show notes: https://bitcoin.review/podcast/episode-13/