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CPU mining in 2021 – List of CPU mineable coins & CPU only algorithms

coinguides — Sun, 01 Aug 2021 03:07:50 +0000

Lot of people when they talk about crypto mining they discuss things like: ASIC mining profitability, Bitcoin mining machines, FPGA mining, building a profitable Ethereum GPU mining rig, mining BTC with Nicehash, GPU mining altcoins etc. All of that relates to GPUs and ASICs. But what about CPU mining? Is CPU mining still relevant in …

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What is RandomX? List of all RandomX Coins & Miners – CPU mineable coins

coinguides — Wed, 30 Jun 2021 08:09:19 +0000

Monero (XMR), the world’s leading privacy cryptocurrency has always taken a distinct path compared to the rest of other Proof of Work coins in the market. This coin is widely known for its cryptographic privacy techniques which obfuscates the blockchain from public view. By default every transaction on the Monero blockchain is private. Other than privacy …

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Scrypt coins – List of cryptocurrencies using scrypt hashing algorithm

coinguides — Mon, 11 Jan 2021 11:11:34 +0000

Out of the top 5 cryptocurrencies by market cap 3 are mineable coins. Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH) and Litecoin (LTC). All three operate within the proof-of-work consensus mechanism. However they all use different hashing algorithms. Bitcoin uses SHA-256 hash function and Ethereum currently uses Ethash Proof of Work hashing algorithm. In the near future Ethereum will …

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SHA-256 Hashing Algorithm – List of coins based on Bitcoin’s SHA256 algo

coinguides — Sat, 05 Dec 2020 07:27:49 +0000

Back when altcoins were trending we used to often list coins based on their hashing algorithm, specially for miners. It helps specific set of miners to choose and mine a particular coin based on its profitability. Now altcoin mining seems like a thing of a past. Particularly since they are no longer profitable for hobby …

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X11 Coins – List of Cryptocurrencies based on X 11 hashing algorithm

coinguides — Tue, 28 May 2019 05:55:51 +0000

Do you own Antminer D9, Baikal Giant X10, Innosilicon A5, FusionSilicon or any other latest X7 ASIC miner? Well, this post is for you. All these are X11 ASIC machines that are designed to mine Dash. Not only Dash, but they are capable of mining any Proof of Work cryptocurrencies that are based on X11 …

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CryptoNight Algorithm – List of coins on CryptoNight (Original / ASIC)

coinguides — Wed, 15 May 2019 12:38:30 +0000

Every week we explain about a PoW algorithm and share the list of coins powered by that specific algorithm. It helps miners to do research and choose the right coin to mine based on their hardware. Now if you own Antminer X3 or any other CryptoNight miners and are looking for cryptocurrencies based on standard …

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Yescrypt Algorithm coins & Miners – Yescrypt R8, R16, R24, R32 (CPU algo)

coinguides — Thu, 25 Apr 2019 07:21:15 +0000

Whenever we post a mining guide we do mention whether or not the algorithm is ASIC resistant. But do you know that there are certain Proof of Work algorithms that are GPU resistant as well. Not CryptoNight and other CPU algorithms which can also be mined using GPUs but algorithm that only allows CPU miners. …

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Blake256 Algorithm (Blake256r14) – List of all coins and ASIC miners

coinguides — Tue, 09 Apr 2019 12:16:26 +0000

Blake is a cryptographic hashing algorithm which is an improved version of SHA256 and is one of the finalist in NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology) SHA3 competition. It is designed and submitted by Jean-Philippe Aumasson and is based on and uses Dan Bernstein’s ChaCha stream cipher. Blake is the original algorithm and currently …

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X16S PoW Algorithm – List of all X16S coins and miners (NVIDIA / AMD)

coinguides — Wed, 27 Mar 2019 10:14:59 +0000

Consensus algorithms are the core of each and every cryptocurrency. There are many types of consensus algorithm being used in the cryptosphere such as PoW, PoS, PoI, DPoS, PoA etc. But currently Proof of Work (PoW) is the consensus algorithm which is largely used by many cryptocurrencies. While the main drawback is energy consumption, It …

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X16R Algorithm explained – List of X16R coins and miners (NVIDIA / AMD)

coinguides — Mon, 18 Mar 2019 15:08:19 +0000

In the cryptocurrency space every year many new projects appear. But only few turns out to be successful and only few projects tend to build something innovative. Ravencoin is one of the few projects that have gained a lots of attention and has witnessed significant success. It is a fork of Bitcoin whose blockchain is …

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