ROOTS OF POOLS

About this episode

The episode discusses the importance of mining pools in the Bitcoin ecosystem and their advantages over solo mining.

Today I am releasing the first in a series of shows on mining pools. This one focuses on why they exist (versus solo mining) and the crucial role they have played in the growth of the Bitcoin ecosystem. I hope you'll give it a try.

People in this episode

Host: OLD MAN YELLS!

Topics covered

• mining pools
• Bitcoin ecosystem
• solo mining
• cryptocurrency
• blockchain

Keywords

• mining pools
• Bitcoin
• cryptocurrency
• solo mining
• blockchain

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Bitcoin

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