john on Nostr: Cool but illustrative of the problem with mining pool centralization. They wasted an ...
Cool but illustrative of the problem with mining pool centralization. They wasted an entire block for an advertisement and paid themselves the fees the transactions of which were theirs so obviously not economical but sometimes there are incentives that aren't money-based that could be incredibly deranging to the base layer.
🇺🇸 Bitcoin miner MARA embedded a portrait of President Trump in a #Bitcoin block to honor his upcoming inauguration.
Sweet.
🇺🇸 Bitcoin miner MARA embedded a portrait of President Trump in a #Bitcoin block to honor his upcoming inauguration.
Sweet.
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