Designing the Intel-based ePIC Blockminer | Jim Seto | The Mining Pod

Today we are joined by Jim Seto, CEO of ePIC Blockchain Technologies. We discuss designing the ePIC Blockminer, partnering with Intel and making mining rigs in North America. https://epicblockchain.io Jim Seto: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jim-seto-663149a Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley SPONSOR MinerMag is a research and data portal focusing on institutional bitcoin miners, consolidating company-level and network-wise data to produce coherent research articles on the state of bitcoin mining. https://theminermag.com TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 01:26 Jim Seto Background 02:35 From chip fabrication to BTC 04:44 What is Epic? 08:19 The semiconductor landscape 13:09 Design vs. chip density 16:01 Nanometer are mostly marketing 19:37 Cost vs efficiency 21:55 Shipping before it's ready 24:03 Epic products 27:38 Intel partnership 30:51 Just buying chip challenges 34:30 Growing in a bear market 38:40 Geopolitics 41:35 Fabricators opinion of BTC mining MINE Start mining your own bitcoins with Compass. https://bit.ly/3CehBf1 WATCH https://youtube.com/c/CompassMining?sub_confirmation=1 LISTEN Apple Podcasts https://apple.co/3fNfrdi Spotify https://spoti.fi/3tSf9G1 Amazon https://amzn.to/3557cqg Anchor https://bit.ly/3rmb7UF Fountain https://bit.ly/3NeNTec RSS https://bit.ly/3chpULV  LEARN Every week, Compass sends a memo to over 18,000 professional miners and investors with the most important news and data in cryptocurrency mining. Get the free newsletter in your inbox too: https://bit.ly/3vOGzxD FOLLOW Twitter: https://twitter.com/compass_mining LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/company/compassmining Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices