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    Long Story Short: Cloud Mining

    After recent fall of BTC almost on half of the December ratio from 20k to 11k USD per BTC, many crypto investors are worrying about the future of mining and their savings. So in this article, I've tried to learn more about the current alternatives like cloud mining on Hashflare and Genesis.

    All you need to know about Cloud mining

    The cloud mining operations are aimed at ensuring that there is trading of the cryptocurrencies into the cloud to acquire cash from the cryptocurrencies. It is easy to acquire a USB Bitcoin miner which is configured into your computer to start cloud mining. The logistic of USB Bitcoin miner is not convenient in the developing countries as many people do not own computers. Developing countries people own smartphones and not personal computers. That's why making cloud mining operations in those countries is very hard.

    HashFlare is a cloud mining company that recently announced one year contract with Ether. There is no extra expense to the user making it proper to improve the investment opportunities for individuals. HashFlare has ensured that there is no maintenance fee charged on their contracts to increase the value of Ether cloud mining. In the recent past, there has been an increased stigma of using cloud mining as Bitcoin enthusiasts were conned their money by the Bitcoin miners.