⛏️ 2017 was the turning point when $BTC mining stopped being a bedroom hobby and became a full-blown industrial war.

Before ASICs dominated, before institutional farms, there was a brief window where GPU rigs were still competitive and hardware was turning into a global business.

Episode #475 dives into that early mining era—when the gold rush was real but the endgame wasn't clear yet.

If you've ever wondered how we went from gaming rigs to warehouse-scale operations, this is the origin story.