2Miners Crypto Mining Blog

Cryptocurrency mining explained in plain words: mining software and hardware reviews including ASIC and GPU. Expert opinion on cryptocurrency market and future crypto mining outlook.

December 2018 Work Progress Report: Monero and Zcoin Mining Pools, Equihash 144.5 Updates, New Nicehash Requirements

December was no doubt the hottest month of the year. We’ve implemented 2 new coins on new mining algorithms: Monero on CryptoNightV8 and ZCoin on MTP. Ethereum mining pool has found a lucky 181-ETH block. The pools have been updated to meet the latest Nicehash requirements.

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What Is a Hard Fork? Understanding Hard Forks in Cryptocurrency

Bitcoin Cash hard fork, one of the biggest events in the cryptocurrency world, happened on November 15, 2018. Up to the very end, there were a lot of inaccuracies in the media about the matter, because the cryptocurrency fork generation process is not very easy to understand. Let’s address this – today we will talk about the basics of cryptocurrency blockchain upgrades.

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Definitive Guide: How To Mine Monero? [Updated]

Often, newbies see cryptocurrencies as some sort of a superpower that lets them cross the boundaries established by governments. But in reality, it’s much more boring. For example, the Bitcoin blockchain is transparent, which means that its users can be easily tracked and located in real life. Unlike BTC, Monero is a magic wand that protects user privacy no matter what. Let’s get to know the coin better.

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Ethereum mining with GTX 1060 3GB cards: Stopped Mining ETH & ETC

GTX 1060 3GB simply stopped mining ETC and will soon be done with Ethereum. Let’s see what happened and what you can mine instead.

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How To Mine Firo?

Since the first publication of this article in December 2018, a lot has changed. FIRO got a rebranding and is now called FIRO. It is no longer mined on processors (CPU) and the algorithm has changed twice. It was previously Lyra2z then MTP.

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Mining in 2019: Is This the End?

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November 2018 Work Progress Report: Personal Luck for Solo Miners, Night Theme, Ethereum Node Optimization

The end of the year is a very busy time for 2Miners. We are working on 2 new mining algorithms: CryptoNightV8 for Monero and MTP for ZCoin. In November we’ve added Personal Luck value for all the Solo mining pools. The Night Mode is now available at 2Miners website to help miners view the statistics better. This month we’ve also reconfigured our Ethereum nodes which let us reduce the Uncle rate twice.

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Personal Luck on Solo Mining Pools

We’ve added an essential feature for all SOLO miners – Personal Luck value.

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Orphan, Stale & Uncle Blocks in Bitcoin and Ethereum

Sometimes the reward for the found block can be lower than usual or there may be no reward at all. Are you interested in finding out why that happens? Then keep on reading, but make sure to read this article first.

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October 2018 Work Progress Report: Email Notifications, Monitoring Bot Upgrade, Minimum Payout Increase, Mining Software Updates

Happy Halloween! While you are busy trick-or-treating we are revising all-new 2Miners things of October. Email notifications are finally working. Telegram monitoring bot @Pool2MinersBot has new features. BTG, ANON, ZEN, ZCL, BTCP, HUSH, MOAC minimum payouts were increased. ZCash was updated to Sapling protocol. Equihash 144.5 mining software was updated.

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