{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Bitcoin Frontier","title":"Bitcoin ASIC breakthroughs and semiconductor physics with Haris Basit","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/2f520ae9\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2652,"description":"In this episode, we sit down with Haris Basit, Chief Strategy Officer at Bitdeer (NASDAQ: BTDR) to talk about a massive potential Bitcoin ASIC breakthrough that could severely disrupt the entire bitcoin mining industry. Haris has been involved with bitcoin ASIC development since 2014, and he has a deep background in semiconductor physics. SUPPORT THE PODCAST:→ Subscribe→ Leave a review→ Share the show out with your friends and family→ Send us an email podcast@unchained.comTIMESTAMPS:00:00:00 Intro00:01:09 Background in semiconductor industry00:03:12 Semiconductor physics00:07:13 Developing bitcoin ASICs in 201400:08:14 Bitcoin ASICs vs other chips00:11:36 Ordering wafers from TSMC00:13:32 Chip fabs around the world00:16:30 Bitdeer vs Bitmain?00:17:40 Designing and simulating chips00:20:35 Bitdeer and Jihan Wu00:24:44 Designing the most efficient bitcoin ASIC00:26:40 Future ASIC breakthroughs?00:32:02 Hurdles to building more chip fabs?00:37:24 Mega bitcoin mining farms?00:38:31 AI and bitcoin mining interacting00:41:04 2024 halving00:43:55 Closing thoughtsWHERE TO FOLLOW US:→ Unchained Twitter: https://twitter.com/unchainedcom→ Unchained Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/unchainedcom → Unchained Newsletter: https://unchained.com/newsletter → Joe Burnett’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/IIICapital","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/WoeHujZLSYOjeE_EY1iBuQ0tTK0I8K63kAncvwN8qto/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS83NTI2/Y2ZjZjFjN2NlZjI3/ZmQyZjc5ODQyMTc5/OTYxMi5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}