Tales From the Ethereum Mines
Published in
Apr 8, 2018
Collected writings on cryptocurrency, blockchain and related topics
Around Thanksgiving 2017, my daughter and I got interested in Bitcoin. Since then, we started a mining business together and have both written about our adventures (together and separately). This page is a one-stop-shop for our collected writings on the topic.
- A Father/Daughter Beginner’s Guide to Cryptocurrency Mining — An introduction to the basics of cryptocurrency mining where we review how we got started and built our first mining machine.
- Episode 2: A Father/Daughter Guide to Open-Air Cryptocurrency Mining — A more advanced look at how to build a larger, more profitable mining system.
- Episode 3: The Father/Daughter Guide to Crypto Mining Operations — Full financial results for December 2017 and January 2018 for our mining operation and analysis on how difficulty and power costs impact our operation.
- Episode 4: The Father/Daughter Guide to Cryptocurrency Mining Optimization — With prices falling, this article looks at how we optimized our operation for greater profitability.
While our Father/Daughter articles have been our most popular, here are other articles we’ve written.
- What’s Gone Wrong with Bitcoin and Can It Be Fixed In Time? — A deeper analysis into how the internal architecture of Bitcoin, Ethereum and other cryptocurrencies is failing under stress. The article goes onto explore possible solutions
- Look Out World! Here Comes Alexa Wilson, and She Can Teach You a Thing or Two About Tech — Alexa’s experience in crypto mining leads to her guest blogging spot for a major, corporate tech web site.
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