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lolMiner-mnx is a new miner for Mining MinexCoin (MNX) or any other coin that uses the Equihash 96/5 algorithm. Do note that the this is not the same algorithm used by ZCash (ZEC), there it is Equihash 200/9, so this miner is not compatible for mining traditional Equihash coins. The lolMiner-mnx is a closed source OpenCL miner being developed from scratch, so it is not based on existing opensource code. Currently it is available as 64-bit binary releases for both Linux and Windows, although it uses OpenCL it should compatible with pretty much any GPU including Intel and Nvidia and not only AMD.
The miner still needs some work, especially on Nvidia GPUs where by default it is pretty heavy on the CPU load and memory usage as well. It is recommended that Nvidia users add the parameter --enable-nv-hotfix in order to reduce the CPU load a bit, but still running the miner on the main GPU may make the system a bit unresponsive even with that parameter. Still if you are interested in mining MNX (even with the high hashrate and low block reward at the moment) or any other Equihash 96/5 coin you might want to check the lolMiner-mnx out.
Linux users can also use the Optiminer/Equihash miner as a solution for mining different variations of the Equihash algorithm (Equihash 200/9, Equihash 192/7, Equihash 96/5). A Windows version is supposed to come out at some point, but it is still not available for the moment.
– For more information and to check out the lolMiner-mnx miner for Equihash 96/5…
- Published in: Mining Software
- Related tags: Equihash 192/7, Equihash 200/9, Equihash 96/5, Equihash miner, equihash192_7, equihash200_9, equihash96_5, lolMiner-mnx, Minexcoin, Minexcoin miner, MNX, MNX miner
Claymore has released an update to his popular Ethereum dual miner for AMD and Nvidia GPUs with some new interesting and useful features as well as some small improvements. The new version 11 comes with two new algorithms that can be used in dual mining mode along with Ethereum or any other Ethash-based coin, these are Blake2s and Keccak. Another importan change is the reduced developer fee for dual mode that is now at 1.5% and the removal of the dev fee completely for video cards with just 2GB of video memory (you cannot mine ETH/ETC with these anymore, but the miner will work with other forks). The “-asm 2” option value now supports Tahiti, Tonga, Ellesmere, Baffin AMD GPUs and in some cases it can be a bit faster in ETH-only mode, so you can give it a try if you have a mining rig with any of these.
– To download and try the latest Claymore Dual Ethereum on Nvidia GPUs…
- Published in: Mining Software
- Related tags: Blake2s, Claymore, Claymore Blake2s, Claymore Dual ETH and DCR miner, Claymore Dual Ethereum and Decred miner, Claymore dual miner Linux, Claymore Keccak, Claymore Linux, Claymore Linux binary, Dual AMD GPU miner, Dual ETH and DRC miner, Dual Ethereum and Decred miner, Dual GPU miner, Dual Miner, Dual mining Ethereum and Decred, Dual NVIDIA GPU miner, Keccak
Bminer is a relatively new miner for Nvidia GPUs for mining cryptocurrencies using the Equihash algorithm such as Zcash (ZEC). It is a closed source miner, available for both Windows and Linux operating systems and comes with a 2% dev fee included (optional, though disabling it apparently removes some optimizations). Bminer comes as an alternative to the popular EWBF miner, the development of which has been stalled for a while already, as well as the more recent dstm ZCash CUDA Miner that looks promising and is actively being developed, but still lacks some features such as failover pool support for example. So any new alternatives such as Bminer that are being actively improved and developed are more than welcome for the users and the crypto community as well.
According to its developers and most users that have tried the Bminer already it is the fastest publicly available Equihash miner for Nvidia GPUs and we can confirm that our initial impressions are showing a better local hashrate compared to the alternatives mentioned. So if you have a Compute Capability 5.0 or newer Nvidia GPU used for mining you might want to give Bminer a go and see if it will work better for you. The miner does come with SSL support as well as NiceHash support, has some interesting extra features, though it is still very easy to use. There is also an API and a web-based interface available for monitoring of your mining rigs that can be quite useful, so go and give it a try and report your results.
– For more information and to download the Bminer Equihash miner for Nvidia GPUs…
- Published in: Mining Software
- Related tags: Bminer, Bminer CUDA miner, Bminer Equihash miner, Bminer Nvidia miner, Bminer ZEC miner, CUDA equihash miner, cuda miner, Equihash miner, Nvidia Equihash miner, Nvidia Zcash miner, Nvidia ZEC miner, Zcash miner, ZEC miner