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"ZCash is an anonymous cryptocurrency that uses zk-snarks to ensure that all the information regarding user transactions is safely encrypted, while still verifiable by miners that can ensure no double-spending has taken place using zero knowledge proofs. ZCash is currently in the testnet phase and testnet ZCash has no value. The early bird gets the worm, however, and mining in the testnet is an excellent exercise to ensure that you're ready to start mining real ZEC coins as soon as possible! The testnet can be reset, which will cause your Zcash testcoins to disappear.

ZCash will use Equihash as an hashing algorithm, which is an asymmetric memory-hard PoW algorithm based on the generalized birthday problem. It relies on high RAM requirements to bottleneck the generation of proofs and making ASIC development unfeasible, much like Ethereum."

Immediately stopped reading at compiling the miner with Ubunto.

Stop making coins that require all that compiling and building the miner bullshit. Not all of us are hardcore computer geeks with a shit ton of programming knowledge.

Windows exe file or not interested.


Good guide overall tho.

Its no rush. When its finally released the reward will go from small to large so miners will have a few weeks to get  everything up and running. Not instamine.

x) I totally get what you mean! But windows release will come soon after the launch, I believe :)

reminds me when this coin will be released? also i remember that it was something like cryptonight or hodl algo, so gpu will not be that great at mining it

End of October I believe.

They will be using Equihash

So this means I will have to install Linux on a system to mine it while the difficulty is right down :(

Sadly I am not using linux, so I won`t be able to mine it from launch..   :'(

must wait windows release..

Your linux problems are solved : https://www.virtualbox.org (https://www.virtualbox.org)

For everybody interested in ZCASH Mining.

Their mining reward will be almost nothing during launch, it will slowly and slowly increase similar to LBRY. So you have a few weeks to get your gear ready. Right now there are no working GPU miners. Most likely it will be CPU only at launch and you will need a bunch of ram to get the mining started.

You sir are idiot. You can't make coins/programs without compiling. Compiling is natural thing especially with linux.

maybe gpu miners can request to claymore to make a gpu mining software for zcash

There already is a private GPU miner. I read that somewhere.

No real point to mine early.  The rewards ramp up from 0.2 coins / reward to 50 over the course of a few months anyway.

More info please.

https://forum.z.cash/t/crowdfund-gpu-miner/1324/109

You know exactly what I mean.


Also *an idiot

And who knows what the value of the coins will be...

Coins made for CPU mining are the real cancer on the Crypto Coins.

Evervy coin that launch for CPU mining proves that are made for people that infect another people computers with virus/backdoor programs.
So, have a great potential to become a "Cracker's" coin.
If someone doubt that, see the great "monero" miners, a Huge number of zombies mining for 10 or less crackers.

Is this based on the original zerocoin idea?

http://zerocoin.org/

Neat, looks like it's the same team, fantastic.

https://z.cash/team.html

How many businesses have hired you as a consultant  ???

Bitcoin was only mined on CPU at launch...

Monero also has FPGA farms, pretty much from launch, which is what makes it so unprofitable to mine. Botnets are a distant second to FPGA farms

I agree with that totally. That is the reason I do not like the Monero. I only mine the GPU cooins such as Ethereum.

Me too, I hope a windows miner, either CPU based or GPU based, would be available at the launch.

There is already a Linux miner, why cannot somebody port it to Windows? I saw many miners with both systems.

Come on. That's not 'geek shit you need a ton of programming knowledge' for.
If you can't do that, then i honestly feel bad for you.

That's why the guide was made. :P but yeah, sometimes its "hard" to take that step. but once you learn it, its learnt and you'll be glad you did it :)

Nice project lets see it it action.
+ 1 miner when it will start.

Gratz

 :)

We can expect zcash to hit the 1 billion USD market cap pritty fast.

I am looking forward to mining zcash and I am trying to buy all the AMD cards I can , if anyone is interested in selling then please PM me ASAP.
The guys from zcash-cloud.com and the zeropond guys are doing great work in setting up massive pools .

I think the amount of hashing power being aimed at block 1 will be ridiculous. I will be buying from both companies as they are both very well trusted at this point. I saw the futures market for Zcash is already at 100 USD each , the markets are already being made . zcash ... its a great time to be alive. goodluck everyone.

 :)

Thanks for guide will be try it soon at BASH on windows 10

100 USD at future market  ???

In case you're looking for a pool: https://zec.suprnova.cc

I've just got started with the Zcash miners for Ubuntu & Windows that were released by Nicehash.

You can watch a video I made for each of them and they should be useful for anyone who wants to get started mining Zcash.

How to Mine Zcash on Windows
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVNGcF37jM4 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVNGcF37jM4)

How to Mine Zcash on Linux (Ubuntu)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EldQk9R6sww (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EldQk9R6sww)

You got a way source to use for gpu mining of this? Link please or avail to test

Thanks

Brad

Where did you see that?

good job spending some time making the video, i am looking forward to ZCash launch on oct 28 and i am confident that the team wont let this project down. since ZCash currently does not support Windows mining it is a bit tough to set things up ,hope everything runs smoothly

any gpu mining guide ?

 Strange, seems like most Monero miners currently are using GPUs.

From what I can tell folks doing such are keeping it pretty close to their chests. Something will pop I'd assume. IMHO likely not till a bit after launch

(again I know zip just saying)

yep this seems to be the truth. although there are some submissions here: https://zcashminers.org/submissions

Great! I've found this mining guide to be very interesting and a good way to learn how to mine the next anon cryptocurrency ZCash. Can't wait for the official release of ZCash this October 28, 2016 as I would get to mine them right away with my GPU mining rig. Also, I'm considering buying a contract over at Genesis Mining to mine ZCash which would save me all the hassle of setting up the rig properly, maintenance, and other factors. Thanks so much for this guide!  :D

Does it work well on the AMD 7970 or the 280X? These are the very popular cards a few years ago.

Can people post their benchmarks?

I get around 6 sol at 2H/s using an Intel Core i7 6700 HQ

Well, I've only tested it for a short time doing the mining process on an AMD 7970 but haven't quite started full time mining ZCash with it so the results may vary. But since ZCash's mining algorithm is Equihash, it is more based on the amount of RAM that you have rather than depending more on GPU power.

Just in case, you can check out more info about it here: https://z.cash/blog/why-equihash.html (https://z.cash/blog/why-equihash.html)

Now, I would also give a shot at Genesis Mining since they will be having contracts to mine ZCash. It is also a good choice if you prefer to skip setting up the mining rig, and giving it maintenance (also paying electricity costs). But, still as of today mining could be seen more as a hobby since it is not very profitable at all.  :)

The Genesis mining contract is too expansive. The 60H costs $2600. With 2x 390x you can get 60H yourself.

The 390x costs about $400 at the moment. That is just 15% of the Genesis mining cost, and you can sell the 390x later.

Yeah. I've had the same thought too. In this case, I would be earning more with my rig rather than depending on a cloud mining contract. If ZCash had an ICO, I would've bought plenty of coins in order to sell them later for profit. But, it seems that ZCash won't have an ICO so the only chance to get some coins would be via mining upon its release or buying a few coins on an exchange quickly before price starts to rise.  ;D


Thanks mate. This actually makes a lot more sense than spending more money on a contract in which it can reduce your chances of getting profit at all. I expect to reach ROI from within a year once I start mining ZCash with my rig.  :)

Those cloud mining contracts are a total joke, only the providers will make money on them.  I doubt they will ever roi...

I think a bunch of rx470s is the sweet spot for watts to sol/s, you can get almost 20 sol/s with 1375 straps currently.  It is also likely there will be future improvement to make the miner faster and rx 470 is only $200.

Great guide (with pictures!), thank you for your work.

Thank you!

I agree with that totally. The cloud mining contract are 5 times over expensive. But people will still buy that.

For those interested to setup a ZCash miner on Windows here is a simple guide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVNGcF37jM4
I tested and working on my W7 64 bits.

Is this the new hot coin to mine?

yes but it does not work right with multiple gpu, i'm getting a very low hashrate

Did you set the number of cores in the batch file (-t x)?

no, i need to modify the config? what is the line to add exactly?

this one:  where x = number of your cores

mmh no, i didn't add this, cpu has somethign to do witht he performance? i just have a dual core there like everyone else runnign a six gpu rig

Nice guide. Thanks

Benchmark shows

Speed: 4.9965 H/s
Speed: 9.993 S/s

Xeon 5680

Watched yesterday. Good tutorial

Yeah. It is no longer profitable to mine cryptocurrencies, in my opinion. Especially with cloud mining, in which, you end up paying more in maintenance fees, contract, and other factors. (not to mention that most of them have been scams). That is why it is best to mine at home (depending on electricity rates in your country) with your very own mining rig, in which, you are certain that you will get the right amount of coins, and also you wouldn't risk losing most of your money when compared to cloud mining (if they scam you and run away with your money)

It will be pretty interesting how much mining difficulty would increase over time, once ZCash launches this Friday. If it gets enough interest, then the difficulty might rise very quickly, thus making it less possible to profit in short time. As for me, I will put my rig to mine right away when ZCash is launched immediately.  :)

Does it matter if we use addnode=alphatestnet.z.cash or betatestnet.z.cash?

Guys, what about cloud mining for ZCash?
It could be a solution?
For example mining in Microsoft Azure (there is 150$ free credit each month)
I have (and I can setup) 5 Azure accounts and mine on those (Windows or Linux) if is profitable.

maybe NiceHash? I never used it but i think you buy hashing power directly off miners. should be better than genesis and so on. Cloud mining isn't a good option for Zcash i think:

people assume that cloud mining is dumb or a scam. but i think that it depends on what u're expecting from a coin. if u think a coin is going to rise like hell, then buy the coin. if you think the price is going to be stable and hashing power as well, then buy a contract. Price raises = more miners = less income. price stable = same miners = plausible ROI and profit. of course, nothing like hands on mining :P

Your answer does not have nothing to do with my question ... ;)
I understand that you want to increase your number of posts but with the new rules you should be more careful.
There is a risk to be excluded anytime

just read again ;)

"Guys, what about cloud mining for ZCash?"

"maybe NiceHash? I never used it but i think you buy hashing power directly off miners. should be better than genesis and so on."

then i ranted a bit about cloud mining contracts, which wasn't really related. but it was a bonus. I dont need to increase my post count lol. i rly dont care.

I was asking about setup a miner on Microsoft Azure.
Nevermind ...a ll the best!

Azure and any other cloud platform is not very good choice, since all vm environments have some memory overhead. I guess speed would be at least 2x lower vs dedicated hardware.

You are right, but since it is free, I think I can try it.

You can rent the hash from the Nichhash. So it can be treated as the cloud mining. It is much cheaper than sites like Genesis mining.

ZCash mining will begin tomorrow 28 : yes, but at what time ? (Universal time).

Tomorrow morning PST time.

:-)

The guy lives up in san fran so when he wakes up mainnet will start.

If he partys all night to celebrate Zcash, it might get delayed a bit  :D

It's likely not even worth mining zcash for at least the first week, since the rewards are so low.

alcohol may change the course of history once more.

Actually, mining ZCash with the free Azure credits sounds like a great idea to me. Even though, it is not as efficient as dedicated hardware you could still make "free" ZCash with the free trial of Azure. I'm pretty curious as of what will happen once ZCash launches tomorrow in terms of interest into it, as I have the feeling that it will get enough traction for quite some time. I hope that I would be able to get some cheap ZCash before prices start to increase as this is a very promising cryptocurrency.   :D

By the way, does anyone have any idea on what exchanges would ZCash be once it launches tomorrow?  ???

Kraken and Bittrex.

Crypto is geek/nerdy .. .just look around .... you're obviously in the wrong hobby..

I hit a block on betatestnet  ;D

How are current open source GPU miners stacking up against CPU miners?  For example, what kind of hashrate will a 480 or 290x do versus an i7 or i5?

Also Poloniex.

How do I need to adapt my miner from beta to real mining? Got the ubuntu setup running that was well documented.

You will just loose your money. Remember my words.  :-\

this is so i dont have to make my own wallet ... :P

People never learn and buy into hype.

They somehow think paying 10 times what they should will somehow profit.

Well is it live yet?

Mining ZCash the central processor i7 will be possible? There is such instruction?

he has a point. Crypto needs more mainstream adoption to grow. More user friendly processes will help the less technical get involved.

Crypto especially Alt coins are for the geeks and essentially toys for wealthy investors.

Ask 100 random people if they have ever heard of ethereum, Zcash or any major alt and I bet you will have a hard time even finding one that said yes.

exactly my point. This isn't something to be proud about.

No but it's how it is.  Trying to convince the average Joe plummer that his money is safe on the internet is not easy to do.

I don't see any blocks yet and there hasn't been any official announcement on Twitter. So I guess we still have to wait. Seems like it was a really good party yesterday ;)

I take everything back. It was launched while I was writing.

Hash rates are getting crazy already and nearly a days worth of blocks have been mined.

What is supposed to be the best GPU miner for NVIDIA CUDA on Linux, so far?

Where do you see the hash rate?

If that is the case, then the difficulty adjustment algorithm is not working properly.

Something strange..
Was mining for 2 hour, no luck then a block came in. Checked balance and apparently have 13788 ZECs!  :o genoil 0.3.2
woot!

now confirmed

You mean you received 13788 ZECs?????

Indeed. Started from a virgin wallet with 0 ZEC.
Are they having super blocks? Checked and it was the wallet, not the pool.

Wow - just saw price on poloniex! Heading over there  :P

Nice troll

you can here under windows use the software miner they link , I'm using it with two 8 core and two four cores,one is a Intel 1155 socket CPU . the GPU software they link crashes my GPU's with in second, i had to use software for GPU mining form another site that only works on that site for now.


http://zcash.flypool.org  I'm CPU mining there as I type this.

So still no GPU miner which supports CUDA on Linux?

Thanks mate for sharing the list of exchanges that will be selling ZCash. I was impressed that the coin turned out to become even more valuable than Bitcoin in the day after launch, but now it is starting to decrease in price. I would've gotten earlier into the coin if I've mined it when it launched, because buying 1 ZEC directly would've been very expensive.

Do you think that ZCash price will continue to decline or will it correct itself over the days? I'm planning to get at least 1 ZEC and if not, at least I would have a fraction of a full ZEC just to hold on to it for the future. The only thing that I don't like is the premine, (ZCash Founder's Reward) which limits a coin's ability to increase in price, but if done right it could become a successful crypto currency. Just my opinion.  ;D

I'm having some trouble mining ZEC on flypool.org (etherchain.org). I have reached the payment threshold but it doesn't pay because the settings always switch back to the standard amount. I haven't received any response to my ticket and I see on twitter that other people are having the same problem.

I have stopped mining ZEC with flypool.org for now. But I'm curious if anyone here has already received any ZEC from them by reaching the standard payout amount? I just would like to know if it's scam or a temporary issue (I don't know the pool very well). It's not much money I know. But still..

Check
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1660023.0;topicseen

It is an OpenCl miner who woeks with NVidia GPUs, but not a CUDA miner.
I am lookinf for an CUDA miner too :-(.

Flypool is legit, they are huge and won't scam anyone like that one pool.

I have received 4 payment over the last 1 1/2 days that ive been mining there, once it hits the amount it pays out very quickly (less than an hour).  The ticket system might be extremely busy because of all the problems with Z addresses and people who don't read the bright red banner.

My Flypool problem is solved now! I got the right clues on forum.z.cash.

The problem was a security feature on flypool. You have to use the IPv4 address of the first worker on the dashboard in order to make any changes.

I have three workers and my provider is using IPv6 only so that's why it didn't work. I installed a miner on a VPS using a v4 IP address and changed the worker name to aaa so that it would appear as the first one on the list. After a few minutes it appeared on the dashboard and with that IP address it was possible to change the payout amount. Everything is fine now. No doubt anymore that Flypool is legit.

The flypool had a big problem yesterday. They changed something on the pool, so all my working miners stopped working.

Hi guys,
are you mining?
How much ZEC/day could I approximately expect to mine on desktop with i7 (Ivy Bridge, 4 cores)?

Thanks

I am mining with www.Zcash-Miner.com since genesis block and mined 0.01047092 ZEC so far with 10 Sol/s.

if MY gpu cards run non stop about

0.0305 some thing a day or more depend on other things  like pool  luck etc I'm  on flypool which BTw seems to pay the best if my cards don't no idea then i play it by ear, id use CPU's but i have old out dated CPU's .

it would b nice to have a ethos style download for mining zcash

It is pretty difficult to calculate the outcome in slow start mining period, unless u specify your solve rate.

when it pump the price will goes up but when it dumps it will goes down...

There is a small pump now. The price of the ZCash just rose 25% over the last 24 hours. But it might not last long.

Where to download GPU windows exe  and what is the speed on RX480?
Thanks

Not many activity in this forum  ???

I think this is linux only mining software.

I tried z-cash miner but don't understand if free mining is until the Nov 30th but then why does it say you have to purchase a contract to start mining?

Check it here www.zcash-miner.com (http://www.zcash-miner.com/?r=3151) in the faqs on the first page.

The best ZCash miner is the Claymore V8.0 at the moment. But you have to pay 2.5% to get the faster version.

the fee is 100% worth it. Claymore really knows his stuff :D

It's well worth it

If the V9.0 is 20% faster, then it is even better.

20% will be hard to achieve at this level

The 9.2 maybe just 5% faster than 9.1.

We made a special "How to connect" page on our mining pool: https://zec.2miners.com/#/help (https://zec.2miners.com/#/help)
Thanks!

Hi boss. Great observation. Only that sometimes you don't need to be a geek to do some of these things. Its just interest.
Compile and build are just terminologies.
I'm sure they already did the coding required.
Compiling or building is just like running or executing the exe file. Only that when running exe files you don't see the background compilation or building as the case may be.
#In my opinion boss