We covered the basic concepts of blockchain, cryptocurrencies, and coin mining in our previous blog.
As we discussed, after a few evolutionary steps via Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs) mining algorithms returned to their roots: the ‘humble’ personal computer. The suitability of algorithms such as CryptoNight (which underlies the Monero currency) ultimately led to the porting of the source code to JavaScript and a departure from the more traditional approach of having standalone executables for mining, instead executing code from within browser processes.
The Beginning of In-Browser MiningThis new...
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