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Review of the TTBit L1 LTC USB Miner

12 Jan 2020 2 minute read 1 comment AverageVancouverite

The TTBit L1 LTC USB Miner Specs: Algorithm: SCRYPT (Coins Mined: Litecoin, Dogecoin, etc.) Hashrate: 3.5 - 5 MH/s (Stock setting: About 3.5MH/s) Chip: 28nm SCRYPT ASIC Power use: Under 10 watts The Review: The TTBit LTC1 USB Miner is essentially...

POOL-X: The Best PoS Mining Pool Yet

12 Jan 2020 8 minute read 4 comments CryptoMarketing

Pool-X is the Next Generation POS Mining Pool supporting lockup crypto transactions, launched by the KuCoin Exchange in August 2019. In recent times, we have seen a great increase in the number and popularity of mining pools and innovative staking pr...

Review of the FutureBit Moonlander 2 Stick USB Miner

11 Jan 2020 1 minute read 4 comments AverageVancouverite

The FutureBit Moonlander 2 Stick USB Miner Specs: Algorithm: SCRYPT (Coins Mined: Litecoin, Dogecoin, etc.) Hashrate: 3 - 5 MH/s (Stock setting: About 3MH/s) Chip: 28nm SCRYPT ASIC Power use: Under 10 watts The Review: The FutureBit Moonlander 2 S...

I spent $1650 on mining equipment.

11 Jan 2020 1 minute read 1 comment MadMaxx

Tip this post if you enjoy it! So I finally went into mining cryptocurrencies myself. I have previously mined XMR and ZCash on my i7 enabled laptop in the past. But this time, I had done a few calculations, and realised that I could get a wee bit ric...

Bentalefin - Scam - gone.

10 Jan 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Tomatosoup

In my earlier post, "Bentalefin.com - Scam or a changing business model?" I came to the conclusion that,  Bentalefin.com is, unfortunately, no longer a site to recommend that people experiment with. It is also now certainly not a site i'd risk $500...

How to fail at mining Zcash (ZEC)

10 Jan 2020 2 minute read 0 comments TrocProcLock

I love trying to mine different cryptocurrencies or just different ways to earn them even if it's not actual mining them. So I figured I would take a stab at mining Zcash. Before we begin I knew next to nothing about Zcash or how to mine it before I...

Is the Antminer S9 Era Over?

10 Jan 2020 2 minute read 5 comments MinerUpdate

This Miner Insights piece was originally published in crypto mining publication MinerUpdate. Subscribe here for the latest updates. AN UNUSUAL PATTERN WHICH APPEARED IN THE BITCOIN NONCE VALUE DISTRIBUTION IN 2016 HAS RECENTLY DISAPPEARED. WITH ANTMI...

What are Mining Pools and Why Do You Need Them?

10 Jan 2020 6 minute read 7 comments CryptoMoneyMaker

You probably are looking to start mining your first cryptocurrency and came across the term “mining pool”. If you are wondering why you should share your hard-earned mined coins with some mining pool then this article is for you!  Here I will cover w...

Crypto you can mine on your desktop right now!

10 Jan 2020 1 minute read 5 comments MadMaxx

Tip this post if you enjoy it! So, you want to mine Crypto? But you don't have $1000 upwards to spend on those complicated, ugly mining devices. But you do have a 2015 MacBook lying around your house. No one has touched it since 2015. You're wonderin...

Prospectors by WAX a fun easy way to chip away at mining profits

10 Jan 2020 1 minute read 0 comments BearWallace

Prospectors by wax provides a fun, lighthearted way to earn some WAX crypto while playing a computer game.  You can use your CPU and mem to earn wax while playing.  Naturally you would need to create an account.  They make this easy to do.  In the ga...