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  2. GPU mining - Wikipedia

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    Around 2013 and 2017 respectively, the prices of GPUs skyrocketed amid GPU mining craze. [7] In May 2021, China officially banned all crypto mining including GPU mining, amid concerns for the environment and economy. [16] Around March 2022, Bitcoin dipped from around $46,000 to $20,000 within a couple of months.

  3. Coinmarketcap - Wikipedia

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    [1] [7] [8] [9] The website is also a source for crypto exchanges rankings. [ 10 ] In a letter to The Wall Street Journal , Chez explained that the Coinmarketcap delisted Korean exchanges because many users complained about the inaccurate prices; however, he did not expect the effect of the Korean exchange exclusion to be so large.

  4. Cryptocurrency - Wikipedia

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    In March 2018, the city of Plattsburgh, New York put an 18-month moratorium on all cryptocurrency mining in an effort to preserve natural resources and the "character and direction" of the city. [76] In 2021, Kazakhstan became the second-biggest crypto-currency mining country, producing 18.1% of the global exahash rate.

  5. Mining pool - Wikipedia

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    In the context of cryptocurrency mining, a mining pool is the pooling of resources by miners, who share their processing power over a network, to split the reward equally, according to the amount of work they contributed to the probability of finding a block. A "share" is awarded to members of the mining pool who present a valid partial proof ...

  6. Chia (cryptocurrency) - Wikipedia

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    Chia is a cryptocurrency where mining (or farming, in Chia parlance) is based on the amount of hard disk storage space devoted to it rather than processing power as with proof of work cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin. The platform was created by a California based company called Chia Network Inc.

  7. Bitcoin - Wikipedia

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    In February 2018, the price crashed after China imposed a complete ban on bitcoin trading. [38] The percentage of bitcoin trading in the Chinese renminbi fell from over 90% in September 2017 to less than 1% in June 2018. [39] During the same year, bitcoin prices were negatively affected by several hacks or thefts from cryptocurrency exchanges. [40]

  8. Bitmain - Wikipedia

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    Bitmain Technologies filed for IPO on 26 September 2018 with the Hong Kong regulatory agency and released their first public financial statement at a time where bitcoin prices had dropped 65% from December 2017. The price drop had hurt mining hardware sales that accounted for 96% of the company's revenue.

  9. 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.