🔢 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000.
That’s a zettahash: roughly how many guesses Bitcoin’s miners make every second right now. A 1 with 21 zeros, for a 21 million coin system.
This week the network made mining about 6% harder to keep blocks near 10 minutes. #Bitcoin
🎮 Gaming the System · Level 08
You spent months earning a digital item. Tomorrow, the server closes. What do you still have?
Before calling anything yours, ask: who keeps the record, who can change the supply, and what if the operator disappears?
labs.node.org.nz/research/ga…
🔐 Rough month for wallet security news: tampered devices sold through resellers, and fake “recall” emails asking for seed phrases.
The basics still hold: buy from a seller you trust, check the seals, make your own seed phrase, and never type it into a website. #Bitcoin
A new hardware wallet should arrive blank. If it comes with a seed phrase already written down, don’t use it.
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Bitcoin’s Role in Renewable Energy
Every day the grid throws away renewable energy that nobody uses.
@simonocollins of @stacked_bitcoin on how Bitcoin mining can turn that waste into value, and the idea behind his book, Every Last Joule.
Full episode 👇
youtu.be/Sd0PU91P0XQ
#Bitcoin #Energy
🎩 Our partner @bitcoinbutlers helps people set up self-custody properly: hardware wallets, steel seed backups, free tutorials and one-on-one help from security experts.
Their motto: “We hold your hand, not your keys.” Same idea as Node. #Bitcoin #Auckland
🎮 Gaming the System · Level 07
Hundreds of hours of grinding. Then an update changes the drop rates, and your effort is worth less overnight.
Money deserves the same attention to its rules. Who can change the supply? What can you verify yourself?
labs.node.org.nz/research/ga…
AI tools are finding software bugs faster. For Bitcoin, is that good news?
Ties in with today’s Brief. Reply A, B, C or D 👇
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Buyers price in what they can't see. A used miner with no history gets discounted for every way it might fail. And performance reports lie because the machines used to hash at that level but are now stored to make room for upgraded units.
Weeks of logged hashrate per board, chip temps and fan RPM leave far less to discount.
WrightData keeps that history from day one, free:
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📰 The Node Brief: last week in Bitcoin.
1. Bitcoin Core now fast-tracks fixes for bugs an AI can find with one prompt.
2. Electrum shipped a security update: get 4.8.3.
3. German savings banks sell bitcoin, but you can’t move it to your own wallet.
#Bitcoin
🎮 Gaming the System · Level 06
Every player has found the ultra-rare item nobody wants. Rare isn’t enough.
Bitcoin too: a supply limit alone doesn’t create demand. It’s scarcity plus transfer, verification and rules no single operator controls.
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Poll time! 🥳🥳
Labour Day question: how many hours did you work last week?
Happy Labour Day 🛠️ Reply A, B, C or D 👇
🎮 Gaming the System · Level 05
Tonight at dinner, ask your teenager why their favourite game item is valuable. Can the developer make more? What if the game shuts down?
That’s supply, demand and risk, and a good way into Bitcoin.
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What would get you to a Bitcoin meetup for the first time?
Honest answers help us make Node easier to walk into. Reply below.




















