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Setting up Ethereum (ETH) + Zilliqa (ZIL) dual mining for Rave OS

In one of the past materials, we have already talked about the possibility of Ethereum (ETH) + Zilliqa (ZIL) Dual Mining, when most of the time your rigs mine Ether, but once within 2-3 hours for one minute they switch to Zilliqa mining, thanks to this scheme now you can increase your income from ether mining by 5-15%. In the last article, we talked about how to set up dual mining for Windows, but now it's time to talk about how to do it for the popular Rave OS mining OS.

Earn More With Ethereum (ETH) + Zilliqa (ZIL) Dual Mining

If you are mining, then with a high degree of probability you are mining Ethereum (ETH) right now. This is true for all owners of video cards with more than 4 GB of video memory, however, even if you use 4GB cards, like the Radeon RX 470/480/570/580, you still have the opportunity to mine Ether thanks to the support of the so-called "Zombie mode" by some miners... And even in this mode, in which the hash rate of video cards with 4 GB of memory is lost, as a rule, Ethereum mining is the most profitable option. In this article, we want to tell you about a way to increase income when mining Ethereum, namely, dual mining Ethereum (ETH) + Zilliqua (ZIL). This mining method has been available for quite a long time, but not everyone still knows about it.

Lolminer 1.22 - significantly improved zombie mod for video cards with 4Gb video memory (25-28MH/s)

The next update Lolminer 1.22 is mandatory for all owners of video cards with 4Gb video memory, because when mining Ethereum, you will get 15-20% more hashrate compared to other miners. In addition, when you install the RX580 4Gb video card directly into the PCIE16x slot (all 16 lines are involved), the hash rate of your video card will be 25-28MH/s instead of 11-13MH/s on other miners. The improvement in hash rate is achieved due to the use of computer RAM and 16 PCIE lines give faster access to this memory compared to using risers that use only one line. Such an improvement in the operation of 4 gigabyte video cards is available only in linux operating systems (HiveOS, RaveOS). Unfortunately, with an increase in the DAG file, the hash rate of such video cards will continue to decrease, but at the moment this is the most profitable solution in terms of return on investment, since so far, no other cryptocurrency provides the same income as Ethereum mining. In addition, Lolminer has auto-tuning, which simplifies the transition from other miners to the maximum. You can download Lolminer 1.22 on GitHub

VertCoin mining (VertHash algorithm) for 4gb GPUs AMD Radeon

Since the recent change in the mining algorithm by hard fork from Lyra2Rev3 to the new VertHash, the profitability of mining VertCoin (VTC) has increased significantly, although it is still significantly below the profitability of mining Ethereum. VertHash is a memory-intensive algorithm, so in this case, GPU performance is not as important as having fast video memory with a wide bus. In this respect, VertHash strongly resembles the Ethash algorithm, however, the main advantage of VertHash is the fact that it requires much less memory to work, so Vertcoin can be mined on AMD Radeon RX 470, 480, 570, 580 video cards with 4GB of memory on board, which have already come to the end of their life cycle as graphics cards for ether mining. It is worth recalling that at the time of this writing, 4GB video cards can only extract air in the "Zombie mode" with up to 50% lower hash rates compared to the stock values. For example, if 8GB RX 580 produces about 30-32 Mh / s in ether mining, then 4GB cards in zombie mode are already about 10-15 Mh / s, the hash rate in this mode also drops with each new epoch. And now, thanks to the transition of Vertcoin to the VertHash mining algorithm, 4 GB cards will be able to bring some benefit (in addition, even old cards with 2-3 GB of memory on board can be mined on Vertcoin).

Return of the King. AMD Radeon 7 - 116MH/s on the ETHash algorithm.

The AMD RADEON 7 video card, immediately after it went on sale in February 2019, confidently took the pedestal among all video cards as the most powerful and energy efficient video card for mining Ethereum cryptocurrency. The power and superiority of the Radeon 7 lasted almost two years before the release of the Nvidia Geforce RTX 3080 and Geforce RTX 3090 graphics cards with GDDR6X video memory on board. If a Radeon 7 video card with HBM 2 memory produced 80-90 MH/s, when all the other competitors were at most capable of 55Mh/s at twice the price. Then, against the background of the new products RTX 3080 (95-105Mh/s) and RTX 3090 (100-120Mh/s), the Radeon 7 was defeated and displaced from the first line of the most powerful and energy efficient graphics cards for mining on the Ethash algorithm.

Oblivion did not last long, because with the release of the 8th version of TeamRedMiner , enthusiasts and mining experimenters were able to get 116MH/s out of the old man instead of the previous 80-90Mh/s, or vice versa, with not the highest hash rates (90-100MH/s), the Radeon 7 video card began to show miracles of energy efficiency.

We will discuss how to get the new mining king from AMD Radeon 7 in our article.

TeamRedMiner 0.8.0 - major changes in the performance and efficiency of Ethereum mining on AMD video cards

TeamRedMiner is specialized software for mining cryptocurrencies on AMD graphics cards, with support for over 25 different mining algorithms. In the latest version of Team Red Miner 0.8.0, released on January 19, 2021, the developers made major changes to the program code, rewriting the kernel for all types of GPUs. In the eighth version, new operating modes B-mode and C-mode have appeared, with the help of which you can choose a more productive or more energy efficient mode of operation of video cards in mining. The operating mode is set using the --eth_aggr_mode command. So, for example, in C mode, the AMD Radeon 7 video card in Ethereum mining produces 12.5MH/s more than in the previous version of the miner, which in total gives a little more than 100Mh/s. Power consumption increased by only 8W to 192W. For other models of video cards, the changes are the same significant, although not as dramatic as for the Radeon 7.

Reducing the hashrate when mining Ethereum on Windows 7 and Windows 8

Since the 384th era of Ethereum mining, many have noticed a decrease in the hash rate of their mining rigs on which the operating systems Windows 7 and Windows 8 are installed. This became especially noticeable for owners of Nvidia 1000 series video cards, on which the hash rate decreased by up to 50%. The most correct solution in this situation is to install the latest version of Windows 10 instead of the already outdated 7 and 8 or go to LINUX: HiveOS, RaveOS. But if for some reason you do not want to do this, then the simplest solution is to switch to the latest version of NBMiner or Gminer, in which this problem for Windows 7 and 8 has already been solved. NBminer starting from version 36.1 and Gminer newer than version 2.38 will suit you.

Hive Os: GPU overclocking

In addition to purchasing new video cards (which is now quite problematic, given that there are no video cards in stores that are slightly better than budget ones and prices that are up to 2 times higher), overclocking video cards is an excellent way to increase mining income. In this article, we will talk about how to overclock Nvidia and AMD video cards using the most popular operating system for miners based on Linux - Hive OS. To overclock the GPU in Hive OS, there are so-called "overclocking profiles" and thanks to the correctly selected parameters of overclocking and undervolting the GPU, you can significantly increase the hash rate of your rigs, as well as reduce their power consumption, which in turn will allow you to increase the mining efficiency and install even more video cards if you are suddenly limited by wiring, as well as reduce the temperature of the equipment.

Zombie mode is the last chance for 4Gb video cards to stay in Ethereum mining

We are getting closer and closer to the moment when the 382 era in Ethereum mining will come, which means that the DAG file will increase to 4Gb and all video cards with this amount of video memory will be forced to leave Ethereum mining forever. This will actually happen if you do not turn on the special mode of the miner in the miner, when not the entire DAG file is loaded into the video card, and during ETH mining, the miner will discard all decisions that need to access the missing part of the DAG file. This mode of operation of video cards has already been called Zombie Mode. For the miner, it will look like a drop in the hash rate of the video card. And the longer the epoch, the larger the DAG file and, accordingly, the larger part of the DAG file will not fit into 4Gb video cards. Accordingly, with each new era, such video cards will lose their hash rate.

Creating an Ethereum 2 validator in phase 0 for Windows 10

On December 1, 2020, the zero phase of Ethereum 2 will start, for which deposits of 32ETH were previously collected for each validator in the new network. At the time of this writing, 815.219ETH has already been added to the genesis block ETH2, which corresponds to 25.475 validators. Everyone who deposited 32ETH became members of the new blockchain, in which the block reward goes not to miners and node owners (validators). But this is not the usual POS mining, when you just have cryptocurrency on your account and receive income depending on their quantity. In ETH2, the validator must install special software and be constantly online, only in this case the validator will profit from its ETH in the account. Otherwise, not an active validator, on the contrary, will lose its ETH deposit until its balance drops below 16ETH, at which point it will be excluded from the list of validators. Therefore, everyone who contributed their ethers so as not to lose their deposit, but on the contrary to earn money, you need to install the ETH2 client and keep it in working order. Next, we'll show you how to run the Ethereum 2 validator on Windows using the Pryzm client.

TeamRedminer 0.7.14 - Ethereum mining is available on 4Gb video cards up to epoch 400, but with a decrease in performance

Updated to version 0.7.14 TeamRedMiner, in addition to optimizing work for all supported mining algorithms, can also offer the possibility of mining Ethereum cryptocurrency on video cards with 4Gb video memory beyond the 382 epoch - those up to epoch 400 and beyond. But with one big drawback - a drop in the hash rate on such video cards with each new era. If for the 382 epoch the drop is only 1.6%, then for the 400 epoch it will already be an impressive 78.8%. Until the 382 era, without a plethora of mining hashrates, it is possible only on Linux and with the following AMD drivers: 18.50, 19.30, 19.50, 20.10. For Windows, the last era without losing hashrate will be the 374 epoch. To enable this feature, TeamRedMiner has a new command "--eth_alloc_epoch = 381", i.e. starting from the 381 epoch, the miner will work according to a new algorithm with support for 4Gb video cards for epochs above 381.

Lolminer 1.09 - added new options for mining Ethereum on 4GB video cards before 382 era

The latest versions of Lolminer 1.08 and 1.09 support the new -keepfree and -dagdelay commands, which will allow Ethereum cryptocurrency mining video cards with 4Gb video memory up to era 382 or mid-December 2020. ETH mining on RX 570 4Gb, RX 580 4Gb, GTX 1050 Ti 4Gb video cards until the 382 era is guaranteed only for Linux operating systems: HiveOS, RaveOS. For Windows 10 and Windows 7, the operating time in mining will be less, because the operating system itself takes up more video memory than Linux. With the help of the Keepfree command, you can try to free more memory and find the best way to work the mining rig. The default keepfree values ​​are 5 for Linux and 150 for Windows. Dagdelay is set in seconds and is intended for mining rigs with a small amount of RAM or page file. You can download the latest version of Lolminer on GitHub.

WildRig Multi 0.23.7 - added support for RTX 3080 and RTX 3090 video cards with GDDR6x memory

As you know, in the top-end video cards of the Amper RTX 3080 and RTX 3090 generation, Nvidia has used a new type of GDDR6x video memory, which has not been used anywhere else. Because of this, mining of popular cryptocurrencies on these video cards (except for Ethereum (Ethash) and Vertcoin (Lyra2Rev3) was not available. The first miner optimized for Nvidia RTX 3080 and RTX 3090 video cards was WildRig Multi 0.23.7, only from the whole set of available algorithms , optimization for GDDR6x was received only by the KawPow cryptocurrency Ravencoin. Considering the increased interest in new video cards from Nvidia, the first tests of the RTX 3080 video card in KawPow mining did not take long: 47Mh/s and 270W. This result was achieved by increasing the memory frequency by 1600Mhz and Reducing Power Limit to 270W (HiveOs) You can already calculate the profitability of mining Ravencoin on an RTX 3080 video card on the Profit-Mine.com website.

SRBMiner Multi CPU and AMD GPU 5.1 - added 8 new mining algorithms

In the last two updates v0.5.0 and v0.5.1 SRBMiner Multi acquired support for 8 new mining algorithms at once: CryptohightCCX, CryptonightXHV, CryptonightCPU, CryptonightUPX, CryptonightHEAVYX, Argon2d Chukwa, Argon2d Dynamic. At the same time, mining on modifications of the Cryptonight algorithm is possible not only on the CPU, but also on the AMD GPU starting from the Radeon R9 380 models. Starting from version 5, simultaneous mining of 4 algorithms at once using one miner is available. Those. You can configure SRBminer so that different video cards and CPUs run on different algorithms. If one of the algorithms becomes unavailable during mining, the video card or processor will automatically switch to a different algorithm with which other devices from this mining rig work. Those. SRBMiner allows you to flexibly configure your mining rig for different tasks if it consists of different video cards or you just want to simultaneously mine different cryptocurrencies on one rig. We did not find information on the size of the miner's commission, it is only indicated that the commission depends on the selected algorithm. You can download the latest version of SRBminer Multi from GitHub.

Bminer 16.3.0 - Cuckatoo32 mining is available on video cards with 6Gb video memory

Bminer today offers the maximum performance of Nvidia video cards based on the Cuckatoo32 mining algorithm (GRIN cryptocurrency). In the latest version of Bminer 16.3.0, GRIN32 mining became available for video cards with 6Gb VRAM - these are GTX1060 6Gb, GTX1660, GTX1660 Super, GTX1660ti and RTX2060. Because For the last six months, mining GRIN32 for Nvidia video cards with 8Gb of video memory remains one of the most profitable, so many owners of more budgetary video cards from Nvidia should also pay attention to the Cuckatoo32 algorithm. You can download Bminer on the official website.

T-REX 0.16.1 - can change the timings of GDDR5 and GDDR5x memory for Nvidia video cards

Recently, the developers of the T-REX miner do not often release new releases, the last significant update was back in May 2020 when support for the KawPow algorithm was added. In the latest version of T-REX 0.16.1, a new and most importantly useful feature is announced - it is the ability to change the timings of the GDDR5 and GDDR5x video memory for Nvidia video cards. That will have a positive effect on the hashrate of algorithms that depend on the performance of the memory subsystem on video cards (KawPow, ProgPoW), the popular Dagger-Hashimoto or Ethash algorithm is unfortunately not supported by this Miner. The principle of operation of changing timings is similar to that of the well-known ETHlargementPill tablet for GTX1080 and GTX1080ti video cards, but unlike it, it works not only with GDDR5x, but also with regular GDDR5, which will increase the performance of GTX1050ti, GTX1060, GTX1070 video cards based on KawPow and ProgPow algorithms. You can use the changed timings using the --mt command and values ​​from 0 to 6, where 6 are the maximum possible timings. You can download the latest version of the T-REX miner on GitHub. Miner commission 1%.

Bminer 16.2.12 and Gminer 2.20 - significantly improved the hashrate of Nvidia video cards based on the Cuckarooz29 algorithm

Almost half a month has passed since the hard fork of the GRIN cryptocurrency, and during this time the developers of the Bminer and Gminer miners have significantly optimized their software for mining the GRIN cryptocurrency using the Cuckarooz29 algorithm. If you have not updated your miner yet, then we strongly recommend doing so. You can download the latest version of Bminer on the official website bminer.me, and Gminer on GitHub. Bminer version 16.2.12 offers the following video card hashrate:GTX1060 - 2 G/s, P104 - 3,27 G/s, GTX1070 - 2,95 G/s, P102- 4,73 G/s, GTX1080ti - 4,84 G/s, RTX2060 - 3,8 G/s, RTX2070 - 5 G/s, RTX2080 - 5,24 G/s, RTX2080ti - 7,96 G/s.

Gminer and Bminer - support for Cuckarooz29 algorithm GRIN cryptocurrency

Another hard fork took place in the GRIN cryptocurrency network with the transition of the mining algorithm from Cuckaroom29 to Cuckarooz29. Support for the new algorithm was announced only by 2 popular miners - Bminer 16.2.8 and Gminer 2.18, and literally a few hours before the hard fork of the GRIN cryptocurrency. The mining operating system HiveOS promptly added new versions of miners, so there was no strong drop in the hash rate of the GRIN29 network after the hard fork. There is also an official GRIN miner, but only experienced Linux users can install and configure it.

Lolminer 1.03 fast BeamHash3 miner for AMD graphics cards

The latest version of Lolminer 1.03 improves the already high hashrate of AMD video cards for the BeamHash3 algorithm by 5-10% depending on the video card. Video card hashes: RX550 - 3.5 Sol/s, RX560 - 7 Sol/s, RX580 - 14.75 Sol/s, RX5700 - 23.5 Sol/s, Vega 56 - 23 Sol/s, Vega 64 - 28 Sol/s , Vega 7 - 43 Sol/s. Download the latest version of Lolminer on GitHub.

 

NBminer 31.1 - Cuckatoo32 algorithm support for Nvidia video cards with 8Gb or more video memory

In version 31.1, NBminer added support for the Cuckatoo32 mining algorithm, GRIN, and compared to competing miners, Gminer, Bminer offers the best energy efficiency. Because Gminer shows a 14% worse hash rate with the CPU loaded the most, and Bminer with the same hashrate consumes 10% more power. Bminer hash rates are greatly overestimated with those that F2pool mining pool really shows. For NBminer, we do not have such statistics yet, but it is possible that according to the real hash, NBminer will also be better than Bminer. Hashrates of Nvidia video cards based on the Cuckatoo32 algorithm: GTX1070 - 0.36 G/s, GTX1070ti - 0.41G/s, GTX1080ti - 0.63 G/s, GTX2080 - 0.65 G/s. You can download the latest version of NBminer on Github.