The Mining Shop Blog Posts & Articles

A Bitcoin treasury company holds Bitcoin on its balance sheet. Learn how purchases are funded, what shareholders own and the key UK disclosure and custody risks.

Bitcoin Core 28.3 guide covering lower relay fees, TRUC reorganisation handling, onion whitelist permissions, build fixes and controlled deployment.

Mining curtailment event settlement: reconcile a mining curtailment event from dispatch instruction and meter data through stopped serials, contract price.

Bitcoin Core 29.2 guide covering witness mutation checks, onion whitelist permissions, TRUC reorg handling, getblock target fixes and safe rollout.

Bitcoin Core waitfornewblock RPC made simple. See what the feature does, where its limits sit and which checks node or wallet operators should make.

Bitcoin Core waitforblockheight guide covering at-least height waits, timeout returns, response checks, reorganisations, client limits and reliable automation.

Bitcoin Core waitforblock RPC made simple. See what the feature does, where its limits sit and which checks node or wallet operators should make.

Bitcoin Core 30.0 operator guide covering wallet migration, relay policy, lower fee defaults, indexes, IPC mining, networking and safe deployment.

UK crypto staking tax: practical UK guidance on HMRC treatment, records, valuations, allowable costs and the evidence to retain before filing or taking advice.

Run an accepted J per terahash comparison using matched wall power, pool work, ambient conditions, firmware fees, rejects and stable operating modes.

Bitcoin Core 30 data-carrier policy explained: larger OP_RETURN defaults, multiple outputs, aggregate sizing and the boundary between policy and consensus.

Assess overseas ASIC hosting risks across power, law, sanctions, customs, tax, insurance, connectivity, custody, payment and practical hardware recovery.