It’s great to see all these new miners, it feels like 2017 all over again. Mining at a small scale is a fun hobby. But I’m seeing lots of the typical “X days till ROI” posts and I want to make sure the new guys understand what they’re actually getting into here, coming from someone …
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Lolminer’s Zombie mode has kept 4GB GPUs hashing for long after the Ethereum DAG exceeded 4 GB in epoch 382 on Dec.16th. In the weeks since, 4GB GPUs have decreased profitability with each successive epoch. Many miners are looking for alternative blockchains for their 4 GB cards. I’ll cover a few and discuss why your …
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Unfortunately, you will not be able to profitably mine an alternate altcoin with your 4GB cards once the 4GB DAG limit hits. For the math behind this assertion please see our more in-depth article here. Tl;dr – Seriously…you will not be able to profitably mine something else with 4GB cards for all but the early …
“What should I mine with my 4GB graphics cards once the Ethereum DAG limit hits?” Read More »
Update: As of April 2021, Zombie Mode keeps 4GB cards hashing profitably. The creativity within the mining community continues to be amazing. The next big change for miners will come with EIP-1559 scheduled for incorporation in July, which will reduce the reward to miners from fees. Make sure to look into it before investing in …
Medalla Bug Overview Ethereum’s Medalla testnet nearly suffered a crash this past weekend from a bug found in the Prysm client which caused validators to fail and those running the client to lose as much as 75% of their testnet ether. Luckily, it was not actual ether on the Ethereum blockchain. Medalla was launched on …
Ethereum has had quite the month. Between a price bull run, $7 dollar transaction fees, Defi heating up, and the launch of the Medalla testnet for proof of stake, there has been no shortage of news and conversation. A recurrent theme in the conversation among miners most often takes the form of the following question: …
Ethereum’s DAG size will exceed 4GB before the end of the year (as if 2020 could get any worse) and that means as much as 60% of the cards currently mining will no longer be able to mine ETH. So what will miners who have these cards do when this event occurs? First, you can …
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Mark’s presentation at Mining Disrupt Live GPU Mining Is Here To Stay – video transcript Good morning, I’m Mark from Bitpro. I’d like to spend some time talking about GPU mining and where it fits in in the broader context of the mining industry. Like many of you here, mining was my gateway drug into …
