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Blake256 Algorithm (Blake256r14) – List of all coins and ASIC miners

coinguides — Tue, 09 Apr 2019 12:16:26 +0000

Blake is a cryptographic hashing algorithm which is an improved version of SHA256 and is one of the finalist in NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology) SHA3 competition. It is designed and submitted by Jean-Philippe Aumasson and is based on and uses Dan Bernstein’s ChaCha stream cipher. Blake is the original algorithm and currently …

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Core wallet: “No block source available” – How to fix this?

coinguides — Fri, 28 Sep 2018 07:23:05 +0000

Trying to sync our core wallet can be quite challenging at times and everyone of us might have gone through this stage atleast once. Whichever coin it; if you haven’t opened your wallet in a while then you need to patiently wait for it to completely synchronize. Also it can get quite frustrating if the …

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Staking vs Masternodes: Difference between Masternodes & Proof of Stake

coinguides — Mon, 10 Sep 2018 12:51:51 +0000

Masternodes and Staking: In cryptocurrency they both are a system that is known to provide passive income. But is that it; just paying interest or there is more to it? What are the difference between them, how do they work and in what ways do they benefit the network? Before we see the pros and …

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Suprnova Mining Pool – How to mine on Suprnova? BTG, VTC, XVG, RVN, ZEN

coinguides — Sat, 25 Aug 2018 14:47:14 +0000

So you got your GPUs ready and looking to mine your favorite coin. First thing is you need to pick a reliable and profitable mining pool. Forget about Ethereum, Zcash and other popular Cryptocurrencies. Even to mine a newly launched Altcoin you need to join a mining pool. Solo Mining is not advised until unless …

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Staking “generated but not accepted” – PoS transaction: orphan / conflicted

coinguides — Mon, 13 Aug 2018 07:25:13 +0000

Proof of Stake (PoS) is an alternative to Proof of Work (PoW) consensus mechanism. Ethereum; which currently uses Proof of Work will soon update the network consensus protocol to Proof of Stake. Not just Ethereum but many popular Cryptocurrencies uses Proof of Stake consensus mechanism. Some of the well known coins are PIVX, PacCoin, Linda …

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Blake2b Algorithm – List of Blake (2b) coins, miners and its hashrate

coinguides — Wed, 08 Aug 2018 11:52:58 +0000

Back then GPU miners used to Dual mine Ethereum (Ethash) and Siacoin (Blake2b) using Claymore miner. It was a better option as it didn’t drop hashes nor it did increase much power. Moreover dual mining Ethereum and Siacoin was way more profitable than mining Ethereum alone. But that’s not the case anymore after the release …

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Innosilicon A9 ZMaster – Another Equihash ASIC hashes 50K sol/s @ 620 W?

coinguides — Fri, 08 Jun 2018 09:11:28 +0000

It was May 2018, the release of Antminer Z9 has made GPU mining obsolete on Equihash algorithm. Since then coins that are powered by Equihash are in a serious debate on whether to fork or not to fork. Coins like Bitcoin Gold, Bitcoin Private, Bitcoin Z and Zel Cash have announced that they will fork …

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