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What Will Ethereum Miners do After The Merge?

Jun 15, 2022 ⋅  13 min read

Mining Ethereum has grown into a globally distributed industry that generated nearly $19 billion in 2021. Since The Merge makes Ethereum miners obsolete, miners will need to find new ways to repurpose their hardware. Among the options available are mining alternative Proof-of-Work coins, providing computing power to Web3 protocols, or simply selling the hardware and just staking ETH. So which option is best?

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Sami Kassab is an Enterprise Research Analyst focusing primarily on Web3 Infrastructure and Bitcoin. Sami previously spent 5 years as an Aerospace Engineer designing aircraft engines and missile & defense systems.

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Sami Kassab is an Enterprise Research Analyst focusing primarily on Web3 Infrastructure and Bitcoin. Sami previously spent 5 years as an Aerospace Engineer designing aircraft engines and missile & defense systems.

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