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Pi Network is a digital currency and decentralized finance project that aims to make cryptocurrency mining accessible via mobile devices. Developed by a group of Stanford graduates, Pi Network allows users to "mine" or validate transactions on their smartphones through a mobile application.
China based cryptocurrency, formerly ANT Shares and ANT Coins. The names were changed in 2017 to NEO and GAS. 2014 MazaCoin: MZC BTC Oyate Initiative SHA-256d: C++ [39] PoW: The underlying software is derived from that of another cryptocurrency, ZetaCoin. 2014 Monero: XMR Monero Core Team RandomX C++ [40] PoW
As of February 2018, the Chinese government has halted trading of virtual currency, banned initial coin offerings, and shut down mining. Many Chinese miners have since relocated to Canada [71] and Texas. [72] One company is operating data centers for mining operations at Canadian oil and gas field sites due to low gas prices. [73]
In early 2018 the People's Bank of China announced the State Administration of Foreign Exchange led by Pan Gongsheng would crack down on bitcoin mining. [102] [103] Many bitcoin mining operations in China had stopped operating by January 2018. [101] A complete ban on cryptocurrency trading and mining was put into effect on 24 September 2021. [104]
GPU mining is the use of Graphics Processing Units (GPUs) to "mine" proof-of-work cryptocurrencies, such as Bitcoin. [1] Miners receive rewards for performing computationally intensive work, such as calculating hashes, that amend and verify transactions on an open and decentralized ledger.
Primecoin was launched in 2013 by Sunny King, who also founded Peercoin. [4] [5]Unlike other cryptocurrencies, which are mined using algorithms that solved mathematical problems with no extrinsic value, mining Primecoin involves producing chains of prime numbers (Cunningham and bi-twin chains).
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]
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.