Mining Pools Aren't Dead Yet, But Regulation Could Kill Them
Proof-of-Work (PoW) seems clunky and archaic next to the new, energy-efficient Proof-of-Stake (PoS). The reports of its death are greatly exaggerated. Bitcoin, Litecoin, Dogecoin – sorry, these guys aren’t going away anytime soon. Where there’s PoW, there are mining pools. These joint endeavors, in which miners pool their computational resources...