Riot Blockchain’s 2022: Texas Expansion, ERCOT & S19 XPs | Jason Les | The Mining Pod

In this interview, we discuss competition among Bitcoin miners, building the world’s largest bitcoin mine during Covid, how to think about mining equities, the vertically integrated model, working with ERCOT, deploying S19 XPs and bear market mining strategies. https://www.riotblockchain.com Jason Les: https://twitter.com/jasonles_ Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley SPONSOR https://foundryacademy.com Enhance your ASIC education with hands-on courses offered by Foundry. Led by industry-veteran instructors, Foundry’s Mining Technician academy programs cover a range of topics - from identifying issues and troubleshooting common hardware failures, to coursework exploring bitcoin’s global impact. TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 00:58 Intro 01:50 FTX collapse 03:00 Relationships in the industry 06:48 Miners having trouble 09:11 Bad decisions in mining 14:00 Miner loans and rates 22:20 Building a massive mining site 26:24 Financing expansions 31:21 Risks of mining equity 34:07 The business model of mining 39:44 Working with ERCOT 44:23 ASIC market 49:35 BTC in a broader bear market MINE Start mining your own bitcoins with Compass. https://bit.ly/3CehBf1 WATCH https://youtube.com/c/CompassMining?sub_confirmation=1 LISTEN Apple Podcasts https://apple.co/3fNfrdi Spotify https://spoti.fi/3tSf9G1 Amazon https://amzn.to/3557cqg Anchor https://bit.ly/3rmb7UF Fountain https://bit.ly/3NeNTec RSS https://bit.ly/3chpULV LEARN Every week, Compass sends a memo to over 18,000 professional miners and investors with the most important news and data in cryptocurrency mining. Get the free newsletter in your inbox too: https://bit.ly/3vOGzxD FOLLOW Twitter: https://twitter.com/compass_mining LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/compassmining Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices