Educational What is a mempool? Nodes keep unconfirmed transactions in a memory pool before checking their validity.
Educational What is Curtailment? Curtailment occurs most frequently in summer months when customers turn on their Air Conditioners which causes a sudden increase in electricity demand on the grid.
Educational What is the Bitcoin Halving? At Compass, it’s important that our customers understand the Bitcoin Halving, an event occurring approximately every four years, as it directly influences strategic individual and collective decision-making around one’s fleet.
Educational What happens to my miner when it's relocated? If a miner is relocated, it first gets sent to a service center to be cleaned and tested before it is sent to its new facility.
Educational How Does Compass Mining Charge For Hosting? Compass Mining charges one hosting fee per month per miner, to cover things like security, customer service and energy pull of the miner.
Educational How Does Compass Mining Handle Repairs? ASICs are complex machines and sometimes need repairs and servicing. Watch the video to check out how Compass Mining handles your machine when it needs servicing–from a simple fan swap to a more complex hashboard repair.
Educational How to Start Mining with Compass! Learn how to mine Bitcoin with Compass Mining in just a few minutes! We go over the purchase flow, how to pick a miner and how to set up your mining pool.
Educational Why does bitcoin mining use energy? Bitcoin mining uses energy to process and finalize transactions onto the blockchain from around the globe.
Educational How much does it cost to mine bitcoin? Cheap electricity is the most important variable for Bitcoin miners to be aware of.
Educational What is Proof-of-Work? Bitcoin users can trust that the network’s transaction record is valid because only values that miners have expended energy can make it to the blockchain.
Educational When will all bitcoins be mined? Yes, Bitcoin’s supply is capped at 21 million, but halvings and block rewards push this number slightly lower.
Educational How many bitcoin can I mine? The more hashing power an individual miner controls, the better odds they have of solving each block and claiming its reward.
Educational What is bitcoin mining? At its most basic elements, mining is a race to reveal encrypted data.
Educational What is a Bitcoin Node? Any computer that runs the Bitcoin software and participates in securing the network is called a node.