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T-Rex 0.15.x Nvidia Miner to Also Support the KAWPOW Algorithm

1, May 2020

It has been almost half a year since the last release we have seen from the T-Rex Nvidia GPU miner with the latest updated it had focused on X16Rv2 support and fixes (the current Ravencoin mining algorithm). The good news is that a new version of the T-Rex miner is coming that will support the new KAWPOW mining algorithm that Ravencon (RVN) will very soon fork to – May 6th 2020 at 18:00:00 UTC. The current test version 0.15.x has added support for 3 new algorithms: kawpow (upcoming RVN fork), progpow and mtp-tcr, though do note that apparently there are still some things that need fixing as there seems to be some issues…

Trying out the latest T-Rex 0.15.1 test version (CUDA 9.2 version) has resulted in the miner unable to run as it is looking for nvrtc64 library with a different name than the regular one used and also included with the miner… renaming the dynamic library to the name the miner is looking for helps (the CUDA 10.0 version is fine). However even though the miner is running it has trouble properly mining on Minermore and BSOD Ravencoin testnet mining pools that already support KAWPOW mining. Hopefully the problems will soon be resolved and an official 0.15.x release will be made available for everyone to download and use for Ravencoin (RVN) mining after the May 6th hrdfork to the KAWPOW algorithm.

Definitely good news for everyone eagerly awaiting for the Ravencoin fork to KAWPOW to switch back to mining RVN coins with his GPU mining rigs as most miners that support Ravencoin mining are already supporting or will soon have proper support for the new algorithm. The only one that still remains silent regarding KAWPOW support is Z-Enemy and that was one of the most popular choices for mining RVN in the earlier days of the crypto projects. Hopefully we are going to see an update there as well. Meanwhile if you are looking for the best and most problem free miners for KAWPOW, then check out the closed source NBMiner 30.0 and the official open source one called Kawpowminer 1.2.0 with no dev fee.

New Kawpowminer 1.2.0 and Raven Testnet Pool on BSOD

1, May 2020

There are just 5 days left before the Ravencoin (RVN) fork to the new KAWPOW algorithm and you should probably get ready for mining. To do so you might want to try the latest official Kawpowminer 1.2.0 bugfix release supporting the new KAWPOW algorithm to be used by Ravencoin for mining after the fork. This release is based on Progminer ProgPoW miner and is opensource and has no development fee unlike some other miners available that also do support the KAWPOW algorithm. Do note that the miner binary release still does not include the required Nvidia CUDA libraries, so you would also need to have the latest Nvidia CUDA Toolkit installed (or at least the runtime libraries from it).

Besides the Minermore RVN testnet pool announced with the initial release of the Kawpowminer, there is now a RVNt pool for testing KaWPOW mining on BSDO Pool as well. You can use the below command line to test mining on the BSOD pool, just set a WALLET address and you should be ready to go:

RavenCoin KAWPOW testnet BSOD pool:
kawpowminer -U -P stratum+tcp://WALLET.worker@pool.bsod.pw:2638

Do note that BSOD pool recommends that you test with the latest Kawpowminer or the latest NBMiner 30.0 as other mining software such as GMiner 2.09 and TT-Miner 4.0.0 apparently still have some issues that need to be fixed for proper KAWPOW support, though they will hopeful be fixed in time for the fork expected to happen on May 6th 2020 at 18:00:00 UTC.

– To download and try the latest official Kawpowminer 1.2.0 miner for KAWPOW…

RavenCoin (RVN) Forking to New KAWPOW Algorithm on May 6th

16, Apr 2020

RavenCoin (RVN) will be switching mining algorithms from the currently used X16Rv2 to the new KAWPOW on May 6th 2020 at 18:00:00 UTC. The new algorithm called KAWPOW is a derivative of ProgPOW with parameters specific for Ravencoin, so performance wise you can expect similar hashrate as what ProgPow delivers. There is an official kawpowminer as well as some popular alternative miners supporting the new algorithm such as NBMiner and GMiner, TT-Miner is also testing support, though only in beta for now and other miners will most likely also add it soon. You can already try mining KAWPOW on RVN’s testnet and in just about 3 weeks from now KAWPOW will be on Ravencoin’s mainnet. In order to make sure you are ready to support the upcoming hardfork to the KAWPOW algorithm you must update to the latest Ravencoin v4.0.0 binaries that were just made available, have in mind that there could be additional fixes and updates released prior the fork, o make sure you stay up to date. The upcoming hardfork is supposed to drive away once more any FPGA/ASIC miners and provide fair mining conditions for GPU miners.

– To download the latest Ravencoin v4.0.0 binaries ready for the upcoming hardfork…


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