Articles Mining bitcoin with lasers? Meet Optical Proof-of-Work (oPoW). A new change to Bitcoin was suggested, and it involves using lasers to mine new blocks.
Articles F2Pool versus AntPool: the fight for first place. F2Pool and AntPool are battling for bragging rights as the world's largest bitcoin mining pool.
Articles Mining “clean” blocks is really, really hard. "Clean" Bitcoin blocks are a fiction for compliance-hungry miners.
Articles Miner wars could help alleviate Ethereum’s transaction woes. Centralized mining could help reduce the cost of transacting on the Ethereum network.
Articles What miners should know about Bitcoin’s Taproot upgrade. Miners are signaling support for Bitcoin's Taproot upgrade. Here's what to know about the pending protocol change.
Articles Say goodbye to Ethereum mining as early as October. Ethereum miners were put on notice about the network's imminent transition to Proof-of-Stake.
Articles Dogecoin mining revenue topped $78 million in April. It's a red-hot bull market for dogecoin miners.
Educational What is an out-of-band payment? An out-of-band payment refers to any payment to a miner not made on-chain as a transaction fee.
Educational Where can I buy or sell ASICs? Compass miners have full control and ownership of their hardware.
Educational How long do ASICs last? A well maintained ASIC typically lasts 3-5 years, although longer is not unheard of.
Educational What hardware do miners use? The Bitcoin mining market has transitioned from CPUs to GPUs to ASICs since its inception.
Educational What is miner extractable value (MEV)? Also called maximal extractable value, MEV can be used to garner additional revenue per block by moving certain transactions around inside a block.
Educational What is immersion mining? Immersion mining systems are designed to store ASIC mining machines in large liquid-filled enclosures.
Educational What is overclocking? ASICs can be changed to increase their hash frequency, but it comes with tradeoffs.
Educational What is a mining farm? Bitcoin mining facilities are often repurposed warehouses capable of hosting thousands of mining rigs under one roof.
Educational What are hashrate tokens? Hashrate tokens give exposure to bitcoin mining through a token available on many secondary markets.
Educational How are pool miners paid? Each mining pool pays out block rewards in different ways. Pick the best system to maximize your miners profit.
Educational What is a mining pool? A miner can be paid fractions of multiple block rewards at a more regular interval by joining a mining pool.
Educational What is mining difficulty? Bitcoin internally regulates how fast blocks can be produced using a mechanism called difficulty adjustment.
Educational What is merged mining? Merge mining is mining more than one cryptocurrency at the same time. It's most popular with Litecoin and Doge.
Educational What is cloud mining? Cloud mining is one method of getting exposure to bitcoin mining, but customers do not own their own hardware.
Articles Empty blocks are a secret gold mine for Ethereum mining pools. Ethereum mining pools stumbled into a huge payday from minting thousands of gas tokens, and nobody noticed.
Educational How can I connect with other miners? Events and social media are the best ways to join the global mining community. Jump start your connections with our lists.
Articles What really happened to Bitcoin’s hashrate? The data showing the most severe drops in hashrate received the most attention, which was easily misinterpreted.
