Anyone have an idea of why txn count has fallen so hard recently? it hasn't been anywhere near this low in over 6 months.

https://mempool.jhoenicke.de/#BTC,1y,count

https://mempool.space/mempool-block/0

I've been running my own bitcoin node for a while now and got curious about how one would solo mine to their own node which is what i assumed was the norm back in the day and is the most decentralized for the network but everyone now uses pools even for solo mining.

I even recently bought an old crappy S9 from eBay to play around with this idea but when i check solo.ckpool.org i saw that the reason it exists is because you cant mine to your own bitcoin core node.

Why is this? is mining to your own node some lost art and how do these pools do it? like how else would they get the mining work anywhere else but the node? could someone please explain this to me?

mfw i paid over 1000 bucks for expedited shipping and only offer 150 bucks as "refund" to get it by June 30th at the soonest.

I like how they let people click the 10-20 day shipping option knowing damn well that wasn't going to happen.

Basically if you ordered to Octotank they say you will get it between June 30th to July 30th who knows if that's true or not.

Im from the Tri-cities are in Washington State (Pasco, Kennewick, Richland). it would be neat to get to know more bitcoiners from my area. I dont really ever seen any adoption here and i would like to help pick it up. please respond if interested!