All Episodes

124. Mining Forks, Firmware Red Teams, and the Future of Sovereign Hashrate

123. Coldcard Fallout, Mining Firmware, and the BIP 110 Blowup

122. Weak Entropy, Broken Trust, and the $90M Coldcard Fallout

121. Why Open-Source Mining Firmware Matters: Inside Mujina’s Next Phase

120. Precise Wattage Control Changes Everything for Bitcoin Mining

119. Soft Forks, Censorship Risks, and Open-Source Bitcoin

118. From Nairobi to Mugena: Teaching Bitcoin Mining With Open Hardware

117. Decentralizing the Dark Corner: Building an Open Mining Stack

116. Decentralizing Pool Payouts: Inside GridPool with Agent P

115. From Bitaxe to Exahash: Inside HydroPool’s Record Stress Test and What’s Next

114. Open Source Wins in Vegas: $100k Boost, DoomAxe Demo, and Telehash #4

113. Touchscreens, Thermostats, and Doom: A Weekend of Open Mining Hacks

112. Stratum v2, Nonce Space, and the DIY Miner’s Comeback

111. Open-Source Overdrive: Mujina Breakthroughs, Public Pool’s First Block, and LibreBoard v3

110. April Fools, Real Progress: Open Firmware, Open Pools, and the Path to Decentralized Mining

109. Hashrate Heat, Home Sovereignty, and the Open-Source Mining Stack

108. From Mixers to Miners: Why Samourai Matters for All of Bitcoin (and What You Can Do)

107. Hacking the Antminer: Mujina on Stock Control Boards, Dev Fees Be Gone

106. High Signal in the Hashtub: Workshops, Open Source, and Hashrate Heat

105. Chips, Chains, and Hot Tubs: Open Mining Goes Hands‑On

104. AI, Open-Source Bitcoin Mining, and Battling Surveillance

103. Closed-Source is Retarded: Building Bitcoin Miners for Homes, Businesses, and Beyond

102. Why Open Firmware Wins: A Post-NEMS Debrief with Mujina’s Lead Dev

101. HydraPool, HashDash, and the Telehash Playbook: Open-Sourcing Bitcoin Mining

100. Dismantling the Black Box: Hydra Pool, Libre Board, and a Fully Open Miner Demo

099. Code Is Not Crime: Samourai Petition, Pool Scams, and Open Mining Tools

098. From Mauritius to Modular Miners: Open-Source Bitcoin Mining, Direct-DC Solar, and Hydra Pool

097. From Lab to Hash: Ember One, Libre Board, and an Open-Source Mining Future

096. From Open Source to Federal Sentence: The Government vs. Samourai Wallet

095. Open-Source or Bust: Mujina, Miner Firmware Wars, and the Future of Trustless Hashing

094. PPLNS, Pick-and-Place, and Pardon: A Deep Dive into Mining and Freedom Tech

093. Decentralize or Die: Open Miners, Pool Payouts, and the Certification Gauntlet

092. Hashrate at Home: Zigbee Thermostats, Bitaxe Wins, and Dockerized Pools

091. Hash, Heat, and Hardware: LibreBoard, Mujina, and the BitAxe Battle

090. Make Every Meetup a Pool: Stratum v2, Hole Punching, and Open Mining

089. Copyleft and Cold Rooms: Open Hardware, Passive Heat, and Economic Nodes

088. Freedom Tech in Action: Open Miners, Sovereign Homes, and the Post-ImagineIF Debrief

087. Heat, Hash, and Hardware Freedom: Live at Bitcoin Park

086. Open Source vs. Closed Source: The Future of Bitcoin Mining

085. Proto Launch Party Live: Night 2

084. Proto Launch Party Live: Night 1

083. Breaking New Ground: The Arrival of Intel BZM2 Chips

082. Decentralizing Bitcoin Mining: Challenges and Opportunities

081. Revamping Bitcoin Mining: From Cool Runnings to Cutting-Edge Tech

080. The Chilling Effect: Legal Risks in Privacy Software Development

079. Hydrapool Testnet Launch Nears as Miners Prep

078. Devs on Trial. Privacy on the Line

077. Battle of the Minehackers with Stephen DeLorme

076. Keeping Open Source Channels Open

075. Sourcing Chips and Building Bitaxes

074. Europe has no Air Conditioning

073. The AI Panopticon and Las Vegas

072. The Gift of Community in the FOSS Space

071. Reviewing the First Ever Texas Energy and Mining Summit

070. Hydrapool is Live and the Texas Energy and Mining Summit is Almost Here

069. The Nonce is a Myth and Bitcoin Social Scalability

068. The Wordpress of Mining Pools with @Jungly

067. Meet Ryan, Open Source Mujina Firmware Developer

066. Bitcoin Mining is the Killer App with Michael Schmid

065. How Bad Chainalysis Data Hurts Freedom Technology

064. The Power of Donor Advised Funds in Supporting Mining Innovation

063. Solo Mining--What the Heck is Even That?

062. How Community Supported Bitcoin Mining Works in Practice.

061. Open Sourcing Everything: From Chip to Firmware, Software and More

060. WE HIT A BLOCK (Behind the Scenes)

058. From Nairobi to Nashville, Rise of Open-Source Bitcoin Mining, Telehash, and More

057. From Sweden to Silicon: Bitcoin's Global Journey

056. From Grilling to Mining: The Birth of a Bitcoin Meetup

055. Ditching Shampoo and Embracing Raw Milk: A Journey to Natural Living

054. Lighting Up the Studio and the Bitcoin Network with Rob Warren

053. From Ice Cream to Encryption: Navigating Temptations and Privacy Concerns

052. From Owls on Cocaine to Bitcoin Mining: A Wild Ride

051. Mining Mondays and Making Bitcoin Mining Free and Open

050. Building a Bitcoin-Powered Homestead with Rev Hodl

049. Exploring Braidpool: Innovations in Decentralized Bitcoin Mining

048. Decentralizing Bitcoin Mining: Insights from Boerst

047. Wilson Mining's Game-Changing Pool Launch: A Low-Fee Revolution

046. No Holds Barred w/ Special Guest: Luke Dashjr, Chairman & CTO - OCEAN, State of the Network, Tangents

045. Party Rip w/ Special Guests: skot9000, Barnminer, & Neil RoninMiner

044. State of the Network, News, Tangents, Home Miner of the Week

043. Special Guest: skot, Instigator - Bitaxe, State of the Network, News, Tangents, Home Miner of the Week

042. No Holds Barred w/ Special Guest: Montana Dukes, CEO - EHT Capital, State of the Network, Tangents, Home Miner of the Week

041. No Holds Barred w/ Special Guest: Zack Bomsta, Founder - Pivotal Pleb Tech & UnBound, State of the Network, Tangents, Home Miner of the Week

040. State of the Network, News, Tangents, Home Miner of the Week

039. No Holds Barred w/ Special Guest: pennyether - Bitcoin Mining Co. Analyst, State of the Network, Tangents

038. State of the Network, News, Tangents, Home Miner of the Week

037. No Holds Barred w/ Special Guest: Rapha Zagury (Alpha Zeta), CIO - Swan, State of the Network, Tangents, Home Miner of the Week

036. No Holds Barred w/ Special Guest: BASSLOAD - Energy Procurement Consultant, State of the Network, Tangents

035. No Holds Barred w/ Special Guests: Wilson Mining, State of the Network, Tangents, News, Home Miner of the Week

034. Home & Open Source Mining Initiative, State of the Network, Tangents, News, Home Miner of the Week

033. NEMS 2024 Recap, State of the Network, Tangents, News, Home Miner of the Week

032. No Holds Barred w/ Special Guests: Diverter, Author - Mining for the Streets & Samourai Wallet, Co-Founder - Samourai Wallet

031. No Holds Barred w/ Special Guest: BitMaker, Creator - NerdMiner

030. No Holds Barred w/ Special Guest: skot, Instigator - Bitaxe

029. Pod 256's Telehash: Uniting Bitcoiners for a Cause

028. No Holds Barred w/ Special Guest: Zack Bomsta, Founder - Pivotal Pleb Tech (Njord and Loki Boards) & Founder - Owlet

027. State of the Network, Tangents, No Holds Barred w/ Special Guest: Jeff, Owner and Operator - Double Hash Farm

026. Nuclear Energy Roundtable, Tangents, No Holds Barred

025. State of the Network, News, Tangents, Home Miner of the Week, No Holds Barred w/ Special Guest: Bassload, Energy Procurement Consultant

024. State of the Network, News, Tangents, Home Miner of the Week, w/ Special Guest: Michael Schmid aka Schnitzel, CTO - amazee.io & Home Miner

023. State of the Network, News, Tangents, Home Miner of the Week, w/ Special Guests: Rob Warren, Partner - distributed hash & Alex, Sales - kaboomracks

022. State of the Network, News, Tangents, Home Miner of the Week, w/ Special Guest: Michael Schmid aka Schnitzel, CTO - amazee.io & Home Miner

021. State of the Network, News, Tangents, Home Miner of the Week, No Holds Barred, w/ Guest Host: Rob Warren, Partner - distributed hash

020. State of the Network, News, Tangents, Home Miner of the Week, w/ Special Guests: Rob Warren, Partner - distributed hash & Diverter, Author - ‘Mining for the Streets’

019. State of the Network, News, Tangents, Home Miner of the Week, w/ Special Guest: Rob Warren, Partner - distributed hash

018. State of the Network, News, Tangents, Home Miner of the Week

017. State of the Network, News, Tangents, Home Miner of the Week, w/ Special Guests: Rob Warren, Partner - distributed hash & ₿usiness Cat, Co-Host - Rock Paper Bitcoin

016. State of the Network, News, Tangents, Home Miner of the Week

015. State of the Network, News, Tangents, Home Miner of the Week, No Holds Barred w/ Special Guest Rob Warren, Partner - distributed hash

014. State of the Network, News, Tangents, Home Miner of the Week, DM Dive

013. State of the Network, News, Tangents, Home Miner of the Week, Special Guest: Tom Masiero, Co-Founder - Standard Bitcoin Co.

012. State of the Network, News, Tangents, Home Miner of the Week, No Holds Barred w/ Special Guest Ethan Vera, Co-Founder & COO - Luxor Mining

011. State of the Network, News, Tangents, Home Miner of the Week, w/ Special Guest Neil RoninMiner

010. State of the Network, News, Tangents, Home Miner of the Week, No Holds Barred w/ Special Guest Harry Sudock, CSO - Griid Infrastructure

009. State of the Network, News, Tangents, Home Miner of the Week, No Holds Barred w/ Special Guest Jesse Myers aka @Croesus_BTC

008. State of the Network, Argo Blockchain CEO Steps Down, Special Guest: John Stefanopoulos, Founder - FutureBit

007. State of the Network, Industrial Scale Miner Consolidation, Special Guest: Casey Rodarmor - Creator of Ordinals

006. State of the Network, the Taproot Wizard and the 4MB Block, Reliable vs. Renewable Energy, Special Guest: Medi Naseri, CEO - Lincoin

005. Expected Difficulty Adjustment, Trending Miner Prices, Luxor Teases Move Into Firmware, Galaxy Digital’s 2023 Total Exahash Prediction, Is Solo Mining the Future, and more

004. Recap Nashville Energy & Mining Summit 2023, State of the Network, Elizabeth Warren goes full overreach, Cold vs hot for ASICS, ASICs made with Intel chips go hot with Hive, and more

003. Public miners against the ropes, ESG anti-Bitcoin narrative undermined by proof-of-work, Mining-based efficiency innovations, Difficulty headed back up

002. Miner capitulation and Compute North bankruptcy, Difficulty down 7.3%, Mining issues in Texas, Nuclear: is it a LARP?, Is ESG finally dead?

001. Hashrate down ~14% from ATH, Hashprice at ATL territory, New gen ASICs at ATL valuations, Voell's month in review, Compute North bankruptcy asset sale