Tag: ASIC Development

The cryptocurrency mining landscape has undergone seismic shifts since the inception of Bitcoin in 2009, evolving through several hardware iterations to increase efficiency and hash rate. Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) miners are the apex predators in this hardware ecosystem, designed exclusively for mining cryptocurrencies. Let's trace the evolution of ASIC miners, from their humble beginnings to their current reign as the colossi of crypto mining. Genesis of Mining: CPUs to GPUs The earliest days of crypto mining utilized Central Processing Units (CPUs) – the same processors that power most computers. However,...