We explore the edges of blockspace, from Ordinals to Layer 2s and back. Join host Charlie Spears for weekly interviews and livestreams on Bitcoin’s frontier.
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Through conversations with crypto’s brightest lights, Gwart embarks on a one-man crusade to find the real value of cryptocurrency. Once weekly episodes with guests. Pseudonymous, Gwart is a crypto-Twitter troll and thinkboi seeking answers to non-existent problems in blockchains. Follow along for the most colorful conversations in crypto.
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With over 400 shows, The Mining Pod is the industry’s best resource for the latest news and strategies in Bitcoin mining. Trusted by over 3,000 subscribers, including mining executives, operators and fund managers –from JP Morgan to mining plebs. There's only 1 Mining Pod!
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Leadership Change, 50 EH/s, and HPC W/ CleanSpark's Harry Sudock
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29:32Get the headlines that matter, right when they hit the wire: Join our Telegram group for market moving news on top Bitcoin equities like $MSTR, $MARA, $RIOT, $CLSK, and more: https://t.me/blockspacenews Welcome back to The Mining Pod! Today, Harry Sudock from CleanSpark joins us to talk about the company's major leadership transition with CEO Zach …
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Inside Dark Pools On Solana With Benedict
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1:13:48Welcome back to The Gwart Show! Today, Benedict Brady, former quant trader and founder of Meridian joins us to talk about Solana's dark pool ecosystem, Jupiter's market dominance, the move from traditional AMMs to sophisticated trading infrastructure, MEV wars, and how his AI-powered trading assistant is changing crypto trading interfaces. Timestam…
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We're in a Recession on TikTok, But Not in the Market
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41:22We’re diving deep into the disconnect between market performance and recession fears. They explore viral TikTok recession indicators, analyze Q2 earnings data, examine job market softening, and discuss whether we're actually heading into recession territory or if it's all just economic anxiety amplified by social media vibes. Subscribe to the newsl…
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We're in a Recession on TikTok, But Not in the Market
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41:22We’re diving deep into the disconnect between market performance and recession fears. They explore viral TikTok recession indicators, analyze Q2 earnings data, examine job market softening, and discuss whether we're actually heading into recession territory or if it's all just economic anxiety amplified by social media vibes. Subscribe to the newsl…
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Jack Dorsey's Proto Miner is Coming For Bitmain
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29:26Get the headlines that matter, right when they hit the wire: Join our Telegram group for market moving news on top Bitcoin equities like $MSTR, $MARA, $RIOT, $CLSK, and more: https://t.me/blockspacenews Welcome back to The Mining Pod! On today’s bonus edition, Perry Hothi from Block joins us to talk about Proto’s new ASIC miner, Rig. We dive deep i…
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Proto ASIC Miner, MARA’s AI Move, Google Invests in Terawulf, Ethiopia Mining Ban
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36:05Get the headlines that matter, right when they hit the wire: Join our Telegram group for market moving news on top Bitcoin equities like $MSTR, $MARA, $RIOT, $CLSK, and more: https://t.me/blockspacenews Welcome back to The Mining Pod! Today, Colin Harper and Matt cover Proto's groundbreaking new ASIC miner, Terawulf’s $3.7B Google-backed HPC deal, …
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Pacific Northwest Bitcoin Mining w/ Beau Turner
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53:24Get the headlines that matter, right when they hit the wire: Join our Telegram group for market moving news on top Bitcoin equities like $MSTR, $MARA, $RIOT, $CLSK, and more: https://t.me/blockspacenews Welcome back to The Mining Pod! Today, Beau Turner, the CEO and co-founder of Abundant Mines, joins us to talk about Pacific Northwest Bitcoin mini…
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The Economic Case for Bitcoin Treasury Companies
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54:19Steven Lubka, VP of Investor Relations at Nakamoto, joins us to talk about the "paper bitcoin summer" phenomenon, treasury companies as Bitcoin acquisition vehicles, regulatory arbitrage strategies, international market expansion, and why vibes matter in capital markets. We explore how companies like MicroStrategy pioneered leveraged Bitcoin strate…
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"Comply or Die" reality is hitting crypto developers. Roman Storm of Tornado Cash was found guilty of operating an unlicensed money transmitter, while Samurai Wallet devs took plea deals. Meanwhile, Peter Thiel's Founders Fund raised $353M for Plasma - a fully compliant, surveillance-friendly stablecoin sidechain. We explore the stark contrast betw…
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Making Bitcoin cheap to spend with Ark
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1:23:28Welcome back to The Gwart Show! Today, Alex B from Ark Labs joins us to talk about the Ark protocol and Arkade implementation - a Bitcoin layer 2 that uses transaction batching and virtual UTXOs to scale Bitcoin beyond Lightning. We explore how Ark competes with roll-ups, enables Bitcoin capital markets, and could transform Lightning's UX while mai…
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China Mining Ban Fake News, Semiconductor Tariffs, $14.5B Mining Pool Heist
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40:04Get the headlines that matter, right when they hit the wire: Join our Telegram group for market moving news on top Bitcoin equities like $MSTR, $MARA, $RIOT, $CLSK, and more: https://t.me/blockspacenews Welcome back to The Mining Pod! Today, Will, Colin, and Matt touch on Bitcoin’s hashrate hitting an all-time high of 972 EH/s, Trump's proposed 100…
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Can Bitcoin Go Negative? How Bitcoin Futures Contracts Work
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59:07Matt Wraith, CTO of Bitnomial, explains the arcane world of Bitcoin futures trading. Physical delivery vs cash-settled futures to exploring the possibilities of fork futures markets, Matt breaks down complex market mechanics with real-world examples. How could chain splits could be traded, the quantum computing threat to Bitcoin, and why having oil…
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How to Mine Bitcoin From Home in 2025
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1:02:27Get the headlines that matter, right when they hit the wire: Join our Telegram group for market moving news on top Bitcoin equities like $MSTR, $MARA, $RIOT, $CLSK, and more: https://t.me/blockspacenews Welcome back to The Mining Pod! Today, Nolan and Donny join us to talk about the BitAxe pleb mining revolution, home mining setups, BitAxe device m…
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Hyper Gamble to Wealth (w/ Felix Jauvin)
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1:07:49Felix Jauvin, Macro Economist and host of Forward Guidance podcast, joins us to talk about the regime shift from monetary to fiscal dominance, why Bitcoin and risk assets are hitting all-time highs despite high interest rates, the treasury company revolution led by MicroStrategy, and why "hyper gambling your way to wealth" has become a rational str…
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How Bitcoin Treasuries Will Cause The Next Bear Market
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35:08Charlie and Colin dive deep into the dangerous parallels between today's Bitcoin treasury companies and the 1929 investment trust bubble. They analyze how companies like MicroStrategy use convertible debt to accumulate Bitcoin, why this creates systemic risk, and how forced selling could trigger a catastrophic unwind. From Ponzi-like dividend struc…
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MARA’s Q2 Earnings, In-Kind BTC ETFs, Bitmain’s U.S. Manufacturing Moves
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Nick Neuman, CEO & co-founder of Casa joins us to talk about why Bitcoin's future depends on self-custody adoption. Neuman argues that without users holding Bitcoin "at the edges" and generating transaction fees, mining incentives could collapse, potentially forcing changes to Bitcoin's 21 million supply cap or pushing institutions toward proof-of-…
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Hive’s 25 EH Plan and Paraguay Expansion w/ Aydin Kilic
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Inside Crypto Treasury Deals With Josh Lim
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59:51FILL OUT THE SURVEY BY CLICKING HERE Welcome back to The Gwart Show! Today, Josh Lim from FalconX joins us to talk about the massive boom in corporate crypto treasury vehicles. We talk about how these deals work, from management teams and investment bankers structuring vehicles to raise capital, to the 45-60 day liquidity windows and 2-6x NAV premi…
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Saylor Is Lapping The Bitcoin Treasury Competition
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36:44Michael Saylor's controversial pentagram post and MicroStrategy's pivot to preferred stocks. With 145+ companies now adopting Bitcoin treasury strategies and institutions holding 10% of all Bitcoin, we explore whether this paper Bitcoin summer represents genuine adoption or a dangerous leveraged bubble waiting to burst. Subscribe to the newsletter!…
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How the BBB Affects BTC Miners, Stargate Project Update, Record Crypto ETF Inflows
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42:54Get the headlines that matter, right when they hit the wire: Join our Telegram group for market moving news on top Bitcoin equities like $MSTR, $MARA, $RIOT, $CLSK, and more: https://t.me/blockspacenews FILL OUT THE SURVEY BY CLICKING HERE Welcome back to The Mining Pod! Today, Will, Colin, and Matt discuss Antalpha’s CEO becoming the chair of Cang…
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Bitcoin Isn’t Changing And That’s A Bad Thing
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59:17FILL OUT THE SURVEY BY CLICKING HERE: https://forms.gle/DFpR9MyhWo1NQ8T39You're listening to Bitcoin Season 2. Subscribe to the newsletter, trusted by over 7,000 Bitcoiners: https://newsletter.blockspacemedia.comBitcoin developer James O’Beirne joins us to talk about the current state of Bitcoin development, the controversial CTV (OP_CheckTemplateV…
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The Golden Age of Bitcoin Equities is Here w/ Matthew Sigel
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46:22Get the headlines that matter, right when they hit the wire: Join our Telegram group for market moving news on top Bitcoin equities like $MSTR, $MARA, $RIOT, $CLSK, and more: https://t.me/blockspacenews FILL OUT THE SURVEY BY CLICKING HERE Welcome back to The Mining Pod! Today, VanEck’s Head of Digital Assets Research Matthew Sigel joins us to talk…
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The US Government Is Hiding Its Bitcoin Stash
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23:47FILL OUT THE SURVEY BY CLICKING HERE: https://forms.gle/DFpR9MyhWo1NQ8T39 Charlie and Colin dive deep into investigative journalism that reveals the US government's Bitcoin holdings are far more complex than anyone realized. After a $10K bounty led to a FOIA request, we discovered the US Marshals Service holds just 29,000 Bitcoin - not the 200,000 …
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