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Gwart joins us to talk about the collapse of crypto's "public goods" era and why the revenue meta is taking over. We dive deep into the fat protocol thesis, why DAOs failed, the difference between Bitcoin and crypto, and how builders are finally focusing on sustainable businesses instead of token hacking.

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**NOTES:**

• Pump.fun crossed hundreds of millions in revenue

• Fat protocol thesis originated 2016-2017

• iPhone example: $1,000 vs theoretical $10,000

• Uniswap has fee switch but hasn't turned it on

• Thread guy has 5% Bitcoin portfolio allocation

• Bitcoin could 10x in next five years

Timestamps:

00:00 Start

01:59 Bitcoin vs Crypto

06:08 What does Gwart "believe" in?

08:33 Revenue Meta & Fat Protocol Thesis

13:36 Interpreting the Fat Protocol Thesis

19:25 Analogies to Linux, etc

27:18 Is the DAO dead?

31:27 Devs

37:35 Creators of the Revenue delusion

40:46 Are stonks the new tokens?

45:01 Solana maxi

50:22 Real World Assets ;P

53:10 Minting new BTC maxis

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Welcome back to The Mining Pod! Today, Ben Harper from Luxor Technology joins us to discuss CoreWeave's $9 billion acquisition of Core Scientific, IREN’s $130 million Nvidia GPU purchase, hashprice hitting $60 for the first time since February, summer hashrate curtailment, and why transaction fees are so low. Plus, why Bit Digital and BIT Mining are becoming altcoin treasury companies. 

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**Notes:**

• CoreWeave to acquire Core Scientific for ~$9 billion

• Hash price reaches $60 per terahash per day

• Bitcoin fees in sats/vb lowest since March 2012

• IREN purchases 2,400 Nvidia Blackwell GPUs

• Difficulty adjustment expected +7.3%

• Bit Digital pivots to Ethereum treasury

Timestamps:

00:00 Start

01:50 Difficulty Report by Luxor

06:00 CRWV < > CORZ deal

15:20 Fractal Bitcoin

16:00 IREN Blackwell purchase

22:14 Transaction update,

26:04 Hashrate Futures contracts

35:52 Bit Digital/BIT Mining Pivots

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Welcome back to The Mining Pod! Today, Colin and Will break down CoreWeave's meteoric rise to a $75+ billion valuation and why Bitcoin miners like Core Scientific, Galaxy Digital, and Applied Digital are all racing to partner with AI cloud providers. We explore CoreWeave’s neocloud business model, GPU economics vs bitcoin mining profitability, and what this means for the future of the mining industry.

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**Notes:**

• CoreWeave valued at $75B+ (12x revenue multiple)

• 72% of Q1 revenue came from Microsoft/OpenAI

• CoreWeave manages 250,000+ GPUs globally

• $15B+ in contracted revenue secured

Timestamps:

00:00 Start

04:05 Coreweave overview

07:40 Neocloud

10:28 Other Neocloud providers

12:49 Oracle, OpenAI & Stargate

16:20 Crusoe

17:58 Hyperscaler street cred

21:08 Energy pipeline

26:53 Revenue

32:51 Capex vs revenue

38:03 GPU lifespan

41:58 Bull vs Bear

49:00 Partner concentration

Article links:

https://mattturck.com/coreweave/

https://research.artemis.xyz/p/coreweave-fundamental-deep-dive

https://www.mostlymetrics.com/p/coreweave-ipo-s1-breakdown

https://research.artemis.xyz/p/coreweave-fundamental-deep-dive

https://www.mostlymetrics.com/p/coreweave-ipo-s1-breakdown

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AI hyperscaler CoreWeave (CRWV) announced today that it will acquire Core Scientific (CORZ) in an all-stock deal valued at approximately $9 billion. We react on the news!

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Colin and Charlie dive deep into the Nakamoto Project's groundbreaking survey revealing what the average American really thinks about Bitcoin. From surprising ownership demographics to political shifts and moral foundations, this data challenges everything you think you know about who owns Bitcoin and why.

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Welcome back to The Mining Pod! Today, Colin and Matt are joined by Ethan Vera, the COO of Luxor Technology, to talk about Hut 8's 205 MW Vega facility and its 310 MW deal to deliver electricity to Ontario. Plus, American Bitcoin's $220 million fundraise, an ASIC market update, Tether's surprise mining expansion into Brazil, and how just four public companies now control nearly a quarter of Bitcoin's total hash rate.

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**Notes:**

• Difficulty dropped 7.48% after US heat wave

• American Bitcoin raised $220M private placement

• Hut 8 secured 310MW deal with Ontario to supply electricity via natural gas plant

• Four miners control 200+ exahashes (~20% network)

• ASIC prices are decoupling from hashprice movements 

• Tether goes in on mining venture in Brazil

Timestamps:

00:00 Start

02:00 Difficulty Report by Luxor

05:32 Hut 8 energizes Vega

06:22 Hut 8 310 MW electricity deal in Ontario

13:57 American Bitcoin raises $220M 

18:22 ASIC market update with Ethan

26:33 Antminer S23 market

31:07 China ban reverse rumors

32:09 Tether in Brazil

38:20 50 EH/s club

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Welcome back to The Mining Pod! Today, Brian Wright, co-head of mining data centers at Galaxy Digital joins us to talk about their massive pivot from bitcoin mining to HPC at the Helios facility. We dive into the company’s CoreWeave partnership, scaling from 200MW to a potential 2.5GW, Texas grid dynamics, and transforming rural Dickens County's economy through data center development.

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**Notes:**

• 393MW Core Weave deal worth $900M annually

• $11-13M per MW retrofit costs vs bitcoin mining

• 2.5GW potential campus capacity planned

• 800MW currently approved by Ercot

• 80% loan-to-cost financing structure

• 15-year guaranteed lease agreement signed

Timestamps:

00:00 Start

01:48 Core Scientific & Coreweave

03:45 Potential Coreweave acquisitions

05:29 Helios pivot to AI

11:52 Site conversion plans

13:29 What's unique about Helios?

15:51 Fractal Bitcoin

17:35 AI accelerating building?

18:39 Financing

20:26 AI vs mining

22:26 Who pays for retrofit?

25:57 Transition

28:04 Tenants

29:25 Dickens County

31:55 Employee incomes & training

35:01 Politics

36:19 Texas bill SB6

37:15 Interconnect queue

38:26 Fiber line infrastructure

40:02 Can other miners pivot to AI?

41:52 Ending curtailment due to AI

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Welcome back to The Mining Pod! Today, Luxor CEO Nick Hansen joins Colin to talk about CoreWeave’s bombshell proposal to acquire Core Scientific, Riot selling off part of its stake in Bitfarms at a 59% haircut, a new Texas law forcing data center curtailment during grid emergencies, and why Bitcoin's hash rate drop wasn't caused by US strikes on Iran (spoiler: it was just really hot outside).

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**Notes:**

• CoreWeave-Core Scientific deal: $4-6B+ estimated

• Riot sells part of its Bitfarms stake

• Hash rate dropped from 944 to 808 EH/s

• 7% difficulty adjustment coming (potentially largest since Dec 2022)

• Texas projects 138GW load by 2030 vs 87GW today

• Hashprice currently around $54-56/day

Timestamps:

00:00 Start

02:26 Difficulty Report by Luxor

06:20 CoreWeave to buy Core Scientific

16:41 Riot sells Bitfarms Shares

22:44 US hashrate peak?

25:37 Texas curtailment bill

32:25 Cry Corner: Iran Strikes

37:02 Zetahash inbound?

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Welcome back to The Mining Pod! Today, Brandon Bailey of Second Gate Advisory joins Will to talk about Bitcoin ATMs, an overlooked Bitcoin business model with massive potential. In Q1 2025, Bitcoin Depot generated $164.2M in revenue, a 19% increase year-over-year, while outperforming miners in cash flow per unit. We explore why physical ATMs matter in a digital world, expansion opportunities, and how this could be the next big Bitcoin treasury play.

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**Notes:**

• Bitcoin Depot: $333.1M revenue, +92% YoY

• 30,000 Bitcoin ATMs vs 500K traditional ATMs  

• ATMs generate $30-40/day vs miners $10-11/day

• 4% of Americans (5.6M people) are unbanked

• Average transaction size around $300

• 1,300 reserve machines ready for deployment

Timestamps:

00:00:00:00 Start

00:01:33:16 Report overview

00:02:48:20 Bitcoin Depot financials

00:05:30:06 Other BTC treasury companies

00:08:52:26 Colorado Air Filter

00:10:57:14 Increasing revenue multiple

00:13:30:08 ATM business history

00:15:03:16 Stablecoins

00:16:37:26 Fractal Bitcoin

00:17:12:25 Physical cash economy

00:19:33:22 Why haven't traditional ATMs added BTC?

00:21:10:20 Per machine cashflows

00:25:27:09 Expansion opportunity

00:31:00:10 Coinflip

00:33:06:11 Wrap up

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Welcome back to The Mining Pod! Today, Haley Thomson from Luxor Technology joins Will and Colin to discuss how Texas bitcoin miners are adapting to 4CP, peak load occurrences in the ERCOT system. On the news front, the trio covers US-listed public miners reaching a record 31.6% of Bitcoin's hashrate, Antalpha's stellar Q1, and growing concerns about whether or not the growing corporate treasury strategy trend is becoming a bubble.

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**Notes:**

• US miners hit 31.6% network hash rate record

• Antalpha's loan book grew to $1.77B in Q1

• Texas miners represent 15-20% global hash rate

• Hash prices just above $50 per petahash/day

• 3.5% of Texas peak load is flexible mining

Timestamps:

00:00 Start

02:05 Difficulty Report by Luxor

06:09 Antalpha lending book & Tether

11:47 Fractal Bitcoin

12:24 ERCOT electricity market

26:07 JP Morgan report

35:39 Corporate crypto treasury bubble

44:08 Cry Corner: Semler Scientific Warning Sign

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