Mining History Articles

Learn how Ethereum Classic Ethash to Etchash works, what it changes for miners, the money and safety risks, and the checks to make before using it.

Learn how Ravencoin X16R to KawPoW works, what it changes for miners, the money and safety risks, and the checks to make before using it.

Learn how Monero CryptoNight to RandomX works, what it changes for miners, the money and safety risks, and the checks to make before using it.

Bitcoin Core 0.16 removeprunedfunds guide covering wallet-history deletion, balance impact, pruned recovery, evidence, backups and safe reconciliation.

Bitcoin Core 0.16 listtransactions guide covering account-era entries, count and skip pagination, watch-only scope, signs, trust and replacement.

Learn how Zcash Equihash ASIC mining history works, what it changes for miners, the money and safety risks, and the checks to make before using it.

Learn how Ethereum mining difficulty bomb works, what it changes for miners, the money and safety risks, and the checks to make before using it.

Litecoin Dogecoin merged mining explained from Dogecoin’s AuxPoW activation to parent coinbase commitments, pool accounting and practical miner checks.

Learn how original Stratum mining protocol works, what it changes for miners, the money and safety risks, and the checks to make before using it.

BIP 1 purpose and guidelines explained: review the original Bitcoin proposal process, document types, editor role and replacement by newer governance rules.

Learn how P2Pool Bitcoin mining history works, what it changes for miners, the money and safety risks, and the checks to make before using it.