Carpe Consensus

What You Need to Know about Bitcoin Mining in 2023

Will Foxley dives into the state of bitcoin mining, from Bitcoin’s fourth “halving” to the politicization of the mining industry.

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On “Carpe Consensus,” hosts Ben Schiller, Danny Nelson and Cam Thompson take on the latest crypto news alongside guest Will Foxley.

  • [5:46] Inside the Desk: Will Foxley joins to discuss the state of bitcoin mining and his op-ed for Consensus Magazine’s Mining Week, “It’s Time for Publicly-Traded Miners to Stop With the Gimmicks.”
  • [23:49] Danny’s Dungeon: In another edition of “Dumb DAOs,” DeFi project Parrot votes on the fate of its remaining treasury. The redemption plan for the protocol appears to heavily favor employees and Parrot’s venture investors, leading some to cry “Rug Pull!”
  • [29:00] Cam’s Corner: Solana-based NFT marketplace Exchange.art expands into Ethereum. Are NFTs done on Sol?

“Carpe Consensus” is executive produced by Jared Schwartz and produced and edited by Eleanor Pahl.

HOSTS

Dan Ilett

Dan Ilett writes on tech, money and energy. He advises business on digital strategy and technology messaging for large deals. He is founder of Erbut - an advisory company - and Greenbang - a smart technology research company.

Cam Thompson

Cam Thompson was a Web3 reporter at CoinDesk. She is a recent graduate of Tufts University, where she majored in Economics and Science & Technology Studies. As a student, she was marketing director of the Tufts Blockchain Club. She currently holds positions in BTC and ETH.

Cam Thompson
Danny Nelson

Danny is CoinDesk's managing editor for Data & Tokens. He formerly ran investigations for the Tufts Daily. At CoinDesk, his beats include (but are not limited to): federal policy, regulation, securities law, exchanges, the Solana ecosystem, smart money doing dumb things, dumb money doing smart things and tungsten cubes. He owns BTC, ETH and SOL tokens, as well as the LinksDAO NFT.

Danny Nelson
Benjamin Schiller

Benjamin Schiller is CoinDesk's managing editor for features and opinion. Previously, he was editor-in-chief at BREAKER Magazine and a staff writer at Fast Company. He holds some ETH, BTC and LINK.

Benjamin Schiller
Danny Bradbury

Danny Bradbury has been a professional writer since 1989, and has worked freelance since 1994. He covers technology for publications such as the Guardian.

What You Need to Know about Bitcoin Mining in 2023