The Hash Cast, episode 372

The Hash Cast episode 372 Show Notes

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/

NEWS

Energy Web, a parasitic fund group working with BlackRock, has figured out a way to insert themselves between Bitcoin miners and the money spigot by proclaiming the authority to publish “sustainability scores” for Bitcoin miners.

https://blockworks.co/transparency-coming-to-bitcoin-mining/

Inconvenient Facts Presentation by Greg Wrightstone: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yanR1t-D6Y

DEVELOPMENTS

US Congress members send letters to four large Bitcoin mining companies requesting information about energy consumption and e-waste:

CoreScientific: https://energycommerce.house.gov/sites/democrats.energycommerce.house.gov/files/documents/CoreScientific Letter re Cryptomining OI.pdf

Marathon: https://energycommerce.house.gov/sites/democrats.energycommerce.house.gov/files/documents/Marathon Letter re Cryptomining OI.pdf

Riot: https://energycommerce.house.gov/sites/democrats.energycommerce.house.gov/files/documents/RiotBlockchain Letter re Cryptomining OI.pdf

Stronghold: https://energycommerce.house.gov/sites/democrats.energycommerce.house.gov/files/documents/Stronghold Letter re Cryptomining OI.pdf

Shitcoin mining takes turn for the literal:

https://twitter.com/BrianRoemmele/status/1560049078334922752?s=20&t=noXMNyJnR-bmeVW6vKe_xg

WHITEPAPER... OR SHOULD I SAY BROWNPAPER? https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/9/1/35/htm

Germany ignites second moth-balled coal-fired power plant:

https://www.dw.com/en/germany-reactivates-coal-fired-power-plant-to-save-gas/a-62893497

HOME MINER HALL OF FAME

@NakamotoHeating working up an ASIC heater:

https://twitter.com/NakamotoHeating/status/1563204334720290818?s=20&t=EvrGRmqGCsVUbUhDZXaQZw

@NickJacbs with the summer heat fix:

https://twitter.com/NickJacbs/status/1564260948709445632?s=20&t=qqFQ5uIvSNmboNahI1QboA

PRIVACY

O.MG cable, a lot more than a charging cable:

https://www.theverge.com/23321517/omg-elite-cable-hacker-tool-review-defcon

GUEST SEGMENT

Joined by @BitconHobbes, in this discussion we walk through his air-gapped Coldcard hardware wallet, his Graphene de-googled mobile phone, his pfSense firewall, his RoninDojo Tanto full node, Samourai Wallet, Sentinel Watch-Only App, his Purism laptop and Yubikey, as well as the Upstream Data BlackBox he installed in his backyard to mine Bitcoin privately.

https://twitter.com/BitcoinHobbes/status/1553424845110657027?s=20&t=BpTTn6fEeE2nkcH0-YTWpw