The first mining pool was launched to support the operation of the Tera blockchain platform.
The algorithm is unique in that the coins extraction is conducted by means of CPU-
capacities with a bias on Random access memory (RAM).
Read more about the TERAhash algorithm here: https://terafoundation.org/files/TERAHASH.pdf
Right after the start of mining in July 2018 the owners of ordinary computers could compete in finding blocks - there was enough a smart 4-core processor and 8 Gb of RAM. Step by step, the number of nodes were increasing along with the complexity of the network. After a year of the Tera blockchain operation, to obtain an acceptable result you already needed the capacities characteristic of server stations, so the owners of simple PCs were out of the running. But today thanks to the efforts of the guys from crypto community it became possible to join forces in the TERA coins extraction:
The Tera project reveals a number of possibilities of blockchain technologies: high-bandwidth network on POW, smart contracts, DApps, DAO, sharding. Those who are not familiar yet with the Tera characteristics and the software products, available on the platform, can find necessary information on the official website: