New SRBMiner-MULTI CPU and AMD GPU Miner 0.1.1 Beta

13 Oct
2019

The author of the popular SRBminer CryptoNight AMD GPU miner has just updated his new mining software called SRBMiner-MULTI CPU and AMD GPU Miner to version 0.1.1 Betta adding support for a few new algorithms and some bug fixes. The new miner is targeted at algorithms for CPU mining as well as some CPU and GPU ones for more recent AMD-based video cards (R9 2xx series and newer)… other than the CN-based algorithms that his other AMD GPU miner supports. The new algorithms include: yespowerltncg, yespowersugar, yespowerurx, yespower2b, eaglesong (nervos-ckb) algorithms and there is also added support for SHA with yespower algorithm family.

Do note that just like his CryptoNight GPU miner, this new CPU and GPU AMD miner is also available only for Windows (Linux version might be oming out soon) as a pre-compiled binary and there is a built-in developer fee as follows: 0% for blake2b and yespowerurx, 1.70% for rainforestv2 and 0.85% for all other supported algorithms. The miner does not yet have support for the new RandomX algorithm, but it will hopefully get one at least regarding CPU support in the future, you can find the initially supported algorithms below:

CPU-only algorithms:
– cpupower
– yescryptr16
– yescryptr32
– yescryptr8
– yespower
– yespowerlitb
– yespowerr16
– yespowerltncg
– yespowersugar
– yespowerurx
– yespower2b

CPU + GPU algorithms:
– blake2b
– blake2s
– keccak
– mtp
– rainforestv2
– yescrypt
– eaglesong

– To download and try the new SRBMiner-MULTI CPU and AMD GPU Miner 0.1.1 Beta…

BLOC GUI Miner for Easy Mining of CryptoNight Coins with CPU and GPU

12 Oct
2019

The BLOC GUI Miner is a beautiful, easy to use, Graphical User Interface (GUI) for mining some of the more popular cryptocurrencies based on Cryptonote vailable for Linux, Windows and MacOS. The project is being developed by Bloc.Money (BLOC) (CryptoNight Heavy-Haven algorithm), so by default it starts by offering you to create a BLOC wallet if you do not yet have one, or mine BLOC if you do, but you also have another option to mine for other supported CryptoNote/CryptoNight crypto coins. Besides BLOC, you can also mine: RYO (RYO), Haven (XHV), Monero (XMR), Conceal Network (CCX), Sumokoin (SUMO), GRAFT (GRFT), Quantum Resistant Ledger (QRL), Lethean (LTHN), X-CASH (XCASH), Masari (MSR), Tube (TUBE), AEON (AEON), ArQmA (ARQ), Iridium (IRD), TurtleCoin (TRTL) and Loki (LOKI) with this miner. You start by choosing the coin to mine, entering your wallet address and then selecting a pool where you want to mine from a list and then you are presented with a nice looking GUI with information about the coin you are mining and your hashrate. You can use the settings button to change things such as your wallet ot mining pool as well as if you are CPU or GPU mining (depending on the version of the GUI you use).

There are two main versions of the GUI miner, one using XMRig as a backend for the mining that supports only CPU mining and one tha uses XMR-Stak that supports both CPU and GPU mining (AMD OpenCL and Nvidia CUDA). Since they use different miners there is slight difference in the supported coins between the two versions: TurtleCoin (TRTL) and Loki (LOKI) are supported only on the XMRig version and Conceal Network (CCX) only on the XMR-Stak one, so have that in mind when choosing. Of course it also depends if you need the CPU only or the CPU and GPU version of the GUI miner, though have in mind that apparently the CPU/GPU version does not support mining on both at the same time and you may need to manually switch between CPU and GPU (CPU mining by default). Do note that the XMRig version supports LOKI as it is the only miner with support for RandomX CPU mining and LOKI uses a variant of the RandomX algorithm (RandomXL). We are hoping to see more RandomX crypto coins getting supported in this easy to use GUI miner as they become available in time as it really makes mining on CPU easy for people new to mining especially with CPU mining getting popular again.

– To download and try mining with the latest version of the BLOC GUI miner…

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X 16-Core 32-Thread CPU for Mining RandomX

11 Oct
2019

We already know that the AMD Ryzen 9 3900X CPU is doing great for CPU mining with its 12 cores and 24 threads for the the new RandomX algorithm (RandomX CPU Benchmarks), so the demand for that particular processor is pretty high and there are shortages and price speculations. Not to mention that it is still pretty had to find, regardless of the price, in many places as it is doing great not only for mining… it is considered to be one of the best CPUs at the moment for PC enthusiasts and gamers as well. Next month we are hopefully going to see the even more powerful AMD Ryzen 9 3950X, originally scheduled to be released in September with a recommended price of $749 USD, however delayed by AMD for November release in order to meet the high user demand after they saw what is happening with the 3900X.

AMD Ryzen 9 3950X is a processor with 16 cores and 32 threads, base clock of 3.5 GHz with max boost up to 4.7 GHz and a default TDP of 105W. The same 105W TDP that the 3900X has, however the base frequency is lower in order to accommodate the extra 4 cores into the same TDP level. Thee extra 4 cores and 8 threads should easily add something like another 30% of extra hashrate for RandomX on top of the 12000 H/s or more that the 3900X already manages to deliver, so we re talking about 18000 H/s or more (especially if you overclock the processor). Now that will be one hell of a performance compared to what you can currently get with high-end GPUs for RandomX or even what Intel high-end end-user processors are able to deliver.

It all seems nice and comfy when talking about specifications and expected hashrate, but when mining is concerned we also need to talk about profitability and time to ROI… Well, unfortunately at the moment the profitability of the coins that use RandomX or a modified variant of the algorithm are far from being very profitable even with 3900X and 3950X CPUs. We are hoping that the upcoming Monero (XMR) fork to RandomX will help with that, but it is at the end of November and it is still hard to justify building a PC with 3900X or 3950X just for CPU mining at this point. If you build a new PC for gaming or work where you need the large number of cores and occasionally use it for mining instead of leaving it sti idle or be turned off, then it is much more reasonable.

– To check the official specifications of the upcoming AMD Ryzen 9 3950X 16-core processor…

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