Posts Tagged ‘NIST5’

Updated ccMiner 0.9 with Added Support for Talkcoin Mining

9, May 2014

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The ccMiner software miner for Nvidia GPUs has received an update of the source code to add support for the NIST5 algorithm and the Talkcoin (TAC) crypto. We have compiled a binary for Windows that you can find below, it is essentially the fully functional 0.9 release with the added support for NIST5 algorithm. Do note that NIST5 is apparently faster on Nvidia GPUs for the moment as we are getting about 11 MHS in terms of hashrate on a GeForce GTX 780 Ti, so significantly better than what the AMD miner for NIST 5 is currently capable of.

Do note that the windows binary you can download below is compiled for Computer 3.0, 3.5 and 5.0 cards (32-bit version only), so it will not work on older cards. It is also compiled with Visual Studio 2012, so if you do not already have Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2012 you will have to download and install it.

– To download the latest CCminer 0.9 with added support for Talkcoin for Windows OS…

Download sgminer 4.1.0 for Talkcoin GPU Mining for Windows

9, May 2014

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Talkcoin (TAC) is an interesting new crypto currency that uses a NIST5 algorithm (BLAKE – Grøstl – JH – Keccak – Skein), so it needs special miner in order to be mined. Here is a version of sgminer 4.1.0 especially for mining the Talkcoin (TAC) on GPU for Windows (source), though it should be able to support other NIST5-based crypto coins. Mining Talkcoin with the miner on Radeon R9 280X GPU we are getting about 4 MHS in terms of hashrate, so the hashrate is higher than for Scrypt for example and the algorithm seems to be lighter for the video card, it is cooler when mining on AMD, but that could be due to not so optimized kernel yet. Below you can download a windows binary of the miner for mining on AMD OpenCL-based graphic cards.

– You can download sgminer 4.1.0 with Talkcoin GPU mining support for Windows OS here…

Talkcoin (TAC) NIST5 based cryptocoin

9, May 2014

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Most people who learned about Bitcoin look at it as nothing more than a currency, but the reality is that it’s much more than that. At its core, Bitcoin is a new technology that allows everyone around the world to come to a consensus on who owns what without the use of a centralized third party. There are many different applications that can be built on top of this technology, and Bitcoin is only the first of many apps to come. Talkcoin uses the real innovation behind this protocol to create a new generation of cryptocurrency. Talkcoin is a new experience that will bring something new to the crypto world and beyond it. Talkcoin uses a specific algorithm called NIST5 and needs a special miner, currently the coin is mined with better hashrate on Nvidia GPUs than on AMD.

Website
– http://talkcoin.org/

Block Explorer / Crawler
– http://talk.cryptocoinunion.com/

SPECIFICATIONS

  • Algorithms: NIST5: BLAKE – Grøstl – JH – Keccak – Skein
  • Block time: 20 sec
  • Cofirmations: 3
  • Block reward: 0-50 max (decentralized reward voting), default: 25
  • Multipool protection: Talkcoin Gravity
  • QR code support, TOR support, Multilanguages

DOWNLOADS
– Windows

Source Code
– at GitHub

PORTS

  • RPC Port: 9801
  • P2P Port: 9802

MINERS
– GPU miner for AMD
– GPU miner for Nvidia

POOLS
– http://tac.nonce-pool.com/
– http://dwarfpool.com/tac
– https://tac.suprnova.cc/

EXCHANGES
– Bittrex


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