I'm a telecom fiber optic technician in Canada. I've been mining and running all types of cryptocurrency infrastructure since 2017 — GPUs, full nodes, masternodes, staking nodes, ASIC mining, and Oracle nodes.

🔷 DigiDollar Oracle Operator — I run Oracle Slot 17 for DigiByte's upcoming DigiDollar stablecoin system. I build and maintain the monitoring tools, hardening guides, and deployment scripts that keep my oracle node running 24/7 on a hardened Linux VPS.

⛏️ Crypto Mining Infrastructure — Solo mining DGB and BTC using GSS/GSSM by MMFP Solutions, Start9/DATUM Gateway, custom ASIC monitoring scripts, and Discord webhook alerting.

🛠️ Open Source Tooling — Everything I build for my own infrastructure gets published so other operators can use it. If it's useful to me, it's probably useful to someone else.

• oracle-monitor.sh — 500-line health monitoring system with 11 automated checks, external config file, --dry-run mode, Discord webhook alerting, state-file logic to prevent alert spam, and degraded consensus detection. Runs on cron every 5 minutes on my oracle VPS.
• ORACLE_HARDENING_GUIDE.md — Full VPS security hardening guide (690 lines) covering SSH, UFW, Fail2Ban, kernel hardening, and systemd. Based on my live oracle setup, reboot-verified.
• HOME_ORACLE_HARDENING_GUIDE.md — Home network security hardening guide (1,257 lines) for Linux, Windows, and macOS. Three tiers from essential to advanced — covers firewall, port forwarding, NTP time sync, router hardening, UPS, VLANs, and WireGuard. Community-requested by Aussie Epic.
• Oracle VPS automation — systemd services for auto-start on reboot, automated wallet unlock, passphrase-secured startup scripts, and cron-based monitoring with 12-hour health summaries.

• Blockchains: Bitcoin — there is no second best! Well... besides DigiByte 😄
• Node History: Full nodes, masternodes, and staking nodes across DigiByte, PIVX, SESH/Session/Oxen, and so many others over the years
• • Community Governance: Helium Network MCC (Manufacturer Compliance Committee) — reviewed and approved IoT hotspot manufacturers for the HNT network
• Infrastructure: Linux Ubuntu VPS's, systemd services, UFW firewalls, Fail2Ban, SSH hardening, sysctl tuning
• • Scripting & DevOps: Bash tooling, cron automation, Discord webhook API integrations, JSON parsing, systemd service creation, health monitoring with state-file alerting, VPS security hardening, Linux server administration
• Mining Hardware: Started off with all types of GPU mining hardware, a variety of ASICs — Antminer S9, S17 Pro & S19 — and now as 'Home Mining' has taken off and devices have advanced, I have an assorted collection of Canaan Avalon Series Miners, NerdQaxe++ & NerdQx devices and a few more...
• Mining Software: GSS/GSSM (MMFP Solutions), Start9, DATUM Gateway
• Certs: MCSE, MCP, CompTIA A+, CompTIA Network+
• • Education: Post-secondary Systems & Electronics Technology