Proto Mining announced, Google Play wallet hiccup, Stripe & Circle L1 chains
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Proto Mining announced, Google Play wallet hiccup, Stripe & Circle L1 chains

1:37:42 Aug 16, 2025
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0:00 Airports, Power Outages, Nik Bhatia at PB. 4:01 After 4.5 years of development, Block unveils the new Proto Mining Chip. 13:00 Proto's new open source mining fleet management software and approach. 19:14 Proto's modular approach could unleash new mining form factors and applications. 24:25 Open source mining hackathon at Presidio Bitcoin? 30:10 Estimating the mining hardware market size. 35:59 Update on Stratum V2 adoption. 44:16 Comparing Proto to other market options and what to look for. 50:20 Revisiting Steak n Shake and paying in bitcoin. 51:34 Potential to make a solar-powered mining setup. 1:01:32 Google Play bans self-custodial wallets in the Play Store. A well-intended mistake? 1:12:41 Creating a new form factor for personal devices and how we interact with the internet. 1:21:06 Unpacking Circle and Stripe's new corporate chains. 1:31:31 What's the value Stripe and Circle expect to accrue by launching these chains? SHOWNOTES: https://fork.lol/ FOLLOW: Presidio Bitcoin: https://x.com/presidiobitcoin Steve: https://x.com/moneyball Max: https://x.com/maxawebster DK: https://x.com/dksf
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