Join Marty as he sits down with Jan Čapek, co-founder of Braiins, to discuss the transition away from Slush Pool and everything going on in the mining world.
Opening Riff 0:00
Status of stratum v2 1:20
Benefits of stratum v2 3:25
Bitcoin core spec 8:26
Rust as a programing language 9:36
Braiins mining tools 15:20
Traveling in America 20:27
Slushpool name change 21:50
Bitcoin Mining Book 24:50
Building in the Czech republic 26:08
Building in America 29:10
Over burdensome regulation when building businesses 31:00
Mining economics 33:10
Bitcoin mining chips 36:40
How do foundries get built 39:55
Bitcoin mining hardware competition 41:40
Alternative mining firmware 42:50
Braiins firmware 46:10
Buying bitcoin miners now? 48:55
Favorite miners to run 51:20
Braiins future vision 53:10
Water cooling vs immersion mining 56:55
Efficiency in mining these days? 1:02:00
Big energy coming in? 1:04:20
Demand response to the grid 1:08:00
Working on Bitcoin mining 1:10:15
Why did Satoshi use bitcoin mining this way? 1:11:45
What is intel doing? 1:13:50
Supply chains this cycle 1:14:55
Thoughts on current state of bitcoin 1:17:30
Bitcoin in europe? 1:21:00
Ending Riff 1:22:33
Crikey, ... three TFTC rips (#345, #346, and #347) in under 48 hours?
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