Antpool Reveals Plans to Drop Ethereum Ethash Support, Plans to Keep Mining ETC
Antpool, the bitcoin mining pool affiliated with Bitmain, has announced the crypto mining operation will not manage ethereum accounts after The Merge is implemented. The mining pool is asking participating Antpool miners to add their ethereum withdrawal addresses by September 3, in order to receive the accumulated ether collected by Antpool. Antpool to Stop Supporting Ethereum Following The Merge On Saturday, August 27, the cryptocurrency mining pool Antpool told customers that it will no longer maintain ETH assets after The Merge. Customers have until September 3 to give an ETH address in....
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Four gigabyte devices will soon be able to find a new home on ETC. Ethereum Classic (ETC) is planning on executing the Thanos hard fork, an upgrade that would ensure several more years of mining functionality for graphics cards with 4 gigabytes of RAM.The upgrade, scheduled for block 11,700,000 — set to be mined between November 28 and November 29 — will roll back the epoch parameter for Ethereum Classic’s mining algorithm, Ethash.Ethash features a set of pre-computed data used during the mining process, called DAG. The data set grows at a rate of about one gigabyte every 18 months, and is....
The world’s largest ethereum mining pool, Ethermine, has announced the organization plans to drop proof-of-work (PoW) ethereum mining entirely. Ethermine says that the platform’s miner dashboard will display a countdown and users can continue to mine ether until the countdown reaches zero.
Largest Ether Mining Pool to End PoW Ethereum Mining — Ethermine Ethereum Mining Pool Will Switch to Withdraw-Only Mode After the Merge
According to a recent announcement from the world’s largest ethereum mining pool, Ethermine, the platform plans to halt ETH mining....
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