Mai ka hoʻomaka ʻana o Bitcoin i ka makahiki 2009, ua kaulana ka mining cryptocurrency no nā poʻe hoihoi a me nā mea hoʻoikaika ikaika.
I ka wā kahiko, ʻaʻohe mea e like me kaapuni hoʻohui pili pono noiʻi (ASIC), ka mea i ʻike nui ʻia ʻo ASIC chips. Ua hana mua ʻia ka mining me nā Central Processing Units (CPUs), ʻo ia hoʻi, ʻo ka poʻe hoihoi PC me ka ʻoihana maikaʻi loa i hoʻomaka i ka mining Bitcoin.
Wahi a kekahi ʻatikala na ke Kulanui o Wasinetona Kumu Michael Bedford Taylor, ma kahi o hoʻokahi makahiki ma hope ma 2010, ua hāʻawi ʻia nā poʻe a puni ka honua i ke code e hoʻomaka i ka mining Bitcoin me Nā Hui Hana Kiʻi (GPUs), ka mea i hoʻomaka i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o nā mea aloha a nerd me ka mining i ka cryptocurrency preeminent.
ʻAʻole i liʻuliʻu ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka poʻe leʻaleʻa i ke kūkulu ʻana i nā rigs, me nā kāleka kiʻi i hoʻokuʻu ʻia ma luna o kahi motherboard, pili me nā kaula hoʻonui PCIE. Ua alakaʻi kēia i ke ala i ka plethora o nā hoʻololi like ʻole, ʻoiai ua nānā nā miners e hoʻonui i ko lākou mana hashing.
Ua hoʻopau ʻia ka pāʻina me ka hoʻomohala ʻana o nā miners ASIC, ka mea i komo i ka mākeke ma 2013 me ka hoʻomohala mau ʻana i nā chips ikaika loa i ʻoi aku ma mua o ko lākou mau hoahānau GPU.
Eia naʻe, ua hoʻomau ka poʻe hoihoi i ke kūkulu ʻana i nā rig mining me nā kāleka kiʻi kiʻi kiʻekiʻe. He pōmaikaʻi kēia no nā mea hana GPU Nvidia a me AMD i nā makahiki i hala iho nei.
Mining - ma ka ʻōlelo a ke kanaka
ʻO ka mining ke kaʻina hana e hoʻopaʻa ʻia ai nā hana a mālama ʻia ma ka Bitcoin Blockchain.
Hana ʻia kēia kaʻina hana e nā kamepiula, e lawe mua i nā kālepa Bitcoin a hoʻopili iā lākou i loko o kahi poloka. Ke hiki i ka poloka i kona mana kiʻekiʻe (1MB i ka hihia o Bitcoin), a laila mākaukau ka poloka e hoʻohui i ka Blockchain.
No ka hana ʻana i kēia, pono ka mea miner, me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā GPU a i ʻole nā miners ASIC, e hoʻoponopono i kahi algorithm cryptographic Proof of Work i mea e hoʻohui ai i ka poloka i ka Blockchain. Inā laʻa lākou e hana pēlā, e uku ʻia lākou i kekahi helu o Bitcoin. I kēia manawa, ʻo 12.5 BTC ka uku.
Eia kekahi, loaʻa nā miners i ka uku no ka hoʻoili ʻana i nā hana i mālama ʻia ma nā poloka. ʻO ke kiʻekiʻe o ka uku kālepa, ʻoi aku ka wikiwiki o kāu hana e nā miners.
Nā GPU a me nā miners ASIC - he kaua pau ʻole
ʻO kēlā mau miners i komo i ka pāʻani i ka wā mua e ʻohi lākou i nā pōmaikaʻi o ka paʻakikī scaling o ka mining. Hoʻolālā ʻia ke kaʻina hana e lilo i mea paʻakikī e like me ka nui o nā miners vie e hōʻoia i nā kālepa a wehe i nā poloka.
I nā makahiki mua, ʻaʻohe nui o nā miners no laila ʻoi aku ka kiʻekiʻe o nā uku a ʻoi aku ka paʻakikī o nā algorithms e hoʻoponopono. Akā i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka poʻe e hoʻohana i kā lākou PC i kaʻu, ua lilo kēia i mea paʻakikī.
Ua hoʻomaka ka mining me nā CPU e hōʻoia ana i ka blockchain, kahi i neʻe ai i nā GPU ma mua o ka hoʻokumu ʻana o nā chips ASIC i hoʻololi i ka pāʻani.
Ua ʻike ʻia ʻo Bitcoin's Proof of Work algorithm ʻo SHA256. Hiki i nā GPU a me nā miners ASIC ke hana i kēia algorithm, akā ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o nā pahu hope.
No laila ke ASIC miners, e like me ka ikaika o Bitmain Pākuʻi S9 Ua hōʻea ʻia ka loaʻa ʻana o ka loaʻa kālā o nā miners GPU ma muli o ka pono i loaʻa i nā pahu ASIC i ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i ka algorithm SHA256.
ʻO ka mea pōmaikaʻi, ʻo ka hiki ʻana mai o nā altcoins e like me Ethereum i hoʻāla hou i ka ʻāpana mining GPU, me kahi algorithm i makemake i nā chips GPU. Hōʻike ʻia ʻo ia me ke kūpaʻa ʻana o ka ASIC, ua ʻae kēia i nā miners hobby e hoʻohana i kā lākou PC a me GPU i kaʻu Ethereum me ka ʻole o ka hoʻoweliweli ʻana o nā miners ASIC i hana nui ʻia e ʻoki i kā lākou waiwai.
ʻOiai ka noho ʻana o nā miners ASIC, ke koi ʻana no nā GPU lele a alakaʻi ʻia i kahi hapa waiwai i ka waena o 2017.
ʻAʻole hiki iā AMD a me Nvidia ke hoʻomau i ka makemake nui no kā lākou GPU. ʻO kekahi mau mea kūʻai kūʻai ma US ua pau loa i ka waihona o nā kāleka AMD e like me ka poʻe hoihoi e kau i ko lākou mau lima ma nā GPU e like me ka piʻi ʻana o ke kumukūʻai o Ethereum a me Bitcoin i loko o ka makahiki.
ʻAʻole ia he mea kupanaha no ka loaʻa ʻana o Nvidia a me AMD i nā lanakila paʻa i kā lākou mau kumukūʻai. Ua hopu ʻo Nvidia i nā poʻo poʻomanaʻo i ka hopena o ka makahiki, e pau ana ma ke ʻano he mea hana chip kiʻekiʻe ma ka Standard & Poor's 500 index.
ʻO Nvidia kekahi ua hoʻokuʻu i kā lākou kāleka kiʻi hou ʻo Volta-powered Titan V nā mea pāʻani me ke kālā e puhi i laina e kūʻai.
ʻAʻole pili i ka mining
ʻOiai paʻakikī ke manaʻoʻiʻo ua kūʻē ʻo AMD a me Nvidia i ka makemake e hoʻohuli i kā lākou manaʻo i ke kūkulu ʻana i nā GPU no nā kumu mining, ua mālama lāua ʻelua i kā lākou mea nui e kūkulu i nā kāleka kiʻi no ka pāʻani.
ʻOiai ua hoʻolālā ʻo Nvidia i nā papa i hoʻolaʻa ʻia no ka mining ma 2017, ua kūkulu ʻia ka hapa nui o kā lākou chips no ke kumu maʻamau o GPU - ʻo ia ka hoʻolilo ʻana i nā kiʻi. Ua ʻae ʻo Nvidia ua ʻike lākou i ka ulu nui ma muli o ke koi o ka ʻoihana mining cryptocurrency.
I kēia manawa ua lawe ʻo AMD i kahi ala i ana ʻia, me ka hoʻolaha ʻana ʻaʻole lākou e hoʻokomo i ka mining cryptocurrency i kā lākou hoʻolālā ulu lōʻihi ma Iulai 2017. Akā ʻeono mahina ma hope, ua hoʻololi ʻo CEO Lisa Su i kāna mele, e hōʻike ana i nā manaʻo o AMD e komo i ka wahi Blockchain - hilinaʻi. i ka helu o ka hoʻokomo honua i 2018.
Ua hāʻawi ka Luna Nui o Nvidia ʻo Jensen Huang i kahi manaʻo hou i nā cryptocurrencies a me ke komo ʻana o kāna hui i Malaki. Hāʻawi ʻia kā lākou GPU i nā kamepiula a puni ka honua, ua lilo lākou i ʻāpana o ka pūnaewele mining Bitcoin.
E like me kā Huang i ʻōlelo ai ʻO ka hōʻike kālā wikiwiki a CNBC, ʻo kā lākou "processor serves as the perfect processor e hiki ai i kēia mana supercomputing ke puʻunaue ʻia". ʻO nā GPU kekahi o nā cogs i hoʻokomo ʻia i ka pūnaewele o nā kamepiula e hōʻoia mau ana i ka Bitcoin Blockchain.
ʻOiai ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka makahiki no nā mākeke cryptocurrency holoʻokoʻa, ua hilinaʻi ʻo Huang ua mamao loa ka ʻenehana mai ka make ʻana:
"ʻO ka hiki i ka honua ke loaʻa kahi ala haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa, haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa o ka hoʻololi ʻana i ka waiwai e hele ana ma aneʻi no ka manawa lōʻihi - e noho lōʻihi ana ʻo Blockchain."
ʻO nā GPU ma lalo o ke kālā
ʻOiai e nānā pono ana ʻo Nvidia a me AMD i ka lewa cryptocurrency, a ua hauʻoli lākou i ka ulu ʻana mai ka wā i haʻihaʻi ai i ka mainstream ma 2017, ke alo nei lākou i ka hoʻokūkū koʻikoʻi mai nā ʻoihana e hoʻomohala ana i nā lako e pili pono ana i ka mining cryptocurrency.
E like me ka mea i hōʻike ʻia ma Pepeluali e CNBC, Ua hoʻolaha ka mea hana ʻoihana mining Kina ʻo Bitmain i nā waiwai nui aʻe ma mua o Nvidia a me AMD ma 2017. Ua hoʻomaopopo ʻia ʻo Bitmain i hana ma waena o $3 a $4 bln i ka loaʻa kālā, hoʻohālikelike ʻia me Nvidia $3 bln.
He mea nui kēia, no ka mea, hana wale ʻo Bitmain i nā miners ASIC no nā ʻano cryptocurrencies like ʻole.
Bitmain's hae Antminer S9 ua touted e like me ka honua 'oi loa efficient Bitcoin miner, akā, ua hoʻomau ka hui i ka lālā, ma ka hana 'ana i nā miners e hiki ke hoʻoponopono i nāʻokoʻa hōʻoia o ka hana algorithms.
Ua alakaʻi kēia i ka nui o ka hoʻopiʻi ʻana mai ke kaiāulu cryptocurrency ākea - kūʻē i kekahi monopoly ma ka mining e hōʻoia i nā Blockchains like ʻole, e hōʻike ana i nā hopohopo palekana mai ka overcentralization.
ʻO nā kālā crypto liʻiliʻi e like me Siacoin i manaʻo e hoʻopaʻa paʻa i kā lākou Blockchain i ka wā i hoʻokuʻu ai ʻo Bitmain ʻo ia ʻo Antminer A3 Siacoin miner akā ua koho hope ʻaʻole e hana pēlā, ʻoiai ua hoʻokō ʻo Monero me kēia hoʻolālā ma hope o ka hoʻomaka ʻana o Bitmain i kā lākou miner Monero i ka mahina i hala.
ʻOiai ua hoʻoweliweli ʻia ʻo Ethereum, ma hope o ka hoʻolaha ʻana o Bitmain i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o kāna miner Ethash ASIC mua i ka pule i hala. ʻOiaʻiʻo, ua hoʻopaʻapaʻa mua ke kaiāulu Ethereum i ka pono o kahi lāʻau paʻakikī e kūʻē i ka Bitmain Ethash ASICs. ʻO ka mea nāna i hoʻokumu ʻo Ethereum Vitalik Buterin keʻokeʻo pepa hōʻike ʻia ua kūʻē ka protocol i ka ASIC:
"ʻO kahi hiʻohiʻona hoihoi loa o kēia algorithm ʻo ia ka mea e hiki ai i kekahi ke "ʻawaʻawa i ka pūnāwai", ma ka hoʻokomo ʻana i ka nui o nā ʻaelike i loko o ka blockchain i hoʻolālā ʻia e pale i kekahi mau ASIC.
ʻAʻohe ʻōlelo kūhelu ma ke ala i mua mai Ethereum, ʻoiai Hōʻike ka pūnaewele o Bitmain e hoʻouna ʻia ka pūʻulu mua o nā ʻāpana Antminer E3 i ka waena o Iulai.
I loko o ka honua hoʻokūkū, ʻoihana, ʻo ka puka ʻana mai o nā miners ASIC e paʻakikī i ka poʻe ʻoliʻoli ke hele i mua. Eia nō naʻe, hiki ke loaʻa ka mining maikaʻi me nā GPU, akā hiki i nā mea hoʻopukapuka me nā puke loiloi nui ke kau i ko lākou mau lima ma luna o ka lako ikaika loa ma ka mākeke - inā makemake paha ke kaiāulu.