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2. How to do cryptocurrency mobile mining - AOL

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   Cryptocurrency mobile mining is possible, but it comes with a long list of reasons not to do it. Moreover, mining on your smartphone doesn’t even come close to traditional mining hardware or ...

3. Cryptojacking - Wikipedia

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   Cryptojacking is the act of exploiting a computer to mine cryptocurrencies, often through websites, [1] [2] [3] against the user's will or while the user is unaware. [4] One notable piece of software used for cryptojacking was Coinhive, which was used in over two-thirds of cryptojacks before its March 2019 shutdown. [5]

4. Cloud mining - Wikipedia

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   Cloud mining is the process of cryptocurrency mining utilizing a remote data center with shared processing power. [1] Cloud mining has been used by ransomware groups and scammers to launder cryptocurrency. [2] This type of cloud mining enables users to mine bitcoins or alternative cryptocurrencies without managing the hardware.

5. Cryptocurrency - Wikipedia

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   An increase in cryptocurrency mining increased the demand for graphics cards (GPU) in 2017. [78] The computing power of GPUs makes them well-suited to generating hashes. Popular favorites of cryptocurrency miners, such as Nvidia's GTX 1060 and GTX 1070 graphics cards, as well as AMD's RX 570 and RX 580 GPUs, doubled or tripled in price – or ...

6. How to start investing in cryptocurrency: A guide for beginners

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   Some cryptocurrencies reward those who verify the transactions on the blockchain database in a process called mining. For example, miners involved with Bitcoin solve very complex mathematical ...

7. GPU mining - Wikipedia

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   The increasing demand of GPU mining and purchases caused a worldwide shortage that continued into 2021 until production finally caught up in 2023, [8] [9] With mining firms going bankrupt, increase regulations enforced, and the main cryptocurrencies switching to a "proof of stake" algorithm, the GPU mining for cryptocurrency became highly ...

8. Proof of work - Wikipedia

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   Studies have estimated the total energy consumption of cryptocurrency mining. [27] The PoW mechanism requires a vast amount of computing resources, which consume a significant amount of electricity. 2018 estimates from the University of Cambridge equate bitcoin's energy consumption to that of Switzerland .

9. Litecoin - Wikipedia

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   Litecoin (Abbreviation: LTC; sign: Ł) is a decentralized peer-to-peer cryptocurrency and open-source software project released under the MIT/X11 license.Inspired by Bitcoin, Litecoin was among the earliest altcoins, starting in October 2011.