The reason that I am having problems understanding this is because when I imagine crypto mining, I imagine basically an infinite command prompt constantly running. In my uneducated mind I don’t seeing this as a graphics drain I see it as taxing the gpu and ram. I am below beginner in my knowledge of computers. Thanks in advance!
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Cryptocurrency is based on blockchain, which relies on a verifiable chain of computational work to keep it secure. The blockchain network can provide more computation than a bad actor trying to change things so the right chain can be known because it is the longest.
In order to add on to the block chain a bunch of computation needs to be done, the vast majority of which is wasted guesses at the solution to a math problem. You can do this on a CPU but a GPU (graphics card) is designed to do many relatively simple math problems simultaneously. This makes GPUs a much better platform for all those random guesses than the more flexible CPU.
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