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"Comply or Die" reality is hitting crypto developers. Roman Storm of Tornado Cash was found guilty of operating an unlicensed money transmitter, while Samurai Wallet devs took plea deals. Meanwhile, Peter Thiel's Founders Fund raised $353M for Plasma - a fully compliant, surveillance-friendly stablecoin sidechain. We explore the stark contrast between privacy developers facing prison time and establishment players launching token sales with regulatory blessing. Subscribe to the newsletter! https://newsletter.blockspacemedia.com **Notes:** • Roman Storm faces up to 5 years in prison • Samurai devs face $6.3M in fines each • Plasma raised $353M in oversubscribed round • Only 10% of Plasma tokens for public sale • 25% token allocation goes to investors • Legal defense funds were crowdfunded Timestamps: 00:00 Start 00:20 Is Peter Theil the Antichrist? 03:25 Tornadocash 18:39 Peter Theil goes ICO baby! - 👋Bitcoin Season 2 is produced Blockspace Media, Bitcoin’s first B2B publication in Bitcoin. Follow us on Twitter and check out our newsletter for the best information in Bitcoin mining, Ordinals and tech! Enjoy the show? Check out our website and newsletter by clicking here. Questions or want to sponsor? hello@blockspace.media Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get the headlines that matter, right when they hit the wire: Join our Telegram group for market moving news on top Bitcoin equities like $MSTR, $MARA, $RIOT, $CLSK, and more:  https://t.me/blockspacenews Welcome back to The Mining Pod! Today, Will, Colin, and Matt touch on Bitcoin’s hashrate hitting an all-time high of 972 EH/s, Trump's proposed 100% semiconductor tariffs, false Chinabitcoin mining ban rumors, MicroStrategy's 2.5x NAV share issuance rule, and tracking down a $3.5B mining pool heist (now worth $14.5B!) four years later. Subscribe to our newsletter!  **Notes:** • Hash rate reaches 972 EH/s all-time high • 1.4% difficulty adjustment expected  • Hash price at $58 per PH/day • 100% semiconductor tariff proposed • China controls 13-14% of network hash • $3.5B mining pool heist now worth $14.5B Timestamps: 00:00 Start 02:36 Difficulty Report by Luxor 07:41 Tariffs... again 13:59 No, China is not banning bitcoin mining again 21:56 MSTR will no longer issue equity under 2.5x mNAV 33:25 Cry Corner: Mining pool heist 👉CleanSpark, America's Bitcoin Miner! CleanSpark (Nasdaq: CLSK), America's Bitcoin Miner!®, is a market-leading, pure play Bitcoin miner with a proven track record of success. They own a fully self-operated portfolio of mining facilities across the U.S. powered by globally competitive energy prices. CleanSpark sits at the intersection of Bitcoin, energy, operational excellence and capital stewardship to monetize low-cost, high reliability energy while securing the most important finite, global asset – Bitcoin. 👉 Luxor, Leaders In Bitcoin Mining and Compute Power! Get game-changing mining results with Luxor Firmware. Boost hashrate, cut energy costs, protect your hardware, and maximize mining profits with LuxOS. 👉 Colorado Air Filter, Leaders In Mining HVAC Solutions! Pick from 6 different filtration brands from MERV 8 pleats to HEPA filters. Get your mine in top shape before the heat and dust of this summer comes! Contact sales@coloradoairfilter.com Published twice weekly, "The Mining Pod" interviews the best builders and operators in the Bitcoin and Bitcoin mining landscape. Subscribe to get notifications when we publish interviews on Tuesday and a news show on Friday! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get the headlines that matter, right when they hit the wire: Join our Telegram group for market moving news on top Bitcoin equities like $MSTR, $MARA, $RIOT, $CLSK, and more:  https://t.me/blockspacenews Welcome back to The Mining Pod! Today, Nolan and Donny join us to talk about the BitAxe pleb mining revolution, home mining setups, BitAxe device modifications, the lottery aspect of solo mining, heating applications, and why these small miners are becoming the best educational tool for understanding Bitcoin mining from the ground up. Subscribe to our newsletter!  **Notes:** • Gamma miners run at 1.2 TH/s using 15-20W • Nerd QX++ delivers 4.8 TH/s stock performance • BitAxe costs under $100 per terahash • One in 260 million daily block chance Timestamps: 00:00 Start 03:07 Nolan background 05:35 BX Gamma miner 07:10 Donny background 11:15 Typical pleb miners 19:26 Reasons for mining 23:06 Cleanspark 23:35 Heating Texas apartment 28:09 Personal mining setups 29:28 NerdQ Axe ++ (modification) 45:41 Hardware talk 55:35 Efficiency improvements 57:27 Parasite Pool 1:00:51 Wrap up 👉CleanSpark, America's Bitcoin Miner! CleanSpark (Nasdaq: CLSK), America's Bitcoin Miner!®, is a market-leading, pure play Bitcoin miner with a proven track record of success. They own a fully self-operated portfolio of mining facilities across the U.S. powered by globally competitive energy prices. CleanSpark sits at the intersection of Bitcoin, energy, operational excellence and capital stewardship to monetize low-cost, high reliability energy while securing the most important finite, global asset – Bitcoin. 👉 Luxor, Leaders In Bitcoin Mining and Compute Power! Get game-changing mining results with Luxor Firmware. Boost hashrate, cut energy costs, protect your hardware, and maximize mining profits with LuxOS. 👉 Colorado Air Filter, Leaders In Mining HVAC Solutions! Pick from 6 different filtration brands from MERV 8 pleats to HEPA filters. Get your mine in top shape before the heat and dust of this summer comes! Contact sales@coloradoairfilter.com Published twice weekly, "The Mining Pod" interviews the best builders and operators in the Bitcoin and Bitcoin mining landscape. Subscribe to get notifications when we publish interviews on Tuesday and a news show on Friday! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get the headlines that matter, right when they hit the wire: Join our Telegram group for market moving news on top Bitcoin equities like $MSTR, $MARA, $RIOT, $CLSK, and more:  https://t.me/blockspacenews Welcome back to The Mining Pod! Today, Colin and Matt dive into Mara's Q2 earnings, the SEC's approval of in-kind Bitcoin ETF redemptions, Bitmain onshoring manufacturing to the US, and JPMorgan's prediction that pure play miners will outperform HPC hybrids as the field becomes oversaturated with AI pivots. Subscribe to our newsletter!  **Notes:** • Mara revenue up 12% to $238.5M in Q2 • Bitcoin at $118k with hash rate at 900 EH/s • Hash price around $58.70/PH/day • Fees represent only 1% of block subsidy • Bitmain shipped 187 tons of parts to US • SEC approves in-kind BTC ETFs Timestamps: 00:00 Start 02:24 Difficulty Report by Luxor 06:21 MARA Q2 earnings call 14:29 Cleanspark 15:01 SEC in-kind Bitcoin ETF approval 20:43 Bitmain is shipping in Antminer parts to the US 28:30 Pure-play miners to outperform as HPC hybrids 👉CleanSpark, America’s Bitcoin Miner! CleanSpark (Nasdaq: CLSK), America's Bitcoin Miner®, is a market-leading, pure play Bitcoin miner with a proven track record of success. They own a fully self-operated portfolio of mining facilities across the U.S. powered by globally competitive energy prices. CleanSpark sits at the intersection of Bitcoin, energy, operational excellence and capital stewardship to monetize low-cost, high reliability energy while securing the most important finite, global asset – Bitcoin. 👉 Luxor, Leaders In Bitcoin Mining and Compute Power! Get game-changing mining results with Luxor Firmware. Boost hashrate, cut energy costs, protect your hardware, and maximize mining profits with LuxOS. 👉 Colorado Air Filter, Leaders In Mining HVAC Solutions! Pick from 6 different filtration brands from MERV 8 pleats to HEPA filters. Get your mine in top shape before the heat and dust of this summer comes! Contact sales@coloradoairfilter.com Published twice weekly, "The Mining Pod" interviews the best builders and operators in the Bitcoin and Bitcoin mining landscape. Subscribe to get notifications when we publish interviews on Tuesday and a news show on Friday! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get the headlines that matter, right when they hit the wire: Join our Telegram group for market moving news on top Bitcoin equities like $MSTR, $MARA, $RIOT, $CLSK, and more:  https://t.me/blockspacenews Welcome back to The Mining Pod! Today, Aydin Kilic, CEO of Hive Blockchain joins us to talk about their plan to scale to 25 EH/s by year end, the Paraguay expansion using new Bitmain hydro units, the company’s ATM funding strategy, and their pivot into HPC. Subscribe to our newsletter!  **Notes:** • Scaling from 12 to 25 exahash by year end • 200MW Paraguay site bought for $400k/MW • 18% share dilution in Q1 from ATM usage • $500M mining margin target at 25 EH/s • 50% gross mining margins currently • $40M profit on Bitcoin pledge trade Timestamps: 00:00 Start 03:02 NYC trip 04:58 25 Exahash goal 07:35 Surviving bear markets 18:20 Fractal Bitcoin 18:59 ATM 24:05 Next steps 2025 👉 Fractal Bitcoin, Is Bitcoin’s most active scaling solution already here? Fractal’s rapid hashrate growth and transaction growth suggest it might be. A new report by Blockspace Media breaks down Fractal Bitcoin. Read the full report here. 👉 Luxor, Leaders In Bitcoin Mining and Compute Power! Get game-changing mining results with Luxor Firmware. Boost hashrate, cut energy costs, protect your hardware, and maximize mining profits with LuxOS. 👉 Colorado Air Filter, Leaders In Mining HVAC Solutions! Pick from 6 different filtration brands from MERV 8 pleats to HEPA filters. Get your mine in top shape before the heat and dust of this summer comes! Contact sales@coloradoairfilter.com Published twice weekly, "The Mining Pod" interviews the best builders and operators in the Bitcoin and Bitcoin mining landscape. Subscribe to get notifications when we publish interviews on Tuesday and a news show on Friday! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get the headlines that matter, right when they hit the wire: Join our Telegram group for market moving news on top Bitcoin equities like $MSTR, $MARA, $RIOT, $CLSK, and more:  https://t.me/blockspacenews FILL OUT THE SURVEY BY CLICKING HERE Welcome back to The Mining Pod! Today, Will, Colin, and Matt discuss Antalpha’s CEO becoming the chair of Cango, how the Big Beautiful Bill affects bitcoin miners, OpenAI and Oracle’s 4.5GW datacenter plans, last week’s record crypto ETF inflows of $4.39B, and Joe McCann's Solana treasury SPAC. Subscribe to our newsletter!  **Notes:** • Hashprice stable at $60/hash/day • Antalpha CEO now chair of Cango  • BBB allows 100% equipment depreciation  • OpenAI and Oracle plan 4.5GW data center • $4.39B crypto ETF inflows weekly Timestamps: 00:00 Start 04:59 Anatalpha CEO → Cango chairman 13:02 BBB impact on Bitcoin miners 22:06 Fractal Bitcoin 22:45 $4.39B in flows last week 25:53 Stargate OpenAI<>Oracle 4.5 GW 29:10 SoftBank and OpenAI’s $500 Billion AI Project 36:33 Joe Mcann’s fails after 80% drop 👉 Fractal Bitcoin, Is Bitcoin’s most active scaling solution already here? Fractal’s rapid hashrate growth and transaction growth suggest it might be. A new report by Blockspace Media breaks down Fractal Bitcoin. Read the full report here. 👉 Luxor, Leaders In Bitcoin Mining and Compute Power! Get game-changing mining results with Luxor Firmware. Boost hashrate, cut energy costs, protect your hardware, and maximize mining profits with LuxOS. 👉 Colorado Air Filter, Leaders In Mining HVAC Solutions! Pick from 6 different filtration brands from MERV 8 pleats to HEPA filters. Get your mine in top shape before the heat and dust of this summer comes! Contact sales@coloradoairfilter.com Published twice weekly, "The Mining Pod" interviews the best builders and operators in the Bitcoin and Bitcoin mining landscape. Subscribe to get notifications when we publish interviews on Tuesday and a news show on Friday! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get the headlines that matter, right when they hit the wire: Join our Telegram group for market moving news on top Bitcoin equities like $MSTR, $MARA, $RIOT, $CLSK, and more:  https://t.me/blockspacenews FILL OUT THE SURVEY BY CLICKING HERE Welcome back to The Mining Pod! Today, VanEck’s Head of Digital Assets Research Matthew Sigel joins us to talk about Core Scientific's massive $9B CoreWeave acquisition deal, whether Bitcoin treasury companies are getting too crowded with 30+ deals in pipeline, AI infrastructure pivots among miners, and if the crypto equity boom is here to stay. Subscribe to our newsletter!  **Notes:** • Core Scientific $9B all-stock deal with CoreWeave • 850MW HPC/AI infrastructure potential capacity   • US listed miners hit 31% global hash rate  • 30,000+ Bitcoin bought by 15 treasury companies • Meta Planet trading at 5x Bitcoin NAV premium • $150M annual revenue target for Hut 8's AI business Timestamps: 00:00 Start 02:55 Coreweave & Core Scientific 07:40 Coreweave's BTC mining operation 08:52 Volatility & Coreweave's stock price 12:25 Fractal Bitcoin 13:05 Future of pure BTC miners 17:45 American Bitcoin 20:54 What's keeping public miner stock prices suppressed? 24:02 Too many treasury companies? 29:58 International strategies 35:45 Gamestop & Semler Scientific 39:27 Bit Digital ETH pivot 42:49 Cycle narrative 👉 Fractal Bitcoin, Is Bitcoin’s most active scaling solution already here? Fractal’s rapid hashrate growth and transaction growth suggest it might be. A new report by Blockspace Media breaks down Fractal Bitcoin. Read the full report here. 👉 Luxor, Leaders In Bitcoin Mining and Compute Power! Get game-changing mining results with Luxor Firmware. Boost hashrate, cut energy costs, protect your hardware, and maximize mining profits with LuxOS. 👉 Colorado Air Filter, Leaders In Mining HVAC Solutions! Pick from 6 different filtration brands from MERV 8 pleats to HEPA filters. Get your mine in top shape before the heat and dust of this summer comes! Contact sales@coloradoairfilter.com Published twice weekly, "The Mining Pod" interviews the best builders and operators in the Bitcoin and Bitcoin mining landscape. Subscribe to get notifications when we publish interviews on Tuesday and a news show on Friday! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

FILL OUT THE SURVEY BY CLICKING HERE: https://forms.gle/DFpR9MyhWo1NQ8T39 Charlie and Colin dive deep into investigative journalism that reveals the US government's Bitcoin holdings are far more complex than anyone realized. After a $10K bounty led to a FOIA request, we discovered the US Marshals Service holds just 29,000 Bitcoin - not the 200,000 widely reported. We explore seized vs forfeited assets, government custody practices, and why Senator Lummis got it wrong. Subscribe to the newsletter! https://newsletter.blockspacemedia.com **Notes:** • US Marshals hold 29,000 Bitcoin worth $3.4B • Arkham shows 198,000 Bitcoin for US government • US sold 195,000 Bitcoin for $366.5M total • Bitfinex hack involved 94,000 seized Bitcoin • Government peak holdings: 237K Bitcoin (2022) • $10K bounty offered for Marshal data Timestamps: 00:00 Start 00:47 Lola investigates 05:27 29k BTC 11:03 Politicians enter the chat 17:47 Government custody providers - 👋Bitcoin Season 2 is produced Blockspace Media, Bitcoin’s first B2B publication in Bitcoin. Follow us on Twitter and check out our newsletter for the best information in Bitcoin mining, Ordinals and tech! Enjoy the show? Check out our website and newsletter by clicking here. Questions or want to sponsor? hello@blockspace.media Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get the headlines that matter, right when they hit the wire: Join our Telegram group for market moving news on top Bitcoin equities like $MSTR, $MARA, $RIOT, $CLSK, and more:  https://t.me/blockspacenews FILL OUT THE SURVEY BY CLICKING HERE Welcome back to The Mining Pod! Today, Colin, Charlie, and Matt talk Bitcoin's surge to $123K and its impact on mining economics, Bit Digital's WhiteFiber IPO prospectus and pivot to an Ethereum treasury strategy, public miner executive compensation, BIT Mining’s Ethiopia expansion, and the Mempool.space’s "Baja Blast Summer" (i.e., ultra-low transaction fees). Subscribe to our newsletter!  **Notes:** • Bitcoin reached $123K all-time high • Hash price at $60 per petahash per day • Exec compensation $14.4M in 2024 • Bit Digital raising $67.3M for ETH pivot • WhiteFiber IPO shows $47.6M 2024 HPC revenue • Ethiopia data centers use 30% of country’s energy  Timestamps: 00:00 Start 03:17 Difficulty Report by Luxor 08:33 Fees are SO LOW! 11:12 Bit Digital WhiteFiber S-1 14:21 Bit Digital ETH treasury 22:09 Fractal Bitcoin 22:48 VanEck: Executive Pay 27:27 BIT Mining Ethiopian data center 30:17 Cry Corner: Baja Blast Summer 👉 Fractal Bitcoin, Reduces up to 50% of your pool fee. No new hardware, no extra energy. And it’s easy. FB rewards go straight to your existing Bitcoin wallet address. Over 50% of Bitcoin’s hashpower is already merge mining Fractal. Get more from the same resources — start on Fractal today! 👉 Luxor, Leaders In Bitcoin Mining and Compute Power! Get game-changing mining results with Luxor Firmware. Boost hashrate, cut energy costs, protect your hardware, and maximize mining profits with LuxOS. 👉 Colorado Air Filter, Leaders In Mining HVAC Solutions! Pick from 6 different filtration brands from MERV 8 pleats to HEPA filters. Get your mine in top shape before the heat and dust of this summer comes! Contact sales@coloradoairfilter.com Published twice weekly, "The Mining Pod" interviews the best builders and operators in the Bitcoin and Bitcoin mining landscape. Subscribe to get notifications when we publish interviews on Tuesday and a news show on Friday! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get the headlines that matter, right when they hit the wire: Join our Telegram group for market moving news on top Bitcoin equities like $MSTR, $MARA, $RIOT, $CLSK, and more:  https://t.me/blockspacenews FILL OUT THE SURVEY BY CLICKING HERE Welcome back to The Mining Pod! Today, Lee Bratcher, President of the Texas Blockchain Council, joins us to talk about the newly signed Senate Bill 6 that completely overhauls interconnection and curtailment rules for large loads over 75MW on the Texas grid. We cover the four primary pillars of this legislation, why the 4CP program changes could be more consequential than other provisions, and how this affects Bitcoin miners versus AI data centers. Subscribe to our newsletter!  **Notes:** • ERCOT expects 150GW growth by 2030 vs 120GW realistic • 4CP minimum transmission charge could add 1¢/kWh • 25,000MW of solar now on Texas grid vs near zero 5 years ago • Large loads over 75MW subject to remote disconnect • Bitcoin miners typically curtail at $100/MWh range • Phantom load applications clog interconnection queue Timestamps: 00:00 Start 02:45 What is SB6? 03:54 Clarification 05:23 Behind the meter 06:49 Remote disconnect 09:09 Changes to 4CP program 14:28 Minimal transmission charge 18:32 NatGas behind the meter 20:05 Load redundancy 22:43 Phantom load 24:33 Loads covering infra cost 28:31 Rollout timeline 30:56 Voltage requirements 37:23 Is this a good bill? 40:56 Batteries 42:56 Wrap up 👉 Fractal Bitcoin, Reduces up to 50% of your pool fee. No new hardware, no extra energy. And it’s easy. FB rewards go straight to your existing Bitcoin wallet address. Over 50% of Bitcoin’s hashpower is already merge mining Fractal. Get more from the same resources — start on Fractal today! 👉 Luxor, Leaders In Bitcoin Mining and Compute Power! Get game-changing mining results with Luxor Firmware. Boost hashrate, cut energy costs, protect your hardware, and maximize mining profits with LuxOS. 👉 Colorado Air Filter, Leaders In Mining HVAC Solutions! Pick from 6 different filtration brands from MERV 8 pleats to HEPA filters. Get your mine in top shape before the heat and dust of this summer comes! Contact sales@coloradoairfilter.com Published twice weekly, "The Mining Pod" interviews the best builders and operators in the Bitcoin and Bitcoin mining landscape. Subscribe to get notifications when we publish interviews on Tuesday and a news show on Friday! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices