HashCast370

The Hash Cast episode 370 Show Notes

STATS
1) Difficulty:
https://www.bitrawr.com/difficulty-estimator

2) Hashrate:
https://bitinfocharts.com/comparison/hashrate-btc-ema14.html#3y
https://mempool.space/graphs/mining/hashrate-difficulty

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

4) Mining Insights:
https://insights.braiins.com/en/

NEWS

1) 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

2) Braiins drops support for Zcash mining:
https://slushpool.com/en/news/discontinuing-zec-mining

DEVELOPMENTS

1) Mining Disrupt
https://blog.upstreamdata.ca/bitcoin-mining-disrupt-conference/

HOME MINER HALL OF FAME

1) @BitcoinHobbes with the BlackBox, mesh WiFi, RoninDojo, Purism LapTop, ColdCard, & GrapheneOS
https://twitter.com/BitcoinHobbes/status/1553424845110657027?s=20&t=BpTTn6fEeE2nkcH0-YTWpw

2) @tchampag with the home immersion build:
https://twitter.com/tchampag/status/1551786341968535553?s=20&t=BpTTn6fEeE2nkcH0-YTWpw

3) @CSC07 with the hidden ASIC heater:
https://twitter.com/CSC07crypto/status/1554180698931691522?s=20&t=BpTTn6fEeE2nkcH0-YTWpw

4) @NakamotoHeating with the quiet S9 space heater:
https://twitter.com/NakamotoHeating/status/1550916983646027779?s=20&t=3miZkhZh6z4IyjCuo8m2ow

PRIVACY IMPLICATIONS
1) @SamouraiWallet introduces new StonewallX2 on demand feature:
https://twitter.com/SamouraiWallet/status/1553476739665362944?s=20&t=BpTTn6fEeE2nkcH0-YTWpw