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First off, miners need to install a client to connect to the network.
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There are two types of mining hardware: CPUs and GPUs. GPUs boast a higher hash rate, meaning they can guess puzzle answers more quickly.
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In this day and age, those mining with low-powered setups are unlikely to win, but it’s still a viable past-time for hobbyists and enthusiasts alike.
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Now that we know How Ethereum Mining Works, we may want to know how to compete in the race to mine ether our self.
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BUT:
Ethereum might not need miners forever, though.
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The miners randomly earn these ether, and their profitability depends on luck and the amount of computing power they devote to it.
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That’s why the puzzle-solving method is called ‘proof-of-work’.
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Next we go with this one: If the miner finds a hash that matches the current target, the miner will be awarded ether and broadcast the block across the network for each node to validate and add to their own copy of the ledger.
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Lets go again with how mining works because I think thats an important part we should all understand
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Perfect! We are all here finally! So lets start with business
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And now, how mining works these days?
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Pretty much we have to understand it like this: Although a ‘trustless’ or ‘trust-minimizing’ monetary system is the goal, someone still needs to secure the financial records, ensuring that no one cheats.
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But mining also has another at least as important role.
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Now what if we talk about the miners working with ethereum
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As explained in our guide “How Ethereum Mining Works“, miners are the ones that are preventing bad behavior – like ensuring that no one is spending their money more than once and rejecting smart contracts that haven’t been paid for.
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Bitcoin miners validate the shift of ownership of bitcoins from one person to another.
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But we have to remember that every node in the network holds a copy of the transaction and smart contract history of the network, in addition to keeping track of the current ‘state’.
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Contracts written in a smart contract-specific programming languages are compiled into ‘bytecode’, which a feature called the ‘ethereum virtual machine’ (EVM) can read and execute.
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Like bank account funds, ether tokens appear in a wallet, and can be ported (so to speak) to another account.
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Bitcoin uses unspent transaction outputs to track who has how much bitcoin.
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