About this episode

The episode discusses semiconductor smuggling, energy market impacts from the Iran War, and features an interview with Udi Wertheimer about Ethereum.

Welcome back to The Blockspace Podcast! Today for our lead story, we cover the latest Nvidia chip smuggling crackdowns in Taiwan, and then we hop into an interview with Udi Wertheimer of Taproot Wizards to discuss the current state of Ethereum, and why...

People in this episode

Guest: Udi Wertheimer

Topics covered

• semiconductor smuggling
• energy market impact
• Ethereum
• solar energy
• data center myths

Keywords

• semiconductors
• Nvidia
• Ethereum
• solar energy
• Iran War
• data centers
• water myths

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Nvidia, Taproot Wizards, Google

Places: Taiwan

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