HashCast358

Episode 358 show notes:

Difficulty:
https://www.bitrawr.com/difficulty-estimator
https://www.coinwarz.com/mining/bitcoin/difficulty-chart
https://minerdaily.com/2022/btc-hash-rate-gains-in-2022/
https://insights.braiins.com/en/cost-to-mine/

Hashrate:
https://www.coinwarz.com/mining/bitcoin/hashrate-chart
https://bitinfocharts.com/comparison/hashrate-btc-ema14.html#3y

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

News:
1) Intel announces BLOCK (formerly Square) will be among first ASIC customers:
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/newsroom/opinion/thoughts-blockchain-custom-compute-group.html

2) Conoco Phillips selling extra gas to Bitcoin miners:
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/02/15/conocophillips-is-selling-extra-gas-to-bitcoin-miners-in-north-dakota.html

Developments:
1) Numiner scam:
https://twitter.com/hashrateindex/status/1489381117308248064?s=20&t=NTyEHGRkMEoRqOxLtEUerg

2) Galaxy Digital Hashprice calculator:
https://twitter.com/bitcoinbeezy/status/1492154228499910658?s=20&t=aN3fHKfhxZVX6pV5Urx7VQ
https://twitter.com/bitcoinbeezy/status/1492157379290542083?s=20&t=aN3fHKfhxZVX6pV5Urx7VQ

3) IRS signals miners will not be considered brokers:
https://www.bloombergquint.com/onweb/treasury-signals-crypto-miners-won-t-face-irs-reporting-rules

4) Mining pool thread:
https://twitter.com/HodlTarantula/status/1492174756589748229?s=20&t=fIM9qLHG4f1XkdooSotuUA

Home Miner Hall of Fame:
1) @BitcoinBrabant with the green house miner:
https://twitter.com/BitcoinBrabant/status/1491422166856134663?s=20&t=fyw_Usg0D8Os7OP6bZ9kuw

2) @ResetEconomic with 1-1/2 Ph:
https://twitter.com/ResetEconomic/status/1490503860544282629?s=20&t=NP1ecXZVjIRN4TQWGtvQ2w

Privacy Implications:
1) $3.6B in Bitcoin seized in arrest related to 2016 Bitfinex hack.
https://twitter.com/Diverter_NoKYC/status/1491097381282410496?s=20&t=NTyEHGRkMEoRqOxLtEUerg
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/02/08/bitfinex-hack-bitcoin-arrests/
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-bitfinex-hacked-hongkong-idUSKCN10E0KP
https://www.justice.gov/opa/press-release/file/1470186/download

2) Freedom Convoy Bitcoin blacklisted by RCMP:
https://twitter.com/nobsbitcoin/status/1493978391099457536?s=20&t=fIM9qLHG4f1XkdooSotuUA
https://www.vice.com/en/article/z3nw4j/freedom-convoy-truckers-struggle-to-cash-out-bitcoin-worth-dollar1-million