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Date: May 25, 2023
Block Height: 791357
How many days until the halving: 338 according to https://www.bitcoinblockhalf.com/
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 @_business_cat, “twoexahash”, @BikesandBitcoin, “lonelypumpkins”, “plebminerhottub”, “rvabitcointravels9nr1”, “rvabitcoin-travelings9-nr1”, “rvabitcoin-travelings9-nr2”, “rvabitcoin-travels9-nr1”, & Business Cat’s podcast: “rockpaperbitcoinpodcast”.
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:

• RoninMiner celebrated his birthday this week! https://twitter.com/KaboomracksAlex/status/1660055145302900736
• Mempool.space introduces Mempool Accelerator, allowing users to bump their tx up the queue: https://twitter.com/mempool/status/1659619347910803466
• F2pool is collecting rare sats!?: https://twitter.com/Medi_Naseri/status/1661555005860773889
• FutureBit working with Dr. Con to decentralize Bitcoin mining: https://twitter.com/JStefanop1/status/1661361822136512514
• CK Solo Pool finds 274th block, awarded to a miner with 750Th: https://twitter.com/ckpooldev/status/1660799764332519425
• Upstream Data sues Crusoe for patent infringement: https://twitter.com/wsfoxley/status/1661030250183282693
• BottlePay shuts down their consumer app. Good riddance:https://twitter.com/SamouraiWallet/status/1660607537744338944
• Security firm, Unciphered claims to hack Trezor T devices. Exploit not patchable with firmware update: https://unchainedcrypto.com/security-firm-unciphered-claims-be-able-to-hack-trezor-t-wallet/ YouTube Video of hack in action: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50eiA-75NMY
• Citadel Dispatch #100: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/cd100-the-disturbing-chainalysis-led-prosecution/id1546393840?i=1000608797392

Home Miner of the Week:
@HodlRev grows pot in winter with S9 heat:https://twitter.com/HodlRev/status/1658646760510586880
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