011. State of the Network, News, Tangents, Home Miner of the Week, w/ Special Guest Neil RoninMiner

POD256 | Bitcoin Mining News & Analysis

Date: March 9, 2023

Block Height: 780033

Days until the halving: 416 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, @ChadFarrow, & @proofofworkbook for pointing us some hash this week

State of the Network:

• Bitrawr - difficulty estimator: https://www.bitrawr.com/difficulty-estimator
• Mempool.space - hashrate & difficulty: https://mempool.space/
  • https://twitter.com/murchandamus/status/1633544944659865607
• ASIC prices - Hashrate Index from Luxor: https://data.hashrateindex.com/asic-index-data
• Hashvalue - Braiins insights: https://insights.braiins.com/en/
  • https://twitter.com/BitcoinIsaiah/status/1633807203525185537

News:

• May the wind be at your back, Nadeam Nahas:
• https://www.wcvb.com/amp/article/cohasset-massachusetts-school-employee-power-cryptocurrency-mine/43025932
• Senator Markey: https://twitter.com/SenMarkey/status/1633249925398970369
• Miners in Maine get some help:
  https://twitter.com/kaboomracks/status/1610784787400196101
• MDK: https://twitter.com/naoise/status/1633176720030220292
• https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/block-announces-mining-development-kit
• Braiins OS response: https://twitter.com/kristiancsep/status/1633014464168570880

Home Miner of the Week: https://twitter.com/myn4mewast4ken/status/1633830804139945992

Special Guest Neil RoninMiner:

Neil on Twitter: https://twitter.com/RoninMiner

Rod @bitkite on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bitkite

Econoalchemist on Twitter: https://twitter.com/econoalchemist

Rod @bitkite on nostr: npub1atn7mlwt08erz4ap47gef92xfey65a4z9ed9vec53u5kc9v94pusl6h4x3

Econoalchemist on nostr: npub10m6lrv2kaf08a8um0plhj5dj6yqlw7qxzeag6393z352zrs0e5nsr2tff3

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

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