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