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10 sats \ 11 comments \ @BTCMiner 18 Mar 2022 bitcoin

0 sats \ 9 replies \ @BTCMiner OP 18 Mar 2022

Episode 360 show notes:

Stats:

Difficulty: https://www.bitrawr.com/difficulty-estimator https://www.coinwarz.com/mining/bitcoin/difficulty-chart https://minerdaily.com/2022/btc-hash-rate-gains-in-2022/ https://insights.braiins.com/en/cost-to-mine/

Hashrate: https://www.coinwarz.com/mining/bitcoin/hashrate-chart https://bitinfocharts.com/comparison/hashrate-btc-ema14.html#3y

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

News:

Miner Daily miner price outlook and ROI metrics. https://minerdaily.com/2022/are-bitcoin-miner-prices-dropping/

Kazakhstan confiscates $200 million worth of miners: https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/137902/kazakhstan-has-confiscated-nearly-200-million-in-mining-equipment-from-unregistered-miners

Hive lands deal with Intel for ASIC chips: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/hive-blockchain-announces-landmark-deal-060000237.html?guccounter=1

Developments:

Mega miner vulnerability thread: https://twitter.com/sovrynmindset/status/1501199823659315204?s=20&t=yEE0QXgOHKD2kZpy_o7I0g

EU reignites push to ban PoW mining: https://twitter.com/paddi_hansen/status/1502546546914729984?s=20&t=gO77liVKnDlp8QKZpIO9Hg

The Bitcoin Policy Institute? https://twitter.com/econoalchemist/status/1502911230943522820?s=20&t=GayHbrOEudBDG6LSkVlldQ https://www.btcpolicy.org/ https://global-uploads.webflow.com/61d2416d1d63f07ecbfd010c/6227990b73b93e046dc55e2e_Bitcoin and U.S. National Security.pdf

Home Miner Hall of Fame:

@DaddyBTC_pleb reduces natgas usage by 88%: https://twitter.com/DaddyBTC_pleb/status/1499576237727043586?s=20&t=yEE0QXgOHKD2kZpy_o7I0g

@Schnitzel with the KOA mining: https://twitter.com/Schnitzel/status/1500255827734642688?s=20&t=yEE0QXgOHKD2kZpy_o7I0g

@DasFiesel with the 3d printed S9 handle: https://twitter.com/DasFiesel/status/1502108874672848904?s=20&t=cPIReKXcOJLHUqpF16dTgg

@BTCSpeedBoat with the Price indicator LEDs: https://twitter.com/BTCSpeedBoat/status/1502302096313434116?s=20&t=gCoikdBw2MK1DBtJz57zAg

Privacy Implications:

Brett Harrison of FTX explains their process: https://twitter.com/ODELL/status/1500667083365007363?s=20&t=qqFYmjdkcTDmYNn_b5rINw

Wasabi's CoinJoin coordinator starts censoring UTXOs: https://twitter.com/SamouraiWallet/status/1504489920827645959?s=20&t=46xQEOD0y9xkuwMg7J23Sw

https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/wasabi-wallet-explains-new-bitcoin-censorship

0 sats \ 7 replies \ @BTCMiner OP 18 Mar 2022

#Bitcoin block 727775 brought an end to difficulty epoch 360 & the first consecutive downward difficulty adjustment since July 2021 coming in at -0.35%.

Highlights:

Kazakhstan gov't steals $200m from miners.

Bitcoin Policy Institute?

AHM & more👇

0 sats \ 5 replies \ @BTCMiner OP 18 Mar 2022

Another downward difficulty adjustment for #Bitcoin (-0.35%).

Miners now earning slightly more BTC for the next 2 weeks.

0 sats \ 3 replies \ @BTCMiner OP 18 Mar 2022

Bitcoin's difficulty just fell by 0.35% to 27.45 T⬇️👀

That makes two downward adjustments in a row this March😤

Fun fact: the last time #Bitcoin had two negative adjustments in a row was July of last year in the aftermath of China's Mining ban

https://data.hashrateindex.com/chart/bitcoin-difficulty-adjustment

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @BTCMiner OP 18 Mar 2022

Bitcoin mining difficulty has adjusted by -0.35%.

The next difficulty adjustment is in 2013 blocks, estimated for 28th of March 2022.

Check out this and more stats by visiting our Mining Insights page 👇

https://insights.braiins.com/en/#bitcoin_mining_stats

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