POD256 | Bitcoin Mining News & Analysis

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A weekly Bitcoin podcast focused on mining, energy, and proof-of-work - hosted by the Bitcoin Park team, including @econoalchemist, @skot9000, @bitkite and @bikesandbitcoin... more

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March 22, 2024041. No Holds Barred w/ Special Guest: Zack Bomsta, Founder - Pivotal Pleb Tech & UnBound, State of the Network, Tangents, Home Miner of the Week
Date: March 20, 2024
State of the Network:
Block Height: 835558
According to our friends at newhedge.io: Bitcoin difficulty is 83.9 Trillion and set to decrease roughly 0.3% at the conclusion of epoch 414 which should be on or around March 28th.
Over at Hashrate Index: https://data.hashrateindex.com/asic-index-data: Miners under 25J/Th are selling for roughly $13.73/Th at the moment, which has been relatively flat since October.
Looking at mempool.space: Hashrate is currently estimated to be 612Eh, setting a new all time high.
Heading over to insights.braiins.com: Hashvalue is currently 150 sats/TH/day.
Days until the Halving: 29 days according to https://www.coinwarz.com/mining/bitcoin/halving
Stream Sats, Point Hash:
Pick any Lincoin URL:
     a) stratum+tcp://NA.lincoin.com:3333
     b) stratum+tcp://EU.lincoin.com:3333
     c) stratum+tcp://LatAm.lincoin.com:3333
     d) stratum+tcp://CIS.lincoin.com:3333
     e) stratum+tcp://Asia.lincoin.com:3333
     f) stratum+tcp://OC.lincoin.com:3333
     g) stratum+tcp://Africa.lincoin.com:3333
Then use "pod256.YourAlias" as the worker name
Shout out to: “bikesandbitcoin”, “reedsminersarenotforprofit”, “hodl_pins_dot_com_by_yooper_and_son_iykyk”, “africaone”, and “bitaxewannabejustans17pro” for supporting the podcast with their hashrate over the last week.
No Holds Barred w/ Special Guest: Zack Bomsta, Founder - Pivotal Pleb Tech & UnBound:
Zack Bomsta on Twitter: https://twitter.com/zbomstaz

Pivotal Pleb Tech website: https://pivotalpleb.com/

Pivotal Pleb Tech on Twitter: https://twitter.com/PivotalPlebTech

UnBound on Twitter: https://twitter.com/UnBound256

UnBound prototype heater: https://twitter.com/Electro_Thermal/status/1768004186774335735
Questions from Twitter:
https://twitter.com/econoalchemist/status/1770286422974427543
From SKOT: I heard a rumor you’re making a Loki board that can dynamically control the voltage output of an APW3++? How did you do it? When can I get one? How are you so badass? https://twitter.com/skot9000/status/1770307311816286523

From Tyler Stevens: What does Zack think about the future of mining for heat to decentralize hash rate? Repurposing and modifying industrial hardware is awesome. Plebs are on the forefront here - But how does this scale to a grandmother who just wants cheaper utility bills? Open source firmware seems like a must? Target output temperatures? Open source ASICS? Chips and boards designed for higher operating temperatures…. Curious about his thoughts on fully integrated systems. Off the shelf products to help decentralized hash scale. What steps and development needs to happen, and in what order? https://twitter.com/tylerkstevens/status/1770292573195694180

From likewhoa: Are there voltage requirements to run at this setup? i.e would there have to be some sort of underclocking involved and is it possible to overclock as well? https://twitter.com/likewh1a/status/1770290048333697279

From Ben: Can it be hacked to run on DC power? (I.e. from a Powerwall battery or solar?) https://twitter.com/Lewified/status/1770293247899783485

From James: The concern I would have is the increased current draw as a result of dropping voltage. Unless you are going to severely underclock the boards, current (amps) will double since you are halving the voltage. This means a larger wire gauge is required. At 240V you can use #12 wire. https://twitter.com/Scygone/status/1770292434473218139
Home Miner of the Week:
@Pmaxsd with a beautiful casing protecting 7.2TH of #Flex4Axe mining: https://twitter.com/Pmaxsd/status/1769778093017673903
Rod @bitkite on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bitkite
Econoalchemist on Twitter: https://twitter.com/econoalchemist
Rod @bitkite on nostr: npub1atn7mlwt08erz4ap47gef92xfey65a4z9ed9vec53u5kc9v94pusl6h4x3
Econoalchemist on nostr: npub10m6lrv2kaf08a8um0plhj5dj6yqlw7qxzeag6393z352zrs0e5nsr2tff3
Bitcoin Park on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bitcoinpark_
POD256 on Twitter: https://twitter.com/pod256
...more
1h 25min
March 15, 2024040. State of the Network, News, Tangents, Home Miner of the Week
Date: March 13, 2024
State of the Network:
Block Height: 834555
According to our friends at newhedge.io: Bitcoin difficulty is 79.3 Trillion and set to increase roughly 5.8% at the conclusion of epoch 413 which should be Pie Day!
Over at Hashrate Index: https://data.hashrateindex.com/asic-index-data: Miners under 25J/Th are selling for roughly 13.73/Th at the moment, which has been relatively flat since October.
Looking at mempool.space: Hashrate is currently estimated to be 591Eh on the 14-day Moving Average, setting a new all time high.
Heading over to insights.braiins.com: Hashvalue is currently 160sats/TH/day.
Days until the Halving: 36 days according to https://www.coinwarz.com/mining/bitcoin/halving
Stream Sats, Point Hash:
Pick any Lincoin URL:
     a) stratum+tcp://NA.lincoin.com:3333
     b) stratum+tcp://EU.lincoin.com:3333
     c) stratum+tcp://LatAm.lincoin.com:3333
     d) stratum+tcp://CIS.lincoin.com:3333
     e) stratum+tcp://Asia.lincoin.com:3333
     f) stratum+tcp://OC.lincoin.com:3333
     g) stratum+tcp://Africa.lincoin.com:3333
Then use "pod256.YourAlias" as the worker name
Shout out to: “bikesandbitcoin”, “reedsminersarenotforprofit”, “hodl_pins_dot_com_by_yooper_and_son_iykyk”, “africaone”, “bitaxewannabejustans17pro”, and “bitaxe_to_the_mooon” for supporting the podcast with their hashrate over the last week.
News:
Reformed Energy, a Waste-to-Energy Company, Secures Strategic Investment from Riot Platforms:
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/reformed-energy-a-waste-to-energy-company-secures-strategic-investment-from-riot-platforms-302085659.html?tc=eml_cleartime

https://x.com/willhash4coins/status/1767568145122828597

Biden’s 30% tax would ‘destroy’ Bitcoin mining in the US, industry says:
https://www.dlnews.com/articles/regulation/bidens-dame-tax-could-destroy-bitcoin-mining-in-us/

Cathedra announces its proposed merger with Kungsleden Inc.:
https://twitter.com/CathedraBitcoin/status/1767613187904450687
Roman Sterlingov - Bad blockchain forensics convict the user of a Bitcoin mixer — as its operator:
https://cointelegraph.com/news/bad-blockchain-forensics-convict-roman-sterlingov
OXT Research Piece on the pseudoscience that led to Sterlingov’s conviction:
https://www.oxtresearch.com/pseudo/
Home Miner of the Week:
@HodlTarantula with 500kW of off-grid mining deployed: https://x.com/HodlTarantula/status/1766625165822046377
Rod @bitkite on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bitkite
Econoalchemist on Twitter: https://twitter.com/econoalchemist
Rod @bitkite on nostr: npub1atn7mlwt08erz4ap47gef92xfey65a4z9ed9vec53u5kc9v94pusl6h4x3
Econoalchemist on nostr: npub10m6lrv2kaf08a8um0plhj5dj6yqlw7qxzeag6393z352zrs0e5nsr2tff3
Bitcoin Park on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bitcoinpark_
POD256 on Twitter: https://twitter.com/pod256
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46min
March 09, 2024039. No Holds Barred w/ Special Guest: pennyether - Bitcoin Mining Co. Analyst, State of the Network, Tangents
Date: March 6, 2024
State of the Network:
Block Height: 833445
According to our friends at newhedge.io: Bitcoin difficulty is 79.3 Trillion and set to decrease roughly 0.25% at the conclusion of epoch 413 which should be on March 14th, Pie Day!
Over at Hashrate Index: https://data.hashrateindex.com/asic-index-data: Miners under 25J/th are selling for roughly $13.73/Th at the moment, which has been relatively flat since October.
Looking at mempool.space: Hashrate is currently estimated to be 577Eh, still slightly below the all time high of 581Eh.
Heading over to insights.braiins.com: Hashvalue is currently 170sats/TH/day.
Days until the Halving: 44 days according to https://www.coinwarz.com/mining/bitcoin/halving
Stream Sats, Point Hash:
Pick any Lincoin URL:
a) stratum+tcp://NA.lincoin.com:3333
b) stratum+tcp://EU.lincoin.com:3333
c) stratum+tcp://LatAm.lincoin.com:3333
d) stratum+tcp://CIS.lincoin.com:3333
e) stratum+tcp://Asia.lincoin.com:3333
f) stratum+tcp://OC.lincoin.com:3333
g) stratum+tcp://Africa.lincoin.com:3333

Then use "pod256.YourAlias" as the worker name
Shout out to: “bikesandbitcoin”, “reedsminersarenotforprofit”, “hodl_pins_dot_com_by_yooper_and_son_iykyk”, “africaone”, “slap_my_bitaxe_and_tell_me_you_love_me”, “bitaxewannabejustans17pro”, “the_80085_petahash_bitaxe”, “blizzabler”, and “bitaxeswimmingking” for supporting the podcast with their hashrate over the last week.
No Holds Barred w/ Special Guest: pennyether - Bitcoin Mining Co. Analyst
pennyether on Twitter: https://twitter.com/penny_ether

Smoking Hopium - bitcoin mining calculator: https://smokinghopium.io/
A few questions from anons:
Do you think you’re cherry picking data?

Does the lack of industry standards make direct comparisons tough, and to that point, can you speak to how companies get fairly compared when strategies vary so widely?

Would you consider Marathon a good company? (the miner)

It looks as though depreciation was included when calculating Riot’s hashcost, should they then turn their miners off if it’s profitable to mine but the 2-year depreciation schedule is eating into it?

What are your thoughts on miners a little bit down on the market cap rankings?

What would you do differently if you were in charge of a mining company?

If you could design your ideal monthly operational update, what does an apples to apples comparison look like and what metrics are most descriptive of the public miner businesses?
Questions from Twitter:
https://twitter.com/econoalchemist/status/1765354527794807261
From Tyler Stevens: Going into this cycle, what is the most important thing for large public miners to be competitive. Has in changed? https://twitter.com/tylerkstevens/status/1765382891133964432

From Francis Brosnan: Does he expect the beta from publicly traded miners to outpace Bitcoin price rise as in previous cycles? If so, which miners, and why? https://twitter.com/francis_brosnan/status/1765372642318553274

From imgislost: Which public miner stonks do they believe in if they had 1 bitcoin to divest towards?
Home Miner of the Week:
@ClueWant with an array of bitaxe variants https://x.com/ClueWant/status/1765496718294925680
Rod @bitkite on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bitkite
Econoalchemist on Twitter: https://twitter.com/econoalchemist
Rod @bitkite on nostr: npub1atn7mlwt08erz4ap47gef92xfey65a4z9ed9vec53u5kc9v94pusl6h4x3
Econoalchemist on nostr: npub10m6lrv2kaf08a8um0plhj5dj6yqlw7qxzeag6393z352zrs0e5nsr2tff3
Bitcoin Park on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bitcoinpark_
POD256 on Twitter: https://twitter.com/pod256
...more
1h 28min
March 01, 2024038. State of the Network, News, Tangents, Home Miner of the Week
Date: February 29, 2024
We did record with our guest imgislost, however we collectively decided that for privacy reasons, it would be best not to publish the recording.
The 256 Foundation Telegram group: https://t.me/the256foundation
State of the Network:
Block Height: 832577
According to our friends at newhedge.io: Bitcoin difficulty is 81.7 Trillion and set to decrease roughly 3% at the conclusion of epoch 412, making it the only difficulty adjustment to land on a leap-year day in Bitcoin’s history!
Looking at mempool.space: Hashrate is currently estimated to be 569Eh on the 14-day moving average, down slightly from a recent all time high of 581Eh.
Heading over to insights.braiins.com: Hashvalue is currently 170sats/TH/day.
Days until the Halving: 49 days according to https://www.coinwarz.com/mining/bitcoin/halving
Stream Sats, Point Hash:
Pick any Lincoin URL:
     a) stratum+tcp://NA.lincoin.com:3333
     b) stratum+tcp://EU.lincoin.com:3333
     c) stratum+tcp://LatAm.lincoin.com:3333
     d) stratum+tcp://CIS.lincoin.com:3333
     e) stratum+tcp://Asia.lincoin.com:3333
     f) stratum+tcp://OC.lincoin.com:3333
     g) stratum+tcp://Africa.lincoin.com:3333
Then use "pod256.YourAlias" as the worker name.
Shout out to: Blizzabler, “the_80085_petahash_bitaxe”, “bitaxewannabejustans17pro”, “hodl_pins_dot_com_by_yooper_and_son_iykyk”, “bitaxeswimmingking”, “slap_my_bitaxe_and_tell_me_you_love_me”, “africaone”, “hooters”, and “hashtub-at-bitcoinpark” for supporting the podcast with their hashrate.
News:
Bitcoin Mining Survey stopped dead in its tracks by Riot: https://www.reuters.com/technology/eia-temporarily-suspend-bitcoin-miner-survey-after-lawsuit-court-document-2024-02-23/

https://twitter.com/ab_brammer/status/1762609140281557296

Riot Purchases 31,500 Miners From MicroBT to Enhance and Expand Self-Mining Operations at Its Rockdale Facility: https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2024/02/27/2836095/0/en/Riot-Purchases-31-500-Miners-From-MicroBT-to-Enhance-and-Expand-Self-Mining-Operations-at-Its-Rockdale-Facility.html

The Future is Unwritten, Know Your Rights: https://twitter.com/denimbtc/status/1762989527130403271
Home Miner of the Week:
@HodlRev with the canola oil immersion setup doubling as a maple sap concentrator for making high quality syrup: https://twitter.com/hodlrev/status/1760998502161666259
Rod @bitkite on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bitkite
Econoalchemist on Twitter: https://twitter.com/econoalchemist
Rod @bitkite on nostr: npub1atn7mlwt08erz4ap47gef92xfey65a4z9ed9vec53u5kc9v94pusl6h4x3
Econoalchemist on nostr: npub10m6lrv2kaf08a8um0plhj5dj6yqlw7qxzeag6393z352zrs0e5nsr2tff3
Bitcoin Park on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bitcoinpark_
POD256 on Twitter: https://twitter.com/pod256
...more
28min
February 24, 2024037. No Holds Barred w/ Special Guest: Rapha Zagury (Alpha Zeta), CIO - Swan, State of the Network, Tangents, Home Miner of the Week
Date: February 21, 2024
State of the Network:
Block Height: 831444
According to our friends at newhedge.io: Bitcoin difficulty is 81.7 Trillion and set to decrease ~5% at the conclusion of epoch 412 which just might land on February 29th, possibly making it the only difficulty adjustment to land on a leap-year day in Bitcoin’s history
Looking at mempool.space: Hashrate is currently estimated to be 569Eh on the 14-day MA
Heading over to insights.braiins.com: Hashvalue is currently 160sats/TH/day
Days until the Halving: 57 days according to https://www.coinwarz.com/mining/bitcoin/halving
Stream Sats, Point Hash:
Pick any Lincoin URL
Then use "pod256.YourAlias" as the worker name.
Shout out to: Blizzabler, the_80085_petahash_bitaxe, slap_my_bitaxe_and_tell_me_you_love_me, bitaxewannabejustans17pro, hodl_pins_dot_com_yooper_and_son_iykyk, hooters, bitaxe_is_fun, bitaxeswimmingking, no name, knockers, midgetshavingsexnexttoyourbitaxe, and last but not least 818_reposado_tequilla_on_iceso_smooth_yooper for supporting the podcast with their hashrate
Special Guest: Rapha Zagury (Alpha Zeta), CIO - Swan
Rapha on Twitter: https://twitter.com/alphaazeta

Nakamoto Portfolio - A set of tools, research and open source code to explore the ground breaking effects that Bitcoin has on the financial world: https://nakamotoportfolio.com/
Questions from Twitter:
https://twitter.com/econoalchemist/status/1760144259381178703
From Rob W.: Can they disaggregate the total EH into hosting/operating and other business arrangements? Big EH hosted on one or many sites is VERY different self mining on one or multiple sites. Also, out of all of that EH, how much do they keep? https://twitter.com/BikesandBitcoin/status/1760145986117116018
From Exfrog: How much of that 4.5Eh is new to the network and how much was preexisting and just had Swan stickers slapped on the box? https://twitter.com/exfrog/status/1760299846903251387

From Rebel Mining in Texas: About 120 MW or so is my guess. Not impossible if you find a good opportunity, been working since summer. Announced January. 7 months is impressive, but doable. Interested to know machines, efficiency, single/multiple location, curtailment, state...and a bunch more. https://twitter.com/DavidBranscum/status/1760147171414794629
From Adam Anderson: How do you think about jurisdiction risk and geographic diversification? Which energy sources form the majority of your electricity inputs? Any aspirations to shift or optimize these allocations or sources going forward? https://twitter.com/bc1984adam/status/1760146314711445990
From DecentMoney: > What questions do you have for Swan’s CIO, @alphaazeta? Does he know his website is down? https://twitter.com/decentmoney2009/status/1760147625524052415
From Reed Prefers Nostr: What will be their differentiator to survive post halving? Alternative revenue streams, demand response, latest gen Asics, very low power cost, etc.? https://twitter.com/FreedomMoney21/status/1760273144445538646

From Status Quon’t: Did the Bitcoin Opportunity Fund (@BTCOppFund) play a role in getting this up and running? https://twitter.com/statusquont/status/1760306849226596716

From Jarctu: is there actually a connection between Tether and Swan Mining? Or are people reaching https://twitter.com/jarctu/status/1760309738330616067
Home Miner of the Week:
@MolonLabeVC with a bitaxe immersion mining rig: https://x.com/MolonLabeVC/status/1758574279141052847
Rod @bitkite on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bitkite
Econoalchemist on Twitter: https://twitter.com/econoalchemist
Rod @bitkite on nostr: npub1atn7mlwt08erz4ap47gef92xfey65a4z9ed9vec53u5kc9v94pusl6h4x3
Econoalchemist on nostr: npub10m6lrv2kaf08a8um0plhj5dj6yqlw7qxzeag6393z352zrs0e5nsr2tff3
Bitcoin Park on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bitcoinpark_
POD256 on Twitter: https://twitter.com/pod256
...more
1h 35min
February 16, 2024036. No Holds Barred w/ Special Guest: BASSLOAD - Energy Procurement Consultant, State of the Network, Tangents
Date: February 14, 2024
State of the Network:
Block Height: 830468
According to our friends at newhedge.io: Bitcoin difficulty is 70.3T and set to increase ~7% at the conclusion of epoch 411
Looking at mempool.space: Hashrate is printing 568Eh on the 14-day MA
Heading over to insights.braiins.com: Hashvalue is currently 180 sats/TH/day.
Days until the Halving: 63 days according to https://www.coinwarz.com/mining/bitcoin/halving
Stream Sats, Point Hash:
Pick any Lincoin URL:
     a) stratum+tcp://NA.lincoin.com:3333
     b) stratum+tcp://EU.lincoin.com:3333
     c) stratum+tcp://LatAm.lincoin.com:3333
     d) stratum+tcp://CIS.lincoin.com:3333
     e) stratum+tcp://Asia.lincoin.com:3333
     f) stratum+tcp://OC.lincoin.com:3333
     g) stratum+tcp://Africa.lincoin.com:3333
Then use "pod256.YourAlias" as the worker name.
Shout out to: Blizzabler, Knockers, the_80085_petahash_bitaxe, 818_reposado_tequila_on_iceso_smooth_yooper, coconuts, and dont_have_a_cow_man_yh for supporting the podcast with their hashrate
Special Guest: BASSLOAD, Energy Procurement Consultant
BASSLOAD on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bitcoinbassload

BASSLOAD’s Substack: https://bitcoinbassload.substack.com/
Questions from Twitter:
https://twitter.com/econoalchemist/status/1757591539654496548
From Travis Bitckle: Say I have $0.055/kWh power. What do I do? Keep running my jPros, upgrade to latest gen machines, or mortgage the house and install 1,000 amp service? https://twitter.com/bitckle/status/1757602533453828179

From likewhoa: How many offgrid Watts are needed to make the Feds per their pants? https://twitter.com/likewh1a/status/1757599448392159352

From Hundredaire: I have a question: what is a PPA? https://twitter.com/Mr_Hundredaire/status/1757728066481127681

From Justa Pleb/21M: How to train an army of gorilla #Bitcoin miners to stand up data centers around the world to secure the best money the world has ever had. https://twitter.com/JimJones1913/status/1757592488792228194

Barnminer’s question: Please explain the difference between PPA and other energy agreements. How often does the mining industry mislabel PPA when, in fact, it is not?
Rod @bitkite on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bitkite
Econoalchemist on Twitter: https://twitter.com/econoalchemist
Rod @bitkite on nostr: npub1atn7mlwt08erz4ap47gef92xfey65a4z9ed9vec53u5kc9v94pusl6h4x3
Econoalchemist on nostr: npub10m6lrv2kaf08a8um0plhj5dj6yqlw7qxzeag6393z352zrs0e5nsr2tff3
Bitcoin Park on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bitcoinpark_
POD256 on Twitter: https://twitter.com/pod256
...more
1h 13min
February 10, 2024035. No Holds Barred w/ Special Guests: Wilson Mining, State of the Network, Tangents, News, Home Miner of the Week
Date: February 7, 2024
State of the Network:
Block Height: 829415
According to our friends at newhedge.io: Bitcoin difficulty is 75.5T and set to increase between 7-12% at the conclusion of epoch 411, which should be close to Valentine’s Day
Looking at mempool.space: Hashrate is at an all-time-high, 565Eh on the 14-day MA
Heading over to insights.braiins.com: Hashvalue is currently 180 sats/TH/day
Days until the Halving: 70 days according to https://www.coinwarz.com/mining/bitcoin/halving
Stream Sats, Point Hash:
Pick any Lincoin URL:
     a) stratum+tcp://NA.lincoin.com:3333
     b) stratum+tcp://EU.lincoin.com:3333
     c) stratum+tcp://LatAm.lincoin.com:3333
     d) stratum+tcp://CIS.lincoin.com:3333
     e) stratum+tcp://Asia.lincoin.com:3333
     f) stratum+tcp://OC.lincoin.com:3333
     g) stratum+tcp://Africa.lincoin.com:3333
Then use "pod256.YourAlias" as the worker name.
Shout out to: “80085”, “Blizzabler”, “coconuts”, & “dont_have_a_cow_manyh” for supporting the podcast with their hashrate
News:
TVA CEO Jeff Lyash quote: https://twitter.com/bitkite/status/1755304389990867063

Open source mining non-profit working name: The 256 Foundation
Special Guests: Eric and Steven Wilson of Wilson Mining
Wilson Mining website: https://wilsonmining.io/
Wilson Mining on Twitter: https://twitter.com/WilsonMining
Questions from Twitter: https://twitter.com/econoalchemist/status/1755001187492081902
From Nico: Looking forward to this one! Have two questions:
1. Does @WilsonMining expect that retail hosting companies in the US will start to participate (more) in demand response programs to keep retail hosting competitive? 2. Do they expect that retail hosting companies will start providing over/underclock options to allow retail miners to move with market condition so they can maximize profits? Thanks!! https://twitter.com/Smidnico/status/1755021174755483859
From Rob W.: How has the Midwestern winter treated them? https://twitter.com/BikesandBitcoin/status/1755027952427839768

From Coinheated: I'd ask: Are you expecting to operate in a negative after the halving, and if so, for how long could you do so in the negative? https://twitter.com/CoinHeated/status/1755028105750601892

From @skot9000: I saw your post about the tradeoffs between Antminers and Whatsminers with efficiency vs. reliability. Traditionally miners haven't valued reliability much since the machine is ewaste in a couple years anyways. Do you think this dynamic is changing?
https://x.com/skot9000/status/1755259689669910964
From Tyler Stevens: Are they doing anything with the waste heat? https://twitter.com/tylerkstevens/status/1755058068227068004

From Larrry Lasermind: You could ask them: What's easier in terms of setup, maintainance and cleaning: air-cooled or immersion? https://twitter.com/LarryLasermind/status/1755005251508191697

From @UploadingLogic: will you get a haircut when bitcoin wins? ever catched by an ASIC fan?https://x.com/UploadingLogic/status/1755258781133398446

From @GreaserRichard: Why are they mining Wilson instead of Bitcoin?https://x.com/GreaserRichard/status/1755230930594369722
Home Miner of the Week: @skot9000 unveils the bitaxeSupra with a BM1368 ASIC: https://x.com/skot9000/status/1755262407197303119

Rod @bitkite on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bitkite
Econoalchemist on Twitter: https://twitter.com/econoalchemist
Rod @bitkite on nostr: npub1atn7mlwt08erz4ap47gef92xfey65a4z9ed9vec53u5kc9v94pusl6h4x3
Econoalchemist on nostr: npub10m6lrv2kaf08a8um0plhj5dj6yqlw7qxzeag6393z352zrs0e5nsr2tff3
Bitcoin Park on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bitcoinpark_
POD256 on Twitter: https://twitter.com/pod256
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1h 29min
February 02, 2024034. Home & Open Source Mining Initiative, State of the Network, Tangents, News, Home Miner of the Week
Date: February 1, 2024
State of the Network:
Block Height: 828411
According to our friends at newhedge.io: Bitcoin difficulty is 70.3T and set to increase ~6% at the conclusion of epoch 410 which should be in the next 24 hours or so
Looking at mempool.space: Hashrate is printing 526Eh on the 14-day Moving Average, with approximately 250k pending transactions, and transactions paying less than 24 sats/v-byte are currently being purged
Heading over to insights.braiins.com: Hashvalue is currently 190sats/TH/day
Days until the Halving: 78 days according to https://www.coinwarz.com/mining/bitcoin/halving
Stream Sats, Point Hash:
Pick any Lincoin URL:
     a) stratum+tcp://NA.lincoin.com:3333
     b) stratum+tcp://EU.lincoin.com:3333
     c) stratum+tcp://LatAm.lincoin.com:3333
     d) stratum+tcp://CIS.lincoin.com:3333
     e) stratum+tcp://Asia.lincoin.com:3333
     f) stratum+tcp://OC.lincoin.com:3333
     g) stratum+tcp://Africa.lincoin.com:3333
Then use "pod256.YourAlias" as the worker name.
Shout out to: Blizzabler, hashtub-defroster, and a new entity: 80085 for supporting the podcast with their hashrate
News:
Bitcoin Mining Companies according to Hashrate Index/Luxor: https://twitter.com/bitkite/status/1752105948364030016

Swan announces 4.5Eh mining operation is online with another 3.5Eh incoming:https://twitter.com/Swan/status/1750565936216649860

APW12 unlock guide in the Pivotal Pleb Tech file repo: https://x.com/pivotalplebtech/status/1752418448490324364

Announcement of Rob Warren’s book The Bitcoin Miners Almanac, published by Bitcoin Magazine: https://x.com/bikesandbitcoin/status/1752695082128466234
Home Miner of the Week: @bitcoingardener who “replaced all [his] s9 bitcoin heaters with loki kitted s19 #mine4heat builds”
https://x.com/bitcoingardener/status/1752817557554221440
Rod @bitkite on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bitkite
Econoalchemist on Twitter: https://twitter.com/econoalchemist
Rod @bitkite on nostr: npub1atn7mlwt08erz4ap47gef92xfey65a4z9ed9vec53u5kc9v94pusl6h4x3
Econoalchemist on nostr: npub10m6lrv2kaf08a8um0plhj5dj6yqlw7qxzeag6393z352zrs0e5nsr2tff3
Bitcoin Park on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bitcoinpark_
POD256 on Twitter: https://twitter.com/pod256
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51min
January 25, 2024033. NEMS 2024 Recap, State of the Network, Tangents, News, Home Miner of the Week
Date: January 24, 2024
State of the Network:
Block Height: 827188
According to our friends at newhedge.io: Bitcoin difficulty is 70.3T and set to increase ~2% at the conclusion of epoch 410, which should be February 2nd
Looking at mempool.space: Hashrate is roughly 515Eh on the 14-day MA
Heading over to insights.braiins.com: Hashvalue is currently 190 sats/TH/day
Days until the Halving: 86 days according to https://www.coinwarz.com/mining/bitcoin/halving
Stream Sats, Point Hash:
Pick any Lincoin URL:
     a) stratum+tcp://NA.lincoin.com:3333
     b) stratum+tcp://EU.lincoin.com:3333
     c) stratum+tcp://LatAm.lincoin.com:3333
     d) stratum+tcp://CIS.lincoin.com:3333
     e) stratum+tcp://Asia.lincoin.com:3333
     f) stratum+tcp://OC.lincoin.com:3333
     g) stratum+tcp://Africa.lincoin.com:3333
Then use "pod256.YourAlias" as the worker name.
Shout out to: “hashtub-defroster”, “hashtub-at-bitcoinpark”, “miningsummit”, “candylandspeedboatbarn”, “rva-traveling-s9-nr3”, & Blizzabler for supporting the podcast with their hashrate. Thanks to Barnminer, BRocketMiner, and Schnitzel.
News:
Nashville Energy & Mining Summit 2024 Schedule - bitcoinpark.com/schedule

Samourai Writes letter to FinCEN.https://x.com/SamouraiWallet/status/1749784171239657472?s=20

Tornado Cash developer, Roman Semenov, publishes video explaining the severity of precedence regarding his case and seeks donations toward his legal defense. https://x.com/rstormsf/status/1749490246000238942?s=20

Parker Lewis - Gradually Then Suddenly https://twitter.com/parkeralewis/status/1748420277116064189
Home Miner of the Week: @Schnitzel with a shout out to @techengineer21
Schnitzel’s HashTub:
https://twitter.com/Schnitzel/status/1748118490605633564

https://twitter.com/PrestonPysh/status/1748173117082517612
Rod @bitkite on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bitkite
Econoalchemist on Twitter: https://twitter.com/econoalchemist
Rod @bitkite on nostr: npub1atn7mlwt08erz4ap47gef92xfey65a4z9ed9vec53u5kc9v94pusl6h4x3
Econoalchemist on nostr: npub10m6lrv2kaf08a8um0plhj5dj6yqlw7qxzeag6393z352zrs0e5nsr2tff3
Bitcoin Park on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bitcoinpark_
POD256 on Twitter: https://twitter.com/pod256
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1h 8min
December 18, 2023032. No Holds Barred w/ Special Guests: Diverter, Author - Mining for the Streets & Samourai Wallet, Co-Founder - Samourai Wallet
Date: December 14, 2023
032. No Holds Barred w/ Special Guests: Diverter, Author - Mining for the Streets & Samourai Wallet, Co-Founder - Samourai Wallet
State of the Network:
Block Height: 821220
According to our friends at newhedge.io: Bitcoin difficulty is 67.3T after the recent downward adjustment of -0.95% on Saturday, December 9, 2023
Looking at mempool.space: Hashrate appears to be 484Eh on the 14-day MA
Heading over to insights.braiins.com: Hash value is currently 255 sats/TH/day
Days until the Halving: 126 days according to https://www.coinwarz.com/mining/bitcoin/halving
Stream Sats, Point Hash:
Pick any Lincoin URL:
     a) stratum+tcp://NA.lincoin.com:3333
     b) stratum+tcp://EU.lincoin.com:3333
     c) stratum+tcp://LatAm.lincoin.com:3333
     d) stratum+tcp://CIS.lincoin.com:3333
     e) stratum+tcp://Asia.lincoin.com:3333
     f) stratum+tcp://OC.lincoin.com:3333
     g) stratum+tcp://Africa.lincoin.com:3333
Then use "pod256.YourAlias" as the worker name.
Shout out to: Blizabler for supporting the podcast with their hashrate over the last few weeks
No Holds Barred w/ Special Guests: Diverter, Author - Mining for the Streets & Samourai Wallet, Co-Founder - Samourai Wallet
For the record, an invitation to join POD256 was also extended to Luke Dashjr from Ocean Mining, however that invitation was ignored.
Audience questions: https://x.com/econoalchemist/status/1734976803788161367

Samourai Wallet: https://samouraiwallet.com/

Bitcoin blockchain explorer and fee estimator: https://light.oxt.me/

Understanding Bitcoin Privacy with OXT: https://medium.com/oxt-research/understanding-bitcoin-privacy-with-oxt-part-1-4-8177a40a5923

Mining for the Streets: A simple guide for acquiring bitcoin without KYC/AML using ASIC mining: https://diverter.hostyourown.tools/mining-for-the-streets/
Diverter on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Diverter_NoKYC
Samourai Wallet on Twitter: https://twitter.com/SamouraiWallet
Rod @bitkite on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bitkite
Econoalchemist on Twitter: https://twitter.com/econoalchemist
Rod @bitkite on nostr: npub1atn7mlwt08erz4ap47gef92xfey65a4z9ed9vec53u5kc9v94pusl6h4x3
Econoalchemist on nostr: npub10m6lrv2kaf08a8um0plhj5dj6yqlw7qxzeag6393z352zrs0e5nsr2tff3
Bitcoin Park on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bitcoinpark_
POD256 on Twitter: https://twitter.com/pod256
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1h 48min

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