In this episode we're joined by Bitcoin Mechanic to talk about how Ocean Mining is revolutionizing the Bitcoin mining pool concept while fighting malicious attacks on Bitcoin through ordinal and inscription spam.  Key Points Discussed: 🔹 Overview of Ocean Mining Pool's mission 🔹 The growing concern of spam on Bitcoin 🔹 Ethical considerations in Bitcoin mining What You Will Discover: 🔹 How Ocean Mining is defending Bitcoin from malicious attacks 🔹 Mechanic's insights on mining dynamics 🔹 Future directions for ethical and effective Bitcoin mining practices Connect with Bitcoin Mechanic and Ocean Mining:  https://twitter.com/GrassFedBitcoin https://ocean.xyz/ Connect with Us: https://www.freedomfootprintshow.com/ https://twitter.com/FootprintShow https://twitter.com/knutsvanholm https://twitter.com/BtcPseudoFinn Thanks to our sponsors - check out there websites for info: AmberApp: https://amber.app/ Wasabi Wallet: https://wasabiwallet.io/ Geyser: https://geyser.fund/ Support the Show: If you value what we do here at the Freedom Footprint Show, consider sending us some value back. You can send us a boost or stream us some sats on Fountain. Check out https://www.fountain.fm/ You can support us directly with Bitcoin on Geyser Fund: https://geyser.fund/project/freedom/ Your engagement helps us keep bringing you the content that empowers and educates on bitcoin and freedom. Let's head towards the orange glowing light together!  Chapters: 0:00 Intro 01:39 Miner Competition Incentives 18:44 FPPS and Mining Pool Payouts 25:13 Being Talked About 28:19 Risk of Mining Centralization 36:13 Wasabi and Censorship 40:05 Ocean and Bitcoin Spam 47:44 The Risk from Ordinals and Inscriptions 58:56 Owning Stars 01:05:21 Satoshis Don't Exist 01:07:51 Scarcity of Block Space 01:12:33 The Attack on Bitcoin 01:16:31 Bitcoin Mechanic's Freedom Footprint  01:23:35 The Ocean Launch 01:25:48 Ocean.xyz 01:40:02 Wrapping Up The Freedom Footprint Show is a Bitcoin podcast hosted by Knut Svanholm and Luke de Wolf. In each episode, we explore everything from deep philosophy to practical tools to emit freedom dioxide to expand your freedom footprint. Join us as we head toward the orange glowing light together!