Ethereum GPU mining?

[n0x1ous]

What a run for Eth value today! Successful hardfork + coinbase adoption = $$$

 

[Madpacket]

There was a huge project on the Ethereum blockchain called the DAO.

The DAO was hacked and the ETH was stolen. Think like ~15% of all ETH vulnerable.

The hack had a waiting period before the funds could be withdrawn by the attacker.

The ETH developers built a hardfork for the blockchain which returned all of the vulnerable ETH to the holders of the DAO tokens.

The deployment of this completed on Wednesday, removing a ton of market uncertainty.

Good summary. Just to add there's a bunch of promising development and applications being created. Augur being a good example. People are optimistic again as the foundation was able to fix a serious crises in a relatively short amount of time.

 

[Madpacket]

What a run for Eth value today! Successful hardfork + coinbase adoption = $$$

On one hand I'm obviously happy, on the other hand this will make 480's even harder to get

 

[EightySix Four]

Good summary. Just to add there's a bunch of promising development and applications being created. Augur being a good example. People are optimistic again as the foundation was able to fix a serious crises in a relatively short amount of time.

Really looking forward to the Augur bump.

 

[ozzy702]

I have two 390's, a 7970 and a 7870 and would like to start mining. What pools do you guys use and why?

I started today with ethpool and it looks like a slick setup but the payout estimates are strange. Any help is much appreciated.

 

[Shmee]

Has the big update to the nvidia windows drivers happened yet? Just wondering if mining is still useless with 1070 under win 10

 

[Elfear]

How do I tell if my current mining software (Ethminer 0.9.41) supports the hard fork?

 

[Hitman928]

How do I tell if my current mining software (Ethminer 0.9.41) supports the hard fork?

The miner has nothing to do with the fork. If you're mining in a pool, you'll go whichever way the pool goes, if you're mining solo, you need to update your geth server and use the appropriate flag to follow the fork (something like --support-fork or something).

 

[Hitman928]

I have two 390's, a 7970 and a 7870 and would like to start mining. What pools do you guys use and why?

I started today with ethpool and it looks like a slick setup but the payout estimates are strange. Any help is much appreciated.

I like ethpool, seemed to be the most stable when I was trying different pools. Why do you think the estimate is weird? You'll need to run steady for at least 24 hours to get a good estimate.

 

[Elfear]

The miner has nothing to do with the fork. If you're mining in a pool, you'll go whichever way the pool goes, if you're mining solo, you need to update your geth server and use the appropriate flag to follow the fork (something like --support-fork or something).

Makes sense. Thanks.

 

[poofyhairguy]

I have two 390's, a 7970 and a 7870 and would like to start mining. What pools do you guys use and why?

I started today with ethpool and it looks like a slick setup but the payout estimates are strange. Any help is much appreciated.

I like Ethermine. It's the same as ETH pool but more consistent payouts.

 

[n0x1ous]

Mad packet, poofyhair, or mr teal. Can you link me to the powered risers that you use?

 

[poofyhairguy]

I use this:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00HZ0M9F2/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_Mc8Kxb20R6PN7

 

[Elfear]

Mad packet, poofyhair, or mr teal. Can you link me to the powered risers that you use?

I'll add my 0.02 even though you weren't asking me, but I've had great luck using these risers.

 

[n0x1ous]

I use this:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00HZ0M9F2/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_Mc8Kxb20R6PN7

I'll add my 0.02 even though you weren't asking me, but I've had great luck using these risers.

Thanks guys I appreciate it. There are so many of these and they are all from companies I have never heard of so knowing that they are being used by experienced miners makes things a lot easier.

 

[n0x1ous]

I use this:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00HZ0M9F2/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_Mc8Kxb20R6PN7

Does it matter if connecting these to USB 2 instead of USB 3? I assume not but want to be sure.....

 

[VeryCharBroiled]

say has anyone else here tried to convert dao tokens back to the mist wallet?

pretty stupid, since watching the dao locks the 8.1 wallet on my 16 gig, ssd based 3570k up...

yup tossed some eth at it. the entertainment factor of the hack alone was worth losing it if need be

 

[poofyhairguy]

Does it matter if connecting these to USB 2 instead of USB 3? I assume not but want to be sure.....

They connect to a PCIe port. The USB is just the cable.

 

[n0x1ous]

They connect to a PCIe port. The USB is just the cable.

yep - brain fart on my part -

thanks

thoughts on running 3 blowers side by side in an open case vs spreading everything out with the risers? Ive been running fine in an open case side by side for about 4 months but im sure thats harder on the cards or the fans at least.....

 

[Madpacket]

N0x,

I bought my risers from BitcoinWare. But the newer USB ones are mostly all the same. Look for the ones with the extra capacitors and soft padding on the underside of the x16 slots as well as shorter USB cable length if building a milk crate miner.

If you don't mind waiting 4-6 weeks you can grab them for a good price here:

http://m.ebay.ca/itm/New-PCI-E-Expr...Power-Cable-/262504481244?txnId=1854519500016

If you end up ordering them off BitcoinWare (they ship fast) remember the discount code "10percent" at checkout

 

[Madpacket]

say has anyone else here tried to convert dao tokens back to the mist wallet?

pretty stupid, since watching the dao locks the 8.1 wallet on my 16 gig, ssd based 3570k up...

yup tossed some eth at it. the entertainment factor of the hack alone was worth losing it if need be

Yea I converted back 50,000 DAO tokens to ether. Took like 5 minutes after Mist finished syncing the Blockchain.

 

[Madpacket]

yep - brain fart on my part -

thanks

thoughts on running 3 blowers side by side in an open case vs spreading everything out with the risers? Ive been running fine in an open case side by side for about 4 months but im sure thats harder on the cards or the fans at least.....

Meh these cards sip power and blow hot air out the back. You should be fine but I do recommend risers to elevate the cards so you can blow some serious air across them.

 

[n0x1ous]

N0x,

I bought my risers from BitcoinWare. But the newer USB ones are mostly all the same. Look for the ones with the extra capacitors and soft padding on the underside of the x16 slots as well as shorter USB cable length if building a milk crate miner.

If you don't mind waiting 4-6 weeks you can grab them for a good price here:

http://m.ebay.ca/itm/New-PCI-E-Expr...Power-Cable-/262504481244?txnId=1854519500016

If you end up ordering them off BitcoinWare (they ship fast) remember the discount code "10percent" at checkout

Meh these cards sip power and blow hot air out the back. You should be fine but I do recommend risers to elevate the cards so you can blow some serious air across them.

thnx

 

[suklee]

Mined all day today... outside temperatures were blistering today @ 35C! Ouch. Hope my rig & cards will survive. How do these temps / voltages look? Looks like I'm just on the edge of 1000W - if there is a second build I'd surely get a 1200W unit.

lowest ASIC is 74.3%:

 

[Erenhardt]

Try 980/2200 MHz at 0.9V (or less if possible). Should drop power usage 10+Watts per card (reported by GPU-z) and the mining speed is still neat 26MH/s