Garrett Hernandez
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Garrett Hernandez
@Garrett69315622
- Owner of Five Star Fabrication- Bitcoin Hodler-









The Skull of Satoshi was originally built to call attention to blockchain energy usage, and today it’s a symbol and reminder of Bitcoin’s incredible staying power to many around the world (including me!). As crypto and blockchain technologies become widely used, respected and understood – it’s past time that we set aside our differences and work together to move the industry forward. I hope this gesture continues to remind folks that we (BTC, XRP, and other crypto communities) have more in common than we think.



Big milestone for @GalaxyHQ! Our registration statement is now effective with the SEC. We’re on track to list on Nasdaq shortly after our shareholder vote on May 9, contingent on completing our reorganization. Let’s go! hubs.li/Q03ghz5_0




Auradine Bitcoin ASIC Performance With Brad Cuddy There’s a ton of new units on the market, including new players like @Auradine_Inc. But how do these units actually hold up when deployed to the field and under harsh environments? We brought on @_bradcuddy_ of Cholla Energy to walk us through his experience working with the units. We also discuss alternative units like Bitmain and MicroBT, dry cooling, hydro vs. immersion and various other topics relating to technical Bitcoin mining. Lastly, we finish with a conversation on the Texas Bitcoin mining landscape including 👉 Get tickets to OP_NEXT by visiting the website! And use discount code OCTOBER to get 25% off at check out! Timestamps: 00:00 Start 02:01 Brad's background 05:53 Types of ASIC cooling 09:25 Bitmain vs MicroBT 12:20 Dry cooling 16:34 Hydro vs immersion 21:38 Immersion form factor challenges 22:26 MicroBT immersion deployment 24:21 Cost difference 25:42 Cooling fluid & thermodynamics 28:24 Fluid longevity 29:14 Auradine 32:32 Firmware & chip uptime 34:47 Auradine conclusion 35:35 What cooling is best? 37:14 Extreme temps 39:23 Curtailing with hydro units 42:21 New Bitmain unit 45:34 Bitmain changing PDUs 48:13 Curtailing (4CP) 49:15 Curtailing (PPA) 51:16 Ancillary grid services 52:43 4CP operations 55:10 Renewable & Texas grid 58:56 Future of solar 1:03:52 Miners, data centers & interconnections 1:06:22 Texas' isolated grid











