Cryptocurrency Mining Hardware

Cryptocurrency Hardware & Mining Rigs

Tuesday, December 12, 2017

Cryptocurrency Mining Introduction and Basics


Mining Cryptocurrency ASICs, GPUs, and CPUs Basics.

Most Popular GPUs for Crypto-mining;
AMD: 280x 380 Fury 470 480 570 580 vega56 vega64 
Nvidia: 750Ti gtx980ti 1050Ti 1060 1070 1080 1080Ti

GTX 1080s switch between Lbry, Lyra2Rev2, Equihash (Zcash), and X11Gost
GTX 1070s and 1060s switch between ETH and Zcash quite often.
AMD RX cards stick to Dual Ethash or Decred.
Older AMD cards stick to Equihash (ETH or Zcash) 

Mining Vs. Staking
Proof of Stake (PoS) cryptocurrency that gives a fixed percentage of income per year.
Mining - generates money from your computer. Your CPU or GPU calculates a hash and output, and you get a reward in coins. 

Algorithms: Sha-256 ethash equihash groestl x11gost cryptonight equihash lyra2rev2 neoscrypt lbry blake 2b blake 14r blake 256 pascal skunkhash quark 
    - Most cryptocurrencies employ either SHA-256 or scrypt as their proof-of-work hashing algorithm.

Hashrate megahash mh kilohash kh profitability calculations.

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