One of the meanings of the word "miner" is the equipment that generates cryptocurrency. Then
is - a specific device designed for one purpose - to make calculations.
A synonym of this word are the words "farm" or "rig", which mean the same thing. The words are different
- the essence is one.
Today there are two types of farms - an ASIC miner or a GPU miner.
ASIC miners are specially designed and factory-built equipment,
designed to work on a specific - most often one algorithm.
Thus, if you want to buy an ASIC miner, it is important to pay attention to the choice
cryptocurrencies.
GPU miner is a complex of computer hardware and specially configured
software, calculations in which perform powerful video cards.
Today, according to our estimates, about _____ farms are already operating in the world
The second meaning of the word "miner" is a profession. In other words, this is a person who
engages in cryptocurrency mining. That is, he owns one or more
"farms"/"rigs", serves their work - adjusts, monitors the working temperature,
solves technical problems that arise during the operation of farms.