Is Bitcoin Mining Being Quietly Captured?
Bitcoin Well Podcast
- Published
- August 19, 2026
- Duration
- 1h 3m
- Summary source
- description
- Last updated
- Aug 19, 2026
Discusses society, culture.
Summary
Last week was about custody failing. This week it's about whether the infrastructure underneath Bitcoin — mining itself — is quietly being captured. Bob Burnett sits on OCEAN's board, runs Barefoot Mining, and went on record defending how OCEAN handled the BIP-110 fork after miners demanded leadership be ousted and Adam Back called for docked pay. This is…
Intelligent Report
Sign in to read teasers, or upgrade to Research Pro to commission intelligent report for this episode. Learn more →
Show notes
Last week was about custody failing. This week it's about whether the infrastructure underneath Bitcoin — mining itself — is quietly being captured. Bob Burnett sits on OCEAN's board, runs Barefoot Mining, and went on record defending how OCEAN handled the BIP-110 fork after miners demanded leadership be ousted and Adam Back called for docked pay. This is his first real chance to tell the full story — and we're not letting him off easy. We also get into the bigger story pool centralization: Foun
Themes
- society
- culture