Journal of Applied Computer Science & Mathematics (Apr 2018)

The Evolution of the Processing Power Needed by the Primary Cryptocurrencies and its profit.

  • Stefan SFICHI

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4316/JACSM.201801007
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 44 – 49

Abstract

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This paper intends to follow the evolution of the processing power needed to mine cryptocurrencies. Because by this year, 2018, they evolved to being over 1500 cryptos, we shell consider reviewing the first 5: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Ripple, Bitcoin Cash and Litecoin (a hierarchy given by coinmarketcap.com. We shall closely overview the first 2: Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH – Ether).

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