3 Differences Between Filecoin Mining and Bitcoin Mining

1.Filecoin miners must pledge coins (FIL) in order to start mining. This is an effort by Filecoin developers to make sure miners are providing stable and secure storage services to the Filecoin network. Whilst traditional bitcoin mining is on as soon as your rigs are up and running, no pledging is involved (...)

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