Cryptocurrency mining has come a long way since its inception. Initially, the process of mining bitcoins was carried out using regular CPUs, which allowed newcomers to easily enter the world of cryptocurrencies. However, with the increasing difficulty of the network and the rising competition, the efficiency of CPU mining significantly decreased. This led to the introduction of graphic processing units (GPUs), which greatly improved performance thanks to their parallel architecture.
With the development of technologies and the improvement of mining algorithms, a new phase emerged — ASIC devices (application-specific integrated circuits), which greatly outperform CPUs and GPUs in terms of performance and energy efficiency. ASIC miners are designed to perform only one task — mining cryptocurrencies, which makes them incredibly efficient. Today, they dominate in cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, and their role in the mining process continues to grow, accompanied by improvements in power and energy consumption optimization.