Month: September 2024

Colin and Matt cover a motley of news items including Hut 8’s U3S21EXPH partnership with Bitmain, Bhutan’s fat bitcoin stacks, why Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is bullish on bitcoin mining, and Trump’s historic bitcoin purchase. 

Welcome back to The Mining Pod! For this week’s news roundup, the crew dives into Hut 8’s partnership with Bitmain on the manufacturer’s new hydro-cooled ASIC model, the U3S21EXPH. Matt also gives everyone a geography lesson with his overview of Bhutan and its hoard of 13,011 BTC worth $780 million, the fourth largest BTC reserve of any nation, and Colin covers Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s letter to the editor in the Economist in which he defends Bitcoin mining for its utility as a flexible load for renewable energy. Plus, a former President, a bitcoin mining CEO, and a pub owner walk into a bar, and everyone leaves with a burger paid in bitcoin (yes, every outlet has covered this story, but we are too). And finally in this week’s cry corner, the unfortunate story of a Norwegian town whose residents will pay more for power after a bitcoin mine ceased operations. 

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Timestamps:

00:00 Start

01:38 Difficulty update

03:36 Fractal fees

07:23 Hut 8 and Bitmain ASIC partnership

12:50 Bhutan got them bags!

19:19 RFK Economist letter to the editor

23:12 Trump's Bitcoin Burger

29:32 Cry Corner: Norwegian energy costs rise

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Alabama

• Sen. Tuberville calls Kamala Harris first "AI" candidate compared to Trump
• Lt. Gov. Ainsworth sends letter to DHS to end the CHNV Parole Program
• Mayor of Enterprise reveals his city is getting Haitian migrants too
• John Wahl voted in as Chairman of the AL Public Library Service
• Over 20 students now charged in AL for terroristic threats to schools 
• Trump confirms he plans to attend 9/28 football game in Tuscaloosa

National

• Former Border agent blows whistle on Biden/Harris border coverup
• FL congressman says at least 5 assassination teams sent to get Trump
• FL governor DeSantis says Feds are not cooperating with Trump case
• Some AZ Trump rally attenders have eye/face burns following that event
• 7 Directors at 23 & Me resign suddenly re: strategic direction of company
• Brazilians still able to access X due to workaround on IP address