Grumpy Old Geeks
Topics
Cryptocurrency mining
Topic
Cryptocurrency mining
56 mentions
in 22 episodes
Also known as Cryptocurrency, Cryptocurrency mining restrictions, Cryptocurrency mining energy use, Cryptocurrency trading, Chia cryptocurrency mining, App Store cryptocurrency-mining ban, Cryptocurrency mining and GPU demand, Browser cryptocurrency mining
The hosts discuss its energy use and restrictions on mining in Kuwait and other countries.
Mentions
May 9, 2025
7:11
it's basically not worth it anymore to mine Bitcoin because it's too expensive for energy costs
7:30
Kuwait, in particular, is cracking down on cryptocurrency miners throughout the country.
8:24
energy consumption in the area has dropped by 55%
Dec 21, 2024
3:01
a president who fully embraces crypto, promising a national Bitcoin stockpile
4:07
my money will stay crypto free
5:38
you can do your ETH to PayPal now
Jun 25, 2022
55:27
Bitcoin is tanking. All the cryptocurrencies are tanking.
57:46
if you invest in this fund, X amount, X percentage of this fund is invested in crypto
1:00:42
They want to see some regulation behind it.
1:02:59
there has to be a way to throttle in the amount of resources that it uses
May 27, 2022
3:34
everybody in crypto says that it's just like the web was when the web was new
4:36
as soon as we started to have signs of recession, guess what tanked? Crypto.
May 19, 2021
4:22
there's six exabytes of hard drive space on the Chia network now
4:40
Chia is leading to a hard drive shortage.
5:18
Well, you're only destroying the SSDs.
Feb 24, 2021
56:12
the crypto miners buy them up so fast
59:46
you can get really cheap cards as soon as the next ones come out
1:00:06
it's just using tons of energy and it's generating all these heat
Mar 12, 2018
35:08
Now let's get into some Bitcoin and crypto news.
36:16
the SEC has started to get serious about crypto
38:41
Coinbase is in the news too.
Feb 19, 2018
26:32
another side effect of the cryptocurrency mining craze, it's hampering the search for alien life
26:52
gamers are pissed off at it because they can't get the graphics cards
Jan 29, 2018
22:18
Let's get into some cryptocurrency news
22:34
employees are allowed to invest in cryptocurrency anymore
23:40
Nobody's paying with Bitcoin anymore.
24:54
Robinhood, which is not charging anybody to purchase cryptocurrency or stocks
Jan 15, 2018
9:51
getting on the blockchain bandwagon
15:14
you cannot buy tickets for the Bitcoin Conference with Bitcoin
22:14
cryptocurrencies will come to a bad ending