Title: Japanese Tech Firm GMO Releases ‘Free’ Zcash Mining Software Post by: oksgvardukraine2018 on September 30, 2018, 05:33:31 AM Japanese Tech Firm GMO Releases ‘Free’ Zcash Mining Software
Japanese tech firm GMO is expanding its nascent cryptocurrency mining operation beyond bitcoin through the release of a software client designed to mine zcash and other Equihash-based cryptocurrencies using general-purpose GPU chips. Japanese Firm Releases Zcash Mining Software Dubbed Cryptoknocker, the software has specifically been developed for mining rigs composed of Nvidia graphics cards (GeForce 8 or later). While the software itself is free, GMO wants a cut of the proceeds generated through it, namely, two percent of the coins users mine while running the client. GMO says that this fee is offset by a two percent efficiency improvement over other Equihash mining clients. Though used by a variety of cryptocurrencies, Equihash is most often associated with the privacy-centric zcash, currently the 21st-largest coin by market cap. Like several other mining algorithms, it was developed to be ASIC-resistant, ensuring that it could be mined without specialized hardware only available from a small group of manufacturers. However, China-based mining giant Bitmain recently announced a zcash ASIC, signaling that — unless zcash hard forks to alter its instance of Equihash — the era of mining ZEC with general-purpose hardware will soon come to an end. Faced with a similar plight following the release of a Cryptonight ASIC, monero’s community decided to activate a hard fork and “brick” those new mining rigs. Zcash, though, has chosen not to make maintaining ASIC resistance a developmental priority. https://www.ccn.com/japanese-tech-firm-gmo-releases-free-zcash-mining-software/ Title: Re: Japanese Tech Firm GMO Releases ‘Free’ Zcash Mining Software Post by: efudd on September 30, 2018, 05:53:49 AM Japanese Tech Firm GMO Releases ‘Free’ Zcash Mining Software Japanese tech firm GMO is expanding its nascent cryptocurrency mining operation beyond bitcoin through the release of a software client designed to mine zcash and other Equihash-based cryptocurrencies using general-purpose GPU chips. Japanese Firm Releases Zcash Mining Software Dubbed Cryptoknocker, the software has specifically been developed for mining rigs composed of Nvidia graphics cards (GeForce 8 or later). While the software itself is free, GMO wants a cut of the proceeds generated through it, namely, two percent of the coins users mine while running the client. GMO says that this fee is offset by a two percent efficiency improvement over other Equihash mining clients. Though used by a variety of cryptocurrencies, Equihash is most often associated with the privacy-centric zcash, currently the 21st-largest coin by market cap. Like several other mining algorithms, it was developed to be ASIC-resistant, ensuring that it could be mined without specialized hardware only available from a small group of manufacturers. However, China-based mining giant Bitmain recently announced a zcash ASIC, signaling that — unless zcash hard forks to alter its instance of Equihash — the era of mining ZEC with general-purpose hardware will soon come to an end. Faced with a similar plight following the release of a Cryptonight ASIC, monero’s community decided to activate a hard fork and “brick” those new mining rigs. Zcash, though, has chosen not to make maintaining ASIC resistance a developmental priority. https://www.ccn.com/japanese-tech-firm-gmo-releases-free-zcash-mining-software/ So.... if it provides +2%, and they take 2%, it is net 0. Why would we want this? "HI, PLEASE USE OUR SOFTWARE. IT GAINS 2% FOR US." |