Radeon R9 280X Litecoin mining and Sweet Spot for 700KHash/sec (part 2) If you have read part 1 of this tutorial, you should have known that i promised to share my CGMiner configurations for both MSI Radeon R9 280X and PowerColor Radeon R9 280X. You can check out the tutorial on How to build your own Continue reading “Radeon R9 280X Litecoin mining and Sweet Spot for 700KHash/sec (part 2)”
Monthly Archives: December 2013
Bitcoin price took a deep plunge
Bitcoin price took a deep plunge There is a huge drop in crypto-currency prices earlier this week following a move by the Chinese government to ban new Chinese Yuan deposits at BTC China, the country’s biggest Bitcoin exchange. This was followed by an order by China’s central bank to payment processors in the country to Continue reading “Bitcoin price took a deep plunge”
Litecoin Mining FAQ
Litecoin Mining FAQ We have compiled a list of the most common questions and their answers regarding Litecoin mining. What is Litecoin? Litecoin is a virtual crypto-currency created based on the concept of Bitcoin. It has some functional advantages over Bitcoin such as faster confirmations and higher resistance to FPGA and ASIC mining. How are Continue reading “Litecoin Mining FAQ”
Latest Cudaminer release brings massive hashrate increase to Nvidia GPUs
Latest Cudaminer release with improved Nvidia Scrypt mining performance The latest release of Cudaminer (18 December 2013) will squeeze more performance out of Nvidia cards. Early testers are reporting an increase in performance for as much as 40 percent from the previous version. CUDA Core is the term Nvidia uses to call the shaders Continue reading “Latest Cudaminer release brings massive hashrate increase to Nvidia GPUs”
Windows Litecoin GPU miner setup
Windows Litecoin GPU miner setup After learning how to build your own mining rig, the next step is to decide which operating system to set it up with. If you would like to do it with Linux, proceed to the tutorial on Headless Linux Litecoin miner setup. But if you feel more comfortable with Windows, Continue reading “Windows Litecoin GPU miner setup”
Litecoin mining pool comparison
Litecoin mining pool comparison Bitcoin are often viewed as the digital gold and Litecoin being its equivalent in Silver. With the surge in price recently, the digital currencies are coming in strong. Since Litecoins are generated by mining, huge amount of computational power is required to solve the algorithm. The days of solo mining is Continue reading “Litecoin mining pool comparison”
How to build your own Litecoin mining rig
How to build your own Litecoin mining rig So you have heard about crypto-currency and mining of the digital currency, but have no idea where to start? Or you have decided to start building your own mining rig and is looking for more information on how to do it? In this tutorial, I will guide Continue reading “How to build your own Litecoin mining rig”
Litecoin Mining : Optimal thread concurrency for CGMiner
Litecoin Mining : Optimal thread concurrency for CGMiner Litecoin is based off the ever growing Bitcoin that uses an alternative memory hard hashing algorithm called Scrypt. Basically, it is a digital currency with no central authority. Transactions are confirmed on the network of users that employ it, and awarded with Litecoins for work done, which Continue reading “Litecoin Mining : Optimal thread concurrency for CGMiner”
Radeon R9 280X Litecoin mining and Sweet Spot for 700KHash/sec (part 1)
Radeon R9 280X Litecoin mining and Sweet Spot for 700KHash/sec (part 1) With the scarcity of the excellent Radeon 7950 for mining Litecoin, the focus has been shifted to some other good alternative graphics cards. Radeon R9 280X, which is essentially a rebranded 7970 is another good option for GPU mining. I have managed to get Continue reading “Radeon R9 280X Litecoin mining and Sweet Spot for 700KHash/sec (part 1)”
BAMT : Why Gigabyte Intel Z87 Chipset could not connect to the internet
BAMT : Why Gigabyte Intel Z87 Chipset could not connect to the internet This is a tutorial on crypto-currency mining running BAMT to solve issues on internet connection for Gigabyte Intel Haswell Z87 series motherboard. The real culprit here is that BAMT does not come with the latest driver for Intel 87 chipset, and could Continue reading “BAMT : Why Gigabyte Intel Z87 Chipset could not connect to the internet”