The Bitcoin Mining Show

What does the next era of Bitcoin mining actually look like?On Episode 19 of The Bitcoin Mining Show, Cinco sits down with Bob Burnett, founder of Barefoot Mining and Executive Chairman of OCEAN, for a wide-ranging conversation about Bitcoin mining economics, decentralization, hardware, energy, regulation, pools, and what miners should be thinking about as we move toward the 2028 halving.Bob brings decades of technology experience to the conversation, including his time as CTO of Gateway during the personal-computer era. He shares how GPU mining first pulled him into proof-of-work, why he ultimately focused on Bitcoin, and how Barefoot Mining developed its approach to mining and energy.We dig into Bob's “rabbits, horses, and elephants” framework for understanding different classes of Bitcoin miners, along with his distinction between wild and captive mining. From there, the conversation moves into geographic and regulatory risk, community resistance to mining and data centers, energy competition from AI/HPC, and why miners shouldn't become complacent simply because today's political environment may appear favorable.Bob also explains why the future of mining hardware isn't necessarily a race for the lowest possible J/TH number. Total cost of ownership, reliability, repairability, parts availability, infrastructure and uptime can matter just as much when you're actually operating miners in the real world.We discuss the used-miner market, ASIC manufacturing, network hashrate, capital constraints, Bob's “Miner's Dilemma,” and why he is already thinking seriously about the economics of the 2028 Bitcoin halving.The conversation ultimately comes back to decentralization and individual participation. Bob makes the case for becoming a “citizen of Bitcoin” by running a node, participating in mining, and taking a more active role in protecting the network rather than delegating those responsibilities entirely to somebody else.We close with OCEAN, DATUM, miner-created block templates, direct-from-coinbase payouts, and what OCEAN is building for miners who want greater sovereignty over their participation in Bitcoin.⏱️ CHAPTERS00:00 Introduction01:20 Who Is Bob Burnett?02:17 From Gateway CTO to Crypto Mining05:00 Why Bob Chose Bitcoin06:37 Rabbits, Horses & Elephants13:49 Wild vs. Captive Bitcoin Mining20:00 Geographic & Regulatory Risk27:12 Bitcoin Mining, AI & HPC28:00 Community Pushback Against Data Centers33:53 Noise, Permitting & Responsible Mining38:00 Air Cooling vs. Hydro & Mining Infrastructure43:50 Where Mining Hardware Innovation Goes Next44:06 “An ASIC Is the Chip”46:00 Why Total Cost of Ownership Matters48:00 The Used Miner Market & Falling Hashrate50:00 ASIC Manufacturing & Future Supply51:00 The Miner's Dilemma: Energy, Capital & Hardware55:30 Preparing for the 2028 Halving58:00 How Hashrate Responds to Mining Economics1:01:00 The Changing Role of Public Miners1:04:00 Bitcoin Mining as a Commodity Business1:05:00 Mining Produces Block Space1:06:30 Is Bitcoin Mining Getting Healthier?1:07:00 Becoming a “Citizen of Bitcoin”1:11:00 Where to Follow Bob Burnett1:12:20 OCEAN, DATUM & Miner-Created Templates1:13:00 Closing 📚 MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: EXECUTIVE ORDER 6102During the discussion of government and regulatory risk, Bob references Executive Order 6102, Franklin D. Roosevelt's 1933 order restricting private monetary-gold holdings and requiring most gold to be delivered to the Federal Reserve, subject to exemptions.Bob's discussion applies the history of EO 6102 as an analogy when considering potential future government intervention involving Bitcoin mining. EO 6102 itself was a gold-related order, not a Bitcoin or mining law.Executive Order 6102 — Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_Order_6102Read the original Executive Order 6102 — The American Presidency Projecthttps://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/executive-order-6102-forbidding-the-hoarding-gold-coin-gold-bullion-and-gold-certificates🔗 FOLLOW BOB BURNETTX: @boomer_btcBob Burnett on XBarefoot Miningbarefootmining.comOCEANocean.xyzThe Bitcoin Boomersthebitcoinboomers.com⚡ THE BITCOIN MINING SHOWPresented by Altair TechBitcoin mining hardware, infrastructure, parts and solutions.Altair TechMine Your Independence.Hosted by Cinco DoggosCinco Doggos MiningX: @cincodoggosYouTube: @CincoDoggosMiningTwitch: CincoDoggosLightning/Tips: CincoDoggos@strike.meThe Bitcoin Mining Show brings you conversations with the miners, builders, operators, pools, manufacturers and entrepreneurs doing Real Life Proof of Work across the Bitcoin mining industry.Subscribe and turn on notifications for new episodes.HASHTAGS#Bitcoin #BitcoinMining #BTCMining #ProofOfWork #OCEAN #BarefootMining #BitcoinBoomers #BitcoinMiner #Mining #BitcoinNetwork #DATUM #AltairTech #CincoDoggos

Winter is coming. Your Bitcoin miner might be your new favorite heater. ❄️⛏️🔥In Episode 18 of The Bitcoin Mining Show, Joe “Cinco Doggos” Spencer sits down with Kris Konicki from Altair Tech to talk home Bitcoin mining, heat reuse, and getting ready for colder weather.We kick things off with a recap of the Midwest Bitcoin Summit in Columbus, Ohio: meeting new miners, hands-on demonstrations, and the conversations around waste energy, stranded energy, and putting mining heat to work.Then we get practical with three miners from Canaan’s Avalon Home Series: the Nano 3S, Mini 3, and Avalon Q. From a little warmth under your desk to heating a living room, workshop, or greenhouse, we discuss where these machines fit—and what to consider before plugging one in.In this episode:₿ Midwest Bitcoin Summit highlights and onboarding new miners₿ Heat reuse, heat-punking, and the value of useful heat₿ Avalon Nano 3S: a simple starting point for home mining₿ Avalon Mini 3: thermostat-controlled heating that also mines Bitcoin₿ Avalon Q: more hashrate for the home miner₿ Choosing a miner for your office, bedroom, living room, or workshop₿ Power draw, airflow, noise, and common setup mistakes₿ Greenhouses, heated floors, filament dryers, and the future of heat reuseWe also talk about why recovering part of an existing heating expense is a different conversation from expecting a miner to erase your electric bill.And yes, there’s a Bitcoin-heated tortoise enclosure in this conversation. 🐢🎵 STICK AROUND AFTER THE INTERVIEW!A special presentation by Cinco Doggos:“Hash Watch (Winter is Coming)”💬 What would YOU heat with a Bitcoin miner? Tell us about your setup—or the heat-reuse project you want to build—in the comments.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━🎙️ CONNECT WITH KRIS KONICKI𝕏: [https://x.com/KrisAltairTech](https://x.com/KrisAltairTech)Altair Technology: [https://altairtech.io](https://altairtech.io)━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━🧢 THE “GFY” HATThe “GFY” hat Joe is wearing is from BitBrand.Shop BitBrand: [https://www.bitbrandshop.com](https://www.bitbrandshop.com)━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━🐕 FOLLOW CINCO DOGGOS MINING🌐 Website: [https://www.cincodoggos.tech](https://www.cincodoggos.tech)▶️ YouTube: [https://www.youtube.com/@CincoDoggosMining](https://www.youtube.com/@CincoDoggosMining)𝕏: [https://x.com/CincoDoggos](https://x.com/CincoDoggos)🎮 Twitch: [https://www.twitch.tv/cincodoggos](https://www.twitch.tv/cincodoggos)⚡ Lightning/Tips: CincoDoggos@strike.me━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━⛏️ SPONSORED BY ALTAIR TECHNOLOGYMINE YOUR INDEPENDENCE™Bitcoin miners, parts, accessories, and help planning your next mining setup.🌐 Website: [https://altairtech.io](https://altairtech.io)▶️ YouTube: [https://www.youtube.com/@AltairTech](https://www.youtube.com/@AltairTech)𝕏: [https://x.com/altair_tech](https://x.com/altair_tech)LinkedIn: [https://www.linkedin.com/company/altairtech](https://www.linkedin.com/company/altairtech)💥 Use discount code CINCO at checkout!━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━👍 Subscribe, like, and share this episode with someone who’s curious about mining Bitcoin at home.REAL LIFE PROOF OF WORK. ₿

David Branscum returns for Part Two—and we’re entering the “Villain Arc.” BIP-110, hard-fork controversy, OCEAN, DATUM, and the debate over who gets to decide what Bitcoin should be.In Episode 17 of The Bitcoin Mining Show, Joe “Cinco Doggos” Spencer and David move from the mining journey explored in Part One into a candid conversation about conviction, consensus, and what happens when disagreement turns personal.Cinco explains why he supported BIP-110 signaling—and where the hard-fork rhetoric began to lose him. David shares what drew him to OCEAN and DATUM, why voluntary choice matters, and why respect for Bitcoin’s builders doesn’t mean agreeing with every decision they make.🔥 IN THIS EPISODE:• Cinco’s unexpected BIP-110 discussion onstage at Mining Disrupt• Supporting transaction filtering while respecting network consensus• Why OCEAN and DATUM appealed to independent miners• Miner control over block templates and transaction selection• Signaling, hard-fork proposals, and the limits of persuasion• The “one true Bitcoin” argument and Bitcoin tribalism• Personal attacks and communication failures on both sides• Self-custody, transparency, and industry accountability• Whether conflict ultimately makes Bitcoin more resilient• Adoption, “number go up,” and the people building Bitcoin’s futureThe “Villain Arc” is tongue-in-cheek. The questions are serious: How do we defend our convictions without demanding everyone follow us? And how do we disagree without losing sight of what brought us to Bitcoin?💬 Where do you draw the line between advocating for Bitcoin and trying to dictate its direction? Tell us in the comments.Missed Part One? Watch Episode 16 on the Altair Tech YouTube channel for David’s journey into Bitcoin mining, energy, and large-scale infrastructure.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━🎙️ GUEST: DAVID BRANSCUMX: https://x.com/DavidBranscumLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidbranscum/━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━🐕 FOLLOW CINCO DOGGOS MININGWebsite: https://www.cincodoggos.techX: https://x.com/CincoDoggosYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CincoDoggosMiningTwitch: https://www.twitch.tv/cincodoggos━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━⛏️ SPONSORED BY ALTAIR TECHNOLOGYMINE YOUR INDEPENDENCE™Looking for Bitcoin miners, replacement parts, accessories, repair services, or help scaling your mining operation? Visit Altair Technology.Website: https://altairtech.ioX: https://x.com/altair_techLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/altairtech💥 Use discount code CINCO at checkout!━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━👍 Subscribe, like, and share this episode with another miner. Independent conversations matter—and so does hearing each other out.#Bitcoin #BitcoinMining #BIP110 #DavidBranscum #TheBitcoinMiningShow #OceanMining #DATUM #CincoDoggos #AltairTechnology

🎙️ THE BITCOIN MINING SHOW | EPISODE 16 DAVID BRANSCUM — PART ONEThis conversation was too good to fit into a single episode.In Part One of this two-part interview, Joe “Cinco Doggos” Spencer sits down with Texas Bitcoin miner, energy developer, and power maximalist David Branscum for a candid conversation about the life experiences that brought him into Bitcoin.David’s journey didn’t begin in a boardroom or at a massive mining facility. After losing his businesses, taking a job delivering pizzas during the pandemic, and experimenting with GPU mining at home, he found his way into the industrial Bitcoin mining world.From there, David went on to work with immersion cooling, behind-the-meter generation, ERCOT, and mining developments ranging from small independent operations to projects measured in hundreds of megawatts.⚡ IN THIS EPISODE:✅ How David discovered Bitcoin mining through GPUs and NiceHash ✅ The painful business setback that forced him to rebuild ✅ Going from pizza delivery to industrial Bitcoin mining ✅ His introduction to immersion cooling and large-scale infrastructure ✅ Developing sites for Bitcoin mining and AI compute ✅ Finding land, securing power, and navigating ERCOT ✅ Why David considers himself a “power maximalist” ✅ Bitcoin mining as a buyer of last resort ✅ Why abundant energy is essential for human progress ✅ Behind-the-meter generation and stranded-energy opportunities ✅ The emotional side of surviving Bitcoin bear markets ✅ Why Bitcoin rewards patience, discipline, and personal responsibility ✅ David’s passion for building, learning, art, music, and koi pondsWhether you operate a single home miner, develop large-scale infrastructure, or simply want to understand the people behind Bitcoin’s hashrate, this episode offers an honest look at the curiosity, setbacks, conviction, and proof of work that shape a Bitcoin miner.🔥 AND THIS IS ONLY PART ONE.In Episode 17, David and Cinco enter what they jokingly call the “villain arc” of the conversation: a direct and candid discussion about BIP-110, the Blake2B hard fork, and the controversy surrounding it.Part Two arrives next Thursday at 8:00 AM Central Time.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━🎙️ GUEST: DAVID BRANSCUMX: https://x.com/DavidBranscum LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidbranscum/━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━🐕 FOLLOW CINCO DOGGOS MININGWebsite: https://www.cincodoggos.tech X: https://x.com/CincoDoggos YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CincoDoggosMining Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/cincodoggos━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━⛏️ SPONSORED BY ALTAIR TECHNOLOGY MINE YOUR INDEPENDENCE™Looking for Bitcoin miners, replacement parts, accessories, repair services, or help scaling your mining operation? Visit Altair Technology.Website: https://altairtech.io X: https://x.com/altair_tech LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/altairtech💥 Use discount code CINCO at checkout!━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━👍 If you enjoyed the conversation, subscribe to The Bitcoin Mining Show, leave a comment, and share this episode with another miner.#Bitcoin #BitcoinMining #BTC #DavidBranscum #TheBitcoinMiningShow #CincoDoggos #AltairTechnology #ASICMining #HomeMining #IndustrialMining #ImmersionCooling #ERCOT #TexasMining #BitcoinEnergy #ProofOfWork #MiningInfrastructure #BitcoinPodcast #PowerGeneration #DataCenters #BIP110Keywords: Bitcoin Mining, David Branscum, David Branscum Bitcoin, The Bitcoin Mining Show, Bitcoin Mining Show Episode 16, Cinco Doggos Mining, Joe Spencer, Altair Technology, Bitcoin Miner, ASIC Mining, Home Bitcoin Mining, Industrial Bitcoin Mining, Bitcoin Mining Infrastructure, Immersion Cooling, ERCOT, Texas Bitcoin Mining, Bitcoin Energy, Energy Development, Power Generation, Behind the Meter Generation, Stranded Energy, Natural Gas Bitcoin Mining, Mining Site Development, Data Center Development, Bitcoin Mining Podcast, Bitcoin Bear Market, Bitcoin Adoption, Proof of Work, Hashrate, Mining Farm, GPU Mining, NiceHash, Bitcoin Mining History, Power Maximalist, BIP-110, BIP 110 Hard Fork, Blake2B, Bitcoin Hard Fork, Episode 17

In Episode 15 of The Bitcoin Mining Show, Cinco Doggos sits down with Paul Palmer, Chief Revenue Officer of SustainHash, to talk about what it actually takes to operate Bitcoin mining infrastructure at scale.SustainHash started with ASIC repair and grew into a full-service Bitcoin mining operation handling site management, equipment procurement, warranties, monitoring, repairs and more. Paul takes us behind the scenes of what goes into keeping industrial mining operations running and why the right people, processes and systems matter just as much as the mining rigs themselves.We get into:⚡ What SustainHash actually does⛏️ Scaling from ASIC repair into industrial mining operations🛠️ Common mining rig failures and the importance of fast repairs📈 What “uptime” really means in Bitcoin mining⚡ Grid curtailment and why downtime isn't always a bad thing💰 Why 100% uptime isn't a realistic expectation🏭 What miners should look for when choosing a hosting or site-management partner🚩 Red flags when evaluating Bitcoin mining operators🌬️ “Bitcoin Mining Feng Shui”: why airflow, prevailing winds and site layout actually matter🇺🇸🇨🇦 Operating mining infrastructure from the heat of Texas to the cold of Alberta🤝 Why reputation, transparency and trust matter so much in Bitcoin miningPaul also shares his perspective from more than 30 years in business development and his journey from initially dismissing Bitcoin to becoming the CRO of a company operating Bitcoin mining infrastructure across North America.And yes, two veterans managed to work some military stories into a Bitcoin mining conversation. Paul served in the **U.S. Army Airborne**, while Cinco brings his own U.S. Navy submarine background to the discussion.As Paul explains, successful mining isn't just about plugging machines into power. Experience matters. Site design matters. Repair capability matters. Expectations matter. Even a little “Bitcoin Mining Feng Shui” matters.Sometimes the difference between a profitable operation and an expensive lesson comes down to knowing what can go wrong before it does. FOLLOW SUSTAINHASH🌐 Website: https://www.sustainhash.com𝕏: https://x.com/SustainHash ⚡ ALTAIR TECHMine Your Independence.🌐 https://altairtech.io/Use discount code CINCO when shopping at Altair Tech. 🐾 FOLLOW CINCO DOGGOS MINING🌐 Website: https://cincodoggos.tech/▶️ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CincoDoggosMining𝕏: https://x.com/cincodoggos🎮 Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/cincodoggos⚡ Lightning/Tips: [CincoDoggos@strike.me](mailto:CincoDoggos@strike.me)Subscribe for more conversations with the people actually building, operating and supporting the Bitcoin mining industry.Real Life Proof of Work.#Bitcoin #BitcoinMining #BTCMining #SustainHash #ASICMining #BitcoinMiners #CryptoMining #MiningFarm #BitcoinHosting #ASICRepair

🎟️ MIDWEST BITCOIN SUMMIT 2026Join Bitcoiners from across the country September 23–24, 2026 at the Greater Columbus Convention Center in Columbus, Ohio.🔥 SAVE 21% ON ALL TICKET CATEGORIESUse Promo Code: **ALTAIRTECH**Get tickets here:http://tickets.midwestbtc.com/affiliate/newsletter/event/midwest-bitcoin-summit-2026/?promoCodeTask=apply&promoCodeInput=ALTAIRTECH🌐 [www.midwestbtc.com](http://www.midwestbtc.com)𝕏 @MWBTCSummit━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━₿ THE BITCOIN MINING SHOW | EPISODE 14This week, Joe sits down with Andrew Tilmann, co-founder of the Midwest Bitcoin Summit, to talk Bitcoin adoption, education, mining, grassroots communities, and why the Midwest may be one of the most important regions for Bitcoin's next chapter.Andrew has been involved with Bitcoin since 2015, but his background stretches well beyond Bitcoin. A chemical engineer by education and profession, his career has included work in the paper industry, cannabis processing, and semiconductors before helping launch the Midwest Bitcoin Summit.We dig into how the Summit went from an idea to a major Bitcoin event, why Columbus, Ohio was chosen as its home, and why Andrew and his team are intentionally building something different from the traditional conference model.In this episode:₿ Why the Midwest needs a major Bitcoin event₿ Grassroots Bitcoin adoption and education₿ Why Columbus, Ohio makes sense for the Summit₿ Keeping Bitcoin conferences affordable and accessible₿ Builders, miners and REAL LIFE PROOF OF WORK₿ The Summit's education-first approach₿ Bitcoin for businesses, families, plebs and institutions₿ Free and discounted admission opportunities for veterans and students₿ The speakers and builders Andrew is excited to hear from₿ Why the Summit isn't interested in becoming another Bitcoin echo chamberAndrew explains why the Summit is putting a heavy emphasis on builders and people doing actual proof of work, rather than simply chasing celebrity speakers. The goal is a conference where Bitcoiners, newcomers, families, businesses, miners and builders can learn, connect and contribute.The inaugural Midwest Bitcoin Summit takes place:📅 September 23–24, 2026📍 Greater Columbus Convention Center📍 Columbus, Ohio🎟️ GET 21% OFF ALL TICKET CATEGORIESUse Promo Code: **ALTAIRTECH**Tickets:http://tickets.midwestbtc.com/affiliate/newsletter/event/midwest-bitcoin-summit-2026/?promoCodeTask=apply&promoCodeInput=ALTAIRTECH━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━⚡ THE BITCOIN MINING SHOWPresented by Altair Tech[www.altairtech.io](http://www.altairtech.io)(Use Promo Code CINCO at checkoutHosted by Joe / Cinco Doggos Mining🌐 [www.cincodoggos.tech](http://www.cincodoggos.tech)𝕏 @cincodoggosYouTube: @CincoDoggosMiningTwitch: CincoDoggos⚡ Lightning/Tips: [CincoDoggos@strike.me](mailto:CincoDoggos@strike.me)Subscribe for more conversations with the miners, builders, manufacturers, pool operators and other people putting in real-life proof of work across the Bitcoin mining industry.REAL LIFE PROOF OF WORK. ₿