Winter is coming. Your Bitcoin miner might be your new favorite heater. ❄️⛏️🔥

In Episode 18 of The Bitcoin Mining Show, Joe “Cinco Doggos” Spencer sits down with Kris Konicki from Altair Tech to talk home Bitcoin mining, heat reuse, and getting ready for colder weather.

We kick things off with a recap of the Midwest Bitcoin Summit in Columbus, Ohio: meeting new miners, hands-on demonstrations, and the conversations around waste energy, stranded energy, and putting mining heat to work.

Then we get practical with three miners from Canaan’s Avalon Home Series: the Nano 3S, Mini 3, and Avalon Q. From a little warmth under your desk to heating a living room, workshop, or greenhouse, we discuss where these machines fit—and what to consider before plugging one in.

In this episode:

₿ Midwest Bitcoin Summit highlights and onboarding new miners

₿ Heat reuse, heat-punking, and the value of useful heat

₿ Avalon Nano 3S: a simple starting point for home mining

₿ Avalon Mini 3: thermostat-controlled heating that also mines Bitcoin

₿ Avalon Q: more hashrate for the home miner

₿ Choosing a miner for your office, bedroom, living room, or workshop

₿ Power draw, airflow, noise, and common setup mistakes

₿ Greenhouses, heated floors, filament dryers, and the future of heat reuse

We also talk about why recovering part of an existing heating expense is a different conversation from expecting a miner to erase your electric bill.

And yes, there’s a Bitcoin-heated tortoise enclosure in this conversation. 🐢

🎵 STICK AROUND AFTER THE INTERVIEW!

A special presentation by Cinco Doggos:

“Hash Watch (Winter is Coming)”

💬 What would YOU heat with a Bitcoin miner? Tell us about your setup—or the heat-reuse project you want to build—in the comments.

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REAL LIFE PROOF OF WORK. ₿

David Branscum returns for Part Two—and we’re entering the “Villain Arc.” BIP-110, hard-fork controversy, OCEAN, DATUM, and the debate over who gets to decide what Bitcoin should be.

In Episode 17 of The Bitcoin Mining Show, Joe “Cinco Doggos” Spencer and David move from the mining journey explored in Part One into a candid conversation about conviction, consensus, and what happens when disagreement turns personal.

Cinco explains why he supported BIP-110 signaling—and where the hard-fork rhetoric began to lose him. David shares what drew him to OCEAN and DATUM, why voluntary choice matters, and why respect for Bitcoin’s builders doesn’t mean agreeing with every decision they make.

🔥 IN THIS EPISODE:

• Cinco’s unexpected BIP-110 discussion onstage at Mining Disrupt

• Supporting transaction filtering while respecting network consensus

• Why OCEAN and DATUM appealed to independent miners

• Miner control over block templates and transaction selection

• Signaling, hard-fork proposals, and the limits of persuasion

• The “one true Bitcoin” argument and Bitcoin tribalism

• Personal attacks and communication failures on both sides

• Self-custody, transparency, and industry accountability

• Whether conflict ultimately makes Bitcoin more resilient

• Adoption, “number go up,” and the people building Bitcoin’s future

The “Villain Arc” is tongue-in-cheek. The questions are serious: How do we defend our convictions without demanding everyone follow us? And how do we disagree without losing sight of what brought us to Bitcoin?

💬 Where do you draw the line between advocating for Bitcoin and trying to dictate its direction? Tell us in the comments.

Missed Part One? Watch Episode 16 on the Altair Tech YouTube channel for David’s journey into Bitcoin mining, energy, and large-scale infrastructure.

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In Episode 15 of The Bitcoin Mining Show, Cinco Doggos sits down with Paul Palmer, Chief Revenue Officer of SustainHash, to talk about what it actually takes to operate Bitcoin mining infrastructure at scale.

SustainHash started with ASIC repair and grew into a full-service Bitcoin mining operation handling site management, equipment procurement, warranties, monitoring, repairs and more. Paul takes us behind the scenes of what goes into keeping industrial mining operations running and why the right people, processes and systems matter just as much as the mining rigs themselves.

We get into:

⚡ What SustainHash actually does

⛏️ Scaling from ASIC repair into industrial mining operations

🛠️ Common mining rig failures and the importance of fast repairs

📈 What “uptime” really means in Bitcoin mining

⚡ Grid curtailment and why downtime isn't always a bad thing

💰 Why 100% uptime isn't a realistic expectation

🏭 What miners should look for when choosing a hosting or site-management partner

🚩 Red flags when evaluating Bitcoin mining operators

🌬️ “Bitcoin Mining Feng Shui”: why airflow, prevailing winds and site layout actually matter

🇺🇸🇨🇦 Operating mining infrastructure from the heat of Texas to the cold of Alberta

🤝 Why reputation, transparency and trust matter so much in Bitcoin mining

Paul also shares his perspective from more than 30 years in business development and his journey from initially dismissing Bitcoin to becoming the CRO of a company operating Bitcoin mining infrastructure across North America.

And yes, two veterans managed to work some military stories into a Bitcoin mining conversation. Paul served in the **U.S. Army Airborne**, while Cinco brings his own U.S. Navy submarine background to the discussion.

As Paul explains, successful mining isn't just about plugging machines into power. Experience matters. Site design matters. Repair capability matters. Expectations matter. Even a little “Bitcoin Mining Feng Shui” matters.

Sometimes the difference between a profitable operation and an expensive lesson comes down to knowing what can go wrong before it does.

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₿ THE BITCOIN MINING SHOW | EPISODE 14

This week, Joe sits down with Andrew Tilmann, co-founder of the Midwest Bitcoin Summit, to talk Bitcoin adoption, education, mining, grassroots communities, and why the Midwest may be one of the most important regions for Bitcoin's next chapter.

Andrew has been involved with Bitcoin since 2015, but his background stretches well beyond Bitcoin. A chemical engineer by education and profession, his career has included work in the paper industry, cannabis processing, and semiconductors before helping launch the Midwest Bitcoin Summit.

We dig into how the Summit went from an idea to a major Bitcoin event, why Columbus, Ohio was chosen as its home, and why Andrew and his team are intentionally building something different from the traditional conference model.

In this episode:

₿ Why the Midwest needs a major Bitcoin event

₿ Grassroots Bitcoin adoption and education

₿ Why Columbus, Ohio makes sense for the Summit

₿ Keeping Bitcoin conferences affordable and accessible

₿ Builders, miners and REAL LIFE PROOF OF WORK

₿ The Summit's education-first approach

₿ Bitcoin for businesses, families, plebs and institutions

₿ Free and discounted admission opportunities for veterans and students

₿ The speakers and builders Andrew is excited to hear from

₿ Why the Summit isn't interested in becoming another Bitcoin echo chamber

Andrew explains why the Summit is putting a heavy emphasis on builders and people doing actual proof of work, rather than simply chasing celebrity speakers. The goal is a conference where Bitcoiners, newcomers, families, businesses, miners and builders can learn, connect and contribute.

The inaugural Midwest Bitcoin Summit takes place:

📅 September 23–24, 2026

📍 Greater Columbus Convention Center

📍 Columbus, Ohio

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REAL LIFE PROOF OF WORK. ₿

In Episode 13 of The Bitcoin Mining Show, Joe (Cinco Doggos Mining) sits down with Ryan Blass (Karpuz Mining) and Eric Mitchell (lead programmer) to take a deep dive into the Hashboard miner management app.

Instead of focusing on hardware, this episode explores one of the fastest-growing monitoring tools in the home Bitcoin mining space.

Topics include:

✅ Why Hashboard was created

✅ Unlimited miner monitoring (even on the free tier)

✅ Customizable dashboards for beginners and advanced miners

✅ Pool management and one-click miner switching

✅ Privacy-first architecture and read-only mode

✅ Compatibility with Avalon, AxeOS, NerdOS, Braiins OS, LuxOS and more

✅ Smart power monitoring and efficiency tracking

✅ The future roadmap for Hashboard

If you're a home miner looking for an easier way to monitor and manage your ASICs, this is an episode you won't want to miss.

Guests

Hashboard

https://hashboardapp.com

Karpuz Mining

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Eric Mitchell

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Sponsored by Altair Technology

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Chapters

00:00 Introduction

00:50 Meet Ryan Blass & Eric Mitchell

03:45 What is Hashboard?

09:40 Unlimited miner support

13:45 Privacy & security features

18:45 Supported firmware and miners

20:00 Smart power monitoring

23:00 Building for the Bitcoin mining community

27:45 Working with LuxOS & future development

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