People might not like this, but I applied for a job at Coinbase. In the application it asked for a link to a smart contract that I deployed and I linked to a Lightning Channel open transaction. Lol

GM Here is my kitty thirst trap trying to earn some dopamine hits #GM #catstr #coffeechain

GM It’s a beautiful day in the sun 🌞 Maru is getting busy chewing #dogstr #gm #corgstr

Just refilled my zap wallet, note me your best notes! I like that I have to manually do lnurlp whenever I wanna do this

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Here is the story of getting the LightningSpore S19k miner up and running and the learning along the way... It goes pretty in-depth, so I think it should be helpful for people who really want to know the details of getting a home miner up and running. First I ordered my miner from KaboomRacks. Apparently my rep went on vacation and stopped responding to customers, so I thought I was elaborately scammed for about a week. I got the miner finally, plugged it in to my 240V outlet that had long been waiting for it. The miner was loud! I knew this but obviously this wouldn't fly in a home. My friend and I took the miner apart to clean the dust and grime, and to my surprise, this one was pretty clean. The S15 I won at auction with Denver BitDevs was grimey AF! I quickly buy some Noctua fans to solve the fan problem. Then I realize I have a new problem... The standard fan cables are 4-pin in-line connectors, but this miner includes 2 4-pin rectangular fan cables, and 2 4-pin inline. So I quickly try and find a fan adapter. I order a fan adapter from Ebay, but upon closer inspection of the control board PCB, I realize that I can desolder the square connector, and I can solder in my own right angle linear connector. The pictures show the solder job. It should've be easy, but the PCB has large copper traces which made it difficult to heat up the solder. But I got it done. Also meanwhile I debug the fan issue, I 3D print some standoffs, since the Noctua fan is much thinner than the stock fan, you cannot use the screws as-is or else it will poke inside and destroy a capacitor or short something out. I also learn that since I am using custom fans, with a different RPM rating than the stock fans, the stock firmware won't allow the device to mine. I go to install BraiinsOS on my miner, when I stumble into the funky world of Miner Control Boards. I learn that, in addition to the laundry list of miner models out there (in the S19 series), XP, Jpro, Kpro, hydro, S19 vanilla, and more, there is also a handful of control boards. So even when narrowing down to S19Kpro, there are 4 control board options, Beaglebone, Amlogic, Xilinx, and CViTek. I learn that Antminer is actively trying to prevent custom firmware, and the firmware I am running is one of the firmwares that tries to get in the way. In general, I learn that CVitek is I think the newest, and most documentation doesn't always even mention that it exists. Finally, I figure out a way to downgrade my firmware, so then I can use the Braiins tool to remotely install BraiinsOS. Almost there I promise... I discover my fans aren't good enough to run the thing at full power, which is fine I guess. BraiinsOS made it pretty easy for me to underclock it to 1500W, where it seems to be stable. Lastly, even with this new firmware, sometimes I reboot and it goes back to the old firmware for a few minutes. I haven't yet determined if this is a problem.

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GM! Come one come all, collect ye bounty #nostr #bitcoin View quoted note →

Been playing around with FB ads because unfortunately I cannot shitpost on here and sell products reliably. Been doing $5 a day just to make it real. Haven’t seen much results but it is still a learning process, my product is quite ready for prime time either so it is understandable. But when I put that advertising budget into sats, that is 6100 sats per day off into the wind. I probably won’t cancel the ad, I gotta figure out traditional ads at some point, but consider just zapping people 6,100 sats per day here and seeing if it works any better. I already zap most posts I enjoy and my default zap is 69 satoshis. If you made it this far in this post, feel free to comment that you see me. I will zap anybody that comments words of encouragement, or anything interesting or productive 200 satoshis. Go!

Just got a new mini-PC server for LightningSpore's sovereign computing setup! Me and my AI pals created an ansible script which connects it to a tailscale network, and then another script adds it to my K3s kubernetes cluster. Super slick. Planning on getting a couple of these boxes if this keeps working well. $320 for 500GB SSD, pretty good AMD CPU https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09SHRDZBQ

#asknostr AC supply help please! I am looking to air condition a tent so I can start growing species of mushrooms that require cooler temperatures. Question: Can you link me an air conditioner where the cool air output goes to a duct tube that I can pump into a tent? Most acs only send the exhaust to a duct Maybe you #bitcoinminers have some ideas for something like this?

GM! Finally got a good picture of Pearl Oyster. In my shop I don't use any photos of mushrooms that aren't my own. The last time I grew out Pearl Oyster, my fruiting tent wasn't operational, so it was grown in the dry Colorado air out in the open, and didn't really look at that great. Really happy with this one! Hope it is tasty!

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