ⓧGreg

GLOBAL MARKET ALERT: Trump in Beijing & Macro Volatility ⚠️🌍 The markets are bracing for a massive 48 hours. Geopolitics meets critical data. 1️⃣ Trump’s China Summit (May 13-15) 🇺🇸🇨🇳 President Trump lands in Beijing today for a historic 3 day visit. Markets are pricing in Risk-On as trade tensions ease. Trade protocols, AI standards, and the Hormuz energy crisis. The Squad: CEOs from $AAPL, $NVDA, $BA, and $BLK are on board. Expect major shifts in tech-finance. 2️⃣ Bitcoin ($BTC) ₿ - The Proxy Play BTC holding steady at $81k–$82k. The "Crypto Capital" push is being used as a strategic tool against China’s tech influence. Keep an eye on tariff adjustments any cut on Asian-made ASICs could slash OpEx by 10-12%. This is huge for large-scale ops. 3️⃣ Macro Data Dump (Today 14:30 CET) 📊 US PPI: Forecast +0.5%. Higher print = sticky inflation = Fed under pressure. EIA Report (16:30 CET): Crucial for Crude Oil amid Middle East tensions. Current Sentiment: Bullish but cautious. Watch the headlines from Beijing. The volatility starts now. #Finance #Bitcoin #Macro

@SlewCityNFT great, I'll check it out

@GregZtraffic I just have allo.info send me an email when they're about to expire.

I messed up my node this morning and had stood it back up from scratch in about an hour. Man I love Algorand and nodekit. algorand:native

@cryptorover If this is confirmed, it will be very bullish for the markets.

UNREAL: 🇺🇸🇨🇳 | President Trump and Xi Jinping are reportedly considering deal to allow China to invest $1 trillion to build factories in the United States. The leaders will meet each other 14-15 May. This could be HUGE!

@solocryptomine Give us some statistics. How many miners, what's the daily power consumption?

#bitcoin #canaan #crypto #solomining #bitaxe

My 11.50 TH/s rent has just crossed the halfway mark, and the chart is looking rock solid. After last weekend's struggle with efficiency, this pivot was exactly what the doctor ordered. 🚀 Current Stats: ✅ Efficiency: 99.68% ✅ Status: Rock solid stability ✅ Time Remaining: 22.4 hours of hunting Why does this matter? In solo mining, every spike or connection drop is a missed opportunity for a block. Here, we have a flat line, meaning my Bitcoin Knots node is receiving perfectly tailored jobs through the Datum Gateway without any lag. 22 hours left in the hunt. Math has no mercy, but patience is a miner's best tool. Stay sharp. The hunt continues. #BitcoinMining #SoloQuest #BitcoinKnots #Sovereignty #MiningLife @GregZtraffic

@AbhLafiel @YourFriendAndy @umbrel @Public_Pool_BTC Nice cooling setup

@YourFriendAndy @umbrel @Public_Pool_BTC Heck yea 👏 I have the umbrel home in my stack, and I put all my gamma’s on water, pushing them to 850mhz

Simple Bitcoin hardware stack: -PC running @umbrel OS -Bitcoin node on Umbrel -@Public_Pool_BTC on Umbrel -Small solo miner like a Bitaxe With this, you run the entire Bitcoin blockchain (node), your own mining pool (Public Pool), and miner (Bitaxe)... All from home. Locally.

@HobbyistMiner Reality check 2026. Done right. Currently chasing that 3.125 BTC block solo with 11 TH/s and a sovereign node. It's not about the paycheck, it's about the mission. Thanks for keeping it real!

🏠HOME CRYPTO MINING IN 2026 IS NOT WHAT YOU THINK... I think we need a little reality check, to keep us honest… so I dropped a NO‑FLUFF BREAKDOWN that cuts straight through the hype! ⚡ The REAL changes ⚡ The REAL cost ⚡ The REAL profits ⚡ The REAL strategy miners are using to survive in 2026 ⚡ And the traps NOBODY warns you about enough If you’re mining at home — or thinking about it — this is the article you read before you spend money. For my fellow home crypto miners, love to know if you agree or disagree with me. Comments, Go! 👇 Dive in and level up your mining game thehobbyistminer.io/no-fluff-break…

Solo Quest: The Art of the Pivot In crypto, it’s not always about how hard you hit, but how fast you recover from technical glitches. Morning coffee was sweet, but the refund from MRR for the weekend’s low performance tastes even better. What to do with the recovered capital? Instead of a high-power sprint, I’m launching a marathon: ✅ Power: 11.50 TH/s (stable rig, zero Stratum errors) ✅ Duration: 46 hours of continuous hunting Why this way? At 11 TH/s, my Bitcoin Knots node is breathing easy, and I have nearly 2 days of stable connection without battling variable difficulty Vardiff. In solo mining, every second of being in the game counts. Anyone can rent PH/s and burn a budget in 2 hours. The real skill is optimization and learning from the data. Stay Sovereign. Stay in the game.

@SpaceCoastBTC cool

My latest Bitaxe Gamma joins the collection.

@BitcoinBombadil Spot on. I'm currently running the Knots + DATUM stack for a Solo Quest. Scaling starts with individual sovereignty and building our own block templates !

Bitcoin scales according to rules and standards through its scale-invariant terminal units aka users, full nodes, block templates, hash equipment, and private keys. Knots, BIP-110, DATUM, Ocean, SeedSigner, BitAxe, ASICs, Hash Auctions etc are great scaling options for Bitcoin.

Cyber Security & Crypto Market Update ⚡☕ 1️⃣ Market Cooling Down? Bitcoin touched $82k overnight but corrected to $80,935. Standard profit taking after the Senate driven rally. As long as we hold above $80k, the structure remains bullish. Volatility is just a discount for the patient. 2️⃣ The Saylor Strategy Even with price fluctuations, MicroStrategy’s stance is unchanged. Average cost at $75.5k means they are comfortably in the green. Saylor’s long term conviction is the hedge against short term liquidations. 3️⃣ Sovereignty over Speculation With prices hovering around $81k, my weekend Solo Quest lesson feels even more relevant. When volatility spikes, your own Node Bitcoin Knots and direct mining via Datum are your best tools to stay independent from exchange outages.

@solocryptomine good luck

#bitcoin #canaan #crypto #solomining #bitaxe

@canaanio I have to have it

We'll wait⏱️👀

@valerijatrades1 consistency is the key to success

Valerie’s Bitcoin Strategic Reserves $BTC Total Bitcoin Accumulated: 0.03633239 I cant believe that we are finally in green!! Another week of stacking sats every day. Still on track to accumulate 0.1 BTC by the year’s end. So excited to see how this portfolio look in a few years 😊

Just finished a 9-hour run with an S21XP+ rented via MRR. Advertised: 525 TH/s. Delivered: 365.79 TH/s (only 69.6% efficiency). What went wrong? 1. Geo-Lag: The rig was in São Paulo, Brazil. Latency to my local Bitcoin Knots node caused more "stale shares" than expected. 2. Stratum Handshake: The "Low Worker Difficulty" error at the start ate into the most productive hours. 3. Efficiency Gap: Even with the d=2000000 fix, the rig struggled to maintain a steady stream of hashes to the Datum Gateway. Solo mining isn't just "plug and play." It’s about optimizing the handshake between the leased power and your sovereign infrastructure. Next time: I’m picking rigs with lower latency and forcing high diff from second zero. The hunt for the 3.125 BTC block continues. We adjust, we learn, we hash again. 🚀

Solo Quest: Strategy Shift! 🎰🔄 Last week was a 1 PH/s sprint. This weekend, I’m switching to a "marathon" approach: 500 TH/s but for 2x the duration. The Logic: In solo mining, extended exposure is key. Staying in the game longer increases the chance of hitting that one golden hash. The Setup: Power: 500 TH/s (Leased) Sovereignty: My local Bitcoin Knots node + Datum Gateway. Optimization: Difficulty adjusted to ensure smooth processing on my home infrastructure. A direct hit on a 3.125 BTC block. No pools, no middleman, just pure decentralized math for the price of a pizza.⛏️

@altair_tech @canaanio Incredible happiness !

🏆Congratulations to Reddit user u/EightofSpace, who just found a Bitcoin block using a @canaanio Avalon Q miner. Running a modest home setup with ~500 TH/s total hashrate, they’ve now solo-mined not one but two Bitcoin blocks in the last 12 months. 🤯Insane luck! reddit.com/r/CanaanIO/com…

@BitcoinNewsCom @blocktrainer they sold it for next to nothing and now they want to ban it 🤡

GERMAN LEFT PARTY PUSHES BITCOIN CRACKDOWN, EXIT TAX, AND POSSIBLE EU TRADING BAN A new motion submitted by Germany’s Left Party is being described as one of the most aggressive anti-Bitcoin proposals yet seen in Europe. @blocktrainer reports the proposal calls on the German government to dramatically tighten taxation, surveillance, and regulation of Bitcoin and crypto. Among the proposals: • Abolish Germany’s current 1 year holding rule that allows tax free Bitcoin gains for long term holders • Tax Bitcoin profits like stock market gains under capital asset rules • Introduce an “exit tax” on unrealized crypto gains for people leaving Germany • Expand blockchain surveillance and tax enforcement powers • Push for mandatory identity verification even for self hosted wallets interacting with regulated services • Create a centralized EU crypto supervisory authority • Consider EU wide trading bans on cryptocurrencies deemed environmentally harmful or systemically risky The proposal specifically targets proof of work assets like Bitcoin, citing energy consumption comparisons to countries such as Thailand and calling for possible trading restrictions at the EU level. The Left Party claims billions in untaxed crypto profits are being lost due to Germany’s current holding period exemption, though critics point to countries like Austria, which abolished similar rules and reportedly generated far less tax revenue than expected.

The Bull, The Bot & The Trap Bitcoin is testing the $85K resistance, backed by massive ETF inflows. If we close May above $76K. Amazon (AWS) is building AI payment wallets with Coinbase and Stripe. We are shifting to a "Machine-to-Machine" economy where bots settle their own services. $15B in long liquidations sits right below us. It’s a liquidity minefield. $15B market manipulation ?