What REALLY happens in the bitcoin mining process? How does a miner find a bitcoin block? What IS a hash? The bitcoin miners provide security for the blockchain and understanding how they work is a fundamental part of the understanding Bitcoin. So let’s dig in …

News and Links

The Treasury to Launch Bond Buyback Program

BRICS Expanding

White House Proposes Thirty Percent Tax on Electricity for Bitcoin Mining

Link to Announcement about Tax Proposal

Braiins Pool Mining Insights

Human Rights Foundation (Alex Gladstein)

Oslo Freedom Forum (Alex Gladstein)

Hidden Repression

Bhutan Plans 500 Million Dollar Fund for Bitcoin Mining

Dutch Farmers Being Bought Out

Argentina Central Bank Bans Fintech

Block height at time of recording: 788,584

Bitcoin Weekly Close: $28,446.25

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