Monero community concerned as leading mining pool nears 51% of ecosystem's to...

Monero community concerned as leading mining pool nears 51% of ecosystem's to...

The sharp increase in MineXMR's mining hash rate in the past few months has led some XMR enthusiasts to suspect ulterior motives. On Tuesday, privacy coin Monero (XMR) mining pool MineXMR's hash rate surpassed over 1.4 GH/s, accounting for 44% of the hash rate of the XMR network. MineXMR has about 13,000 miners and charges a 1% pool fee. According to a screenshot from Archive.org last August, the pool only contributed to 34% of the hash rate of the XMR network.The rapid rise in the network's hash rate has spooked some XMR enthusiasts, with Reddit user u/vscmm writing:"We need to talk with....


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