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.
Marty's Ƀent Issue #789: The market for hashpower explained If you're interested in learning more about the mining industry, I highly recommend you peep this piece today.
Marty's Ƀent Issue #760: Capitalism in the US is nothing more than an idea at this point Capitalism is nothing more than an idea that is given lip service by people who like to pretend that what the Fed is doing is natural and necessary.
Marty's Ƀent Issue #758: Another exciting week for Bitcoin fundamentals It's been an economics-heavy and bitcoin-light week here at The Bent, so I figured I'd brain dump some interesting things that caught my eye over the last few days that show that Bitcoin's fundamentals are only improving.
Marty's Ƀent Issue #743: Post-Halving Dynamics The third block subsidy halving is 10-days behind us at this point and your Uncle Marty feels it's a good time to check in on some network data to see how things are going.
Marty's Ƀent Issue #730: Mining basics It feels like as good a time as ever to get back to our roots here at The Bent.
