About two weeks ago me and two fellow research colleagues sat together and wanted to analyze the Ethereum blockchain with machine learning techniques. It became immediately clear that we had to parse the Ethereum blockchain in a more convenient format, such as a csv file or rows in a Mongo database, in order to be […]
Installing Ethereum and the blockchain with its “geth” tool on the current version on Ubuntu is rather straightforward. The same counts of course also for transferring Ethers to a local wallet. In order to keep the blockchain in sync locally at all times, it is necessary to launch the command line interface manually each time […]
Due to the attractive price of Ethereum these days is decided to start mining the cryptocurrency once more – after some experience with Bitcoin back in 2013. I calculated this morning that at a price of 220 CHF/ETH, I end up with 0.06 CHF profit/h (that is mining-revenue minus hourly energy costs). Mining on Ubuntu […]