Bitcoin Mining Explained | Peter Wall, CEO of Argo Blockchain

Andrew Elliott, CEO of RoundlyX, has changed the way that people buy Bitcoin. His unlikely introduction to Bitcoin began in between military intelligence patrols in Iraq and Afghanistan. As he witnessed a failing, poverty-stricken government, he realized that crypto could help bank the unbanked. His passion for the crypto space led to the founding of RoundlyX, the simplest and most accessible app to invest in crypto. Andrew Elliott and Scott Melker further discuss military intelligence and high-value targets, Iraq’s high-speed internet via satellite, fly-ridden meat and SIM cards for sale, the simplest tool for mainstream adoption, a digital cold war, Bitcoin only being the size of Comcast, poverty at the root of all issues, Peter Schiff’s emotional hatred toward Bitcoin, kids being inherently inflationary, a honeybee business, and so much more. --- CHOICE IRA by KINGDOM TRUST Don’t be part of the 7.1M Bitcoiners who have bitcoin and a retirement account but don’t have bitcoin in their retirement account. With Choice IRA by Kingdom Trust you can hold bitcoin in your retirement account. The first 1,000 users to open a Choice IRA will receive $62.50 in free BTC - visit RetireWithChoice.com/WOLF to join the waitlist and secure free BTC. --- VOYAGER This episode is brought to you by Voyager, your new favorite crypto broker. Trade crypto fast and commission-free the easy way. Earn up to 6% interest on top coins with no lockups and no limits. Download the Voyager app and use code “SCOTT25” to get $25 in free Bitcoin when you create your account --- If you enjoyed this conversation, share it with your colleagues & friends, rate, review, and subscribe.This podcast is presented by BlockWorks Group. For exclusive content and events that provide insights into the crypto and blockchain space, visit them at: https://www.blockworksgroup.io

6 Aug 202054min

Anthony “Pomp” Pompliano is arguably the most well-known figure in the bitcoin community. He is the co-founder of Morgan Creek Digital and runs a massive media platform, anchored by his Twitter, Podcast, Newsletters, and YouTube account. From serving in the military to interviewing some of the world's wealthiest, smartest and most innovative people, Pomp cannot be "put in a box." He consistently stays ahead of the curve and competition. Anthony Pompliano and Scott Melker further discuss Twitter as Tik-Tok for intellectuals, eating ice cream in the Iraqi desert, the intellectual dark web, truth over consensus, the great financial education awakening, mining ethereum at $10, bitcoin evolving from arcade money to hard currency, the death of paper money, beating the cards you were dealt, bitcoin’s multi-decade plan and so much more. --- ROUNDLYX RoundlyX allows you to dollar-cost-average into crypto with our spare change "Roundup" investing tool, manage multiple crypto exchange accounts in one dashboard and access curated digital asset content and services. Visit RoundlyX and use promo code "WOLF" to learn more about accumulating your favorite digital assets when making everyday purchases and earn $4 in free Bitcoin. --- VOYAGER This episode is brought to you by Voyager, your new favorite crypto broker. Trade crypto fast and commission-free the easy way. Earn up to 6% interest on top coins with no lockups and no limits. Download the Voyager app and use code “SCOTT25” to get $25 in free Bitcoin when you create your account --- If you enjoyed this conversation, share it with your colleagues & friends, rate, review, and subscribe.This podcast is presented by BlockWorks Group. For exclusive content and events that provide insights into the crypto and blockchain space, visit them at: https://www.blockworksgroup.io

4 Aug 20201h 6min

Peter McCormack is the host of the “What Bitcoin Did Podcast,” “Defiance Podcast,” and “Defiance TV.” As a journalist and filmmaker he has covered some of the most pressing global issues such as tyranny, corrupt monetary systems, inequality and technological advancement. After accruing millions of downloads and views, he is currently setting out to be the best filmmaker he can be. Scott Melker and Peter McCormack further discuss, bitcoin as monetary defiance, traveling to Venezuela, impending stock market doom, Stockholm Syndrome, American politics at its best and worst, the Craig Wright defamation lawsuit, a personal letter from Ross Ulbricht, spending bitcoin to make a movie, overcoming hardship, making the best of life, and so much more. --- CHOICE IRA by KINGDOM TRUST Don’t be part of the 7.1M Bitcoiners who have bitcoin and a retirement account but don’t have bitcoin in their retirement account. With Choice IRA by Kingdom Trust you can hold bitcoin in your retirement account. The first 1,000 users to open a Choice IRA will receive $62.50 in free BTC - visit RetireWithChoice.com/WOLF to join the waitlist and secure free BTC. --- VOYAGER This episode is brought to you by Voyager, your new favorite crypto broker. Trade crypto fast and commission-free the easy way. Earn up to 6% interest on top coins with no lockups and no limits. Download the Voyager app and use code “SCOTT25” to get $25 in free Bitcoin when you create your account --- If you enjoyed this conversation, share it with your colleagues & friends, rate, review, and subscribe.This podcast is presented by BlockWorks Group. For exclusive content and events that provide insights into the crypto and blockchain space, visit them at: https://www.blockworksgroup.io

30 Juli 20201h 3min

Zoran Kole, Founder of popular Telegram group ‘Crypto Insiders’ and trading course ‘Tools of the Trade’ is a professional derivatives crypto trader. During boring college classes, he picked up crypto trading and became a Bitmex all-star. With 99% of his net worth in Bitcoin and a goal to accumulate 100,000 coins, he lives the mantra 'go big or go home.' Scott Melker and Zoran Kole further discuss Bitcoin as a Swiss Bank in your head, entering the market at the Mt. Gox top, aggressively revenge trading, meditation and journaling to improve trading, the Bitmex liquidity engine, Pepe memes and crypto twitter, how to hold 99% of your net worth in Bitcoin, teaching people how to trade, generational wealth transfer, and so much more. --- ROUNDLYX RoundlyX allows you to dollar-cost-average into crypto with our spare change "Roundup" investing tool, manage multiple crypto exchange accounts in one dashboard and access curated digital asset content and services. Visit RoundlyX and use promo code "WOLF" to learn more about accumulating your favorite digital assets when making everyday purchases and earn $4 in free Bitcoin. --- VOYAGER This episode is brought to you by Voyager, your new favorite crypto broker. Trade crypto fast and commission-free the easy way. Earn up to 6% interest on top coins with no lockups and no limits. Download the Voyager app and use code “SCOTT25” to get $25 in free Bitcoin when you create your account --- If you enjoyed this conversation, share it with your colleagues & friends, rate, review, and subscribe.This podcast is presented by BlockWorks Group. For exclusive content and events that provide insights into the crypto and blockchain space, visit them at: https://www.blockworksgroup.io

28 Juli 20201h 6min

Joe McCann, Microsoft Strategist, Professional Algorithmic Trader, and Creative Technologist started his career working doubles in a pizza shop. After studying philosophy and logic in college, he went on to develop algorithmic trading systems and manage millions in other peoples' money. He has successfully beaten the odds due to his appetite for risk and his ability to manage it. Joe McCann and Scott Melker further discuss being DJs, transitioning from odd jobs to deep tech and finance. why he has “risk” tattooed on his wrist, Russian Roulette and risk management, ‘The New, New World Order,’ the relationship between trading, gaming and competing,the speed of disinformation campaigns, why what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger, the shift from land jobs to cloud jobs and so much more. --- CHOICE IRA by KINGDOM TRUST Don’t be part of the 7.1M Bitcoiners who have bitcoin and a retirement account but don’t have bitcoin in their retirement account. With Choice IRA by Kingdom Trust you can hold bitcoin in your retirement account. The first 1,000 users to open a Choice IRA will receive $62.50 in free BTC - visit RetireWithChoice.com/WOLF to join the waitlist and secure free BTC. --- VOYAGER This episode is brought to you by Voyager, your new favorite crypto broker. Trade crypto fast and commission-free the easy way. Earn up to 6% interest on top coins with no lockups and no limits. Download the Voyager app and use code “SCOTT25” to get $25 in free Bitcoin when you create your account --- If you enjoyed this conversation, share it with your colleagues & friends, rate, review, and subscribe.This podcast is presented by BlockWorks Group. For exclusive content and events that provide insights into the crypto and blockchain space, visit them at: https://www.blockworksgroup.io

23 Juli 20201h 3min

Thomas Bertani, President of Poseidon Group, Founder of Eidoo and pNetwork, and CEO of Provable Things has been involved in nearly every facet of the blockchain space. What began as a curiosity in Bitcoin mining led to him controlling 5% of Bitcoin's hashrate. He has started several successful businesses that he still manages today with the intent of both expanding and connecting the blockchain space. His experiences as a developer, entrepreneur, consultant and educator culminated in him speaking at hundreds of conferences and teaching blockchain at some of the most prestigious institutions in the world. Thomas Bertani and Scott Melker further discuss Thomas's decision to drop out of college to become a lecturer, crypto currently being equivalent to Windows 95, the crypto community today versus in the past, yield farming and its inherent risk, voices calling for Bitcoin to go to zero, taking over 100+ flights in a year, Bitcoin dropping to $10 in 2012, and teaching blockchain all around the world. --- ROUNDLYX RoundlyX allows you to dollar-cost-average into crypto with our spare change "Roundup" investing tool, manage multiple crypto exchange accounts in one dashboard and access curated digital asset content and services. Visit RoundlyX and use promo code "WOLF" to learn more about accumulating your favorite digital assets when making everyday purchases and earn $4 in free Bitcoin. --- VOYAGER This episode is brought to you by Voyager, your new favorite crypto broker. Trade crypto fast and commission-free the easy way. Earn up to 6% interest on top coins with no lockups and no limits. Download the Voyager app and use code “SCOTT25” to get $25 in free Bitcoin when you create your account --- If you enjoyed this conversation, share it with your colleagues & friends, rate, review, and subscribe.This podcast is presented by BlockWorks Group. For exclusive content and events that provide insights into the crypto and blockchain space, visit them at: https://www.blockworksgroup.io

21 Juli 20201h 1min

Jason Williams, Co-Founder of Morgan Creek Digital began his career after dropping out of Yale to pioneer an urgent care startup. What began as an entrepreneurial idea eventually turned into a business that transformed modern-day healthcare and led to a half-billion dollar exit. In 2015, he pivoted into Bitcoin, taking the red pill and aggressively stacking crypto. Today he publicly urges others to consider Bitcoin’s potential implications and value. Scott Melker and Jason Williams further discuss dropping out of an Ivy league school, trying to become a billionaire, swallowing the red pill, stocks only going up, a potential 288k Bitcoin value, being SIM swapped 8 times,  having the FBI on speed dial, Bitcoin becoming a world reserve currency, hiring a private army and obsessively and publicly buying large amounts of Bitcoin. --- CHOICE IRA by KINGDOM TRUST Don’t be part of the 7.1M Bitcoiners who have bitcoin and a retirement account but don’t have bitcoin in their retirement account. With Choice IRA by Kingdom Trust you can hold bitcoin in your retirement account. The first 1,000 users to open a Choice IRA will receive $62.50 in free BTC - visit RetireWithChoice.com/WOLF to join the waitlist and secure free BTC. --- VOYAGER This episode is brought to you by Voyager, your new favorite crypto broker. Trade crypto fast and commission-free the easy way. Earn up to 6% interest on top coins with no lockups and no limits. Download the Voyager app and use code “SCOTT25” to get $25 in free Bitcoin when you create your account --- If you enjoyed this conversation, share it with your colleagues & friends, rate, review, and subscribe.This podcast is presented by BlockWorks Group. For exclusive content and events that provide insights into the crypto and blockchain space, visit them at: https://www.blockworksgroup.io

16 Juli 20201h 4min

Jack Tao, CEO of Phemex began his career in high-level traditional finance before entering the crypto space. After 10 years with Morgan Stanley, he discovered bitcoin and crypto and set out to develop a superior exchange. Since Jack's recent arrival to the crypto space, his expertise in legacy markets has resulted in his trading platform's meteoric rise through the ranks, all while setting new trends around the ways traders pay fees and interact with derivatives.  Scott Melker and Jack Tao further discuss the transition from the traditional financial sector to a non-traditional sector, lessons learned interning at Morgan Stanley right before the 2008 crash, who is behind big price movement, the interactions between an exchange and a whale, how many Bitcoins it takes to be a whale, common misunderstandings around leveraged positions, the chaos of the American political climate and the origin of the name ‘Phemex.’ --- ROUNDLYX RoundlyX allows you to dollar-cost-average into crypto with our spare change "Roundup" investing tool, manage multiple crypto exchange accounts in one dashboard and access curated digital asset content and services. Visit RoundlyX and use promo code "WOLF" to learn more about accumulating your favorite digital assets when making everyday purchases and earn $4 in free Bitcoin. --- VOYAGER This episode is brought to you by Voyager, your new favorite crypto broker. Trade crypto fast and commission-free the easy way. Earn up to 6% interest on top coins with no lockups and no limits. Download the Voyager app and use code “SCOTT25” to get $25 in free Bitcoin when you create your account --- If you enjoyed this conversation, share it with your colleagues & friends, rate, review, and subscribe.This podcast is presented by BlockWorks Group. For exclusive content and events that provide insights into the crypto and blockchain space, visit them at: https://www.blockworksgroup.io

14 Juli 20201h 1min