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What Version of ccMiner to Use with your Nvidia GPU

10, Jun 2015

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Last year we have published a quick guide to help people with Nvidia-based GPUs to go for the right fork of ccMiner based on their video card capabilities, so it is time we update that guide with the latest Nvidia GPUs. Below is a list of all of the Nvidia-based video cards and their Compute capabilities to help you figure it out depending on what video card you are using. Do note that the list does not include only the consumer Geforce series, but also Quadro and Tesla. You will find the cards that have at least Compute 2.0 capabilities as there is no way to currently make use of an older GPU than a one capable of supporting Compute 2.0 for mining with ccMiner. Furthermore you need to use a special build of ccMiner that comes with support for Compute 2.0 and 2.1 cards as the latest official builds only support Compute 3.0 or newer GPUs (not all of the more recent algorithms are supported). Below is the list of cards and their Compute capabilities you can find links for the respective versions of ccMiner to use…

Compute 2.0 video cards (Fermi – GF100, GF110):
GeForce GTX 590, GeForce GTX 580, GeForce GTX 570, GeForce GTX 480, GeForce GTX 470, GeForce GTX 465, GeForce GTX 480M, Quadro 6000, Quadro 5000, Quadro 4000, Quadro 4000 for Mac, Quadro Plex 7000, Quadro 5010M, Quadro 5000M, Tesla C2075, Tesla C2050/C2070, Tesla M2050/M2070/M2075/M2090

Compute 2.1 video cards (Fermi – GF104, GF106 GF108,GF114, GF116, GF119):
GeForce GTX 560 Ti, GeForce GTX 550 Ti, GeForce GTX 460, GeForce GTS 450, GeForce GTS 450, GeForce GT 640 (GDDR3), GeForce GT 630, GeForce GT 620, GeForce GT 610, GeForce GT 520, GeForce GT 440, GeForce GT 440, GeForce GT 430, GeForce GT 430, GeForce GTX 675M, GeForce GTX 670M, GeForce GT 635M, GeForce GT 630M, GeForce GT 625M, GeForce GT 720M, GeForce GT 620M, GeForce 710M, GeForce 610M, GeForce GTX 580M, GeForce GTX 570M, GeForce GTX 560M, GeForce GT 555M, GeForce GT 550M, GeForce GT 540M, GeForce GT 525M, GeForce GT 520MX, GeForce GT 520M, GeForce GTX 485M, GeForce GTX 470M, GeForce GTX 460M, GeForce GT 445M, GeForce GT 435M, GeForce GT 420M, GeForce GT 415M, GeForce 710M, GeForce 410M, Quadro 2000, Quadro 2000D, Quadro 600, Quadro 410, Quadro 4000M, Quadro 3000M, Quadro 2000M, Quadro 1000M, NVS 5400M, NVS 5200M, NVS 4200M

Compute 3.0 video cards (Kepler – GK104, GK106, GK107):
GeForce GTX 770, GeForce GTX 760, GeForce GT 740, GeForce GTX 690, GeForce GTX 680, GeForce GTX 670, GeForce GTX 660 Ti, GeForce GTX 660, GeForce GTX 650 Ti BOOST, GeForce GTX 650 Ti, GeForce GTX 650, GeForce GTX 780M, GeForce GTX 770M, GeForce GTX 765M, GeForce GTX 760M, GeForce GTX 680MX, GeForce GTX 680M, GeForce GTX 675MX, GeForce GTX 670MX, GeForce GTX 660M, GeForce GT 750M, GeForce GT 650M, GeForce GT 745M, GeForce GT 645M, GeForce GT 740M, GeForce GT 730M, GeForce GT 640M, GeForce GT 640M LE, GeForce GT 735M, GeForce GT 730M, Quadro K5000, Quadro K4000, Quadro K2000, Quadro K2000D, Quadro K600, Quadro K500M, Tesla K10

Compute 3.5 video cards (Kepler – GK110, GK208):
GeForce GTX TITAN Z, GeForce GTX TITAN Black, GeForce GTX TITAN, GeForce GTX 780 Ti, GeForce GTX 780, GeForce GT 640 (GDDR5), GeForce GT 630 v2, Quadro K6000, Tesla K40, Tesla K20x, Tesla K20

Compute 5.0 video cards (Maxwell – GM107, GM108):
GeForce GTX 750 Ti, GeForce GTX 750, GeForce GTX 860M, GeForce GTX 850M, GeForce 845M, GeForce 840M, GeForce 830M, GeForce GTX 960M, GeForce GTX 950M, GeForce 940M, GeForce 930M, Quadro K2200, Quadro K1200, Quadro K620, Quadro K620M

Compute 5.2 video cards (Maxwell – GM200, GM204, GM206):
GeForce GTX 960, GeForce GTX 970, GeForce GTX 980, GeForce GTX 980 Ti, GeForce GTX Titan, GeForce GTX 980M, GeForce GTX 970M, GeForce GTX 965M, Quadro M6000

– Download ccMiner KBomba fork with support for older Compute 2.x GPUs
– Download the latest ccMiner tpruvot fork with support for Compute 3.0 – 5.2 GPUs…
– Download the latest ccMiner SP-MOD fork with support for newer Compute 5.0 and 5.2 Mxawell GPUs…

HaoBTC Interest-bearing Multi-function Wallet Service

8, Jun 2015

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Here is an interesting Chinese company that apparently just recently started offering support for international customers to its service offering an online Bitcoin wallet with some nice extras. HaoBTC offers users to buy and sell Bitcoins online for CNY (obviously not what most international users would want) and store them in an online wallet and the securely stored coins do get an interest rate of 8.00% annually with interest paid to users hourly. The service allows you to register quickly and easily in order to be able to check it out, it comes with a clean and easy to use interface, though not absolutely everything is apparently translated to English yet. Also there is some more need of explaining some of the features to new users as apparently even the FAQ is still in Chinese only…

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The question that arises here is how the Bitcoins you have in your online wallet generate you interest, well apparently the company has a big BTC mining operation, they have posted some photos of their mining hardware as a proof. So essentially it is almost like a cloud mining service, but with less risk and lower profit apparently – 8% annual interest at the moment. The good thing however is that the interest rate is being paid hourly and you can withdraw any Bitcoins you have in the online wallet at any time you need them. So we are going to be checking out the service to see if things are really good as they seem.

– To try out the HaoBTC Multi-function Wallet Service with 8% annual Bitcoin interest rate…

List of Top 5 Bitcoin Books for Beginners

7, Jun 2015

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The guys at Genesis Mining have compiled an interesting list of the top 5 Bitcoin books for beginners, books that are designed to introduce you to Bitcoin and the technology behind it. So if you are just getting started with Bitcoin, or want to get up to speed faster in your learning of all things Bitcoin, then you might want to check out some of these titles.


Top 5 Bitcoin Books for Beginners:

1. Mastering Bitcoin: Unlocking Digital Cryptocurrencies, by Andreas Antonopoulos
2. The Age of Cryptocurrency: How Bitcoin and Digital Money Are Challenging the Global Economic Order, by Paul Vigna and Michael J Casey
3. Digital Gold: Bitcoin and the Inside Story of the Misfits and Millionaires Trying to Reinvent Money, by Nathaniel Popper
4. The Book Of Satoshi: The Collected Writings of Bitcoin Creator Satoshi Nakamoto, by Phil Champagne
5. Blockchain: Blueprint for a New Economy, by Melanie Swan

– For more details about these books about Bitcoin and links to get them from Amazon…


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