Ethereum developers have decided to take a new step in the fight against ASIC mining by introducing a new algorithm that will close access to the network for miners using ASIC equipment, leaving mining to those who practice cryptocurrency mining in the traditional way...

In the run-up to the New Year, hackers appear to be working tirelessly, releasing ever more new kinds of malicious software. Just recently researchers discovered a new variety of cryptojacking malware called L0rdix...

In traditional financial systems, new banknotes are simply printed by the governments of countries whenever they need them. But digital currencies come into being differently. They are generated by computers, and this process is called mining. The essence of mining is that a multitude of computers that are not connected to each other, through a special program (a miner), solve mathematical computational problems necessary for the functioning of the blockchain of a particular cryptocurrency's network, and thereby generate new coins.....

Cloud mining is the renting of computing power from a third-party service to mine cryptocurrency without buying and maintaining your own equipment, which lowers the barrier to entry but increases dependence on the provider.

Mining is the process of confirming transactions and creating new blocks in the blockchain, for which network participants receive a reward in cryptocurrency in exchange for the computational work of their equipment.