Episode 8

008. State of the Network, Argo Blockchain CEO Steps Down, Special Guest: John Stefanopoulos, Founder - FutureBit

POD256 | Bitcoin Mining, Freedom Tech, and Awesome Tangents

February 17, 20231h 35mFull

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Date: February 16, 2023
Block Height: 776,877
Days until the halving: 438 according to https://www.bitcoinblockhalf.com/
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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
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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
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