A presentation by: @econoalchemist

Prepared for: The Crypto Vigilante Summit

Date: September 23, 2022

Topics & Links:

INTRODUCTION

1. Who is econoalchemist?
   https://www.econoalchemist.com/
2. Why support the TCV Summit?
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ss_HBXeBFAM

WHY MINE YOUR OWN BITCOIN

1. Common misconceptions?
   https://twitter.com/GenMeasures/status/1356011872076525573
   https://twitter.com/EricHolthaus/status/1370820285004402688
2. What are the dangers of KYC?
   Wealth tax: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-12-05/argentina-to-hit-the-rich-with-wealth-tax-as-covid-19-costs-rise?leadSource=uverify wall
   6102-style confiscation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_Order_6102
   Crypto dot com hack: https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2022/01/20/cryptocom-admits-35-million-hack/?sh=1c4a5ef97513
   Cash App data breach: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cash-app-hack-data-breach-potentially-affecting-millions-of-users/
   Swan Bitcoin & Blockfi data breach: https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/03/21/hubspot-hack-leads-to-data-breaches-at-blockfi-swan-bitcoin/
   Unchained Capital data breach: https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/03/16/unchained-capital-discloses-data-leak-at-email-marketing-partner/
   Trezor data breach: https://blog.trezor.io/details-of-the-mailchimp-data-breach-a06872caa1fd
   BitBox data breach: https://shiftcrypto.ch/blog/data-breach-of-marketing-platform-activecampaign/
3. What are the economic incentives?
   https://insights.braiins.com/en/cost-to-mine/

INFRASTRUCTURE
electrical, ventilation, noise mitigation, and connecting to a mining pool:

1. https://diverter.hostyourown.tools/mining-for-the-streets/
2. https://www.econoalchemist.com/post/home-mining-for-non-kyc-bitcoin
3. https://econoalchemist.github.io/UpstreamData-Startup/

PRIVACY CONSIDERATIONS

1. On-chain privacy?
   https://econoalchemist.github.io/Whirlpool/
2. Network privacy?
   https://www.econoalchemist.com/post/bitcoin-home-mining-network-privacy
3. Physical privacy?
   https://anchor.fm/lc-hodl/episodes/S2-E3-homemining-privacy-w-Diverter_NoKYC-econoalchemist-e1e7qti

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

1. Bitcoin22 Conference Panel on Home Mining: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2ClKkQTBms
2. Citadel Dispatch, episode 31: https://bitcointv.com/w/fnCudFVejsMjZQUGRq72eU
3. Citadel Dispatch, episode 46: https://bitcointv.com/w/o96Z8xotyC12FqPm4xkYgw
4. Bitcoin & Coal presentation: https://media.econoalchemist.com/w/94sbecBHSL4kUJnPCxe5bj