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What The Future Holds For Crypto Mining

BlockNews Team by BlockNews Team
October 19, 2022
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What Is Crypto Mining?

Cryptocurrency mining put is the process of creating new digital coins.

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However, the process involved in recovering these coins is far more complex as it involves solving tricky puzzles, validating cryptocurrency transactions on a blockchain network, and then adding them to a distributed ledger to locate them.

How Does Crypto Mining Work?

Using Bitcoin as an example, one of the leading trendsetters in the world of digital currency as a guide. Bitcoin mining ensures that transactions are valid and then adequately added to the bitcoin blockchain using a global network of computers running on the bitcoin code.

 It can also be referred to as the verification of new transactions against the Bitcoin network, resulting in the creation of new Bitcoins. The process is carried out by solving complex cryptographic hash puzzles to verify blocks of transactions updated on the decentralized blockchain ledger. 

The requirements to solve these puzzles are sophisticated equipment with very high computing power; the reward for solving these puzzles is Bitcoin which is then released into circulation hence the name Bitcoin Mining.

How does Bitcoin Mining work?

The working process of Bitcoin mining involves a few components and requirements.

The mining requirements are as follows;

  • A hardware GPU( Graphics Processing Unit), An SSD(Solid State Drive) for mining, or ASIC (application-specific integrated circuit), A mining Software. 
  • A wallet
  • A mining pool of preference ( assuming pool mining is preferable to solo mining)

Together, all these make up the mining system which, when started up, performs the mining process autonomously. The only time human involvement comes into play after the initial startup is during a power outage, system or network failure, or routine system maintenance.

Once the mining software has been set up and a Bitcoin wallet created, the miner then adopts different techniques to install and configure the mining software. The miner must possess sufficient technical knowledge to improve the mining capacity. 

Is Bitcoin Mining Profitable?

Bitcoin mining is not profitable for most individual miners, with few exceptions due to the high cost of equipment setup and complicated mining processes. The massive amount of dollars it costs to set up the hardware can not be footed by all miners. 

A cost-benefit analysis is carried out to determine the profitability of mining. The factors to be taken into account are; the amount of electricity consumed in kWh, the efficiency, the difficulty in mining, the entire time taken to complete the mining process, and finally, the value of the Bitcoin mined then.

Setting up the mining hardware usually costs a small fortune and requires high technical expertise. Some miners are more equipped to meet the requirements, resulting in low profits for the individual miners. Due to the low-profit turnout for some individuals, miners are advised to join mining pools where they can work together as a group. This method of pooled mining allows the Bitcoin miners to increase their chances of earning more rewards in more Bitcoins.

What does the future hold for Crypto mining?

In a nutshell, there’s still a long way to go before crypto mining no longer has a future.

When Bitcoin mining began, miners had the chance to earn 50BTC in 10 minutes from the comfort of their bedrooms.

Holding on to a block of Bitcoin over the years would mean they have almost $ 1 million worth of BTC in their wallets in 2022.

Today, miners are rewarded with 6.25BTC. Due to the concept of Bitcoin halving that its creator set in place, this reward would reduce to 3.125BTC in 2024 after the next halving. Mining and getting rewarded every 10 minutes could have the average successful miner profiting as much as 37.5 BTC within the hour, provided they solve the puzzle first.

The Future Of Crypto Mining

Many cryptocurrencies are available to be mined with very high profitability. Provided the miners have the necessary capital to set up a proper mining operation, they can break even in no time and begin to take profits from the autonomous mining system. Other than Bitcoin, include Ethereum, Monaco, Monero, Ravencoin, Litecoin, Vertcoin, Haven, and Aeternity. 

Many have profited from Crypto mining, and many more are venturing into it with success stories emerging shortly after the future of crypto mining is one with a chance at success.  

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