Nice got my first payout yesterday.  Took a few days to build up the balance needed but I'm perfectly fine with that.

Don't change a thing!

I just added two msi duke cards and with 100% tdp 80% fan they run about 63-64c.  This is in a 6gpu frame with fans blowing on them ambient 20-22c.

Kinda disappointed they run so warm with huge coolers on them.

What do you guys like to see for temps?  Is mid 60s OK for 24/7 use?

Bender957 and Stonesoup

Twin brothers of negative waves.  

Would you two please kindly fuck off?  Or at least take it to a PM if you want to fight with other users here?  TIA

Kinda wondering the same I have a balance of 3.3 lux and haven't seen a payout yet. Says 3.7 now before it hits the threshold that went up from yesterday.

No big deal I can wait until Sunday maybe I just don't understand how this works. I actually prefer less payouts but larger amounts. I'm looking to be paid in lux.

It's a breadcrumb. They are telling you that you can make x amount. If you are making less at least you know that you could do better. So try harder.

The safest bet is to mine something like zcash.  Difficulty is high and reward is low. 4-5$ per 1080ti.  Zencash may also be a fairly safe bet and be slightly better than zcash for profit.  Both of those may be worth holding long term.  Zcoin is another one that has kinda held on there in the 35-45$ range and not really cratered.  Is it a better project than zencash?  I couldn't tell you.  I do like lyra2z though for power and heat savings.

I'm sure there may be exceptions to this however most other coins you mine are going to be either known scam/trash coins or ones that might be we just don't know yet.  There are probably a few diamonds in the rough but right now they're still buried so to speak.

I sympathize with people that don't really want to mine a "shit" coin and play the constant sell and exchange game all the time.  If you're trying to make a living at doing this though with a lot of equipment running and bills to pay I'm not sure you can avoid that so easily.  For a hobbyist though you can do whatever you want there tends to be less at stake.

Well shoot the other two dropped off and now its just me all by my lonesome.  :/

Probably take a week at this rate to find another block.  Might have to move over to another pool and just write off the last couple days of shares then.  Bummer.

Hey thanks.  I'm sure if I stuck with it long enough a block would be found.

I suppose part of what I'm asking is this: "If there are only a couple miners on the pool are you essentially solo mining at that point?"

Because I know I don't have the hash rate to be doing that.

I understand it takes longer to find blocks.

Is there a point however where there is no hope of finding a block in any reasonable timeframe?

For instance if you are on a pool with only 3-5 miners.  And hash rate (phi algo) is in the 300 MH/s or less range.  Is it a complete waste of time?

People are not reading even just the last couple pages.

The issues with need to resync the blockchain after you close and reopen are being worked on.  It's a common problem with the beta wallet we're on right now.

Keep the wallet locked and it tends to not happen IME.  Since staking isn't active yet you don't need to keep it unlocked anyway.

I tried mining on this pool starting yesterday and this morning phi dropped connection and it disappeared off the pool.

Seems like every time I switch pools I end up regretting it.  What is the issue?

EDIT:  OK they are upgrading it.

Zergpool site seems back up now I can check the status of the miner client/monitor now.  Need to go to mine.zergpool.com.

I see there are a couple miners on minemoney.co I may switch over there if they find a couple blocks.  I don't mind waiting a day or two for payouts.

About how much hash has does a pool need to find a block?  If there is just one miner with 30 MH/s on there will they ever find one?

Why is Zergpool such a disaster?  I switched over there the miner runs OK but I can't monitor my client/address from their site it just sits there and times out constantly.

It's almost like some people want to see it fail.  Not sure what their issue is.  Lotta negative waves.

I'm mining on bsod for over a week now been good.  Some of the other pools like zerg and minemoney have better payout schedules for me.  I prefer less payouts.  If there was just a bit more hash over there I'd switch.  Problem is I don't want to be the only miner in the pool and they're ghost towns right now.  I'm small potatoes with 180 MH/s so it is a issue for me.

EDIT: Moved over to zerg.  Minemoney would be even better with 24 hour payouts.

They were understandably in a hurry to get the alpha and beta wallets released since the previous one was such a mess.  No doubt they'll get the rest of the issues figured out.  Then they can hopefully focus on more important things.

Bit of a conundrum isn't it?

How to get the most out of mining.  Mine alts and hold for long term value or sell short for Bitcoin. The latter has a larger tax liability but guaranteed profit. The former is cheaper on taxes and has potential for huge gains if you hold the right coin.  Could also get burned and hold the bag full of something totally worthless.

Interesting choices.

The first ones released will be blower cooler models.  Demand will be through the roof.  Prices high.

Good luck obtaining one.  You'll have to camp out and snipe cards as they get in stock.  Or compete with bots to get one.

Unless the crypto market goes further down and stays down for months.  Then it may be easier to  score a GPU.

If delivered tactfully.

"Honey you look like a lardass in that outfit".

Nice knowing you.  

He's just a cranky little old man.

Thanks that does help.  Looks like it should work - barely.  Teaches me to do a little bit more research next time.  Problem is when a GPU comes up for a decent price there is a huge rush to get into cart and check out.  So caution kinda gets tossed to the wind.