Bitcoin Magazine Happy Hour #5 (12/17) - Miner Takeover Live

Join Bitcoin Magazine's weekly Happy Hour livestream as we sit down with experts in the bitcoin space and discuss these crazy macro political scenario that we find our selves. This week we will sit down with an expert crew of Bitcoin miners.

Bitcoiners:
Marty Bent - @MartyBent
Denver Bitcoins - @denverbitcoin
Edward Evenson - @WillHash4Coins
Eddie Wang - @eddiepluswang
Drew Armstrong - @btc_buddhist

Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro and ads
0:09:28 0:12:40 Expectations for hashrate and price
0:13:21 0:14:11 Capitalizing on cheap energy sources for Bitcoin mining
0:15:27 0:18:05 Different dynamics at play within the Bitcoin mining industry
0:18:30 0:21:17 How miner incentives drive efficiency in the market for cheap energy
0:21:17 0:22:38 Considering alternatives to the S9
0:24:18 0:27:26 Timelines for new competitors to enter the mining space
0:28:58 0:30:12 Ruthless competition in the mining industry
0:30:13 0:32:10 Debating the relationship between Moore's law and miner efficiency
0:32:16 0:35:18 Edward's lessons learned in 2020 and opportunities for future growth within the mining industry
0:35:18 0:38:17 More lessons learned from experienced miners
0:40:29 0:41:53 A maturing relationship between small-scale and large-scale mining operations
0:43:51 0:45:57 Financing options for miners and the information arbitrage between operations at different scales
0:47:56 0:50:15 Bitcoin speculative attacks and arbitrage opportunities within the mining industry
0:50:31 0:53:05 Differences between companies buying Bitcoin to put on the balance sheet and establishing infrastructure to mine and accumulate Bitcoin
0:55:27 0:58:53 Thoughts and predictions about the geopolitical mining landscape
0:59:34 1:01:16 Measuring the distribution of hashrate ownership by following capital rather than geographic borders
1:02:46 1:05:32 Would nation states dominate the mining industry and reduce competition?
1:05:33 1:07:49 The nature of CapEx cycles and why hashrate should naturally migrate to areas with the lowest cost of power
1:13:30 1:17:16 The implications of using Bitcoin as a constant source of energy demand
1:19:20 1:20:40 Dispelling Bitcoin energy waste FUD
1:23:54 1:24:34 Bitcoin as a monetary battery
1:28:40 1:31:35 The viability of space mining
1:33:49 1:35:21 Hashrate expectations in the near future
1:40:39 1:42:54 Debating the importance of energy locality versus hardware obsolescence if cheap energy is available
1:47:22 1:50:27 Considering whether the potential nationalization of Bitcoin mining around the world is a real concern