Pretty amazing to see Compass mining offering 840TH/s hosting bundles at a price we could afford. When I discovered Bitcoin the entire network was less than 10TH/s. It's hard to really fathom the growth... If people want me to massively expand the mining operation, this would be a likely way forward. It would bring somewhat of an end to the "free electricity" claim that NastyMining was built on, but I also agreed to provide 25GH/s in hashrate of which I'm currently providing more than 1000x that and a move like this would bring us to more than 30,000x that. Perhaps something to be debated quickly, as December every 4 years has historically been a great time to purchase mining equipment.
https://support.compassmining.io/hc/en-us/articles/4410887005457There is also the recent news of the "Volcano Bond" that has been going around. These bonds will be tokenized on the Liquid network and offered for trading on Bitfinex. I am not sure how people feel about this opportunity. We as an organization have never supported additional layers on the Bitcoin network or ran a Lightning node, but this is the direction Bitcoin development is heading and if we are to continue supporting Bitcoin only then perhaps we should consider an investment like this to do our part to support Bitcoin's ongoing development. My original goal in getting involved with Bitcoin was to change the world and although this isn't the way I would've like to see things go, I think supporting this bond offering is the best opportunity we have right now to help Bitcoin change the world.
https://www.reuters.com/markets/rates-bonds/el-salvador-plans-first-bitcoin-city-backed-by-bitcoin-bonds-2021-11-21/I'm still trying to get all the winners from the 100 coin giveaway their coins, so hopefully once that is taken care of we can move on to the next thing, which I think should be one of the above or both opportunities. Would love to hear feedback.
Also, I'm not sure how much longer I'm going to be shipping outside the US, particularly to Europe due to their recently implemented VAT tax registration rules, so take advantage if you've been on the fence about buying something from the NastyShop and you're overseas while you still have the opportunity to do so.