We’re re-posting one of our best Bitcoin mining shows with Alex Gladstein of the Human Rights Foundation and Diverter, a liberty maximalist, in honor of the Bitcoin mining halving.Follow along on your favorite podcast player of choice by clicking here.Alex Gladstein of the Human Rights Foundation and Diverter, a pseudonymous Bitcoiner known for his non-KYC Bitcoin guides, joins The Mining Pod to discuss why Bitcoin mining matters for individual liberty and how Bitcoiners can take mining to the next level.Chapter Markers:00:00:00 Start00:03:13 Diverter's Bitcoin Journey00:06:12 Alex Gladstein's Bitcoin Story00:10:22 Why Mining Matters00:13:07 Value of Non-KYC Mining00:20:27 Mining & Financial Sovereignty00:24:27 Clean Spark Ad00:24:47 Bitcoin Mining Bifurcation00:28:45 Vitamin Ad00:29:26 Mining: Suits vs. Home Miners00:37:36 Regulatory Capture of Mining00:51:50 Bitmain Ad00:52:37 Compromising on Privacy00:57:53 Inevitability of Bitcoin Adoption01:03:17 Cypherpunk Ethos & Nuance01:04:20 What if Bitcoin Succeeds?Published twice weekly, "The Mining Pod" interviews the best builders and operators in the Bitcoin and Bitcoin mining landscape. Subscribe to get notifications when we publish interviews on Tuesday and a news show on Friday! ? Check out our other shows and content by going to Blockspace.media today.? Watch our newest documentary, The Big Empty!Follow our host on Twitter, @wsfoxley.-Thank you to our sponsor, CleanSpark, America’s Bitcoin miner! And thank you to Foreman Mining, Master Your Mining!-"The Mining Pod" is produced by Sunnyside Honey LLC with Senior Producer, Damien Somerset. Distributed by CoinDesk with Senior Producer Michele Musso and Executive Producer Jared Schwartz. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.