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The Mining Prince (Better Call Marshall)

Making a million dollars a day in 2013 mining in China, Marshall somehow manages to maintain a low profile. If you want to build a mining empire, this is who you call.

Host
Matt Aaron

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About the Episode

His claim to fame is being one of the world’s first bitcoin miners. Marshall Long is the CTO of FinalHash, a bitcoin consulting company takes him all around the world. He also has recently broken out into the eSports industry as the CEO of Mockit eSports.

Timestamps:
01:49 - Is mining the nail in the coffin for global warming?
03:54 - The million a day run in China.
06:55 - A message for the Bitcoin Cash Community.
10:24 - Marshall's thoughts on Bitcoin as a currency.
16:13 - On the "homeboy network" in China.
21:15 - The Mining Prince nickname
22:36 - “Better call Marshall”
24:52 - Mining is addictive.
31:58 - Misconceptions about China.
34:20 - Bitcoin, Proof of Work, Stable coins and Ripple ten years from now.
36:30 - A year from now, will we still be talking about the BCH “Hash War”?

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About the Host

Matt Aaron

Matt Aaron has been podcasting since 2013, when he launched the Food Startups Podcast.

He recently found a second love in cryptocurrency and blockchain and hasn't looked back.

His first major investment into cryptocurrency was the money he made betting on (but not voting for) that Donald Trump would win the 2016 election.

Matt believes that public blockchains and cryptocurrencies are the solution to the many problems exposed of the current banking system in the 2008 financial crisis.

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