Crypto Mining Tools Podcast

Apolline Blandin currently leads the cryptocurrency and blockchain research programme at the Centre for Alternative Finance, a research centre at the University of Cambridge. With her team, she's been conducting research on the cryptoasset ecosystem, producing an annual report called the "Global Cryptoasset Benchmarking Study". This study is based on non-publicly available data directly collecting data from companies and individuals operating in the cryptoasset industry. She also co-authored a report of the regulatory landscape of the cryptoasset ecosystem, a conceptual framework and comparative analysis of regulators' response to the emergence of cryptocurrencies. Most recently, they released the "Cambridge Bitcoin Electricity Consumption Index", a live real-time estimate of the amount of electricity consumed by the Bitcoin network. The purpose of this project was to bring nuances in the ongoing debate about Bitcoin's footprint.

https://blog.cryptomining.tools/2020/04/029-apolline-blandin-crypto-mining-tools-podcast/

Pop Adrian joins us on today's episode of Crypto Mining Tools. He started from humble beginnings in 2013 when he was just an everyday miner with 1 GPU rig. Today, Adrian is maintaining BlockChain Host, the largest Bitcoin mining facility in Eastern Europe. He operates the 63MW/h facility that is located in Romania. Adrian is also working on a video tutorial blog about Bitcoin and is educating many people about his journey.

https://blog.cryptomining.tools/2020/04/028-pop-adrian-crypto-mining-tools-podcast/

Tony Gertz works for a private company as a disaster planning consultant. He first became involved in cryptocurrency mining in the later half of 2012. He began his hobby, which later transformed into a part-time side gig, with 2 Butterfly Labs FPGAs and some GPU-based Litecoin mining rigs. Since then, he has upscaled his bookshelf operation to over 50 ASICs at various colocation facilities across the country. Throughout the growth of his mining company he has experienced the numerous ups and downs that have plagued the cryptocurrency community. Of most recent note has been his difficulties in selecting dedicated, competent, and experienced colocation facilities to host his miners.

https://blog.cryptomining.tools/2020/04/026-tony-gertz-crypto-mining-tools-podcast/

JP Baric is the founder and CEO of MiningStore, a well-established technology company that hosts cryptocurrency miners. JP became interested in cryptocurrency as a freshman in high school and by his junior year was mining on a large-scale. In 2015 he launched MiningStore and quickly built a reputation for manufacturing some of the highest-quality rigs on the market. Today, JP is one of the leading experts on cryptocurrency mining and is a frequent guest and contributor on industry-leading outlets. He regularly consults with Fortune 500 companies on high-value projects and has developed large-scale commercial mining facilities.

https://blog.cryptomining.tools/2020/04/025-jp-baric-crypto-mining-tools-podcast/

Chase Blackmon is CTO and Co-Founder of Immersion Systems. After 16 years of many successful ventures, he decided to refocus his efforts away from field work and more towards his true passion, technology. Nathan Nichols is the VP & Head of Business Development at the company. Chase & Nathan will discuss their work with immersion cooling and how this technology can reduce costs while increasing the hash rate of miners efficiently, resulting in a longer equipment life-span as well.

https://blog.cryptomining.tools/2020/04/024-chase-nathan-crypto-mining-tools-podcast/

In mid April, we will have Jimmy Thommes of Bit Capital Group on the podcast. Jimmy is a lawyer turned crypto miner from Chicago Illinois. He operates a GPU-based compute cluster in central Washington state. Jimmy wants to build GPU farms for the purpose of performing live video transcoding, machine learning, and other computational heavy tasks with cryptocurrency mining as the backup plan. He is currently exploring the re-purposing of his farm for COVID-19 research (for example: folding@home). On this episode, we will also discuss the Ethereum ProgPoW debate a little too.

https://blog.cryptomining.tools/2020/03/019-jimmy-thommes-crypto-mining-tools-podcast/

On Friday, April 10, we will have Saqib Alam as a guest on our podcast. Saqib is an avid spec miner since 2016 when he started building a small mining farm with GPU rigs he made using off the shelf parts. He has endured the roller coaster ride of the 2017 bull run and the impending bear markets of the years following. Saqib has continued his journey by working for various companies in the crypto space such as Atheneum and Unigrid. Recently, he has become an integral part of the Crypto Mining Tools team as a broker and web projects administrator.

Lea is the founder of 'Girl Gone Crypto' and a blockchain media & content specialist. She makes videos about blockchain for both nerds and normies alike. Lea is passionate about advancing the space by connecting everyday users to blockchain powered applications by focusing on projects that increase crypto adoption. She has an interesting 'entry into crypto' story to share with us on this episode.

https://blog.cryptomining.tools/2020/03/021-lea-thompson-crypto-mining-tools-podcast/

Jan Čapek of Braiins & Slush Pool will be a guest on the Crypto Mining Tools Podcast tomorrow at 1pm CST. Participate in the live recording with your questions and comments about their new BOSminer with Stratum V2 implementation. From a literal back-of-a-napkin concept to a full-featured CGminer alternative, BOSminer is a new standard for mining software written in Rust language. BOSminer is a full-featured CGminer replacement made by Braiins.

http://blog.cryptomining.tools/2020/03/023-jan-capek-crypto-mining-tools-podcast/

On this episode, we will interview Kevin Shaw of Omega Power Solutions. Kevin has worked for the State of California and has 17 years of experience in the tax & accounting field. He will share how he got started in his crypto mining journey two years ago looking for power at 5 cents per kWh for $250k per MW up front to now sourcing power at 4 cents per kWh for half the capex requirement. Like a true weekend warrior, around 9 months ago he started to work on a specific location in Georgia, USA. Working on the project only 1 day per week up to this point, he is now close to finalizing the power contract and might be up and running within 2 months after signing. We will discuss the process Kevin went through to find the best place to open a datacenter/crypto mining company and other topics that crypto mining entrepreneurs will find interesting, such as putting certain tax advantages to good use.

http://blog.cryptomining.tools/2020/03/020-kevin-shaw-crypto-mining-tools-podcast/