Date: February 7, 2024
State of the Network:
Block Height: 829415
According to our friends at newhedge.io: Bitcoin difficulty is 75.5T and set to increase between 7-12% at the conclusion of epoch 411, which should be close to Valentine’s Day
Looking at mempool.space: Hashrate is at an all-time-high, 565Eh on the 14-day MA
Heading over to insights.braiins.com: Hashvalue is currently 180 sats/TH/day
Days until the Halving: 70 days according to https://www.coinwarz.com/mining/bitcoin/halving
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:3333

• Then use "pod256.YourAlias" as the worker name.

Shout out to: “80085”, “Blizzabler”, “coconuts”, & “dont_have_a_cow_manyh” for supporting the podcast with their hashrate
News:

• TVA CEO Jeff Lyash quote: https://twitter.com/bitkite/status/1755304389990867063
• Open source mining non-profit working name: The 256 Foundation

Special Guests: Eric and Steven Wilson of Wilson Mining
Wilson Mining website: https://wilsonmining.io/
Wilson Mining on Twitter: https://twitter.com/WilsonMining
Questions from Twitter: https://twitter.com/econoalchemist/status/1755001187492081902

• From Nico: Looking forward to this one! Have two questions:

1. Does @WilsonMining expect that retail hosting companies in the US will start to participate (more) in demand response programs to keep retail hosting competitive? 2. Do they expect that retail hosting companies will start providing over/underclock options to allow retail miners to move with market condition so they can maximize profits? Thanks!! https://twitter.com/Smidnico/status/1755021174755483859

• From Rob W.: How has the Midwestern winter treated them? https://twitter.com/BikesandBitcoin/status/1755027952427839768
• From Coinheated: I'd ask:  Are you expecting to operate in a negative after the halving, and if so, for how long could you do so in the negative? https://twitter.com/CoinHeated/status/1755028105750601892
• From @skot9000: I saw your post about the tradeoffs between Antminers and Whatsminers with efficiency vs. reliability. Traditionally miners haven't valued reliability much since the machine is ewaste in a couple years anyways. Do you think this dynamic is changing?

https://x.com/skot9000/status/1755259689669910964

• From Tyler Stevens: Are they doing anything with the waste heat? https://twitter.com/tylerkstevens/status/1755058068227068004
• From Larrry Lasermind: You could ask them: What's easier in terms of setup, maintainance and cleaning: air-cooled or immersion? https://twitter.com/LarryLasermind/status/1755005251508191697
• From @UploadingLogic: will you get a haircut when bitcoin wins?  ever catched by an ASIC fan?https://x.com/UploadingLogic/status/1755258781133398446
• From @GreaserRichard: Why are they mining Wilson instead of Bitcoin?https://x.com/GreaserRichard/status/1755230930594369722

Home Miner of the Week: @skot9000 unveils the bitaxeSupra with a BM1368 ASIC: https://x.com/skot9000/status/1755262407197303119

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