 Well, howdy there you're watching episode 41 of the Daily Decrypt independent members at LTB network I am your host Amanda and today's episode is brought to you by new bits Can home-based mining be re-incentivized for the average person? Will there one day come a time when we hear about the booming Decentralization of mining as opposed to the inverse The company bit heat seems to be betting on it as they're currently building the first prototype of a Bitcoin miner Which pays for its own cost and its electricity usage by doubling as a water heater Bitheat co-founder Julian Stahl has published a progress report about the device Asking interested community members to take a short survey and or provide him with feedback as they continue in this early development stage The number of Bitcoin users who are dissatisfied with the development going into the core reference client is growing Alternative reference clients offered by the likes of Bitcoin XT and Bitcoin Unlimited are gaining traction in places like Reddit The push to use alternative reference clients reached perhaps a new high over the weekend as a Bitcoin core developer Pushed a generally unpopular patch to the upcoming core client You can learn more about the patch in an essay by open bizarre developer Chris Pacia also linked below Last week the Daily Decrypt put out a little survey seeking an alternative to a reportedly defunct Wordpress Bitcoin tips widget. We got a solid answer from Favv blogger at smartcoins.pw Who reports that he has been happy with his mycelium gear payments widget? This widget generates new Bitcoin addresses for each new visitor to your website It's free to use open source and the coins are never held by mycelium, but always go straight to you And it is not I repeat not too late for you to enter the anti-war haiku contest It's no secret that the monopolization of money makes funding unpopular things like war Easier than they would be otherwise So a desire for peace is just one reason why so many people like cryptocurrency so damn much Express your desire for peace by sending a haiku to anti-war haiku at antiwar.com to match the Syllabic structure of a haiku the top three winners will be awarded point five point seven and Point five Bitcoin respectively You can enter as many haikus as you like until the deadline of midnight December 16th And you're encouraged to share them on your social media profiles with this hashtag to spread the word Do you wear your love for crypto on your sleeve? I mean literally do you wear your love for cryptocurrency on your sleeve? Because if you don't but you want to I just found this store called crypto threads and they make custom crypto t-shirts So right now in their store are Bitcoin Dash and unobtainium shirts And if you are looking to get shirts made hosted shipped and sold for your fans on behalf of your favorite community Send your design files and your desired profit margin if any over to the folks at crypto threads To get your gear sold there Today's episode has been brought to you by new bits a cryptocurrency Which has maintained almost an exact US dollar value since it was launched in 2014 Some people like to ride the crypto volatility wave while others pine for stability And if you find yourself in the latter group visit new bits comm to learn more Remember to share this episode with a friend. Good. Bye