From the day when the first Bitcoin block came into being, the occupation of mining worker was also born. As we all know that Satoshi Nakamoto, the mysterious initiator of the bitcoin white paper, paid special attention to the fairness of mining activity. Originally, he planned to use the CPU for mining so that most people could participate in the pursuit of cryptocurrency with only one ordinary home computer, which could enable more people with the participation right.
However, with the increasing number of mining workers and the difficulty of network mining, the calculation capability of ordinary CPU cannot meet the requirement of more difficult mining algorithm. Historically, there was fierce scientific and technological arms race in the world of cryptocurrency mining. Today, EastShore will tell you the stories of mining history in details.