I’ve been following since your post (about a year ago?), and I don’t get that impression. What makes you say that?

It’s kind of sad that they went from awesome monthly newsletter to weekly slopletter.

k00b

Newsletter Edition: Closed-Source is Retarded – Building Bitcoin Miners for Homes, Businesses, and Beyond

If you’re deep into hardware hacking, energy optimization, or decentralizing the hashrate, POD256’s Episode 103 is a goldmine. Co-hosted by 

, skot9000, and tylerkstevens, this episode tears down the walls of proprietary mining tech and builds up open-source alternatives that turn waste heat into real-world value. Guests Tyler Stevens from Exergy Heat and a live dial-in from Skot and Joe Nakamoto at El Salvador’s Plan B conference bring frontline insights. We’re going in-depth here with breakdowns, bullets, tables, visuals of key hardware, and buzz from related X posts to give you the full picture. Let’s dissect why closed-source is holding us back and how open ecosystems are the future.

This lineup ensures a mix of technical depth, community focus, and real-time event tie-ins.

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> **Newsletter Edition: Closed-Source is Retarded – Building Bitcoin Miners for Homes, Businesses, and Beyond**
>
> Hey tech-savvy Bitcoiners!
>
> If you’re deep into hardware hacking, energy optimization, or decentralizing the hashrate, POD256’s Episode 103 is a goldmine. Co-hosted by @econoalchemist, skot9000, and tylerkstevens, this episode tears down the walls of proprietary mining tech and builds up open-source alternatives that turn waste heat into real-world value. Guests Tyler Stevens from Exergy Heat and a live dial-in from Skot and Joe Nakamoto at El Salvador’s Plan B conference bring frontline insights. We’re going in-depth here with breakdowns, bullets, tables, visuals of key hardware, and buzz from related X posts to give you the full picture. Let’s dissect why closed-source is holding us back and how open ecosystems are the future.
> 
> ## Hosts and Guests Breakdown
>
> **Hosts**:
>
> - @econoalchemist: Focuses on economic angles of mining.
> - skot9000: Hardware innovator, instigator of the Bitaxe project.
> - tylerkstevens: Thermal engineering expert, CEO of Exergy Heat.
> 
> **Guests**:
>
> - Joe Nakamoto: Dialing in from El Salvador’s Plan B conference for global adoption vibes.
>
> # 
> This lineup ensures a mix of technical depth, community focus, and real-time event tie-ins.
>
> [**...read more at 256foundation.substack.com**](https://256foundation.substack.com/p/unlocking-decentralized-mining-deep)

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