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089. Copyleft and Cold Rooms: Open Hardware, Passive Heat, and Economic Nodes
By POD256
Ep. 89 · Aired Oct 5, 2025 · 1h 9m · Last boosted Oct 13, 2025
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In this episode, I host a deep dive on open-source Bitcoin mining hardware and network policy. We kick off with updates on the Ember One v5 hashboard design: a modern, smarter voltage regulator with digital telemetry and over-temp safeguards, header breakouts for optional fan-control daughterboards, and the tradeoff of dropping 24V input in favor of better performance up to 17V. We talk real-world cooling scenarios from hardwired desk fans to immersion, water blocks, and the dream of a fully passive, fanless space-heater miner, and how firmware can target room temperature using external thermostats or Home Assistant, including hashing on...
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