E206 - Deep dive into the ASIC market with Lauren Lin at Luxor

Shownotes In this Episode we talk with Lauren Lin, Head of ASIC Trading at Luxor. We discuss things like the ASIC primary and secondary market, how to decide between miners, when to hodl and when to buy miners and much more. This podcast is sponsored by UTXO Solutions, your partner for integrating Bitcoin into your business.  Want to get in touch?  Book a meeting with us at:  https://meetings-eu1.hubspot.com/martin-betz/meet-the-bitcoin-effekt  or e-mail us at: podcast@utxo.solutions Tags: #Bitcoin #mining #asic #luxor Timestamps: (00:00:00) Intro (00:00:09) Welcome and Introduction Luxor (00:04:21) How did Luxor start in 2017? (00:07:16) What are hash price derivatives? (00:09:33) How did ASIC trading start at Luxor? (00:14:23) Challenges on the ASIC market (00:17:09) How to trade an ASIC on Luxor? (00:25:47) ASCIS's for heating usage (00:29:49) Which kind of ASIC's are traded? (00:39:02) What controls the ASIC prices? (00:43:49) Liquid cooled ASIC's (00:47:26) Mining software by Luxor (00:51:40) What's about the ASIC manufacturers? (00:58:36) Challenges for beginners (01:03:13) What about cloud mining? (01:04:19) Profitability with bitcoin mining (01:11:06) Final words and outro