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Mining and Staking

Here you will find our coverage of the basics of cryptocurrency mining and staking. We bring you tutorials, basic concepts, news and analysis.

Cryptocurrency mining is a combination of science and art. In this section we hope to provide you with the basic information you need to understand and, perhaps, get started producing your own crypto.

ELI5 Proof of Stake (PoS) – How does PoS work?
In the cryptocurrency universe, Proof of Stake (PoS) is one of the most popular alternatives to the Proof of Work (PoW) family of consensus mechanisms. While PoW systems invest la...
ELI5 Hydro Mining: generate your own electrical power for cryptocurrency mining
Hydro mining is a generic term which refers to the use of hydropower in the cryptocurrency mining process. Hydro-mining is considered a green energy alternative, which attempt...
The 34 most profitable Proof of Stake (PoS) coins for 2021
In this article we take a look at several Proof of Stake (PoS) coins for investors building passive income streams. With the DeFi craze causing extremely high Ethereum fees, more ...
ELI5: What was Honeyminer?
Honeyminer was an automatic multiple coin mining program that pays users to use their spare computing power. Honeyminer leveraged a variation of the concept of micro mining, w...
ELI5: Cryptocurrency Micro Mining
Micro mining is a cryptocurrency mining modality where large quantities of small, and low computing power, devices perform the mining work. The idea stemmed from concepts relat...
Does cloud mining make financial sense?
Remember the Old West, when naive speculators often bought maps to gold mines hoping for quick riches? Today, the basic question cowboys used to ask themselves still makes sens...
Who is Genesis Mining?
Genesis Mining is a cryptocurrency mining company founded in 2013. The company runs the Enigma mining farm in Iceland (since 2014) and the Thor mining farm in Sweden (since 201...
ELI5: Why can’t Bitcoin miners use regular computers?
This is a frequently asked, but still very relevant, question in the world of cryptocurrencies. There seems to be a permanent, and very heated, debate involving the future of B...
Why do I need to join a Bitcoin mining pool?
The Bitcoin protocol is open. Its source code is available to everyone and anyone can adapt the original code to mine Bitcoins. If that's the case, then why do I need to join a mi...
ELI5 What is cryptocurrency mining?
Mining is the process by which cryptocurrency transactions get verified. The process got its name from the fact that once a block is verified, whoever solved it will earns som...