I don’t anymore but I got started when GPU-mining was still (very)profitable, at the time I made it mostly because it was profitable but also I really enjoyed tweaking the GPU clocks and miner settings to get the optimal hash/stability ratio.
I then moved to LTC/Doge and made a good profit there as well, but stopped when ASICs took over BTC and LTC/Doge wasn’t profitable anymore.
I’ve been out of the game for long, but if feels like you can’t really mine with a profit without an ASICs still?
Sorry, I was one of the first if not the first to design a mining core for an fpga in 2011. I posted about it here if you check my history. I was going to release it as open source but, someone found my weakness: money. I sold the core, but ended up partnering with the people who bought it. I received a few death threats during that period. It was interesting times.
With asics the profit will go to who has the best price to performance ratio. You need a certain mass of hardware before you’ll make the money spent on it back. You also have to do it before the next generation hardware cuts you profits.
Russia has announced plans to launch a nationalized cryptocurrency called CryptoRuble, citing competitive advantage by being the first of its kind in Europe, and as state-controlled digital money in the light of an increasingly digital economy.
Russia has , via communications Minister Nikolay Nikiforov, that the country will begin experimenting with a nationalized cryptocurrency. Exact facts are scarce, and most of the information comes directly from quotes from Nikiforov, although it is believed that once the CryptoRuble is introduced, all other cryptocurrency mining for coins such as bitcoin will be banned. That Russia is taking these steps indicate a pressing need for governments to somehow financially oversea and realize returns from the digital economy.
After a recent closed-door meeting, Nikiforov stated:
I am so confident to declare that we will run CryptoRuble just for one simple reason: if we don’t, our neighbors in the Eurasian Economic Community will do it in a couple of months.
A Taxable Currency
The Russian government has made it clear that if a CryptoRuble owner cannot account for where they got it, they will be subject to a 13% tax. The online economy has made it difficult and a concern for governments to collect taxes on an increasing digital sales industry.
“When buying and selling a CryptoRuble, the rate will be 13 percent from the earned difference. If the owner cannot explain the reason for the appearance of his CryptoRubles, when converting them into Russian rubles, the tax for him will be 13 percent of the total,” said.
Online Reception
Online reception to the news has been mixed, with some claiming that it is simply “digital fiat” as opposed to a true cryptocurrency. Others see it as a shrewd move, capitalizing on what could become a trend for the rest of Europe.
cryptoruble is to as AOL was to the Internet
restrictive, centralized and already obsolete in terms of tech
Wow, is there a legit source for this? I expect all governments to eventually do this, but this fast, awesome. This is actually great for bitcoin. Let the governments educate the people on the advantages of cryptocurrencies, the learning curve into bitcoin is then nearly complete!
The Russian move seems as much a response to engaging with the digital economy as it does to countering any competitive threat bitcoin might pose.
In the words of Nikiforov:
This mustn’t be a private currency, but the one, which is issued by the state, controlled by the state and enable to provide circulation of digital money in light of the digital economy.
Could a nationalized, centralized, government-controlled cryptocurrency work? Let us know what you think in the comments below.
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