Mining Roundup: Walmart, BFGMiner and Altcoins in the Cloud
Bitcoin's breakthrough from a rather stagnant price has certainly made miners happy as of late. It might even entice the masses to splurge on a mining unit or two. Such an occurrence would certainly help the network as a whole. The recent meeting of minds between Chinese mining hardware suppliers brings back to the fore just how centralized mining continues to be. And while closed-door events like this are happening, the public must contend with the possibility that personal computers can be afflicted with mining malware - that's not positive for the cryptocurrency industry. With that in....
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2014 May 26th - The BFGMiner development team today announced the immediate availability of BFGMiner 4.0, the latest major release of the world's leading cryptocurrency mining software. Designed to support today's diversity of miners, BFGMiner 4 delivers a flexible foundation needed for mining at home or as a business. Available for over two years, since the advent of consumer-friendly FPGA miners, BFGMiner has earned a reputation for performance and reliability. Today, miners all over the world rely on BFGMiner for their mission-critical mining rigs. With the new 4.0 release, BFGMiner....
MultiMiner a mining program for Bitcoin and so many other coins. It is built as a GUI for BFGMiner. It's creator Nate Woolls also is the main contributor to scrypt mining support in BFGMiner. What sets MultiMiner apart from another mining software is 3 main things. Main Screen with miner displays and info. First it the easy to use graphical interface. Second is its support of many types of mining hardware and coins. Third and the most important is it's excellent support by Nate Woolls its creator. When I was starting to mine finding the right software was not the easiest as there are many....
BFGMiner 4.0 Officially Released, MultiMiner 3.0 Officially Released as well In Tandem. Luke Jr has officially released BFGMiner 4.0 into the wild with a ton of enhancements and features. Along with it a key member of the development team Nate Woolls released MultiMiner 3.0 to go along with it. Update: BFGMiner is live. 5/26/14 Quick Note: Slight Delay on BFGMiner. It will be posted soon. :-) Notable in the BFGMiner release is the support for many new miners that have come on the scene. Some you will recognize from my reviews like the OneString Miner, HexFury and Gridseed Blade reviews.....
Walmart has entered the metaverse with the launch of Walmart Land and Walmart’s Universe of Play on Roblox. The metaverse gaming platform has 52.2 million daily active users and 11.3 billion engagement hours. “Our customers are spending loads of time there,” said a Walmart executive.
Walmart Entering the Metaverse
U.S. retail giant Walmart announced Monday the launch of “Walmart Land” and “Walmart’s Universe of Play” on the metaverse gaming platform Roblox.
The announcement explains that Walmart Land will....
Cryptocurrency mining for fun and profit is always better with the latest and greatest information. With that in mind, CoinDesk's regular round-up details some of the most interesting events going on in the mining world in recent days - including an intriguing dogecoin announcement. So, let's explore some of the happenings since the last round-up. Mining heads to the cloud. Rackmount Servers. Image: Shutterstock. As bitcoin mining difficulty continues to rise, big-time miners are looking for a leg-up on the competition. If that's you, you might want to check out this article by Data Center....