Pavel Moravec of Braiins (operator of SlushPool) joins me to talk about signalling for Taproot as a miner. We chat:

• Whether it is difficult to signal as a miner
• The dynamics with different mining pools signaling
• Miners and Pools, how does it work
• Braiins OS and mining firmware
• What future upgrades might look like

Pavel links:

• Twitter: @mor_pav
• Article: Everything You Need To Know About Taproot Signaling By Bitcoin Miners
• Site: Braiins.com

Relevant episodes:

• SLP128 Jan Čapek – Stratum v2 Bitcoin Mining Protocol
• SLP257 Matt Corallo – Bitcoin Soft Fork Activation, Taproot, and Playing Chicken
• SLP260 Luke Dashjr How Bitcoin UASF Went Down, Taproot LOT=True, Speedy Trial, Small Blocks

Sponsors:

• Swan Bitcoin
• Hodl Hodl Lend
• Compass Mining
• Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
• CypherSafe (code LIVERA)
• CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)

Stephan Livera links:

• Show notes and website
• Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera
• Subscribe to the podcast
• Patreon @stephanlivera