A New Era in Bitcoin Mining with Matt Williams & Colin Harper | EP 148

Swan Signal Live - A Bitcoin Show

Luxor’s Matt Williams and Colin Harper join Sam Callahan for an in-depth discussion on the impact that the Bitcoin halving will have on miners, how the mining industry will scale over the next decade, and the emerging Bitcoin mining derivatives market.

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Timestamps:
00:00:00 “Swan Signal” Intro
00:00:33 “Pacific Bitcoin Festival”
00:01:27 Introducing Colin and Matt
00:01:44 Importance of Bitcoin Meetups and Communities
00:03:32 2023 Bitcoin Mining Recap
00:07:24 “Hash-Price-Floor”
00:09:31 Correlation between Hash-Rate and Hash-Price
00:13:42 Derivative Market Coming to Bitcoin Mining by “Luxor”
00:17:55 “Hash-Rate as a Commodity”
00:19:52 Hedging Strategies for Bitcoin Miners
00:24:25 How Are Miners Preparing for the Bitcoin Halving?
00:27:11 Will Hash-Rate Decline Post Halving?
00:33:33 Will Hash-Rate Continue to Go Up?
00:36:14 The Merging of the Financial Industry and Bitcoin Mining
00:41:41 Decentralizing the Bitcoin Network, and “Chasing Energy”
00:46:00 Risks with Mining-Pool Centralization, and Explaining Stratum V2
00:54:14 What is a “Block-Template?”
00:56:20 “Profit-Maximalism,” and the Cypherpunk Movement
00:58:46 “Trading Onions” - The Story of the Onion Act of 1955
01:01:40 Focusing on Bitcoin, and Avoiding Crypto Scams
01:04:37 How to Connect with Matt
01:04:50 How to Connect with Colin
01:05:12 “Swan Signal” Outro

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