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This is a special mid-winter Matariki episode. I catchup up with some of the Wellington Bitcoin crew here at the studio: Bitkiwi Paul and Konrad Hurren, and Troy joins us at the end.
We go deep into the language of value, the philosophy of ASIC mining, proof of work, and how it all connects.
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