Crypto mining on AWS and GCP after “The Merge”
Yes, you can still mine crypto in the public clouds even after the Ethereum switch to Proof of Stake!
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The new AWS instance that makes ETH mining profitable
An experiment with GPU instance costs and Ethereum mining profitability in early 2022.
CloudFormation Service Roles
Give CloudFormation the permissions it needs while keeping user access restricted.
ssm-tunnel
Connect to private VPC resources through Systems Manager, without a VPN or a bastion host.
SSM Sessions the easy way
A simpler command-line interface for listing instances and starting Systems Manager sessions.
Using SSM Session Manager for interactive instance access
Access EC2 instances interactively without inbound SSH ports, keys, or jump hosts.
CloudFormation package & deploy
Easily deploy complex CloudFormation templates with external resources such as Lambdas or nested stacks.
IP-Ranges Updater
Keep network allowlists and security groups in sync with published AWS IP ranges.
New C5 / M5 / T3 instance disk names
Understand NVMe disk names and map Linux devices to EBS volumes on newer EC2 instances.
CloudFormation Exports
Share resource identifiers between CloudFormation stacks using exports and imports.
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