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Podcast: CoinDesk Podcast Network
Episode: THE MINING POD: Jack Dorsey's Proto Miner is Coming For Bitmain
Description: Block is most well known for its point of sale hardware. But now they are gunning for the bitcoin mining market.
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 into the technical specs, modular hashboard design, open-source mining software, and how Block plans to compete in a hardware market dominated by Bitmain. Perry explains Rig’s data center-inspired features and Block's broader Bitcoin ecosystem strategy.
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