What is an ASIC Miner and Why Do They Exist?
ASIC stands for Application Specific Integrated Circuit- quite a mouthful. Most people have interacted with them in the form of ASIC Miners for Bitcoin or other Proof of Work Cryptocurrencies. To understand them, let’s talk a little bit about the history of the other chips you can use to mine: CPUs and GPUs. CPU (Central … Read more
