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Bitcoin mining and ASIC basics: how it works, why it matters.
⚡ASIC Machines
Complete Bitcoin ASIC catalog: Bitmain Antminer S21, S23, MicroBT and more.
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🏭Hosted Mining
What a hosted plan includes: electricity, cooling, maintenance, contracts.
📊Costs and Profitability
Calculate ROI, understand electricity costs and real margins.
🌐Mining Pools
How pools work, choosing a pool, payout schemes (FPPS, PPLNS).
🔧Technical
Difficulty, SHA-256, firmware, OS configuration — going deeper.
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All articles →What a Hosted Mining Plan Includes
A hosting plan is a colocation contract: space, power, cooling, network, first-line maintenance. The five items to require in writing, and the usual exclusions.
Major Bitcoin Mining Pools
Foundry, AntPool, ViaBTC, F2Pool, MARA, SpiderPool and the rest: who they are, and the method for judging a pool on your latency rather than its market share.
How to Connect an ASIC to a Mining Pool
Stratum URL, worker name, failover, payout address: the fields to fill, the mistakes that leave you hashing into the void, and the check that confirms it works.
Solo Mining vs Pool Mining: Which to Choose?
Solo keeps the whole block and template control, but the wait often runs into decades. The formula to compute your own expected delay before deciding.
Pool Fees: How Much Does a Mining Pool Cost?
Pool fees pay for coordination, not electricity or hosting. Where they hide beyond the headline percentage, and how to compute your real effective rate.
FPPS vs PPLNS: Which Payout Method to Choose?
FPPS pays every valid share and the pool carries your variance. PPLNS pays only on a found block, rewarding uptime. The choice follows your treasury, not your yield.