SHOW NOTES
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STATE OF THE NETWORK
DIFFICULTY: https://www.bitrawr.com/difficulty-estimator
HASHRATE: https://mempool.space/graphs/mining/hashrate-difficulty
ASIC PRICES: https://data.hashrateindex.com/rig-index-data
INSIGHTS: https://insights.braiins.com/en/
INDUSTRY NEWS
1) Large-scale Bitcoin miners continue to struggle under current market conditions:
https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2022/11/02/2546487/0/en/Financing-and-Bitmain-Prepayment-Update.html
MINING DEVELOPMENTS
1) ASICs integrated into a digital boiler wheel for use in a whiskey distillery:
https://twitter.com/Colin_Sully/status/1586589461634506752
https://mintgreen.co/projects/shelter-point-distillery/
HOME MINER HALL OF FAME
1) @DigitalCornFarm making some radiators:
https://twitter.com/DigitalCornFarm/status/1587218964341563392
2) @RaveElevator pushing 4 S9s:
https://twitter.com/RaveElevator/status/1586785593320579073
3) @CanadaExtreme heating their home with ASICs this winter:
https://twitter.com/CanadaExtreme/status/1587841560246423553
4) @kosmatos also heating their Canadian home with ASICs this winter:
https://twitter.com/kosmatos/status/1586601746318721025
5) @BikesandBitcoin also ready for this winter using ASICs as heat:
https://twitter.com/BikesandBitcoin/status/1587958519847784448
PRIVACY IMPLICATIONS
1) Jordan B. Peterson advocating for KYC requirements on social media.
https://twitter.com/econoalchemist/status/1588000775493468160
GUEST SEGMENT
Held an hour long AMA session on Twitter Spaces and discussed KYC Bitcoin & CoinJoin, privacy on Lightning, and more.