021. State of the Network, News, Tangents, Home Miner of the Week, No Holds Barred, w/ Guest Host: Rob Warren, Partner

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10 June 2023

021. State of the Network, News, Tangents, Home Miner of the Week, No Holds Barred, w/ Guest Host: Rob Warren, Partner - distributed hash - E21

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Date: June 8, 2023
Block Height: 793419
How many days until the halving: 323 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, @BikesandBitcoin, “lonelypumpkins”, & 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:

Cathedra announces off-grid bitcoin mining partnership with @360MiningInc, a Bitcoin mining company that utilizes stranded natural gas. They currently have about 5MW of mining infrastructure deployed with more planned through 2023: https://twitter.com/CathedraBitcoin/status/1664590322150547456 Complete news release: https://www.cathedra.com/news/news/cathedra-bitcoin-announces-off-grid-bitcoin-mining-partnership-with-360-mining
Beam me up: Beaming Solar Energy From Space Gets a Step Closer: https://www.wsj.com/articles/beaming-solar-energy-from-space-gets-a-step-closer-fc903658?reflink=integratedwebview_share
“If you did nothing but keep your machines on in May, you made almost 11% more bitcoin” says @hash_bender, CEO at Luxor: https://twitter.com/hash_bender/status/1666498374680338439
Volcano mining: https://twitter.com/BikesandBitcoin/status/1665734117701345286?s=20

Home Miner of the Week:

@BTCSpeedBoat making leaps and bounds at his mining site: https://twitter.com/BTCSpeedBoat/status/1665051260452589568

No Holds Barred:

@skeef_25 writes: How did @bikesandbitcoin learn to say “you better back up before I fuck you up” in such a polite way? “No hugs” 🙂
@btctwatterpants writes: You have a live chat where we can shitpost while you talk now?
@ColinCareful writes: What do you guys think about the mempool accelerator? As miners, how are you planning on making sure your pool gives you a fair share of the out of band fees? Are you aware if your pool is even participating in the program?
@jchotz writes: What happens after the halving? I don’t hear that asked enough.https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/06/07/bitcoin-halving-is-coming-and-only-the-most-efficient-miners-will-survive/
@_leemurdock writes: Is it better for plebs to purchase miners from personal money, set up an LLC + business bank account, or some other way to minimize taxes, etc.?

Rob Warren on Twitter: https://twitter.com/BikesandBitcoin
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Rod @bitkite on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bitkite
Econoalchemist on Twitter: https://twitter.com/econoalchemist
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