The Hash Cast, episode 370

The Hash Cast episode 370 Show Notes

STATE OF THE NETWORK

Difficulty:

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

Hashrate:

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

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

ASIC Prices:

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

Mining Insights:

https://insights.braiins.com/en/

NEWS

Foundry Makes BTC donation for Stratum v2 development:

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/foundry-makes-btc-donation-to-open-source-stratum-v2-protocol-developer-to-improve-bitcoins-proof-of-work-mining-layer-301598747.html

Braiins drops support for Zcash mining:

https://slushpool.com/en/news/discontinuing-zec-mining

DEVELOPMENTS

Mining Disrupt

https://blog.upstreamdata.ca/bitcoin-mining-disrupt-conference/

HOME MINER HALL OF FAME

@BitcoinHobbes with the BlackBox, mesh WiFi, RoninDojo, Purism LapTop, ColdCard, & GrapheneOS

https://twitter.com/BitcoinHobbes/status/1553424845110657027?s=20&t=BpTTn6fEeE2nkcH0-YTWpw

@tchampag with the home immersion build:

https://twitter.com/tchampag/status/1551786341968535553?s=20&t=BpTTn6fEeE2nkcH0-YTWpw

@CSC07 with the hidden ASIC heater:

https://twitter.com/CSC07crypto/status/1554180698931691522?s=20&t=BpTTn6fEeE2nkcH0-YTWpw

@NakamotoHeating with the quiet S9 space heater:

https://twitter.com/NakamotoHeating/status/1550916983646027779?s=20&t=3miZkhZh6z4IyjCuo8m2ow

PRIVACY IMPLICATIONS

@SamouraiWallet introduces new StonewallX2 on demand feature:

https://twitter.com/SamouraiWallet/status/1553476739665362944?s=20&t=BpTTn6fEeE2nkcH0-YTWpw