Stats:
1) Difficulty:
https://www.bitrawr.com/difficulty-estimator
https://www.coinwarz.com/mining/bitcoin/difficulty-chart
https://minerdaily.com/2022/btc-hash-rate-gains-in-2022/
https://insights.braiins.com/en/cost-to-mine/
2) Hashrate:
https://www.coinwarz.com/mining/bitcoin/hashrate-chart
https://bitinfocharts.com/comparison/hashrate-btc-ema14.html#3y
3) ASIC Prices:
https://data.hashrateindex.com/rig-index-data
News:
1) Miner Daily miner price outlook and ROI metrics.
https://minerdaily.com/2022/are-bitcoin-miner-prices-dropping/
2) Kazakhstan confiscates $200 million worth of miners:
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/137902/kazakhstan-has-confiscated-nearly-200-million-in-mining-equipment-from-unregistered-miners
3) Hive lands deal with Intel for ASIC chips:
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/hive-blockchain-announces-landmark-deal-060000237.html?guccounter=1
Developments:
1) Mega miner vulnerability thread:
https://twitter.com/sovrynmindset/status/1501199823659315204?s=20&t=yEE0QXgOHKD2kZpy_o7I0g
2) EU reignites push to ban PoW mining:
https://twitter.com/paddi_hansen/status/1502546546914729984?s=20&t=gO77liVKnDlp8QKZpIO9Hg
3) The Bitcoin Policy Institute?
https://twitter.com/econoalchemist/status/1502911230943522820?s=20&t=GayHbrOEudBDG6LSkVlldQ
https://www.btcpolicy.org/
https://global-uploads.webflow.com/61d2416d1d63f07ecbfd010c/6227990b73b93e046dc55e2e_Bitcoin%20and%20U.S.%20National%20Security.pdf
Home Miner Hall of Fame:
1) @DaddyBTC_pleb reduces natgas usage by 88%:
https://twitter.com/DaddyBTC_pleb/status/1499576237727043586?s=20&t=yEE0QXgOHKD2kZpy_o7I0g
2) @Schnitzel with the KOA mining:
https://twitter.com/Schnitzel/status/1500255827734642688?s=20&t=yEE0QXgOHKD2kZpy_o7I0g
3) @DasFiesel with the 3d printed S9 handle:
https://twitter.com/DasFiesel/status/1502108874672848904?s=20&t=cPIReKXcOJLHUqpF16dTgg
4) @BTCSpeedBoat with the Price indicator LEDs:
https://twitter.com/BTCSpeedBoat/status/1502302096313434116?s=20&t=gCoikdBw2MK1DBtJz57zAg
Privacy Implications:
1) Brett Harrison of FTX explains their process:
https://twitter.com/ODELL/status/1500667083365007363?s=20&t=qqFYmjdkcTDmYNn_b5rINw
2) Wasabi's CoinJoin coordinator starts censoring UTXOs:
https://twitter.com/SamouraiWallet/status/1504489920827645959?s=20&t=46xQEOD0y9xkuwMg7J23Sw
https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/wasabi-wallet-explains-new-bitcoin-censorship
https://twitter.com/SamouraiWallet/status/1504448487332667397?s=20&t=46xQEOD0y9xkuwMg7J23Sw