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What Bitcoin Mining Investors Should Expect
Veteran Bitcoin mining Kristy-Leigh Minehan discussed early Bitcoin mining players and what inventors should expect when launching a farm.
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The third episode of “The Biz” with John Carvalho has been unlocked! In this episode, Carvalho hosted veteran mining expert and expert witness, Kristy-Leigh Minehan.
This interview covered rare topics about early Bitcoin mining players like Avalon, creators of the first ever ASIC mining machine, and Friedcat from ASICMINER, the first mass-produced Bitcoin ASIC manufacturer.
Minehan gave insight on the current mining industry and what mining investors should expect if trying to launch a new farm, including starting budgets and more. Minehan also took the time to contrast the Bitcoin and altcoin mining worlds, giving examples of how they differ.
You can listen to this episode for free, but Bitcoiners need to visit thebiz.pro to contribute to unlocking the latest “crowdwall” for episode four with Joshua Unseth. “The Biz” is funded with a unique, crowdfunded paywall model. Every contribution helps to unlock the audio incrementally, until the total goal is reached and then all of the audio becomes free for everyone. Users can pay with BTC on-chain, or with BTC on the Lightning Network.
50% of contributions are donated to an open-source Bitcoin project. For this episode, 1,500,000 sats were awarded to mempool.space, thanks to visitors at thebiz.pro.
Interview: Gabriel Shapiro On Bitcoin Regulations
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This episode of “The Biz” featured Gabriel Shapiro, an experienced “crypto” lawyer for both Bitcoin and altcoin businesses. Host John Carvalho and Shapiro bridged the gap of topics across Bitcoin, Ethereum, regulations, contracts and much more.
Shapiro took the time to contrast what he thinks Bitcoiners miss about Ethereum supporters, and what Ethereans miss about Bitcoin. Carvalho managed to remain civil about altcoin topics, trying his best to gather useful info for listeners.
Shapiro clearly understands the value of decentralization while navigating contracts and risks for his clients, and sees “crypto” as a whole as an improvement over fiat and centralized tech companies like Facebook and Google.
Carvalho and Shapiro discussed the track record of how U.S. government agencies have handled and regulated Bitcoin, and their lack of enforcement on shitcoin scams… all while trying to predict how things may unfold in the future. Don’t miss this candid conversation about Bitcoin, shitcoin ethics, law and government powers!
Interview: Austin Hill On Blockstream, Open Source And Privacy
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“The Biz” with John Carvalho kicked off its first episode with a bang in a long-form interview with Austin Hill, former CEO of Zero Knowledge Systems and former CEO of Blockstream. Hill shared a detailed history of what it was like to design and launch privacy-centric products in the early days of the internet, including some great anecdotes from interacting with big corporations and government agencies using his products.
Hill explained how Blockstream raised so much money so early into the Bitcoin movement, how employees were given BTC payment options and offered some fun stories about the scaling wars and FUD cycle against Blockstream from shitcoiners.
After the walk down memory lane, Carvalho and Hill talked a bit about the value and nuance of bringing people together to collaborate on open-source projects, while competing with a world of “shit” investments like ICOs and sc-ifi altcoins. Hill also talked about his concerns about the future of AI, UBI and more. This interview is required listening for any cypherpunk, Bitcoin enthusiast or entrepreneur in the cryptocurrency world.