Ethan Vera - How Bitcoin Mining Is Evolving Into Bitcoin's Institutional Backbone [Digital Gold, Ep. 9]

Show Notes:

(1:10) - How did you get into bitcoin mining? 

(6:20) - What products is Luxor working on for miners? 

(8:50) - How exactly does a mining pool work? 

(12:30) - How do you see mining pools evolving? 

(14:00) - The birth of hashrate marketplaces.

(15:40) - Are miners able to sell hashrate futures into these marketplaces?

(20:00) - How much hashrate do you see coming online in 2020? 

(23:00) - Forecasting the value of hashrate. 

(25:00) - How do you see the mining industry being consolidated in 2021?

(27:00) - Where are we at in the Bitcoin mining cycle? 

(28:50) - What does the average North American bitcoin miner look like?

(31:30) - Manufacturing ASICs in North America? 

(33:00) - Why is it so difficult for miners to secure financing? 

(37:00) - Insurance products being built for miners.

(43:00) - How has JPs mining company evolved into 2020? 

Support & Connect:

• MiningStore - www.miningstore.com

• Aurum Capital Ventures - www.aurumcapitalventures.com

• Twitter - https://twitter.com/jpbaric

• LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnpaul-baric-6372a764/

• TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@jpbaric?lang=en

Connect with Ethan:

• Luxor Mining Pool - https://mining.luxor.tech/

• Luxor Hashrate Index - https://hashrateindex.com/coins/bitcoin

• LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ethanvera/

• Twitter - https://twitter.com/ethan_vera

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