The $2.1 Million ‘Epic’ Bitcoin Satoshi
Charlie and Will go through this week’s headlines, including the $2.1 million ‘Epic Satoshi’ mined by ViaBTC during the Bitcoin halving, then auctioned off to the highest bidder.
ABOUT
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We go through this week’s news in Bitcoin and Bitcoin mining, including ViaBTC’s 33.3 BTC auction reward, Jack Dorsey’s Block announcing its 3 nm chip plans for a Bitcoin ASIC, and a behind-the-scenes look at TSMCs Arizona chip fab!
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HOST
Will Foxley is the host of The Mining Pod and publisher at Blockspace Media. A former co-host of CoinDesk's The Hash, Will was the director of content at Compass Mining and a tech reporter at CoinDesk.

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