In September 2021, Ethereum, the second most popular crypto blockchain, recorded 1.2 million daily transactions. And this is almost twice the number of transactions recorded daily at the same time ...

Mining on the Ethereum mainnet is no longer possible, but it remains viable on Ethereum Classic, which still uses proof-of-work. Bitcoin mining consumes substantial power with ASIC hardware, while ...

Tobi is a crypto writer at Investopedia. He aims to simplify the complex concepts of blockchain and cryptocurrencies for the masses. Jakub Porzycki / NurPhoto / Getty Images The crypto community ...

Most people probably first heard of blockchain mining when Bitcoin began entering the mainstream in the late 2010s. Bitcoin, after all, was the only cryptocurrency in the beginning, and mining was the ...

If you're thinking about mining Ethereum as a side hustle, you should probably shelve the idea for the time being because, for the most part, it's not currently profitable. There are exceptions (and ...

Together, ETHW mining pools already make up more mining capacity in terms of block share than Ethermine, which opted to shut down mining operations. Despite Ethereum’s historic transition to a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Colin is the Editor-in-Chief of Blockspace Media After years of waiting, debating, and delays, Ethereum’s pending merge to ...

MIAMI — AntPool, the mining pool affiliated with mining rig giant Bitmain, has invested $10 million to support the Ethereum Classic ecosystem and plans to continue investing more, the pool's CEO, Leon ...

The crypto mining space is approaching a key inflection point. There are currently two dominant proof of work-based coins, Bitcoin and Ethereum. Bitcoin’s consensus rules are immutable and ...

In a few weeks, Ethereum is slated to undergo the most significant change in its seven-year history. Until now, the Ethereum blockchain has been secured using a method called "proof-of-work," which ...

Ethereum developers today executed the “Merge,” an upgrade that eliminates mining and dramatically reduces the energy consumption of the world’s second-biggest cryptocurrency. Today’s action ...