Already at 6:00 p.m. UTC on May 6, 2020, the RavenCoin (RVN) coin will hardfork for a new mining algorithm called KAWPOW. Recall that at the moment the coin is mined on the X16Rv2 algorithm. The new KAWPOW algorithm is derived from ProgPOW with parameters specific to RavenCoin, so in terms of performance, we can expect about the same hashrate as for ProgPOW.
For mining RavenCoin on the new algorithm, there is an official kawpowminer, as well as popular alternatives in the form of NBMiner 29.0 and Gminer. TTminer also tests support for the KAWPOW algorithm, but so far only in beta. You can now try mining RavenCoin on a new algorithm in the test network. And after less than 3 weeks, RavenCoin will officially make a hard fork and switch to a new algorithm. To make sure that you are ready to support the upcoming RavenCoin hard fork, you must upgrade the Ravencoin client (wallet) to version v.4.0.0, which is already available for download. Keep in mind that before the fork, additional changes and corrections can still be made in the form of minor versions of the crit. It is assumed that the upcoming hard fork will once again drive ASIC / FPGA miners from mining this coin and provide fair conditions for GPU miners. Download RavenCoin client version 4.0.0.
Estimated performance of popular video cards based on the KAWPOW algorithm:
- Nvidia GTX 1060 3gb = 9.5 - 10.5 Mh/s
- Nvidia GTX 1060 3gb = 10 - 12 Mh/s
- Nvidia GTX 1070 = 14 - 15 Mh/s
- Nvidia GTX 1070ti = 15 - 16 Mh/s
- Nvidia P104-100 = 16 - 18 Mh/s
- Nvidia GTX 1080 = 16 - 18 Mh/s
- Nvidia GTX 1660 = 10 Mh/s
- Nvidia GTX 1660ti = 15 - 16 Mh/s
- Nvidia GTX 1080ti = 23 - 27 Mh/s
- Nvidia RTX 2060 = 17 Mh/s
- Nvidia RTX 2070 = 21 - 22 Mh/s
- Nvidia RTX 2080ti = 35 - 37 Mh/s
- AMD RX470 8gb = 10 Mh/s
- AMD RX480 8gb = 11.5 Mh/s
- AMD RX580 8gb = 13 Mh/s
- AMD VEGA56 = 20-22 Mh/s
- AMD VEGA64 = 23-24 Mh/s
