(GPU Mining) First Bitcoin... Then Ethereum... What next?

[Rimtu]

This makes me really confused, whether I should spend off my money on GPU's and start mining ether or just leave it as it can become useless very soon. I remember the last time I purchased a good GPU back in 2010 for $250, I sold it for $25 in 2014, so if this drama of ether GPU mining ends up, my GPU would definitely get wasted off.

Is someone around here mining Monero? Maybe that's the coin to mine with GPU along with a bit of profit.

it's still very profitable, so yes go ahead and buy a gpu to mine if you can, also bitcoin skyrocketing make this even more profitable despite the little crash in ethereum price

It's almost always a bad investment. Mining may never be profitable again.

i don't agree, i already roied on my gpu if i would sell them now, and this counting my high electricity

there profit to be made but you need to mine the most profitable each time, it's not always ethereum...

ROI of GPU is different from ROI bitcoin ASIC miners. the only problem is that when we all sell the GPU at the same time, the price will crash.

But the difficulty goes down again, and it's easier to mine again...

[LiberOptions]

Since LISK is very close looking to Ethereum I was wondering if it will be possible to mine it. Does anyone know if I can mine Lisk?

[mirny]

You cant mine LISK, it's dpos.

[pjr77]

Theres always another coin seen it all before

[markus124]

u earn more by trading than by mining but mining is a hobby and is fun. 

[crazyearner]

GPU mining will never be dead. It might take a while for a new good coin to come along but when its here let it rain GPUS and mine once again. Turn off when not profitable and turn on when a worth while coin comes along the markets.

[Willemveen]

Looks nice 

[PovertyByte]

dude everybody got you backward dash and ltc ? come on their gpu days are all over  ... there's simply no way to tell but the next gpu coin will always come around.

btc..ltc..vtc..drk/dash..and eth now..

vtc is always a gpu coin as the coin devs determined to keep it that way.

So no replacement of Ethereum once it becomes extremely hard on GPU mining? What about Dash?

I'm planning to purchase GPU of $200-$300 and then buy more time-to-time. But it'd be pretty bad to see once ether mining becomes useless. GPU miners will have to explore some sort of replacement.

Dash is x11 and there are x11 ASICs which means it's a bad choice for GPU mining.

I used Minergate (does not pay out) and according to how fast I can make dash by the hour and what the electricity would cost, it is actually profitable for me to mine with a GTX 460

Is minergate completely making up fake numbers on how much Dash I am making?

[Psynthax]

I am waiting for Zcash to come out, maybe that will be worth mining..

[alrachid]

I am not too sure what is going to come next but I am very confident there will be a big new hype about something. With all the many people have put into mining rigs, and all the money people have profited, there would definitely be groups of people that would devise a way to get a community to back a new mine- able coin to make mining profitable yet again.

[FruitBucket]

dude everybody got you backward dash and ltc ? come on their gpu days are all over  ... there's simply no way to tell but the next gpu coin will always come around.

btc..ltc..vtc..drk/dash..and eth now..

vtc is always a gpu coin as the coin devs determined to keep it that way.

So no replacement of Ethereum once it becomes extremely hard on GPU mining? What about Dash?

I'm planning to purchase GPU of $200-$300 and then buy more time-to-time. But it'd be pretty bad to see once ether mining becomes useless. GPU miners will have to explore some sort of replacement.

Dash is x11 and there are x11 ASICs which means it's a bad choice for GPU mining.

I used Minergate (does not pay out) and according to how fast I can make dash by the hour and what the electricity would cost, it is actually profitable for me to mine with a GTX 460

Is minergate completely making up fake numbers on how much Dash I am making?

For the X11, it has ASIC. It will not be profitable to mine with the latest GPU, let alone a three generation old card.