There is still a high volume of
hobbyist miners who are still hashing away with its products such as the SP20, SP35 and even the SP10.
Now consider if the entire blockchain network is supported by
hobbyist miners using their CPU or GPUs; because the «work» done is relatively lower, it is easier to dedicate resources to an attack to rewrite the blockchain's history and engage in a 51 percent attack.
The rise of ASIC mining rigs not only increased the barrier to market entry for
hobbyist miners but also made it much easier for
As an early adopter myself and
hobbyist miner, I can confirm that the costs involved have ballooned significantly and therefore affect attitudes on value.
Not exact matches
In the early days of Bitcoin,
miners were mainly
hobbyists using personal computers to solve relatively simple cryptographic problems.
The target market of Genesis Engineering ranges from
hobbyists and small businesses reached by the company's showrooms, co-working spaces and speaker series, to multinational energy companies and large - scale
miners reached by the company's consultancy and mining projects.