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Articles & Books From Peter Kent
Untangle the steps to mine crypto, including new coins and servicesThe cryptocurrency market moves quickly and miners and investors need the latest information to stay ahead of the game. This edition of Cryptocurrency Mining For Dummies has the insight you need to get started with mining. You'll learn what goes into building a mining rig that can complete cryptocurrency transactions and reap the rewards in the form of new coin.
A primer on the currency alternative that's changing the worldBitcoin can be a bit puzzling to the uninitiated. Ledger? Blockchain? Mining? These cryptocurrency concepts aren't going away, and there are tremendous opportunities for those with some know-how to get onboard with the crypto culture. Bitcoin For Dummies helps you get un-puzzled, learn the Bitcoin basics, and discover the possibilities in the new world of digital currencies.
Learn the skills to get in on the crypto crazeThe world of cryptocurrency includes some of the coolest technologies and most lucrative investments available today. And you can jump right into the middle of the action with Cryptocurrency All-in-One For Dummies, a collection of simple and straightforward resources that will get you up to speed on cryptocurrency investing and mining, blockchain, Bitcoin, and Ethereum.
Cheat Sheet / Updated 12-08-2021
Cryptocurrency All-in-One For Dummies provides helpful advice for navigating the blockchain world and cryptocurrencies that run them — from the ins and outs of wallets, exchanges, Bitcoin, and Ethereum to investing in cryptocurrencies and even mining your own.Here, we give you bonus content that we couldn’t fit in the book.
Up relevance scores, improve page speed, optimize voice search questions, and more! Search Engine Optimization For Dummies shows website owners, developers, and search engine optimizers (SEOs) how to create a website that ranks at the top of search engines and has high-volume traffic, while answering the essential question of "how do I get people to visit my site?
Article / Updated 01-01-2020
If you’re looking online for a product you want to buy, where do you start? With a major search engine? Well, if you’re like many Internet users, the answer is no. You start at your favorite shopping site. Late in 2018, eMarketer reported that almost half of all American Internet users begin their search at Amazon and about a third began at Google.
Article / Updated 02-16-2022
Cryptocurrency mining involves the addition of transactions to a blockchain by a crypto miner. But, it’s a bit more complicated than that. Take a look at decentralization and discover the role of the crypto miner.
Understanding decentralized currencies
Cryptocurrencies are decentralized — that is, no central bank, no central database, and no single, central authority manages the currency network.
Article / Updated 03-04-2020
Pool mining is a group of miners acting as a team to find blocks. The block rewards are proportionally split across all miners who contributed to the pool’s hashed Proof of Work; that is, the more hashing power you provided to the operation during a particular time period (the pool mining duration or mining round), the higher the share you receive for block rewards won by the pool during that time period.
Article / Updated 07-06-2021
A ton of helpful resources are online for aspiring cryptocurrency miners or those interested in learning more on the topic. These cryptocurrency mining resources are split into ten different categories, from resources that can help you track the price of cryptocurrencies to cryptocurrency whitepapers. Reviewing these resources can keep any aspiring crypto miner busy for many happy hours!
Article / Updated 12-27-2019
Decentralization of cryptocurrency is actually what makes it trustworthy. In general, more decentralized cryptocurrencies are likely to be more stable and likelier to survive (long enough for you to profit from mining) than more centralized and less distributed cryptocurrencies.In the cryptocurrency arena, the term decentralization is thrown around as an absolute: The system is either decentralized or it is not.