They Bet Everything On An Existential Crisis | Bob Burnett & Nacho Pauls

S1E95 - They Bet Everything On An Existential Crisis | Bob Burnett & Nacho Pauls

Published: September 10, 2026

Duration: 52:37

Mentor Sessions Ep 095: Bob Burnett and Nacho Pauls of Ocean discuss Bitcoin mining decentralization, the BIP-110 chain split, hash rate flight, and Bitcoin Knots.


Bitcoin's first real hard fork just tested mining decentralization for real — and Ocean's hash rate dropped from roughly 40 exahash to 23 before clawing back. Bob Burnett (Barefoot Mining, Ocean chairman) and Nacho Pauls break down what actually happened when the chain split, why rented hash fled while owned hash stayed, and what the loss of Bitcoin Knots means for client diversity going forward.


You'll learn why th...