As bitcoin mining communities grow at record pace across all social platforms, Telegram proves that networking with bitcoin miners is easy.
Mining communities across all social platforms are growing at a record pace, but Telegram is home to some of the most active cloisters of hobbyist and professional miners chatting and educating others about all things mining.
Some mining Telegram communities are private, and only invite new members on ad hoc and infrequent bases. Other public Telegram groups are managed by companies trying to create communities around their brands. But lots of independent public mining chat rooms are available to miners with all levels of experience, and even the corporate communities offer educational, informative discussion.
This article gives a brief overview of what types of public mining Telegram groups are active and where miners can find them.
INDEPENDENT MINING GROUPS
HOME MINING WIZARDS
Started in September 2021, Home Mining Wizards (HMW) was created by Steve Barbour, CEO of Upstream Data, and a handful of other independent home miners to serve as a chatroom for novice miners to get advice and tips from more experienced friends on how to start mining. Now with nearly 2,000 miners, the HMW group offers a non-stop stream of troubleshooting tips, mining industry updates, at-home mining pictures and videos, and a friendly forum for any home miner to share ideas and seek advice.
SUSTAINABLE BITCOIN MINING
Miners looking for a place to discuss renewable energies, “green” mining strategies and anything else related to eco-friendly mining should join the group founded by Alejandro De La Torre in January 2022. The Sustainable Bitcoin Mining group is a public chat room whose membership ranges from mining executives of top companies to novice retail miners. Even though the group is smaller than most public mining channels, the community offers a great forum for discussing Bitcoin mining with solar, wind, nuclear, geothermal or any other non-fossil fuel energy source.
DRIVECHAIN TALK
Unlike any other mining Telegram group, Drivechain Talk is a public community focused on discussing Bitcoin Improvement Proposal (BIP) 300, a controversial change titled “Hashrate Escrows.” Paul Sztorc, one of the most outspoken proponents of this BIP, started the group in September 2018 as a forum for debating the various changes and perceived vulnerabilities affected by this proposed Bitcoin update.
Conversation in Sztorc’s group ranges from extremely technical deep dives into Bitcoin sidechains and drivechain — a tool for using sidechains — to general-purpose discussion about processing transactions on the Bitcoin network versus mining for other independent blockchains. Miners looking for robust technical and esoteric discussions about niche mining topics and other theoretical aspects of cryptocurrency mining will benefit from reading and joining in the drivechain group.
Mining communities across all social platforms are growing at a record pace, but Telegram is home to some of the most active cloisters of hobbyist and professional miners chatting and educating others about all things mining.
Some mining Telegram communities are private, and only invite new members on ad hoc and infrequent bases. Other public Telegram groups are managed by companies trying to create communities around their brands. But lots of independent public mining chat rooms are available to miners with all levels of experience, and even the corporate communities offer educational, informative discussion.
This article gives a brief overview of what types of public mining Telegram groups are active and where miners can find them.
INDEPENDENT MINING GROUPS
HOME MINING WIZARDS
Started in September 2021, Home Mining Wizards (HMW) was created by Steve Barbour, CEO of Upstream Data, and a handful of other independent home miners to serve as a chatroom for novice miners to get advice and tips from more experienced friends on how to start mining. Now with nearly 2,000 miners, the HMW group offers a non-stop stream of troubleshooting tips, mining industry updates, at-home mining pictures and videos, and a friendly forum for any home miner to share ideas and seek advice.
SUSTAINABLE BITCOIN MINING
Miners looking for a place to discuss renewable energies, “green” mining strategies and anything else related to eco-friendly mining should join the group founded by Alejandro De La Torre in January 2022. The Sustainable Bitcoin Mining group is a public chat room whose membership ranges from mining executives of top companies to novice retail miners. Even though the group is smaller than most public mining channels, the community offers a great forum for discussing Bitcoin mining with solar, wind, nuclear, geothermal or any other non-fossil fuel energy source.
DRIVECHAIN TALK
Unlike any other mining Telegram group, Drivechain Talk is a public community focused on discussing Bitcoin Improvement Proposal (BIP) 300, a controversial change titled “Hashrate Escrows.” Paul Sztorc, one of the most outspoken proponents of this BIP, started the group in September 2018 as a forum for debating the various changes and perceived vulnerabilities affected by this proposed Bitcoin update.
Conversation in Sztorc’s group ranges from extremely technical deep dives into Bitcoin sidechains and drivechain — a tool for using sidechains — to general-purpose discussion about processing transactions on the Bitcoin network versus mining for other independent blockchains. Miners looking for robust technical and esoteric discussions about niche mining topics and other theoretical aspects of cryptocurrency mining will benefit from reading and joining in the drivechain group.