Huge congrats to the legend who beat the odds and solo-mined the first block with @npub1wtgd...sxp2 on their Umbrel. Picture this: a tiny Bitaxe hooked up to the Public Pool app, connected to their own Bitcoin node on Umbrel. No middlemen, no third-party nonsense. Just pure, old-school self-sovereignty in action. It's beautiful.

umbrelOS 1.4 (Public Beta 2) is now out with external storage support for Umbrel Home users, along with bug fixes and performance improvements. Official umbrelOS 1.4 release rolling out tomorrow.

Damn, that's a solid review/tutorial of Files (coming in umbrelOS 1.4) by @Bart Mol

All your files. Under your roof. Introducing Files on umbrelOS. Create, upload, and organize — just like you’re used to, but on your own home cloud. No monthly fees, no Big Tech, no distant servers. Arriving in umbrelOS 1.4 (February ‘25). Public beta out rolling out today.

It’s time to take back control. Run your own home cloud, Bitcoin node, media server, VPN, and more. Ditch the cloud. Self-host everything. And now do all that in an environment that's more stunning and performant than ever. umbrelOS 1.0. Out now for Raspberry Pi 4, Pi 5 and Umbrel Home.