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Bitcoin Mining with Bitaxe
Community updates, firmware releases, hardware guides, and practical tips for home miners.
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Smart Tech for Real People
Practical, jargon-free guides covering digital literacy, privacy, home networking, AI, and self-hosting.
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Amateur radio learning system — books, interactive games, licensing updates, and ham radio resources.
Latest Articles
New practical guides, project updates, and amateur-radio resources from Tartanleaf.
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Bitaxe Community Update: AI, homeHash and Home Mining in a Museum
The past few weeks have brought a few different kinds of progress in open-source home mining. The Bitaxe community has been talking about how…
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Clicked a Suspicious Link? Choose the Next Step by What Happened
A calm decision guide with practical examples for choosing the next useful step after a suspicious link, plus Canadian recovery and reporting routes.
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Full Wi-Fi Bars but Slow Internet? Three Checks That Narrow the Problem
A strong Wi-Fi indicator does not prove that the router, internet provider or remote service is working well. These three comparisons help identify which…
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Bitaxe Community Update: Copyleft, ESP-Miner 2.15.1, HashWatcher and Mining Economics
Open-source licensing, ESP-Miner 2.15.1, Gamma Hex firmware progress, HashWatcher and tighter mining economics shape the mid-September Bitaxe update.
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Bitaxe Community Update: Naja Duo, ESP-Miner 2.15.0 and the BM1373 Generation
The Naja Duo brings BM1373 silicon to Bitaxe, ESP-Miner 2.15.0 simplifies firmware updates, and Gaia and Gamma Hex show how quickly open-source home mining…
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What a Local Lobby Display Changed at a Nova Scotia Inn
Open Lobby Board makes frequently requested guest information visible without adding a subscription service or cloud dependency. Its installation at an inn in Baddeck…