018. State of the Network, News, Tangents, Home Miner of the Week

Date: May 18, 2023Block Height: 790339How many days until the halving: 345 according to https://www.bitcoinblockhalf.com/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) stratum+tcp://Asia.lincoin.com:3333     f) stratum+tcp://OC.lincoin.com:3333     g) stratum+tcp://Africa.lincoin.com:3333Then use "pod256.YourAlias" as the worker name. Shout out to @_business_cat, “twoexahash”, @BikesandBitcoin, “lonelypumpkins”, & a new one this week: “plebminerhottub” coming in hot with nearly 12Th!Econoalchemist’s Bech32 poll: https://twitter.com/econoalchemist/status/1659234075721252864State of the Network: Bitrawr - difficulty estimator: https://www.bitrawr.com/difficulty-estimator Mempool.space - hashrate & difficulty: https://mempool.space/ASIC prices - Hashrate Index from Luxor: https://data.hashrateindex.com/asic-index-dataHashvalue - Braiins insights: https://insights.braiins.com/en/News:Harry Sudock joins Bitcoin Park: https://twitter.com/harry_sudock/status/1658966687880757250Tether investing 15% of their profits in bitcoin: https://www.theblock.co/post/231156/tether-bitcoin-investments-profits?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=socialWhatsMiner M50S++:  https://twitter.com/BikesandBitcoin/status/1659193910403665923Home Miner of the Week: @Schnitzel with the immersion system in a cooler!:https://twitter.com/Schnitzel/status/1658950905025163267Rod @bitkite on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bitkiteEconoalchemist on Twitter: https://twitter.com/econoalchemistRod @bitkite on nostr: npub1atn7mlwt08erz4ap47gef92xfey65a4z9ed9vec53u5kc9v94pusl6h4x3Econoalchemist on nostr: npub10m6lrv2kaf08a8um0plhj5dj6yqlw7qxzeag6393z352zrs0e5nsr2tff3Bitcoin Park on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bitcoinpark_POD256 on Twitter: https://twitter.com/pod256