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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.

August 2018 Work Progress Report: 2Miners Geo Servers Are Online, New Coin MOAC, Bounty Campaign

In August we’ve done a lot of work establishing our servers all around the World. 2Miners pools are now available in Europe, USA, and Asia. We’ve started MOAC PPLNS and SOLO mining pools and we already got 20% of the network hashrate. Can you do 2Miners better? 2Miners Bounty program is open. Read more

How to mine MOAC? Mining profitability of the Moac Coin

The cryptocurrency industry is developing very fast, one of the reasons are forks – new coins that emerge due to modifications of already existing coins. With all these new cryptocurrencies it is easy to miss something worthy, like the MOAC project. Let’s get into it. Read more

How to mine Akroma? AKA Mining, Profitability, & Rig Setup

Akroma is a small project with very moderate success. You won’t find it on CoinMarketCap, and few exchanges trade it. With that being said, AKA supports mining and masternodes, which is not bad at all. Let’s get to know Akroma better. Read more

July 2018 Work Progress Report: ASIC attack, ETH Uncle Percent Reduction, Forking Summer is Continuing

In July ASIC miners for Equihash and Ethash algorithms have started to mine on 2Miners. Equihash 144.5 is now the only ASIC resistant algorithm. We’ve significantly increased the performance of our Ethash pools this month. New API and monitoring system is being developed. Read more

ASIC miners for Ethereum: Antminer E3 vs Innosilicon A10 ETH Master Comparison

As Bitmain started shipping the first batch of Antminer E3 this week, the first user reviews came with it. And they are quite favorable – the actual hashrate even exceeded the promised one by 25 MH/s amounting to 205 MH/s. Now E3 has a competitor available in three different models, and the competitor is the Innosilicon A10 ETHMaster. Which of the two is more profitable: Antminer E3 or Innosilicon A10? Is this the end of GPU Ethereum mining? Read more

How to Set Up and Run Claymore’s Miner

This article is intended for beginning miners. One way or another every miner ends up on the mining pool at some point. And then it turns out that the pools need to be configured and to do that, one should install special software. 2Miners makes it all easy: there is a Getting Started section for every coin, where you can find all the useful information you need. Let’s take a closer look. Read more

Innosilicon A9 ZMaster vs. Antminer Z9 Mini – Profitability Comparison and Setup Guide

Nowadays you can mine Equihash coins using not only GPU but also ASIC miners. The most popular models are Antminer Z9 by the Chinese manufacturer Bitmain and the newly designed Innosilicon A9 ZMaster. Read more

How to Mine ZenCash: Tutorial, Profitability, and Tricks

At the beginning of the last month, hackers attacked ZenCash and took control of the blockchain. The 51% attack occurred over a span of 110 blocks, allowing attackers to spend the equivalent of $550 thousand. Let’s talk about ZEN mining and learn some curious facts about this coin. Read more

June 2018 Work Progress Report: 7000 Miners Online, 5.7 ETH for 1 Block, Forks of the Equihash Coins

June was just a beginning of the forking summer. Bitmain and Innosilicon factories have produced the Equihash ASIC miners and forced the Equihash-based coin developers to think about the future of their project.

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