Feb 7, 2023

Independent developer Udi Wertheimer claims he minted a giant image of what appears to be a bald, bearded wizard donning sunglasses and promoting “magic internet JPEGs” on the Bitcoin blockchain via the Ordinals protocol. The block that minted the non-fungible token (NFT) was mined by bitcoin mining firm Luxor Technologies, which said it was “the largest Bitcoin block” ever mined. Luxor Technologies CEO Nick Hansen joins the conversation. Plus, insights into the bitcoin mining services firm starting the industry's first unified marketplace for new mining machines so buyers and sellers can directly connect through a request-for-quote system.

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