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Raven (RVN) is an interesting coin that has been under the radar for many people up until recently when it got hyped and the interest in it has grown seriously in the past days. Initially the coin was only CPU mineable, then a ccMiner version with support for the X16r algorithm used by the coin was introduced for Nvidia miners by tpruvot however that miner has been a bit troublesome for many users due to power spikes and mining systems rebooting, so people had to reduce TDP or downclock and suffer performance loss in order to mine stable. Fortunately there is a new improved miner available now – ccMiner Enemy 1.03 that offers better performance and more stable mining with higher TDP and clocks (still depending on your hardware).
The ccMiner Enemy 1.03 fork for Raven (RVN) mining is available only as a 32-bit Windows binary for the moment and is compiled for CUDA 8, it supports the X16r algorithm used by RVN as well as X17. For better performance the latest 390.xx drivers from Nvidia are recommended, so make sure you are up to date. If you are mining Raven (RVN) or had plans to do so, but were set back by the problems from the initial miner you should definitely try the new release as it should handle much better. AMD miners are still unable to mine Raven as there is no compatible X16r miner available yet, though there is a substantial bounty for anyone willing to make one.
– To download and try the new ccMiner Enemy 1.03 fork for Raven (RVN) mining on Nvidia GPUs…
CoinHive may stull be the most popular and misused service for website owners willing to monetize their website traffic with visitors mining crypto, but it is not the only one. In fact there are others that are trying to implement the website mining in a less obtrusive way, giving webmasters more control and warning visitors and letting them stop mining. One such service that we have recently checked out is Grid Cash that uses a web-based Monero (XMR) miner.
The service allows webmasters to fully customize the way the miner works, including control over the CPU load (resources used), so by lowering the usage you can easily make the miner less of a burden for the users. There are options to load the mining code locally, so it will not be easily blocked like when it is being loaded from a single remote host and of course the option to enable notification for users with an opt out feature. There is a detailed statistics available that helps you keep track of your earnings, though they depend a lot on how many visitors you get and for how long they stay on your website. We advise you not to try to abuse services like this one that uses your website visitor’s resources to mine for you as you’d most likely want to keep the visitors and increase them instead of driving them away, so proceed with caution when using services like these.
– For more information and to check out the Grid Cash website mining service…
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…