035. No Holds Barred w/ Special Guests: Wilson Mining, State of the Network, Tangents, News, Home Miner of the Week

Date: February 7, 2024State of the Network: Block Height: 829415According 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 DayLooking at mempool.space: Hashrate is at an all-time-high, 565Eh on the 14-day MAHeading over to insights.braiins.com: Hashvalue is currently 180 sats/TH/dayDays until the Halving: 70 days according to https://www.coinwarz.com/mining/bitcoin/halvingStream 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: “80085”, “Blizzabler”, “coconuts”, & “dont_have_a_cow_manyh” for supporting the podcast with their hashrateNews:TVA CEO Jeff Lyash quote: https://twitter.com/bitkite/status/1755304389990867063Open source mining non-profit working name: The 256 FoundationSpecial Guests: Eric and Steven Wilson of Wilson MiningWilson Mining website: https://wilsonmining.io/Wilson Mining on Twitter: https://twitter.com/WilsonMiningQuestions from Twitter: https://twitter.com/econoalchemist/status/1755001187492081902From Nico: Looking forward to this one! Have two questions:1. Does @WilsonMining expect that retail hosting companies in the US will start to participate (more) in demand response programs to keep retail hosting competitive? 2. Do they expect that retail hosting companies will start providing over/underclock options to allow retail miners to move with market condition so they can maximize profits? Thanks!! https://twitter.com/Smidnico/status/1755021174755483859From Rob W.: How has the Midwestern winter treated them? https://twitter.com/BikesandBitcoin/status/1755027952427839768From Coinheated: I'd ask:  Are you expecting to operate in a negative after the halving, and if so, for how long could you do so in the negative? https://twitter.com/CoinHeated/status/1755028105750601892From @skot9000: I saw your post about the tradeoffs between Antminers and Whatsminers with efficiency vs. reliability. Traditionally miners haven't valued reliability much since the machine is ewaste in a couple years anyways. Do you think this dynamic is changing?https://x.com/skot9000/status/1755259689669910964From Tyler Stevens: Are they doing anything with the waste heat? https://twitter.com/tylerkstevens/status/1755058068227068004From Larrry Lasermind: You could ask them: What's easier in terms of setup, maintainance and cleaning: air-cooled or immersion? https://twitter.com/LarryLasermind/status/1755005251508191697From @UploadingLogic: will you get a haircut when bitcoin wins?  ever catched by an ASIC fan?https://x.com/UploadingLogic/status/1755258781133398446From @GreaserRichard: Why are they mining Wilson instead of Bitcoin?https://x.com/GreaserRichard/status/1755230930594369722Home Miner of the Week: @skot9000 unveils the bitaxeSupra with a BM1368 ASIC: https://x.com/skot9000/status/1755262407197303119Rod @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