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Date: May 22, 2024State of the Network:Block Height: 844622 - Rod/Eco to updateAccording to our friends at newhedge.io: Bitcoin difficulty is 83.1 Trillion and set to increase roughly 1% at the conclusion of epoch 418 which should be on Thursday the 23rd.Over at Hashrate Index: https://data.hashrateindex.com/asic-index-data: Miners under 25J/Th are selling for roughly $12.21/Th at the moment, which has been relatively flat since October.Moving over to mempool.space: Hashrate is currently estimated to be 591Eh, down from the all time high of 639Eh on April 27th.Taking a look at insights.braiins.com: Hashvalue is currently 80k sats/Ph/day and Hashprice is $56/Ph/DayThe halving is due in: 1,407 days according to https://www.coinwarz.com/mining/bitcoin/halvingShout out to our miners: “bikesandbitcoinhowlongcanthesenamesbeistheguestreallygoingtoreadthiswholethingicantbelieveits”, “bikesandbitcoin”, “bikesandbitcointangent(youhavetosayitloud,though)”, “reedsminersarenotforprofit”,”dotthedraht”, “bitaxewannabejustans17pro”, and “blizzabler”. And shout out to our Public Pool miners: “Boerst” and “FOSS||GTFO”. Special Thanks to Barnminer for generously donating a portion of sales from his grass fed beef jerky during the whole month of April. You can support an awesome bitcoiner, get great quality beef jerky, and support POD256 by visiting: https://barnjerky.hashrootsinc.io/Samourai Wallet Defense Donations: https://p2prights.org/Special Guest: Luke Dashjr, Chairman & CTO - OCEANLuke Dashjr on Twitter: https://x.com/LukeDashjrOCEAN on Twitter: https://x.com/OCEAN_miningOCEAN’s website: https://ocean.xyz/Rod @bitkite on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bitkiteEconoalchemist on Twitter: https://twitter.com/econoalchemistRod @bitkite on nostr: npub1atn7mlwt08erz4ap47gef92xfey65a4z9ed9vec53u5kc9v94pusl6h4x3Econoalchemist on nostr: npub10m6lrv2kaf08a8um0plhj5dj6yqlw7qxzeag6393z352zrs0e5nsr2tff3Bitcoin Park on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bitcoinpark_POD256 on Twitter: https://twitter.com/pod256

Date: May 15, 2024Special Thanks to Barnminer for generously donating a portion of sales from his grass fed beef jerky during the whole month of April. You can support an awesome bitcoiner and get great quality beef jerky by visiting: https://barnjerky.hashrootsinc.io/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:3333Then use "pod256.YourAlias" as the worker nameSpecial Guests:skot9000: https://x.com/skot9000Barnminer: https://x.com/btctwatterpantsNeil RoninMiner: https://x.com/RoninMinerBitaxe Resources:Bitaxe Bitcoin ASIC Miner: https://bitaxe.orgBitaxe GitHub: https://github.com/skot/bitaxeRod @bitkite on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bitkiteEconoalchemist on Twitter: https://twitter.com/econoalchemistRod @bitkite on nostr: npub1atn7mlwt08erz4ap47gef92xfey65a4z9ed9vec53u5kc9v94pusl6h4x3Econoalchemist on nostr: npub10m6lrv2kaf08a8um0plhj5dj6yqlw7qxzeag6393z352zrs0e5nsr2tff3Bitcoin Park on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bitcoinpark_POD256 on Twitter: https://twitter.com/pod256

Date: April 18, 2024State of the Network: Block Height: 839818According to our friends at newhedge.io: Bitcoin difficulty is 86.3 Trillion and set to decrease roughly 1.8%% at the conclusion of epoch 416 which should be on Wednesday the 24thOver at Hashrate Index: https://data.hashrateindex.com/asic-index-data: Miners under 25J/Th are selling for roughly $12.21/Th at the moment, which has been relatively flat since OctoberLooking at mempool.space: Hashrate is currently estimated to be 629Eh, setting a new ATH going into the halvingHeading over to insights.braiins.com: Hashvalue is currently 160k sats/PH/day and Hashprice is $102/Ph/DayDays until the Halving: 1 day according to https://www.coinwarz.com/mining/bitcoin/halvingSpecial Thanks to Barnminer for generously donating a portion of sales from his grass fed beef jerky during the whole month of April. You can support an awesome bitcoiner, get great quality beef jerky, and support POD256 by visiting: https://barnjerky.hashrootsinc.io/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:3333Then use "pod256.YourAlias" as the worker nameShout out to: “boerst” & “FOSS || GTFO” from Public Pool.“Bitaxewannabejustans17pro”, “dotthedraht”, “bikesandbitcoinhowlongcanthesenamesbeistheguestreallygoingtoreadthiswholethingicantbelieveits”, “reedsminersarenotforprofit”, “bikesandbitcoin”, and “hodl_pins_dot_com_by_yooper_and_son_iykyk” from Lincoin.News:Braiins deploying Lightning payouts: https://twitter.com/BraiinsMining/status/1780975851737072085@skot9000 says, “REJECT MINING CENTRALIZATION”: https://twitter.com/skot9000/status/1780799683830411426@mononautical claims, “A single custodian now controls the coinbase addresses of at least 9 pools, representing 47% of total hashrate.”: https://twitter.com/mononautical/status/1777686545715089605@0xB10C’s supporting tweet thread: https://twitter.com/0xB10C/status/1780611768081121700Home Miner of The Week:@SoftwarmLLC shows off the install of “one half of a split unit that utilizes a temperature controller to dump heat as required”https://twitter.com/SoftwarmLLC/status/1780107019254698271Rod @bitkite on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bitkiteEconoalchemist on Twitter: https://twitter.com/econoalchemistRod @bitkite on nostr: npub1atn7mlwt08erz4ap47gef92xfey65a4z9ed9vec53u5kc9v94pusl6h4x3Econoalchemist on nostr: npub10m6lrv2kaf08a8um0plhj5dj6yqlw7qxzeag6393z352zrs0e5nsr2tff3Bitcoin Park on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bitcoinpark_POD256 on Twitter: https://twitter.com/pod256

Date: April 3, 2024State of the Network: Block Height: 837580According to our friends at newhedge.io: Bitcoin difficulty is 83.1 Trillion and set to increase roughly 2% at the conclusion of epoch 415 which should be on April 10th.Over at Hashrate Index: https://data.hashrateindex.com/asic-index-data: Miners under 25J/Th are selling for roughly $13.73/Th at the moment, which has been relatively flat since October.Looking at mempool.space: Hashrate is currently estimated to be 603Eh on the 14-day moving average, slightly below the all time high of 612Eh on March 19th.Heading over to insights.braiins.com: Hashvalue is currently 160k sats/Ph/day and Hashprice is roughly $103/Ph/day.Days until the Halving: 16 days according to https://www.coinwarz.com/mining/bitcoin/halvingSpecial Thanks to Barnminer for generously donating a portion of sales from his grass fed beef jerky during the whole month of April. You can support an awesome bitcoiner, get great quality beef jerky, and support POD256 by visiting: https://barnjerky.hashrootsinc.io/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:3333Then use "pod256.YourAlias" as the worker nameShout out to all the miners pointing us hashrate this last week, from Lincoin: “africaone”, “hodl_pins_dot_com_by_yooper_and_son_iykyk”, “pod256.bitaxewannabejustans17pro”, “reedsminersarenotforprofit”, and “bikesandbitcoin”. And from Public Pool: “FOSS||GTFO”News:https://x.com/mononautical/status/1775143932642644194https://x.com/AdventureDr/status/1775338544632049718https://x.com/OGBTC/status/1773741227092910492https://x.com/_drewarmstrong_/status/1775549824374366520https://x.com/MitchKlee_/status/1775562342597611853Special Guest: skot, Instigator - Bitaxe:Skot on Twitter: https://twitter.com/skot9000Bitaxe website: https://bitaxe.org/Open Source Miners United on Twitter: https://twitter.com/osmu_globalHome Miner of The Week:Barnminer (@btctwatterpants) with a review of the @ePICBlockchain UMC V-5 Whatsminer CB provided by @altair_techhttps://x.com/btctwatterpants/status/1774910984873795671Rod @bitkite on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bitkiteEconoalchemist on Twitter: https://twitter.com/econoalchemistRod @bitkite on nostr: npub1atn7mlwt08erz4ap47gef92xfey65a4z9ed9vec53u5kc9v94pusl6h4x3Econoalchemist on nostr: npub10m6lrv2kaf08a8um0plhj5dj6yqlw7qxzeag6393z352zrs0e5nsr2tff3Bitcoin Park on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bitcoinpark_POD256 on Twitter: https://twitter.com/pod256

Date: March 27, 2024State of the Network: Block Height: 836541According to our friends at newhedge.io: Bitcoin difficulty is 83.9 Trillion and set to decrease roughly 1.5% at the conclusion of epoch 414.Over at Hashrate Index: https://data.hashrateindex.com/asic-index-data: Miners under 25J/Th are selling for roughly $13.73/Th at the moment, which has been relatively flat since October.Looking at mempool.space: Hashrate is currently estimated to be 594Eh, still slightly below the all time high of 612Eh.Heading over to insights.braiins.com: Hashvalue is currently 150 sats/TH/day.Days until the Halving: 23 days according to https://www.coinwarz.com/mining/bitcoin/halvingStream 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:3333Then use "pod256.YourAlias" as the worker nameShout out to: “reedsminersarenotforprofit”, “bikesandbitcoin”, “bitaxewannabejustans17pro”, “hodl_pins_dot_com_by_yooper_and_son_iykyk”, “miningsummit”, and “africaone” for supporting the podcast with their hashrate over the last week.No Holds Barred w/ Special Guest: Montana Dukes, CEO - EHT Capital:Montana Dukes on Twitter: https://twitter.com/btcdukesHome Miner of the Week:@boerst with an Antminer S19/S21 modded to run on 120V using Pivotal Pleb Tech’s APW12 120V mod:https://twitter.com/boerst/status/1771524371342860477Rod @bitkite on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bitkiteEconoalchemist on Twitter: https://twitter.com/econoalchemistRod @bitkite on nostr: npub1atn7mlwt08erz4ap47gef92xfey65a4z9ed9vec53u5kc9v94pusl6h4x3Econoalchemist on nostr: npub10m6lrv2kaf08a8um0plhj5dj6yqlw7qxzeag6393z352zrs0e5nsr2tff3Bitcoin Park on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bitcoinpark_POD256 on Twitter: https://twitter.com/pod256

Date: March 20, 2024State of the Network: Block Height: 835558According to our friends at newhedge.io: Bitcoin difficulty is 83.9 Trillion and set to decrease roughly 0.3% at the conclusion of epoch 414 which should be on or around March 28th.Over at Hashrate Index: https://data.hashrateindex.com/asic-index-data: Miners under 25J/Th are selling for roughly $13.73/Th at the moment, which has been relatively flat since October.Looking at mempool.space: Hashrate is currently estimated to be 612Eh, setting a new all time high.Heading over to insights.braiins.com: Hashvalue is currently 150 sats/TH/day.Days until the Halving: 29 days according to https://www.coinwarz.com/mining/bitcoin/halvingStream 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:3333Then use "pod256.YourAlias" as the worker nameShout out to: “bikesandbitcoin”, “reedsminersarenotforprofit”, “hodl_pins_dot_com_by_yooper_and_son_iykyk”, “africaone”, and “bitaxewannabejustans17pro” for supporting the podcast with their hashrate over the last week.No Holds Barred w/ Special Guest: Zack Bomsta, Founder - Pivotal Pleb Tech & UnBound:Zack Bomsta on Twitter: https://twitter.com/zbomstazPivotal Pleb Tech website: https://pivotalpleb.com/Pivotal Pleb Tech on Twitter: https://twitter.com/PivotalPlebTechUnBound on Twitter: https://twitter.com/UnBound256UnBound prototype heater: https://twitter.com/Electro_Thermal/status/1768004186774335735Questions from Twitter: https://twitter.com/econoalchemist/status/1770286422974427543From SKOT: I heard a rumor you’re making a Loki board that can dynamically control the voltage output of an APW3++? How did you do it? When can I get one? How are you so badass? https://twitter.com/skot9000/status/1770307311816286523From Tyler Stevens: What does Zack think about the future of mining for heat to decentralize hash rate? Repurposing and modifying industrial hardware is awesome. Plebs are on the forefront here - But how does this scale to a grandmother who just wants cheaper utility bills? Open source firmware seems like a must? Target output temperatures? Open source ASICS? Chips and boards designed for higher operating temperatures…. Curious about his thoughts on fully integrated systems. Off the shelf products to help decentralized hash scale. What steps and development needs to happen, and in what order? https://twitter.com/tylerkstevens/status/1770292573195694180From likewhoa: Are there voltage requirements to run at this setup? i.e would there have to be some sort of underclocking involved and is it possible to overclock as well? https://twitter.com/likewh1a/status/1770290048333697279From Ben: Can it be hacked to run on DC power? (I.e. from a Powerwall battery or solar?) https://twitter.com/Lewified/status/1770293247899783485From James: The concern I would have is the increased current draw as a result of dropping voltage. Unless you are going to severely underclock the boards, current (amps) will double since you are halving the voltage. This means a larger wire gauge is required. At 240V you can use #12 wire. https://twitter.com/Scygone/status/1770292434473218139Home Miner of the Week:@Pmaxsd with a beautiful casing protecting 7.2TH of #Flex4Axe mining: https://twitter.com/Pmaxsd/status/1769778093017673903Rod @bitkite on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bitkiteEconoalchemist on Twitter: https://twitter.com/econoalchemistRod @bitkite on nostr: npub1atn7mlwt08erz4ap47gef92xfey65a4z9ed9vec53u5kc9v94pusl6h4x3Econoalchemist on nostr: npub10m6lrv2kaf08a8um0plhj5dj6yqlw7qxzeag6393z352zrs0e5nsr2tff3Bitcoin Park on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bitcoinpark_POD256 on Twitter: https://twitter.com/pod256

Date: March 13, 2024State of the Network: Block Height: 834555According to our friends at newhedge.io: Bitcoin difficulty is 79.3 Trillion and set to increase roughly 5.8% at the conclusion of epoch 413 which should be Pie Day!Over at Hashrate Index: https://data.hashrateindex.com/asic-index-data: Miners under 25J/Th are selling for roughly 13.73/Th at the moment, which has been relatively flat since October.Looking at mempool.space: Hashrate is currently estimated to be 591Eh on the 14-day Moving Average, setting a new all time high.Heading over to insights.braiins.com: Hashvalue is currently 160sats/TH/day.Days until the Halving: 36 days according to https://www.coinwarz.com/mining/bitcoin/halvingStream 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:3333Then use "pod256.YourAlias" as the worker nameShout out to: “bikesandbitcoin”, “reedsminersarenotforprofit”, “hodl_pins_dot_com_by_yooper_and_son_iykyk”, “africaone”, “bitaxewannabejustans17pro”, and “bitaxe_to_the_mooon” for supporting the podcast with their hashrate over the last week.News:Reformed Energy, a Waste-to-Energy Company, Secures Strategic Investment from Riot Platforms:https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/reformed-energy-a-waste-to-energy-company-secures-strategic-investment-from-riot-platforms-302085659.html?tc=eml_cleartimehttps://x.com/willhash4coins/status/1767568145122828597Biden’s 30% tax would ‘destroy’ Bitcoin mining in the US, industry says:https://www.dlnews.com/articles/regulation/bidens-dame-tax-could-destroy-bitcoin-mining-in-us/Cathedra announces its proposed merger with Kungsleden Inc.:https://twitter.com/CathedraBitcoin/status/1767613187904450687Roman Sterlingov - Bad blockchain forensics convict the user of a Bitcoin mixer — as its operator:https://cointelegraph.com/news/bad-blockchain-forensics-convict-roman-sterlingovOXT Research Piece on the pseudoscience that led to Sterlingov’s conviction:https://www.oxtresearch.com/pseudo/Home Miner of the Week:@HodlTarantula with 500kW of off-grid mining deployed: https://x.com/HodlTarantula/status/1766625165822046377Rod @bitkite on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bitkiteEconoalchemist on Twitter: https://twitter.com/econoalchemistRod @bitkite on nostr: npub1atn7mlwt08erz4ap47gef92xfey65a4z9ed9vec53u5kc9v94pusl6h4x3Econoalchemist on nostr: npub10m6lrv2kaf08a8um0plhj5dj6yqlw7qxzeag6393z352zrs0e5nsr2tff3Bitcoin Park on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bitcoinpark_POD256 on Twitter: https://twitter.com/pod256

Date: March 6, 2024State of the Network: Block Height: 833445According to our friends at newhedge.io: Bitcoin difficulty is 79.3 Trillion and set to decrease roughly 0.25% at the conclusion of epoch 413 which should be on March 14th, Pie Day!Over at Hashrate Index: https://data.hashrateindex.com/asic-index-data: Miners under 25J/th are selling for roughly $13.73/Th at the moment, which has been relatively flat since October.Looking at mempool.space: Hashrate is currently estimated to be 577Eh, still slightly below the all time high of 581Eh.Heading over to insights.braiins.com: Hashvalue is currently 170sats/TH/day.Days until the Halving: 44 days according to https://www.coinwarz.com/mining/bitcoin/halvingStream 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:3333Then use "pod256.YourAlias" as the worker nameShout out to: “bikesandbitcoin”, “reedsminersarenotforprofit”, “hodl_pins_dot_com_by_yooper_and_son_iykyk”, “africaone”, “slap_my_bitaxe_and_tell_me_you_love_me”, “bitaxewannabejustans17pro”, “the_80085_petahash_bitaxe”, “blizzabler”, and “bitaxeswimmingking” for supporting the podcast with their hashrate over the last week.No Holds Barred w/ Special Guest: pennyether - Bitcoin Mining Co. Analystpennyether on Twitter: https://twitter.com/penny_etherSmoking Hopium - bitcoin mining calculator: https://smokinghopium.io/A few questions from anons:Do you think you’re cherry picking data?Does the lack of industry standards make direct comparisons tough, and to that point, can you speak to how companies get fairly compared when strategies vary so widely?  Would you consider Marathon a good company? (the miner)It looks as though depreciation was included when calculating Riot’s hashcost, should they then turn their miners off if it’s profitable to mine but the 2-year depreciation schedule is eating into it?What are your thoughts on miners a little bit down on the market cap rankings?What would you do differently if you were in charge of a mining company?If you could design your ideal monthly operational update, what does an apples to apples comparison look like and what metrics are most descriptive of the public miner businesses? Questions from Twitter: https://twitter.com/econoalchemist/status/1765354527794807261From Tyler Stevens: Going into this cycle, what is the most important thing for large public miners to be competitive. Has in changed? https://twitter.com/tylerkstevens/status/1765382891133964432From Francis Brosnan: Does he expect the beta from publicly traded miners to outpace Bitcoin price rise as in previous cycles? If so, which miners, and why? https://twitter.com/francis_brosnan/status/1765372642318553274From imgislost: Which public miner stonks do they believe in if they had 1 bitcoin to divest towards?Home Miner of the Week:@ClueWant with an array of bitaxe variants https://x.com/ClueWant/status/1765496718294925680Rod @bitkite on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bitkiteEconoalchemist on Twitter: https://twitter.com/econoalchemistRod @bitkite on nostr: npub1atn7mlwt08erz4ap47gef92xfey65a4z9ed9vec53u5kc9v94pusl6h4x3Econoalchemist on nostr: npub10m6lrv2kaf08a8um0plhj5dj6yqlw7qxzeag6393z352zrs0e5nsr2tff3Bitcoin Park on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bitcoinpark_POD256 on Twitter: https://twitter.com/pod256

Date: February 29, 2024We did record with our guest imgislost, however we collectively decided that for privacy reasons, it would be best not to publish the recording.The 256 Foundation Telegram group: https://t.me/the256foundationState of the Network: Block Height: 832577According to our friends at newhedge.io: Bitcoin difficulty is 81.7 Trillion and set to decrease roughly 3% at the conclusion of epoch 412, making it the only difficulty adjustment to land on a leap-year day in Bitcoin’s history! Looking at mempool.space: Hashrate is currently estimated to be 569Eh on the 14-day moving average, down slightly from a recent all time high of 581Eh.Heading over to insights.braiins.com: Hashvalue is currently 170sats/TH/day.Days until the Halving: 49 days according to https://www.coinwarz.com/mining/bitcoin/halvingStream 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:3333Then use "pod256.YourAlias" as the worker name.Shout out to: Blizzabler, “the_80085_petahash_bitaxe”, “bitaxewannabejustans17pro”, “hodl_pins_dot_com_by_yooper_and_son_iykyk”, “bitaxeswimmingking”, “slap_my_bitaxe_and_tell_me_you_love_me”, “africaone”, “hooters”, and “hashtub-at-bitcoinpark” for supporting the podcast with their hashrate.News:Bitcoin Mining Survey stopped dead in its tracks by Riot: https://www.reuters.com/technology/eia-temporarily-suspend-bitcoin-miner-survey-after-lawsuit-court-document-2024-02-23/https://twitter.com/ab_brammer/status/1762609140281557296Riot Purchases 31,500 Miners From MicroBT to Enhance and Expand Self-Mining Operations at Its Rockdale Facility: https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2024/02/27/2836095/0/en/Riot-Purchases-31-500-Miners-From-MicroBT-to-Enhance-and-Expand-Self-Mining-Operations-at-Its-Rockdale-Facility.htmlThe Future is Unwritten, Know Your Rights: https://twitter.com/denimbtc/status/1762989527130403271Home Miner of the Week:@HodlRev with the canola oil immersion setup doubling as a maple sap concentrator for making high quality syrup: https://twitter.com/hodlrev/status/1760998502161666259Rod @bitkite on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bitkiteEconoalchemist on Twitter: https://twitter.com/econoalchemistRod @bitkite on nostr: npub1atn7mlwt08erz4ap47gef92xfey65a4z9ed9vec53u5kc9v94pusl6h4x3Econoalchemist on nostr: npub10m6lrv2kaf08a8um0plhj5dj6yqlw7qxzeag6393z352zrs0e5nsr2tff3Bitcoin Park on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bitcoinpark_POD256 on Twitter: https://twitter.com/pod256

Date: February 21, 2024State of the Network: Block Height: 831444According to our friends at newhedge.io: Bitcoin difficulty is 81.7 Trillion and set to decrease ~5% at the conclusion of epoch 412 which just might land on February 29th, possibly making it the only difficulty adjustment to land on a leap-year day in Bitcoin’s historyLooking at mempool.space: Hashrate is currently estimated to be 569Eh on the 14-day MAHeading over to insights.braiins.com: Hashvalue is currently 160sats/TH/dayDays until the Halving: 57 days according to https://www.coinwarz.com/mining/bitcoin/halvingStream Sats, Point Hash:Pick any Lincoin URLThen use "pod256.YourAlias" as the worker name.Shout out to: Blizzabler, the_80085_petahash_bitaxe, slap_my_bitaxe_and_tell_me_you_love_me, bitaxewannabejustans17pro, hodl_pins_dot_com_yooper_and_son_iykyk, hooters, bitaxe_is_fun, bitaxeswimmingking, no name, knockers, midgetshavingsexnexttoyourbitaxe, and last but not least 818_reposado_tequilla_on_iceso_smooth_yooper for supporting the podcast with their hashrateSpecial Guest: Rapha Zagury (Alpha Zeta), CIO - SwanRapha on Twitter: https://twitter.com/alphaazetaNakamoto Portfolio - A set of tools, research and open source code to explore the ground breaking effects that Bitcoin has on the financial world: https://nakamotoportfolio.com/Questions from Twitter:https://twitter.com/econoalchemist/status/1760144259381178703From Rob W.: Can they disaggregate the total EH into hosting/operating and other business arrangements? Big EH hosted on one or many sites is VERY different self mining on one or multiple sites.  Also, out of all of that EH, how much do they keep? https://twitter.com/BikesandBitcoin/status/1760145986117116018From Exfrog: How much of that 4.5Eh is new to the network and how much was preexisting and just had Swan stickers slapped on the box? https://twitter.com/exfrog/status/1760299846903251387From Rebel Mining in Texas: About 120 MW or so is my guess. Not impossible if you find a good opportunity, been working since summer. Announced January. 7 months is impressive, but doable. Interested to know machines, efficiency, single/multiple location, curtailment, state...and a bunch more. https://twitter.com/DavidBranscum/status/1760147171414794629From Adam Anderson: How do you think about jurisdiction risk and geographic diversification? Which energy sources form the majority of your electricity inputs? Any aspirations to shift or optimize these allocations or sources going forward? https://twitter.com/bc1984adam/status/1760146314711445990From DecentMoney: > What questions do you have for Swan’s CIO, @alphaazeta? Does he know his website is down? https://twitter.com/decentmoney2009/status/1760147625524052415From Reed Prefers Nostr: What will be their differentiator to survive post halving? Alternative revenue streams, demand response, latest gen Asics, very low power cost, etc.? https://twitter.com/FreedomMoney21/status/1760273144445538646From Status Quon’t: Did the Bitcoin Opportunity Fund (@BTCOppFund) play a role in getting this up and running? https://twitter.com/statusquont/status/1760306849226596716From Jarctu: is there actually a connection between Tether and Swan Mining? Or are people reaching https://twitter.com/jarctu/status/1760309738330616067Home Miner of the Week:@MolonLabeVC with a bitaxe immersion mining rig: https://x.com/MolonLabeVC/status/1758574279141052847Rod @bitkite on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bitkiteEconoalchemist on Twitter: https://twitter.com/econoalchemistRod @bitkite on nostr: npub1atn7mlwt08erz4ap47gef92xfey65a4z9ed9vec53u5kc9v94pusl6h4x3Econoalchemist on nostr: npub10m6lrv2kaf08a8um0plhj5dj6yqlw7qxzeag6393z352zrs0e5nsr2tff3Bitcoin Park on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bitcoinpark_POD256 on Twitter: https://twitter.com/pod256