With Ethereum 'Ice Age' Incoming, Momentum Builds for Miner Pay Cut
A vote currently taking place on ethereum's mining rewards has motivated a big response from its community, despite the fact that its results are non-binding. Described simply as a 'show of preference' by organizers, the vote is designed to indicate support for Ethereum Improvement Proposal (EIP) #186 – a change that, if implemented, would reduce the reward allocated to miners from the current level of 5 ethers per block to a lower figure. According to the proposal's abstract: "A reduction in the issuance of ether is very likely to be price-supportive and lead to increasing....
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This tutorial will show you how to connect a miner to P2Pool nodes for various cryptocurrencies. What To Expect. We will select a suitable coin to mine, pass the correct parameters to the miner software and earn shares for pay-out. It is suggested that you run your miner for at least 24 hours to gain maximum shares and know-how from this test drive. Initially, it will seem as if your mining is not achieving much, but be patient. After an hour or two, you will see your mining shares start accumulating, and some pay-outs should arrive in your wallet after 3-6 hours. This lag is due to the....
According to Chandler Guo, an influential Chinese bitcoin miner, a proof-of-work (PoW) version of Ethereum is “coming soon.” The news comes as The Merge is expected to be implemented on Ethereum during the week of September 19, and the growing discussions of delaying the highly anticipated proof-of-stake (PoS) transition. Chinese Miner Chandler Guo Says ‘Ethereum PoW’ Is Coming Soon Chandler Guo has stated that an Ethereum proof-of-work (PoW) version will be “coming soon” ahead of The Merge that’s been penciled-in for the week of September....
A solo Ethereum miner has just gotten what could be described as the lucky break of a lifetime after mining a single ethereum block that netted them a reward that ran into the hundreds of thousands of dollars. While ethereum’s mining difficulty is not as high compared to bitcoin, it is still a difficult, energy and computationally intensive process that discourages the average person. However, a lot of solo miners remain in the ethereum ecosystem and continue to make a profit from their mining activities. Although not all of the miners get to mine a single block that delivers a reward with....
A U.S. cryptocurrency miner installed a mining rig in a particular place with the motivation to “annoy gamers.” Simon Byrne installed the full infrastructure in the back of his BMW i8 hybrid car. Miner Is Trying to Create a ‘Crypto Utopia’ According to PC Gamer, Byrne fit six Nvidia RTX 3080s graphic cards into the trunk of his car. The hybrid car’s internal battery provides the hardware power. However, the car’s boot should remain open, or the whole mining rig setup will overheat, said the cryptocurrency miner. Hardware Times first spotted the....
On Saturday, a popular Youtuber named Stacksmashing published a video that shows him hacking a 1989 Nintendo Game Boy in order to mine bitcoin. Despite the creativity and the fact that the miner only leverages four double-A batteries, Stacksmashing noted that the 8-bit handheld game console was not nearly as powerful as today’s modern mining rig. Mining Bitcoin With a Game Boy Four years ago, a few people created some interesting methods to mine and connect with the Bitcoin network. For instance, the bitcoiner Ken Shirriff who is known for getting the bitcoin symbol added to Unicode....