8th Alt coin thread. Or what to do now that asics are all over the place.

[adaseb]

We need $400 eth + ProgPow to revive gpu mining.

I think the ProgPOW alone would be enough to revive GPU mining. The price right now sets break-even for people with 10 cent power costs which is the average. I remember when ETH temporarily was at $160 last week and the profits were already looking a little better.

If we get ProgPOW actually and soon then it would level the playing field with ASICs and we might see some decent profits again. And then if you HODL the ETH coins you might finish the year at a great profit level.

However the way that the ETH dev team takes their time with all the updates and delays, we might not see ProgPOW until the end of the year.

[philipma1957]

We need $400 eth + ProgPow to revive gpu mining.

I think the ProgPOW alone would be enough to revive GPU mining. The price right now sets break-even for people with 10 cent power costs which is the average. I remember when ETH temporarily was at $160 last week and the profits were already looking a little better.

If we get ProgPOW actually and soon then it would level the playing field with ASICs and we might see some decent profits again. And then if you HODL the ETH coins you might finish the year at a great profit level.

However the way that the ETH dev team takes their time with all the updates and delays, we might not see ProgPOW until the end of the year.

ETH AT 500 WOULD BE HELPFUL

[KaydenC]

We need $400 eth + ProgPow to revive gpu mining.

I think the ProgPOW alone would be enough to revive GPU mining. The price right now sets break-even for people with 10 cent power costs which is the average. I remember when ETH temporarily was at $160 last week and the profits were already looking a little better.

If we get ProgPOW actually and soon then it would level the playing field with ASICs and we might see some decent profits again. And then if you HODL the ETH coins you might finish the year at a great profit level.

However the way that the ETH dev team takes their time with all the updates and delays, we might not see ProgPOW until the end of the year.

ETH AT 500 WOULD BE HELPFUL

Let it stay down another couple of months while I build my stack 

I moved away from grin mining. 24 hours later, still no payouts (it takes 1 day to mature though), and price crashed 60%.

Wasted couple of hours, but at any time I can switch my 1080tis back to grin if needed.

[QuintLeo]

if you can remove that fan often there is a sticker on the motor hub, remove the sticker and you should see the bearing. sometimes under a rubber plug, sometimes not. add a drop of light oil (like sewing machine oil or 3-in-1 oil) to it. that can add a few months but likely youll have to redo it every month or two.

Sintetic engine oil will do a much better thing. I use Castrol engine oil and lasts much longer.

interesting. you use the lightest weight oil you can get? at least very light oil was what was recommended back in the day, like 20-30 years ago when i was using and rebuilding very small fans on electronics and early computers. and engine oil then was typically 30 weight or more. thick oil would sometimes prevent the fan from starting and sometimes they would not attain the correct rpm as these were pretty small low power fans back then though.. now engine oil is much lighter and fan bearing are probably much different in lubrication requirements, or at least the bearing themselves are larger.

Doesn't seem to matter, I've been using motor oil for a couple decades or close and it all works well.
Keep in mind that this is a short-term solution in any case, since the seal(s) is(are) shot and the oil isn't going to stay there for long.
I'm not sure how straight 30 weight would work, I normally use 5w-30 10w-40 or 5w-40 in my vehicles so that's what I have around.

[adaseb]

if you can remove that fan often there is a sticker on the motor hub, remove the sticker and you should see the bearing. sometimes under a rubber plug, sometimes not. add a drop of light oil (like sewing machine oil or 3-in-1 oil) to it. that can add a few months but likely youll have to redo it every month or two.

Sintetic engine oil will do a much better thing. I use Castrol engine oil and lasts much longer.

interesting. you use the lightest weight oil you can get? at least very light oil was what was recommended back in the day, like 20-30 years ago when i was using and rebuilding very small fans on electronics and early computers. and engine oil then was typically 30 weight or more. thick oil would sometimes prevent the fan from starting and sometimes they would not attain the correct rpm as these were pretty small low power fans back then though.. now engine oil is much lighter and fan bearing are probably much different in lubrication requirements, or at least the bearing themselves are larger.

Doesn't seem to matter, I've been using motor oil for a couple decades or close and it all works well.
Keep in mind that this is a short-term solution in any case, since the seal(s) is(are) shot and the oil isn't going to stay there for long.
I'm not sure how straight 30 weight would work, I normally use 5w-30 10w-40 or 5w-40 in my vehicles so that's what I have around.

I did the bearing re-oiling for many of my old Radeon GPUs and especially any Gigabyte Windforce GPUs.

Most GPU fans of mine never had a sticker that could be peeled and behind it was the bearing. Most I had to drill a hole thru and later seal up.

With the crappy Gigabyte Windforce, those I just used some floss and yanked out the fan blade and put a drop or 2 of mineral oil.

Mineral oil worked best because it was slightly thicker than oil such as 3-in-1 which is too thin and slightly thinner than motor oil which is too thick.

The 3-in-1 was too thin and basically the oil seeped out way too quickly and you had to re-do the job in a couple weeks. The motor oil was hit or miss but on some GPUs, especially if near a cold window, the oil would cause the fan blade to stick and you had to manually flick it to get it to spin.

[JaredKaragen]

if you can remove that fan often there is a sticker on the motor hub, remove the sticker and you should see the bearing. sometimes under a rubber plug, sometimes not. add a drop of light oil (like sewing machine oil or 3-in-1 oil) to it. that can add a few months but likely youll have to redo it every month or two.

Sintetic engine oil will do a much better thing. I use Castrol engine oil and lasts much longer.

interesting. you use the lightest weight oil you can get? at least very light oil was what was recommended back in the day, like 20-30 years ago when i was using and rebuilding very small fans on electronics and early computers. and engine oil then was typically 30 weight or more. thick oil would sometimes prevent the fan from starting and sometimes they would not attain the correct rpm as these were pretty small low power fans back then though.. now engine oil is much lighter and fan bearing are probably much different in lubrication requirements, or at least the bearing themselves are larger.

Doesn't seem to matter, I've been using motor oil for a couple decades or close and it all works well.
Keep in mind that this is a short-term solution in any case, since the seal(s) is(are) shot and the oil isn't going to stay there for long.
I'm not sure how straight 30 weight would work, I normally use 5w-30 10w-40 or 5w-40 in my vehicles so that's what I have around.

I did the bearing re-oiling for many of my old Radeon GPUs and especially any Gigabyte Windforce GPUs.

Most GPU fans of mine never had a sticker that could be peeled and behind it was the bearing. Most I had to drill a hole thru and later seal up.

With the crappy Gigabyte Windforce, those I just used some floss and yanked out the fan blade and put a drop or 2 of mineral oil.

Mineral oil worked best because it was slightly thicker than oil such as 3-in-1 which is too thin and slightly thinner than motor oil which is too thick.

The 3-in-1 was too thin and basically the oil seeped out way too quickly and you had to re-do the job in a couple weeks. The motor oil was hit or miss but on some GPUs, especially if near a cold window, the oil would cause the fan blade to stick and you had to manually flick it to get it to spin.

When I oil my fans, I just reach for an old tin of sewing machine oil.  Pretty thin, does the job.

[dragonmike]

We need $400 eth + ProgPow to revive gpu mining.

I think the ProgPOW alone would be enough to revive GPU mining. The price right now sets break-even for people with 10 cent power costs which is the average. I remember when ETH temporarily was at $160 last week and the profits were already looking a little better.

If we get ProgPOW actually and soon then it would level the playing field with ASICs and we might see some decent profits again. And then if you HODL the ETH coins you might finish the year at a great profit level.

However the way that the ETH dev team takes their time with all the updates and delays, we might not see ProgPOW until the end of the year.

ETH AT 500 WOULD BE HELPFUL

Let it stay down another couple of months while I build my stack 

I moved away from grin mining. 24 hours later, still no payouts (it takes 1 day to mature though), and price crashed 60%.

Wasted couple of hours, but at any time I can switch my 1080tis back to grin if needed.

Pretty much what happened to me.
Mined a few, didn't withdraw, prices started to fall.
Then the pools introduce direct withdrawal function to the exchange. I use it, the coins are still stuck somewhere in Limbo for 3 days now. Needless to say what looked like I made a few hundred bucks in 24 hours is now worth $20. Max.

[arielbit]

We need $400 eth + ProgPow to revive gpu mining.

I think the ProgPOW alone would be enough to revive GPU mining. The price right now sets break-even for people with 10 cent power costs which is the average. I remember when ETH temporarily was at $160 last week and the profits were already looking a little better.

If we get ProgPOW actually and soon then it would level the playing field with ASICs and we might see some decent profits again. And then if you HODL the ETH coins you might finish the year at a great profit level.

However the way that the ETH dev team takes their time with all the updates and delays, we might not see ProgPOW until the end of the year.

ETH AT 500 WOULD BE HELPFUL

Let it stay down another couple of months while I build my stack 

I moved away from grin mining. 24 hours later, still no payouts (it takes 1 day to mature though), and price crashed 60%.

Wasted couple of hours, but at any time I can switch my 1080tis back to grin if needed.

for me..get/mine some grin...wait for big exchanges listing, that's where the action is

[philipma1957]

Still mining BCI  and hoping for a pump

I have 5200 coins

if it went to 3 bucks  I would have a good 2018 and a nice start for 2019

[fullzero]

We need $400 eth + ProgPow to revive gpu mining.

I think the ProgPOW alone would be enough to revive GPU mining. The price right now sets break-even for people with 10 cent power costs which is the average. I remember when ETH temporarily was at $160 last week and the profits were already looking a little better.

If we get ProgPOW actually and soon then it would level the playing field with ASICs and we might see some decent profits again. And then if you HODL the ETH coins you might finish the year at a great profit level.

However the way that the ETH dev team takes their time with all the updates and delays, we might not see ProgPOW until the end of the year.

ETH AT 500 WOULD BE HELPFUL

Let it stay down another couple of months while I build my stack 

I moved away from grin mining. 24 hours later, still no payouts (it takes 1 day to mature though), and price crashed 60%.

Wasted couple of hours, but at any time I can switch my 1080tis back to grin if needed.

for me..get/mine some grin...wait for big exchanges listing, that's where the action is

Big exchanges have increasing pressure to not list privacy coins.  Both grin and beam have had a lot of hype; I don't see it being realized anytime soon.

[soothaa]

Still mining BCI  and hoping for a pump

I have 5200 coins

if it went to 3 bucks  I would have a good 2018 and a nice start for 2019

Well for your sake I hope this happens.. hell anything not boring and depressing at this point would be nice

[citronick]

We need $400 eth + ProgPow to revive gpu mining.

I think the ProgPOW alone would be enough to revive GPU mining. The price right now sets break-even for people with 10 cent power costs which is the average. I remember when ETH temporarily was at $160 last week and the profits were already looking a little better.

If we get ProgPOW actually and soon then it would level the playing field with ASICs and we might see some decent profits again. And then if you HODL the ETH coins you might finish the year at a great profit level.

However the way that the ETH dev team takes their time with all the updates and delays, we might not see ProgPOW until the end of the year.

ETH AT 500 WOULD BE HELPFUL

Let it stay down another couple of months while I build my stack 

I moved away from grin mining. 24 hours later, still no payouts (it takes 1 day to mature though), and price crashed 60%.

Wasted couple of hours, but at any time I can switch my 1080tis back to grin if needed.

for me..get/mine some grin...wait for big exchanges listing, that's where the action is

TradeOgre exchange already has it trading some $4

[ATCkit2]

Hi guys,

How do you find a GRIN transaction ID? I don't see a search field for that on Grin explorer. I sent some GRIN to my exchange wallet about 14 hours ago and it hasn't shown up.

Thx

[N2DCRYPT]

Hi guys,

How do you find a GRIN transaction ID? I don't see a search field for that on Grin explorer. I sent some GRIN to my exchange wallet about 14 hours ago and it hasn't shown up.

Thx

I checked this a couple days ago as well, found nothing, looked further into it, and read something mentioning that the GRIN protocol mashes together all transaction IDs of transactions included within individual blocks. At that point I gave up on it.

[philipma1957]

so I am doing simple mining  and trying grin 29

grin29.f2pool.com:13654 -u philiparcario@yahoo.com -p x


will this work?

well it does not   so what do I have wrong

that email is the f2pool email

do I need the simple mining pool email?

[N2DCRYPT]

so I am doing simple mining  and trying grin 29

grin29.f2pool.com:13654 -u philiparcario@yahoo.com -p x


will this work?

well it does not   so what do I have wrong

that email is the f2pool email

do I need the simple mining pool email?

Phil, I don't normally pump Vosk, but his guide here might answer your questions.

https://medium.com/@VoskCoin/updated-grin-coin-mining-guide-w-fastest-miner-how-to-buy-sell-grin-coin-w-o-grin-wallet-7f1d2d0c832b

Personally, I'm using Grinmint pool with Tradeogre exchange, I've found that to be an easier and more intuitive process with pool withdrawals.

[ATCkit2]

so I am doing simple mining  and trying grin 29

grin29.f2pool.com:13654 -u philiparcario@yahoo.com -p x


will this work?

well it does not   so what do I have wrong

that email is the f2pool email

do I need the simple mining pool email?

I just switched to F2Pool from GrinMint and getting better hasrates. I didn't use the email method for my username. Try bminer on SmOS and use this config;

-uri cuckaroo29://username.rig name:foo@grin29.f2pool.com:13654 -api 127.0.0.1:1880

[wheelz1200]

so I am doing simple mining  and trying grin 29

grin29.f2pool.com:13654 -u philiparcario@yahoo.com -p x


will this work?

well it does not   so what do I have wrong

that email is the f2pool email

do I need the simple mining pool email?

I just switched to F2Pool from GrinMint and getting better hasrates. I didn't use the email method for my username. Try bminer on SmOS and use this config;

-uri cuckaroo29://username.rig name:foo@grin29.f2pool.com:13654 -api 127.0.0.1:1880

So on f2pool you have to add your rig name?  I haven't messed with gpu's all that often but I have a couple rigs (mix of 1080tis, 1080s and 1070s).  I used vosk's walkthrough.  Used his config, have my user name.  Dont know how to get my rig name.  And what's after the : (foo in your case)

Edit: I'm using simplemining as well.

[ATCkit2]

so I am doing simple mining  and trying grin 29

grin29.f2pool.com:13654 -u philiparcario@yahoo.com -p x


will this work?

well it does not   so what do I have wrong

that email is the f2pool email

do I need the simple mining pool email?

I just switched to F2Pool from GrinMint and getting better hasrates. I didn't use the email method for my username. Try bminer on SmOS and use this config;

-uri cuckaroo29://username.rig name:foo@grin29.f2pool.com:13654 -api 127.0.0.1:1880

So on f2pool you have to add your rig name?  I haven't messed with gpu's all that often but I have a couple rigs (mix of 1080tis, 1080s and 1070s).  I used vosk's walkthrough.  Used his config, have my user name.  Dont know how to get my rig name.  And what's after the : (foo in your case)

Edit: I'm using simplemining as well.

You can create your own rig name. For example, my rig name is a number -  10.

I'm not sure why the ":foo" phrase is needed- but I couldn't mine without it. Anyhow mine looks like this:

-uri cuckaroo29://atckit1.10:foo@grin29.f2pool.com:13654 -api 127.0.0.1:1880

[wheelz1200]

so I am doing simple mining  and trying grin 29

grin29.f2pool.com:13654 -u philiparcario@yahoo.com -p x


will this work?

well it does not   so what do I have wrong

that email is the f2pool email

do I need the simple mining pool email?

I just switched to F2Pool from GrinMint and getting better hasrates. I didn't use the email method for my username. Try bminer on SmOS and use this config;

-uri cuckaroo29://username.rig name:foo@grin29.f2pool.com:13654 -api 127.0.0.1:1880

So on f2pool you have to add your rig name?  I haven't messed with gpu's all that often but I have a couple rigs (mix of 1080tis, 1080s and 1070s).  I used vosk's walkthrough.  Used his config, have my user name.  Dont know how to get my rig name.  And what's after the : (foo in your case)

Edit: I'm using simplemining as well.

You can create your own rig name. For example, my rig name is a number -  10.

I'm not sure why the ":foo" phrase is needed- but I couldn't mine without it. Anyhow mine looks like this:

-uri cuckaroo29://atckit1.10:foo@grin29.f2pool.com:13654 -api 127.0.0.1:1880

In vosk's write up he has voskcoin.boom.x:

Where on f2pool do you name your rig.  And if I have 2, do I need to have 2 rig names and use 2 different configs in simplemining?