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Who is Elektron energy and how are they conntected to Ocean.xyz?

302 sats \ 6 comments \ @Wumbo 30 Oct bitcoin_Mining

I was just looking at the mempool (as any normal person does) and I saw Elektron Energy listed as the miner for block: https://mempool.space/block/000000000000000000023d27c6ffc20163536a4ae80387713e86dd2f865b1a67

Never hearing of them before I clicked on the miner and it takes one to Ocean's Mining page (https://mempool.space/mining/pool/ocean)

Am I correct in thinking this is a Nigeria energy company (https://www.elektronenergy.com/) mining bitcoin using Ocean's Pool?

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27 sats \ 2 replies \ @BeeAye 30 Oct

hahah, no its because the miner is using DATUM, and you get to pick the secondary coinbase tag if it was your machine that found the block.

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @BeeAye 30 Oct

oh, i see you could be right if they are associated. would be surprising to dox themselves that way if not openly mining.

49 sats \ 0 replies \ @Wumbo OP 30 Oct

I did a quick google search and didn't seem to find any news articles about them mining.

It makes sense they would mine.

I agree with your statement about doxing themselves.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @4d0874cf11 30 Oct

Nice information

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @DarthCoin 30 Oct

nigerian prince?

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @Wumbo OP 30 Oct

I can see it now: "Dear Friend, I have been mining for many years now with a mining pool but I have let to reach the minimum payout threshold amount. I am within 10% of the payout threshold amount and need your help. If you would please help me mine to reach the payout amount I will pay you back triple the amount of Sats you mined once we reach the threshold and I am paid out."