[UPDATED] Choosing a graphics card for mining cryptocurrency in 2019
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- Created: Tuesday, 18 June 2019 00:26
We continue our annual analysis on the market of video cards and their use in mining cryptocurrency for 2019. Compared with the previous analysis at the beginning of 2018, the cryptocurrency market has undergone strong changes associated primarily with a decline in cryptocurrency prices to 90% from last year’s values. Against this negative background, specialized ASIC and FPGA devices form an increasing competition in the mining of cryptocurrency to video cards, which further worsens the situation for the owners of mining farms on video cards. The release of a new generation of Nvidia video cards at the end of 2018 had virtually no effect on the alignment in choosing the best video card for mining. we did not see a sharp decline in prices for video cards of the last generation of the GTX10xx series, moreover prices for video cards continue to remain higher than they were before the mining boom in 2017-2018. Despite this, the mining on video cards in 2019 continues to be relevant, but already at the expense of the used video cards market and new asicresistant mining algorithms. These arguments were in February, when the cost of cryptocurrency was at the bottom. Now in June 2019, the year when the cryptocurrency went up by 2-3 times and new video cards came out, we completely recalculated the payback of the GPU in the mining at the moment.
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TeamRedMiner 0.5.2 - Improved support for AMD Radeon Vega 7 graphics card
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- Created: Monday, 17 June 2019 05:52
TeamRedMiner is the second most popular miner for AMD video cards with support for 16 different mining algorithms (various varieties: cryptonight, X16, PHI2, Lyra2). In the latest version 0.5.2, support for the AMD Radeon Vega 7 graphics card has been improved: the display of HW errors has been fixed and 1-2% of the hashrate added on some algorithms. Depending on the mining algorithm chosen, the commission can vary from 2.5 to 3%. Download the latest version of TeamRedMiner at GitHub.
WildRigMulti 0.17.5 - Blake2b-btcc and Blake2b-glt mining algorithms have been added
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- Created: Thursday, 13 June 2019 04:26
Using the miner WildRigMulti, which is popular for AMD video cards, it became possible to mine BitcoinX, TNET and GlobalToken cryptocurrency, because in version 0.17.5 WildRig Multi got support for Blake2b-btcc and Blake2b-glt mining algorithms. Commission for the use of software - 2%. You can download the latest version of miner on GitHub.
XMR-Stak 2.10.5 - improved performance on the Cryptonight-gpu algorithm
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- Created: Thursday, 13 June 2019 01:58
XMR-Stak is a specialized miner for all types of the Cryptonight mining algorithm, while Nvidia, AMD video cards and CPUs are supported. The latest version 2.10.5 improves miner's performance for the Cryptonight-gpu algorithm (RYO cryptocurrency) by 10% for Nvidia video cards and 3% for AMD video cards, although for AMD, increased performance is available only for Linux and ROCM drivers. The default miner contains a 2% commission in compiled files for Linux and Windows, but if you wish, you can change it to 0% before compiling. You can download XMR-Stak on GitHub.
AMD Radeon RX 5700XT and RX5700 graphics cards versus competitors in mining cryptocurrencies
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- Created: Tuesday, 11 June 2019 03:56
Today at E3 in Los Angeles on June 11, 2019, AMD held a full-fledged presentation of its new generation NAVI video card called the Radeon RX5700XT and RX5700. Compared with the first announcement at the end of May at Computex 2019, AMD has provided full technical specifications of its new video cards. Therefore, it will be interesting to compare the new products with competing products from the Nvidia company and AMD video cards of the previous generation and try to make a forecast of the performance of the Radeon RX5700XT and RX5700 in cryptocurrency mining
Best cloud mining contracts in the summer of 2019
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- Created: Monday, 10 June 2019 05:27
On many sites you can find reviews of various cloud mining services. However, there is quite a bit of information in the network about specific cloud mining contracts from various services and more about comparing them. In this material we tried to compare and analyze current offers from popular cloud mining services. In our comparison list there will be only time-tested quality services, as well as some newcomers who are rapidly gaining popularity. We have tried to exclude frank HYIPs from our list, which promise unrealistically high profitability. Unfortunately, comparing and analyzing cloud mining contracts is not an easy task. Firstly, all of them are quite technically different: they have different terms of life, ranging from 4 months to life, different prices for electricity (there are also contracts where electricity charges for the entire duration of the contract are already included in the price of the contract). Secondly, too many parameters can affect the calculations of the profitability of the contract, for example, the change in the price of a cryptocurrency and the complexity of its network. But we tried to bring all the contracts we considered to a common denominator and made up a summary table in which all technical aspects of contracts from various cloud mining services were indicated, and also tried to calculate the ROI (return of investments) and the estimated payback time of these contracts. In addition, at the end of the material you are waiting for some conclusions on this table, as well as some tips on choosing a contract.
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T-rex 0.11.1 - improved performance on the X25X algorithm by 200%
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- Created: Monday, 10 June 2019 04:51
In the T-rex multiminer for Nvidia video cards in version 0.11.0, support for the X25x algorithm for mining Sinovate cryptocurrency was added. In the next update, 0.11.1, the performance of the miner T-rex on the X25x algorithm was increased by 200%. Hashrate of video cards: GTX1070-3.6MH/s, GTX1080ti - 7.5MH/s, RTX2070 - 5MH/s, RTX2080 - 8.5MH/s. Miner is available for Windows and Linux, the commission for using a miner is 1%. You can download the latest version of the T-Rex miner on GitHub
Caution! Dirty bitcoin and what to do with it
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- Created: Friday, 07 June 2019 02:35
Cryptocurrency based on blockchain technology, including Bitcoin, has many advantages. It is an independent method of transferring value with low commissions and fast transactions independent of any government, while cryptocurrency is easy to share to millionths without losing its value. All these statements were true until the cryptocurrency did not become so popular that in some countries it became recognized as legal tender or electronic asset. From this point on, due to the blockchain's openness of some cryptocurrencies (Bitcoin, Ethereum, Ripple and others), black lists of crypto wallet began to appear on which stolen cryptocarrency stored. Any cryptocurrency that passes through such wallets is automatically blacklisted, and then all its movements are tracked as they blacklip more and more crypto wallets. Cryptocurrency stored on such wallets automatically becomes outlawed and at this moment the cost of such a “dirty” cryptocarrency starts to fall sharply, because buying and cashing a dirty bitcoin or ethereum in your own name of will automatically make you at least a witness of a theft or worse yet an accomplice in a crime.
Bitmain Antminer S9 - official firmware available with overclocking capability at 2TH/s
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- Created: Thursday, 06 June 2019 04:30
ASIC Bitmain Antminer S9 for mining Bitcoin cryptocurrency has become one of the most popular models. It was produced for more than two years, and in addition to this, the life cycle of the S9 fell on the mining boom of 2017, when ASIC sales beat all conceivable and inconceivable records. During this time, several models of Antminer S9, S9i, S9j, S9 Hydro were released. Each new modification offered a slightly higher hashrate compared to the base S9 with 14TH/s hashrate. The most advanced version of the liquid-cooled Antminer S9 Hydro offered a hash rate of 18Th/s. On May 31, 2019, the manufacturer Bitmain released the official firmware for the entire S9 series with overclocking, which will increase your rate by an additional 2 TH/s. How to do this, read further in this article.
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4 main mistakes novice miner
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- Created: Wednesday, 05 June 2019 04:20
In mining, cryptocurrency as in any kind of activity there are always experienced and beginners, who just have to understand all the intricacies of cryptocurrency and their mining. Because mining is available for almost all segments of the population with at least a superficial understanding of computers and it does not require any education or training courses, so beginners in mining make quite serious mistakes that lead to tragic consequences, after which new miners give up. We have prepared answers to the 4 most important mistakes that beginners can potentially make and they will be fatal. This list is based on our many years of experience in dealing with people who are interested in cryptocurrencies, but have no idea about the blockchain technology, and the use of computers is limited only to watching Youtube and games. If you are just starting to understand cryptocurrency, then be sure to read the material below.
CryptoDredge 20.1 - Argon2d mining algorithm support
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- Created: Wednesday, 05 June 2019 03:50
The multiminer for Nvidia video cards Cryptodredge to version 20.1 got support for the new algorithm Argon2d (Dumb mode) with which you can mine the Nimig, UraniumX, Dinamic and ZumyCoin cryptocurrencies. Compared to the 19 version in the miner, the support of the MTP algorithm has been improved and the Watchdog for the Linux version of the miner has been added. Cryptodredge is available for Windows and Linux, you can download the latest version on the Bitcointalk forum.