One of the earliest companies to get into bitcoin mining, Bitmain makes and sells mining equipment and manages one of the world's largest bitcoin mining pools. A controversial company in the space (as are most), Bitmain backed the Bitcoin Cash fork as well as the subsequent fork into Bitcoin Cash ABC.\nThis week we are joined by Nishant Sharma, International PR and Communications Director at Bitmain, to talk about the company, some of their tech, as well as their future plans.\nThis episode was recorded on January 31, 2019.\nLinks\n\n How the world\u2019s largest bitcoin miner is taking on AI\u2019s most powerful players\n Bitmain co-founder Wu Jihan may be departing from core business\n TechNode Podcast Network\n\nGuest\n\n Nishant Sharma, @nishantsharma87, LinkedIn\n\nHosts \n\n John Artman, @knowsnothing, TechNode\n Matthew Brennan, @MattyBGoooner, ChinaChannel\n\nProducer\n\n Peter Isachenko\n\nPodcast information \n\n iTunes\n RSS feed\n Music: "Theme from Penguins on Parade" by Lee Rosevere, Music for Podcasts 3