Number 9! Ninth altcoin thread. Back to the moon Baby!

[VoskCoin]

Any of you guys been following this thread? Also really cool to see the 9th edition of this thread hit, especially along w/ some VERY overdue positive price movement.

An interesting argument is made for the 2060
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5135665.new#new

I certainly have.
The 2060's have the shortest time to break even on your investment (commonly - erroneously - known as ROI around here)... at least when looking at new GPUs. Some might argue the 6GB of ram could be limiting... but so far I haven't seen many algos where that would be the case. C31 being one, but it's basically asic fodder so not interesting anymore anyway.

haha I know you definitely have, and yes I think you make a great point. A lot of people, myself included want to think you "need" 8gb moving forward, but atm 6gb is more than sufficient ... as always time will tell I guess

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[dragonmike]

Actually, originally, MTP required you to have a bloody Silicon Graphics mainframe to be able to mine it in the early days... But since some decent devs got onto that, it was soon minable again by the mere mortals...

[philipma1957]

something's brewing....I hope all of your alts hodl positions pay off  

Yeah  I hope  one of the alts takes off.

Doge is so low  0.00000039 btc  a jump to 0.00000391 btc would be easy to do.

the problem is people's inherent fear that BTC's rise will be more than the alt;  and the rise in the value of BTC will cause a selloff and balance in the alt.

its not as often that the alt's value stays pegged to BTC;   LTC doesn't seem to be even following that tendency as much anymore.

I still own one bag of some [right now] useless coins because there is no active exchange wallet;  but supposedly that will be different in the future;  Ill have to wait and see =/  At least it was nothing ventured out of pocket;  it was all from sig campaign proceeds.

doge is merged mining with my ltc.

I just holding them  

along with bci
and raven
and ltc


I also mine grin and convert it to ltc then hodl as ltc.

Are you feeling optmistic about ltc, with the halving and the future in general?
It feels like ltc is not so relevant anymore...

Ltc is on the rise . I think it could go to 200ish by dec of 2019

[lexele]

Hi folks.

Like many miners I stoped my rigs last summer more because it was too hot than because of the crypto winter (and because a new job took my brains out), but with the depressed mining return, It was pointless to turn them on again... Until this march because I needed some heat in my garage.

And now my wife needs some heat in the basement for faster drying clothes :-)

Then, this WE out of boredom I ordered my first ASIC, a cheap S9 to play around.

Who knows, with the prices on the rise It could be a winner move.

I plan to test Braiins OS. Is it easy to handle or is there a steep learning curve to get good efficiency?

[philipma1957]

Hi folks.

Like many miners I stoped my rigs last summer more because it was too hot than because of the crypto winter (and because a new job took my brains out), but with the depressed mining return, It was pointless to turn them on again... Until this march because I needed some heat in my garage.

And now my wife needs some heat in the basement for faster drying clothes :-)

Then, this WE out of boredom I ordered my first ASIC, a cheap S9 to play around.

Who knows, with the prices on the rise It could be a winner move.

I plan to test Braiins OS. Is it easy to handle or is there a steep learning curve to get good efficiency?

try   8.2 volts for each board along with freq 500

see what you get.

I could get 10000 gh and 815 watts which was pretty good.

Somewhere I have a post with the settings

[lexele]

ok thanks i'll try that.

[QuintLeo]

Late reply to the thread 8 question about Zotac - I'm starting to have fans fail on the few Zotac mini cards I own.
I can NOT recommend most of their cards (or the NEW model EVGA stuff) due to their use of "fancy name" sleeve bearing fans and the resulting FAST FAILURES on those fans.

I'm more than a little ticked off at EVGA lately, as they're moving across the board away from their long-time use of GOOD ball bearing fans to JUNK - first it was the bloody G3 power supplies, now their graphic cards....

[philipma1957]

Late reply to the thread 8 question about Zotac - I'm starting to have fans fail on the few Zotac mini cards I own.
I can NOT recommend most of their cards (or the NEW model EVGA stuff) due to their use of "fancy name" sleeve bearing fans and the resulting FAST FAILURES on those fans.

I'm more than a little ticked off at EVGA lately, as they're moving across the board away from their long-time use of GOOD ball bearing fans to JUNK - first it was the bloody G3 power supplies, now their graphic cards....

what fan speeds did you set to?  90%? 95% 100%

or  65% 70% 75%


or custom  automatic

I have found the  65%-75%  manual setting range lasts longer.

[dragonmike]

Late reply to the thread 8 question about Zotac - I'm starting to have fans fail on the few Zotac mini cards I own.
I can NOT recommend most of their cards (or the NEW model EVGA stuff) due to their use of "fancy name" sleeve bearing fans and the resulting FAST FAILURES on those fans.

I'm more than a little ticked off at EVGA lately, as they're moving across the board away from their long-time use of GOOD ball bearing fans to JUNK - first it was the bloody G3 power supplies, now their graphic cards....

Not good.
I've still got my set of 1080 Superclocked and they don't make a single noise after two years of 24/7 use. They do tend to pick up dust though.
Pretty much the same story with the 14 ASUS RX 570 I just sold... apart from the fact they've got dust-repellent fans which are absolutely awesome. Much underrated feature if you ask me. The cards looked absolutely mint after 36 months of mining in the eaves of the house...

[arielbit]

Late reply to the thread 8 question about Zotac - I'm starting to have fans fail on the few Zotac mini cards I own.
I can NOT recommend most of their cards (or the NEW model EVGA stuff) due to their use of "fancy name" sleeve bearing fans and the resulting FAST FAILURES on those fans.

I'm more than a little ticked off at EVGA lately, as they're moving across the board away from their long-time use of GOOD ball bearing fans to JUNK - first it was the bloody G3 power supplies, now their graphic cards....

i got zotac 1080ti amp extreme..

i was successful at pulling of a fan which is not spinning (real time-while still mining), cleaned the sleeve brass like material and anything that has dark like material (oily--oil with very fine dust--looks like grease) with alcohol..apply a drop or two of oil, snap the fan back in and voila --spins like new hehe

i was thinking, it might not be some fine dust, it can be metal, just like how motor oil turn from clear to asphalt like inside car engines.

BTW i've seen fans that didn't spin for a month or two (gpu was still cool enough and i got lazy), it was fixed..the longest i've seen not spinning was the one fan on my zotac 1080 amp extreme, it was months (i didn't count) and i just left it not spinning, when i tried cleaning and oiling it was fixed.

fan speeds are 70-75

power limit ~75

[adaseb]

Late reply to the thread 8 question about Zotac - I'm starting to have fans fail on the few Zotac mini cards I own.
I can NOT recommend most of their cards (or the NEW model EVGA stuff) due to their use of "fancy name" sleeve bearing fans and the resulting FAST FAILURES on those fans.

I'm more than a little ticked off at EVGA lately, as they're moving across the board away from their long-time use of GOOD ball bearing fans to JUNK - first it was the bloody G3 power supplies, now their graphic cards....

I haven't ever used a Zotac brand GPU, however I am aware that they are more on the cheaper brand of aftermarket GPUs.

Regarding the sleeve bearing fans, are those similiar to those of the Gigabyte Windforce series type of fans? They were notorious for failing constantly due to the bad design and always allowed dust to come inside the bearing and caused them to fail prematurely.

I have RMA'd a bunch of them only to get the same issue about 6-12 months later. What I found is best for those fans was to take some floss and put it around the fan blade and pull the blade off, and you can see the bearing and oil it with mineral oil and it'll last another 6 months or so.

Basically I got so good at it because of the frequency that they failed that its possible to perform it while it was still on the rig. So maybe try and pull the fan blade and try to reoil the Zotac GPUs instead of RMA'ing them.

[ATCkit2]

I found a North American pool for mining GRIN and payouts in either BTC or ETH: https://thegrinpool.com/


sample config for using bminer in SMOS: -uri cuckaroo29://smitha789%40gmail%2Ecom%2F10:foo@mine.thegrinpool.com:4747  -api 127.0.0.1:1880

where:

USERNAME= smitha789%40gmail%2Ecom%
Rigname= 2F10
PWD =foo

[QuintLeo]

Late reply to the thread 8 question about Zotac - I'm starting to have fans fail on the few Zotac mini cards I own.
I can NOT recommend most of their cards (or the NEW model EVGA stuff) due to their use of "fancy name" sleeve bearing fans and the resulting FAST FAILURES on those fans.

I'm more than a little ticked off at EVGA lately, as they're moving across the board away from their long-time use of GOOD ball bearing fans to JUNK - first it was the bloody G3 power supplies, now their graphic cards....

what fan speeds did you set to?  90%? 95% 100%

or  65% 70% 75%


or custom  automatic

I have found the  65%-75%  manual setting range lasts longer.

They were running in the 60-70% range, depending on the specific card. Perhaps 75% at most.
Not like the Gigabyte and MSI "micro" cards that had to be set higher even on ETH mining just to stay under 80C.

Late reply to the thread 8 question about Zotac - I'm starting to have fans fail on the few Zotac mini cards I own.
I can NOT recommend most of their cards (or the NEW model EVGA stuff) due to their use of "fancy name" sleeve bearing fans and the resulting FAST FAILURES on those fans.

I'm more than a little ticked off at EVGA lately, as they're moving across the board away from their long-time use of GOOD ball bearing fans to JUNK - first it was the bloody G3 power supplies, now their graphic cards....

Regarding the sleeve bearing fans, are those similiar to those of the Gigabyte Windforce series type of fans? They were notorious for failing constantly due to the bad design and always allowed dust to come inside the bearing and caused them to fail prematurely.

They don't seem QUITE that bad - but I've replaced pretty close to every fan on my Windforce cards with "real" 92mm or occasionally a 92 and an 80 box fans, mostly NMB or Delta server leftovers.
Those fans not only eat a hair LESS power, they keep the cards easily 10 degrees C or perhaps a bit more COOLER - using 2 fans instead of "sometimes 2 fairly big ones, sometimes 3 smaller ones".
Down side - they ARE a lot bulkier, but that's easy to work around.

[dragonmike]

They don't seem QUITE that bad - but I've replaced pretty close to every fan on my Windforce cards with "real" 92mm or occasionally a 92 and an 80 box fans, mostly NMB or Delta server leftovers.
Those fans not only eat a hair LESS power, they keep the cards easily 10 degrees C or perhaps a bit more COOLER - using 2 fans instead of "sometimes 2 fairly big ones, sometimes 3 smaller ones".
Down side - they ARE a lot bulkier, but that's easy to work around.

Kinda shows you where GPU manufacturers (well, mostly AIBs) try to save money and cut costs as much as they can. In a way I understand if they do it on entry/base models. But seriously, the Aorus/Windforce series is not what I would call cheap.

...and again, on the opposite side of the spectrum, ASUS equips its entry-lineup (Expedition, Dual/Dual OC) with dust-repellent, ball-bearing fans.

Go figure.

[citronick]

Saw this post and got feedback that this is old news - anyone can confirm?

https://decrypt.co/7370/nicehash-founder-charged-fraud

I have a bunch of X13 ASICS still on Nicehash and it will be a sad day if NH goes away.

[arielbit]

Late reply to the thread 8 question about Zotac - I'm starting to have fans fail on the few Zotac mini cards I own.
I can NOT recommend most of their cards (or the NEW model EVGA stuff) due to their use of "fancy name" sleeve bearing fans and the resulting FAST FAILURES on those fans.

I'm more than a little ticked off at EVGA lately, as they're moving across the board away from their long-time use of GOOD ball bearing fans to JUNK - first it was the bloody G3 power supplies, now their graphic cards....

I haven't ever used a Zotac brand GPU, however I am aware that they are more on the cheaper brand of aftermarket GPUs.

Regarding the sleeve bearing fans, are those similiar to those of the Gigabyte Windforce series type of fans? They were notorious for failing constantly due to the bad design and always allowed dust to come inside the bearing and caused them to fail prematurely.

I have RMA'd a bunch of them only to get the same issue about 6-12 months later. What I found is best for those fans was to take some floss and put it around the fan blade and pull the blade off, and you can see the bearing and oil it with mineral oil and it'll last another 6 months or so.

Basically I got so good at it because of the frequency that they failed that its possible to perform it while it was still on the rig. So maybe try and pull the fan blade and try to reoil the Zotac GPUs instead of RMA'ing them.

zotac amp extreme isn't cheap, it is the top tier of the lineup, clocked higher and better cooling. i have 1 1080ti aorus extreme, fans are working but i think the cooler design is sub par compared to amp extreme, i used liquid metal on it and put 2 PWM fans and it's very cool now.

amp extreme - top tier of zotac have 'sturdy plastic' fans, that's why i was able to pull it off while it was still mining. and being on a riser helps because the cable moves when handling but not affecting the gpu-socket connection (unless gpu is screwed-steady just like in a typical case).

Saw this post and got feedback that this is old news - anyone can confirm?

https://decrypt.co/7370/nicehash-founder-charged-fraud

I have a bunch of X13 ASICS still on Nicehash and it will be a sad day if NH goes away.

December 2017 hack was probably an inside job--->sell high, refund through repayment program

just like cryptopia hack February 2019 hack--->buy low, refund users in fiat with a lot of deductions(hack, expenses etc.)

they all stink of inside job, they know stuff, they know how things work and they think they can get away with it...with so much money on their hands it was irresistibly tempting.

if they are gone, someone will simply replace them.

[adaseb]

Saw this post and got feedback that this is old news - anyone can confirm?

https://decrypt.co/7370/nicehash-founder-charged-fraud

I have a bunch of X13 ASICS still on Nicehash and it will be a sad day if NH goes away.

December 2017 hack was probably an inside job--->sell high, refund through repayment program

just like cryptopia hack February 2019 hack--->buy low, refund users in fiat with a lot of deductions(hack, expenses etc.)

they all stink of inside job, they know stuff, they know how things work and they think they can get away with it...with so much money on their hands it was irresistibly tempting.

if they are gone, someone will simply replace them.

How did they know that Bitcoin would peak in Dec 2017 so they could refund by buying back cheaper coins in the bear market? They couldn't. I think its just a coincidence that they got hacked right at the peak.

From what I remember they got some share holder or some company to lend them money so they could start the repayment program, it happened when BTC was pretty high (i think in 5 digits somewhere).

What would they do if BTC eventually went to $100,000 a coin? They would have to pay more to refund thru repayment program? It just doesn't make sense.

[arielbit]

Saw this post and got feedback that this is old news - anyone can confirm?

https://decrypt.co/7370/nicehash-founder-charged-fraud

I have a bunch of X13 ASICS still on Nicehash and it will be a sad day if NH goes away.

December 2017 hack was probably an inside job--->sell high, refund through repayment program

just like cryptopia hack February 2019 hack--->buy low, refund users in fiat with a lot of deductions(hack, expenses etc.)

they all stink of inside job, they know stuff, they know how things work and they think they can get away with it...with so much money on their hands it was irresistibly tempting.

if they are gone, someone will simply replace them.

How did they know that Bitcoin would peak in Dec 2017 so they could refund by buying back cheaper coins in the bear market? They couldn't. I think its just a coincidence that they got hacked right at the peak.

From what I remember they got some share holder or some company to lend them money so they could start the repayment program, it happened when BTC was pretty high (i think in 5 digits somewhere).

What would they do if BTC eventually went to $100,000 a coin? They would have to pay more to refund thru repayment program? It just doesn't make sense.

charts, crypto volume, number of miners, crypto traders, raining ICO's...are some signs of a incoming peak of bitcoin, now invert that logic and you have signs of bottom coming.

did a quick search and found this..

https://www.reddit.com/r/NiceHash/comments/8plitx/what_is_hbit_doo_this_appears_next_to_the_green/

H-Bit is the investor brought on after the Nicehash hack. It is owned by Martin Škorjanc, the father of Matjaž Škorjanc who is the CTO of Nicehash.

kind of like cryptopia, family involved hehe

here is the trick.."LLC" limited liability company--> "limited liability" this is a legal way to protect personal assets.

just do a simple math here.., and when crypto exceeds the company's value, you can either "trim the fat" or simply retire.

a self hack exit scam executed legally  

the refund program by the way is in BTC not USD..

[soothaa]

What would they do if BTC eventually went to $100,000 a coin? They would have to pay more to refund thru repayment program? It just doesn't make sense.

They would just disappear! 

[vapourminer]

re: nicehash

much to my surprise, a couple days ago nicehash paid a little more from what they owed me from the hack a couple years ago. not much, and they still owe me, but a payment came through. it has been a loooong time since the last payout.. maybe over a year.

anyone else get a payout? or has anyone received all that they are owed?