Marty's Ƀent Issue #1209: Expect ASIC prices to remain relatively elevated in this bear market This is a very unique environment for the mining industry. A lot of stresses on the horizon.
Marty's Ƀent Issue #1206: Hashprice at lowest point since November 2020 via BraiinsEveryone okay out there? Still licking your wounds from the chaotic price crash? Welcome to bitcoin. There will be many more days like this in the coming decade. This
Marty's Ƀent Issue #1203: Do not cede the frame. Energy usage is good. Stop acting like a bunch of losers who need to beg permission to make the world a better place and start acting like a confident group that is already doing the hard work that is making the world a better place.
Marty's Ƀent Issue #1199: One step closer to bitcoin mining permanent funds In time, my bitcoin mining peranent fund dream will become a reality.
Marty's Ƀent Issue #1195: The politicization of hashrate is an attack vector for your miners As bitcoin continues to grow - and with it, the target on its back - bitcoin miners should be hyper aware of these third party risks and attempt to mitigate them to the best of their ability.
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 #1179: Stratum V2 progress spotted in the wild This is important work that cannot be overstated.
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 #1155: Two very different things that highlight Bitcoin's utility We are watching Capitalism solve an incredibly hard problem and increasing the quality of life for humanity.
Marty's Ƀent Issue #1148: The Russian Central Bank wants to ban Bitcoin One of the most effective tools used by those who like to wield power at the scale that Putin does is the monetary and financial system.
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 #1140: A lesson from Kazakhstan How can miners and the industry at large act to ensure this type of attack doesn't perturb block production in the future?
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 #1119: An interesting mining pool attack vector gets exposed In light of these events, I'm very interested to learn how systemic of a problem this could potentially be for mining pools moving forward.
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 #1113: Taproot kicks Jevons Paradox into another gear The critics, man. They're not very forward thinking in my opinion.
Marty's Ƀent Issue #1097: What if it is the money printing that is bad for the environment? We truly live in an absolute clown world.
Marty's Ƀent Issue #1096: A push for ASIC commodification What better way to force that issue than signaling an arms race?
Marty's Ƀent Issue #1092: Hitting them from every angle It's been an incredible week for Bitcoin advocacy.
Marty's Ƀent Issue #1084: Who is going to seize the opportunity? The opportunity is massive, Americans are trying to take advantage of it, and the only thing that can stop the industry in the US at the moment is an overarching Federal Government that gets jealous of its citizens succeeding.
Marty's Ƀent Issue #1079: The inevitable is happening I expect much more of this from other oil and gas players as we head into Q4 2021.
Marty's Ƀent Issue #1077: More unsolicited thoughts on ESG I know, I know, I know. Some of you may think Crazy Uncle Marty's anti-ESG schtick is getting a bit nauseating.