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So how does this compare to what you've been working on?

Total newb here. My young lad wants to mine bitcoin, but my knowledge is limited too "it's expensive and energy intensive" (we simply can't afford to rn). Is this project a good entry level? I'm comfortable with nostr and WoS. Bitaxes look cheap enough, the page you linked is very clear (inspirational for a novice tbh) so I'm tempted to give it a go. Am I missing anything? Is there additional costs? Thank you in advance (I'm guessing it's not your project), so very much appreciated 🙏🧡⚡️

Hashpool combines two big ideas: proxy pools and ecash mining shares aka ehash. This is a simpler architecture that focuses on the proxy pool idea and uses lightning for micropayouts. They are building on Ocean and DATUM. Hashpool builds on Sv2 which is the next gen mining protocol, not widely supported yet. It also seems like they are focused on running a single hosted proxy pool instance, not making it self-hostable. But idk, it's still a work in progress so we'll see how the project evolves. Basically they are building out some of the ideas I have promoted in a short timeframe. My project is focused on the ideal architecture over a long timeframe. AFAIK this is the first instance of a proxy pool in the wild. Very cool to see this come together! Excited to try it out!

Yeah, it's not ready to use yet but this is a perfect entry point to start mining with a bitaxe. You can actually claim your mining rewards. Other pools have too high of a payout threshold to ever get a payout with a bitaxe. Keep an eye on zappool for sure!

What’s the goal here? Mine bitcoin. Issue ecash tokens?

It looks like you just need to buy the miner and set up a lightning wallet to mine to zappool. Again, we'll know a lot more when they are ready to launch. nostr:nprofile1qqstryqhtnh5qlze8utuz42gpmdp5th87myyx78w7r5hx5lc0mjexqqpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduhsz9mhwden5te0vf5hgcm0d9hx2u3wwdhkx6tpdshszrnhwden5te0dehhxtnvdakz7mu92rw is the person to follow.

Thank you very much, it does sound very clean, easy and achievable for a novice. Is there a launch date? nostr:npub1kxgpwh80gp79j0chc925srk6rghw0akggduwau8fwdflslh9jvqqd3lecx And thanks for doing this, alot of barriers broken 🙏

Yes, you see it right. If you have a Nostr account with a LN wallet, and a home miner, it is very easy to set up. I try to keep the barrier low! The service is operational, I call it beta because it is very young with some rough edges, but it is usable. Try it, not much to lose! https://zappool.org

Cheers man, just need to research home miners now then we are off ⚡️