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What is ASIC mining?
An ASIC, or application-specific integrated circuit, is a chip designed for a specific function. In this case, cryptocurrency mining, but ASICs are used elsewhere. While many cryptos could once be mined using a CPU or GPU, increasing competition and an ever-decreasing unmined supply of certain coins has given way to something a little more intense.What are ASIC-resistant cryptocurrencies?
Each ASIC miner can only be used to mine one kind of cryptocurrency. This wouldn't be too much of an issue for those who mine various coins if ASIC miners were cheap, but, in reality, they're anything but. This is where ASIC-resistant cryptocurrencies can be of aid. There's no denying that ASIC miners efficiently and successfully mine coins.Do ASICs have a lot of hashing power?
Yes, an ASIC gives you a lot of hashing power, but it costs a lot. So the question you need to ask yourself (and possibly research) is whether the high cost of an ASIC can be compensated by its sheer hashing power. For coins such as Bitcoin the domination of ASICs is obvious, but not so much for Ethereum.What are ASICS and how do they work?
In 2013, a China-based computer hardware manufacturer called Canaan Creative released the first set of application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs) for bitcoin mining. These devices, unlike CPUs, GPUs and FPGAs, were designed at their outset to mine bitcoin.