Happy New Years! Seventh alt coin thread! - page 51.

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Quote from: xleejohnx on March 07, 2018, 11:59:15 AM

here is my question...

its been a hard one for me to figure out.

should i join the asic side of mining?

I was on the ASIC side, with ONE ASIC, and i sold it for some nice profit.

I'm a rookie compared to most here but here are some pro's/cons which i've found

Pro - usually simple setup, close to plug and play
pro - profits are usually okay

Con - if things break, you might be shipping back to china, and be without it for several weeks
Con - stuck on an algo, where as on GPU rigs you can switch around (if that's your kind of thing).

I'm sure some of the veterans here would have a lot more to add.

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here is my question...

its been a hard one for me to figure out.

should i join the asic side of mining?

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Quote from: soothaa on March 07, 2018, 11:16:39 AM

I can get server grade PSUs with same wattage for half the price and longer/custom cables...

Server grade PSUS simply can not be compared.
Basically you are comparing a pickup truck to a bmw sedan.
This is a complex subject but I will give it a shot.

The onda b250 8 full slot + 4 plug in jack board

Is the best board to use the 1500 watt atx on.

You can do 8 x 1080ti's set to 60% tdp 150 watts on smos pulls around 1300 watts
really low noise too.

1300 watts at the wall with 5200 sols

it is a quiet build.

It is not what you build so you are correct in that you have zero interest in the atx psu.

The only board you really need the 1500/1600 watt atx for is the onda b250.

So if you don't use the board the atx has no value for you.

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I can get server grade PSUs with same wattage for half the price and longer/custom cables...

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Quote from: soothaa on March 07, 2018, 11:08:08 AM

Quote from: philipma1957 on March 07, 2018, 09:28:31 AM

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Quote from: citronick on March 07, 2018, 03:00:44 AM

Phil - have you tried S9s at Slush lately?

https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/slush-pool-now-compatible-asicboost-miners/

Uhh.. are you trolling? That is horrible..

no looks like all gear will go to asicboost see below:

I'm a dumbass and quoted the wrong message Roll Eyes

THIS is what I meant to quote!

Quote from: KaydenC on March 06, 2018, 11:33:49 PM

1500w titanium psu at a steal guys

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01KP8S83C/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Uhh.. are you trolling? That is horrible..

well the corsair goes for 450

http://www.corsair.com/en-us/ax1500i-digital-atx-power-supply-1500-watt-fully-modular-psu

the evga goes for 529
https://www.evga.com/products/product.aspx?pn=220-T2-1600-X1

the tokamak is 599

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817182384&cm_re=tokamak-_-17-182-384-_-Product

so 399 is okay.

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Quote from: philipma1957 on March 07, 2018, 09:28:31 AM

Quote from: soothaa on March 07, 2018, 09:26:45 AM

Quote from: citronick on March 07, 2018, 03:00:44 AM

Phil - have you tried S9s at Slush lately?

https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/slush-pool-now-compatible-asicboost-miners/

Uhh.. are you trolling? That is horrible..

no looks like all gear will go to asicboost see below:

I'm a dumbass and quoted the wrong message Roll Eyes

THIS is what I meant to quote!

Quote from: KaydenC on March 06, 2018, 11:33:49 PM

1500w titanium psu at a steal guys

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01KP8S83C/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Uhh.. are you trolling? That is horrible..

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Quote from: philipma1957 on March 07, 2018, 10:19:20 AM

Quote from: rs1x on March 07, 2018, 10:01:17 AM

Phil - Can you point me in the direction to purchase a DragonMint?

Well lets try this link

https://halongmining.com/shop/dragonmint-16t-miner/

if not

https://myrig.com/

https://myrig.com/product/dragonmint-16-th-s/

after these two i don't know where else .

Thanks. I checked there. They look to be out of stock.

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Quote from: rs1x on March 07, 2018, 10:01:17 AM

Phil - Can you point me in the direction to purchase a DragonMint?

Well lets try this link

https://halongmining.com/shop/dragonmint-16t-miner/

if not

https://myrig.com/

https://myrig.com/product/dragonmint-16-th-s/

after these two i don't know where else .

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Phil - Can you point me in the direction to purchase a DragonMint?

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Quote from: soothaa on March 07, 2018, 09:26:45 AM

Quote from: citronick on March 07, 2018, 03:00:44 AM

Phil - have you tried S9s at Slush lately?

https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/slush-pool-now-compatible-asicboost-miners/

Uhh.. are you trolling? That is horrible..

no looks like all gear will go to asicboost see below:

Quote from: philipma1957 on March 07, 2018, 09:08:55 AM

Quote from: halongmining on March 07, 2018, 04:46:43 AM

Short update here:-

1. DragonMint's have version-rolling AsicBoost support (reference).
2. Shipping will begin around March 15 - 22, but there's a lot to ship so please be patient.
3. Shipped version number will be T1, not 16T due to some mixup with Russian import documents that cannot be changed in time.
4. This picture is legit and the final version that will ship https://twitter.com/MyRig_com/status/971205544533835776
5. Phillip will get a demo machine once the shipping starts. But the reason for the secrecy was AsicBoost capability could be revealed before the patent holder opened the patent. This is unfortunate, we would have preferred more openness, but it is what it is, patents suck, but in this case, the patent can help protect the Bitcoin ecosystem. Now we're so close to shipping, we'll just give a demo machine to phillip once we ship.

Some references:-

https://blockchaindpl.org/
https://www.emergingtechlaw.org/analysis/creating-the-blockchain-defensive-patent-license420182
https://www.asicboost.com/single-post/2018/03/01/opening-asicboost-for-defensive-use/
https://blog.bitmex.com/defensive-patent-licence/
https://blog.bitmex.com/graphical-illustration-of-a-bitcoin-block/
https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/there-bitcoin-patent-war-going-initiative-could-end-it/
https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/slush-pool-now-compatible-asicboost-miners/
http://stratumprotocol.org/

The following pools are already version-rolling compatible: slushpool.com, ckpool.org, bitcoin-india.org
The following software is patched or has pull requests open or about to being worked on: btcpool, ckpool, cgminer

Thanks a very nice thing to read this morning.

this is the 16 gpu thread with 3 videos and photos
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.31009451

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Quote from: citronick on March 07, 2018, 03:00:44 AM

Phil - have you tried S9s at Slush lately?

https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/slush-pool-now-compatible-asicboost-miners/

Uhh.. are you trolling? That is horrible..

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Big news dragonmint will have asicboost

Bigger news I be getting a demo!

More news I got the 16 gpu unit in for testing and it is running!

here is 1 of 3 videos

https://youtu.be/9gAysiHOWBE

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Quote from: philipma1957 on March 07, 2018, 07:48:27 AM

Quote from: citronick on March 07, 2018, 03:00:44 AM

Phil - have you tried S9s at Slush lately?

https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/slush-pool-now-compatible-asicboost-miners/

I have no more s-9s

It occurs to me that this means bitmain is attacking dragonmint in a clever way

I have a batch of S9s v1 - the ones kano banned from his pool - its doing its thing at viabtc but with the asicboost - worth it to park them at Slush?

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Quote from: citronick on March 07, 2018, 03:00:44 AM

Phil - have you tried S9s at Slush lately?

https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/slush-pool-now-compatible-asicboost-miners/

I have no more s-9s

It occurs to me that this means bitmain is attacking dragonmint in a clever way

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Quote from: KaydenC on March 06, 2018, 11:33:49 PM

1500w titanium psu at a steal guys

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01KP8S83C/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

thanks I ordered 1

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Quote from: Storx on March 06, 2018, 06:33:48 PM

Quote from: dragonmike on March 05, 2018, 09:58:35 AM

I know many of you farmers use Nicehash because you have so many rigs and multiple addresses... Have you ever come across "Cuda error 719"? A buddy of mine using NH miner kept getting these on equihash and lyra2v2 lately... which is very annoying as it crashes the miner and results in the inevitable downtime.

I tried fix number 1 (Google) but I'm not getting much. Answers range from "lower your clocks" to "driver issue" over "Nicehash problem". For now he's just disabled equihash and lyra2v2 but that kinda sucks.

Just throwing it in here, as some of you might already have experienced it.

Nicehash miner uses Excavator for those algo's and that software with the latest update is very complex, it runs a constant variable intensity level, so it will continue to try and improve itself to gain higher hashrates while mining and has shown to be very unreliable. Most likely its a OC/Mem setting conflicting with the intensity changing. I actually removed that software from my list when they released the latest 4.4 version due to these random issues.

Honestly since your so new i would look into using a more simpler miner that is using more reliable software already programmed, i would use something like NemoMiner and just change your wallet address and amount of cards based on the readme file and let it do its thing. You can use NemoMiner on Nicehash to profit switch, but use better software outside of their branded excavator software.

Well after hours of troubleshooting last night, it turns out we probably have two slots fried on the mobo. Tried all sorts of software fixes (ddu, new driver, new windows install) to no avail. Only after unplugging the first two cards (out of six) was everything working well again. I reckon a combo of fluffy carpet+steel rack+steel frame+vacuum cleaner might have given the rig a sparky spark...

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Phil - have you tried S9s at Slush lately?

https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/slush-pool-now-compatible-asicboost-miners/

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My AR-15 ID's itself as a toaster. Want breakfast?

nvidia splitting archatectures towards mining/gaming may be giving AMD a chance to play catch up in their hardware game.....

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1500w titanium psu at a steal guys

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01KP8S83C/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

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Now the money is free, and so the people will be

lol id like to see algo specific/enhanced GPUs...that would be weird. I dont think its a good idea for nvidia or amd to concentrate on mining. Keep making great gaming cards, that miners love to buy, and voila. Or if I was an executive, I would release the new version of the GPUs, in limited quantities to stores for gamers, but keep making the old series for the miners, so win win. just make sure the price / hashrate comes out the same.

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