Apollin Blandin is the Cryptocurrency Research Lead for the University of Cambridge's Center for Alternative Finance.  She joins us to discuss her team's comprehensive study on the bitcoin mining industry.  We unpack their methodology, how the global landscape for mining is maturing, and where she feels we may see new industry growth in the coming years.

Read CCAF's 3rd Global Cryptoasset Benchmarking Study here

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On today's episode of the HASHR8 podcast I'm joined by NICO from BitVolt. NICO has a facility in Venezuela and his tweet about moving operations back down to Venezuela now that the country has opened up a bit about Bitcoin mining really sparked this conversation. NICO has some unique perspectives and this was a great conversation. 

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On today's episode I'm joined by Taras Kulyk, Senior Vice President, Blockchain Business Development at Core Scientific. Taras previously has a ton of experience in scaling massive mining facilities across the world. Taras explains his backstory and how he got into Bitcoin mining through investment banking, covering traditional mining (gold, silver, iron ore).  It was great to get to chat with him and get his unique perspective on Bitcoin mining.

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Matt joins us to discuss his resent research piece on the impact Bitcoin's Halving will have on miners and when/ how certain operations will be forced to capitulate based on declining profits due to bitcoin's price action.  He also shares his insights on why he feels the US will come out of the current global crisis just as strong as when it all started.

Blockware Solutions, LLC is a Blockchain Infrastructure Company and Network Advisory Firm. An Industry leader in Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency mining services including hardware procurement, mining rig colocation, as well as professional Mining & Staking Pool operations.  For more inforamtion visit https://www.blockwaresolutions.com.

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HASHR8 OS is a Linux-based operating system designed to help you increase the efficiency of your mining machines and maximize your overall profitability.  Now with ASIC and GPU support, HASHR8 OS provides the best experience in crypto mining, allowing you to manage your facility from any mobile device.

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About our sponsor:  Luxor Technology is North America's largest mining pool.  With a focus on enterprise solutions and an intense focus on customer experience, they provide a premier mining pool platform for bitcoin and altcoin miners.  Visit them today at https://luxor.tech, and follow them on Twitter @LuxorTechTeam.

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Three of the most important voices in Bitcoin join us to discuss: the quarantine's affect on global mining operations, institutional interest as The Halving approaches, can anyone compete with Bitmain and MicroBT, which exciting trends will have the greatest impact on mining in the next year?

Wolfie Zhao is a part of CoinDesk's editorial team and focuses many of his articles on Chinese bitcoin mining.  Read his recent work here: https://www.coindesk.com/author/wolfiez

Christopher Bendiksen is Head of Research for CoinShares, Europe's largest Digital Asset Manager.  You can ready Christopher's latest article and learn more about CoinShares here: https://coinsharesgroup.com/insights/why-bitcoin-miners-will-keep-mining

Matthew D'Souza is the Co-founder and CEO of Blockware Solutions, a Blockchain Infrastructure Company and Network Advisory Firm. Read Matt's recent research piece here: https://www.blockwaresolutions.com/research-and-publications/2020-halving-analysis

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HASHR8 OS is mining as it should be. Take complete complete control of your mining operations today at https://os.hashr8.com

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About our sponsor:  Luxor Technology is North America's largest mining pool.  With a focus on enterprise solutions and an intense focus on customer experience, they provide a premier mining pool platform for bitcoin and altcoin miners.  Visit them today at https://mining.luxor.tech, and follow them on Twitter @LuxorTechTeam.

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On today's episode I am joined by repeat guest Kristy-Leigh Minehan. You guys hit me up in the DMs and requested to have Kristy back on the show so she can share her valuable insights on Bitcoin and cryptocurrency mining. Kristy was gracious enough to oblige and join me for this recording. We get into a number of different topics including ETH 2.0,  the future outlook for ASIC manufacturing, and the ongoing debate between high performance computing vs. bitcoin mining.  This was a great conversation and I hope you enjoy it as much as I did!

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On today's episode I'm joined by Guillermo Ruiz Herniaz, a Bitcoin miner who has experience mining in Kuwait, Kazakhstan, and now is looking to open a mining facility in Paraguay.  It's not often that I get to chat with people that have such diverse mining experience, in that he's mined in three completely different regions of the world with their own unique challenges and opportunities. Guillermo does an excellent job of laying out the pros and cons of each region. And we go into a lot of detail as to why he has chosen Paraguay for his new facility and why he's excited about the years to come. 

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On today's episode I'm joined by SJ Oh of OSL and also his new venture Pow.re. SJ has been on the show before and if you're interested in his story you can check out his previous episode.  Instead I wanted to discuss a little bit of what he's been working on at OSL  and also everything that Pow.re has in the works, especially around scaling of their facility in Canada and the hashrate clearinghouse they are working on. 

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On today's episode of the HASHR8 Podcast, I'm joined by Philip Salter, Head of Operations at Genesis Mining.  Genesis is one of the largest players in the mining game and Philip has been with them for a very long time. It was awesome to be able to get his unique insight on some interesting mining topics such as cloud mining, hosting, ETH mining, scaling mining operations in different countries, and the differences between GPUs, ASICs, and FPGAs. If you enjoy this episode please give us a like and consider sharing it with a friend!  

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