Is Dual Mining DEAD?

[davemanet]

Hi All,

I mine ETH + alt coin like sia or DCR.

With Bitmain releasing the A3 sia miner, and the obelisk coming out soon, sia coin gpu mining is over.

That means all the gpu hash power going to sia coin will now move somewhere else.. such as decred.

Is there any other good coins to dual mine?  Or are we nearing the end?

[adaseb]

SIA is already not profitable for GPUs.

Its either PASC or DCR.

If Bitmain announces a DCR ASIC next month then its only PASC coins left.

Both of those PASC coins are thinking of switching algos.

So nothing left to dual mine...

[Branko]

Yes

https://asicminermarket.com/product/baikal-miner-giant-b/


(disregard price, its obviously meant for moron buyers, but important fact is that miner is out there)

[The Demon Slick]

I'm doing dcoin SIA, it's not really about profitable for me, just free coins while I bang out music or pirl or whatether. I'm small time dual 580, so nothing is going to be all that profitable, but it's better than letting my gaming rig do nothing all day. With the upcoming increase in difficulty I might never get a payout, the pool I'm on is minimum payout 500. I like sia though, if it takes off I want to be holding some. 

[Pekine]

I'm Dual mining Ethereum + Decred. I still think it's OK to do it, as long as your Ethereum hashrate i not dropping and the power usage does not go up (which is with me both not the case).

[Branko]

I'm Dual mining Ethereum + Decred. I still think it's OK to do it, as long as your Ethereum hashrate i not dropping and the power usage does not go up (which is with me both not the case).

Of course your power usage will go up, thats unquestionable