Episode 40

040. State of the Network, News, Tangents, Home Miner of the Week

POD256 | Bitcoin Mining, Freedom Tech, and Awesome Tangents

March 15, 202445m 19sFull

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Date: March 13, 2024
State of the Network:
Block Height: 834555
According to our friends at newhedge.io: Bitcoin difficulty is 79.3 Trillion and set to increase roughly 5.8% at the conclusion of epoch 413 which should be Pie Day!
Over at Hashrate Index: https://data.hashrateindex.com/asic-index-data: Miners under 25J/Th are selling for roughly 13.73/Th at the moment, which has been relatively flat since October.
Looking at mempool.space: Hashrate is currently estimated to be 591Eh on the 14-day Moving Average, setting a new all time high.
Heading over to insights.braiins.com: Hashvalue is currently 160sats/TH/day.
Days until the Halving: 36 days according to https://www.coinwarz.com/mining/bitcoin/halving
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: “bikesandbitcoin”, “reedsminersarenotforprofit”, “hodl_pins_dot_com_by_yooper_and_son_iykyk”, “africaone”, “bitaxewannabejustans17pro”, and “bitaxe_to_the_mooon” for supporting the podcast with their hashrate over the last week.
News:

Reformed Energy, a Waste-to-Energy Company, Secures Strategic Investment from Riot Platforms:
- https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/reformed-energy-a-waste-to-energy-company-secures-strategic-investment-from-riot-platforms-302085659.html?tc=eml_cleartime
- https://x.com/willhash4coins/status/1767568145122828597
Biden’s 30% tax would ‘destroy’ Bitcoin mining in the US, industry says:
- https://www.dlnews.com/articles/regulation/bidens-dame-tax-could-destroy-bitcoin-mining-in-us/
Cathedra announces its proposed merger with Kungsleden Inc.:
- https://twitter.com/CathedraBitcoin/status/1767613187904450687
Roman Sterlingov - Bad blockchain forensics convict the user of a Bitcoin mixer — as its operator:
- https://cointelegraph.com/news/bad-blockchain-forensics-convict-roman-sterlingov
OXT Research Piece on the pseudoscience that led to Sterlingov’s conviction:
- https://www.oxtresearch.com/pseudo/

Home Miner of the Week:

@HodlTarantula with 500kW of off-grid mining deployed: https://x.com/HodlTarantula/status/1766625165822046377

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_
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