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Bitcoin’s Blocksize Scarcity with Bob Burnett of Barefoot Mining (SLP525)
Season 1
Episode 525
Published 2 years, 7 months ago
Description
When you need to send a Bitcoin transaction, you need Bitcoin blockspace. But blockspace is scarce! CEO of Barefoot Mining, Bob Burnett and I chat about this, and what you can do about it.
- Blockspace scarcity and explanation
- What you can do about it
- UTXO management
- Different types of miner
- Miner’s Trilemma
- Arguments against public company mining
- Mining NOT being a leverage play on Bitcoin
- Public vs private miners
- Gateway going public
- Core Scientific bankruptcy
- Mining decentralisation
Links:
- X: @boomer_btc
- Site: Barefoot Mining
- Old Man Yells: @OldManYells-btc
- Satoshi’s Heel article mentioned: SATOSHI’S HEEL: IS MINING INFRASTRUCTURE A VULNERABILITY THAT COULD TAKE DOWN BITCOIN?
Sponsors:
- Swan.com (code LIVERA)
- CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)
- Mempool.space
Stephan Livera links:
- Follow me on X @stephanlivera
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