Interview
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Slush Pool runs a global Bitcoin pool with datacenters on multiple continents, adds Zcash support, and does merge-mining Namecoin while taking a 2% commission; the pool itself owns no mining rigs and focuses on job distribution and high-availability software. Explains mining variance (solo chance vs pooled steady payouts), shows hash distribution skewed to US/Europe with ~15 PH in China on this pool, defends quick empty-block propagation behavior, and resists SegWit2x support without clear miner consensus.
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chapters (14)
- 0:00Slush Pool introduction
- 2:08How mining pools work
- 6:24Hardware costs and profits
- 9:30Large mining operations
- 11:41Empty blocks and trust
- 13:27ASIC Boost impact
- 16:42Mining pools future
- 18:2851% attacks and dominance
- 21:27SegWit2X politics
- 22:09Miners’ geography
- 24:59Entering Chinese market
- 25:56Bitcoin event support
- 26:59New York Agreement
- 28:16Closing remarks
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