POD256 - 003. Public miners against the ropes, ESG anti-Bitcoin narrative undermined by proof-of-work, Mining-based efficiency innovations, Difficulty headed back up

This week’s guest:

Colin Harper, Writer and Researcher - Luxor Technologies

In this episode, we cover:

• Public miners facing debt difficulties
• Miners continuing to be poor
• Bitcoin mining sparking heating innovations and improving residential power cost and accessibility
• The balance between renewable, sustainable, and fossil fuel power
• And a lot more…

Resources:

Bitcoin Miner Core Scientific Soars After Creditor Offers Capital to Avoid Bankruptcy: https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/stock-market-news-today-12-15-2022/card/bitcoin-miner-core-scientific-soars-after-creditor-offers-capital-to-avoid-bankruptcy-4WM8IKePKXUljmj3E2xx

Compute North bankruptcy info from Epiq: https://dm.epiq11.com/case/computenorthholdings/info

Jaran Mellerud tweet thread on miner bitcoin holdings: https://twitter.com/jmellerud/status/1603408115709394951

Daniel Frumkin tweet thread - “”Time in the market beats timing the market” is true for a lot of things, but not so much for bitcoin mining”: https://twitter.com/dfrumps/status/1603426919084695554

Obi Nwosu tweet - “The ESG anti-Bitcoin mining narrative will be debunked”: https://twitter.com/obi/status/1603395312336474116

ARK Invest bitcoin mining report: https://twitter.com/ARKInvest/status/1601287498159775748

Recycling the warmth of bitcoin mining to grow tulips: https://twitter.com/DocumentingBTC/status/1601999339672535043

We can distill water with bitcoin mining: https://twitter.com/DocumentingBTC/status/1601226407363084289

Tom Masiero on Max Gagliardi podcast: ‎https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/154-capitulation-opportunity/id1542617540?i=1000588529432

Bitcoin Park January 2023 Open House - Mining to the Moon: https://www.meetup.com/bitcoinpark/events/288587964/

Colin Harper on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AsILayHodling

Luxor Mining on Twitter: https://twitter.com/LuxorTechTeam

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