Ethan Vera shares CONTROVERSIAL VIEWS on the latest BITCOIN news

Today Will speaks with Ethan Vera, the co-founder and COO of Luxor Mining, Viridi Funds, and Hashrate Index. Prior to crypto mining, he was a banker at Goldman Sachs. In mid summer 2018, Ethan helped build a mining colocation company that hosted a few thousand ASICs, utilizing 4 megawatts of power.  

This episode covers Bitcoin in El Salvador, the Chinese Invasion in Taiwan, tools for Bitcoin miners, and so much more.   

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TIMESTAMPS:   

0:00-0:38 - Introduction   

0:39-1:05 - What’s new with Luxor  

1:06-3:07 - How is the Hashrate product 

3:08-5:02 - Products miners can utilize  

5:03-6:58 - Ethan's views of the liquid marketplace around Hashrate  

6:59-9:32 - Taproot and Segwit  

9:33-12:27 - What is Ethan excited about?  

12:28-15:07 - Proof of work vs Proof of stake  

15:08-16:34 - How is the approach of El Salvador on Bitcoin actually working? 

16:35-18:41- How is currency transferred in El Salvador? 

18:42-24:43 - Tornado cash, privacy risks, and the government 

24:44-26:59 - What regulations would Ethan have if he had a choice?  

27:00-33:40 - Bitcoin vs Ethereum debate and energy use  

33:41-38:04 - The Chinese invasion of Taiwan  

38:05-39:58 - Ramifications of renewable energy in the USA 

39:59-42:53 - A win for Bitcoin  


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