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Namecoin.org website in Jekyll -- send PR's to beta branch, then merge into master and gh-pages
https://www.namecoin.org/
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Separate FAQ entry on how to mine namecoins #600

Open yanmaani opened 3 years ago

yanmaani commented 3 years ago

Currently, there's a FAQ entry as such:

How do I obtain namecoins? Can I mine them?

Sometimes people ask specifically about mining Namecoin. It should be made clear that this is pretty much impossible. Something like this:

How do I obtain namecoins? (current FAQ entry) Can I mine namecoin? Probably not. Since Namecoin is merge-mined with Bitcoin, mining bitcoin at certain pools will also give you namecoins as a by-product. However, mining namecoin by itself is not profitable, even with specialized hardware and cheap electricity.

CRYPTOLOVERBOY7 commented 3 years ago

If no one mines namecoin who handled the transaction?