lol Happy forth, did you pop some fireworks yet?

I am totally new in this forum. I am a gamer and I do not have time to play games on pc. I have read , browse the web and find that GPU mining is some how profitable. I want to give this a try. I have a gtx 970 and AMD 7950 GPU. What Coin I should Mine with these ?

And what is the best GPU for mining ETH and ZEC ? I do not actually think about electric bill. Please guide me

 I was watching my new Aorus run 2050Mhz consistantly earlier today, on air and with only a +150 core overclock in Afterburner - I'm pretty sure I could push it a good bit harder as it was only running 69-70C in an 80F ambient at 79-80% fan but I've not had time to play with it much yet.

 Dang thing is a 3 slot card though (forget those sites claiming 2.5 slots, they're WRONG) - good thing I was planning on that rig to be a 2-card rig (I got one of the Gigabyte 3-fan Windforce models to go with it, but 20/20 hindsight I probably should have gotten a second Aorus).



 News about the P106-100 is kinda old, and the June 23 date appears to be wrong (they've STILL not been seen in the wild in quantity, except perhaps as bulk-buys by large farms).
 RX 470 mining-specific cards are kinda up in the air, Newegg has had them listed for a week and some now but I've not seen anyone state they've actually RECEIVED one that they ordered yet - and the initial $250-$270 price doesn't look like it's going to actually happen as the only one they have listed as "in stock" right now is through a 3'd party seller at well over $500.


 On the plus side, GTX 1070 availability seems to be easing some, and a FEW cards are now available in the under-$500 range as of 10 minutes or so ago.

@chancoin why am I getting power to it then? The power button pins are even raising and lowering voltage as if to indicate a blinking LED.  I would expect nothing to work.  I've got it on the padding it shipped with and that's on a plastic bin.  I also have hardwood in my apartment.  Admittedly, I don't have an anti-static strap though.

@k98s I've never built a miner before so I picked equipment that seemed to be a community standard in case I ran into any issues, so I could get help (like right now).  I will look into it for future mining rigs though.

I just checked w/ ebay and I have until August to do the return.  So I think I'll try the 6th gen CPU first, then do the return if it still isn't working.  But I think @chancoin might be right about the fried board.

If it has landlines you may be able to get cheap DSL.

Even though we all worry. Its actually VERY RARE for a massive fire to start.

With so many people mining right now around the world, very rarely you hear of someone burning down a house.

Usually a riser can melt and it crashes the GPU which crashes the rig. Or a GPU vrm melts and shorts out the PSU and it turns off.

I think the Bitmain Antminer's were more fire prone or the KNC Neptunes with melting PCIe connectors.

I believe Bitcoin has a future in long term. It proved itself in the past years and it is getting widely popular. It just has a transaction fee problem atm.

What about the altcoins? Who does use them for real? Will people use them in the future for real purpose?

I only have a hope for ethereum and litecoin, but not for the rest. I am not even sure for eth and ltc.

If bitcoin solves the reansaction fee and time problem, I doubt eth and ltc even have a future.

Happy 4th of July to everyone in the United States!

Fun facts:

80% of people attend a barbeque, picnic, or cookout
150,000,000 hot dogs are consumed on July 4th each year (gag)
700 million pounds of chicken are consumed on this day
$5 million worth of U.S. flags are imported from China each year
Almost $700 million is spent on fireworks
Americans spend $1 billion on beer every July 4th!

Have a great day!  

Not at all, but isn't it what American culture is all about, they spend and spend heavily on these holidays and that's what keep their economy going, they brainwash people into buying more and more things thay they don't even need.

The Expanse and Black Mirror

I honestly think Bitcoin isn't decentralized enough considering that government still controls the Internet and can easily censor or shut them down (is this even possible?) anytime.
The move by government to make us go cashless by gradually phasing out cash is even more worrisome, could make them have absolute control over us.
We need some sort of decentralized "physical Bitcoin" that doesn't depend on the Internet and can be exchanged for online Bitcoin.  It is too risky not to have offline alternatives to Bitcoin to act as backup plan for online Bitcoin in case something big goes wrong.




Pls I need to know something,  Is it possible to exchange Bitcoin with other people without being connected to the Internet?
Let say the government bans the Internet and you have your Bitcoin offline(in cold storage right?), can you exchange the Bitcoin to the next person by simply transferring some Bitcoin from cold storage to his/her computer, phone or even data storage devices(like SD Card, USB, Hard drive etc)?
If this is possible then no need for the "Physical Bitcoin"

I failed to mention.  The motherboard isn't posting (I hear no beep).  I took a volt meter the the power button pins though, and I am getting voltage across them.  Does this info help diagnose the problem in any way?

What is your favorite Science Fiction television/cable show?


I will list a few of mine: Blake 7, Farescape. Firefly


Kind of the same theme throughout the 3 shows...

In fact, I think Farescape is a modern copy of Blake 7...and Firefly should have had a longer run.


List yours:

It's more for the collectible aspect (or crazy person hoping to have the most extreme luck ever).
I still have a ton of antminers and block eruptors. It's almost the first real bitcoin hardware, excluding FPGA boards. And also is small and you can keep on your desk.

50$ + shipping for all 6.