Cryptknocker ZCash (ZEC) Nvidia Software Miner by GMO

1 Oct
2018

The Japanese GMO Internet Group has been venturing into the crypto business with ASIC mining, but now they are apparently also wanting to get into the GPU mining as well will the release of Cryptknocker software miner. A closed source Equihash 200,9 Nvidia GPU miner claiming to be the fastest in terms of hashrate that can be used for mining ZCash (ZEC) or other crypto currencies using the “original” Equihash mining algorithm. Similar to other closed source mining solutions GMO is charging a developer fee for their software from everyone that uses it, the dev fee is 2%, the same amount that the miner apparently manages to be faster compared to other alternatives. The Cryptknocker by GMO miner is available for both Linux and Windows operating systems.

Everything may sound Ok until you realize that the Cryptknocker miner only supports Equihash 200,9 mining on Nvidia GPUs and that particular parameter set is already in the domain of ASIC miners such as the Antminer Z9 or A9 Master. So why release a closed source GPU miner now and with a developer fee built in for an algorithm that is already being mined by specialized mining hardware with a much faster speed than what a GPU can do. Maybe GMO has plans to extend the supported Equihash parameter set with other variations that are still ASIC resistant in the future, but if they don’t, then this piece of software is really pointless and maybe just a PR stunt.

– For more about the Cryptknocker Equihash 200,9 Nvidia mining software by GMO (Japanese language only)…

Funakoshi Equihash 144,5 CUDA Miner v4.10 For Windows and Linux

27 Sep
2018

Funakoshi’s Equihash 144,5 CUDA miner is arguably the fastest Equihash 144,5 Nvidia GPU miner available at the moment for both Linux and Windows users with the software constantly being developed and improved as you can see from the short timespan between the new version updates. The latest version 4.10 once again bumps up the hashrate you get mining Equihash 144,5 crypto coins such as Bitcoin Gold (BTG) that uses that particular variation of Equihash. This miner does not seem to be getting that much attention like other Equihash GPU miners, but that doesn’t mean that it does not outperform them, it is just that the software is focused on a single algorithm only while other alternatives usually support multiple algorithms. Funakoshi’s miner is a closed source one and comes as pre-compiled binaries for Windows and Linux with a built-in developer fee of 1.5%.

– For more information and to download and try the latest version of the Funakoshi 144,5 Equihash Cuda Miner…

New T-Rex 0.6.10 Nvidia GPU Miner For Windows and Linux

27 Sep
2018

New update to version 0.6.10 for the T-Rex Nvidia GPU miner that brings extra performance for a number of supported algorithms, along with some new features, bug fixes and even some useful cosmetic changes. The new T-Rex 0.6.10 should get you an extra 1-2% hashrate increase in X16r, X16s, X17, C11, Bitcore, BCD and Sonoa algorithms over the previously released version T-Rex 0.6.6. Among the new interesting features is the added functionality for setting failover pools in the command line by just adding extra pool parameters like with a single pool, the other useful thing to note is the miner uptime getting displayed now as a part of the stats reported by the miner. Of course there are a number of other new features that might be useful for some people, so do check the miner help when you download it. Do note that the T-Rex is a closed source miner with 1% development fee built-in. Also make sure you have a recent video driver installed as the binaries for both Linux and Windows are compiled for CUDA 9.1/9.2.

– For more information and to download and try the latest version of the T-Rex miner…

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