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POD256 | Bitcoin Mining, Freedom Tech, and Awesome Tangents

A Bitcoin podcast focused on mining, energy, and freedom tech. Recorded weekly at Bitcoin Park in Nashville, TN. Co-hosted by: @econoalchemist, @skot9000, @bitkite and @tylerkstevens

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00:45:00

051. Mining Mondays and Making Bitcoin Mining Free...

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2024/08/14

Summary:Welcome back to Pod 256! In this episode, Eco and Rod discuss the exciting upgrades to their recording studio, courtesy of Bitcoin Park. They express their gratitude to ODELL for allowing them to launch the new setup before his next recording. The hosts delve into the importance of consistency in podcasting and how their new equipment will help them maintain a regular schedule.They also highlight some of the fascinating conversations happening at Bitcoin Park, including discussions with

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01:02:38

050. Building a Bitcoin-Powered Homestead with Rev Hodl

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2024/07/03

Summary:In this episode of Pod256, we are joined by the innovative and resourceful Rev Hodl, who shares his journey from the film industry in Los Angeles to becoming a homesteader in Michigan. Rev Hodl discusses his transition to a self-sufficient lifestyle, integrating Bitcoin mining into his homestead projects, and the principles of home mining. He explains how he uses Bitcoin miners for various purposes, such as space heaters, food dehydrators, and even in maple syrup production. The conversation

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01:22:11

Exploring Braidpool: Innovations in Decentralized...

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2024/06/27

Summary:In this episode, we dive into the fascinating world of Bitcoin mining and decentralization with our special guest, Bob McElrath. We kick off the conversation with a lively discussion about cold plunges and their invigorating effects, setting the tone for an engaging and informative session.Bob shares an intriguing story about a tradition at the South Pole involving a naked run to tag the pole on the coldest day of the year, which leads us into a deeper conversation about theoretical physics

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01:13:17

Decentralizing Bitcoin Mining: Insights from Boerst

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2024/06/12

Summary:Welcome to Pod 256, a weekly Bitcoin podcast focused on Bitcoin mining, energy, and proof of work. This episode is hosted by @bitkite and @econoalchemist, with special guests @skot9000 and @boerst. The discussion kicks off with @boerst sharing his journey into Bitcoin mining, starting from his IT background and his first foray into mining during the 2013-2014 ASIC craze. He talks about his experiences with various mining hardware and his transition from the hardware side to understanding the

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01:32:42

Wilson Mining's Game-Changing Pool Launch: A Low-Fee...

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2024/06/06

Summary:The episode delves into various aspects of Bitcoin mining, energy consumption, and the proof of work concept. We explore the entry of AI companies into the mining sector, innovative container designs, the significance of hash rates, and exciting upcoming events in the industry. Additionally, we shed light on the challenges faced and the strategic plans in place for the expansion of our mining operations.Wilson Mining takes center stage as we discuss the launch of a new mining pool,

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01:36:50

046. No Holds Barred w/ Special Guest: Luke Dashjr,...

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2024/05/24

Date: May 22, 2024State of the Network: Block Height: 844622 - Rod/Eco to update According to our friends at newhedge.io: Bitcoin difficulty is 83.1 Trillion and set to increase roughly 1% at the conclusion of epoch 418 which should be on Thursday the 23rd. Over at Hashrate Index: https://data.hashrateindex.com/asic-index-data: Miners under 25J/Th are selling for roughly $12.21/Th at the moment, which has been relatively flat since October. Moving over to mempool.space: Hashrate is currently

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01:11:10

045. Party Rip w/ Special Guests: skot9000,...

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2024/05/17

Date: May 15, 2024 Special Thanks to Barnminer for generously donating a portion of sales from his grass fed beef jerky during the whole month of April. You can support an awesome bitcoiner and get great quality beef jerky by visiting: https://barnjerky.hashrootsinc.io/ 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)

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00:56:10

044. State of the Network, News, Tangents, Home Miner...

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2024/04/19

Date: April 18, 2024State of the Network: Block Height: 839818 According to our friends at newhedge.io: Bitcoin difficulty is 86.3 Trillion and set to decrease roughly 1.8%% at the conclusion of epoch 416 which should be on Wednesday the 24th Over at Hashrate Index: https://data.hashrateindex.com/asic-index-data: Miners under 25J/Th are selling for roughly $12.21/Th at the moment, which has been relatively flat since October Looking at mempool.space: Hashrate is currently estimated to be 629Eh,

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01:30:16

043. Special Guest: skot, Instigator - Bitaxe, State...

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2024/04/06

Date: April 3, 2024State of the Network: Block Height: 837580 According to our friends at newhedge.io: Bitcoin difficulty is 83.1 Trillion and set to increase roughly 2% at the conclusion of epoch 415 which should be on April 10th. Over at Hashrate Index: https://data.hashrateindex.com/asic-index-data: Miners under 25J/Th are selling for roughly $13.73/Th at the moment, which has been relatively flat since October. Looking at mempool.space: Hashrate is currently estimated to be 603Eh on the 14-day

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01:11:51

042. No Holds Barred w/ Special Guest: Montana Dukes,...

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2024/03/30

Date: March 27, 2024State of the Network: Block Height: 836541 According to our friends at newhedge.io: Bitcoin difficulty is 83.9 Trillion and set to decrease roughly 1.5% at the conclusion of epoch 414. Over at Hashrate Index: https://data.hashrateindex.com/asic-index-data: Miners under 25J/Th are selling for roughly $13.73/Th at the moment, which has been relatively flat since October. Looking at mempool.space: Hashrate is currently estimated to be 594Eh, still slightly below the all time high

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01:24:38

041. No Holds Barred w/ Special Guest: Zack Bomsta,...

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2024/03/22

Date: March 20, 2024State of the Network: Block Height: 835558 According to our friends at newhedge.io: Bitcoin difficulty is 83.9 Trillion and set to decrease roughly 0.3% at the conclusion of epoch 414 which should be on or around March 28th. Over at Hashrate Index: https://data.hashrateindex.com/asic-index-data: Miners under 25J/Th are selling for roughly $13.73/Th at the moment, which has been relatively flat since October. Looking at mempool.space: Hashrate is currently estimated to be 612Eh,

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00:45:16

040. State of the Network, News, Tangents, Home Miner...

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2024/03/15

Date: March 13, 2024State of the Network: Block Height: 834555 According to our friends at newhedge.io: Bitcoin difficulty is 79.3 Trillion and set to increase roughly 5.8% at the conclusion of epoch 413 which should be Pie Day! Over at Hashrate Index: https://data.hashrateindex.com/asic-index-data: Miners under 25J/Th are selling for roughly 13.73/Th at the moment, which has been relatively flat since October. Looking at mempool.space: Hashrate is currently estimated to be 591Eh on the 14-day

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01:27:06

039. No Holds Barred w/ Special Guest: pennyether -...

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2024/03/09

Date: March 6, 2024State of the Network: Block Height: 833445 According to our friends at newhedge.io: Bitcoin difficulty is 79.3 Trillion and set to decrease roughly 0.25% at the conclusion of epoch 413 which should be on March 14th, Pie Day! Over at Hashrate Index: https://data.hashrateindex.com/asic-index-data: Miners under 25J/th are selling for roughly $13.73/Th at the moment, which has been relatively flat since October. Looking at mempool.space: Hashrate is currently estimated to be 577Eh,

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00:27:01

038. State of the Network, News, Tangents, Home Miner...

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2024/03/01

Date: February 29, 2024We did record with our guest imgislost, however we collectively decided that for privacy reasons, it would be best not to publish the recording. The 256 Foundation Telegram group: https://t.me/the256foundation State of the Network: Block Height: 832577 According to our friends at newhedge.io: Bitcoin difficulty is 81.7 Trillion and set to decrease roughly 3% at the conclusion of epoch 412, making it the only difficulty adjustment to land on a leap-year day in Bitcoin’s

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01:34:13

037. No Holds Barred w/ Special Guest: Rapha Zagury...

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2024/02/24

Date: February 21, 2024State of the Network: Block Height: 831444 According to our friends at newhedge.io: Bitcoin difficulty is 81.7 Trillion and set to decrease ~5% at the conclusion of epoch 412 which just might land on February 29th, possibly making it the only difficulty adjustment to land on a leap-year day in Bitcoin’s history Looking at mempool.space: Hashrate is currently estimated to be 569Eh on the 14-day MA Heading over to insights.braiins.com: Hashvalue is currently

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01:12:17

036. No Holds Barred w/ Special Guest: BASSLOAD -...

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2024/02/16

Date: February 14, 2024 State of the Network: Block Height: 830468 According to our friends at newhedge.io: Bitcoin difficulty is 70.3T and set to increase ~7% at the conclusion of epoch 411 Looking at mempool.space: Hashrate is printing 568Eh on the 14-day MA Heading over to insights.braiins.com: Hashvalue is currently 180 sats/TH/day. Days until the Halving: 63 days according to https://www.coinwarz.com/mining/bitcoin/halving Stream Sats, Point Hash: Pick any Lincoin URL: a)

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01:27:55

035. No Holds Barred w/ Special Guests: Wilson...

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2024/02/10

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

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00:50:21

034. Home & Open Source Mining Initiative, State of...

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2024/02/02

Date: February 1, 2024 State of the Network: Block Height: 828411 According to our friends at newhedge.io: Bitcoin difficulty is 70.3T and set to increase ~6% at the conclusion of epoch 410 which should be in the next 24 hours or so Looking at mempool.space: Hashrate is printing 526Eh on the 14-day Moving Average, with approximately 250k pending transactions, and transactions paying less than 24 sats/v-byte are currently being purged Heading over to insights.braiins.com: Hashvalue is currently

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01:07:05

033. NEMS 2024 Recap, State of the Network, Tangents,...

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2024/01/25

Date: January 24, 2024 State of the Network: Block Height: 827188 According to our friends at newhedge.io: Bitcoin difficulty is 70.3T and set to increase ~2% at the conclusion of epoch 410, which should be February 2nd Looking at mempool.space: Hashrate is roughly 515Eh on the 14-day MA Heading over to insights.braiins.com: Hashvalue is currently 190 sats/TH/day Days until the Halving: 86 days according to https://www.coinwarz.com/mining/bitcoin/halving Stream Sats, Point Hash: Pick any Lincoin

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01:47:24

032. No Holds Barred w/ Special Guests: Diverter,...

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2023/12/18

Date: December 14, 2023 032. No Holds Barred w/ Special Guests: Diverter, Author - Mining for the Streets & Samourai Wallet, Co-Founder - Samourai Wallet State of the Network: Block Height: 821220 According to our friends at newhedge.io: Bitcoin difficulty is 67.3T after the recent downward adjustment of -0.95% on Saturday, December 9, 2023 Looking at mempool.space: Hashrate appears to be 484Eh on the 14-day MA Heading over to insights.braiins.com: Hash value is currently 255 sats/TH/day Days

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