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Alternate cryptocurrencies => Mining (Altcoins) => Topic started by: KalaBanks on October 28, 2017, 10:48:46 AM



Title: Mining Newbie Questions specifically altcoins
Post by: KalaBanks on October 28, 2017, 10:48:46 AM
Loads of great info on this forum - so Im sorry if this has been covered before.

I want to start mining alt-coins. Is it possible with eg one 12 GPU setup to mine simultaneously alt-coins such as Vertcoin and Monero?

Electricity cost is approx $0.04/kWh.

And....Do you think it will be profitable? I have budget for the rig.

Thanks guys :)

edit GPU - something like Nvidia EVGA GTX 1060 Gaming SC 6GB


Title: Re: Mining Newbie Questions specifically altcoins
Post by: KalaBanks on October 29, 2017, 12:33:57 PM
Loads of great info on this forum - so Im sorry if this has been covered before.

I want to start mining alt-coins. Is it possible with eg one 12 GPU setup to mine simultaneously alt-coins such as Vertcoin and Monero?

Electricity cost is approx $0.04/kWh.

And....Do you think it will be profitable? I have budget for the rig.

Thanks guys :)

edit GPU - something like Nvidia EVGA GTX 1060 Gaming SC 6GB

hopeful bump :-\


Title: Re: Mining Newbie Questions specifically altcoins
Post by: ROFLED on October 29, 2017, 12:36:09 PM
1060 not for monero, but lyra2v2 good at nvidia. So electricity ok for you, but calculate roi, that will be ok for you


Title: Re: Mining Newbie Questions specifically altcoins
Post by: oddity2505 on October 29, 2017, 02:34:43 PM
Is it possible with eg one 12 GPU setup to mine simultaneously alt-coins such as Vertcoin and Monero?

Electricity cost is approx $0.04/kWh.
Yes, you can always set just a part of your cards to mine a specific coin. So you can split your power between several coins. Electricity price is fine.


Title: Re: Mining Newbie Questions specifically altcoins
Post by: alex-nn on October 29, 2017, 03:14:58 PM
BTCZ in supernova will be the most profitable mining for 1060 6Gb


Title: Re: Mining Newbie Questions specifically altcoins
Post by: puwaha on October 30, 2017, 03:41:43 AM
Loads of great info on this forum - so Im sorry if this has been covered before.

I want to start mining alt-coins. Is it possible with eg one 12 GPU setup to mine simultaneously alt-coins such as Vertcoin and Monero?

Electricity cost is approx $0.04/kWh.

And....Do you think it will be profitable? I have budget for the rig.

Thanks guys :)

edit GPU - something like Nvidia EVGA GTX 1060 Gaming SC 6GB

Don't take this the wrong way, but all this information is available via the search function here at this website, or via google.  Do you really expect people to do all the leg-work for you and you sit back and reap the benefits?


Title: Re: Mining Newbie Questions specifically altcoins
Post by: shibob on October 30, 2017, 08:08:21 AM
Loads of great info on this forum - so Im sorry if this has been covered before.

I want to start mining alt-coins. Is it possible with eg one 12 GPU setup to mine simultaneously alt-coins such as Vertcoin and Monero?

Electricity cost is approx $0.04/kWh.

And....Do you think it will be profitable? I have budget for the rig.

Thanks guys :)

edit GPU - something like Nvidia EVGA GTX 1060 Gaming SC 6GB

It's really hard to switch between VTC and XMR, you should get references on Lyara2v2 and Cryptonight algorithm:
https://whattomine.com/

I never tried mixing AMD and Nvidia cards in the same rig, but I think it's not good idea. For me, I would like to switch between ETH/XMR/DCR/UBQ... (as I'm doing) or VTC/FTC/ZEC/ZEN.....