On Thursday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order authorizing the creation of a strategic bitcoin reserve. The reserve will hold bitcoin obtained by the US government through criminal or civil asset forfeiture proceedings. According to billionaire David Sacks, the White House “crypto czar,” the estimated 200,000 bitcoin the US government currently has will be […]
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Adding Two Mining Addresses or Pools
It depends on your mining setup and goals. Here are some scenarios where adding two mining addresses (or pools) can be beneficial: Reasons to Add Two Mining Addresses: Failover (Backup Pool): If your primary mining pool goes down, your miner will automatically switch to the second one, preventing downtime. Load Balancing: Some miners configure two […]
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Should You Add Two Mining Addresses to Your ASIC Miner? As cryptocurrency mining continues to evolve, miners are constantly looking for ways to optimize their performance and earnings. One common strategy is configuring ASIC miners with two or more mining addresses. But is this approach beneficial? In this article, we’ll explore the advantages, disadvantages, statistics, […]
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U.S. President Donald Trump announced the names of five digital assets he expects to include in a new U.S. crypto strategic reserve on Sunday, spiking the market value of each. Trump said on social media that his January executive order on digital assets would create a stockpile of currencies including bitcoin. The names had not […]
Continue ReadingKYC is Becoming a Key Legal Requirement for Mining Pool Providers
As the cryptocurrency industry matures, governments and regulatory bodies worldwide are increasingly focusing on Know Your Customer (KYC) compliance. While exchanges and wallet providers have long been subject to stringent KYC and Anti-Money Laundering (AML) regulations, mining pool operators are now facing similar scrutiny. Mining pools play a crucial role in securing blockchain networks and […]
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Bitcoin (BTC): History, Origins, and Evolution Origins of Bitcoin Launch Date: January 3, 2009 Creator: Satoshi Nakamoto (Pseudonym) Bitcoin is the world’s first decentralized cryptocurrency, and it was introduced by an anonymous person or group of people using the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto. The idea was laid out in Nakamoto’s whitepaper titled “Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic […]
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A Comprehensive Guide to Bitcoin Mining: Solo Mining vs. Pool Mining Bitcoin mining is the process of validating transactions and securing the Bitcoin network by solving complex cryptographic puzzles. As an incentive for this work, miners are rewarded with newly minted bitcoins. There are two primary ways to mine Bitcoin: solo mining and pool mining. […]
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What is a Mempool? The mempool, short for memory pool, is a crucial component of a blockchain network, especially for cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, Ethereum, and others. It is a temporary storage area for unconfirmed transactions that have been broadcast to the network but have not yet been added to a block on the blockchain. Essentially, […]
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Setting up CGMiner to mine various cryptocurrencies depends on the specific algorithm used by each coin. I’ll walk you through a general process and then show you how to configure CGMiner for the most common coins. General Setup for CGMiner Download and Install CGMiner: First, download the latest version of CGMiner from GitHub or other […]
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CGMiner is a popular mining software primarily designed for ASICs (Application-Specific Integrated Circuits) and FPGAs (Field-Programmable Gate Arrays). It supports mining for a wide variety of cryptocurrencies, primarily those that use SHA-256, Scrypt, or other algorithms that ASICs are built to mine. Some of the cryptocurrencies CGMiner can mine include: Start Mining Bitcoin (BTC) Algorithm: […]
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