The Hash Cast, episode 367

Episode 367 Show Notes:

STATE OF THE NETWORK

Difficulty:

https://www.bitrawr.com/difficulty-estimator

https://mempool.space/graphs/mining/hashrate-difficulty

Hashrate:

https://bitinfocharts.com/comparison/hashrate-btc-ema14.html#3y

ASIC Prices:

https://data.hashrateindex.com/rig-index-data

Insights:

https://insights.braiins.com/en/cost-to-mine/

NEWS

Chelan County, Washington implements 29% rate hike for Bitcoin miners:

https://decrypt.co/102420/bitcoin-miners-will-see-29-rate-hike-hydroelectric-power-washington

https://www.chelanpud.org/my-pud-services/rates-and-policies

Energy market in Austrailia turned off?

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/1000s-sydney-homes-plunged-darkness-aussie-price-cap-policy-sparks-energy-shortage

https://twitter.com/FirstSquawk/status/1537595285563592704?s=20&t=sCJ2HmqU3QrcIkp5ESJGeQ

DEVELOPMENTS

New York State passes moratorium to ban use of fossile fuels for PoW energy consumption:

https://archive.ph/6oOHQ

HOME MINER HALL OF FAME

@techengineer21 with the efficient home mine:

https://twitter.com/techengineer21/status/1534623552145457152?s=20&t=-HdsjJyRHlNCCgEtf4oTCQ

@techengineer21 with the smoke-activated automatic kill switch:

https://twitter.com/techengineer21/status/1538269060978290688?s=20&t=5InkEMgsAdMRfAAytZmRQw

@BitDaya with the heated home journey:

https://twitter.com/BitDaya/status/1539193218386038785?s=20&t=d6J0NxY62f1XbyHnnFFoUA

PRIVACY IMPLICATIONS

Self custody is under attack:

https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy0814

FATF:

https://twitter.com/MartyBent/status/1539459850295558147?s=20&t=oTREx5ijyns6r5b97SgLHQ