Today we are joined by Jim Seto, CEO of ePIC Blockchain Technologies. We discuss designing the ePIC Blockminer, partnering with Intel and making mining rigs in North America.

https://epicblockchain.io

Jim Seto: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jim-seto-663149a

Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley

SPONSOR

MinerMag is a research and data portal focusing on institutional bitcoin miners, consolidating company-level and network-wise data to produce coherent research articles on the state of bitcoin mining.

https://theminermag.com

TIMESTAMPS:

00:00 Start

01:26 Jim Seto Background

02:35 From chip fabrication to BTC

04:44 What is Epic?

08:19 The semiconductor landscape

13:09 Design vs. chip density

16:01 Nanometer are mostly marketing

19:37 Cost vs efficiency

21:55 Shipping before it's ready

24:03 Epic products

27:38 Intel partnership

30:51 Just buying chip challenges

34:30 Growing in a bear market

38:40 Geopolitics

41:35 Fabricators opinion of BTC mining

MINE

Start mining your own bitcoins with Compass. https://bit.ly/3CehBf1

WATCH https://youtube.com/c/CompassMining?sub_confirmation=1

LISTEN

Apple Podcasts https://apple.co/3fNfrdi

Spotify https://spoti.fi/3tSf9G1

Amazon https://amzn.to/3557cqg

Anchor https://bit.ly/3rmb7UF

Fountain https://bit.ly/3NeNTec

RSS https://bit.ly/3chpULV 

LEARN

Every week, Compass sends a memo to over 18,000 professional miners and investors with the most important news and data in cryptocurrency mining. Get the free newsletter in your inbox too: https://bit.ly/3vOGzxD

FOLLOW

Twitter: https://twitter.com/compass_mining

LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/company/compassmining

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices