{"podcast":{"title":"HashrateUp - A Bitcoin Mining Podcast","slug":"hashrateup-a-bitcoin-mining-podcast-6575766","podcast_index_feed_id":6575766,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/111cf6d4c/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ben-raich8","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/45837739/5a0bb9cc3fe7cbb1.jpg","author":"Jesse","episode_count":153,"summary":"HashrateUp is a podcast that delves into Bitcoin mining and exciting projects, utilizing hashrate production to unlock new potentials in the broader energy industry. From details about innovative mining operations to exciting applications powered by classic energy resources, we’ll discuss the various ways the Bitcoin network is powered and its impact on the environment. Join us as we talk with industry experts, researchers, and thought leaders to understand how Bitcoin is shaping the future of power and investigate the energy challenges and opportunities Bitcoin and its ecosystem bring to the table. Whether you are an industry professional, thought leader, or…","last_synced_at":"2026-06-28T14:18:44.310031+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hashrateup-a-bitcoin-mining-podcast-6575766"},"episode":{"title":"The PhD Data Bitcoin's Critics Don't Want to See w/ Dr. Margot Paez","slug":"the-phd-data-bitcoin-s-critics-don-t-want-to-see-w-dr-margot-paez","published_at":"2026-05-19T15:38:42+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hashrateup-a-bitcoin-mining-podcast-6575766/the-phd-data-bitcoin-s-critics-don-t-want-to-see-w-dr-margot-paez","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hashrateup-a-bitcoin-mining-podcast-6575766","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ben-raich8/episodes/The-PhD-Data-Bitcoins-Critics-Dont-Want-to-See-w-Dr--Margot-Paez-e3jir0j","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/111cf6d4c/podcast/play/120203731/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-4-19%2F424476207-44100-2-9195dc1144f87.mp3","summary":"🔗 Dr. Margot Paez: X (Twitter): https://x.com/jyn_urso LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/margotpaez/ BPI Profile: https://www.btcpolicy.org/authors/margot-paez 📄 PhD Thesis: https://github.com/dmrobotix/phd/blob/main/dissertation.pdf In this episode of HashrateUp, Jesse sits down with Dr. Margot Paez, PhD researcher and fellow at the Bitcoin Policy Institute, to dig into the first empirical study of Bitcoin mining load flexibility across North American facilities. Dr. Paez collected hourly energy consumption data from 21 Bitcoin mining facilities and built a full network simulation model to study how miners respond to real-time price signals, curtailment incentives, and grid conditions. The conversation covers what the data actually shows about miner flexibility, why Texas facilities outperform the rest, what grid operators in other regions are getting wrong, and how the ongoing shift of public miners toward AI workloads threatens to permanently reduce one of the grid's most valuable flexible loads. The episode also explores the parallels between Bitcoin mining energy FUD and the emerging AI narrative, why academic research on data centers keeps getting it wrong, and what policymakers on Capitol Hill actually need to understand about this industry. 0:00 Introduction & what a BPI fellow does 2:04 How BPI shaped Bitcoin policy in the US 4:42 How Margot got into Bitcoin from climate science 8:43 Why academics keep getting Bitcoin mining wrong 18:17 The PhD thesis: goals, data, and methodology 20:46 Load flexibility findings: Texas vs the rest 25:27 Why some miners are not flexible and what to do about it 27:21 Bitcoin vs AI: why grid flexibility doesn't transfer 37:45 AI pivot, hashrate decline, and what it means for the grid 42:05 Rapid fire: hardest data, bigges…","meta_description":"🔗 Dr. Margot Paez: X (Twitter): https://x.com/jyn_urso LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/margotpaez/ BPI Profile: https://www.btcpolicy.org/authors/ma…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2818,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/hashrateup-a-bitcoin-mining-podcast-6575766/episodes/the-phd-data-bitcoin-s-critics-don-t-want-to-see-w-dr-margot-paez/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hashrateup-a-bitcoin-mining-podcast-6575766/the-phd-data-bitcoin-s-critics-don-t-want-to-see-w-dr-margot-paez.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}