Welcome back to the Mining Pod! Today we’re joined by Skot, the creator of the open source Bitcoin mining project Bitaxe! Launched a bit over a year ago, Bitaxe is a simple way to bring mining back to the household by taking a chip from state of the art Bitcoin miners like the Bitmain S21 and gluing it with a bunch of other parts into a mini-home miner! We talk with Skot about the origin of the idea, why he wanted to make something like the Bitaxe, the value of home mining and the future of mega miners like Riot, Marathon or others.👉 Get tickets to OP_NEXT by visiting the website! And use discount code OCTOBER to get 25% off at check out!Timestamps:00:00 Start02:10 What's a Bitaxe?05:20 How is it open source?06:15 Salvaging chips10:45 Sourcing components13:11 How are they sold?15:05 Why make the Bitaxe?19:19 Node + Bitaxe?21:04 Increasing collaboration26:42 Pleb mining30:30 The future of mining36:09 Bitaxe timeline36:50 The experience making the Bitaxe42:13 Wrap upPublished twice weekly, "The Mining Pod" interviews the best builders and operators in the Bitcoin and Bitcoin mining landscape. Subscribe to get notifications when we publish interviews on Tuesday and a news show on Friday! 👉Enjoying the show? Check out our newsletter at miningpod.blockspace.media!👉 Check out Bitcoin Season 2 and The Gwart Show!Follow our hosts on Twitter: @wsfoxley, @cbspears, @AsILayHodling, @MatthewKimmellThank you to our sponsor, CleanSpark, America’s Bitcoin miner!"The Mining Pod" is produced by Sunnyside Honey Inc. with Senior Producer Damien Somerset. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices