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Proto Mining announced, Google Play wallet hiccup, Stripe & Circle L1 chains

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With David King, Max Webster, and Steve Lee
Published
Sat 16 Aug 2025
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0:00 Airports, Power Outages, Nik Bhatia at PB.


4:01 After 4.5 years of development, Block unveils the new Proto Mining Chip.


13:00 Proto's new open source mining fleet management software and approach.


19:14 Proto's modular approach could unleash new mining form factors and applications.


24:25 Open source mining hackathon at Presidio Bitcoin?


30:10 Estimating the mining hardware market size.


35:59 Update on Stratum V2 adoption.


44:16 Comparing Proto to other market options and what to look for.


50:20 Revisiting Steak n Shake and paying in bitcoin.


51:34 Potential to make a solar-powered mining setup.


1:01:32 Google Play bans self-custodial wallets in the Play Store. A well-intended mistake?


1:12:41 Creating a new form factor for personal devices and how we interact with the internet. 1:21:06 Unpacking Circle and Stripe's new corporate chains.


1:31:31 What's the value Stripe and Circle expect to accrue by launching these chains?


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