There are a few new ASICs released for mining the coins based on cryptonight/cryptonote protocol. I'm listing the coins that can be mined with GPUs (or conversely ASICs), with some profit as we go forward.There are some coins that claim and promote asic resistance, so there will be forks and updates and this thread could be a good place to track the mining choices. On the other side of the table, the difficulty for some coins will rise exponentially making it difficult to profit with GPUs. Also, while there is discrepancy in profitability of a small GPU rig vs a large one on cryptonight coins, it certainly is not on the scale of a few ASICs or a farm, so focus is on possibility of any profitability in future. Please feel free to correct and update as necessary.
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Coin |
GPU |
ASIC resistant |
Forked |
Algorithm |
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| Electroneum . Yes .
Yes [1] . Upcoming[4] | CN |
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| Bitcoal . Yes . . | CN |
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| Dero . Yes .
Yes . | CN |
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| Leviarcoin . Yes . . | CN |
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| Bytecoin . Yes .
No . | CN |
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| Karbo . Yes . . | CN |
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| Dinastycoin . Yes . . | CN |
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| BitcoiNote . Yes . . | CN |
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| CrepCoin . Yes . . | CN |
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| B2B . Yes . . | CN |
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| Elya . Yes . . | CN |
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| Qwerycoin . Yes . . | CN |
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| Ultranote . Yes .
Maybe . | CN |
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| EDollar . Yes .
Yes . | CN |
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| Aeon . Yes .
Maybe . | CN-lite |
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| Graft . Yes .
Yes . Yes | CN-v7 |
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| Stellite . Yes .
Yes . Yes | CN-v7 |
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| Intensecoin . Yes .
Yes . Yes | CN-v7 |
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| Masari . Yes .
Yes . Yes | CN-v7 |
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| Monero . Yes .
Yes . Yes | CN-v7 |
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| Fonero . Yes .
Yes . Yes | CN-v7 |
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| BBS . . Yes .
Yes . Yes | CN-v7 |
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| ItaloCoin . Yes .
Yes . Yes | CN-v7 |
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| Lines . Yes .
Yes . Yes | CN-v7 |
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| Haven . Yes .
Yes . Yes | CN-Heavy |
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| Sumokoin . Yes .
Yes [3] . Yes | CN-Heavy |
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| Loki . . Yes .
Yes . Yes | CN-Heavy |
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| Ombre . Yes .
Yes . Yes | CN-Heavy |
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| Solace . Yes .
Yes . Yes | CN-Heavy |
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| IPBC . Yes .
Yes . Yes | CN-IPBC |
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| Turtlecoin . Yes .
Yes . Yes | CN-lite-v1 |
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| Trition . Yes .
Yes . Yes | CN-lite-v1 |
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| Iridium . Yes .
Yes . Yes | CN-lite-v1 |
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| Alloy . Yes .
Yes . Yes | CN-Alloy |
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Updated: List as of May 03, 2018, will add coins as I find correct information (or sources from comments)
** The column "Coin" lists the Cryptonote coins
*** The column "GPU" is to determine if it is still profitable to mine with GPUs
**** The column "ASIC resistant" is to confirm the stance of the coin devs/team on ASIC resistance. If the team are actively working and updating, the column should say "Yes".
If the coin promotes ASIC resistance, but there is no update yet the column should be "Maybe", else "No"
***** I will update as much frequently as I can, after confirming the sources and will add them here
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Disclaimer: This is neither an advertisement for the ASICs nor the coins per say, just information that can be useful for GPU miners. Please do not consider this as a definitive guide or advice on which coins to mine, but a source of information. Do confirm the facts and if possible help keep the list updated
Sources for ASIC Resistance:
Monero -
https://getmonero.org/2018/02/11/PoW-change-and-key-reuse.htmlStellite -
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2813261.0Graft -
https://www.graft.network/2018/03/14/graft-anti-asic-fork/Turtlecoin -
https://github.com/turtlecoin/meta/issues/74Dero -
https://www.reddit.com/r/DeroProject/comments/84kufy/deros_official_position_on_asics/Electroneum -
https://www.reddit.com/r/Electroneum/comments/84nvzi/richard_ells_confirms_proasic_stance/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Electroneum/comments/84nlik/etn_will_follow_monero_and_implement_anti_asic/ [1] Although they have claimed the Anti-ASIC stance, they mentioned will follow footsteps of monero, so no definite timeline yet.
[4] Update: Seems there will be a hard fork on May 30
IPBC -
https://www.reddit.com/r/ipbcoin/comments/83v9mn/asic_resistance/ https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2856278.860Ultranote(XUN) -
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2357930.0Edollar(EDL) -
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2643196.0Aeon -
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=641696.0Alloy(XAO) -
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3002653.msg32475110#msg32475110Intensecoin -
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2090765.msg32364315#msg32364315 [2] The response of the team is wait and see how it affects, so I'm not positive they will do anything before the miners start mining.
Masari -
https://www.reddit.com/r/masari/comments/84o1bc/development_thaers_comments_on_masari_following/Sumokoin -
https://www.reddit.com/r/sumokoin/comments/83s0we/will_sumokoin_fork_to_kick_off_the_baikalminer/ [3] From the thread seems like they will change if it affects the coin,
for now they it's wait and see how things go approach.
Update(Mar 22): Seems like they are testing out the fork:
https://twitter.com/sumokoin/status/976222145603883009ItaloCoin:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3122277.0Lines:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3162385.0Bytecoin:
https://bytecoin.org/blog/the-asic-statement-clarification-from-the-bytecoin-teamSources on fork:
Monero -
https://github.com/monero-project/monero/pull/3253 https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/82w91m/monero_network_upgrade_at_block_153950028th_of/IPBC -
https://www.reddit.com/r/ipbcoin/comments/8cms2s/ipbc_has_now_forked_at_block_54900_all_you_need/Fonero -
https://github.com/fonero-project/fonero/releasesTurtlecoin -
https://github.com/turtlecoin/turtlecoin/releasesSumokoin -
https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/89vvmn/after_being_attacked_by_the_asic_past_few_days/Electroneum -
https://www.reddit.com/r/Electroneum/comments/8chvjx/when_antiasic_fork/Graft -
https://www.graft.network/2018/04/17/graft-network-node-update-1-1-2-block-64445/Ref: There are a few threads on bitcointalk for specific miners, and specs about them on Baikal and Bitmain websites
Algorithm:
CN : CryptoNight
CN-v7 : CryptoNightV7 or CryptoNight-Variant1
CN-lite : CryptoNight-Lite
CN-IPBC : CryptoNight-lite variant (Cryptonight-IPBC)
CN-Heavy : CryptoNight-Heavy
CN-lite-v1: CryptoNight-lite Variant 1
CN-Alloy : CryptoNight-Alloy