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 04, 2023010. State of the Network, News, Tangents, Home Miner of the Week, No Holds Barred w/ Special Guest Harry Sudock, CSO - Griid Infrastructure
Date: March 2, 2023
Block Height: 778,994
How many days until the halving: 423 according to https://www.bitcoinblockhalf.com/
Catch-Up:
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 @ChadFarrow and @_business_cat 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/

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

Hashvalue - Braiins insights: https://insights.braiins.com/en/
News:
Level 39 rebuttal to Amy Castor: https://twitter.com/level39/status/163104247229280256

Is Braiins still Open Source?: https://twitter.com/ajtowns/status/1629280539583877122
Home Miner of the Week:
@BTCSpeedBoat expands operation by another 720Th this should put him at about 2Ph! Congrats BTCSpeedBoat!
https://twitter.com/BTCSpeedBoat/status/1631030911432028161
Got a home miner set up? Tweet it w/ #POD256 and you could be featured on the pod
No Holds Barred:
Harry Sudock, CSO - Griid Infrastructure
Harry’s thread on Griid’s curtailment letter to the TVA: https://twitter.com/harry_sudock/status/1625887907473924099

Harry on Twitter: https://twitter.com/harry_sudock
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 31min
February 25, 2023009. State of the Network, News, Tangents, Home Miner of the Week, No Holds Barred w/ Special Guest Jesse Myers aka @Croesus_BTC
Date: February 23, 2023
Block Height: 777,993
How many days until the halving: 430 according to https://www.bitcoinblockhalf.com/
Catch-Up:
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
Stream Sats, Point Hash update:

Shout out to ChadFarrow, Barnminer, BusinessCat, ProofOfWorkBook, & Gretathunberg 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/

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

Hashvalue - Braiins insights: https://insights.braiins.com/en/
News:
Another “solo” block mined: https://twitter.com/ckpooldev/status/1628735195540254720

solo.ckpool: https://solo.ckpool.org/

Jason Lowery publishes his “softwar” thesis: https://twitter.com/JasonPLowery/status/1627640858106380290
Home Miner of the Week:
@mrcdbrown3 for all his hard work getting the moonshine mine up and running: https://twitter.com/mrcdbrown3/status/1626735720407740417

Tag your favorite home miner setup using #POD256
No Holds Barred:
Jesse Myers aka @Croesus_BTC
Jesse Myers on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Croesus_BTC
Bitcoin's full potential valuation: https://jessemyers.substack.com/p/bitcoins-full-potential-valuation
Saylor retweeting with his thoughts: https://twitter.com/saylor/status/1627405473635872771
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
...more
1h 38min
February 17, 2023008. State of the Network, Argo Blockchain CEO Steps Down, Special Guest: John Stefanopoulos, Founder - FutureBit
Date: February 16, 2023
Block Height: 776,877
Days until the halving: 438 according to https://www.bitcoinblockhalf.com/
Catch-Up:
POD256 enables PayNym donation method: https://paynym.is/+pod256

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.worker1" as the worker name, or add your own name to the end for a shoutout on the pod
Shout out to @BTCtwatterpants, Greta Thunberg, @_business_cat, @ChadFarrow, @proofofworkbook, & @Robatucara who have all pointed hash towards our mining account this week
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:
Repair: https://twitter.com/cryptominerchr/status/1624490307835265024

News: https://twitter.com/harry_sudock/status/1625887907473924099

How are public miners fairing in 2023 so far with @Jmellerud: https://twitter.com/JMellerud/status/1624108925162225673

Argo Blockchain CEO steps down after sale of Helios to Galaxy Digital: https://twitter.com/PeterGWall/status/1623675909998891009
Home Miner of the Week:
@mach9d heats 3,400 sq.ft home with two S9 miners: https://twitter.com/mach9d/status/1625988604567617537

Tag your favorite home miner setup using #POD256
No Holds Barred:
John Stefanopoulos, Founder - FutureBit
FutureBit: https://www.futurebit.io/
John Stefanopoulos on Twitter: https://twitter.com/JStefanop1
FutureBit on Twitter: https://twitter.com/FutureBit
Follow the Show:
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 36min
February 11, 2023007. State of the Network, Industrial Scale Miner Consolidation, Special Guest: Casey Rodarmor - Creator of Ordinals
Date: February 9, 2023
Block Height: 775,769
446 days until the halving according to https://www.bitcoinblockhalf.com/
0:00 Intro
1:32 State of the Network
11:54 The News
27:55 Home Miner of the Week
31:23 No Holds Barred with Casey Rodarmor
1:39:43 Closing Thoughts
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.worker1" as the worker name, or add your own name to the end for a shoutout on the pod
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:
Consolidation: https://twitter.com/balmy_investor/status/1622932939553087491

Energy arbitrage: https://twitter.com/JMellerud/status/1621438864748339200

Checkers vs Chess: https://twitter.com/dochex/status/1622997209099776007OQyl6A

Fedipool, potentially mitigating mining pool concerns:

Tweet: https://twitter.com/ODELL/status/1622657279056027650

Article: https://www.discreetlog.com/fedipool/
Home Miner of the Week:
@zbomstaz on Twitter demonstrates hashing with an S19 board using an S9 power supply: https://twitter.com/zbomstaz/status/1623483823903363075

Tag your favorite home miner setup using #POD256
No Holds Barred:
Casey Rodarmor - Creator of Ordinals
Twitter: https://twitter.com/rodarmor
Ordinals website: https://ordinals.com/
Hell Money episode on Ordinals: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hell-money/id1625606860?i=1000597348222
Ordinals Discord: https://discord.gg/ordinals
Ordinals GitHub: https://github.com/casey/ord
Casey’s Opendimes video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLOlsa6K5TI
Rod @bitkite on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bitkite
Econoalchemist on Twitter: https://twitter.com/econoalchemist
POD256 on Twitter: https://twitter.com/pod256
...more
1h 42min
February 03, 2023006. State of the Network, the Taproot Wizard and the 4MB Block, Reliable vs. Renewable Energy, Special Guest: Medi Naseri, CEO - Lincoin
Date: February 2, 2023
Block Height: 774751
How many days until the halving: 453 according to https://www.bitcoinblockhalf.com/
In this week's episode, Econoalchemist and Rod cover:
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.worker1" 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:
Links referenced:
ORDINALS:
https://twitter.com/zackvoell/status/1620889365814853635

https://twitter.com/arceris_btc/status/1620893057888538624

https://twitter.com/BikesandBitcoin/status/1620898312495968256

https://twitter.com/taha_crypto1/status/1619998769227120640

https://twitter.com/LukeDashjr/status/1620127011862908928

https://twitter.com/LukeDashjr/status/1620876981830295552
ENERGY:
https://twitter.com/odell/status/1617920867538960384

https://twitter.com/scillingmining/status/1620507410313134082
Home Miner of the Week:
@jchotz finally passes his inspections on his new mining farm: https://twitter.com/jchotz/status/1620469923691765760

Tag your favorite home miner setup using #POD256
Industry Developments:
Special Guest: Medi Naseri, CEO - Lincoin
https://lincoin.com/

Medi Naseri on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Medi_Naseri

Telegram: https://t.me/Medi_Naseri
Rod @bitkite on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bitkite
Econoalchemist on Twitter: https://twitter.com/econoalchemist
Bitcoin Park on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bitcoinpark_
POD256 on Twitter: https://twitter.com/pod256
...more
1h 21min
January 27, 2023005. Expected Difficulty Adjustment, Trending Miner Prices, Luxor Teases Move Into Firmware, Galaxy Digital’s 2023 Total Exahash Prediction, Is Solo Mining the Future, and more
POD256 - Episode 005. Expected Difficulty Adjustment, Trending Miner Prices, Luxor Teases Move Into Firmware, Galaxy Digital’s 2023 Total Exahash Prediction, Is Solo Mining the Future, and more
Date: January 26, 2023
Block Height: 773,730
In this week's episode, Econoalchemist and Rod cover:
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:
FIRMWARE: https://twitter.com/btctwatterpants/status/1617157948307869696
https://twitter.com/LuxorTechTeam/status/1618350836673019904
https://twitter.com/LincoinPool/status/1617918730658549760
ASICs: https://twitter.com/hash_bender/status/1617345633416888322
ENERGY USAGE: https://twitter.com/documentingbtc/status/1618329117174427648
YEAR-END: https://twitter.com/intangiblecoins/status/1618594059429511168
https://twitter.com/_amanda_fab/status/1618266029393862657
HOME MINING: https://twitter.com/jstefanop1/status/1617932480425910272
https://twitter.com/econoalchemist/status/1616646056930050049
FINANCE: https://braiins.com/blog/debt-capital-markets-in-bitcoin-mining-part-1
https://twitter.com/_drewarmstrong_/status/1616461259796541441
Home Miner of the Week:
https://twitter.com/x218935/status/1617602356207816705
Tag your favorite home miner setup using #POD256
Rod @bitkite on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bitkite
Econoalchemist on Twitter: https://twitter.com/econoalchemist
Bitcoin Park on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bitcoinpark_
POD256 on Twitter: https://twitter.com/pod256
...more
55min
January 21, 2023004. Recap Nashville Energy & Mining Summit 2023, State of the Network, Elizabeth Warren goes full overreach, Cold vs hot for ASICS, ASICs made with Intel chips go hot with Hive, and more
POD256 - 004. Recap Nashville Energy & Mining Summit 2023, State of the Network, Elizabeth Warren goes full overreach, Cold vs hot for ASICS, ASICs made with Intel chips go hot with Hive, and more.
In this week's episode, Econoalchemist and Rod cover:
Recap:

Behind the scenes thoughts on the Nashville Energy & Mining Summit 2023 https://twitter.com/econoalchemist/status/1614073179634544642

State of the Network:

- Difficulty estimator: https://www.bitrawr.com/difficulty-estimator

- Hashrate & difficulty https://mempool.space/

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

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

News:

POLICY: December 14 - Elizabeth Warren goes full overreach: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s5267is/pdf/BILLS-117s5267is.pdf

ANALYSIS: December 21 - Cold vs hot for ASICS https://twitter.com/bikesandbitcoin/status/1605601345334956033?s=46&t=cdzBqKolOUpTGl08A787jA

CHIPS: January 9 - ASICs made with Intel chips go hot with Hive:
https://twitter.com/BitcoinMagazine/status/1612420070449512449

And a lot more…
Resources:
Econoalchemist on Twitter: https://twitter.com/econoalchemist
Rod @bitkite on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bitkite
Bitcoin Park on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bitcoinpark_
POD256 on Twitter: https://twitter.com/pod256
...more
59min
December 16, 2022003. Public miners against the ropes, ESG anti-Bitcoin narrative undermined by proof-of-work, Mining-based efficiency innovations, Difficulty headed back up
POD256 - 003. Public miners against the ropes, ESG anti-Bitcoin narrative undermined by proof-of-work, Mining-based efficiency innovations, Difficulty headed back up
This week’s guest:
Colin Harper, Writer and Researcher - Luxor Technologies
In this episode, we cover:
Public miners facing debt difficulties

Miners continuing to be poor

Bitcoin mining sparking heating innovations and improving residential power cost and accessibility

The balance between renewable, sustainable, and fossil fuel power

And a lot more…
Resources:
Bitcoin Miner Core Scientific Soars After Creditor Offers Capital to Avoid Bankruptcy: https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/stock-market-news-today-12-15-2022/card/bitcoin-miner-core-scientific-soars-after-creditor-offers-capital-to-avoid-bankruptcy-4WM8IKePKXUljmj3E2xx
Compute North bankruptcy info from Epiq: https://dm.epiq11.com/case/computenorthholdings/info
Jaran Mellerud tweet thread on miner bitcoin holdings: https://twitter.com/jmellerud/status/1603408115709394951
Daniel Frumkin tweet thread - “”Time in the market beats timing the market” is true for a lot of things, but not so much for bitcoin mining”: https://twitter.com/dfrumps/status/1603426919084695554
Obi Nwosu tweet - “The ESG anti-Bitcoin mining narrative will be debunked”: https://twitter.com/obi/status/1603395312336474116
ARK Invest bitcoin mining report: https://twitter.com/ARKInvest/status/1601287498159775748
Recycling the warmth of bitcoin mining to grow tulips: https://twitter.com/DocumentingBTC/status/1601999339672535043
We can distill water with bitcoin mining: https://twitter.com/DocumentingBTC/status/1601226407363084289
Tom Masiero on Max Gagliardi podcast: ‎https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/154-capitulation-opportunity/id1542617540?i=1000588529432
Bitcoin Park January 2023 Open House - Mining to the Moon: https://www.meetup.com/bitcoinpark/events/288587964/
Colin Harper on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AsILayHodling
Luxor Mining on Twitter: https://twitter.com/LuxorTechTeam
Hashrate Index on Twitter: https://twitter.com/HashrateIndex
Rod @bitkite on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bitkite
POD256 on Twitter: https://twitter.com/pod256
...more
40min
December 10, 2022002. Miner capitulation and Compute North bankruptcy, Difficulty down 7.3%, Mining issues in Texas, Nuclear: is it a LARP?, Is ESG finally dead?
POD256 - 002. Miner capitulation and Compute North bankruptcy, Difficulty down 7.3%, Mining issues in Texas, Nuclear: is it a LARP?, Is ESG finally dead?
This week’s guests:
Tom Masiero & Marty Bent - Standard Bitcoin
In this episode, we cover:
Standard Bitcoin’s backstory

Miner capitulation and bankruptcy

Issues with ERCOT and mining in Texas

Is mining with nuclear energy a LARP?

Is ESG finally dead?

And a lot more…
Resources:
Crypto Miner Marathon Digital Taps Advisers as It Weighs Compute North Bid: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-12-07/miner-marathon-digital-eyes-compute-north-assets-hires-advisers
A Row Erupts Over Texas’ Bold Bitcoin Battery Plan: https://www.wired.com/story/bitcoin-texas-power-grid/
Drew Armstrong Twitter thread: https://twitter.com/btc_buddhist/status/1596532189025665024
Marty Bent on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MartyBent
Standard Bitcoin on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheStandardBTC
Rod @bitkite on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bitkite
POD256 on Twitter: https://twitter.com/pod256
...more
55min
December 03, 2022001. Hashrate down ~14% from ATH, Hashprice at ATL territory, New gen ASICs at ATL valuations, Voell's month in review, Compute North bankruptcy asset sale
POD256 - 001. Hashrate down ~14% from ATH, Hashprice at ATL territory, New gen ASICs at ATL valuations, Voell's month in review, Compute North bankruptcy asset sale
This week’s guest:
Colin Harper, Writer and Researcher - Luxor Technologies
In this episode, we cover:
Current hash rate and hash price

Mining “quadrants”

A bad month for bitcoin mining

Compute North’s bankruptcy

And a lot more…
Resources:
Zack Voell’s Twitter thread on a rough November for bitcoin mining: https://twitter.com/zackvoell/status/1598326688491921408
Hashrate Index’s ASIC Index Data: https://data.hashrateindex.com/asic-index-data
Braiins Insights: https://insights.braiins.com/en
Compute North sells two data centers amid bankruptcy: https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/compute-north-sells-two-data-centers-amid-bankruptcy/
Colin Harper on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AsILayHodling
Hashrate Index on Twitter: https://twitter.com/HashrateIndex
Rod @bitkite on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bitkite
POD256 on Twitter: https://twitter.com/pod256
...more
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