Episode notes
Today we are joined by Matt Williams, head of derivatives at Luxor Technologies. Matt is an expert on commodities trading and built Luxor’s new hashrate derivative, a product that allows miners to buy and sell hashrate.
https://luxor.tech/derivatives
Matt Williams: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-williams-0a1b592b/
Will Foxley: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley
TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 Start
00:25 Intro
01:11 Meet Matt
01:21 Intro
02:42 Hashrate as a commodity
04:04 Defining hashrate as commodity
05:30 Why hedge against hashrate?
08:18 Changing the thinking about hashrate
00:13:25:09 Seller of hashrate example
00:14:26:11 Buyer of hashrate example
00:15:59:23 Creating the index
00:18:36:01 Creating the marketplace
00:21:42:27 Customer requirements and security
00:25:12:13 Technical specifics
00:26:09:27 Regulation future
00:28:37:17 Product future
00:31:01:21 Cycles & volatility
00:33:39:25 Hashrate prediction
00:34:12:06 Wrap up
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