confused about the different mining options with @OCEAN ? I've made a table to compare STRATUM (V1) with DATUM. Will add in STRATUM V2 & DEMAND in the future.

Mining Pool Comparison

Compare different mining pools including STRATUM and DATUM options

confused about the different mining options with @OCEAN ? I've made a table to compare STRATUM (V1) with DATUM. Will add in STRATUM V2 & DEMAND in the future. http://poolcomparison.orange.surf

"solo mining" is currently confusing as a term because it's being used to mean different things by different people (often with an agenda). Sovereign Mining: You select the transactions Lotto Mining: You get the full block reward

Miners use picks, not hammers 🔨 -> ⛏️

The Mempool Open Source Project®

Explore the full Bitcoin ecosystem with The Mempool Open Source Project®. See the real-time status of your transactions, get network info, and more.

Babylon unstaking continue to account for a significant proportion of all bitcoin transaction fees, even hitting 50% on 11th April.

Blockspace is currently so cheap that a 4MvB inscription tx costs just 0.02 BTC

The Mempool Open Source Project®

Explore the full Bitcoin ecosystem with The Mempool Open Source Project®. See the real-time status of your transactions, get network info, and more.

At OP_NEXT Day 1 (2h15m) Ryan Rasmussen mentioned that BitwiseInvest had to deal with dusting attacks shortly after BITB addresses were published. I've noticed that many (22) of the wallet addresses which are no longer used have received address poisoning attack transactions. example:

The Mempool Open Source Project®

Explore the full Bitcoin ecosystem with The Mempool Open Source Project®. See the real-time status of your transactions, get network info, and more.

Live view of @mononaut announcing the release of v3.2

The Mempool Open Source Project® v3.2.0 is here 🚀 Highlights: - Support for v3 transactions - Support for anchor outputs - New UTXO bubble chart on the address page - DATUM miner tags - Tags to identify runestone messages and inscriptions - Package broadcast - Stratum job data visualizations - Taproot multisig labels - Transaction & PSBT preview feature - Address poisoning detection

GitHub

Release v3.2.0 · mempool/mempool

The Mempool Open Source Project® v3.2.0 Highlights Support for v3 transactions Support for anchor outputs New UTXO bubble chart on the address...

babylon unstaking transactions are accounting for a large proportion of all transaction fees, because they use a hard coded fee rate

who could have predicted this

Even with the mempool this empty, it's possible to get your transaction stuck for 1 hour by using 1 sat/vB instead of 1.1 sat/vB

@OCEAN just found two blocks in a row 👏

The Mempool Open Source Project®

Explore the full Bitcoin ecosystem with The Mempool Open Source Project®. See the real-time status of your transactions, get network info, and more.

The Mempool Open Source Project®

Explore the full Bitcoin ecosystem with The Mempool Open Source Project®. See the real-time status of your transactions, get network info, and more.

OS woz ere

Great article

BBC News

Bitcoin in the bush - crypto mining brings power to rural areas - BBC News

Bitcoin miners will go to remote locations to take advantage of cheap electricity.

People complain that Bitcoin is stagnant. Instead they should experiment with new exciting tech, like bark

Second Docs

Install bark, an Ark CLI wallet | Second Docs

Step-by-step guide to installing bark, Second

The reports of BTC20's death are greatly exaggerated The majority of transactions made within the past 24 hours were BRC20 transactions

Bitcoin Blocks Visualization

A third of all transactions in the past 30 days were BRC20