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Get the headlines that matter, right when they hit the wire: Join our Telegram group for market moving news on top Bitcoin equities like $MSTR, $MARA, $RIOT, $CLSK, and more:  https://t.me/blockspacenews Welcome back to The Mining Pod! Today, TicTacc Director of Business Development Michael Rhoden joins us to talk about the current state of the ASIC market in 2025, including the impact of tariffs on pricing and demand, Proto's ASIC miner launch, the rise of hydro cooling solutions, manufacturing shifts to the US, and how public miner pivots to AI/HPC are reshaping the mining hardware landscape. Subscribe to our newsletter!  **Notes:** • Tariffs add 19% duty on Malaysian imports • S21 Plus best seller with hydro cooling • Proto rig weighs 120 pounds, 10-year life • US manufacturing capacity still limited • Bitcoin mining margins remain thin • Ethiopia halts new mining expansion Timestamps: 00:00 Start 02:52 Proto miner thoughts? 04:23 Proto pricing 06:13 Consumer interest in Proto 07:32 Tariffs 10:19 Bitmain's markets 12:08 Hottest ASIC markets globally 15:34 Ethiopia market 17:12 China mining 19:34 Cooling trends 22:53 S21 oversupply? 26:48 AISC prices not in a bull run 29:08 HPC pivots 34:46 Mad in the USA 37:22 Auradine 41:00 Dynamic ASIC market 43:12 Wrap up

Get the headlines that matter, right when they hit the wire: Join our Telegram group for market moving news on top Bitcoin equities like $MSTR, $MARA, $RIOT, $CLSK, and more:  https://t.me/blockspacenews Welcome back to The Mining Pod! Today, Luxor CEO Nick Hanson joins us to discuss TeraWulf's upsized convertible note and Google boosting its WULF stake to 14%, [Micro]Strategy's flip-flop on share dilution, Applied Digital's $3B North Dakota data center expansion, Riot shedding its Bitfarms stake below 5%, and the latest memecoin spectacle, Kanye West's Yeezy Money launch on Solana. Subscribe to our newsletter!  **Notes:** • Hash price sits at $55/PH/day, down significantly • TeraWulf market cap hits $3.6B after Google deal • Applied Digital announces 280MW data center • Riot divests BitFarms stake below 5% • Yeezy coin reaches $2B market cap briefly • MicroStrategy changes dilution guidance rules Timestamps: 00:00 Start 02:04 CEO stepping down 03:29 Mining only, no HPC 05:36 More management changes? 08:26 Operations & cashflow 12:36 Colorado Air Filter 16:21 ASIC purchases 19:06 Status of 10 exahash 22:08 Cleanspark 22:38 Debt & growth 27:31 Treasury strategy

Welcome back to The Mining Pod! Today, Vuk Vuković, economist and co-founder of Oraculum Fund, joins us to talk about Jackson Hole expectations, Fed Chair Powell's next moves, Trump's pressure for rate cuts, tariff negotiations, and why Bitcoin now trades like a traditional risk asset. Vuković shares insights from his fund's unique crowd-sourced prediction methodology that accurately called Trump 2016 and Brexit. Fill out the Orca Survey! https://survey.oraclum.co.uk/ Subscribe to the newsletter! https://newsletter.blockspacemedia.com NOTES: • Orca Fund grew from $700K to $75M in 2.5 years • Fund targets 30% annualized returns via volatility • US debt-to-GDP ratio now 120% vs 25% in 1970s • Markets pricing in September Fed rate cut • Bitcoin correlation with Nasdaq hurts hedge value • Gold replacing bonds in 60/40 portfolios Timestamps: 00:00 Start 01:36 Vuk Vuković intro 03:36 Value of Volatility 05:02 Methodology 08:25 Jackson Hole Thoughts 11:14 Colorado Air Filter 12:15 Cutting rates 15:18 Powell Predictions 16:10 Companies Absorbing Tariffs 17:33 Equities Market 22:01 What's the Market Pricing In? 23:49 BTC September Dips 25:39 Prediction Markets 26:10 Cleanspark 26:38 Risk Assets 28:29 Gold 30:34 Hedging Strategy 31:59 Tariffs 35:58 Strategy of Rate Cuts 37:18 BTC Price Drop?

Get the headlines that matter, right when they hit the wire: Join our Telegram group for market moving news on top Bitcoin equities like $MSTR, $MARA, $RIOT, $CLSK, and more:  https://t.me/blockspacenews Welcome back to The Mining Pod! Today, Harry Sudock from CleanSpark joins us to talk about the company's major leadership transition with CEO Zach Bradford's departure and Matt Schultz taking the helm. We dive into CleanSpark's impressive growth to 50 EH/s, their pure play mining strategy versus the industry's pivot to HPC/AI, and how they're managing a $680M convertible bond. Harry shares insights on fleet efficiency, power portfolio optimization, and the strategic optionality their strong cash flow provides.  Subscribe to our newsletter!  **Notes:** CleanSpark hits 50 EH/s installed capacity $680M convertible bond raised in December Over 1 gigawatt power under contract CEO transition after 6 years leadership Strong cash flow drives optionality Coinbase credit line for tactical moves Timestamps: 00:00 Start 02:04 CEO stepping down 03:29 Mining only, no HPC 05:36 More management changes? 08:26 Operations & cashflow 12:36 Colorado Air Filter 16:21 ASIC purchases 19:06 Status of 10 exahash 22:08 Cleanspark 22:38 Debt & growth 27:31 Treasury strategy

We're diving deep into the disconnect between market performance and recession fears. They explore viral TikTok recession indicators, analyze Q2 earnings data, examine job market softening, and discuss whether we're actually heading into recession territory or if it's all just economic anxiety amplified by social media vibes. Subscribe to the newsletter! https://newsletter.blockspacemedia.com ## Notes: - 33% recession probability down from 45% in April - S&P 500 earnings grew 11.8% year over year in Q2   - Only 73,000 jobs added in July vs expectations - May/June job numbers revised down by 258,000 - Energy sector earnings dropped 18-19% in Q2 - 92% probability of September Fed rate cut Timestamps: 00:00 Start 00:32 Wen resesh bruv? 03:54 Recession Pop Music 10:48 White Lady Dasher 12:49 Data nerd time 24:56 Mag 7 earnings 26:49 Unemployment 31:34 Consumer credit  33:44 What's a humble central bank to do? -

Get the headlines that matter, right when they hit the wire: Join our Telegram group for market moving news on top Bitcoin equities like $MSTR, $MARA, $RIOT, $CLSK, and more:  https://t.me/blockspacenews Welcome back to The Mining Pod! On today's bonus edition, Perry Hothi from Block joins us to talk about Proto's new ASIC miner, Rig. We dive deep into the technical specs, modular hashboard design, open-source mining software, and how Block plans to compete in a hardware market dominated by Bitmain. Perry explains Rig's data center-inspired features and Block's broader Bitcoin ecosystem strategy. Subscribe to our newsletter!  **Notes:** • 14.1 joules per hash efficiency rating • 12kW power consumption per unit • 96-224 chips per configuration • Swappable hashboard design • Single phase power that helps balance all three phases • Two fans per three hash boards design Timestamps: 00:00 Start 01:31 Specs: Jules per Terahash 05:18 Form Factor 12:03 Colorado Air Filter 13:05 Hashboard Swapping 17:28 Under clocking (operating range) 18:54 Block ecosystem 21:22 Competitors 23:42 Cleanspark 24:11 Next Gen

Get the headlines that matter, right when they hit the wire: Join our Telegram group for market moving news on top Bitcoin equities like $MSTR, $MARA, $RIOT, $CLSK, and more:  https://t.me/blockspacenews Welcome back to The Mining Pod! Today, Colin Harper and Matt cover Proto's groundbreaking new ASIC miner, Terawulf's $3.7B Google-backed HPC deal, Ethiopia's bitcoin mining ban, and Monero's 51% attack.  Subscribe to our newsletter!  **Notes:** • Proto Rig: 14.1 J/TH, 800 TH/s, swappable hashboards • Terra Wolf: $3.7B deal, Google 8% stake • Bitcoin hit $124K ATH, down to $117.9K • Hash price: $57.89 per PH/day • Mara acquires 64% stake in Exaion for $168M • Monero down 18% after miner attack Timestamps: 00:00 Start 03:09 Difficulty Report by Luxor 08:02 Proto Event 14:51 MARA stake in Exaion 18:36 Cleanspark 19:05 Terawulf 200 MW HPC deal 23:15 Ethiopia mining ban 27:24 Cry Corner- Monero 51% attack

Get the headlines that matter, right when they hit the wire: Join our Telegram group for market moving news on top Bitcoin equities like $MSTR, $MARA, $RIOT, $CLSK, and more:  https://t.me/blockspacenews Welcome back to The Mining Pod! Today, Beau Turner, the CEO and co-founder of Abundant Mines, joins us to talk about Pacific Northwest Bitcoin mining. Oregon and Washington have some of America's lowest power rates thanks to abundant hydropower, but there's less mining in the region than you might think. Beau explains the barriers keeping hashrate from the PNW, 9.9MW capacity limits, Oregon's burgeoning curtailment programs, AI competition for power, and how early miners "poisoned the well" in 2018. Subscribe to our newsletter!  **Notes:** • Oregon industrial power: 6-8¢/kWh • Pacific NW has 200-500MW mining capacity • BPA limits sites to 9.9MW blocks • 100% bonus depreciation now available • Texas has several gigawatts vs PNW Timestamps 00;00;00;00 Start 00;03;28;00 Starting Abundant Mines 00;08;59;09 Pacific Northwest Mining 00;11;24;24 Why not more PNW mining? 00;16;34;12 Industry prospects 00;19;50;29 Smaller is better in PNW 00;22;27;28 Hydro generation 00;24;20;29 Cleanspark 00;24;49;26 Oregon curtailment 00;28;30;23 Power purchase agreements 00;32;09;29 Bitcoin is for Everyone 00;34;05;21 Changes since the halving 00;36;44;25 Depreciating equipment 00;41;57;05 ASIC prices 00;46;20;21 Peak US hashrate? 00;51;30;23 Wrap up

"Comply or Die" reality is hitting crypto developers. Roman Storm of Tornado Cash was found guilty of operating an unlicensed money transmitter, while Samurai Wallet devs took plea deals. Meanwhile, Peter Thiel's Founders Fund raised $353M for Plasma - a fully compliant, surveillance-friendly stablecoin sidechain. We explore the stark contrast between privacy developers facing prison time and establishment players launching token sales with regulatory blessing. Subscribe to the newsletter! https://newsletter.blockspacemedia.com **Notes:** • Roman Storm faces up to 5 years in prison • Samurai devs face $6.3M in fines each • Plasma raised $353M in oversubscribed round • Only 10% of Plasma tokens for public sale • 25% token allocation goes to investors • Legal defense funds were crowdfunded Timestamps: 00:00 Start 00:20 Is Peter Theil the Antichrist? 03:25 Tornadocash 18:39 Peter Theil goes ICO baby! -

Get the headlines that matter, right when they hit the wire: Join our Telegram group for market moving news on top Bitcoin equities like $MSTR, $MARA, $RIOT, $CLSK, and more:  https://t.me/blockspacenews Welcome back to The Mining Pod! Today, Will, Colin, and Matt touch on Bitcoin's hashrate hitting an all-time high of 972 EH/s, Trump's proposed 100% semiconductor tariffs, false Chinabitcoin mining ban rumors, MicroStrategy's 2.5x NAV share issuance rule, and tracking down a $3.5B mining pool heist (now worth $14.5B!) four years later. Subscribe to our newsletter!  **Notes:** • Hash rate reaches 972 EH/s all-time high • 1.4% difficulty adjustment expected  • Hash price at $58 per PH/day • 100% semiconductor tariff proposed • China controls 13-14% of network hash • $3.5B mining pool heist now worth $14.5B Timestamps: 00:00 Start 02:36 Difficulty Report by Luxor 07:41 Tariffs... again 13:59 No, China is not banning bitcoin mining again 21:56 MSTR will no longer issue equity under 2.5x mNAV 33:25 Cry Corner: Mining pool heist

Get the headlines that matter, right when they hit the wire: Join our Telegram group for market moving news on top Bitcoin equities like $MSTR, $MARA, $RIOT, $CLSK, and more:  https://t.me/blockspacenews Welcome back to The Mining Pod! Today, Nolan and Donny join us to talk about the BitAxe pleb mining revolution, home mining setups, BitAxe device modifications, the lottery aspect of solo mining, heating applications, and why these small miners are becoming the best educational tool for understanding Bitcoin mining from the ground up. Subscribe to our newsletter!  **Notes:** • Gamma miners run at 1.2 TH/s using 15-20W • Nerd QX++ delivers 4.8 TH/s stock performance • BitAxe costs under $100 per terahash • One in 260 million daily block chance Timestamps: 00:00 Start 03:07 Nolan background 05:35 BX Gamma miner 07:10 Donny background 11:15 Typical pleb miners 19:26 Reasons for mining 23:06 Cleanspark 23:35 Heating Texas apartment 28:09 Personal mining setups 29:28 NerdQ Axe ++ (modification) 45:41 Hardware talk 55:35 Efficiency improvements 57:27 Parasite Pool 1:00:51 Wrap up

Get the headlines that matter, right when they hit the wire: Join our Telegram group for market moving news on top Bitcoin equities like $MSTR, $MARA, $RIOT, $CLSK, and more:  https://t.me/blockspacenews Welcome back to The Mining Pod! Today, Colin and Matt dive into Mara's Q2 earnings, the SEC's approval of in-kind Bitcoin ETF redemptions, Bitmain onshoring manufacturing to the US, and JPMorgan's prediction that pure play miners will outperform HPC hybrids as the field becomes oversaturated with AI pivots. Subscribe to our newsletter!  **Notes:** • Mara revenue up 12% to $238.5M in Q2 • Bitcoin at $118k with hash rate at 900 EH/s • Hash price around $58.70/PH/day • Fees represent only 1% of block subsidy • Bitmain shipped 187 tons of parts to US • SEC approves in-kind BTC ETFs Timestamps: 00:00 Start 02:24 Difficulty Report by Luxor 06:21 MARA Q2 earnings call 14:29 Cleanspark 15:01 SEC in-kind Bitcoin ETF approval 20:43 Bitmain is shipping in Antminer parts to the US 28:30 Pure-play miners to outperform as HPC hybrids

Get the headlines that matter, right when they hit the wire: Join our Telegram group for market moving news on top Bitcoin equities like $MSTR, $MARA, $RIOT, $CLSK, and more:  https://t.me/blockspacenews Welcome back to The Mining Pod! Today, Aydin Kilic, CEO of Hive Blockchain joins us to talk about their plan to scale to 25 EH/s by year end, the Paraguay expansion using new Bitmain hydro units, the company's ATM funding strategy, and their pivot into HPC. Subscribe to our newsletter!  **Notes:** • Scaling from 12 to 25 exahash by year end • 200MW Paraguay site bought for $400k/MW • 18% share dilution in Q1 from ATM usage • $500M mining margin target at 25 EH/s • 50% gross mining margins currently • $40M profit on Bitcoin pledge trade Timestamps: 00:00 Start 03:02 NYC trip 04:58 25 Exahash goal 07:35 Surviving bear markets 18:20 Fractal Bitcoin 18:59 ATM 24:05 Next steps 2025

Get the headlines that matter, right when they hit the wire: Join our Telegram group for market moving news on top Bitcoin equities like $MSTR, $MARA, $RIOT, $CLSK, and more:  https://t.me/blockspacenews FILL OUT THE SURVEY BY CLICKING HERE Welcome back to The Mining Pod! Today, Will, Colin, and Matt discuss Antalpha's CEO becoming the chair of Cango, how the Big Beautiful Bill affects bitcoin miners, OpenAI and Oracle's 4.5GW datacenter plans, last week's record crypto ETF inflows of $4.39B, and Joe McCann's Solana treasury SPAC. Subscribe to our newsletter!  **Notes:** • Hashprice stable at $60/hash/day • Antalpha CEO now chair of Cango  • BBB allows 100% equipment depreciation  • OpenAI and Oracle plan 4.5GW data center • $4.39B crypto ETF inflows weekly Timestamps: 00:00 Start 04:59 Anatalpha CEO → Cango chairman 13:02 BBB impact on Bitcoin miners 22:06 Fractal Bitcoin 22:45 $4.39B in flows last week 25:53 Stargate OpenAIOracle 4.5 GW 29:10 SoftBank and OpenAI's $500 Billion AI Project 36:33 Joe Mcann's fails after 80% drop

Get the headlines that matter, right when they hit the wire: Join our Telegram group for market moving news on top Bitcoin equities like $MSTR, $MARA, $RIOT, $CLSK, and more:  https://t.me/blockspacenews FILL OUT THE SURVEY BY CLICKING HERE Welcome back to The Mining Pod! Today, VanEck's Head of Digital Assets Research Matthew Sigel joins us to talk about Core Scientific's massive $9B CoreWeave acquisition deal, whether Bitcoin treasury companies are getting too crowded with 30+ deals in pipeline, AI infrastructure pivots among miners, and if the crypto equity boom is here to stay. Subscribe to our newsletter!  **Notes:** • Core Scientific $9B all-stock deal with CoreWeave • 850MW HPC/AI infrastructure potential capacity   • US listed miners hit 31% global hash rate  • 30,000+ Bitcoin bought by 15 treasury companies • Meta Planet trading at 5x Bitcoin NAV premium • $150M annual revenue target for Hut 8's AI business Timestamps: 00:00 Start 02:55 Coreweave & Core Scientific 07:40 Coreweave's BTC mining operation 08:52 Volatility & Coreweave's stock price 12:25 Fractal Bitcoin 13:05 Future of pure BTC miners 17:45 American Bitcoin 20:54 What's keeping public miner stock prices suppressed? 24:02 Too many treasury companies? 29:58 International strategies 35:45 Gamestop & Semler Scientific 39:27 Bit Digital ETH pivot 42:49 Cycle narrative

FILL OUT THE SURVEY BY CLICKING HERE: https://forms.gle/DFpR9MyhWo1NQ8T39 Charlie and Colin dive deep into investigative journalism that reveals the US government's Bitcoin holdings are far more complex than anyone realized. After a $10K bounty led to a FOIA request, we discovered the US Marshals Service holds just 29,000 Bitcoin - not the 200,000 widely reported. We explore seized vs forfeited assets, government custody practices, and why Senator Lummis got it wrong. Subscribe to the newsletter! https://newsletter.blockspacemedia.com **Notes:** • US Marshals hold 29,000 Bitcoin worth $3.4B • Arkham shows 198,000 Bitcoin for US government • US sold 195,000 Bitcoin for $366.5M total • Bitfinex hack involved 94,000 seized Bitcoin • Government peak holdings: 237K Bitcoin (2022) • $10K bounty offered for Marshal data Timestamps: 00:00 Start 00:47 Lola investigates 05:27 29k BTC 11:03 Politicians enter the chat 17:47 Government custody providers -

Get the headlines that matter, right when they hit the wire: Join our Telegram group for market moving news on top Bitcoin equities like $MSTR, $MARA, $RIOT, $CLSK, and more:  https://t.me/blockspacenews FILL OUT THE SURVEY BY CLICKING HERE Welcome back to The Mining Pod! Today, Colin, Charlie, and Matt talk Bitcoin's surge to $123K and its impact on mining economics, Bit Digital's WhiteFiber IPO prospectus and pivot to an Ethereum treasury strategy, public miner executive compensation, BIT Mining's Ethiopia expansion, and the Mempool.space's "Baja Blast Summer" (i.e., ultra-low transaction fees). Subscribe to our newsletter!  **Notes:** • Bitcoin reached $123K all-time high • Hash price at $60 per petahash per day • Exec compensation $14.4M in 2024 • Bit Digital raising $67.3M for ETH pivot • WhiteFiber IPO shows $47.6M 2024 HPC revenue • Ethiopia data centers use 30% of country's energy  Timestamps: 00:00 Start 03:17 Difficulty Report by Luxor 08:33 Fees are SO LOW! 11:12 Bit Digital WhiteFiber S-1 14:21 Bit Digital ETH treasury 22:09 Fractal Bitcoin 22:48 VanEck: Executive Pay 27:27 BIT Mining Ethiopian data center 30:17 Cry Corner: Baja Blast Summer

Get the headlines that matter, right when they hit the wire: Join our Telegram group for market moving news on top Bitcoin equities like $MSTR, $MARA, $RIOT, $CLSK, and more:  https://t.me/blockspacenews FILL OUT THE SURVEY BY CLICKING HERE Welcome back to The Mining Pod! Today, Lee Bratcher, President of the Texas Blockchain Council, joins us to talk about the newly signed Senate Bill 6 that completely overhauls interconnection and curtailment rules for large loads over 75MW on the Texas grid. We cover the four primary pillars of this legislation, why the 4CP program changes could be more consequential than other provisions, and how this affects Bitcoin miners versus AI data centers. Subscribe to our newsletter!  **Notes:** • ERCOT expects 150GW growth by 2030 vs 120GW realistic • 4CP minimum transmission charge could add 1¢/kWh • 25,000MW of solar now on Texas grid vs near zero 5 years ago • Large loads over 75MW subject to remote disconnect • Bitcoin miners typically curtail at $100/MWh range • Phantom load applications clog interconnection queue Timestamps: 00:00 Start 02:45 What is SB6? 03:54 Clarification 05:23 Behind the meter 06:49 Remote disconnect 09:09 Changes to 4CP program 14:28 Minimal transmission charge 18:32 NatGas behind the meter 20:05 Load redundancy 22:43 Phantom load 24:33 Loads covering infra cost 28:31 Rollout timeline 30:56 Voltage requirements 37:23 Is this a good bill? 40:56 Batteries 42:56 Wrap up

FILL OUT THE SURVEY BY CLICKING HERE:https://forms.gle/DFpR9MyhWo1NQ8T39 Gwart joins us to talk about the collapse of crypto's "public goods" era and why the revenue meta is taking over. We dive deep into the fat protocol thesis, why DAOs failed, the difference between Bitcoin and crypto, and how builders are finally focusing on sustainable businesses instead of token hacking. Subscribe to the newsletter! https://newsletter.blockspacemedia.com **NOTES:** • Pump.fun crossed hundreds of millions in revenue • Fat protocol thesis originated 2016-2017 • iPhone example: $1,000 vs theoretical $10,000 • Uniswap has fee switch but hasn't turned it on • Thread guy has 5% Bitcoin portfolio allocation • Bitcoin could 10x in next five years Timestamps: 00:00 Start 01:59 Bitcoin vs Crypto 06:08 What does Gwart "believe" in? 08:33 Revenue Meta & Fat Protocol Thesis 13:36 Interpreting the Fat Protocol Thesis 19:25 Analogies to Linux, etc 27:18 Is the DAO dead? 31:27 Devs 37:35 Creators of the Revenue delusion 40:46 Are stonks the new tokens? 45:01 Solana maxi 50:22 Real World Assets ;P 53:10 Minting new BTC maxis -

Get the headlines that matter, right when they hit the wire. Join our Telegram group for market moving news on top Bitcoin equities like $MSTR, $MARA, $RIOT, $CLSK, and more. FILL OUT THE SURVEY BY CLICKING HERE Welcome back to The Mining Pod! Today, Ben Harper from Luxor Technology joins us to discuss CoreWeave's $9 billion acquisition of Core Scientific, IREN's $130 million Nvidia GPU purchase, hashprice hitting $60 for the first time since February, summer hashrate curtailment, and why transaction fees are so low. Plus, why Bit Digital and BIT Mining are becoming altcoin treasury companies.  Subscribe to our newsletter!  **Notes:** • CoreWeave to acquire Core Scientific for ~$9 billion • Hash price reaches $60 per terahash per day • Bitcoin fees in sats/vb lowest since March 2012 • IREN purchases 2,400 Nvidia Blackwell GPUs • Difficulty adjustment expected +7.3% • Bit Digital pivots to Ethereum treasury Timestamps: 00:00 Start 01:50 Difficulty Report by Luxor 06:00 CRWV < > CORZ deal 15:20 Fractal Bitcoin 16:00 IREN Blackwell purchase 22:14 Transaction update, 26:04 Hashrate Futures contracts 35:52 Bit Digital/BIT Mining Pivots

FILL OUT THE SURVEY BY CLICKING HERE Welcome back to The Mining Pod! Today, Colin and Will break down CoreWeave's meteoric rise to a $75+ billion valuation and why Bitcoin miners like Core Scientific, Galaxy Digital, and Applied Digital are all racing to partner with AI cloud providers. We explore CoreWeave's neocloud business model, GPU economics vs bitcoin mining profitability, and what this means for the future of the mining industry. Subscribe to our newsletter!  **Notes:** • CoreWeave valued at $75B+ (12x revenue multiple) • 72% of Q1 revenue came from Microsoft/OpenAI • CoreWeave manages 250,000+ GPUs globally • $15B+ in contracted revenue secured Timestamps: 00:00 Start 04:05 Coreweave overview 07:40 Neocloud 10:28 Other Neocloud providers 12:49 Oracle, OpenAI & Stargate 16:20 Crusoe 17:58 Hyperscaler street cred 21:08 Energy pipeline 26:53 Revenue 32:51 Capex vs revenue 38:03 GPU lifespan 41:58 Bull vs Bear 49:00 Partner concentration Article links: https://mattturck.com/coreweave/ https://research.artemis.xyz/p/coreweave-fundamental-deep-dive https://www.mostlymetrics.com/p/coreweave-ipo-s1-breakdown https://research.artemis.xyz/p/coreweave-fundamental-deep-dive https://www.mostlymetrics.com/p/coreweave-ipo-s1-breakdown

FILL OUT THE SURVEY BY CLICKING HERE AI hyperscaler CoreWeave (CRWV) announced today that it will acquire Core Scientific (CORZ) in an all-stock deal valued at approximately $9 billion. We react on the news! 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!  Apple https://apple.co/3fNfrdi  Spotify https://tinyurl.com/3cmz3jkc Anchor https://tinyurl.com/yckv8t7p RSS https://bit.ly/3chpULV Newsletter https://miningpod.blockspace.media/

Colin and Charlie dive deep into the Nakamoto Project's groundbreaking survey revealing what the average American really thinks about Bitcoin. From surprising ownership demographics to political shifts and moral foundations, this data challenges everything you think you know about who owns Bitcoin and why. Subscribe to the newsletter! https://newsletter.blockspacemedia.com **Notes:** • 48 million Americans own Bitcoin (18.6% surveyed) • 11 million hold their own keys (4.21%) • Hispanic/Latino ownership leads at 24.2% • 58.8% keep Bitcoin on exchanges • Political shift right since 2024 • 4 in 5 support gold-to-Bitcoin conversion Timestamps: 00:00 Start 02:14 Highlights 05:12 Who holds Bitcoin? 08:35 How do people hold Bitcoin? 12:02 Ethnicity of Bitcoin holders 16:32 Politics 20:38 Changes in ownership from 2024 22:22 Sentiment 27:26 Moral Foundations 39:00 Crypto Reserve 43:12 Policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

FILL OUT THE SURVEY BY CLICKING HERE Welcome back to The Mining Pod! Today, Colin and Matt are joined by Ethan Vera, the COO of Luxor Technology, to talk about Hut 8's 205 MW Vega facility and its 310 MW deal to deliver electricity to Ontario. Plus, American Bitcoin's $220 million fundraise, an ASIC market update, Tether's surprise mining expansion into Brazil, and how just four public companies now control nearly a quarter of Bitcoin's total hash rate. Subscribe to our newsletter!  **Notes:** • Difficulty dropped 7.48% after US heat wave • American Bitcoin raised $220M private placement • Hut 8 secured 310MW deal with Ontario to supply electricity via natural gas plant • Four miners control 200+ exahashes (~20% network) • ASIC prices are decoupling from hashprice movements  • Tether goes in on mining venture in Brazil Timestamps: 00:00 Start 02:00 Difficulty Report by Luxor 05:32 Hut 8 energizes Vega 06:22 Hut 8 310 MW electricity deal in Ontario 13:57 American Bitcoin raises $220M  18:22 ASIC market update with Ethan 26:33 Antminer S23 market 31:07 China ban reverse rumors 32:09 Tether in Brazil 38:20 50 EH/s club

FILL OUT THE SURVEY BY CLICKING HERE Welcome back to The Mining Pod! Today, Brian Wright, co-head of mining data centers at Galaxy Digital joins us to talk about their massive pivot from bitcoin mining to HPC at the Helios facility. We dive into the company's CoreWeave partnership, scaling from 200MW to a potential 2.5GW, Texas grid dynamics, and transforming rural Dickens County's economy through data center development. Subscribe to our newsletter!  **Notes:** • 393MW Core Weave deal worth $900M annually • $11-13M per MW retrofit costs vs bitcoin mining • 2.5GW potential campus capacity planned • 800MW currently approved by Ercot • 80% loan-to-cost financing structure • 15-year guaranteed lease agreement signed Timestamps: 00:00 Start 01:48 Core Scientific & Coreweave 03:45 Potential Coreweave acquisitions 05:29 Helios pivot to AI 11:52 Site conversion plans 13:29 What's unique about Helios? 15:51 Fractal Bitcoin 17:35 AI accelerating building? 18:39 Financing 20:26 AI vs mining 22:26 Who pays for retrofit? 25:57 Transition 28:04 Tenants 29:25 Dickens County 31:55 Employee incomes & training 35:01 Politics 36:19 Texas bill SB6 37:15 Interconnect queue 38:26 Fiber line infrastructure 40:02 Can other miners pivot to AI? 41:52 Ending curtailment due to AI

FILL OUT THE MINING POD SURVEY BY CLICKING HERE Welcome back to The Mining Pod! Today, Luxor CEO Nick Hansen joins Colin to talk about CoreWeave's bombshell proposal to acquire Core Scientific, Riot selling off part of its stake in Bitfarms at a 59% haircut, a new Texas law forcing data center curtailment during grid emergencies, and why Bitcoin's hash rate drop wasn't caused by US strikes on Iran (spoiler: it was just really hot outside). Subscribe to our newsletter!  **Notes:** • CoreWeave-Core Scientific deal: $4-6B+ estimated • Riot sells part of its Bitfarms stake • Hash rate dropped from 944 to 808 EH/s • 7% difficulty adjustment coming (potentially largest since Dec 2022) • Texas projects 138GW load by 2030 vs 87GW today • Hashprice currently around $54-56/day Timestamps: 00:00 Start 02:26 Difficulty Report by Luxor 06:20 CoreWeave to buy Core Scientific 16:41 Riot sells Bitfarms Shares 22:44 US hashrate peak? 25:37 Texas curtailment bill 32:25 Cry Corner: Iran Strikes 37:02 Zetahash inbound?

FILL OUT THE MINING POD SURVEY BY CLICKING HERE Welcome back to The Mining Pod! Today, Brandon Bailey of Second Gate Advisory joins Will to talk about Bitcoin ATMs, an overlooked Bitcoin business model with massive potential. In Q1 2025, Bitcoin Depot generated $164.2M in revenue, a 19% increase year-over-year, while outperforming miners in cash flow per unit. We explore why physical ATMs matter in a digital world, expansion opportunities, and how this could be the next big Bitcoin treasury play. Subscribe to our newsletter!  **Notes:** • Bitcoin Depot: $333.1M revenue, +92% YoY • 30,000 Bitcoin ATMs vs 500K traditional ATMs   • ATMs generate $30-40/day vs miners $10-11/day • 4% of Americans (5.6M people) are unbanked • Average transaction size around $300 • 1,300 reserve machines ready for deployment Timestamps: 00:00:00:00 Start 00:01:33:16 Report overview 00:02:48:20 Bitcoin Depot financials 00:05:30:06 Other BTC treasury companies 00:08:52:26 Colorado Air Filter 00:10:57:14 Increasing revenue multiple 00:13:30:08 ATM business history 00:15:03:16 Stablecoins 00:16:37:26 Fractal Bitcoin 00:17:12:25 Physical cash economy 00:19:33:22 Why haven't traditional ATMs added BTC? 00:21:10:20 Per machine cashflows 00:25:27:09 Expansion opportunity 00:31:00:10 Coinflip 00:33:06:11 Wrap up

FILL OUT THE MINING POD SURVEY BY CLICKING HERE Welcome back to The Mining Pod! Today, Haley Thomson from Luxor Technology joins Will and Colin to discuss how Texas bitcoin miners are adapting to 4CP, peak load occurrences in the ERCOT system. On the news front, the trio covers US-listed public miners reaching a record 31.6% of Bitcoin's hashrate, Antalpha's stellar Q1, and growing concerns about whether or not the growing corporate treasury strategy trend is becoming a bubble. Subscribe to our newsletter!  **Notes:** • US miners hit 31.6% network hash rate record • Antalpha's loan book grew to $1.77B in Q1 • Texas miners represent 15-20% global hash rate • Hash prices just above $50 per petahash/day • 3.5% of Texas peak load is flexible mining Timestamps: 00:00 Start 02:05 Difficulty Report by Luxor 06:09 Antalpha lending book & Tether 11:47 Fractal Bitcoin 12:24 ERCOT electricity market 26:07 JP Morgan report 35:39 Corporate crypto treasury bubble 44:08 Cry Corner: Semler Scientific Warning Sign

FILL OUT THE MINING POD SURVEY BY CLICKING HERE Welcome back to The Mining Pod! Today, Sean McDonough, president and founder of New West Data joins us to talk about the company's vertically integrated oil and gas bitcoin mining operations in Alberta, Canada. We explore the pros and cons of full O&G ownership versus JV partnerships, barriers for large oil companies entering Bitcoin mining, regulatory considerations in Alberta, and the convergence of oil, gas, and AI data centers. Subscribe to our newsletter!  **Notes:** • New West: $1.5M CAD per megawatt CapEx cost • Alberta flare gas mining still relatively small scale • Dual revenue streams: oil sales + Bitcoin mining • Cash flows split evenly between oil and Bitcoin • Generators are largest CapEx item, more than miners • Hash rate trading in 800-900 range for months 00:00 Start 02:38 New West 04:26 Ownership instead of service 07:35 Why don't we see more miner vertical integration 10:06 JV's and risk 10:56 Nat Gas economics 12:30 Nat Gas more profitable than mining? 15:48 Regulation in Alberta 17:57 Understanding of BTC mining in Alberta 19:58 Drillers shifting thinking 24:37 Economics of pure play Nat Gas mining? 28:45 Have oil producers soured on BTC miners? 32:55 NYDIG & Caruso buyout 36:09 Ai energy bottleneck 41:00 Hashrate predictions 42:41 Hashrate chart waves

FILL OUT THE MINING POD SURVEY BY CLICKING HERE Welcome back to The Mining Pod! Today, Will, Colin, Matt, and Nick discuss Bitcoin mining's summer slowdown, American Bitcoin's massive 25 EH/s anticipated ramp up, a big week for public miner fundraising, Amazon's $20B Pennsylvania data center investment, institutional ETF flows showing hedge fund exits, and the controversial filter wars dividing Bitcoin's community. Subscribe to our newsletter!  **Notes:** • Hash rate trading 820-930 EH range lately • American Bitcoin raising for $320M U3S21EXPH buy • IREN upsizes convertible note to $500M  • Amazon investing $20B in Pennsylvania • Hedge fund ETT holdings dropped from 122K to 83K BTC in Q1 00:00 Start 01:12 Difficulty Report by Luxor 06:37 American Bitcoin $320M U3S21 Cost 13:40 Fundraising season 23:07 Hedge funds ditched BTC ETFs in Q1 32:08 Amazon going balls deep in PA 37:41 Cry Corner - The Filter Boys Mount UP!

FILL OUT THE MINING POD SURVEY BY CLICKING HERE Welcome back to The Mining Pod! Today, Dipuo Patel, CTO of Soluna, joins us to talk about renewable-powered Bitcoin mining operations, including Soluna's Project Annie - a 75MW solar-powered data center in northeast Texas. We dive into the challenges of behind-the-meter renewable mining, curtailment solutions, production tax credits, and how Bitcoin mining can solve renewable energy's biggest problems. Subscribe to the newsletter! https://newsletter.blockspacemedia.com Notes: - Project Annie: 75MW data center, 140MW solar farm - Texas has massive renewable energy scale - Production tax credits incentivize green energy - Behind-the-meter regulations are complex - Wind farms often run at 30-40% capacity - Battery storage too expensive for Bitcoin mining Timestamps: 00:00 Start 01:51 Green energy 07:34 Behind the meter 10:36 Markets other than Texas 14:01 Renewable energy credits 17:05 Project Annie 19:33 Tax credit rules 26:38 Renewables, AI & uptime 33:16 Owning vs service provider 37:11 Headwinds for renewables 44:43 Batteries

FILL OUT THE MINING POD SURVEY BY CLICKING HERE Welcome back to The Mining Pod! Today, Will, Colin and Matt talk about May mining production numbers from major players like CleanSpark, Riot, and Marathon; the explosive growth of corporate Bitcoin treasury companies following MicroStrategy's playbook; and CoreWeave's $7 billion deal with Applied Digital. Plus, for this week's cry corner, silver just hit a 13-year high, but it's still only up 5% in those 13 years… Subscribe to our newsletter!  **Notes:** • Hash price currently around $52 per petahash/day • CleanSpark mined 694 BTC in May at 45.6 EH/s • Riot sold 500 BTC for $51M operational costs • Marathon holds almost 50,000 Bitcoin treasury • Applied Digital signed $7B, 15-year AI deal • Silver hit $36, highest since February 2012 Timestamps: 00:00 Start 01:08 Difficulty Report by Luxor 06:16 Monthly Production Figures 16:55 Fractal Bitcoin 17:30 The Bitcoin Treasury Movement 24:16 Saylor's copycats fall behind 30:03 Applied Digital and CoreWeave 33:27 Cry Corner - Silver rips higher 37:43 Circle IPO

FILL OUT THE MINING POD SURVEY BY CLICKING HERE Welcome back to The Mining Pod! Today, Tyler Page (CEO) and Chris Totin (CCO) from Cipher Mining join us to talk about their strategic pivot from pure-play bitcoin mining to hybrid approach with AI/HPC data centers, SoftBank's $50M investment, the ins-and-outs of building HPC data centers, and why they're betting big on the convergence of bitcoin mining and artificial intelligence workloads. Subscribe to our newsletter!  **Notes:** • Cipher has 2.7 cents/kWh electricity costs • SoftBank invested $50M in Cipher through private placement • Barber Lake site: 300MW capacity with substation • Texas has 397GW generation in queue over 5 years • Construction workforce growing only 1% annually Timestamps: 00:00 Start 00:33 Intro Tyler 01:44 Intro Chris 03:55 Access to capital 06:43 Debt financing 10:37 Selling BTC for operations 16:29 Barber Lake update 20:24 Agnostic greenfield site design 25:02 HPC vs mining design challenges 31:49 Stingray 34:32 Finding facility buyers 37:01 Softbank 39:47 Greenfield vs retrofit 45:15 Are all miners flipping to HPC? 48:47 Hybrid sites

PortlandHODL explains Bitcoin's most dangerous vulnerability: poison blocks. These malicious blocks can freeze nodes for 11+ hours on Raspberry Pi devices and 25 minutes on enterprise hardware, creating profitable attack opportunities for miners while exposing how relay policy acts as an accidental guardian of the network. Follow our guests: @PortlandHODL Notes: • Poison Blocks (denial of service) • Raspberry Pi validation: 11 hours for poison blocks • Enterprise hardware: 25 minutes validation time   • Attack gives 20% effective hash rate boost • Fix exists in Great Consensus Cleanup • Bitcoin fees currently under $1 Timestamps: 00:00 Start 00:53 Real threats to Bitcoin 04:55 How is block made? 11:46 Nodes & DOS blocks 20:03 Making DOS blocks 29:33 Arch Network 30:05 Miners & DOS blocks 36:46 Attack response time 40:47 Fixing the problem 43:25 Why not fixed yet? 54:12 Client diversity 1:01:11 Other good soft forks 1:05:12 Are you worried? 1:10:03 "Deep Thoughts" by Portland HODL -

FILL OUT THE MINING POD SURVEY BY CLICKING HERE Welcome back to The Mining Pod! Today, Colin and Will are recording from the Las Vegas Bitcoin Conference. They drop in on topics like Bitmain's new Antminer S23 series achieving sub-10 joules per terahash efficiency, Swan's paused lawsuit against former mining employees and contractors, Pakistan's ambitious 2GW allocation announcement, the Trump administration tariff legal battles, and the legendary Skull of Satoshi donation drama. Plus, an update on Cango! Subscribe to our newsletter! **Notes:** • Bitcoin price: $105K, Network Hashrate: 917 EH/s per @luxor • Antminer S23: First sub-10 J/TH efficiency @bitmain • Pakistan allocates 2GW for mining • @Swanbitcoin lawsuit paused by federal judge • Conference grew from 2K to 35K attendees @thebitcoinconference Timestamps: 00:00 Start 01:23 Difficulty Report by @hashrateindex 04:15 Bitmain new models 07:44 Swan court case 12:04 Pakistan mining 13:59 @FractalBitcoin 14:34 Tariffs, tariffs, tariffs 18:38 Cry Corner: The Skull & Ripple 22:07 Cango

FILL OUT THE MINING POD SURVEY BY CLICKING HERE Welcome back to The Mining Pod! Today, Nazar Khan, co-founder of TeraWulf, joins us to talk about the company's move into AI data centers. We talk about the Core42 partnership, breakout costs to build a facility, and their 750MW Lake Mariner site development plans. Subscribe to the newsletter! https://newsletter.blockspacemedia.com Timestamps: 00:00 Start 01:18 Introduction 04:04 Talen & Amazon 09:44 Core 42 12:28 Lake Mariner site 17:04 Memphis XAI site build 18:49 Ordering hardware 24:27 Fractal Bitcoin 25:02 Anchor tenant search 31:59 Build cost 36:46 Water use 38:32 Core 42 details 46:03 BTC mining skepticism 47:29 Managing mining & HPC 53:34 Hiring 55:38 2 technology stacks 57:54 Supply chains 1:01:11 Buildout complications 1:08:26 Core team longevity 1:13:35 Orangpilling Beowulf 1:18:42 UAE

Charlie and Colin reveal the shocking truth about Bitcoin Pizza Day that mainstream media got wrong. Laszlo didn't just spend 10,000 Bitcoin on pizza - he spent nearly 80,000 Bitcoin throughout 2010! We dive deep into how his GPU mining discovery revolutionized Bitcoin, why Satoshi sent him a concerned email, and how this "penance" may have actually saved Bitcoin's decentralization in its early days. **Notes:** • Laszlo spent ~80,000 Bitcoin total on pizza in 2010 • GPU mining was 10x more powerful than CPU mining • Bitcoin hash rate increased 130,000% by end of 2010 • Laszlo had 1-1.5% of entire Bitcoin supply 2009-2010 • His wallet peaked at 43,854 Bitcoin • Total wallet flows were 81,432 Bitcoin Timestamps: 00:00 Start 00:28 Lies, damn lies.. and pizza 02:21 What actually happened 05:46 It's actually WAY MORE than you think 11:15 Arch Network 11:47 Laslo "saved" Bitcoin 19:12 Pizza or penance? -

FILL OUT THE MINING POD SURVEY BY CLICKING HERE You're listening to The Mining Pod. Subscribe to the newsletter, trusted by over 16,000 Bitcoiners Check out our free report on forecasting Bitcoin's hashrate! Welcome back to The Mining Pod! Bitcoin is ripping and just set an all-time high of $112,000. Bitcoin mining stocks are rallying hard in return, and we cover the winners (and laggards) at the top of the show. Plus, company updates on Cango's 18 EH/s expansion and Cipher's $150M convertible note, how Texas is on the cusp of establishing a bitcoin strategic reserve, and Parasite Pool's novel "plebs eat first" payout model. # Notes: • Bitcoin reaches all-time high above $111,000 • Hash price sits at $58/PH/day • Cango exercises 18 EH/s purchase option • Cipher Mining raises $150M convertible note • Network hashrate at 880 EH/s currently Timestamps: 00:00:00:00 Start 00:01:55:11 Hashprice forecast with Luxor 00:04:38:24 Mining Stocks Rip upwards 00:10:39:09 Fractal Bitcoin 00:11:14:07 Cango & Antalpha sale 00:16:55:06 Cipher growing fleet 00:22:56:27 Texas passes first part of SBR 00:26:31:17 New Pleb mining pool

FILL OUT THE MINING POD SURVEY BY CLICKING HERE You're listening to The Mining Pod. Subscribe to the newsletter, trusted by over 16,000 Bitcoiners Check out our free report on forecasting Bitcoin's hashrate! Welcome back to The Mining Pod! Today, Scot Johnson from Digital Shovel joins us from Toronto during Consensus 2025. Digital Shovel manufactures Bitcoin mining containers and electrical infrastructure in Canada. He discusses the impact of Trump's 10% tariffs on bitcoin mining infrastructure, Digital Shovel's plans to open US assembly operations, the company's upcoming gen 3 container design, and their new Blue Ax home miner. # Notes: - Digital Shovel makes vertically integrated mining containers - 10% tariff from US to Canada affecting business - Electrical infrastructure was majority of 2023 sales - Blue Ax home miner launching at $99 - 7.2 TH/s pro version coming July 1st - Newfoundland has 1.9¢/kWh Canadian power Timestamps: 00:00 Start 02:14 What is Digital Shovel? 02:42 General compute infrastructure 03:52 Competing with bigger manufacturers 05:23 AI hardware 06:12 Made in North America 07:51 Adapting to tariffs 08:46 Modular vs permanent buildings 09:50 Example of AI & minings build 12:42 Who's buying? 14:36 Texas market 16:10 New Canadian government 17:28 Tariffs are taxes on business 19:38 Container design changes 21:12 Air vs liquid cooling 21:31 New chip cooling designs 23:33 BluAX 27:27 Canadian facts

Seth for Privacy, VP at Cake Wallet, joins us to discuss the ongoing Samurai Wallet legal case and its implications for Bitcoin privacy. Seth explains how the DOJ's prosecution of Samurai developers threatens the entire crypto privacy landscape, despite FinCEN's admission that self-custodial wallets shouldn't be regulated as money services. He breaks down Bitcoin's current privacy limitations, highlighting promising technologies like Silent Payments and Payjoin V2, while candidly addressing why Monero offers superior privacy by design. Are we re-living through the same cryptography battle we fought in the 90s? Follow our guests: @Sethforprivacy Notes: - Samurai indicted April 24, 2024, despite self-custody - 98% conviction rate in Southern District of NY - DOJ hid key FinCEN evidence from defense - Silent Payments gives one reusable static address - Payjoin V2 coming to Cake Wallet this week - Bitcoin privacy tools fighting transparent design Timestamps 00:00 Start 01:04 Samurai wallet legal case 06:30 Jurisdiction & charges 11:59 How significant is this case? 16:28 Arch Network 17:00 Current privacy on BTC 19:47 Silent payments 21:54 Payjoin V2 24:43 Privacy tech limits of BTC 27:42 Privacy soft forks 32:51 Future of oh-chain privacy 37:31 OP_RETURN debate -

FILL OUT THE MINING POD SURVEY BY CLICKING HERE You're listening to The Mining Pod. Subscribe to the newsletter, trusted by over 16,000 Bitcoiners. Check out our free report on forecasting Bitcoin's hashrate. Welcome back to The Mining Pod! Recording live from Consensus in Toronto, Colin and Will break down American Bitcoin's aspirations to go public via merger with Gryphon Digital. Plus, IREN's $100M tariff spat with U.S. officials, Bitdeer's deployment of SEALMINERs in April., and CleanSpark's bitcoin-option strategy for its latest Bitmain purchase. Subscribe to the newsletter! https://newsletter.blockspacemedia.com # Notes: - Hash rate down to 867 exahashes/second - 2.6% difficulty adjustment expected - Hash price rebounded to $55/PH/day - American Bitcoin merger to go public - IREN facing $100M potential tariff cost - CleanSpark ASIC miner bitcoin option

Check out ⁠our free report on forecasting Bitcoin's hashrate! FILL OUT THE MINING POD SURVEY BY CLICKING HERE You're listening to The Mining Pod. Subscribe to the newsletter, trusted by over 16,000 Bitcoiners: https://newsletter.blockspacemedia.com Welcome to The Mining Pod! Today, Will and Colin dissect Galaxy's report on the crypto lending market. The crypto lending sector crashed 80% after peaking at $64.4 billion in Q4 2021 following failures at Genesis, BlockFi, and Celsius which fissured the lending landscape during bitcoin's 2022 bear market. Since then, DeFi lending has surged 959% to $19.1 billion and has now overtaken centralized lending. Plus, Tether emerged from the bear market as the dominant player in centralized lending, why ASIC-backed loans haven't recovered from 2021's go-go days, and why bitcoin miners will increasingly leverage their HODL to access financing. # Notes: - Crypto lending market: $36.5B in Q4 2024 - DeFi lending grew 959% since Q4 2022 - Tether controls ~70% of centralized lending - ASIC-backed loans collapsed in 2022 - Large miners beginning Bitcoin lending operations - Interest rates lower in DeFi vs. OTC markets 00:00 Start 03:34 Why does lending matter? 05:56 Lender types 07:02 DeFi loan market 08:30 Lending market growth 24:47 Future of the lending market 25:41 Lava 27:02 AAVE 28:22 Interest rates 31:54 Predictions: Miners using BTC as collateral 33:22 Predictions: Rates converging with tradfi 35:10 Predictions: Retail lending products

What started as a technical proposal has exploded into community division, with accusations of "destroying Bitcoin" flying around. The hosts break down what OP_RETURN is, why some devs want to increase its size limit, and why others view it as enabling "spam" on the blockchain. At its core, this fight reveals deeper tensions about who controls Bitcoin's future and what the network should be used for. Notes: - OP_RETURN limit currently set at 83 bytes - Proposal would increase limit to ~1 megabyte - 30-45% of Bitcoin transactions are "non-financial" - Bitcoin Knots node usage has grown to 7-8% - Out-of-band transactions bypass node relay - Core devs facing diminished community trust Timestamps: 00:00:00:00 Start 00:00:36:16 Why's everyone so mad? 00:02:04:14 Claim your bias 00:04:00:03 The backstory 00:08:27:09 Changing the OP_RETRUN limit 00:11:24:06 Post to relax the limit 00:15:39:23 Out of Band payment 00:17:39:06 Standard vs valid consensus 00:19:52:29 What is spam? 00:28:41:05 Arch Network 00:29:13:14 Cons of increasing the limit 00:32:34:25 That's too "woke" bro! 00:35:56:27 Knots -

FILL OUT THE MINING POD SURVEY BY CLICKING HERE You're listening to The Mining Pod. Subscribe to the newsletter, trusted by over 16,000 Bitcoiners: https://newsletter.blockspacemedia.com Welcome back to The Mining Pod! Bitcoin's back above $100k and hashrate is rebounding above 900 EH/s with it. In this week's news roundup, Kelly Greer from Crucible Capital joins to explain trends in the GPU financing and hosting markets – and what ASIC market cycles can tell us about where they might be going. We also cover Alpha's IPO valuation, the Digital Energy Council's push against tariffs on ASIC miners, and how Bitfarms is joining other miners in halting hash expansion to focus on HPC and AI infrastructure builds. Subscribe to the newsletter! https://newsletter.blockspacemedia.com # Notes: - Network hash rate rebounding to ~900 exahashes - GPU rental prices down to $1.45-2.10 per hour - Alpha IPO valued at $250-300 million - Tariffs on ASICs could reach 24-36% - BitFarms halting hash expansion for HPC/AI focus - Trump admin signals support but tariffs persist Timestamps: 00:00 Start 02:33 Difficulty Report Presented By Luxor 04:42 GPU rental, financing landscape is shifting 18:00 Antalpha valuation 23:55 ASIC tariff exclusion 29:00 Bitfarms pauses mining to focus on AI

You're listening to The Mining Pod. Subscribe to the newsletter, trusted by over 15,000 Bitcoiners: https://newsletter.blockspacemedia.com Welcome back to The Mining Pod! Today, Masih Alavi, CEO of ViraMiner, joins us to discuss an overlooked mecca for bitcoin mining: Iran. He estimates that miners in the country operate with just 5 MW of legal, while 2 GW of mining activity hums away in the shadows of basements, offices, and even jewelry stores. Plus, Alavi discusses how Iranian citizens use outdated mining equipment to evade sanctions, convert crypto to USD, and survive capital controls from within and sanctions from without. Alavi explains why the government's hardline stance and tax code pushes miners underground and the ingenious methods Iranians use to hide their operations from authorities. Subscribe to the newsletter! https://newsletter.blockspacemedia.com # Notes: - Only 5MW legal mining vs. 2GW illegal in Iran - Outdated S9 miners still profitable in Iran - Illegal miners caught by authorities - High tariffs push miners to operate illegally - 18 million Iranians own crypto assets - Iran Bitcoin hashrate dropped 10-15% during protests Timestamps: 00:00 Start 01:47 Mashi background 07:03 Mining ETH 07:37 ViraMiners 08:11 BTC mining in Iran 10:09 Illegal mining operations 13:33 Mining with older hardware 14:14 Electrical tariffs 17:49 Industrial scale mining 21:16 Exchanges or under the table 30:21 Obtaining hardware 32:41 Legal routes for hardware? 38:52 IP logging with pools 42:41 Hashrate waiting to come online

Arizona has taken the lead in the race to establish a strategic Bitcoin reserve, with two bills passing through the legislature and now awaiting the governor's signature. These bills would allow the state to hold and buy Bitcoin and other digital assets with up to 10% allocation. The hosts dissect the different approaches states are taking, from Texas's expert advisory committee structure to New Hampshire and North Carolina's advancing legislation. With 40 strategic Bitcoin reserve bills filed across the US, and states navigating custody options, yield strategies, and political roadblocks, the Bitcoin state race is heating up! Notes: - Arizona passed two SBR bills awaiting governor's signature - 40 SBR bills filed across US states, 6 are dead - Texas bill allows up to 1% of general fund for Bitcoin - Arizona bills allow up to 10% allocation to Bitcoin - $500B minimum market cap requirement in Texas bill - Oklahoma bill failed in committee by one vote (6-5) Follow our guests: @cbspears @asilayhodling @btcszn2 Timestamps: 00:00 Start 00:32 Arizona SBR vote 08:42 State custody 11:50 Arch Network 12:22 Not your keys, not your strategic reserve 15:28 Other states drafting Bitcoin laws 16:51 Texas bill 20:31 Market cap provisions 25:31 Alabama 27:19 Fails: Oklahoma 32:08 Fails: Pennsylvania -

FILL OUT THE MINING POD SURVEY BY CLICKING HERE You're listening to The Mining Pod. Subscribe to the newsletter, trusted by over 15,000 Bitcoiners: https://newsletter.blockspacemedia.com Welcome to The Mining Pod News Roundup! The gang breaks down Tether's latest foray into the bitcoin mining sector as it seeks a $25M stake in AntAlpha, Galaxy's CoreWeave deal expanding to a total of 393MW, and the dramatic impact of the 2024 halving one year later. Plus, they dive into Cambridge's latest report showing Bitcoin uses 0.5% of total global electricity, and for this week's cry corner: the contentious proposal to abolish the OP_RETURN data limit. # Notes: - Bitcoin price approaching $97,000 - 100 EH/s hash rate disappeared recently - 40% difficulty increase post-halving - Tether eyeing $25M stake in Ant Alpha IPO - Galaxy secured additional 260MW from Helios - Bitcoin uses 0.5% of total global electricity Timestamps: 00:00 Start 07:51 Tether Antalpha stake 12:21 Galaxy + CoreWeave + AI 20:01 1-year after the halving 29:35 Cambridge Report: Miners Turn to Renewables 35:47 Cry corner: OP_RETURN wars

FILL OUT THE MINING POD SURVEY BY CLICKING HERE You're listening to The Mining Pod. Subscribe to the newsletter, trusted by over 15,000 Bitcoiners: https://newsletter.blockspacemedia.com Welcome to The Mining Pod! Today, Christian Lopez, Head of Digital Assets at Cohen and Company Capital Markets, joins us to break down Bitcoin mining's ever-shifting capital market landscape. Lopez explains why there's currently a glut of mining sites on the market, why private miners struggle to secure funding, and why the HPC/AI retrofit narrative is more complex than it seems. We also discuss how potential tariffs might affect mining operations, why Bitcoin mining stocks are correlating differently with Bitcoin than in previous cycles, and the evolving relationship between Bitcoin miners and institutional investors. - 1.5GW of mining sites currently for sale - Private miners face nearly impossible fundraising - Site retrofits for HPC require total rebuilds - Hash rate correlation with BTC price declining - Tariffs may increase CapEx by 10-30% - Hyperscalers want 150MW+ sites near major cities Timestamps: 00:00 Start 01:47 Current market for miners 04:22 M&A landscape 11:42 Fractal 12:04 AI & HPC hype 14:27 Raising capital right now 17:59 Is retrofitting real? 21:36 Tariffs 26:16 Is capital chasing AI instead of mining?

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FILL OUT THE MINING POD SURVEY BY CLICKING HERE Welcome to The Mining Pod! In this episode, the team discusses recent Bitcoin mining trends including a projected 8% difficulty decrease, fee revenue rebounding to 3.3% of block rewards, and major loans from Coinbase and Matrixport to miners amid ATM market hesitancy. They analyze the curious case of $2.7M in stolen Bitcoin miners (many outdated S9s) intercepted at LAX, customs control gaming allegations, and tariff implications for ASIC importation. The highlight is a lively debate on the top 5 moments in Bitcoin mining history, with strong disagreements about whether mining pools deserve a spot! Subscribe to the newsletter! https://newsletter.blockspacemedia.com # Notes: • Bitcoin hash rate down ~100 EH/s from April peak • Transaction fees rebounding to 3.3% of block rewards • $2.7M in stolen ASIC miners intercepted at LAX • AnAlpha IPO filing with 1.63B in outstanding loans • ASIC miners classified under tariff code 8543 • AnAlpha's US customer base dropped from 25% to 6.9% Timestamps: 00:00 Start 00:13 Luxor Difficulty Report 06:21 LAPD Finds Millions in Stolen S9s 08:37 Sneaking ASICs into the US? 12:19 Tariffs again.... 15:35 Fractal Bitcoin 16:11 Top 5 Bitcoin Mining Moments in History 31:26 Antalpha's IPO 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! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices