Kevin Zhang, vice president of business development at Foundry, breaks down the latest developments surrounding China and bitcoin mining. Show highlights:
- how he came across crypto and which Bitcoin OG he joined at Bitcoin.com to help start its mining operations arm
- what Foundry does and its relationship with Digital Currency Group (DCG)
- why DCG wanted to build out a mining infrastructure business
- what news from China in early March kickstarted the process of the mining ban
- how China’s Central Television broadcasting company might have brought extra scrutiny to cryptocurrencies
- what the 100th anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party has to do with its Bitcoin mining ban
- why the Inner Mongolia and Sichuan Bitcoin mining bans were especially disruptive for Chinese miners
- how much of China’s hash rate Kevin estimates has been shut down since May
- where are miners relocating to
- why Chinese mining equipment will not be allowed to turn on in the US
- whether or not China’s Bitcoin mining ban will stick
- why China banning bitcoin mining will be good for the network in the long run
- what significant risk to Bitcoin’s network is solved by China banning bitcoin mining
- how much Bitcoin’s hash rate will drop and what effect this will have on miner revenue
- why Kevin thinks that Bitcoin is good for renewable energy
- how immersion cooling technology works
- what tangible benefits miners could find by moving to North America
- if El Salvador’s volcanic bitcoin mining plan is feasible
- what Kevin predicts will happen in the Bitcoin mining industry for the latter half of 2021
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- Bit Digital: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/bit-digital-joins-foundry-usa-pool-with-5-679-machines-adding-up-to-280-phs-of-compute-power-to-the-pool-301283792.html
- Bitfarms partnership: https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2021/04/23/2215897/0/en/Bitfarms-Partners-with-Foundry-to-Expand-Bitcoin-Mining-Fleet-and-Join-Foundry-USA-Pool-Instantly-Boosts-Operating-Hashrate-By-15.html
China’s Bitcoin Mining Ban
- Travis Kling noted 25 different announcements from China in June alone:
- Glassnode: mining difficulty to face its largest decrease ever
- The Block: hash rate dropped 50%, Foundry up while everyone else is hurting
- Nic Carter: breaking down the hashrate migration
- Secondhand mining equipment prices are spiking
- Bitcoin miners shut down, 26 farms affected after Sichuan bans BTC mining
- China’s Inner Mongolia announced eight measures in its crypto ban
- Hash rate hits yearly low
- Miners are moving to Kazakhstan
- Tweet thread on how bitcoin miners reacted to the PRC’s May crackdown
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