Find the Best GPU for Mining… and more
January 30th, 2018 – TetherUSD and Bitfinex Exchange have both received subpoenas from the the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission. Bitfinex is one of the largest bitcoin exchanges, and Tether, a company affiliated with Bitfinex, claims it is fiat-backed cryptocurrency. There are no details as to what information the CFTC is seeking from the companies, […]
Why does a mining GPU have different hashrates, power usage, or temperatures at the exact same settings as the exact same card next to it? One of your GPUs will have a monitor plugged into it, so that can affect the hashrate slightly as it needs to provide video output and the other mining GPUs […]
Yes, people do run a mining GPU off of their M.2 “next generation form factor” m-sata slots. The M.2 slots use the PCIe bus interface and are typically for installing a solid state drive, but can work to add an additional GPU to your mining rig. Here are some of the best M.2 risers and […]
When looking into mining, it can seem overwhelming, and seem like it takes a bunch of money to get started. However, if you have a limited budget, there’s really only a few questions you need to ask: Is that your max budget for the foreseeable future, or simply until your next [paycheck/convincing your spouse it […]
USB risers are simple devices that allow you to move your mining GPU away from your board – rather than plugging the GPUs directly into the motherboard, the PCIe riser is plugged into the motherboard, and then a USB cable is used to connect the riser from the motherboard to the GPU. Another advantage of […]
On April 1, 2022, the 19,000,000 Bitcoin was mined. That leaves only 2 million more bitcoin to be mined with the last estimated to be mined in approximately 100 years. In block 73002, mined by SBI crypto, the 19 millionth Bitcoin entered circulation. so far, El Salvador is the only nation-state to adopt Bitcoin as […]
It’s hard to imagine that there was a time when a high end graphics card could mine Bitcoin at a speed that was profitable. Now, the best bitcoin miners use ASIC computer chips that mine at many terahashes per second! Note: If there’s a price from Amazon or another online retailer on a Bitcoin miner […]
There’s no doubt about it – buying and assembling a GPU mining rig can be a time consuming and costly adventure. When I first started, I spent countless hours trying to determine what the best components for my mining rig were. I scoured the internet to determine what the best price was, what the best […]
Happy New Year, and welcome to the crazy crypto world of 2019! As the market for cryptocurrencies as a whole heats up, the ability to find the best mining GPU will be what sets your profit above all the rest. Especially in times of a market turn down like we saw through most of 2018, […]
If you’re building a GPU mining rig as a business, side hustle, or just to make some extra change, then you’ll want to look into getting an electricity usage monitor. You can use the electricity power meter to measure how much power your mining rig has consumed in order to calculate total profit. In addition, […]