HashrateUp - A Bitcoin Mining Podcast
by Jesse
HashrateUp is a podcast that delves into Bitcoin mining and exciting projects, utilizing hashrate production to unlock new potentials in the broader energy industry. From details about innovative mining operations to exciting applications powered by classic energy resources, we’ll discuss the various ways the Bitcoin network is powered and its impact on the environment. Join us as we talk with industry experts, researchers, and thought leaders to understand how Bitcoin is shaping the future of power and investigate the energy challenges and opportunities Bitcoin and its ecosystem bring to the table. Whether you are an industry professional, thought leader, or…
Episodes
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Your Whatsminer Doesn't Have to Stop When a Hashboard Dies
Sergey Klentsov of BiXBiT joins Jesse to explain why Whatsminers have so little custom firmware support, and how a failed hashboard no longer has to take a whole machine offline. They break down 20+ tuning profiles, remote hashboard disabling for remote sites, how the firmware fee works without...
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Hashprice Is Going to $80. Here’s Why.
Is hashrate the next major commodity? Francisco Quadrio Monteiro (BD & Strategy at POW.RE) joins Jesse to break down how a Bitcoin hashrate OTC desk prices risk, who is buying hashrate today, and why hashprice could land around $70–80 within the next 12 months. Since leaving Paraguay, POW.RE has...
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The Era of Giant Bitcoin Mines Is Over
Curtailing your mine can cost you more than running it. Dan Lawrence, CEO and co-founder of OBM, started mining in a garage in Maryland in 2017 and built Foreman to stop driving an hour to reboot machines. Today Foreman turns Bitcoin miners on and off based on power prices, profitability and grid...
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Now Live: HashrateUp Hydro Hosting - Think Long-Term
HashrateUp Hydro Hosting is live: enterprise-grade, hydro-cooled hosting in Texas, now open to small miners starting at just one machine. 👉 Get started: https://hashrateup.com After three years of selling miners and connecting clients directly with hosts, I've decided to aggregate smaller...
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Public Miners Just Unplugged $1.5B of Hardware for AI [NEWS]
Public Bitcoin miners shed about 75 EH/s in the first half of 2026, roughly $1.5 billion worth of mining hardware, as their power moves to AI. In this NEWS episode, Jesse breaks down who is leaving, where the hashrate is going and what it means for the miners who stay. Hashprice is back at…
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He Mined in UAE & Ethiopia. Both Turned Against Him.
Cheap power means nothing if the government turns against you. Giannis Andreou, CEO of Bitmern Mining, started hosting Bitcoin miners in the UAE on agricultural power below 6¢/kWh, was forced out when the government banned that power, moved to Ethiopia, and is now watching the same story repeat…
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Texas Just Changed the Rules for Bitcoin Miners
Texas is ending 4CP. The incentive that saved flexible miners roughly $50,000 per MW per year is likely in its final season, and ERCOT is moving toward 12CP by 2028. Haley Thomson, Director of Energy at Luxor, explains what that means for Bitcoin miners and who ends up paying for the grid.Haley...
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This Is the "Polymarket" for Bitcoin Miners
Matteo Spinosa, founder and CEO of Doefin, built the first accessible prediction market for Bitcoin miners to hedge difficulty. Doefin lets miners and traders take a directional view on network hashrate — or lock in revenue certainty before difficulty spikes — using a Polymarket-style venue where...
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This Bitcoin Boiler Pays for Itself in 2 Years
Elmeri Suomi runs a heating company that happens to mine Bitcoin. His product, the SunBit Bitcoin Boiler, drops one or two hydro-cooled ASICs into a water tank, heats a house to 60°C, and lets the mining revenue pay the power bill — in the best case leaving the homeowner in profit on their…
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Zcash Miners Earn 7x Bitcoin's Revenue. But There's a Catch. [NEWS]
Hash price is holding at elevated levels, but Bitcoin mining is entering a very different kind of market. Public miners are shedding hashrate, AI infrastructure keeps absorbing power, and for the first time in years the network may be facing a genuine period of declining hashrate. In this news...
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They Could Have Built This Years Ago. Nobody Did.
Michael Schmidt, better known as Schnitzel, bought a hundred S19J Pros for $40 each. Machines that used to cost $15,000. He's bringing them back with open-source firmware he built in his garage, with help from an AI agent and about eight burned hashboards along the way. Michael is one of the lead...
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Old ASICs, $0.058 Power & a 50/50 Profit Split w/ Ben Smith
Most people scrap their old ASICs, ship them overseas, or let them gather dust. Ben Smith (Bear Market Mining) offers a fourth option: profit-split hosting that keeps end-of-life machines online in the US. Ben joins me — you can hear the miners running in the background — to break down the model…
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What to Do With Old ASICs Nobody Will Buy ♻️
♻️ Get a free quote from 256 Recycling: https://256recycling.com/ Got old ASICs you can't sell, plug in, or ship? HashrateUp has partnered with 256 Recycling to turn dead mining hardware into upfront cash. Thousands of S19J Pros and older units are stranded — no buyers, too expensive to export…
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Bitcoin's Back - Miners Are Quitting for AI Anyway [NEWS]
Bitcoin's back above $70K and hash price ripped more than 10% — from the lows of $31 all the way to $35. Great news for anyone running machines. But public miners are still dismantling capacity to chase AI money, and this may be the first true hashrate bear market ever. In this news roundup: a...
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The Firmware Every Miner Needs w/ Brandon
Third-party firmware on WhatsMiner didn't exist. Now it does. Brandon McWard (Associate Product Manager, Firmware at Luxor) joins me on site — you can hear the ASICs — to walk through LuxOS running on an M50S+, live screen share, feature by feature. We cover why MicroBT stock firmware has been a...
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Why BIP-110 Was Dead on Arrival w/ Chris
Bitcoin nearly split in two. On BIP110 activation day, a chain split actually happened — and almost nobody noticed. Coinjoined Chris (Seedor, Bitsurance) joins me to break down what BIP110 really was, why it was dead on arrival with under 6% real node support and near-zero hashrate, and what it...
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Is the Big Rotation Back to Bitcoin Already Here? [NEWS]
🛠 Sponsored by: Altair Technology — ASIC hardware, replacement parts & mining infrastructure Code: HASHRATEUP https://altairtech.io/aff/125/ Luxor — Mining software, firmware & hashrate tools https://luxor.tech/ Hash price bounced from the high 20s back to ~$32, Bitcoin difficulty is down...
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You're Securing Your Bitcoin Wrong w/ Max Hillebrand
🔗 GUEST LINKS: Max Hillebrand — Sound Money Solutions: https://soundmoneysolutions.io/ Max on Nostr: https://njump.me/npub1klkk3vrzme455yh9rl2jshq7rc8dpegj3ndf82c3ks2sk40dxt7qulx3vt Personal site / archive: https://towardsliberty.com/ Mention HashrateUp when you reach out to Sound Money…
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His Energy Cost Is NEGATIVE 2.67¢/kWh w/ Bipin Patel
Bitcoin mining can be more than a 24/7 race for cheap power. In this episode, I sit down with Bipin Patel, CEO of Flexionics, to talk about how their team uses Bitcoin mining infrastructure as a flexible energy asset in Sweden. The interesting part is the framing: Flexionics does not primarily...
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Why This Miner Refuses to Pivot to AI w/ Raphael Zagury
🔗 GUEST LINKS - Raphael Zagury (LinkedIn): https://www.linkedin.com/in/rzagury/ - Elektron Energy: https://elektronenergy.io/ - Twitter/X: @alphazeta ("Here Be Dragons" & monthly mining reports) 🛠 SPONSORED BY - Luxor – Mining software, firmware & hashrate tools https://luxor.tech/ - Altair...
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Why Scandinavia Is Bitcoin Mining's Next Frontier w/ Lukas Pfeiffer
🛠 SPONSORED BY - Luxor – Mining software, firmware & hashrate tools https://luxor.tech/ - Altair Technology – ASIC hardware, replacement parts & mining infrastructure Code: HASHRATEUP https://altairtech.io/aff/125/ 🔗 LINKS FROM THIS EPISODE - Gridmetry: https://gridmetry.com - Lukas Pfeiffer...
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A Pulse Check on Bitcoin Mining w/ Kaan Farahani
🛠 SPONSORED BY - Luxor – Mining software, firmware & hashrate tools https://luxor.tech/ - Altair Technology – ASIC hardware, replacement parts & mining infrastructure Code: HASHRATEUP https://altairtech.io - SoloMining – Home & solo mining made easy Code: HASHRATEUP https://solomining.de 🔗…
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Bitcoin Mining + BLOC = 60% More BTC w/ Steven Wilson
🛠 Sponsored by: Luxor, Mining software, firmware & hashrate tools https://luxor.tech/ Altair Technology, ASIC hardware, replacement parts & mining infrastructure Code: HASHRATEUP https://altairtech.io SoloMining, Home & solo mining made easy Code: HASHRATEUP https://solomining.de 🔗 Links from...
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The First Bitcoin Hashrate Bear Market Ever [NEWS]
🛠 SPONSORED BY - Luxor – Mining software, firmware & hashrate tools https://luxor.tech/ - SoloMining – Home & solo mining made easy Code: HASHRATEUP https://solomining.de - Altair Technology – Buy Bitcoin mining solutions Code: HASHRATEUP https://altairtech.io - BTC Backed Loans:...
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Introducing My New Venture: Bushmining
🔗 Bush Mining: Website: https://bushmining.com In this episode of HashrateUp, Jesse introduces Bush Mining, his new venture with partner Conrad, and walks through the live pilot project: a hydro-powered farm in South Africa's Eastern Cape that turns stranded, wasted power into Bitcoin mining...
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Why This Oil Company Buys Bitcoin Miners for $30 w/ Brad Cuddy
🔗 Brad Cuddy: Website: https://chollainc.com/energy X (Twitter): https://x.com/_BradCuddy_ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bradleycuddy/ In this episode of HashrateUp, Jesse sits down with Brad Cuddy, Director of Energy Operations at Cholla Inc., to unpack the "ASIC retirement home"...
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AI Is Stealing Bitcoin Mining Sites in Texas w/ Ryan Nuckolls
🔗 GUEST & LINKS - Ryan Nuckolls (LinkedIn): https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-nuckolls-36a9975b - Ryan Nuckolls (X): https://x.com/RyanNuckolls_ - Texas Energy Group (Website): https://texasenergygroup.com - Energy Management: https://texasenergygroup.com/energy-management/ 📄 OVERVIEW In this...
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Hydro vs Immersion: Bitcoin Mining Infrastructure Reality Check w/ Matthew Carson
🔗 GUEST & LINKS - Matthew Carson (LinkedIn): https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-carson-354b4715a/ - Hash House (Website): https://hashhouse.tech/ - Hash House (LinkedIn): https://www.linkedin.com/company/hashhouse/ 📄 OVERVIEW In this episode of HashrateUp, Jesse sits down with Matthew Carson,...
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Nobody Is Buying Bitcoin Miners Anymore [NEWS]
📄 OVERVIEW In this NEWS episode of HashrateUp, Jesse breaks down the latest earnings reports, structural shifts, and AI pivots reshaping the Bitcoin mining industry. From Bitdeer's collapsing miner sales and Canaan's $23M quarterly loss to Mara dumping 38% of its Bitcoin treasury and laying off...
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The PhD Data Bitcoin's Critics Don't Want to See w/ Dr. Margot Paez
🔗 Dr. Margot Paez: X (Twitter): https://x.com/jyn_urso LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/margotpaez/ BPI Profile: https://www.btcpolicy.org/authors/margot-paez 📄 PhD Thesis: https://github.com/dmrobotix/phd/blob/main/dissertation.pdf In this episode of HashrateUp, Jesse sits down with Dr....
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What If Your Heater Paid Your Electricity Bill? w/ Max Obwexer
🔗 Max Obwexer (21energy): Website: https://21energy.com X: https://x.com/21energy_com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maximilianobwexer In this episode of HashrateUp, Jesse sits down with Max Obwexer, Co-Founder & CEO of 21energy, to explore how Bitcoin mining hardware is being turned into...
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The West Texas Loophole Bitcoin Miners Are Exploiting w/ Chris Alfano
🔗 Chris Alfano: Website: https://360energyco.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christopher-alfano-a195a058/ X (Twitter): https://x.com/chrisallfano In this episode of HashrateUp, Jesse sits down with Chris Alfano, CEO of 360 Energy, to break down one of the most overlooked power cost...
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CoinShares: 1 in 5 Bitcoin Miners Is Unprofitable Right Now [NEWS]
In this episode of HashrateUp, Jesse breaks down the latest Bitcoin mining news -- from hash price and difficulty trends to public miner financials, Bhutan's Bitcoin sell-off, AI competition for power, and new developments from Luxor, Tether, and the solo mining community. What are public miners...
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This Esports Giant Is Quietly Building a Bitcoin Empire w/ Carl Agren
🔗 Carl Agren: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carl-agren-6921068/ 🔗 NIP Group: Website: https://miningninjas.com Investor Relations: https://nipg.com In this episode of HashrateUp, Jesse sits down with Carl Agren, CEO of Mining and Digital Assets at NIP Group, to explore how one of the...
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Braiins Just Built a Hashrate Market w/ Ryan Miller
🔗 GUEST & LINKS - Ryan Miller (X): https://x.com/ryanmllr107 - Ryan Miller (Telegram): https://t.me/ryanmiller_braiins - Braiins Hashpower: https://hashpower.braiins.com/ 📄 OVERVIEW In this episode of HashrateUp, Jesse sits down with Ryan Miller, Director of Business Development at Braiins, to...
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From Repair Shop to 100 MW Site Operator w/ Paul Palmer
🔗 GUEST & LINKS - Paul Palmer (X): https://x.com/sustainhash - SustainHash (Website): https://www.sustainhash.com - Email: [email protected] 📄 OVERVIEW In this episode of HashrateUp, Jesse sits down with Paul Palmer, Chief Revenue Officer at SustainHash, to break down how a small Canadian...
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Bitdeer Just Broke the Efficiency Barrier [FOCUS]
SEALMINER A4 Ultra Hydro: https://www.bitdeer.com/shop/product/P260328000003 In this episode of HashrateUp, Jesse breaks down the newly released Sealminer A4 Ultra Hydro by Bitdeer — the first hydro-cooled ASIC to break below the 10 J/TH efficiency threshold. Jesse walks through the hardware…
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AI Is Eating Bitcoin Mining's Power Budget [NEWS]
Bitcoin mining's most important news cycle in months. This HashrateUp NEWS episode covers the AI capital flood reshaping hash rate, new ASIC hardware from Bitdeer, public miners selling BTC to fund pivots, and a solo miner beating 1-in-300-year odds. Market snapshot: -3.5% difficulty adjustment,...
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Why Oil Companies Are Quietly Mining Bitcoin w/ Stephen Barbour
🔗 Steve Barbour: X (Twitter): https://x.com/SGBarbourLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephen-barbour-3b6b3092/Upstream Data: https://upstreamdata.ca Steve Barbour, founder of Upstream Data, has been building off-grid Bitcoin mining infrastructure for oil and gas companies since 2017. In…
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Every Bitcoin Block Contains These 6 Things [FOCUS]
In this episode of HashrateUp, Jesse breaks down exactly what's inside a Bitcoin block — and why each of the 6 fields in the block header matters for miners, nodes, and the security of the entire network. From the version number that signals miner upgrades, to the nonce that changes 270 trillion...
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What Luxor's Data Says About the Next 6 Months w/ Jamie Gill
🔗 Jamie Gill: Website: https://luxor.tech/mining LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/jgill42 In this episode of HashrateUp, Jesse sits down with Jamie Gill, Business Development at Luxor Technology, to break down what the data says about hash price, the ASIC market, and how Luxor is building the...
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Miners Are Quitting for AI (And That's a Good Thing) [NEWS]
In this episode of HashrateUp, Jesse breaks down the biggest Bitcoin mining stories of the week: why public miners are selling Bitcoin to fund AI pivots, what that means for difficulty and hash rate, and why the miners still online are quietly winning. Topics covered: Wintermute's Epoch 5 report…
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Paraguay's Government Seized Mining Rigs... Then Plugged Them In w/ Kent Halliburton
🔗 Kent Halliburton: Website: https://sazmining.comX (Twitter): https://x.com/khalliburtonLinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/khalliburton In this episode of HashrateUp, Jesse sits down with Kent Halliburton, CEO & Co-Founder of Sazmining, to break down what it actually looks like to mine Bitcoin...
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$5 Billion in AI Pivots, 20M BTC Mined, and Africa Wants Miners [NEWS]
In this episode of HashrateUp, Jesse breaks down the biggest Bitcoin mining stories of the week, from billion-dollar AI pivots to a historic Bitcoin milestone and a surprise opportunity in South Africa. Enscale, spun out of Bitcoin mining operator Archon Energy, raised $2 billion backed by…
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Bitcoin Miners Are Quitting and That's the Best News All Year [FOCUS]
In this FOCUS episode, Jesse breaks down the AI pivot sweeping through Bitcoin mining — and why the miners still online are quietly winning. Public miners like Marathon, Core Scientific, TeraWulf, and Bitfarms are selling Bitcoin at record pace, unplugging hash rate, and redirecting billions into...
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071 98% of Bitcoin Miners Are Giving Away Their Power w/ Bob Burnett
🔗 Bob Burnett: Website: https://barefootmining.com X (Twitter): https://x.com/BobBurnett_BTC LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/bobburnett In this episode of HashrateUp, Jesse sits down with Bob Burnett, founder of Barefoot Mining and board member at Ocean Mining Pool, to break down the critical...
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ASIC Pricing: What Dollars Per Terahash Really Means [FOCUS]
In this HashrateUp Focus episode, Jesse breaks down how to properly compare ASIC prices – and why looking at the sticker price alone can be misleading. Jesse walks through two key metrics every miner should know: dollars per terahash ($/TH) and efficiency-adjusted pricing ($/TH/eff). Using a live...
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The 0.38% Fee Bitcoin Mining Pool Nobody Talks About [FOCUS]
🔗 Wilson Pool: https://wilsonmining.io In this HashrateUp Focus episode, Jesse breaks down Wilson Pool – a bare-bones FPPS mining pool with some of the lowest fees in the industry at just 0.38%. Jesse explores how Wilson Pool works, why it routes hash rate through SBI Crypto as a primary pool…
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070 Profitable Bitcoin Mining at Hash Price $30 w/ Spencer Marr
🔗 Spencer Marr: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/spencermarr/ 🔗 Sangha Renewables: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/sangha-systems/Website: https://sangarenewables.com In this episode of HashrateUp, Jesse sits down with Spencer Marr, President at Sangha Renewables, to break down...
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069 Hydro Cooling vs Air Cooling Reality Check w/Tom Merkle
🔗 Tom Merkle (Hashbranch): Website: https://hashbranch.comLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomasmerkle/ In this episode of HashrateUp, Jesse sits down with Tom Merkle from Hashbranch to discuss survival strategies as Bitcoin mining enters unprecedented territory with hash price dropping...
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HashrateUp is a podcast that delves into Bitcoin mining and exciting projects, utilizing hashrate production to unlock new potentials in the broader energy industry. From details about innovative mining operations to exciting applications powered by classic energy resources, we’ll discuss the various ways the Bitcoin network is powered and its impact on the environment. Join us as we talk with industry experts, researchers, and thought leaders to understand how Bitcoin is shaping the future of power and investigate the energy challenges and opportunities Bitcoin and its ecosystem bring to the table. Whether you are an industry professional, thought leader, or…
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