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74: Bitmain, Bitcoin Cash, and the future of crypto with Nishant Sharma
China Tech Talk
English - March 18, 2019 02:58 - 48 minutes - 44.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 43 ratingsTechnology Society & Culture technology china Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
One of the earliest companies to get into bitcoin mining, Bitmain makes and sells mining equipment and manages one of the world's largest bitcoin mining pools. A controversial company in the space (as are most), Bitmain backed the Bitcoin Cash fork as well as the subsequent fork into Bitcoin Cash ABC.
This week we are joined by Nishant Sharma, International PR and Communications Director at Bitmain, to talk about the company, some of their tech, as well as their future plans.
This episode was recorded on January 31, 2019.
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How the world’s largest bitcoin miner is taking on AI’s most powerful players
Bitmain co-founder Wu Jihan may be departing from core business
TechNode Podcast Network
Guest
Nishant Sharma, @nishantsharma87, LinkedIn
Hosts
John Artman, @knowsnothing, TechNode
Matthew Brennan, @MattyBGoooner, ChinaChannel
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