S3 EP3: The Peak of Expectations

Cultivating an innovative idea requires having a lush (some might say delusional) vision.

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As we continue through the Hype Cycle, we reach the fun, thrilling, titillating phase: the Peak of Expectations. It generates vital inspiration and adrenaline that keeps every entrepreneur or visionary going (that includes the listener who is in the midst of sleep training her baby daughter). On this episode, Manoush and Jen analyze their start-up highs and wonder whether exciting industry news means podcasting has hit its peak. Plus, more from Massena, NY, as we go inside cavernous Bitcoin factories to hear what extreme optimism sounds like. Just beware: after every high comes a low.

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One of Coinmint's shipping containers that house hundreds of Bitcoin miners. Not pictured: 80 degree heat and deafening noise.

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This matrix in real life shows the rows of miners installed on metal shelves in the shipping container.

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The old aluminum smelter (factory) in Massena, New York, that Coinmint leases, and where they have installed dozens of shipping containers and thousands of Bitcoin miners. 

CREDITS:

Thalia Beaty, Producer

David Herman, Composer

Matt Boynton, Audio Engineer

ILLUSTRATION: 

Sara Wong

ZigZag comes from Stable Genius Productions, in partnership with Civil. We are proud members of Radiotopia, from PRX.

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S3 EP2: What Triggers Innovation