Roadmap for Blockstream's ASIC Bitcoin Miner with Assaf Gilboa - Blockstream Talk #14

Blockstream Talk

Blockstream Mining

05:29 Boom or bust in Bitcoin mining

07:22 What makes Spondoolies different?

09:20 Making ASIC parts easily replaceable

10:46 Blockstream and Spondoolies synergies

13:07 Optimizing Blockstream's Bitcoin mining

13:52 Air cooled and immersion mining

16:00 Institutional investment entering Bitcoin mining

18:17 Road map for Blockstream's upcoming ASIC machine

20:55 Centralization of chip foundry services

25:32 Essential advanced manufacturing processes

28:17 Foundry services planning rigidity

30:02 Difficulties in securing chip allocations

31:00 Bitcoin miners foundry requirements

32:14 Current selling pressure on miners

34:19 ASIC acquisition industry dynamics

39:24 ASIC price change implications

41:34 Mining industry consolidation during the bear market

43:33 Hashrate is looking for stability

46:43 Modelling Bitcoin hashrate and price

49:11 Why more manufacturers aren't in Bitcoin

53:00 Bitcoin mining in 5 years

58:39 The upcoming Blockstream ASIC

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