If you're pool mining, you don't need to use Mist or download the blockchain at all. Just create a wallet with Jaxx or myetherwallet.com and mine to that address. Much simpler and you don't have to worry about drive space.I'm running out of space on my SSD where I keep ETH wallet. I've been reading up on it, and people are saying you can use fast option with geth to not download the full blockchain. However, I do not see any info if/how you can run that with Mist. Does Mist always download full blockchain, or can I change that in Mist somehow?
2GB cards won't work for mining ethereum. 4GB 460 cards will work, but their hashrate is very low compared to 470+ cards and 1060 6GB+ cards (minus the 1080) in comparrison to their cost and power consumption. A 460 just doesn't have enough oomph for any sort of decent production. I think it's mostly memory bandwidth limited.Can Radeon RX 550, 460, 560, either the 2GB or 4GB models, mine Eth?
The reason I ask is, I've dipped my toes into mining, and seems like I'm making a profit using NiceHash (if it ever pays out), and my RX 470 4GB card seems like it's dual-mining Eth and DeCred for $1.50/day, and the RX 460 4GB, is just mining little piddling coins, for like $0.46 / day. Is there some reason that the 460 isn't mining Eth? And if I were to buy a couple more cards, either 550 2GB, 550 4GB,.or 560 2GB (the 560 4GB disappeared in a few days, they were likely the best for mining out of those few), which would you pick, and why? And would they be stuck mining for under a half of a dollar a day, using NiceHash?
Also, I've had to change my Power Limit using WattMan to -15%, to prevent shutdown crashes on both of my Ryzen 5 1600 rigs that are crunching. Weird that both rigs can do DC just fine at stock clocks, but to mine, I have to lower power usage. I guess mining is even more stressful than DC work?
Can Radeon RX 550, 460, 560, either the 2GB or 4GB models, mine Eth?
The reason I ask is, I've dipped my toes into mining, and seems like I'm making a profit using NiceHash (if it ever pays out), and my RX 470 4GB card seems like it's dual-mining Eth and DeCred for $1.50/day, and the RX 460 4GB, is just mining little piddling coins, for like $0.46 / day. Is there some reason that the 460 isn't mining Eth? And if I were to buy a couple more cards, either 550 2GB, 550 4GB,.or 560 2GB (the 560 4GB disappeared in a few days, they were likely the best for mining out of those few), which would you pick, and why? And would they be stuck mining for under a half of a dollar a day, using NiceHash?
Also, I've had to change my Power Limit using WattMan to -15%, to prevent shutdown crashes on both of my Ryzen 5 1600 rigs that are crunching. Weird that both rigs can do DC just fine at stock clocks, but to mine, I have to lower power usage. I guess mining is even more stressful than DC work?
RX 470 4GB card seems like it's dual-mining Eth and DeCred for $1.50/day, and the RX 460 4GB, is just mining little piddling coins, for like $0.46 / day. Is there some reason that the 460 isn't mining Eth?
damn Bitcoin cash is going to moon while ETH is around $300, i sold my bcc at 0.78 now it's 0.13..
damn Bitcoin cash is going to moon while ETH is around $300, i sold my bcc at 0.078 btc now it's 0.13 btc
Apparently BCH mined an 8MB block, which is tech borrowed from ETH, that's what triggered this rally I think. I like what I'm seeing from BCH, a lot.
Ethereum gains support from HP as an EEA member: no movement.
BCH mines an 8mb block: BCH more than doubles
Crypto investors are weird.
BCH is just a BTC fork with 8MB blocks support, and a few other tweaks but it has no relationship to Ethereum AFAIK.
I believe the recent BCH rally is due to expected BTC difficulty going up and mining farms switching over to BCH as profits will be greater mining that coin instead.
Things could get interesting over the next few weeks if more and more farms switch over. This will compound the BTC difficulty even greater, at least until a correction takes place.
Ethereum seems impervious to good news. However, the price going sideways for a while is something we're used to and it establishes a solid baseline. I'm actually OK with the current price even though it's undervalued.
No, the $700 or so 1080 Ti peaks at around 38 Mhash/s with lower power consumption and both are bad (in terms of $/hash) when compared to Polaris or the 1070.Worth it to buy a $700 RX VEGA 64 to mine Eth?