Bells复活:致敬居家挖矿时代(的短暂一夜)

Odaily星球日报Published on 2023-12-19Last updated on 2023-12-19

Abstract

而今,普通电脑挖矿想要挖回电费都费劲。

原创 | Odaily 星球日报

编辑 | 0xAyA

Bells复活:致敬居家挖矿时代(的短暂一夜)

还有人在 2023 年的今天拿家用电脑挖矿吗?回答当然是否定的,在专业矿工和矿机四处可见的今天,用笔记本尝试挖比特币等 POW 币种更多的是一种致敬过去的行为艺术,而非经济上的考量——毕竟说不定连电费都挖不回来。

但这种“复古”行为却在最近复活了。

12 月 5 日,狗狗币诞生 10 周年的日子即将到来之际,两个路过的吃瓜群众找到了狗狗币联合创始人 Billy Markus 在 2013 年发的推特,以及他在当时创造的加密货币项目——Bells。随后他们诞生了一个大胆的想法——他们联系上了另外一位 LTC 生态的开发者,并试探性地询问是否能够在这个特殊的日子里复活这个项目。

这位开发者在很短的时间内搞定了代码,于是项目重见天日。

有意思的是,由于年代久远,当初为这个币提供服务的矿池早已在时间长河中不知去向,整条链也停止了出块,几乎没有算力在这个废弃的设施上停留——这意味着,就算是普通家用机的 CPU 算力,也可以轻松挖出币来。

Bells复活:致敬居家挖矿时代(的短暂一夜)

Bells 的设计机制十分有趣,每一组规定好的区块之间,矿工能够挖出来的币是随机的,而非像其他 POW 一样有着较为固定的收获。两台配置一样的电脑,同时连上钱包进行挖矿,结果可能是天差地别,运气好的话一次直接能够爆出 10000 个币,运气不好的话就只能获得基础收益了。

Bells复活:致敬居家挖矿时代(的短暂一夜)

下载钱包、同步区块、开始挖矿——一切都回到了十几年前,更多人参与到这场挖矿行动中来,几乎同时各类场外 OTC 群也搭建了起来。

Bells复活:致敬居家挖矿时代(的短暂一夜)

但算力的进阶比想象中的还要快,仅仅过了一晚时间,挖矿大军就完成了从 CPU 到 GPU 再到专业矿机的转变。而 F2Pool 更是宣布支持 Bells,这意味着这条链重新有了矿池服务——至此,这场挖矿游戏从怀旧复古运动彻底变成了与其他 POW 挖矿无异的专业竞赛。

Bells复活:致敬居家挖矿时代(的短暂一夜)

目前,Bel 代币在场外的价格接近 4 USDT,按照这个价格计算,早期冲进去参与实验的人都获得了不菲的奖励。

随着越来越多专业矿工的加入,Bells 能否保持现有的态势继续发展?又是否会掀起一波类似的 POW 热潮?

在熊市时很难。但在近日的 FOMO 情绪下,我们保留这种可能。

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