Ep 4: Chris Bendiksen on Balancing the Grid with Bitcoin Mining

Hosted by Cassie Clifton and produced by Bitcoin Magazine, the show chronicles the latest and greatest developments taking shape across the complex and ever-changing cryptocurrency mining industry through interviews with mining experts, CEOs, and general enthusiasts.In this episode of What’s Halvening, Cassie interviews Christopher Bendiksen, head of research at CoinShares. Chris has been a pioneer in helping dispel a lot of the “Bitcoin Will Burn Down the Planet” myths. We discuss the following topics  CoinShares recently published December 2019 Bitcoin Mining Update Influence of misconceptions of bitcoin mining on regulatory decisions Potential use cases for old mining hardware 90 percent increase in hash rate over the last 6 months Follow us on Twitter at @whatshalvening Follow Cassie on Twitter at @bitcoincass Follow CoinShares on Twitter at @CoinSharesCo Follow Chris on Twitter at @C_Bendikesen Link to CoinShares’ website: https://coinsharesgroup.com/ Use code CASS20 for 20% of your ticket to Bitcoin 2020: https://www.bitcoin2020conference.com/