POD256 | Bitcoin Mining News & Analysis

Date: May 22, 2024 State of the Network: Block Height: 844622 - Rod/Eco to update According to our friends at newhedge.io: Bitcoin difficulty is 83.1 Trillion and set to increase roughly 1% at the conclusion of epoch 418 which should be on Thursday the 23rd. Over at Hashrate Index: https://data.hashrateindex.com/asic-index-data: Miners under 25J/Th are selling for roughly $12.21/Th at the moment, which has been relatively flat since October. Moving over to mempool.space: Hashrate is currently estimated to be 591Eh, down from the all time high of 639Eh on April 27th. Taking a look at insights.braiins.com: Hashvalue is currently 80k sats/Ph/day and Hashprice is $56/Ph/Day The halving is due in: 1,407 days according to https://www.coinwarz.com/mining/bitcoin/halving Shout out to our miners: “bikesandbitcoinhowlongcanthesenamesbeistheguestreallygoingtoreadthiswholethingicantbelieveits”, “bikesandbitcoin”, “bikesandbitcointangent(youhavetosayitloud,though)”, “reedsminersarenotforprofit”,”dotthedraht”, “bitaxewannabejustans17pro”, and “blizzabler”. And shout out to our Public Pool miners: “Boerst” and “FOSS||GTFO”. Special Thanks to Barnminer for generously donating a portion of sales from his grass fed beef jerky during the whole month of April. You can support an awesome bitcoiner, get great quality beef jerky, and support POD256 by visiting: https://barnjerky.hashrootsinc.io/ Samourai Wallet Defense Donations: https://p2prights.org/ Special Guest: Luke Dashjr, Chairman & CTO - OCEAN Luke Dashjr on Twitter: https://x.com/LukeDashjr OCEAN on Twitter: https://x.com/OCEAN_mining OCEAN’s website: https://ocean.xyz/ 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

Date: May 15, 2024 Special Thanks to Barnminer for generously donating a portion of sales from his grass fed beef jerky during the whole month of April. You can support an awesome bitcoiner and get great quality beef jerky by visiting: https://barnjerky.hashrootsinc.io/ 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 Special Guests: skot9000: https://x.com/skot9000 Barnminer: https://x.com/btctwatterpants Neil RoninMiner: https://x.com/RoninMiner Bitaxe Resources: Bitaxe Bitcoin ASIC Miner: https://bitaxe.org Bitaxe GitHub: https://github.com/skot/bitaxe 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

Date: April 18, 2024 State of the Network: Block Height: 839818 According to our friends at newhedge.io: Bitcoin difficulty is 86.3 Trillion and set to decrease roughly 1.8%% at the conclusion of epoch 416 which should be on Wednesday the 24th Over at Hashrate Index: https://data.hashrateindex.com/asic-index-data: Miners under 25J/Th are selling for roughly $12.21/Th at the moment, which has been relatively flat since October Looking at mempool.space: Hashrate is currently estimated to be 629Eh, setting a new ATH going into the halving Heading over to insights.braiins.com: Hashvalue is currently 160k sats/PH/day and Hashprice is $102/Ph/Day Days until the Halving: 1 day according to https://www.coinwarz.com/mining/bitcoin/halving Special Thanks to Barnminer for generously donating a portion of sales from his grass fed beef jerky during the whole month of April. You can support an awesome bitcoiner, get great quality beef jerky, and support POD256 by visiting: https://barnjerky.hashrootsinc.io/ 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: “boerst” & “FOSS || GTFO” from Public Pool.“Bitaxewannabejustans17pro”, “dotthedraht”, “bikesandbitcoinhowlongcanthesenamesbeistheguestreallygoingtoreadthiswholethingicantbelieveits”, “reedsminersarenotforprofit”, “bikesandbitcoin”, and “hodl_pins_dot_com_by_yooper_and_son_iykyk” from Lincoin. News: Braiins deploying Lightning payouts: https://twitter.com/BraiinsMining/status/1780975851737072085 @skot9000 says, “REJECT MINING CENTRALIZATION”: https://twitter.com/skot9000/status/1780799683830411426 @mononautical claims, “A single custodian now controls the coinbase addresses of at least 9 pools, representing 47% of total hashrate.”: https://twitter.com/mononautical/status/1777686545715089605 @0xB10C’s supporting tweet thread: https://twitter.com/0xB10C/status/1780611768081121700 Home Miner of The Week: @SoftwarmLLC shows off the install of “one half of a split unit that utilizes a temperature controller to dump heat as required” https://twitter.com/SoftwarmLLC/status/1780107019254698271 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

Date: April 3, 2024 State of the Network: Block Height: 837580 According to our friends at newhedge.io: Bitcoin difficulty is 83.1 Trillion and set to increase roughly 2% at the conclusion of epoch 415 which should be on April 10th. 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 603Eh on the 14-day moving average, slightly below the all time high of 612Eh on March 19th. Heading over to insights.braiins.com: Hashvalue is currently 160k sats/Ph/day and Hashprice is roughly $103/Ph/day. Days until the Halving: 16 days according to https://www.coinwarz.com/mining/bitcoin/halving Special Thanks to Barnminer for generously donating a portion of sales from his grass fed beef jerky during the whole month of April. You can support an awesome bitcoiner, get great quality beef jerky, and support POD256 by visiting: https://barnjerky.hashrootsinc.io/ 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 all the miners pointing us hashrate this last week, from Lincoin: “africaone”, “hodl_pins_dot_com_by_yooper_and_son_iykyk”, “pod256.bitaxewannabejustans17pro”, “reedsminersarenotforprofit”, and “bikesandbitcoin”. And from Public Pool: “FOSS||GTFO” News: https://x.com/mononautical/status/1775143932642644194 https://x.com/AdventureDr/status/1775338544632049718 https://x.com/OGBTC/status/1773741227092910492 https://x.com/_drewarmstrong_/status/1775549824374366520 https://x.com/MitchKlee_/status/1775562342597611853 Special Guest: skot, Instigator - Bitaxe: Skot on Twitter: https://twitter.com/skot9000 Bitaxe website: https://bitaxe.org/ Open Source Miners United on Twitter: https://twitter.com/osmu_global Home Miner of The Week: Barnminer (@btctwatterpants) with a review of the @ePICBlockchain UMC V-5 Whatsminer CB provided by @altair_tech https://x.com/btctwatterpants/status/1774910984873795671 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

Date: March 27, 2024 State of the Network: Block Height: 836541 According to our friends at newhedge.io: Bitcoin difficulty is 83.9 Trillion and set to decrease roughly 1.5% at the conclusion of epoch 414. 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 594Eh, still slightly below the all time high of 612Eh. Heading over to insights.braiins.com: Hashvalue is currently 150 sats/TH/day. Days until the Halving: 23 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: “reedsminersarenotforprofit”, “bikesandbitcoin”, “bitaxewannabejustans17pro”, “hodl_pins_dot_com_by_yooper_and_son_iykyk”, “miningsummit”, and “africaone” for supporting the podcast with their hashrate over the last week. No Holds Barred w/ Special Guest: Montana Dukes, CEO - EHT Capital: Montana Dukes on Twitter: https://twitter.com/btcdukes Home Miner of the Week: @boerst with an Antminer S19/S21 modded to run on 120V using Pivotal Pleb Tech’s APW12 120V mod:https://twitter.com/boerst/status/1771524371342860477 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

Date: March 20, 2024 State of the Network: Block Height: 835558 According to our friends at newhedge.io: Bitcoin difficulty is 83.9 Trillion and set to decrease roughly 0.3% at the conclusion of epoch 414 which should be on or around March 28th. 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 612Eh, setting a new all time high. Heading over to insights.braiins.com: Hashvalue is currently 150 sats/TH/day. Days until the Halving: 29 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”, and “bitaxewannabejustans17pro” for supporting the podcast with their hashrate over the last week. No Holds Barred w/ Special Guest: Zack Bomsta, Founder - Pivotal Pleb Tech & UnBound: Zack Bomsta on Twitter: https://twitter.com/zbomstaz Pivotal Pleb Tech website: https://pivotalpleb.com/ Pivotal Pleb Tech on Twitter: https://twitter.com/PivotalPlebTech UnBound on Twitter: https://twitter.com/UnBound256 UnBound prototype heater: https://twitter.com/Electro_Thermal/status/1768004186774335735 Questions from Twitter: https://twitter.com/econoalchemist/status/1770286422974427543 From SKOT: I heard a rumor you’re making a Loki board that can dynamically control the voltage output of an APW3++? How did you do it? When can I get one? How are you so badass? https://twitter.com/skot9000/status/1770307311816286523 From Tyler Stevens: What does Zack think about the future of mining for heat to decentralize hash rate? Repurposing and modifying industrial hardware is awesome. Plebs are on the forefront here - But how does this scale to a grandmother who just wants cheaper utility bills? Open source firmware seems like a must? Target output temperatures? Open source ASICS? Chips and boards designed for higher operating temperatures…. Curious about his thoughts on fully integrated systems. Off the shelf products to help decentralized hash scale. What steps and development needs to happen, and in what order? https://twitter.com/tylerkstevens/status/1770292573195694180 From likewhoa: Are there voltage requirements to run at this setup? i.e would there have to be some sort of underclocking involved and is it possible to overclock as well? https://twitter.com/likewh1a/status/1770290048333697279 From Ben: Can it be hacked to run on DC power? (I.e. from a Powerwall battery or solar?) https://twitter.com/Lewified/status/1770293247899783485 From James: The concern I would have is the increased current draw as a result of dropping voltage. Unless you are going to severely underclock the boards, current (amps) will double since you are halving the voltage. This means a larger wire gauge is required. At 240V you can use #12 wire. https://twitter.com/Scygone/status/1770292434473218139 Home Miner of the Week: @Pmaxsd with a beautiful casing protecting 7.2TH of #Flex4Axe mining: https://twitter.com/Pmaxsd/status/1769778093017673903 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

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_ POD256 on Twitter: https://twitter.com/pod256

Date: March 6, 2024 State of the Network: Block Height: 833445 According to our friends at newhedge.io: Bitcoin difficulty is 79.3 Trillion and set to decrease roughly 0.25% at the conclusion of epoch 413 which should be on March 14th, 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 577Eh, still slightly below the all time high of 581Eh. Heading over to insights.braiins.com: Hashvalue is currently 170sats/TH/day. Days until the Halving: 44 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”, “slap_my_bitaxe_and_tell_me_you_love_me”, “bitaxewannabejustans17pro”, “the_80085_petahash_bitaxe”, “blizzabler”, and “bitaxeswimmingking” for supporting the podcast with their hashrate over the last week. No Holds Barred w/ Special Guest: pennyether - Bitcoin Mining Co. Analyst pennyether on Twitter: https://twitter.com/penny_ether Smoking Hopium - bitcoin mining calculator: https://smokinghopium.io/ A few questions from anons: Do you think you’re cherry picking data? Does the lack of industry standards make direct comparisons tough, and to that point, can you speak to how companies get fairly compared when strategies vary so widely? Would you consider Marathon a good company? (the miner) It looks as though depreciation was included when calculating Riot’s hashcost, should they then turn their miners off if it’s profitable to mine but the 2-year depreciation schedule is eating into it? What are your thoughts on miners a little bit down on the market cap rankings? What would you do differently if you were in charge of a mining company? If you could design your ideal monthly operational update, what does an apples to apples comparison look like and what metrics are most descriptive of the public miner businesses? Questions from Twitter: https://twitter.com/econoalchemist/status/1765354527794807261 From Tyler Stevens: Going into this cycle, what is the most important thing for large public miners to be competitive. Has in changed? https://twitter.com/tylerkstevens/status/1765382891133964432 From Francis Brosnan: Does he expect the beta from publicly traded miners to outpace Bitcoin price rise as in previous cycles? If so, which miners, and why? https://twitter.com/francis_brosnan/status/1765372642318553274 From imgislost: Which public miner stonks do they believe in if they had 1 bitcoin to divest towards? Home Miner of the Week: @ClueWant with an array of bitaxe variants https://x.com/ClueWant/status/1765496718294925680 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

Date: February 29, 2024 We did record with our guest imgislost, however we collectively decided that for privacy reasons, it would be best not to publish the recording. The 256 Foundation Telegram group: https://t.me/the256foundation State of the Network: Block Height: 832577 According to our friends at newhedge.io: Bitcoin difficulty is 81.7 Trillion and set to decrease roughly 3% at the conclusion of epoch 412, making it the only difficulty adjustment to land on a leap-year day in Bitcoin’s history! Looking at mempool.space: Hashrate is currently estimated to be 569Eh on the 14-day moving average, down slightly from a recent all time high of 581Eh. Heading over to insights.braiins.com: Hashvalue is currently 170sats/TH/day. Days until the Halving: 49 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: Blizzabler, “the_80085_petahash_bitaxe”, “bitaxewannabejustans17pro”, “hodl_pins_dot_com_by_yooper_and_son_iykyk”, “bitaxeswimmingking”, “slap_my_bitaxe_and_tell_me_you_love_me”, “africaone”, “hooters”, and “hashtub-at-bitcoinpark” for supporting the podcast with their hashrate. News: Bitcoin Mining Survey stopped dead in its tracks by Riot: https://www.reuters.com/technology/eia-temporarily-suspend-bitcoin-miner-survey-after-lawsuit-court-document-2024-02-23/ https://twitter.com/ab_brammer/status/1762609140281557296 Riot Purchases 31,500 Miners From MicroBT to Enhance and Expand Self-Mining Operations at Its Rockdale Facility: https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2024/02/27/2836095/0/en/Riot-Purchases-31-500-Miners-From-MicroBT-to-Enhance-and-Expand-Self-Mining-Operations-at-Its-Rockdale-Facility.html The Future is Unwritten, Know Your Rights: https://twitter.com/denimbtc/status/1762989527130403271 Home Miner of the Week: @HodlRev with the canola oil immersion setup doubling as a maple sap concentrator for making high quality syrup: https://twitter.com/hodlrev/status/1760998502161666259 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

Date: February 21, 2024 State of the Network: Block Height: 831444 According to our friends at newhedge.io: Bitcoin difficulty is 81.7 Trillion and set to decrease ~5% at the conclusion of epoch 412 which just might land on February 29th, possibly making it the only difficulty adjustment to land on a leap-year day in Bitcoin’s history Looking at mempool.space: Hashrate is currently estimated to be 569Eh on the 14-day MA Heading over to insights.braiins.com: Hashvalue is currently 160sats/TH/day Days until the Halving: 57 days according to https://www.coinwarz.com/mining/bitcoin/halving Stream Sats, Point Hash: Pick any Lincoin URL Then use "pod256.YourAlias" as the worker name. Shout out to: Blizzabler, the_80085_petahash_bitaxe, slap_my_bitaxe_and_tell_me_you_love_me, bitaxewannabejustans17pro, hodl_pins_dot_com_yooper_and_son_iykyk, hooters, bitaxe_is_fun, bitaxeswimmingking, no name, knockers, midgetshavingsexnexttoyourbitaxe, and last but not least 818_reposado_tequilla_on_iceso_smooth_yooper for supporting the podcast with their hashrate Special Guest: Rapha Zagury (Alpha Zeta), CIO - Swan Rapha on Twitter: https://twitter.com/alphaazeta Nakamoto Portfolio - A set of tools, research and open source code to explore the ground breaking effects that Bitcoin has on the financial world: https://nakamotoportfolio.com/ Questions from Twitter: https://twitter.com/econoalchemist/status/1760144259381178703 From Rob W.: Can they disaggregate the total EH into hosting/operating and other business arrangements? Big EH hosted on one or many sites is VERY different self mining on one or multiple sites. Also, out of all of that EH, how much do they keep? https://twitter.com/BikesandBitcoin/status/1760145986117116018 From Exfrog: How much of that 4.5Eh is new to the network and how much was preexisting and just had Swan stickers slapped on the box? https://twitter.com/exfrog/status/1760299846903251387 From Rebel Mining in Texas: About 120 MW or so is my guess. Not impossible if you find a good opportunity, been working since summer. Announced January. 7 months is impressive, but doable. Interested to know machines, efficiency, single/multiple location, curtailment, state...and a bunch more. https://twitter.com/DavidBranscum/status/1760147171414794629 From Adam Anderson: How do you think about jurisdiction risk and geographic diversification? Which energy sources form the majority of your electricity inputs? Any aspirations to shift or optimize these allocations or sources going forward? https://twitter.com/bc1984adam/status/1760146314711445990 From DecentMoney: > What questions do you have for Swan’s CIO, @alphaazeta? Does he know his website is down? https://twitter.com/decentmoney2009/status/1760147625524052415 From Reed Prefers Nostr: What will be their differentiator to survive post halving? Alternative revenue streams, demand response, latest gen Asics, very low power cost, etc.? https://twitter.com/FreedomMoney21/status/1760273144445538646 From Status Quon’t: Did the Bitcoin Opportunity Fund (@BTCOppFund) play a role in getting this up and running? https://twitter.com/statusquont/status/1760306849226596716 From Jarctu: is there actually a connection between Tether and Swan Mining? Or are people reaching https://twitter.com/jarctu/status/1760309738330616067 Home Miner of the Week: @MolonLabeVC with a bitaxe immersion mining rig: https://x.com/MolonLabeVC/status/1758574279141052847 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

Date: February 14, 2024 State of the Network: Block Height: 830468 According to our friends at newhedge.io: Bitcoin difficulty is 70.3T and set to increase ~7% at the conclusion of epoch 411 Looking at mempool.space: Hashrate is printing 568Eh on the 14-day MA Heading over to insights.braiins.com: Hashvalue is currently 180 sats/TH/day. Days until the Halving: 63 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: Blizzabler, Knockers, the_80085_petahash_bitaxe, 818_reposado_tequila_on_iceso_smooth_yooper, coconuts, and dont_have_a_cow_man_yh for supporting the podcast with their hashrate Special Guest: BASSLOAD, Energy Procurement Consultant BASSLOAD on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bitcoinbassload BASSLOAD’s Substack: https://bitcoinbassload.substack.com/ Questions from Twitter: https://twitter.com/econoalchemist/status/1757591539654496548 From Travis Bitckle: Say I have $0.055/kWh power. What do I do? Keep running my jPros, upgrade to latest gen machines, or mortgage the house and install 1,000 amp service? https://twitter.com/bitckle/status/1757602533453828179 From likewhoa: How many offgrid Watts are needed to make the Feds per their pants? https://twitter.com/likewh1a/status/1757599448392159352 From Hundredaire: I have a question: what is a PPA? https://twitter.com/Mr_Hundredaire/status/1757728066481127681 From Justa Pleb/21M: How to train an army of gorilla #Bitcoin miners to stand up data centers around the world to secure the best money the world has ever had. https://twitter.com/JimJones1913/status/1757592488792228194 Barnminer’s question: Please explain the difference between PPA and other energy agreements. How often does the mining industry mislabel PPA when, in fact, it is not? 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

Date: February 7, 2024 State of the Network: Block Height: 829415 According to our friends at newhedge.io: Bitcoin difficulty is 75.5T and set to increase between 7-12% at the conclusion of epoch 411, which should be close to Valentine’s Day Looking at mempool.space: Hashrate is at an all-time-high, 565Eh on the 14-day MA Heading over to insights.braiins.com: Hashvalue is currently 180 sats/TH/day Days until the Halving: 70 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: “80085”, “Blizzabler”, “coconuts”, & “dont_have_a_cow_manyh” for supporting the podcast with their hashrate News: TVA CEO Jeff Lyash quote: https://twitter.com/bitkite/status/1755304389990867063 Open source mining non-profit working name: The 256 Foundation Special Guests: Eric and Steven Wilson of Wilson Mining Wilson Mining website: https://wilsonmining.io/ Wilson Mining on Twitter: https://twitter.com/WilsonMining Questions from Twitter: https://twitter.com/econoalchemist/status/1755001187492081902 From Nico: Looking forward to this one! Have two questions: 1. Does @WilsonMining expect that retail hosting companies in the US will start to participate (more) in demand response programs to keep retail hosting competitive? 2. Do they expect that retail hosting companies will start providing over/underclock options to allow retail miners to move with market condition so they can maximize profits? Thanks!! https://twitter.com/Smidnico/status/1755021174755483859 From Rob W.: How has the Midwestern winter treated them? https://twitter.com/BikesandBitcoin/status/1755027952427839768 From Coinheated: I'd ask: Are you expecting to operate in a negative after the halving, and if so, for how long could you do so in the negative? https://twitter.com/CoinHeated/status/1755028105750601892 From @skot9000: I saw your post about the tradeoffs between Antminers and Whatsminers with efficiency vs. reliability. Traditionally miners haven't valued reliability much since the machine is ewaste in a couple years anyways. Do you think this dynamic is changing? https://x.com/skot9000/status/1755259689669910964 From Tyler Stevens: Are they doing anything with the waste heat? https://twitter.com/tylerkstevens/status/1755058068227068004 From Larrry Lasermind: You could ask them: What's easier in terms of setup, maintainance and cleaning: air-cooled or immersion? https://twitter.com/LarryLasermind/status/1755005251508191697 From @UploadingLogic: will you get a haircut when bitcoin wins? ever catched by an ASIC fan?https://x.com/UploadingLogic/status/1755258781133398446 From @GreaserRichard: Why are they mining Wilson instead of Bitcoin?https://x.com/GreaserRichard/status/1755230930594369722 Home Miner of the Week: @skot9000 unveils the bitaxeSupra with a BM1368 ASIC: https://x.com/skot9000/status/1755262407197303119 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

Date: February 1, 2024 State of the Network: Block Height: 828411 According to our friends at newhedge.io: Bitcoin difficulty is 70.3T and set to increase ~6% at the conclusion of epoch 410 which should be in the next 24 hours or so Looking at mempool.space: Hashrate is printing 526Eh on the 14-day Moving Average, with approximately 250k pending transactions, and transactions paying less than 24 sats/v-byte are currently being purged Heading over to insights.braiins.com: Hashvalue is currently 190sats/TH/day Days until the Halving: 78 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: Blizzabler, hashtub-defroster, and a new entity: 80085 for supporting the podcast with their hashrate News: Bitcoin Mining Companies according to Hashrate Index/Luxor: https://twitter.com/bitkite/status/1752105948364030016 Swan announces 4.5Eh mining operation is online with another 3.5Eh incoming:https://twitter.com/Swan/status/1750565936216649860 APW12 unlock guide in the Pivotal Pleb Tech file repo: https://x.com/pivotalplebtech/status/1752418448490324364 Announcement of Rob Warren’s book The Bitcoin Miners Almanac, published by Bitcoin Magazine: https://x.com/bikesandbitcoin/status/1752695082128466234 Home Miner of the Week: @bitcoingardener who “replaced all [his] s9 bitcoin heaters with loki kitted s19 #mine4heat builds” https://x.com/bitcoingardener/status/1752817557554221440 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

Date: January 24, 2024 State of the Network: Block Height: 827188 According to our friends at newhedge.io: Bitcoin difficulty is 70.3T and set to increase ~2% at the conclusion of epoch 410, which should be February 2nd Looking at mempool.space: Hashrate is roughly 515Eh on the 14-day MA Heading over to insights.braiins.com: Hashvalue is currently 190 sats/TH/day Days until the Halving: 86 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: “hashtub-defroster”, “hashtub-at-bitcoinpark”, “miningsummit”, “candylandspeedboatbarn”, “rva-traveling-s9-nr3”, & Blizzabler for supporting the podcast with their hashrate. Thanks to Barnminer, BRocketMiner, and Schnitzel. News: Nashville Energy & Mining Summit 2024 Schedule - bitcoinpark.com/schedule Samourai Writes letter to FinCEN.https://x.com/SamouraiWallet/status/1749784171239657472?s=20 Tornado Cash developer, Roman Semenov, publishes video explaining the severity of precedence regarding his case and seeks donations toward his legal defense. https://x.com/rstormsf/status/1749490246000238942?s=20 Parker Lewis - Gradually Then Suddenly https://twitter.com/parkeralewis/status/1748420277116064189 Home Miner of the Week: @Schnitzel with a shout out to @techengineer21 Schnitzel’s HashTub: https://twitter.com/Schnitzel/status/1748118490605633564 https://twitter.com/PrestonPysh/status/1748173117082517612 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

Date: December 14, 2023 032. No Holds Barred w/ Special Guests: Diverter, Author - Mining for the Streets & Samourai Wallet, Co-Founder - Samourai Wallet State of the Network: Block Height: 821220 According to our friends at newhedge.io: Bitcoin difficulty is 67.3T after the recent downward adjustment of -0.95% on Saturday, December 9, 2023 Looking at mempool.space: Hashrate appears to be 484Eh on the 14-day MA Heading over to insights.braiins.com: Hash value is currently 255 sats/TH/day Days until the Halving: 126 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: Blizabler for supporting the podcast with their hashrate over the last few weeks No Holds Barred w/ Special Guests: Diverter, Author - Mining for the Streets & Samourai Wallet, Co-Founder - Samourai Wallet For the record, an invitation to join POD256 was also extended to Luke Dashjr from Ocean Mining, however that invitation was ignored. Audience questions: https://x.com/econoalchemist/status/1734976803788161367 Samourai Wallet: https://samouraiwallet.com/ Bitcoin blockchain explorer and fee estimator: https://light.oxt.me/ Understanding Bitcoin Privacy with OXT: https://medium.com/oxt-research/understanding-bitcoin-privacy-with-oxt-part-1-4-8177a40a5923 Mining for the Streets: A simple guide for acquiring bitcoin without KYC/AML using ASIC mining: https://diverter.hostyourown.tools/mining-for-the-streets/ Diverter on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Diverter_NoKYC Samourai Wallet on Twitter: https://twitter.com/SamouraiWallet 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

Date: October 26, 2023 State of the Network: Block Height: 813948 According to our friends at newhedge.io: Bitcoin difficulty is 61T and set to increase ~2.3% at the conclusion of Epoch 403 Looking at mempool.space: Hashrate is printing 440Eh on the 14-day MA. Heading over to insights.braiins.com: Hash value is currently 212 sats/TH/day. Days until the Halving: 180 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: Blizabler for supporting the podcast with their hashrate over the last few weeks No Holds Barred w/ Special Guest: BitMaker, Creator - NerdMiner Bitronics website: https://bitronics.store/ Guest Questions: https://twitter.com/econoalchemist/status/1717336486473847224 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@bitmaker_ GitHub: https://github.com/BitMaker-hub/NerdMiner_v2 BitMaker on Twitter: https://twitter.com/BitMaker_ 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

Date: October 5, 2023 Block Height: 810755 Days Until the Halving: 202 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: Blizabler & the RockPaperBitcoin Podcast for supporting the podcast with their hashrate over the last few weeks No Holds Barred w/ Special Guest: skot, Instigator - Bitaxe Bitaxe website: https://bitaxe.org/ Guest Questions: https://twitter.com/econoalchemist/status/1709661374534865008 All-In Summit: Bill Gurley presents 2,851 Miles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9cO3-MLHOM State of the Network: Newhedge - difficulty estimator: https://newhedge.io/terminal/bitcoin/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/ skot on Twitter: https://twitter.com/skot9000 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

Date: September 7th, 2023 Block Height: 806614 The halving is due in: 231 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: blizzabler, rockpaperbitcoinpodcast, plebminerhottub, 120v-ana-storage, 120v-karen-storage, & dotthedraht for supporting the podcast with their hashrate over the last few weeks. No Holds Barred: Special Guest: Zack Bomsta, Founder - Pivotal Pleb Tech (Njord and Loki Boards) & Founder - Owlet Zack’s Njord and Loki boards for Bitmain bitcoin miners are enabling plebs to mine at home without having to upgrade their home’s electrical system while improving cooling and control. Zack’s company Pivotal Pleb Tech: https://pivotalpleb.com/ Guest Questions: @GeraldGlickman asks: “What are the other "unlocks" (@harry_sudock lingo) that are on the table and / or of high-leverage in the mining supply and value chain? For example: - Chip fab: 2 players forever? - Software layers (@skot9000 and team, OSS operation) - Pools: when a 0.01% pool fee? @btc2infinity asks: “When whatsminer? Lol” 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/ Zack Bomsta on Twitter: https://twitter.com/zbomstaz Pivotal Pleb Tech on Twitter: https://twitter.com/PivotalPlebTech 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

Date: August 17, 2023 Block Height: 803633 Days Until the Halving: 252 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 ‘blizzabler’ & ‘rockpaperbitcoinpodcast’ for supporting the podcast with their hashrate even during the two week hiatus. And we have today’s guest, Jeff, coming in hot with 120Th! Thank you! 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/ No Holds Barred: Special Guest: Jeff, Owner and Operator - Double Hash Farm Jeff has 1MW of capacity up and running and expanding to 2MW at his remote bitcoin mining operation in Hardin County, Iowa https://twitter.com/jchotz/status/1683990576902053888 Jeff on Twitter: https://twitter.com/jchotz 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

Date: July 20, 2023 Block Height: 799541 Days Until the Halving: 280 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 “blizzabler”, “lonelypumpkins”, “lonelypumpkins2”, “rockpaperbitcoinpodcast”, & the “bill_&_melinda_gates_foundation” for pointing hash to us! Nuclear Energy Roundtable Special Guests: Amanda Fabiano, Head of Mining - Galaxy Digital Rob Warren, Mining Operations & Analysis - Riot Cal Abel, CTO - Signal Power & Light Harry Sudock, CSO - GRIID Rory Murray, Market Intelligence Lead - GRIID Brought together by Rob’s Tweet on the laughability of geothermal energy No Holds Barred: @infopocalypse1 on Twitter writes: “How do they reduce shareholders influence when (say blackrock) potentially demanding censorship and other things harmful to Bitcoin?” Amanda Fabiano on Twitter: https://twitter.com/_amanda_fab Rob Warren on Twitter: https://twitter.com/BikesandBitcoin Cal Abel on Twitter: https://twitter.com/cal_abel Harry Sudock on Twitter: https://twitter.com/harry_sudock Rory Murray on Twitter: https://twitter.com/sprainhill Rod @bitkite on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bitkite Econoalchemist on Twitter: https://twitter.com/econoalchemist Rob Warren on Twitter: https://twitter.com/BikesandBitcoin Rod @bitkite on nostr: npub1atn7mlwt08erz4ap47gef92xfey65a4z9ed9vec53u5kc9v94pusl6h4x3 Econoalchemist on nostr: npub10m6lrv2kaf08a8um0plhj5dj6yqlw7qxzeag6393z352zrs0e5nsr2tff3 Bitcoin Park on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bitcoinpark_ POD256 on Twitter: https://twitter.com/pod256