Mining

What is Merged Mining: Mine Two Cryptos at the Same Time

February 28, 2019 Journal

What is merged mining? Merged mining is a process of mining two cryptocurrencies with a same algorithm simultaneously. This allows the miner to direct his hashing power into mining two cryptocurrencies at once, resulting in higher hash rates for ...

How Does Electroneum’s (ETN) Fake Mobile and Cloud Mining Work?

February 27, 2019 Journal

Electroneum is a cryptocurrency that launched back in 2017 to some serious fanfare. The British-based project impressed more than 300 thousand early investors, promising to make strong moves into the industries of mobile gaming, online gambling, as ...

Antminer Z9 Review – Equihash ASIC Miner

February 27, 2019 Journal

On May 3rd of 2018 Chinese cryptocurrency mining giant Bitmain announced that they are launching Antminer Z9 mini, their very own dedicated Equihash algorithm miner. The announcement tweet said the following: “Pleased to announce the Antminer Z9 ...

Complete Beginner’s Guide to Zcash Mining – Mine Zcash on Your PC

September 24, 2018 Journal

In the past few months, cryptocurrencies have risen exponentially and many people want in. One of the best ways to make money with cryptocurrencies is to 'mine' them. The majority of miners tend to focus their efforts on mining Bitcoins ...

How to Mine Monero (XMR)? Beginner’s Guide

March 21, 2018 Mining

Monero (XMR) is a Proof of Work (PoW) cryptocurrency that relies on Ring Signatures in order to provide a certain degree of privacy when making a transaction. Monero was launched in April 2014 and it currently sits around the top 10 of ...

The Best Ethereum Mining Hardware – AMD and Nvidia Cards Reviewed

February 25, 2018 Mining

Cryptocurrency mining is a big buzz topic in technology these days and many people have started mining cryptocurrencies. In 2018, Ethereum smashed its long-term $400 ceiling, and reached more than $1,000, which makes it one of the most ...

Bitcoin Mining: Is it profitable?

February 15, 2018 Mining

What is Bitcoin mining? Bitcoin mining is a process for verification of transactions or payments from one user to another on a decentralized network. During the process, data of the Bitcoin transaction is added to the public ledger. The ...

Hashing24 Review

December 21, 2017 Mining 1

Hashing24 and Genesis Mining are the only two cloud mining companies that are worth talking about. It is not yet fully understood how selling cloud mining contracts can be profitable for a buyer. Purchasing Bitcoins straight up has always been the ...

Best ASIC Miners – The Top Contenders

December 19, 2017 Mining

At first, miners used their central processing unit (CPU) to mine. However, soon this wasn't fast enough and it bogged down the system resources of the host computer. Miners quickly moved on to using the graphical processing unit (GPU) in computer ...

What is Bitcoin Mining? A Step-by-Step Guide

August 10, 2017 Mining

Bitcoin may be the next big thing in finance. However, it can be difficult for most people to understand how it works. There is a whole lot of maths and numbers involved. These are the things that normally make a lot of people run in fear. ...