[ANN][BLC] Blakecoin Blake-256 for GPU/FPGA With Merged Mined Pools Stable Net

[jmanak]

I see the other coins are transacting again.  My t

Hi, looks like mining transactions for coins other than BLC stopped yesterday.  I'm mining at CG1.  Is there an issue?

ok will take a look could be an issue with mmp normally dont get much issue with cg1 

I see the other coins are transacting again.  Thanks for such a quick response!

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[BlueDragon747]

I see the other coins are transacting again.  My t

Hi, looks like mining transactions for coins other than BLC stopped yesterday.  I'm mining at CG1.  Is there an issue?

ok will take a look could be an issue with mmp normally dont get much issue with cg1 

I see the other coins are transacting again.  Thanks for such a quick response!

no problem I did not notice been bit busy with things, if you notice any other issues please report I will try and fix them asap

[jmanak]

I see the other coins are transacting again.  My t

Hi, looks like mining transactions for coins other than BLC stopped yesterday.  I'm mining at CG1.  Is there an issue?

ok will take a look could be an issue with mmp normally dont get much issue with cg1 

I see the other coins are transacting again.  Thanks for such a quick response!

no problem I did not notice been bit busy with things, if you notice any other issues please report I will try and fix them asap

I will and thanks again.

[Ryven Cedrylle]

BlueDragon -

Hi! I don't think we've met before. I'm a rep for Prypto. Caught your little tiff with Bryce on Twitter the other day which is how I found out about you and your projects. We're really interested in working with game devs to help promote their product by way of producing crypto retail gift cards. Like you buy Wii Points or Microsoft Points, we want to get indie developers' cryptocurrencies into places like GameStop and Target as well. I personally also have a few connections with the games industry, mostly via The Escapist, which might help improve your publicity. Is this something that would interest and you and if so, what's the best method of communication?

[xen0s]

all pools dead?

[BlueDragon747]

all pools dead?

eu3/ny2 are DDoS atm bringing them back up now

Edit:

eu3 and ny2 should be back online now

[gaalx]

tough times for Blake. Trade practically on zero.

[Zeke_Vermillion]

gaalx, I take issue with such complaints. if you bought a bunch of blc, and feel it should be promoted in a more short-term way, then you are free to spend your time doing that. it is an open source software project, and not only that, but it's a project in which you can be compensated monetarily for your contributions (provided you hold enough coins).

however, you could also take advantage of the current lack of interest amongst the derp multitudes, and just buy up a shit-ton of blc for nothing. if you're willing to wait to see how things turn out, i think this is a better approach than trying to whip up the idiots to buy your coins from you at a modest profit today. in the long run, the features and ecosystem built around blc will be what drives its success. i personally don't imagine it will eclipse bitcoin, which has an enormous advantage in terms of network effects. but i think blc can be very influential on the future development of bitcoin, and may also have a healthy little economy on its own due to the games and other apps that get developed around it.

[bzyzny]

tough times for Blake. Trade practically on zero.

Its the calm before the storm. Also, trade volume low because price is low, no one wants to sell low but others are hesitant to buy. At least that's my analysis.

[Zeke_Vermillion]

Basically that means a big disparity btwn true believers and agnostics. Or another way that I look at price stagnation -- and this also explains to some degree the easy money to be made these days in bitcoin short selling -- everyone who really understands the potential of blockchain technology has already invested their entire available capital in bitcoin. So when the price lags a bit, there's just not any dollars left to spend until some new people discover it. There could be a surprising leap in prices when this happens.

[miningfool]

What is the most cost/performance effective way to build a Blake mining rig?  I looked into FPGA but from the Xilinx website it looks like these are thousands of dollars?  Are most people just running a couple of GPUs in a rig?  I take it there are no mass produced dedicated mining devices yet?  ATI 7990's are still pretty pricey too but from a cost/ghs perspective are they the most efficient?

[Chugumoto]

What is the most cost/performance effective way to build a Blake mining rig?  I looked into FPGA but from the Xilinx website it looks like these are thousands of dollars?  Are most people just running a couple of GPUs in a rig?  I take it there are no mass produced dedicated mining devices yet?  ATI 7990's are still pretty pricey too but from a cost/ghs perspective are they the most efficient?

try to find icarus/lancelot, ztex 1.15x, 1.15y or Cairnsmore CM1 board on ebay
i found mine 1.15y for about 100$
5.1GH/s on a AMD ATI Radeon 7990
on one Ztex 1.15y you can do about 1.4-1.6GH
so four of them 5.6-6.4GH
if you can find it for 100-150$ its cost only 400-600
compare with 7990 price
and do not forget about the power consumption of Ztex board which is about 40-50W

[madjihad]

if you can find it for 100-150$ its cost only 400-600
compare with 7990 price

Actually right now 7990 cost not so much, I see few on sale in Ukraine in price range 400-800$

[teknohog]

try to find icarus/lancelot, ztex 1.15x, 1.15y or Cairnsmore CM1 board on ebay
i found mine 1.15y for about 100$
5.1GH/s on a AMD ATI Radeon 7990
on one Ztex 1.15y you can do about 1.4-1.6GH
so four of them 5.6-6.4GH
if you can find it for 100-150$ its cost only 400-600
compare with 7990 price
and do not forget about the power consumption of Ztex board which is about 40-50W

The Ztex consumes at most 40 W with Blake, probably a little less. The efficiency is easily better than any GPU.

[Chugumoto]

Actually right now 7990 cost not so much, I see few on sale in Ukraine in price range 400-800$

you're right
You can even find for $350 in Russia
http://www.avito.ru/sankt-peterburg/tovary_dlya_kompyutera/radeon_hd_7990_gv-r799d5-6gd-b_382515153
but power consumption...

and even for $290
http://www.avito.ru/moskva/tovary_dlya_kompyutera/xfx_radeon_hd_7990_302862599

[bzyzny]

What is the most cost/performance effective way to build a Blake mining rig?  I looked into FPGA but from the Xilinx website it looks like these are thousands of dollars?  Are most people just running a couple of GPUs in a rig?  I take it there are no mass produced dedicated mining devices yet?  ATI 7990's are still pretty pricey too but from a cost/ghs perspective are they the most efficient?

used fpgas are preferable if you can find them. they are a bit harder to set up and require a programming cable. there are cheap clones of the programming cables, some work fine but your mileage may vary. radeon gpus are a good choice too, mainly because they are easier to set up for mining and better documented for such purposes. used (and even new) cards are getting pretty cheap, but with used cards you run the risk of buying one thats already been beat to hell from mining scrypt coins. maxwell nvidia cards are pricey, but get decent hash rate with lower power consumption than amd radeons. overall though the cost/ghs is definitely better with fpga. the icarus/lancelot boards are probably the most available and easiest to set up with blake mining.

[Mek]

mining BLC on nvidia cards is not feasible at all so forget that...

[bzyzny]

Basically that means a big disparity btwn true believers and agnostics. Or another way that I look at price stagnation -- and this also explains to some degree the easy money to be made these days in bitcoin short selling -- everyone who really understands the potential of blockchain technology has already invested their entire available capital in bitcoin. So when the price lags a bit, there's just not any dollars left to spend until some new people discover it. There could be a surprising leap in prices when this happens.

very true zeke. also i think the blc price was affected by the recent bitcoin price drops, since blc is tied to btc on exchanges. blakecoin was not the only coin to loose rank on coinmarketcap.com. for example, if blc is at 0.000015 btc and btc drops in value by $100 then blc is now worth considerably less. but on the reverse, if/when blc corrects back to ~1 cent, and bitcoin goes back up in price, then blc will be along for the ride and increase in relative value. but most of all, i think its like you said zeke, those who are investing have already done so, and now we are all waiting to see what happens when bluedragon and his team reveal their game(s). exciting times; if i learned anything from the early litecoin days, this lull in blakecoin trading will end abruptly and then everyone will be asking themselves, why didnt i buy blakecoin when it was under one cent?!

[Phantas]

Something wrong with pools(ny,la)? It looks like PHO, XDQ and ELT mining not working. Diff is very low and without finding blokcs...

[BlueDragon747]

Something wrong with pools(ny,la)? It looks like PHO, XDQ and ELT mining not working. Diff is very low and without finding blokcs...

all pools been getting a lot more DDoS past week  

I will take a look now and see if something has crashed

Edit:
ny2 had crashed so reset should be ok again
la1 looked ok but was taking awhile for next block so reset that one too

thanks for reporting