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I meant the bfgminer log output. Does it show if it realized it hit the difficulty 1 mark or just carry on oblivious?

Did you keep an eye on your CPU miner? I caught it at one point where the last block was ages ago and bfgminer didn’t adjust difficulty.

Rough math suggests if you’re at 300GH/s with diff 1, you’d find a block super fast. Feels like something’s off if I’m at 6MH/s and still getting nowhere.

Saw a report recently about the 'refurbished' ones. They seem more like they were heavily used, repackaged, and shipped instead of actually refurbished... That definitely raises some flags.

Yeah, for real. It's just a bunch of standard miners stuck onto a backpack. Anyone can see that. Why make a new thread about it just because you saw a funny image?

Seriously, did you even read the first message I pointed you to? Look, the main area for Bitcoin mining is different from where you posted. You're in the wrong section, man.

Dude, just check the sticky post in the mining section. That's really where you should be asking this. Trust me, you can’t mine Bitcoin with CPU anymore.

How so? Think about it! You can earn and spend Bitcoin without involving banks at all. That’s the whole point of crypto, right? Plus, you can buy and sell BTC P2P without issues. It’s peer-to-peer cash, just how it was…

This definition is really strange though. So, if I compile Bitcoin Core myself, suddenly it’s not a third-party anymore? That’s not how this works. You can’t just ignore the risks of malware if someone clones your…

Electrum is a classic, solid open-source wallet option. You can check its code if you want! As for Trust Wallet, it's more multi-coin than Bitcoin-focused. Choosing the right wallet really depends on what you need, so…

I get that but building transactions offline on a secure device is seriously the safest way to manage your coins. For me, that means using air-gapped hardware wallets. It’s a balance of security and convenience.

You might’ve missed it, but he shared that info a few posts back!

Yeah and that HBO show didn’t help either. This video I found breaks it down well: HBOs Chernobyl: BUSTED!

Kinda off-topic, but funny how nuclear gets lumped with oil and coal as non-renewable. Nuclear gives off way less CO2. Sure, it's risky, but it beats burning fossil fuels. The carbon footprint isn't far from renewables,…

Timestamp adjustments can totally happen, regardless of competition. Not sure why Satoshi would’ve gone that route though. Your assumptions seem reasonable but it’s a tricky topic. As for moving topics, most forums let…

Cool question! From what I found, back in 2011, people were mining at about 65kHash/s on one thread using some basic C program, not even Bitcoin Core. In 2008, the hashrate could've been much lower, maybe around…

Is anyone adjusting their channels based on fees? If there are free routes available, it might not be worth keeping Bitcoin locked up in channels.

Been running my Lightning node (LND) for quite some time but haven’t looked deep into it. Are there any tools that can help me analyze performance better? Like channel usage stats?