Pleb Miner In the Wild (Zack Bomsta)

30 Jan • 30m

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Show Notes

Pleb Miner In the Wild Sponsored by Peach Bitcoin Zack Bomsta Pleb Miner in the Wild is a 10–15-minute segment intended to feature a Pleb Miner. Question and answer sessions are concise, sharp, and fast paced. This episode’s Pleb Miner in the Wild is Zack Bomsta; an electrical engineer, inventor, entrepreneur, and co-creator of the Owlet Dream Sock, baby monitor. Professional Background - Technical expertise and how Zack came to develop Owlet. Coming to Bitcoin – Origin Story, coming to Bitcoin over a sabbatical after the sale to Owlet. Fighting the Man – The development process and bringing to market a health and safety device for babies isn’t easy. Zack explains what it’s like to maneuver agencies like the FDA and groups of grifters who have their hands out in order to deem a product “safe and effective” Mining Rabbit Hole (Finding the Vein) – What brought Zack to mining. Specialization – Pleb Miners all seem to gravitate to a specialty, Zack’s specialty is unique. Functionality of the Norse Boards Loki- Trick the machine to accept 120V. Njord – Takeoffs to power fans. Heimdall – Safety (temperature, fire, accelerometer). End Goal – Zack’s vision for the boards and how they’re going to change home mining, home heating, and further decentralizing mining. Bonus Round – Favorite phone wallet, hardware wallet, and way to buy and sell Bitcoin Peach Bitcoin is the preferred method of exchange on #PlebMinerMonthly Future discussions with Zack are forthcoming on BitBuyBit.

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@permaculture_

12,121 sats

2 Feb

Custom hardware is exciting and I can't wait to see what creative applications these control boards will enable. I hope plebs see the possibilities for thier own circumstances and give mining a try. Certainly the network will be better off with more and more home miners. Thanks for your work Zack!

@jon

10 Feb

I know you’re going to come up with some creative uses!

@barnminer

4,020 sats

30 Jan

Baaaaarn

@chadf

4,019 sats

30 Jan

MINER!!

@jon

31 Jan

😂

@apemithrandir

3,333 sats

31 Jan

with plebs like this wagmi

@jon

1 Feb

Zack seems like a good one. Talked for an hour before I hit record like we were old buddies.

@mrmr

1,674 sats

4 Feb

definitely worth the re-run (& relisten), cheers. looking forward to the ENCORE for sure. i anticipate a need to get my hands on a few sets of Bomsta's control boards to split S19's into three. MAX: "... for a full pod" *ugh*. what's next? pronouncing 'butter' as bu'er ?? in the immortal words of k3tan "STOP THAT!" *g*. stay ungovernable.

@jon

10 Feb

The spare parts business gonna get a boost. Give old chassis and hashboards a new lease on life. Zack has a beta waiting list, think it’s on his Twitter 🤔

@mrmr

13 Feb

*nods* 100% agreed. and thanks for that tip (beta list) too. will get a twitter proxy on to that ASAP.

@jon

19 Feb

🫡

@butterbitcoin

513 sats

31 Jan

WE HASH

@jon

1 Feb

⛏️⚡️yeah we do!⚡️⛏️

@drjonesklaus

100 sats

21 Feb

The manufacturer that creates a 500W asic for homes even if they are not very efficient and uses the heat, will change the game, every pleb will be able to plug an asic on its living room, bedroom, garage, etc... The heater I have to use to warm a room uses 750W and every time I turn it on I wish I could have easy asics to heat my home.