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  2. GPU mining - Wikipedia

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    GPU mining is the use of Graphics Processing Units (GPUs) to "mine" proof-of-work cryptocurrencies, such as Bitcoin. [1] Miners receive rewards for performing computationally intensive work, such as calculating hashes, that amend and verify transactions on an open and decentralized ledger. GPUs can be especially performant at calculating such ...

  3. General-purpose computing on graphics processing units

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    General-purpose computing on graphics processing units (GPGPU, or less often GPGP) is the use of a graphics processing unit (GPU), which typically handles computation only for computer graphics, to perform computation in applications traditionally handled by the central processing unit (CPU). [1][2][3][4] The use of multiple video cards in one ...

  4. Cryptocurrency - Wikipedia

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    An increase in cryptocurrency mining increased the demand for graphics cards (GPU) in 2017. [80] The computing power of GPUs makes them well-suited to generating hashes. Popular favorites of cryptocurrency miners, such as Nvidia's GTX 1060 and GTX 1070 graphics cards, as well as AMD's RX 570 and RX 580 GPUs, doubled or tripled in price – or ...

  5. A Complete Guide on How Bitcoin Mining Works - AOL

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    In the very early days of bitcoin mining, the network difficulty of mining gave you a better than 1 in 5 chance of finding a new block. Hence, any machine was good enough for bitcoin mining.

  6. A Complete Guide on How Bitcoin Mining Works - AOL

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    If you're a bitcoin bull, you might wonder if it’s time to start mining it. Here's how bitcoin mining works and what to consider to decide if it's right for you.

  7. Free Bitcoin Mining Games: Learn and Earn - AOL

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    It’s a Bitcoin mining simulator game that allows users to earn Bitcoin at no initial cost — new users can earn free Satoshi straight away. A Satoshi is a term given to a fraction of a Bitcoin.

  8. List of free and open-source software packages - Wikipedia

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    Blender – Computer graphics software featuring modeling, sculpting, texturing, rigging, simulation, rendering, camera tracking, video editing, and compositing. MakeHuman. OpenFX – Modeling and animation software with a variety of built-in post processing effects. Seamless3d – Node-driven 3D modeling software.

  9. Bitcoin - Wikipedia

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    Bitcoin wallets were the first cryptocurrency wallets, enabling users to store the information necessary to transact bitcoins. [85][8]: ch. 1, glossary The first wallet program, simply named Bitcoin, and sometimes referred to as the Satoshi client, was released in 2009 by Nakamoto as open-source software. [7]