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Feb 2025
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THE MINING POD: Mining For The Streets W...

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There’s a small, hobbyist Bitcoin mining unit that’s getting Bitcoin plebs fired up. We’re learning more on this week’s Mining Pod.


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Welcome back to The Mining Pod! Today, Skot from the Bitaxe project and Econoalchemist from Pod256 join the show to talk about open-source Bitcoin mining hardware.


From hitting a Bitcoin block during a mining charity event to developing standardized hash

Boards, we talk about Bitcoin mining hardware. Learn about their Skot and Econoalchemsts take on the Bitmain monopoly and attempt to make Bitcoin mining accessible to everyone.


Notes:

• BitaxeOpen Source Project

• 256 Foundation Mission

• Breaking Mining Monopolies

• Standardized Hash Boards

• DIY Mining Innovation

• Hardware Democratization


Timestamps

00:00 Start

01:59 Telehash & hitting block

05:26 Intros

12:51 256 Foundation mandate?

16:02 BitAxe users

18:53 AmberOne project

22:08 Designer BitAxe culture

27:24 Mining centralization


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