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Selling Notcoin

On April 1, 2024, the mining of the cryptocurrency Notcoin ended, in which anyone could participate simply by having any smartphone with the Telegram messenger installed. Thanks to this, more than 35 million people around the world became miners, and the Notcoin project itself gained tremendous popularity, comparable to the most well-known cryptocurrencies Bitcoin and Ethereum.

Quiet ASICs for Home Use

In cryptocurrency mining, home ASIC mining is gaining increasing popularity due to the emergence of various ASIC models specifically designed for home use. The main distinctive feature of home ASICs is the moderate noise during operation, which is comparable to the noise from a regular home computer. A standard ASIC miner designed for use in data centers (mining hotels) emits noise of over 75dB, meaning you have to shout to be heard by someone if such a cryptocurrency mining device is working nearby. Even if you don't live in a space where the noise from several industrial ASIC miners is present, complaints about noise from neighbors are almost guaranteed, especially considering that cryptocurrency mining is now widely known from infants to the elderly.

Cloud Mining on Kaspa

Kaspa cryptocurrency continues to remain the most profitable cryptocurrency for ASIC mining in 2024, despite the emergence of newer and more advanced devices for its extraction. Unfortunately, the entry threshold for mining the Kaspa cryptocurrency is quite high. For instance, the latest generation ASIC miner, Bitmain KS5 PRO, costs around $30,000, which is not affordable for the majority of miners. There are, of course, more affordable options from Goldshell - such as the KA-BOX priced at $1,800 with a hashrate of 1.18 TH/s, which is still not the most budget-friendly option.

Instead of purchasing a physical device, one can consider perpetual cloud mining contracts for the Kaspa cryptocurrency from the XT.com exchange, where the entry threshold for mining starts from $68 for 0.1 TH/s. This not only removes the need for maintaining your own equipment but also proves to be significantly cheaper.

Mining Qubic under Windows using WSL2 (for those who do not working GPU mining)

In the previous article, we already talked about how to set up Qubic coin (QBIC) mining for Windows and HiveOs, as well as how to register a wallet and connect to the pool. However, most people who tried to set up Qubic mining on Windows experienced some problems, namely mining on the video card did not start. When starting the miner, a hardware detection error was displayed and mining started only on the CPU, which is exactly what happened in our case. For those who have a similar problem, we are posting an alternative guide on how to set up Qubic mining in GPU+CPU mode under Windows using the Linux Subsystem for Windows version 2 or WSL2.

Mining Team Work (TW) - BSC-20 token for Qubic mining

If you are on the topic of “profitable mining” at the beginning of 2024, then you are probably already mining Qubic, since this is one of the most profitable options for these coins (if not the most profitable at all) and is many times more profitable than what various calculators offer. Perhaps you have heard something about such a coin as TW in different telegram channels for mining and that some people mine the “mysterious” TW instead of Qubic. Let's try to figure out what kind of beast this Team Work is and how to mine it under HiveOS and Windows.

Mining Ursula (URSA) - a new coin based on the HeavyHash algorithm

A few days ago, a new coin called Ursula (URSA) was announced and launched, just yesterday, 02/29/2024, the coin was listed on the Xeggex cryptocurrency exchange and it began to be traded there. At the moment, the complexity of the network is still not very high and the profitability of mining on video cards is excellent. Of course, it is not yet known how long this will last, and how quickly miners will rush to this coin and raise the difficulty. By the way, do not confuse the HeavyHash algorithm (which is used to mine URSA) and KHeavyHash which is used by Kaspa (KAS). Ursula coin (URSA) is not mined on ASICs for Kaspa.

Mining Qubic (QBIC) - setting up the mining of that very “secret” coin on Windows and HiveOs

In this article we will set up Qubic coin (QBIC) mining on Windows and HiveOs. In fact, in this case, this is not even mining in the literal sense of the word, the developers of the Qubic project essentially rent your equipment to train their neural network and pay you a reward in QBIC tokens once a week in proportion to the power of your equipment and how much time during this week (that’s how long one Epoch epoch lasts in the blockchain of this network) you participated in training the neural network. Due to the fact that it is difficult to immediately determine the profitability of Qubic mining (a week-long delay in payments), the setup is not as simple as is usually the case with classical mining and the small amount of information on the Internet, as well as the high requirements for equipment, the profitability of such mining is a very high level (some even consider this coin to be “secret”), in addition, both GPU and CPU are used equally for mining. For Qubic mining, it is highly recommended to have a high-performance processor and a powerful video card, as well as a sufficient amount of RAM. Further in this article you will find information and detailed step-by-step instructions on how to start the Qubic mining process under HiveOs (GPU + CPU) and under Windows (CPU), as well as more information about the coin itself.

What is a bridge and a wrapped token?

The emergence of smart contracts in cryptocurrencies has propelled the development of decentralized finance (DeFi), but conducting financial operations through smart contracts is only possible within one network (blockchain). For instance, within the Ethereum blockchain, initially, it was only possible to exchange ETH for tokens or NFTs created within that blockchain, thus creating an immediate need for exchanging cryptocurrency and tokens from other blockchains. In other words, initially, it was impossible to exchange Ethereum for Solana or Bitcoin using DeFi. Bridges and wrapped tokens emerged to make such functionality possible. Let's explain what they are.

What is jUSDT

With cryptocurrency, or more precisely, with the USDT token, everyone interested in cryptocurrency is familiar. In short, USDT is a stablecoin pegged to 1 US dollar and issued by the company Tether in the form of a token on various blockchains (Ethereum, Tron, Solana, Omni, Avalanche, EOS) that support ERC-20 smart contracts. In the cryptocurrency blockchain TONcoin, there is also the USDT stablecoin, but since the company Tether has never issued USDT tokens for the TON blockchain due to it not directly supporting the ERC-20 standard or for other reasons, there exists its own token in the TON network, called jUSDT. It, in turn, is a Wrapped original USDT token from the Ethereum or BNB network.

The First Graphics Card for Cryptocurrency Mining

This article won't help you choose your first graphics card for mining in 2024 because it's a story from the distant past of 2013, when I, just like you now, was choosing my first graphics card for Bitcoin cryptocurrency mining. Yes, you understood correctly; in early 2013, Bitcoin could still be mined with graphics cards, and quite successfully at that. The inspiration to write these memories came from that very first graphics card, which had been diligently working in a server for the past 4 years. However, due to replacing the regular processor with an APU (a processor with integrated graphics), it became unnecessary and now just sits on my desk, evoking memories of the past.

Gram Mining Pool is a new mining pool for GRAM with zero commission (0%)

A second mining pool for mining GRAM with zero (0%) commission has appeared. If you are mining GRAM on the ton.ninja pool, where the commission is a whopping 50%!, then you might be interested in this information.

GRAM is the first PoW token on the Toncoin (TON) platform with mining capabilities. Setting up ultra-profitable mining

GRAM is a token (a token in the TON network) with the ability to ProofOfWork mining on a video card. In this material we have collected all the available information on how to get this token. Below you can find information about the coin with a list of useful links, including video clips and video guides on YouTube, information on how to create a wallet, how to mine the GRAM coin solo or on a pool running Windows and HiveOS.

Download Bitcoin Core

Bitcoin Core is the main software required for interacting with the blockchain of the cryptocurrency Bitcoin. The development of Bitcoin and its forks (altcoins) began with this program. The initial forks (Litecoin, Feathercoin, Dogecoin) borrowed the code almost entirely from Bitcoin Core, making only minor changes such as the name, mining algorithm, block time, and block size. Even now, 15 years after the inception of the first cryptocurrency, the majority of new crypto projects utilize the BTC source code. However, it's worth noting that Bitcoin also incorporates innovations previously tested in other projects, such as smart contracts and NFTs, which gained popularity with the advent of Ethereum.

Cryptocurrency Mining 2023 Results. Forecast for 2024.

As the year 2023 comes to a close, a time when summaries are traditionally drawn in personal and business aspects of life, we will attempt to summarize the results of cryptocurrency mining in 2023. Cryptocurrency mining has long become a globally significant business, just like cryptocurrencies themselves, which are increasingly being recognized by states (not only from the African continent), on par with traditional financial instruments.

What is Proof-of-Reserves and which cryptocurrency exchange is the most reliable?

On November 8, 2021, the cryptocurrency market began to experience a decline, which later turned into a full-fledged bearish trend. Making money in a growing market is much easier than in a falling one, so long-term downturns are often accompanied by bankruptcies of various participants. The current cycle has seen the collapse of major players such as FTX, Celsius, BlockFi, Hodlnaut, Voyager, and the depreciation of seemingly fundamentally strong projects such as Terra Luna and UST. These events unfolded recently, were noted by all market participants, caused stress, nervousness and significantly undermined confidence in the main players, in particular in funds, exchanges and the cryptocurrency industry as a whole. Many participants chose to withdraw their assets to cold wallets, anticipating the possible bankruptcy of other exchanges. Obviously, a continuation of the trend with the scam of large institutional players could easily cause a cascading panic effect, potentially ending the short history of cryptocurrencies.

Pyrin (PYI) is a new fork of Kaspa. Review of the coin and setting up mining on a video card

Pyrin (PYI) is another fork of Kaspa, which uses the PyrinHash algorithm (implementation of Blake3) for PoW mining with instant confirmation of transactions, the average time of finding a block is 1 second. The project is designed to create a scalable and decentralized platform for smart contracts and is based on the GhostDAG platform. According to the developer, GhostDag is an innovative consensus protocol that has the potential to revolutionize blockchain technology. Offers an efficient and scalable solution for decentralized networks. Thanks to its directed acyclic graph (DAG) structure, GhostDAG provides near-instant transaction confirmation, which greatly improves network security, scalability, and throughput.

Comparison of popular cryptocurrency exchanges. Choosing the best exchange for a miner and trader

The world of cryptocurrencies is constantly developing and growing, attracting more and more users and investors. An important element of this world are cryptocurrency exchanges, which act as intermediaries between buyers and sellers of cryptocurrencies. Choosing the right exchange can have a significant impact on the success of your activity, be it mining or trading.

In this article, we will compare popular cryptocurrency exchanges on various parameters to help you choose the most suitable one for your needs. We will look at trading commissions, withdrawal fees, affiliate program terms, as well as the availability and ease of use of APIs and KYC procedures. All comparative data is presented in the form of convenient tables that will be updated monthly. We have collected a huge amount of information about popular cryptocurrency exchanges in one place for your convenience.

By conducting analysis and comparison, you can make an informed decision about which exchange will be optimal for your business or personal needs.

Double mining Karlsen (KLS) + Zilliqua (ZIL) with payouts in Bitcoin (BTC)

If you are a miner and want to get maximum profitability from mining while the profitability of the Karlsen (KLS) coin is so high, you can set up dual mining (Dual mining) KLS + ZIL using the updated Rigel miner 1.10.0, and also receive reward payments immediately - in Bitcoin (BTC) or in any other supported currency using the auto conversion feature if you choose to use the Unmineable pool. Thanks to this, you do not have to install a local wallet, or mine on a wallet that can be provided to you by “small exchanges” (such as Xeggex, Nonkyc or TradeOgre), where a deposit in KLS is available. This approach to mining is very similar to how Nicehash does it, unfortunately they have not yet added support for this profitable coin.

Database pruning for Ethereum Geth validator. Freeing up space on SSD.

For POS mining of the Ethereum cryptocurrency, special software is used under the general name Validator. The Validator, in turn, consists of two components: the Execution Layer and the Consensus Layer. The Consensus Layer is the POS mining itself, while the Execution Layer is the former POW blockchain network of Ethereum that operated from 2015 until the merge in 2022. All data accumulated during this time has been completely transferred to the new POS network.

10 years of Cryptoage.com

Today, on November 18, 2023, unexpectedly, exactly 10 years have passed since the registration of the domain Cryptoage.com. About a year before that, in the fall of 2012, we encountered something new and unfamiliar called Bitcoin for the first time, but didn't pay much attention to it. The initial impression was that Bitcoin was just another type of electronic wallet, similar to Webmoney, Skrill, or PayPal. A deeper understanding of cryptocurrency and blockchain technology came in the spring of 2013 during another Bitcoin hype, when its price surged from $20 to $200. The first attempts at mining Bitcoin on a Radeon HD 7700 graphics card yielded about 1 BTC per month. At that time, Bitcoin could already be exchanged for rubles and withdrawn to a bank card or mobile phone. The ability to convert electricity bills into bank transfers with a multiplier of x5 or even more significantly influenced the initial trust in cryptocurrencies.