Colin Harper is a veteran Bitcoin journalist, who is known for the well-researched articles that he wrote for Coin Central, Bitcoin Magazine, Compass Mining, and Blockspace Media. More recently, he became the co-host of the Blockspace Podcast.

In this episode, we talk about Colin's insights into Bitcoin mining, the relevance of the recently-revealed Epstein files, and his approach to doing journalism.

Time stamps:

00:01:12 Reminiscing Berlin & Early Bitcoin Conferences

00:02:17 Marxism, Socialism, and Bitcoin’s Political Spectrum

00:04:00 Bitcoin’s Current State & Market Sentiment

00:06:48 Four-Year Cycle & Institutional Adoption

00:07:54 Global Macroeconomics & Liquidity Issues

00:09:43 Quantum Computing Threats & Upcoming OP_NEXT Conference

00:11:52 Exponential Technologies & Market Perception

00:13:38 Braiins BMM & Hashpower

00:15:06 Cloud Mining & Hash Power Marketplace

00:17:33 Mining Revenue, Hash Price, and Market Trends

00:18:20 Block Space Podcast Evolution & US Mining Shift

00:20:20 US Power Grid, Renewables, and Mining Economics

00:24:49 Public Miners, Shareholder Duties, and ASIC Depreciation

00:27:49 Mining Revenue, Ordinals, and Layer 2s

00:38:41 Stablecoins, Bitcoin’s Use Case, and Payments

00:45:42 Paper Bitcoin Summer & Treasury Companies

00:48:04 Treasury Company Capital Structures & Market Impact

00:58:08 Michael Saylor, Leverage, and Market Psychology

01:03:38 Epstein Files, Bitcoin Developers, and MIT Media Lab

01:16:51 Epstein, Block Size Wars, and Regulatory Influence

01:19:48 Closing Remarks & Podcast Plugs