POD256 - 002. Miner capitulation and Compute North bankruptcy, Difficulty down 7.3%, Mining issues in Texas, Nuclear: is it a LARP?, Is ESG finally dead?

This week’s guests:

Tom Masiero & Marty Bent - Standard Bitcoin

In this episode, we cover:

• Standard Bitcoin’s backstory
• Miner capitulation and bankruptcy
• Issues with ERCOT and mining in Texas
• Is mining with nuclear energy a LARP?
• Is ESG finally dead?
• And a lot more…

Resources:

Crypto Miner Marathon Digital Taps Advisers as It Weighs Compute North Bid: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-12-07/miner-marathon-digital-eyes-compute-north-assets-hires-advisers

A Row Erupts Over Texas’ Bold Bitcoin Battery Plan: https://www.wired.com/story/bitcoin-texas-power-grid/

Drew Armstrong Twitter thread: https://twitter.com/btc_buddhist/status/1596532189025665024

Marty Bent on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MartyBent

Standard Bitcoin on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheStandardBTC

Rod @bitkite on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bitkite

POD256 on Twitter: https://twitter.com/pod256