Marty's Ƀent Issue #1301: New difficulty and hashrate all time high Bitcoin is reliable and in a world of increasing chaos that reliability is a godsend. I am of the opinion that the world is not properly pricing that reliability at the moment.
Marty's Ƀent Issue #1298: Hashrate recovered from the arctic blast Bitcoin is beautiful. Most don't realize this yet.
Marty's Ƀent Issue #1288: Largest downward difficulty adjustment since July 2021 What is driving all of this? Let's take a look.
Marty's Ƀent Issue #1275: Miners are in a world of hurt This, freaks, is what we in the business refer to as "an absolute bloodbath".
Marty's Ƀent Issue #1240: Another downward difficulty adjustment is on the way This will be the third consecutive downward adjustment and the fourth over the course of the last five difficulty epochs.
Marty's Ƀent Issue #1194: Rising energy prices, difficulty, and their effect on mining profitability Keep your eyes on the relationship between energy prices, hashrate, difficulty, and the bitcoin price as the calendar turns.
Marty's Ƀent Issue #1173: A headline you'll never see This is the power and the value prop of bitcoin.
Marty's Ƀent Issue #1170: This is what a real attack on Bitcoin would look like In a world filled with weak men driven by profits, it isn't hard to imagine that many corporate miners in the West would bend the knee to try to accommodate this so they can stay in business.
Marty's Ƀent Issue #1147: Apparently Intel is getting into the Bitcoin ASIC game It seems they may have had their heads down working to produce something Bitcoin specific.
Marty's Ƀent Issue #1145: 2021 saw the highest miner revenues by a wide margin This is a great stat to see if the dwindling block subsidy getting cut in half every four years causes you worry.
Marty's Ƀent Issue #1138: The network is very secure Luckily for the world, there is not much to worry about at the moment in regards to the security of a transaction that has been confirmed and is sitting underneath many blocks.
Marty's Ƀent Issue #1117: Samsung may have picked the location of their US Foundry This is a strong step in the right direction.
Marty's Ƀent Issue #1063: Stress test: passed This was a massive stress test of the network and Bitcoin passed with flying colors.
Marty's Ƀent Issue #1021: This week should bring with it the biggest difficulty adjustment in Bitcoin's history We are in the midst of a seismic shift in hashrate that will be written about decades from now.
Marty's Ƀent Issue #1002: Mining will get pushed off the grid Buckle up freaks, the War on Bitcoin is only going to heat up from here.
Marty's Ƀent Issue #985: Bitcoin Fundamentals Pumping While everyone and their mother is having fun playing the altcoin casino game yet again, the fundamentals around the Bitcoin network are only getting stronger.
Marty's Ƀent Issue #973: Hashrate shock This incident is an illuminating case study for the bitcoin mining industry for many reasons.
Marty's Ƀent Issue #941: They should have attacked years ago Be aware. Stay vigilant. Freedom awaits us.
Marty's Ƀent Issue #890: More hashrate derivatives coming to market In the decade since Slush Pool was launched, the mining pool industry has proven to be one of the most ruthlessly competitive landscapes within the industry that has been erected around the Bitcoin network.
Marty's Ƀent Issue #874: Viewing hashpower as a portfolio There are many factors to take into consideration when building a mining operation.
Marty's Ƀent Issue #854: Miners unplug, a Singapore bank opens an on ramp, and more gold is discovered There's a lot going on in the Bitcoin world this week.
Marty's Ƀent Issue #827: Mining Market Dynamics Hard lessons are learned in this new Wild West. It is truly something to marvel at.
Marty's Ƀent Issue #805: China floods affecting hash rate Yet again, this year's rainy season in China is highlighting the pressing need to geographically distribute hash rate outside of the country.