Genesis Mining - Examining the Largest Scrypt Cloudmining Provider

Genesis Mining - Examining the Largest Scrypt Cloudmining Provider

Buy crypto currencies or mine it yourself? That's probably the most asked question by everyone who wants to dive into the mining of Alt- or Bitcoins. Many important factors need to be regarded. In addition to the cost of the hardware, you must not forget that electricity costs play a particularly important role. So a supposedly secure business quickly can change into a loss. CCN spoke with the CEO of Genesis Mining, Marco Streng on how the cloudmining provider from Munich became the largest supplier in the scrypt mining scene. The race against the electric meter began already in 2011 for....


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