The Hash Cast

The Hash Cast, episode 360


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STATE OF THE NETWORK

Difficulty:

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

https://www.coinwarz.com/mining/bitcoin/difficulty-chart

https://minerdaily.com/2022/btc-hash-rate-gains-in-2022/

https://insights.braiins.com/en/cost-to-mine/


Hashrate:

https://www.coinwarz.com/mining/bitcoin/hashrate-chart

https://bitinfocharts.com/comparison/hashrate-btc-ema14.html#3y


ASIC Prices:

https://data.hashrateindex.com/rig-index-data


NEWS

Miner Daily miner price outlook and ROI metrics.

https://minerdaily.com/2022/are-bitcoin-miner-prices-dropping/


Kazakhstan confiscates $200 million worth of miners:

https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/137902/kazakhstan-has-confiscated-nearly-200-million-in-mining-equipment-from-unregistered-miners


Hive lands deal with Intel for ASIC chips:

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/hive-blockchain-announces-landmark-deal-060000237.html?guccounter=1


DEVELOPMENTS

Mega miner vulnerability thread:

https://twitter.com/sovrynmindset/status/1501199823659315204?s=20&t=yEE0QXgOHKD2kZpy_o7I0g


EU reignites push to ban PoW mining:

https://twitter.com/paddi_hansen/status/1502546546914729984?s=20&t=gO77liVKnDlp8QKZpIO9Hg


The Bitcoin Policy Institute?

https://twitter.com/econoalchemist/status/1502911230943522820?s=20&t=GayHbrOEudBDG6LSkVlldQ

https://www.btcpolicy.org/

https://global-uploads.webflow.com/61d2416d1d63f07ecbfd010c/6227990b73b93e046dc55e2e_Bitcoin and U.S. National Security.pdf


HOME MINER HALL OF FAME

@DaddyBTC_pleb reduces natgas usage by 88%:

https://twitter.com/DaddyBTC_pleb/status/1499576237727043586?s=20&t=yEE0QXgOHKD2kZpy_o7I0g


@Schnitzel with the KOA mining:

https://twitter.com/Schnitzel/status/1500255827734642688?s=20&t=yEE0QXgOHKD2kZpy_o7I0g


@DasFiesel with the 3d printed S9 handle:

https://twitter.com/DasFiesel/status/1502108874672848904?s=20&t=cPIReKXcOJLHUqpF16dTgg


@BTCSpeedBoat with the Price indicator LEDs:

https://twitter.com/BTCSpeedBoat/status/1502302096313434116?s=20&t=gCoikdBw2MK1DBtJz57zAg


PRIVACY IMPLICATIONS

Brett Harrison of FTX explains their process:

https://twitter.com/ODELL/status/1500667083365007363?s=20&t=qqFYmjdkcTDmYNn_b5rINw


Wasabi's CoinJoin coordinator starts censoring UTXOs:

https://twitter.com/SamouraiWallet/status/1504489920827645959?s=20&t=46xQEOD0y9xkuwMg7J23Sw


https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/wasabi-wallet-explains-new-bitcoin-censorship


https://twitter.com/SamouraiWallet/status/1504448487332667397?s=20&t=46xQEOD0y9xkuwMg7J23Sw

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