How Bitcoin mining works, from the first machine to the hosting contract. Each guide states when it was last reviewed, names who wrote and checked it, and links to the calculators and data pages where the numbers live.
A mining pool pools hashrate so that block rewards arrive as small, regular payments instead of a rare jackpot. The scheme a pool uses to split those rewards, PPS, FPPS or PPLNS, decides who carries the risk of a slow week and how much the pool keeps.
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Proof of work, hashrate, difficulty, block rewards and the halving.
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How pools work, PPS vs PPLNS vs FPPS, fees, payouts and centralization.
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ASICs, efficiency in J/TH, buying used, hosting vs at home, cooling.
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Hashprice, break-even electricity, payback periods and difficulty risk.
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Firmware, configuration, wallets and payouts, heat, noise and monitoring.
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Tax treatment of mined coins, the regulatory landscape, custody and opsec.
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