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Title: Ethereum mining FAQ Post by: nerdralph on August 24, 2016, 02:36:25 PM I see a lot of the same questions repeated (and often with incorrect answers), so here's a short FAQ that may help:
1) How much money can I make mining eth? It depends on your card and your power costs. As of 2016-08-24, a single AMD R9 380 will make about US$1.50/day, and use 50c/d of power at 10c/kWh. http://karldiab.com/EthereumMiningCalculator/ 2) Which miner should I use? Claymore's and Genoil's are good and work with both Nvidia and AMD GPUs (beginners should try AMD cards). 3) Which pool should I use? Miningpoolhub is good since it supports vardiff. Pools with a high static difficulty like nanopool are not recommended for beginners. 4) Should I use getwork or stratum? Only use stratum. If your pool does not support stratum, see question 4. 5) Can I mine with a 2GB card? Yes, if you set GPU_SINGLE_ALLOC_PERCENT=100. The DAG will be larger than 2GB by February 2017. |