About this episode
Today's episode is with JP Baric, the founder and CEO of the Mining Store, (https://miningstore.com), a tech company that designs, builds and operates large scale Bitcoin mining data centres. He also bought bitcoin when it was $70 in 2013...
We got into the Byzantine General's problem, mining in special economic zones, and even touched on JP's appearance on The Dr Phil Show - indeed.
Timestamps:
01:30 – JP’s introduction to Bitcoin
05:52 – Proof of work v proof of stake
09:34 – Why Bitcoin and not crypto
13:54 – The Mining Store services
23:40 – Bitcoin mining first principles
30:30 – Bitcoin mining and infrastructure
39:05 – Hashrate and price
50:20 – Bitcoin philosophy
You can find JP on LinkedIn and at the time of recording, his Twitter (or X) account has been hacked and is unavailable! To learn more about The Mining Store, visit https://miningstore.com.
Edited by Sean Lowe.
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