As the ethereum network difficulty increases, the profit decreases. As you can see from this chart below, I generated 1/4 ETH in around 20 days when I first started in late July. Now, in September and October, it took almost … Continue reading Ethereum Mining Rig Update – 90 days in – Mining vs Investing
After building my ethereum mining rig, and tweaking windows to make it fast and lean, I just left it as is. I was busy with work, and doing some minor renovations around the house during the summer. Now that fall … Continue reading How to make your Ethereum Miner start on bootup
If you’ve been in the cryptocurrency sphere for very long, there’s no doubt that 2017 has been a crazy year so far – and it doesn’t look to slow down anytime soon! As the crypto markets are shifting and changing so quickly, it’s always difficult to try and pick just on card as being the best GPU for mining, but I at least hope to point you in the right direction. As interest in ethereum mining hardware has increased exponentially in the first half of the year, there is an extreme shortage on mining GPUs. As I went on a … Continue reading Best GPU for mining 2017
Looking for some specs on mining hashrates for the GTX 1090? But wait, you say, you have the 1080Ti specs listed here! That’s right, because instead of calling the GTX 1090 the GTX 1090 like would have made sense to keep in line with the previous series of cards, nVidia instead decided to label their GPU chip the 1080Ti. So, that’s why these GTX 1090 mining speeds are identical to the 1080Ti hashrates 🙂 Click here for an up-to-date mining GPU comparison chart based on hashes per dollar, attempting to find you the cheapest GTX 1090 with the best ethereum … Continue reading GTX 1090 Mining Speed
It doesn’t take much time around the cryptocurrency space to start hearing and learning of a disturbing trend – theft. Since the currencies are digital, the theft happens via hacking. Sometimes the hacking is as simple as a roommate seeing … Continue reading How To Create an Offline Ether Wallet
This is a tough question with lots of variables, so I’ll do my best to explain the different angles. Mining Cryptocurrencies and Mining Altcoins When people start to look at investing in Bitcoin or Ethereum or any of the other altcoins, it isn’t long before you come across some information about mining cryptocurrencies. The internet is full of stories of people that have made, or are making, fortunes mining cryptocurrencies. While that was true, and likely still is true to some extent, mining can take a fairly large investment before it sees much profit. In order to mine coins, specialized … Continue reading Should I Buy or Mine Altcoins?
It’s been about 21 days since I first ‘deployed’ my Ethereum Altcoin GPU miner, it’s time for a followup to check in on my ROI (return on investment), and determine if I should buy more GPUs to add to my … Continue reading EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 Mining Rig Follow Up 3 weeks later
As Ethereum mining has increased in popularity, certain graphic cards/GPUs are becoming harder and harder to find. All of the RX460 and RX470 cards have been sold out for months, and if you do happen to get one, it will … Continue reading GTX 1060 Mining Speed Hash Rate Tweaks and Adjustments
I assembled my multi-GPU mining rig last week and set about getting my Windows 10 install where I wanted it. Lots of people tend to steer clear of Windows for a mining computer build because you don’t want anything extra going on, just the bare bones. A Linux install would be great for bare bones, but requires more know-how, and specifically, know-how that I don’t have. Another option would be to purchase an install of EthOS, but I wanted to keep costs down because as the ethereum mining difficulty increases, it will take longer and longer to make back my … Continue reading Tweaking Windows for an Ethereum Mining Rig Build
Looking for the best mining motherboard in 2017? A simple enough question, but the answer isn’t as simple. Here’s a few reasons my answer could vary: What type of mining rig are you building? Are you looking for the best … Continue reading Best Mining Motherboard 2017