The Hash Cast #369 Show Notes

STATE OF THE NETWORK

Difficulty:

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

Hashrate:

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

https://mempool.space/graphs/mining/hashrate-difficulty

ASIC Prices:

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

Insights:

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

NEWS

1GW of power capacity provided by Bitcoin miners in TX:

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-07-11/bitcoin-miners-shut-off-rigs-as-texas-power-grid-nears-brink

Adams County, CO sues oil & gas operator over Bitcoin mining:

https://thecrypto100.com/mining/adams-county-sues-to-shut-down-crypto-mining-at-natural-gas-well/

DEVELOPMENTS

11,000 ASICs sold by Celsius mining sibsidiary weeks before filing banruptcy:

https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/07/14/bitcoin-mining-rig-prices-slump-to-near-2-year-lows-amid-celsius-bankruptcy/

https://twitter.com/kadhim/status/1547071498741075969?s=20&t=9EY_LGGfOyz5P_7mdvBzUQ

Blockware Solutions releases new model:

https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5de588aa3e9c044c1ad8cb59/t/62d19d3d73376e270695eaac/1657904449200/Bitcoin+Energy+Gravity.pdf

@Schnitzel with the immersion prep thread:

https://twitter.com/Schnitzel/status/1545873114038419457?s=20&t=5zeNDgqrCYFgEIdBxhyuRA

@ErinEMalone with the hot tub experiment:

https://twitter.com/ErinEMalone/status/1545918648937848832?s=20&t=r6fPxTX1pLeYGqDqDE4Hew

PRIVACY IMPLICATIONS

Data breach at ShiftCrypto, manufacturer of the BitBox hardware wallet:

https://shiftcrypto.ch/blog/data-breach-of-marketing-platform-activecampaign/