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Mar 2020
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SLP158 John Lee Quigley - How Does a Bit...

STEPHAN LIVERA
About this episode

John Lee Quigley of MinerUpdate and Adaptive Analysis joins me in this episode to talk about the impacts of bitcoin price drop on Bitcoin mining. We talk about:

  • What the key costs are for miners
  • Who are the key players in bitcoin mining
  • Miner trends
  • Geographic dispersion
  • Vertical integration
  • Energy use

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