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How Nation States and Energy Companies Are Reshaping Bitcoin Mining

2023/6/14
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Joe Burnett is joined by Marko Tarman of NiceHash to discuss all things Bitcoin mining. From its relationship with the energy industry, to El Salvador and nation states mining Bitcoin, the future of transaction fees, and more!

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00:00 Intro

01:14 Marko’s Background

05:02 Where will the Bitcoin mining industry be in 10 years?

08:18 Will a majority of mining come from energy companies?

11:49 Who will own mining hardware?

13:26 Nation states mining Bitcoin

19:56 What is Nicehash?

27:10 ASIC and Hashrate Marketplaces

30:51 Coinbase, Binance, and Unregistered Securities

35:26 Transaction fees in the future

38:01 Bitcoin price prediction