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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June 05, 2023020. State of the Network, News, Tangents, Home Miner of the Week, w/ Special Guests: Rob Warren, Partner - distributed hash & Diverter, Author - ‘Mining for the Streets’
Date: June 1, 2023
Block Height: 792379
How many days until the halving: 330 according to https://www.bitcoinblockhalf.com/
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 @_business_cat, “barnmineshit19limpingalong”, @BikesandBitcoin, “lonelypumpkins”, “rvabitcoin-travelings9-nr2”, & Business Cat’s podcast: “rockpaperbitcoinpodcast”.
SCHNITZEL UPDATE: https://twitter.com/Schnitzel/status/1663668042662854656
https://twitter.com/Schnitzel/status/1663662589144973316
POLL UPDATE:
https://twitter.com/bitkite/status/1661776382223892482
CD EP31:
https://chowcollection.medium.com/matt-odell-citadel-dispatch-e31-getting-started-with-bitcoin-mining-with-diverter-nokyc-63513757f709
State of the Network:
Bitrawr - difficulty estimator: https://www.bitrawr.com/difficulty-estimator

Mempool.space - hashrate & difficulty: https://mempool.space/

ASIC prices - Hashrate Index from Luxor: https://data.hashrateindex.com/asic-index-data

Hashvalue - Braiins insights: https://insights.braiins.com/en/
News:
Interesting game theory thread from Dr. Con Kolivas: https://twitter.com/ckpooldev/status/1662794659259891712
Home Miner of the Week:
Shout out to Schnitzel for the pleb miner hot tub at the conference and thank you for the hashrate: https://twitter.com/Schnitzel/status/1663668042662854656
NHB with Diverter, Author - ‘Mining for the Streets’:
https://twitter.com/econoalchemist/status/1664045465304809475

Diverter’s ‘Mining for the Streets’: https://diverter.hostyourown.tools/mining-for-the-streets/
Diverter on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Diverter_NoKYC
Rob Warren on Twitter: https://twitter.com/BikesandBitcoin
distributed hash on Twitter: https://twitter.com/hashdistributed
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
2h 20min
May 28, 2023019. State of the Network, News, Tangents, Home Miner of the Week, w/ Special Guest: Rob Warren, Partner - distributed hash
Date: May 25, 2023
Block Height: 791357
How many days until the halving: 338 according to https://www.bitcoinblockhalf.com/
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 @_business_cat, “twoexahash”, @BikesandBitcoin, “lonelypumpkins”, “plebminerhottub”, “rvabitcointravels9nr1”, “rvabitcoin-travelings9-nr1”, “rvabitcoin-travelings9-nr2”, “rvabitcoin-travels9-nr1”, & Business Cat’s podcast: “rockpaperbitcoinpodcast”.
State of the Network:
Bitrawr - difficulty estimator: https://www.bitrawr.com/difficulty-estimator

Mempool.space - hashrate & difficulty: https://mempool.space/

ASIC prices - hashrate index from luxor: https://data.hashrateindex.com/asic-index-data

Hashvalue - Braiins insights: https://insights.braiins.com/en/
News:
RoninMiner celebrated his birthday this week! https://twitter.com/KaboomracksAlex/status/1660055145302900736
Mempool.space introduces Mempool Accelerator, allowing users to bump their tx up the queue: https://twitter.com/mempool/status/1659619347910803466
F2pool is collecting rare sats!?: https://twitter.com/Medi_Naseri/status/1661555005860773889

FutureBit working with Dr. Con to decentralize Bitcoin mining: https://twitter.com/JStefanop1/status/1661361822136512514

CK Solo Pool finds 274th block, awarded to a miner with 750Th: https://twitter.com/ckpooldev/status/1660799764332519425
Upstream Data sues Crusoe for patent infringement: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley/status/1661030250183282693
BottlePay shuts down their consumer app. Good riddance:https://twitter.com/SamouraiWallet/status/1660607537744338944

Security firm, Unciphered claims to hack Trezor T devices. Exploit not patchable with firmware update: https://unchainedcrypto.com/security-firm-unciphered-claims-be-able-to-hack-trezor-t-wallet/ YouTube Video of hack in action: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50eiA-75NMY
Citadel Dispatch #100: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/cd100-the-disturbing-chainalysis-led-prosecution/id1546393840?i=1000608797392
Home Miner of the Week:
@HodlRev grows pot in winter with S9 heat:https://twitter.com/HodlRev/status/1658646760510586880
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"e-pock" vs "eh-pock" poll: https://twitter.com/bitkite/status/1661776382223892482
Rob Warren on Twitter: https://twitter.com/BikesandBitcoin
[email protected]
distributed hash on Twitter: https://twitter.com/hashdistributed
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 47min
May 22, 2023018. State of the Network, News, Tangents, Home Miner of the Week
Date: May 18, 2023
Block Height: 790339
How many days until the halving: 345 according to https://www.bitcoinblockhalf.com/
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 @_business_cat, “twoexahash”, @BikesandBitcoin, “lonelypumpkins”, & a new one this week: “plebminerhottub” coming in hot with nearly 12Th!
Econoalchemist’s Bech32 poll: https://twitter.com/econoalchemist/status/1659234075721252864
State of the Network:
Bitrawr - difficulty estimator: https://www.bitrawr.com/difficulty-estimator

Mempool.space - hashrate & difficulty: https://mempool.space/

ASIC prices - Hashrate Index from Luxor: https://data.hashrateindex.com/asic-index-data

Hashvalue - Braiins insights: https://insights.braiins.com/en/
News:
Harry Sudock joins Bitcoin Park: https://twitter.com/harry_sudock/status/1658966687880757250

Tether investing 15% of their profits in bitcoin: https://www.theblock.co/post/231156/tether-bitcoin-investments-profits?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social

WhatsMiner M50S++: https://twitter.com/BikesandBitcoin/status/1659193910403665923
Home Miner of the Week:
@Schnitzel with the immersion system in a cooler!:
https://twitter.com/Schnitzel/status/1658950905025163267
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
48min
May 13, 2023017. State of the Network, News, Tangents, Home Miner of the Week, w/ Special Guests: Rob Warren, Partner - distributed hash & ₿usiness Cat, Co-Host - Rock Paper Bitcoin
Date: May 11, 2023
Block Height: 789270
How many days until the halving: 352 according to https://www.bitcoinblockhalf.com/
Special Guests: Rob Warren, Partner - distributed hash & ₿usiness Cat, Co-Host - Rock Paper Bitcoin
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 @_business_cat, “twoexahash”, @BikesandBitcoin, & “lonelypumpkins” for pointing has to us!
State of the Network:
Bitrawr - difficulty estimator: https://www.bitrawr.com/difficulty-estimator

Mempool.space - hashrate & difficulty: https://mempool.space/

ASIC prices - Hashrate Index from Luxor: https://data.hashrateindex.com/asic-index-data

Hashvalue - Braiins insights: https://insights.braiins.com/en/
News:
https://twitter.com/bikesandbitcoin/status/1654851993356369920

https://twitter.com/vostrnad/status/1655333674278174721

SEC sends a subpoena to Marathon:https://twitter.com/Crypto_Potato/status/1656564865161478145Article Link: https://cryptopotato.com/sec-targets-bitcoin-miner-marathon-in-latest-action-against-the-industry/
Home Miner of the Week:
@MacLife21mil with the S9 work companion:https://twitter.com/MacLife21mil/status/1655610286311714819
Robert Warren on Twitter: https://twitter.com/BikesandBitcoin
[email protected]
distributed hash on Twitter: https://twitter.com/hashdistributed
₿usiness Cat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/_business_cat
Rock Paper Bitcoin podcast: https://rss.com/podcasts/rock-paper-bitcoin/
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 40min
May 05, 2023016. State of the Network, News, Tangents, Home Miner of the Week
Date: May 4, 2023
Block Height: 788257
How many days until the halving: 359 according to https://www.bitcoinblockhalf.com/
Stream Sats, Point Hash update:
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 @_business_cat, “oneexahash”, “twoexahash”, & @BikesandBitcoin for pointing hash to us!
State of the Network:
Bitrawr - difficulty estimator: https://www.bitrawr.com/difficulty-estimator

Mempool.space - hashrate & difficulty: https://mempool.space/

ASIC prices - Hashrate Index from Luxor: https://data.hashrateindex.com/asic-index-data

Hashvalue - Braiins insights: https://insights.braiins.com/en/

Lincoln vs EcoRod name poll: https://twitter.com/bitkite/status/1654157513304993792
News:
Battery powered Nerd miner: https://twitter.com/bitmaker_/status/1652685642768302080

Block bought Intel’s ASIC chips at basement bargain prices?https://twitter.com/naoise/status/1651927132631703552Article Link: https://www.mining.build/update-on-our-bitcoin-mining-asic-program/

More ASICs are being sold in the USSR than USA; source: Marty Bent.https://twitter.com/MartyBent/status/1650913701111775232

Luxor Team contradicts the above statement in their report, suggesting that North & South American miners have purchased the majority of ASICs. Interesting to note that Russia doesn’t even make their list: https://twitter.com/theGianMendoza/status/1653836160433528847Article Link: https://hashrateindex.com/blog/the-bitcoin-mining-asic-market-is-on-the-mend-insights-from-luxor-rfqs-april-volume/
Home Miner of the Week: @HodlRev
https://damus.io/note1j4sjcyz8qrf958wse92rm5rash9pgt6nzxakfpkf0kxe44vvkv4qlyahlr
Twitter Link: https://twitter.com/HodlRev/status/1647656463089762304

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
54min
April 29, 2023015. State of the Network, News, Tangents, Home Miner of the Week, No Holds Barred w/ Special Guest Rob Warren, Partner - distributed hash
Date: April 27, 2023
Block Height: 787231
How many days until the halving: 366 according to https://www.bitcoinblockhalf.com/

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 @_business_cat, “oneexahash”, & @BikesandBitcoin for pointing hash to us!

"The Work Proof-of-Stake Can’t Do" by Econoalchemist: https://blog.upstreamdata.ca/the-work-proof-of-stake-cant-do/

State of the Network:
Bitrawr - difficulty estimator: https://www.bitrawr.com/difficulty-estimator

Mempool.space - hashrate & difficulty: https://mempool.space/

ASIC prices - Hashrate Index from Luxor: https://data.hashrateindex.com/asic-index-data
Whatsminer M53s: https://twitter.com/BlockwareTeam/status/1650891352660426754

Hashvalue - Braiins insights: https://insights.braiins.com/en/

News:
WEF loves Bitcoin: https://twitter.com/m__btc/status/1650086231361957888?s=46&t=ZnaG-96-8vi-hhnn7Yt5Ng

More ASICs are being sold in Russia than USA; source: Marty Bent: https://twitter.com/MartyBent/status/1650913701111775232

Sen. Warren wants to know about all miners:https://twitter.com/BitcoinPierre/status/1651329550218035202

Home Miner of the Week:
@ShanonSquires for testing out the S19J Pro+ heat sinks:https://twitter.com/ShanonSquires/status/1651395757512232960
Context comes from @KaboomracksAlex, who noted that Bitmain has reverted back to the S9 style heat sinks: https://twitter.com/KaboomracksAlex/status/1649506385460363267
The S19J Pro+ also has a P14 Server Socket?!: https://twitter.com/KaboomracksNick/status/1621544858535034884
and a standard APW12 power supply instead of the 277v advertised power supply. https://twitter.com/KaboomracksAlex/status/1651003906531659779

No Holds Barred: Robert Warren, Partner - distributed hash
Patent Pending fan shroud: https://twitter.com/BikesandBitcoin/status/1647976476325855233
@OyeYknow writes: Mining Facility in WY with patent pending? Does he know @dirtyshotya?https://twitter.com/OyeYknow/status/1651422418852872197
@re_tweet writes: Antminers or whatsminers? Why?https://twitter.com/re_tweet/status/1651533302719758337
Robert Warren on Twitter: https://twitter.com/BikesandBitcoin
[email protected]
distributed hash on Twitter: https://twitter.com/hashdistributed

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 57min
April 21, 2023014. State of the Network, News, Tangents, Home Miner of the Week, DM Dive
Date: April 20, 2023
Block Height: 786265
How many days until the halving: 373 according to https://www.bitcoinblockhalf.com/
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 @_business_cat & “oneexahash” for pointing hash to us!
State of the Network:
Bitrawr - difficulty estimator: https://www.bitrawr.com/difficulty-estimator

Mempool.space - hashrate & difficulty: https://mempool.space/

ASIC prices - Hashrate Index from Luxor: https://data.hashrateindex.com/asic-index-data

Hashvalue - Braiins insights: https://insights.braiins.com/en/
News:
Iris Energy goes from 3.6 EH/s to 4.6 EH/s in a week https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2023/04/20/2650896/0/en/Iris-Energy-provides-5-5-EH-s-installation-update.html

Bitcoin-Mining Blockscale Chips, No Future Gens Announced https://www.tomshardware.com/news/intel-discontinues-bitcoin-mining-blockscale-chips-no-future-gens-announced

EU increases Bitcoin Mining tax rate by 6,000%!?https://twitter.com/JMellerud/status/1647174399714291712CoinDesk Link: https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2023/04/14/sweden-drives-final-nail-into-its-bitcoin-mining-industry-with-tax-hike/

Stratum v2 reference implementation is out: https://twitter.com/StratumV2/status/1646542195233640454
Home Miner of the Week: @mrcdbrown3 & Bryce repairing S19 Hydro Hashboards at their KY mining site:https://twitter.com/mrcdbrown3/status/1648913811145912322
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 12min
April 14, 2023013. State of the Network, News, Tangents, Home Miner of the Week, Special Guest: Tom Masiero, Co-Founder - Standard Bitcoin Co.
Date: April 13, 2023
Block Height: 785232
How many days until the halving: 380 according to https://www.bitcoinblockhalf.com/
Stream Sats, Point Hash:
Shout out to @_business_cat & @ChadFarrow for pointing hash to us!
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.
State of the Network:
Bitrawr - difficulty estimator: https://www.bitrawr.com/difficulty-estimator

Mempool.space - hashrate & difficulty: https://mempool.space/

ASIC prices - Hashrate Index from Luxor: https://data.hashrateindex.com/asic-index-data

Hashvalue - Braiins insights: https://insights.braiins.com/en/
News:
Foundry has received 50% of all new hashrate according to No BS Bitcoin: https://twitter.com/nobsbitcoin/status/1641236502641360897
Foundry charging fees
1EH pointed to solo CK Pool resulting in two block finds: https://twitter.com/ckpooldev/status/1640591355037745152
Home Miner of the Week:
@bitckle with the clean S19 trifecta: https://twitter.com/bitckle/status/1645969834130264065
Special Guest: Tom Masiero, Co-Founder - Standard Bitcoin Co.
Why is Lightning a shitcoin? https://twitter.com/TheStandardBTC/status/1646342149556916227

Controversial mining opinions: https://twitter.com/TheStandardBTC/status/1643425875973529600
Standard Bitcoin website: https://standardbitcoin.com/
Standard Bitcoin on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheStandardBTC
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 29min
March 18, 2023012. State of the Network, News, Tangents, Home Miner of the Week, No Holds Barred w/ Special Guest Ethan Vera, Co-Founder & COO - Luxor Mining
Date: March 16, 2023
Block Height: 781,078
How many days until the halving: 409 according to https://www.bitcoinblockhalf.com/
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 @_business_cat, @ChadFarrow, & @proofofworkbook!
State of the Network:
Bitrawr - difficulty estimator: https://www.bitrawr.com/difficulty-estimator

Mempool.space - hashrate & difficulty: https://mempool.space/
https://twitter.com/murchandamus/status/1633544944659865607

ASIC prices - Hashrate Index from Luxor: https://data.hashrateindex.com/asic-index-data

Hashvalue - Braiins insights: https://insights.braiins.com/en/
News:
Biden proposes 30% tax on electricity used from Bitcoin mining: https://twitter.com/BitcoinMagazine/status/1633933119920168965
From CoinDesk: https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2023/03/09/us-treasury-department-proposes-30-excise-tax-on-crypto-mining-firms/
Home Miner of the Week:
@bulldogordinals heating a shop in North Dakota with a miner:
https://twitter.com/bulldogordinals/status/1636177747822215169
No Holds Barred:
Ethan Vera, Co-Founder & COO - Luxor Mining
Luxor website: https://www.luxor.tech/
Firmware Link: https://luxor.tech/firmware
Miner trading desk: https://www.luxor.tech/rfq
Ethan on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ethan_vera
Luxor Mining on Twitter: https://twitter.com/LuxorTechTeam
Where to Find Us:
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 60min
March 11, 2023011. State of the Network, News, Tangents, Home Miner of the Week, w/ Special Guest Neil RoninMiner
Date: March 9, 2023
Block Height: 780033
Days until the halving: 416 according to https://www.bitcoinblockhalf.com/
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 @_business_cat, @ChadFarrow, & @proofofworkbook for pointing us some hash this week
State of the Network:
Bitrawr - difficulty estimator: https://www.bitrawr.com/difficulty-estimator

Mempool.space - hashrate & difficulty: https://mempool.space/
https://twitter.com/murchandamus/status/1633544944659865607

ASIC prices - Hashrate Index from Luxor: https://data.hashrateindex.com/asic-index-data

Hashvalue - Braiins insights: https://insights.braiins.com/en/
https://twitter.com/BitcoinIsaiah/status/1633807203525185537

News:
May the wind be at your back, Nadeam Nahas:

https://www.wcvb.com/amp/article/cohasset-massachusetts-school-employee-power-cryptocurrency-mine/43025932

Senator Markey: https://twitter.com/SenMarkey/status/1633249925398970369

Miners in Maine get some help:
https://twitter.com/kaboomracks/status/1610784787400196101

MDK: https://twitter.com/naoise/status/1633176720030220292

https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/block-announces-mining-development-kit

Braiins OS response: https://twitter.com/kristiancsep/status/1633014464168570880
Home Miner of the Week: https://twitter.com/myn4mewast4ken/status/1633830804139945992
Special Guest Neil RoninMiner:
Neil on Twitter: https://twitter.com/RoninMiner
Rod @bitkite on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bitkite
Econoalchemist on Twitter: https://twitter.com/econoalchemist
Rod @bitkite on nostr: npub1atn7mlwt08erz4ap47gef92xfey65a4z9ed9vec53u5kc9v94pusl6h4x3
Econoalchemist on nostr: npub10m6lrv2kaf08a8um0plhj5dj6yqlw7qxzeag6393z352zrs0e5nsr2tff3
POD256 on Twitter: https://twitter.com/pod256
Bitcoin Park on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bitcoinpark_
...more
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