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How can I get Zcash GPU miner?

None are released to the public yet, afaik.

You can pay BTC and have someone else mine for you using a GPU at: http://cloud.zeropond.com/

Make sure you do your own due diligence first, however.

What is this services ? .

Read the website - you buy a three month contract and they mine Zcash for you at the given hash rate.

You may or may not make a profit.

There is no publicly released GPU miners. The ZCash will be released some time around 29th October.

thanks for providing this better to check it out before doing some investment i know zcash have a future to come and if this site will deliver good amount of mined zcash it can be profitable before the actual zcash will be launch its a little bit risky as we know all the possibilities inside crypto we cant guarantee anything but the riskier it was the more profitable if succeed. thanks again.

If you missed that, take a look in here:

https://minezcash.com/zcash-30k-miner-bounty/
https://forum.z.cash/t/zcash-open-source-miner-contest/1897
http://zcashminers.org/

That zero pound cloud mining is a scam, they fail to mention that the block reward for the first few weeks/months is very little. So you are paying a huge amount to mine almost nothing.

I highly doubt you will make any money with their cloud mining, just like any other cloud mining out there.

its not available yet but i hope it will be released in future

The only people who are going to make money on Zcash are the people who are mining it now.

YES people are mining now. It is way beyond my scope of computer literacy, but if you are very smart with computers you can get on the boat now.

No they are mining on the testnet now not the mainnet... So no real coins just test coins.

Announced 2 days ago.

https://z.cash/blog/announcing-miner-contest.html

On October 28, 2016, the launch of Zcash will make ZEC coins available for mining. Since Zcash is an open source, decentralized cryptocurrency, we believe that mining should be available to everyone, regardless of their access to specialized hardware; anyone should be able to use a computer to “mine” by using open source software, and add more transactions to the Zcash ledger to get Zcash coins in return for their effort. By distributing the ability to perform mining, the Zcash network can be a more accessible and a truly community-supported cryptocurrency.

So they say, so will be  at the start of mining  will be possible only  on Linux (not on Windows and not on the iMac) ;D ;D ;D. That is it "decentralized cryptocurrency, we believe that mining should be available to everyone, regardless of their access to specialized hardware". Probably so, because Linux uses and my grandmother of 90 years ;D ;D ;D.

https://i.imgur.com/YNJgDiO.jpg

For the first month ZCash will have a slow start and only 1/2 the normal coins will be generated to prevent, or at least minimize, insta-mining attempts.

Not saying ZeroPond is, or is not, a scam at this point, but they do point out the 1st month the fee is only 50% due to this very reason.

It is hard to say if it will be profitable or not at this point in time, much depends on if a GPU miners is available to the public before launch or not.

Well first of all Linux is software and not hardware, much less "specialized hardware". Second, Linux is freely available to download and install.

Frankly, the latest versions of Linux install about as easy as Windows, yes your Grandma could probably even do it if she were so inclined. :)

With the simple how-to guides on the ZCash forum, you can be up and running with a working ZCash wallet and mining on Testnet from a bare computer in less than 2-hours. How do I know? Because I just did it myself this past weekend and I do not consider myself a Linux expert by any stretch.

Considering the launch is more than 1-month away, this is ample time for even someone with zero Linux experience to have time get a rig up and running from scratch.

The choice of phrasing "available to everyone" is not the same thing as "no effort" nor does it imply there will be a easy button for the lazy.

I was just reading and thinking this myself, I may throw another SSD on one of my Windows Rigs, configure it for Linux and see where it goes at launch. Might be ahead of the game, might be a part of the shit storm; who knows what will come from this new coin.

This is not true, they were upfront about that from the beginning (even offering a discount because of it).

What's more they are now sold out. They are very poor scammers indeed if they set a limit to how much money they wanted to steal.

and so... what's about this : (source -  genesis-mining)

Notice! x
*It is important to note that Zcash is a young technology, and no public GPU miner exists for it at this time. Genesis Mining is working hard to provide a GPU version in time to allow you to mine at the highest efficiency possible. In the unlikely event that Genesis Mining is not able to deliver the promised hashrate two weeks after expected Zcash mining start (28th of October 2016), you will be eligible for a full refund. We are very confident that we will deliver in time so that you can start mining from day 1. In addition, we will ensure that your leased GPU will mine with the best possible algorithm available at the mining start date and we expect that we will ultimately deliver a higher hashrate than currently advertised here.

There are no maintenance fees applied for Zcash mining plans.

This Linux bs pisses me of a bit.
Instaminers dont want everyone to mine from start.

You are right. The initial low mining rewards days should last 100 days instead of the planned 34 days.

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.

Why amd and dont nvidia ( gtx 1060/1070 ) ?

Nvidia is the best for mining low wattage and high power hash , high initial price it is repaid with a lower electricity bill . 

For the Ethereum mining, the nVidia 1070 has the same efficiency as the AMD RX 480. There is no difference.

A part from the card's price....

You can buy the AMD cards from the Ebay or even Newegg. The price is quite reasonable there.

Hope that is true, mining profits are at a all time low so we need another coin to attract LOTS of miners.

Indeed, I fully agree its just so annoying if I have to be honest, I really hate it but I can do nothing about it..

It is true and I don't find it right , first is the delay because it was scheduled for 26 September the launch
and now the low mining rewards goes from 34days to 100day? People invest money for mining and they don't know how many more changes they will announce until launch

That is right. If it is 100 days, the advantage of the guys who have the fast miner will be much less.

Makes no difference, it will be more dependant on your CPU/GFX

Not true. The fast miners will always be fast and can have big advantage over the slower miners.

People are trading this test coins true google exel sheets lol

correct , there would be no difference at all  because all  alt mining would somehow  depend on  either ASIC, CPU or GPU mining  and its doesnt  really matter  on  which  OS  do you  use.  I really dont  know as  of  now  on how  to mine zcash after all and  i already heread about it  on genesis.

There isnt much info on this forum just visit

https://forum.z.cash/

Most mining program writers that support a specific LINUX generally make packages for Ubuntu 14.04 and occasionally for other Ubuntu versions.

 Those packages will generally work on most Debian-based LINUX variations with little or no additional work, if the otehr variation is recent enough.

 Otherwise, it's source code compile and that's going to be pretty much "any distribution of recent enough vintage and with the right drivers" should work.

How many hashes do you have?   

I get approximately 40 Hashes total out of my AMD based rigs, i do not know if that is much or not.

I looked at the Zcash forum and it shows people are mining with the open source GPU miner, that's on a test and not for real zcash right? when will real zcash be mineable? and is it a good idea to test first with the open gpu miner or will there be a new better miner?

The ZCash will be released on 28 October 2016.

https://z.cash/blog/zcash-launch-and-roadmap.html

The Zcash team is nearing the time to release our code and launch the genesis block of the Zcash blockchain. This is an exciting time to be involved in cryptocurrency and we hope this launch will be a milestone for the field.

When the Zcash genesis block is launched, anyone in the world will be able to mine Zcash, and users will be able to send it to anyone in the world with the advantage of full zero-knowledge privacy. The interface will be a command-line tool on Linux, and will not include a graphical user interface, nor run on Windows or Mac OS at launch time. We will continue adding improvements in response to user demand following this initial release.

As you will read in our next blog post we are currently undergoing the audit phase of our code; and as such we have delayed our Sprout release for security and safety reasons. Our aim in creating the Zcash blockchain is to launch the first open, permissionless financial system with zero-knowledge privacy and best achievable security. This post will describe, in chronological order, our engineering roadmap and the steps involved in creating this first release of what will (hopefully!) become a safe, viable, trusted network with this experimental and complex technology.

AUDITS

We have contracted a few of the best audit firms and most trusted hacker minds to help us review our code and correct vulnerabilities. The first audits have already begun; we may schedule future audits to gain further confidence in our security at launch. A blog post following this one will go into further depth about our auditors, when the full audit reports will be published, the scope of the audits, and current risk involved with the Zcash launch. We hope that with proper and thorough auditing we will mitigate all vulnerabilities and lessen risk; this thoroughness is one reason for our launch delay.

BETA

Starting on September 7, 2016 we will release the first version of our Beta code. This is still testnet. This series will be feature complete including having our consensus rules frozen, and a new, easier to use RPC interface in place.

This is a good time to begin the work of integrating Zcash into your products and services. Check back after the 7th for a new Public Beta Guide, which will replace our current Public Alpha Guide.

Our Alpha releases had changing consensus rules and had a difficult-to-use RPC interface (which will be removed). The Beta Series will present stable features, although they may be tweaked slightly before 1.0 launch, based on user feedback or bugfixes.

The potential exceptions to feature-completeness in our Beta Series may be changes to our Equihash Proof-of-Work, security issues found in auditing, bugs that aren't disruptive to fix, and changes required for our production launch such as initial block constants, hard-coded node ids, and removal of unused code and documentation.

BETA PHASE GOALS

Previously we described our plan to launch in September of 2016. Although our main software development is still on that schedule, we've decided to prolong our Beta phase for three crucial goals: secure parameter generation, security auditing, and integration work with ecosystem partners.

We'll describe each of these Beta Phase goals in the coming months when the time is right. Stay tuned!

THE LAUNCH AND SPROUT SERIES

The launch target date for the Zcash blockchain is set for October 28, 2016. This is when the first Zcash monetary units will come into existence, based on securely generated zkSNARK parameters. The software release for the launch will be the first in our Sprout Series releases. We are calling this software release, and this initial phase of the blockchain ‘Sprout’ to emphasize that it is a young, budding blockchain with great potential to grow.

In the coming few months we will be publishing content about: how to mine Zcash, information for integration, partnerships in the works, the parameter generation and setup ceremony, other cool science projects our team is working on, as well as a detailed FAQ that will help developers, miners, engineers, scientists, economists, enthusiasts, and anyone interested in Zcash join the conversation.

GET INVOLVED

The updated Zcash core design is in our Zcash Protocol specification. Our roadmap for the Beta and 1.0 launches is embodied in our github milestones.

If you're interested in infrequent announcements, such as for our launch, sign up for our email announcement list.

Join our forum for user discussions, or our Community Slack if you want realtime developer chat.

If you're the adventurous type who wants to play with our current alpha code, check out our Public Alpha Guide.

Is there a windows binary for the open source miner ?

40hashes with what gpu? consumption? how many coins per days with your setup?

Basically i did uses this as a manual: http://www.bitcoinupdate.nl/home/video-van-een-zcash-mining-rig-op-beta2-testnet

???

Ivy bridge laptop does ~2.5 with nicehashminer beta.

Me 2.  This "free download linux" bullshit. :'(

A message to the the zcash crew:

Get ready to be harvested.

Zcash cpu+gpu miner is the next BIG thing. Money flowing in from doors and windows.

No public gpu miner.
Just the botnet domination and the sp-mod gpu-miner...

My miner is optimized for asus Strux

100 000  shiity cpu's and the sp-mod harvester...

Nonono you are wrong.

cpu+gpu gives you huge boost when mining zcash.

Are you testing the  coca pops cycle miner?

I thought so.

What am I doing wrong???

No coin to harvest yet..
The zcash crew is paying $10 000 for the fastest opensource gpu miner in the world. Go get those coins...

I have an AMD zcash miner, win-only, stratum-only.

It does about 22H/s on a 390X now. I might release it but I'm afraid it needs more speed.

No need to hate. You can mine etherum and get  $1 a card. $100 a day is pretty good.
$500 with the sp-mod zcoin private with the same hardware and power..

but why should I share it?

I was thinking 0.5 BTC per copy and only 10 sales..

Zcoin: Such cash. Big profit
Zcache: no cash, big promises (yet)

So there never was an easy way to make money? I invested a lot? Scam???

All algos are in the shitter right now...

Nonono, I invested a lot.

Bios mod for msi 1070 anyone?

I think its close to what the jtoomin bros got with their 290. They got 25H/s if I recall correctly.

The ZOGMINER gets like 13H/s with the 470/480.

how much are you charging for acess to your miner for zcash open cl

Hi guys,
I am using zogminer but with suprnova i have problem, anybody know why ?

It's a little conflicting to figure out exactly what his current rates are.  


Regardless I think the community is in need of a good GPU miner and Genoil's miner @ 22h/s would give the rest of us a chance to mine.
Toomim Bros is going to keep his miner private and is using it for his own cloud mining network that he is selling currently at very high prices.

With Genoils miner we could have 22h/s power per GPU which would be equivalent to $1'264 of mining power for 3 months @ Toomim Bros could mining.  A single rig that probably already roi'd on from eth will give us a $6'300 investment at that could mining.

I really hope Genoil decides to release his version

Yes its ABSOLUTELY NUTS that people are paying those prices for Cloud mining.

nicehash is ready to i think...

https://forum.z.cash/t/nicehash-zcash-cpu-gpu-miner-for-linux-and-windows/2861

NikiNiceHash4d
As you might already know, NiceHash will support Zcash from day one (28th of the October).
We are pushing boundaries and working around the clock so that we can offer you something user friendly in the front but beast in the back.

Current tests are showing between 5 and 10 H/s for CPU miner. GPU development isn't far behind.
If all that won't be enough for you, you'll still be able to rent hashing power to mine Zcash - on demand and with no contracts.

Stay tuned as our testers say it's worth it.

https://www.facebook.com/NiceHash/180
https://twitter.com/NiceHashMining190

I have 7.3Sols on a dual Xeon using nicehash completely unoptimized. Just as a reference.

Since you prob won't be selling it, I'd just release it and source and see what the community can contribute.

Is known how much hashrate is on the testnet?

Edit: Maybe more interesting: What was the peak until now (if known)?

If there was a sucker born every minute in the 1860's, there should be one born every 4-5 seconds now. :-)

That seems really low, the i7 supposedly gets close to 20 sols using Tromp

CPU solving us highly memory and clock frequency bound and doesn't scale with cores well at all.

It scales reasonably well, althouh obviously sublinearly.
1x dev1 = 6.2 Sol/s
8x dev1 = 25.6 Sol/s
on a 4Ghz i7. So more than a 4x increase from using 8 instances.

That right. The Cloud mining is 4-10 times over priced. So that is only for the people who do not know how to mine.

It's impossible to know if something is overpriced. Nobody knows the hashrate of the network for the next days and months and nobody knows the price of the next days and months and years.

there's a new competitor in town: https://github.com/mbevand/silentarmy

extract: "Performance

    45.7 Sol/s with one R9 Nano
    39.6 Sol/s with one RX 480

Note: the code is currently very poorly optimized; it makes zero attempts to keep the queue of OpenCL commands full, therefore one needs to run 2 instances of SILENTARMY in parallel on the same GPU to keep it well utilized."

You can know it is over priced as for the same cost, with your own mining rigs, your hash rate is 5 to 10 times higher.

my r9 380x cards do not work...

all shares rejected .... low difficulty?

any ideas why those cards are not working
?

other cards seem ok

I have RX 480 8GB, R9 380x 4GB, R9 280x 3GB and that miner would not run at all. It just kept crashing.

anyone mining with r9 380x or is this miner at nice hash no good for that card?

Genoil-zec-miner-0.3.2 not working with R9 Nano on Win7 64bit. I tried with 15.12 and 16.9.2.

i am getting 11.5 sol/s

where and how

You can use the 0.42, 0.5 or 0.6 to mining with the 16.9.2. But the speed is about 28H/s at stock.

Before Genoil create a faster miner, it is better to use the Claymore miner eventhough it has 2.5% fee.

I will probably start when RX 490 is out

If the price of the ZCash is similar to now, there is no point to start.

The ZCash price increased a lot since then, but it is still not very profitable.