Ethereum Mining Made Possible on Weak PCs

Ethereum Mining Made Possible on Weak PCs

Minergate, one of the largest multi-currency mining pools, has recently added the Ethereum mining feature to its mining client. The main idea behind Minergate is the ease of use and approachability for amateur miners, without any associated drawbacks for professionals. Variable difficulty, a defining feature of the pool, adapts the difficulty to the power of a user’s CPU/GPU, which allows for efficient mining even on some weaker equipment. Minergate was launched in 2014 by a team of cryptocurrency enthusiasts. It consists of more than 100,000 active users mining a number of....


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