#365: Luxor Mining and Forward Contracts with Matt Williams

Join Marty as he sits down with Matt Williams to discuss Forward Contracts. They dive into the details of hedging strategy, the software of forwards contracts, and the connection between mining companies and the energy industry.

Check out Luxor: https://mining.luxor.tech/

0:00 - Intro
6:45 - Opening riff
7:51 - Matt's background
11:41 - Global energy markets
15:32 - Technicalities of hedging strategy
22:27 - How forward contracts work
28:24 - Marty is swarmed by insects
28:51 - Why forwards contracts first
36:44 - Building risk analysis with individual operators
43:37 - Block height 69 (nice)
45:50 - Luxor's next contract type
52:58 - Encouraging others to launch similar products
55:14 - Will miners become energy companies or vice versa?
58:18 - Adding mining to an oil and nat gas business
1:00:49 - More backstory on Matt
1:04:25 - How bad do you want to end the fed?
1:05:00 - Software of forward contracts
1:11:34 - Outro riff

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