# Xenblocks PoW

## XenBlocks

- [XenBlocks PoW](https://docs.xenblocks.io/xenblocks-pow.md): PoW mining accessible to everyone.
- [X1 Fiat on-ramp](https://docs.xenblocks.io/usecases/x1-fiat-on-ramp.md): The most efficient way to enter crypto.
- [Mining XNM with XenBlocks](https://docs.xenblocks.io/mining/mining-xnm-with-xenblocks.md)
- [How to mine XenBlocks](https://docs.xenblocks.io/mining/how-to-mine-xenblocks.md): There are various methods to mine XenBlocks.  Below are some step-by-step tutorials created by the community. All of them work, so follow a procedure you're comfortable with.
- [XNM](https://docs.xenblocks.io/mining/xnm.md): XNM is the reward token for mining XenBlocks. Miners receive XNM every time they find a XenBlock.
- [Add network](https://docs.xenblocks.io/mining/add-network.md): Add the XenBlocks network to your web3 wallet to view your mining rewards.
- [Address migration](https://docs.xenblocks.io/mining/add-network/address-migration.md): EVM to SVM address mapping.
- [Mining statistics](https://docs.xenblocks.io/mining/mining-statistics.md)
- [Hashing](https://docs.xenblocks.io/technicals/hashing.md)
- [Merged mining](https://docs.xenblocks.io/technicals/hashing/merged-mining.md)
- [Self-custodial hashing](https://docs.xenblocks.io/technicals/hashing/self-custodial-hashing.md): Own your hash.
- [Fixed total hashrate](https://docs.xenblocks.io/technicals/fixed-total-hashrate.md): Scaling with constant energy expenditure and maintained security.
- [Argon2](https://docs.xenblocks.io/technicals/argon2.md): Argon2id is the cryptographic hashing algorithm used for mining XenBlocks.
- [Argon2 relating to memory and difficulty](https://docs.xenblocks.io/technicals/argon2/argon2-relating-to-memory-and-difficulty.md): Mining capacity bounded by the VRAM's speed.
- [Why not ASIC mining?](https://docs.xenblocks.io/technicals/argon2/why-not-asic-mining.md): The nature of memory being slow vs chips.
- [Argon2 and energy consumption](https://docs.xenblocks.io/technicals/argon2/argon2-and-energy-consumption.md)
- [Difficulty](https://docs.xenblocks.io/technicals/difficulty.md)
- [Difficulty adjustment mechanism](https://docs.xenblocks.io/technicals/difficulty/difficulty-adjustment-mechanism.md): Self-regulating difficulty mechanism.
- [Difficulty consensus](https://docs.xenblocks.io/technicals/difficulty/difficulty-consensus.md): How difficulty adjusts in the network with consensus.
- [XenBlocks/Bitcoin difficulty comparison](https://docs.xenblocks.io/technicals/difficulty/xenblocks-bitcoin-difficulty-comparison.md): How XenBlocks fundamentally differs from Bitcoin.