The Mining Shop Blog Posts & Articles

Practical guide to SEALMINER A4 review, covering efficiency and wall power. Compare costs, measured performance and site fit before buying hardware.

ASIC mining in other countries: Some countries permit mining, some license it, some restrict it by region or energy source and some prohibit it.

BIP 323 guide to the Draft proposal reserving block-header version bits 5 to 28 for mining nonce space, signalling masks, compatibility and firmware tests.

Bitcoin Target Arithmetic made simple. See the main facts, costs, risks and practical checks before you make a decision.

Bitcoin Core 31 getprivatebroadcastinfo guide covering queued transactions, txid and wtxid, raw hex, per-peer sent and acknowledgement times, privacy and monitoring.

Bitcoin Core 31 getmempoolcluster guide covering cluster membership, adjusted weight, mining-order chunks, fees, missing transactions and safe analytics.

Bitcoin Core 31 abortprivatebroadcast guide covering txid and wtxid matching, multiple removals, returned raw transactions, queue-only limits and safe operation.

Bitcoin Core 31.0 guide covering cluster mempool, RBF, private broadcast, package relay, embedded asmap, cache memory, RPC and setting migrations.

Model Bitcoin mining with solar using interval generation, ASIC minimum load, imports, exports, curtailment, batteries and measured accepted work.

ASICBoost compatibility check: Verify explicit model, firmware and pool support for overt ASICBoost before enabling it. Verify the current evidence.

Foreign mining pools UK tax: UK guidance on HMRC treatment, records, valuations, costs and evidence to retain before filing or taking qualified advice.

Community built mini ASIC review: review a community-built mini ASIC through open design files, component provenance, firmware, board safety, reproducible.