April 29, 2024

Bitcoin miners and oil and gas execs mingled at a secretive meetup in Houston – here’s what they talked about

In the heart of Texas, an unlikely alliance is forged between oil and gas executives and bitcoin miners. At the forefront of this convergence stands Upstream Data, pioneering a revolutionary approach to bitcoin mining by harnessing stranded natural gas. As traditional energy meets disruptive technology, Upstream Data's innovative solutions reshape the landscape, empowering industries to embrace sustainability while capitalizing on the lucrative opportunities of cryptocurrency.
March 28, 2022

COLDCARD & BlackBox

A guide for Bitcoin home miners on setting up their BlackBox and handling their mining rewards in a privacy-preserving manner before going to cold storage. Mining Bitcoin goes hand in hand with self-custody, the miner provides a Bitcoin address in order to receive the rewards and the mining pool pays out to the provided address. This guide aims to demonstrate setting up a new BlackBox install and a few tools that can be used to handle the mining rewards in a way that helps maintain the anonymity gained from mining and sees that through to cold storage...
March 4, 2022

Upstream Data DIY Black Box

This guide will show you how to use less than $150 in commonly available materials to build an ASIC enclosure that can attenuate the noise by 20dB. The original idea for this enclosure design was put in the public domain by Steve Barbour of Upstream Data around the end of August 2021. The intent of the BlackBox enclosure is to allow the user to run their mining ASIC hardware outdoors where the heat and noise could more easily be controlled or dissipated. Excessive heat and noise are common problems users experience when mining bitcoin in the home or working space...

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