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2021 - What did you do today in the world of Crypto?
- Thread starter stompah
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- Oct 24, 2003
not strictly crypto, but it has its origins in crypto 
a while back I bought a PC with this mobo/cpu/cooler to get the 5700xt it had in it )) but it had a lame(tons of leds and crap) case and cheapo PSU, so I ordered a fractal 7, used my trusty seasonic 750plat and here we are ...
has to be my cleanest build ever ! but man that kraken x63 aint too great or the 3800x is just so damn hot?? ... anyone else with this cpu ? really, 80c under F@H with liquid cooling, wth ??.. I never had liquid before, but this seems high to me
a while back I bought a PC with this mobo/cpu/cooler to get the 5700xt it had in it )) but it had a lame(tons of leds and crap) case and cheapo PSU, so I ordered a fractal 7, used my trusty seasonic 750plat and here we are ... 
has to be my cleanest build ever ! but man that kraken x63 aint too great or the 3800x is just so damn hot?? ... anyone else with this cpu ? really, 80c under F@H with liquid cooling, wth ??.. I never had liquid before, but this seems high to me
Not something I'm getting into but here's a little Chia crypto news.
https://wccftech.com/sabrent-unveils-the-plotripper-ssds-specifically-designed-for-mining-chia/
https://wccftech.com/sabrent-unveils-the-plotripper-ssds-specifically-designed-for-mining-chia/
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Interesting, I wonder how they do that without severely impacting price? Well, we don't know the pricing yet, so maybe they can't, but it seems suggestive of better cost/endurance than consumer drives. Given flash will have a certain endurance and you can only really increase it much by either overprovisioning or using higher quality flash, either way you have to pay for it at some point.
I did wonder if doing something with SLC cache might help, but this seems less likely after some thinking. If we're assuming they're using TLC (3 bits per cell), then the maximum SLC capacity is 1/3 the rated capacity. So if you used the SSD for nothing else other than a single plot temporary space, you could fit one plot file (approx. 256 GB temporary files) on a 1TB drive in SLC mode. You couldn't do this with QLC. You can't plot more than one file at a time if pure SLC mode was being used. You can't store other stuff on the SSD to maintain that large SLC cache. Also this is assuming the flash working in SLC mode has much higher endurance than native TLC.
If the target application is purely Chia plotting, then I wonder if the firmware could benefit from optimisations. Simply, reduce write amplification, which is more difficult if you don't know the workload.
I did wonder if doing something with SLC cache might help, but this seems less likely after some thinking. If we're assuming they're using TLC (3 bits per cell), then the maximum SLC capacity is 1/3 the rated capacity. So if you used the SSD for nothing else other than a single plot temporary space, you could fit one plot file (approx. 256 GB temporary files) on a 1TB drive in SLC mode. You couldn't do this with QLC. You can't plot more than one file at a time if pure SLC mode was being used. You can't store other stuff on the SSD to maintain that large SLC cache. Also this is assuming the flash working in SLC mode has much higher endurance than native TLC.
If the target application is purely Chia plotting, then I wonder if the firmware could benefit from optimisations. Simply, reduce write amplification, which is more difficult if you don't know the workload.
OP
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- Apr 16, 2001
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I am debating if I should part ways with my 6700XT. It just isn't working out. I paid too much for it, I paid less for my 6800XT. At the current rate I am mining, it will take a few more months to ROI. That and I chose to install my 3070 in my HTPC because it runs cooler. Other than mining I have zero use for this card.
Before I do does anyone think that there is a crypto coin that will be mined best with an AMD card? Something to replace ETH mining.
Before I do does anyone think that there is a crypto coin that will be mined best with an AMD card? Something to replace ETH mining.
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ERG was treating me pretty well for a while (until my mining rig hiccuped a few weeks ago). I was pulling in ~5/week with 2xRX580. Difficulty was low then. No idea what it is now. I started mining it @ ~$3 and watched it jump all the way to $15. I haven't checked recently but it seemed to hover between $9-12. Good quick cash but no idea about future outlook. I literally chose the coin based on profitability for my own rig and did no other research (and actually came away with a win this time). Might be something to look into with an eye towards DYOR
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- Oct 24, 2003
so so, mostly the drop in miner fees by mr vitalik :/
i mentioned this earlier, its a combo of this https://www.coinwarz.com/mining/ethereum/difficulty-chart and more important this: https://etherscan.io/blocks
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- Oct 24, 2003
yep, difficulty dropped to early April levels https://www.coinwarz.com/mining/ethereum/difficulty-chart
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- Feb 26, 2003
Checked in on BTC - nope not at $20k range yet....waits patiently to buy more when it dips into the 20k range...
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hit 28 briefly, I missed that, saw 29 though but hesitated .. oh well, next time
OP
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- Apr 16, 2001
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- #338
Sold the 6700XT, was just never going to ROI on that card. I overpaid on a NewEgg Shuffle. (EDIT: Could I be the only guy who sold a current GEN card that wasn't purchased from a 3rd party scalper for a loss?)
Now I am debating if I should thin the farm a bit.
I always expected to make X, currently I am making half of X.
I could dump everything and reinvest in Shiba Inu... Cause we know that will go to the moon shortly. Otherwise, I will just end up spending the profits from the sale on stupid stuff. Where now I am spending mining profits on electricity bills and few other bills for the house. If I was getting what I was expecting I would leave the remainder (after bills) in my ETH wallet or do what I was doing previously and swapping with another coin.
Or I might just set my 5700XT & 6800XT up on a different wallet and use that profit to pay the electricity and then let the rest mine away and build up some ETH till PoS comes then switch to RVN and then forget I have a rig and be surprised in a few years...?
(EDIT: Could I be the only guy who sold a current GEN card that wasn't purchased from a 3rd party scalper for a loss?)Now I am debating if I should thin the farm a bit.
I always expected to make X, currently I am making half of X.
I could dump everything and reinvest in Shiba Inu... Cause we know that will go to the moon shortly. Otherwise, I will just end up spending the profits from the sale on stupid stuff. Where now I am spending mining profits on electricity bills and few other bills for the house. If I was getting what I was expecting I would leave the remainder (after bills) in my ETH wallet or do what I was doing previously and swapping with another coin.
Or I might just set my 5700XT & 6800XT up on a different wallet and use that profit to pay the electricity and then let the rest mine away and build up some ETH till PoS comes then switch to RVN and then forget I have a rig and be surprised in a few years...?
Yes, my profits are way down from a couple of months ago. ETH is down to $1800 this morning, which is close to where it was when I started. I think dropped momentarily into the 1500s, then ended up on that meteoric rise.
I'm just going to hold the phone for a while and see what happens.
I'm just going to hold the phone for a while and see what happens.
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- Oct 24, 2003
this is the game, I have warned before, the "fun" part is still ahead, but thats actually good if you think long-term
btw I have 480s and 1060s mining since '16-17 (with stops and such, esp in summer), and it was worse than now during that time btw, but they've paid themselves over for sure ... although I squandered the coins, but thats mea culpa with my margin trading (gambling) addiction))
moral is, don't despair and def don't margin trade if you mine (even with stops) over the next 4 years, in the next bull run you will cover up for sure, its the same ol story each cycle, just gotta take some profits when its hot and everyone has red eyes filled with stupidity )
btw I have 480s and 1060s mining since '16-17 (with stops and such, esp in summer), and it was worse than now during that time btw, but they've paid themselves over for sure ... although I squandered the coins, but thats mea culpa with my margin trading (gambling) addiction
)) moral is, don't despair and def don't margin trade
if you mine (even with stops) over the next 4 years, in the next bull run you will cover up for sure, its the same ol story each cycle, just gotta take some profits when its hot and everyone has red eyes filled with stupidity )
