The Bitcoin Miner's Almanac

Bitcoin mining is the least understood yet most publicly maligned part of the Bitcoin protocol. To the uninformed, giant warehouses of mining machines consuming unheard of amounts of power seem dystopian. Miners running in rural containers or personal homes is yet more bizarre. Even to the Bitcoin-educated who have an interest in mining, the available options and practical how-to's can be just as confusing. The truth is, Bitcoin mining is a story filled with simple incentives and creative e...