Bitcoin Mining Hub Archive

For the second fortnight, bitcoin difficulty drops, after briefly going over 40 billion difficulty

Where is Bitcoin in it’s lifecycle? A comparison with the games industry

If you have been paying notice to the bitcoin difficulty recently, something of a watershed moment has occured. After a year of endlessly increasing difficulty as newer, more powerful and power efficient bitcoin mining hardware piled into the …

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gHash.io Bitcoin Mining Pool Review

A look at the gHash.io Mining Pool Please note: This review is based on a relatively small amount of hashing, a few hundred ghs. The stats outlined in this review may not apply to larger miners. We …

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BTC Guild Bitcoin Mining Pool Review

A look at BTC Guild Mining Pool Please note: This review is based on a relatively small amount of hashing, a few hundred ghs. The stats outlined in this review may not apply to larger …

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Mining bitcoin by hand

I came across a very interesting post on Reddit the other day. My wife is really good at maths (having studied physics) and we have long argued about bitcoin, and what it’s doing. But despite …

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Ozco.in Bitcoin Mining Pool Review

A look at Ozcoin Mining Pool Please note: This review is based on a relatively small amount of hashing, a few hundred ghs. The stats outlined in this review may not apply to larger miners. We …

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Polmine Bitcoin Mining Pool Review

A look at Polmine Mining Pool Please note: This review is based on a relatively small amount of hashing, a few hundred ghs. The stats outlined in this review may not apply to larger miners. We …

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If you're just getting started with cryptocurrency, there are several methods to get your first couple of euro of cryptocurrency to put in your wallet.

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