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Hosted mining

Owning a mining machine that runs in someone else's data centre, which provides power, cooling and monitoring.

hosted mining (sometimes called colocation) means you own a specific asic that runs in someone else's facility. The host supplies power, cooling and monitoring; you should still control the machine and where its rewards go.

Not the same as cloud mining

A hosting contract done properly names a machine you own. A cloud contract sells hashrate you never take home.