Filip Pawczynski started mining sometime in 2011. But did he and his peers solo mine to get the 50 BTC reward, or were they collaborating with pools in order to maximize their chances to discover blocks, but split the rewards?
As it turns out, pools were popular even when the difficulty was fairly low. With the emergence of Slush Pool (today’s @braiins_mining) in late 2010, Bitcoin mining became more of a team effort.
Listen to S13 E13 of the Bitcoin Takeover podcast to learn more about the early days of Bitcoin mining ⛏️
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