Has the Ethereum Merge Killed Cryptocurrency Mining for Good?
On 15 September 2022, the long-awaited Ethereum Merge finally happened. With it, Ethereum’s energy consumption was dramatically reduced. It also claimed another casualty: cryptocurrency mining. Image Credit: Hi my name is Jacco/Shutterstock But is crypto mining dead as a result of the Merge? Or do Ethereum miners have a chance at mining other cryptocurrencies? What Was Ethereum Mining and Why Has It Stopped? Pre-Merge, the two top blockchains, Bitcoin and Ethereum, worked on aproof-of-work mechanism....