Bitcoin experienced its first difficulty adjustment after the Bitcoin halving, giving some breathing room to much belabored Bitcoin miners.Follow along on your favorite podcast player of choice by clicking here.In this week’s Mining Pod, Will and Matt dig into Bitcoin and Bitcoin mining news including: difficulty dropping 5.5%, Arkansas putting restrictions around Bitcoin mining and large Bitcoin miners pivoting into artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure.Chapters | 00:00:00 Start00:02:07 Hashrate go down00:06:35 Texas grid spikes00:10:57 Canaan Avalon A1500:17:26 Arkansas hates noise & communists00:25:01 Miners pivot to AI infrastructurePublished twice weekly, "The Mining Pod" interviews the best builders and operators in the Bitcoin and Bitcoin mining landscape. Subscribe to get notifications when we publish interviews on Tuesday and a news show on Friday! ? Check out Bitcoin Season 2 and The Gwart Show.? Watch our newest documentary, The Big Empty!? Watch our livestream on Samourai Wallet!Follow our host on Twitter, @wsfoxley.-Thank you to our sponsor, CleanSpark, America’s Bitcoin miner! And thank you to Foreman Mining, Master Your Mining!"The Mining Pod" is produced by Sunnyside Honey LLC with Senior Producer, Damien Somerset. Distributed by CoinDesk with Senior Producer Michele Musso and Executive Producer Jared Schwartz. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.