BR013 - Mining Experts Roundtable ft. Steve Barbour & Harry Sudock

I’m joined by guests Steve Barbour & Harry Sudock.

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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