The Hash Cast, Episode 377

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

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-

MINING DEVELOPMENTS

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

@DigitalCornFarm making some radiators:

https://twitter.com/DigitalCornFarm/status/1587218964341563392

@RaveElevator pushing 4 S9s:

https://twitter.com/RaveElevator/status/1586785593320579073

@CanadaExtreme heating their home with ASICs this winter:

https://twitter.com/CanadaExtreme/status/1587841560246423553

@kosmatos also heating their Canadian home with ASICs this winter:

https://twitter.com/kosmatos/status/1586601746318721025

@BikesandBitcoin also ready for this winter using ASICs as heat:

https://twitter.com/BikesandBitcoin/status/1587958519847784448

PRIVACY IMPLICATIONS

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.