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A new Ebola outbreak declared in the DR Congo. An emergency response has been launched

Over 10 opposition parties form coalition ahead of Ethiopia's next polls

And we experience a ride on one of Tanzania's locally manufactured planes

Presenter: Charles Gitonga Producers: Sunita Nahar, Stefania Okereke and Priya Sippy in London. Makuochi Okafor in Lagos with Jewel Kiriungi in Nairobi. Senior Producer: Paul Bakibinga Technical Producer: Jonathan Greer Editors: Maryam Abdalla, Andre Lombard and Alice Muthengi.

Block is most well known for its point of sale hardware. But now they are gunning for the bitcoin mining market.

Welcome back to The Mining Pod! On today’s bonus edition, Perry Hothi from Block joins us to talk about Proto’s new ASIC miner, Rig. We dive deep into the technical specs, modular hashboard design, open-source mining software, and how Block plans to compete in a hardware market dominated by Bitmain. Perry explains Rig’s data center-inspired features and Block's broader Bitcoin ecosystem strategy.

Notes:

• 14.1 joules per hash efficiency rating

• 12kW power consumption per unit

• 96-124 chips per configuration

• Swappable hashboard design

• Single phase power that helps balance all three phases

• Two fans per three hash boards design

Timestamps:

00:00 Start

01:31 Specs: Jules per Terahash

05:18 Form Factor

12:03 Colorado Air Filter

13:05 Hashboard Swapping

17:28 Under clocking (operating range)

18:54 Block ecosystem

21:22 Competitors

23:42 Cleanspark

24:11 Next Gen

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Gunmen have killed at least six people in Jerusalem, and seriously injured several others. Police said both attackers were shot dead after opening fire at a bus near a busy road junction.

Also in the programme: A rare report from inside Cambodia, after their recent conflict with Thailand; and the Booker-prize-winning author, Ian McEwan, on his new novel, which he calls science fiction without the science.

(Photo credit: Reuters)

Two gunmen open fire on bus stop in the North of the city, before being shot and killed by an Israeli soldier and a civilian. Also: Several people are dead and dozens injured after protests against a government ban on social media in Nepal turned violent. And Rick Davies, the lead singer of the band Supertramp dies at 81.