Lecture 8: Mining In-Depth

Mining In-Depth
- Mining difficulty
- Hardware (CPU vs GPU vs FPGAs vs ASICs)
- Mining pools
- Problems with Reliance on Mining
Bitcoin Fundamentals: Introduction
Bitcoin Miner
The Merkle Tree
A Candidate Block
A Candidate Block
Target
The Hash Function Sha256
The Iv Value Strength
Computers And Bitcoin
Gpu Mining
Gpus Vs. Cpus
Application Specific Integrated Circuits
Electricity And Security
The Red Queen Race
How Bitcoin Works
The Reward Pool
Attacks On Mining Pools
What To Do If I Block The Same Heights
Block Withholding And Selfish Mining
Block Rewards