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I was surprised by the photos because I thought that these days most mining was being done via USB-connected ASICs, but the clear implication of the photos was
by fencepost 10y ago
I was surprised by the photos because I thought that these days most mining was being done via USB-connected ASICs, but the clear implication of the photos was for CPU mining. Perhaps this is just a case of "we're not showing how it really works" but it was a surprise nonetheless.
- toomim 10y agoNope, those are ASICs. They aren't USB-connected, though. They are mostly antminers from bitmain.com. Motherboards aren't used for CPU mining, but for controlling GPUs that mine Ethereum. There aren't ASICs for Ethereum.