James Macedonio, Blockstream’s Global Head of Mining and Business Development, joins Host Spencer Nichols to talk about the state of the bitcoin mining industry, his outlook on the bitcoin price and the potential SEC approval of a Spot ETF. James also discusses Blockstream’s latest product, the BASIC Note, and their forthcoming ASIC rig set to launch in 2024. Enjoy this discussion!

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Mining Industry Braces For The Halving | James Macedonio, Blockstream

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Join host Spencer Nichols for an exclusive interview with Nangeng Zhang (NG), the Founder and CEO of Canaan Inc., the firm behind the world's first bitcoin mining ASIC.


NG reviews what led to the development of first bitcoin mining ASIC, its impact on the growth of the industry, as well as developing trends in the chip design and ASIC efficiency landscape.


This episode covers themes in environmental sustainability, the regulatory landscape and physics-based constraints in the context of Moore's Law. NG walks listeners through a high-level view of the state of the mining industry.


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Canaan CEO: The Next Wave of Bitcoin Mining Efficiency Is Coming

MicroStrategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor and Head of Investor Relations Shirish Jajodia take the stage on Bitcoin Magazine Twitter Spaces to discuss the state of corporate Bitcoin adoption as well as the upcoming Bitcoin for Corporations Conference, May 1-2 in Las Vegas, NV.


The pair discuss the Bitcoin regulatory landscape as well as general interest from enterprise and institutional firms to integrate bitcoin as an treasury reserve asset, AND leveraging Lightning and higher Bitcoin layers for business applications.


Watch the Bitcoin for Corporations Livestream Day 1 on the Bitcoin Magazine YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwqLXaYoavE


Read more about the event: https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/microstrategy-to-host-bitcoin-for-corporations-conference-pioneering-bitcoin-adoption


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Spencer Nichols (https://twitter.com/DeSpencer_)
Frank Corva (https://twitter.com/frankcorva)
Dylan LeClair (https://twitter.com/DylanLeClair_)


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Michael Saylor and Shirish Jajodia: Bitcoin for Corporations

Jessy Gilger (CFP) joins the Bitcoin Magazine podcast to discuss financial planning through the Bitcoin lens. Jessy is a Senior Advisor at Sound Advisory, a financial advisory firm for the Bitcoin era.

Jessy and host Spencer Nichols discuss how Bitcoin factors into a financial strategy, the basics of financial planning, and how to optimize tax strategy when holding bitcoin for the long term.

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The Bitcoiner’s Financial Planning Crash Course: Risk, Taxes and Retirement

Bitcoin Season 2 is here and ready to bring Bitcoin adjacent developer talent back to Bitcoin. Today’s episode of Bitcoin Magazine Twitter Spaces features the Marathon Digital Holdings Team to discuss their recently unveiled multi-chain layer-two network Anduro.
Anduro is a platform built on the Bitcoin network that allows for the creation of multiple sidechains, providing a new avenue for innovation within the Bitcoin ecosystem. While Marathon has helped incubate Anduro, the network is intended to be community-led and community-driven. The network is designed to systematically integrate decentralized governance, with a focus on becoming the most reliable, developer-centric Bitcoin layer-two.
Marathon is already developing the first two sidechains on Anduro, Coordinate and Alys, which can be further developed by open-source contributors. These chains demonstrate Anduro’s flexible programmability.
Guests:
Shinobi Technical Editor, Bitcoin Magazine (https://twitter.com/brian_trollz)
Allen Helm, Director of Account Services, Bitcoin Magazine (https://twitter.com/AllenHODL)
Jullian Duran, Product Lead, MARA (https://twitter.com/jullian0701)
Alexei Zamyatin, Co-Founder, Build on Bob
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Bitcoin has broken its all-time high for the first time before the halving, eclipsing $69,300. Now the question is, where do we go from here? Tune in for another episode of Bitcoin Magazine Twitter Spaces with the team at Nitrobetting to hear more about the Bitcoin Halving Challenge and how to enter to win your share of a 1 Bitcoin prize pool for guessing the price of Bitcoin at the halving.

Guests:
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Mining Industry Braces For The Halving | James Macedonio, Blockstream

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