Mining the Bitcoin Base and Social Layers with Bob Burnett - Freedom Footprint 54

In this episode we're joined by Bob Burnett, CEO at Barefoot Mining. His life trajectory has taken him from working on the first personal computer to discovering Austrian economics to a burning passion for Bitcoin and Bitcoin mining.

Today we dive deep into Bitcoin mining. We learn about pools, how they operate, the risks and threats that they face; from blocksize to blocktime, and how the role of miners will change with time; but we also talk about the ins and outs of operating a company within 100% of bitcoin ethos and the passion and purpose that Bitcoin can inspire.

Connect with Bob on Twitter: https://twitter.com/boomer_btc
Check out Barefoot Mining: https://www.barefootmining.com/

Chapters:
00:00:00 - Intro
00:02:37 - Introduction to Bob Burnett
00:08:07 - Acting in Bitcoin's Best Interests
00:12:20 - Signal to Noise Ratio
00:17:03 - Public Mining Sector
00:21:26 - Block Time War - Reducing Block Frequency
00:28:38 - Absolute Scarcity in Block Space
00:33:37 - Importance of Block Times to Miners
00:40:55 - Stratum V2 and Block Templates
00:44:52 - Mining Pool Centralization
00:49:09 - Mining Pool Payouts
00:52:00 - KYC Mining
00:56:30 - 20 BTC Transaction
00:57:47 - Private Key Storage 
01:02:18 - Dunning-Kruger Effect
01:06:47 - Orange Pill App
01:12:22 - How Bob Found Knut
01:16:46 - Bitcoin vs Personal Computers
01:19:29 - Life Vectors
01:22:27 - Wrapping Up, Final Thoughts

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