Episode

IREN's 800MW in Australia, Zcash bug, and Google upscales to $84b

Podcast: Blockspace: AI & Bitcoin
Published: Jun 3, 2026
Duration seconds: 3193
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Summary

Janusz, former engineer at Electric Coin Company, joins us to talk about a potential Zcash soundness bug and the trade-offs of privacy versus auditability. Plus, Charlie and Will dive into Michael Saylor's STRC asset crash, IREN’s massive 800MW data ce...