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May 2021
56m 44s

SLP275 Pavel Moravec - SlushPool Signall...

STEPHAN LIVERA
About this episode

Pavel Moravec of Braiins (operator of SlushPool) joins me to talk about signalling for Taproot as a miner. We chat:

  • Whether it is difficult to signal as a miner
  • The dynamics with different mining pools signaling
  • Miners and Pools, how does it work
  • Braiins OS and mining firmware
  • What future upgrades might look like

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