Ethereum finally switched its underlying consensus model to Proof of Stake (PoS) on September 15 at block 15537393. However, this historical event failed to remove the appeal of the new proof-of-work (PoW) version of Ethereum.
ETHPoW (ETHW), an Ethereum hard fork backed by a group of PoW supporters, has announced a list of all mining pools that will support EthereumPoW after its mainnet launch.
- Some famous mining pools such as F2Pool, Poolin, AntPool, Nanopool, BTC.com, 2miners and EthwMine have made the list.
- according to postalThe developers of the new asset also confirmed that some of the new pools are conducting mining tests based on data from the testnet.
- Ethermine, which happens to be the world’s largest Ethereum mining pool, did not follow up on the planned PoW fork service, but said it would stop providing services after the switch.
- According to its announcementall Ethermine layer servers will be shut down, and the pool will transition to withdrawal-only mode.
- However, Ethermine users can still utilize affiliate servers to mine Ethereum Classic (ETC), as well as Ravencoin (RVN), Ergo (ERGO) and Beam (BEAM).
- After the merger, miners will be replaced by validators responsible for keeping the network secure and processing transactions, a move that was strongly opposed by many miners.
- For example, Chinese miner Chandler Guo even launched a campaign against the merger, arguing that those who previously mined the coin could be left with useless rigs.
- Guo then teamed up with other developers to come up with a new cryptocurrency through a hard fork that would still utilize proof-of-work mining.
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