2017 saw the hacking of Nicehash and the explosion of crypto mining malware, we watched as all of the GPUs in the world sold out and the mining craze, like some digital gold rush, was on!
New mining ICOs have popped up to raise funds for large farms of hydro powered mining rigs and we even got a peek at new mining equipment soon to come from Nvidia, Amd and dragonmint.
If your looking for some new mining software here is a breakdown of the best GUI miners for windows and linux:
http://www.techradar.com/news/the-best-cryptocurrency-mining-software-2018
Easy to set up.
I am personally very excited to see new mining operating systems like the upcoming EasyMine:
https://steemit.com/mining/@squatee/easymine-revolutionary-mining-os
We also had the Vertcoin one click miner drop in late 2017:
https://steemit.com/altcoin/@squatee/vertcoin-one-click-miner
in 2017 Amd slammed GPU demand saying it was not a long term growth driver:
https://steemit.com/mining/@squatee/amd-cryptocurrency-mining-isnt-a-long-term-growth-driver
Then Nvidia came out and said crypto mining is here to stay:
https://steemit.com/mining/@squatee/nvidia-ceo-cryptocurrencies-are-here-to-stay
We found out that mining voids the warranty of your GPU
https://steemit.com/mining/@squatee/crypto-mining-voids-gpu-warranty
In Russia mining was paying twice the average annual salary:
https://steemit.com/mining/@squatee/gpu-shortage-continues-crypto-mining-paying-russians-twice-the-average-monthly-wage
2018 promises more crypto craziness. Make sure to follow me the Crypto Sasquatch for breaking mining news and commentary. Thanks for the read!
