What is hard drive mining?

Hard drive mining is a way of generating cryptocurrency by using hard disk drives. HDD miners do not require graphics processing units like in GPU mining, or ASIC miners to produce new blocks in the distributed ledger. Instead, this method makes use of a set of hard disk drives.

How do HDD mining rigs work?

HDD miners do not require graphics processing units like in GPU mining, or ASIC miners to produce new blocks in the distributed ledger. Instead, this method makes use of a set of hard disk drives. In terms of setup and maintenance, HDD mining rigs are based on different principles compared to traditional mining farms.

How does mining software work?

After you have generated your plots and saved on your hard disk drive, you can start your mining software. The software will analyze your data and calculate how much time it is required to generate the current data block. When the system decides on a deadline, your HDD will be idle until the next block is generated.

What is a mineral in mining?

mining, process of extracting useful minerals from the surface of the Earth, including the seas. A mineral, with a few exceptions, is an inorganic substance occurring in nature that has a definite chemical composition and distinctive physical properties or molecular structure. (One organic substance, coal, is often discussed as a mineral as well.)