How to Add Ethereum PoW (ETHW) Cryptocurrency Network to MetaMask Wallet
September 16, 2022
On September 15, Ethereum successfully switched to the PoS consensus algorithm. A few hours later, anonymous developers forked Eth blockchain and launched the Ethereum PoW coin. It operates like Ethereum was operating before, using the Proof-of-Work mechanism (mining). Since we’re dealing with the fork, ETH wallet holders could get access to ETHW through the alternative chain. Let’s try getting it through MetaMask wallet.
Before we start, here's a bit of context. There's no airdrop for new coins, and you don't have to request them either. The new blockchain is identical to that of the Ethereum network before switching to PoS.
The address and private keys format are also the same. So ETH holders should just launch their wallets, add a new network, and log in using the existing account.
Let’s see how to add a new network.
How to Add a Custom Network and User Token to MetaMask
We will show you how to add a new network to the popular wallet MetaMask. We need to add a user token, to be precise.
Open your wallet and enter the password to unlock it.
If you're still not familiar with MetaMask, go to the official Metamask website, download the extension, and create your wallet. In this case we're dealing with the fork, so we need to import the address using the seed phrase. Alternatively, you can connect a hardware wallet, which is actually safer.
The wallet interface is pretty standard, as you can see below.
Click on the multicolor circle in the upper right corner and go to Settings – the last menu item.
Go to Networks and click on the “Add a Network” button in the upper right corner.
At this stage we need to copy the settings tweeted by Ethereum PoW.
You can also copy them below. The following settings will allow you to add Ethereum PoW network in MetaMask:
Network name — ETHW-mainnet
New RPC URL — https://mainnet.ethereumpow.org
Chain ID — 10001
Currency symbol — ETHW
Block Explorer URL — https://mainnet.ethwscan.com
Add these settings to MetaMask and save the newly added network. Then the wallet will try to connect to this network.
Success! We added a new network to MetaMask, and its native token ETHW replaced ETH in the wallet field.
Ideally, you should be able to connect to Ethereum PoW at the first attempt. In case you have any problems with it, make sure to visit our 2Miners chat for help.
How to Add a New Network to MetaMask in One Click
ChainList allows you to add a user token to MetaMask in one click. Unfortunately, ETHW is currently not listed there. However, ChainList could help you to add other Networks.
To do so, you should find the desired network and add it by connecting the wallet. The platform will then add blockchain settings, after which you will be able to work with it.
Keep in mind that you can already mine ETHW in the 2Miners pool. All the details are available on the Help page.
The 2Miners pool co-founder, businessman, miner. In 2017 started mining cryptocurrencies and built many rigs on his own. As a result, he gained lots of practical knowledge and became interested in sharing it with others.
In his articles on 2Miners, he shares useful tips that he tried and tested himself. For example, Darek gives advice on how to buy hardware components for the basic mining rig and how to connect them to each other correctly. He also explained lots of complicated terms in simple words, such as shares, mining luck, block types, and cryptocurrency wallets. After the pool was launched, he published a series of articles ‘Crypto Mythbusters’ where he explained how to protect the network against 51% attack, talked about cryptocurrency mining difficulty and difficulties of launching your own node.
Get Paid in Bitcoin for Altcoin Mining. BTC Payouts for ETC, ERGO, RVN, KAS, NEXA, ZEC.
September 13, 2022
A year ago 2Miners mining pool released a unique feature of Bitcoin payouts for the Ethereum mining pool. Now we are spreading this option to the mining pools of other coins. In this post, we explain how the BTC payouts work and how could miners benefit from this feature.
The Benefits of Bitcoin Payments
Bitcoin is the first cryptocurrency in the World. It was the first crypto coin that existed and it is still crypto #1. Each cryptocurrency investor has a part of his/her wealth in BTC. Bitcoin is always considered one of the best ways to store owned crypto as well by the miners. Some of them prefer cash or stablecoins like USDT, but stablecoins depend on the issuer and in the long term could be much less reliable. We all remember the recent crash of UST.
If you mine ERGO and if you want to store and hodl ERGO there is no reason for you to use the BTC payout mechanism 🙂 However, in most cases, BTC payments are quite convenient and cost-effective. The BTC payouts were initially available for the ETH mining pool only. ETH switches to POS and it is not mined anymore since September 15th.
We already have the BTC payouts feature implemented for Ethereum Classic (ETC), ERGO (ERG), Ravencoin (RVN), Kaspa (KAS), Zcash (ZEC) and Nexa mining pools.
You could get the payout if you mine in the pool or in SOLO mode, our system works for both situations.
Bitcoin Payout Mechanism
The system algorithm is pretty straightforward. BTC payouts are processed once a day at approximately 12:00 UTC. It is all written on the Payouts tab of the coin you mine. Here is an example for ETC.
Let’s say you mine ETC and choose the BTC payouts. Every day at 12:00 UTC the pool checks if you have reached the payout threshold you set. If the response is positive and your unpaid balance exceeds your payout threshold then your coins are sent to a cryptocurrency exchange together with the coins of other miners.
Currently, we work with three different exchanges: Kraken, KuCoin, and Binance.
The coins are exchanged to BTC on the crypto exchange and then sent to the 2Miners Bitcoin Gateway. Then BTC is sent to each miner.
Bitcoin Payout Fees
Each BTC payout usually costs you some amount of BTC. We state in the pool that it is less than $0.2. To be honest, usually, it is less than $0.1, sometimes even around a couple of cents. This is not the fee taken by 2Miners, it is a fee taken by the Bitcoin network. But why it is so low then? It is because we unite all the BTC payouts together in one transaction. That reduces significantly the transaction costs for a single miner.
We do not charge the miners any fees for deposit/withdrawal to the exchange transactions. We do not charge any extra fees. All you pay is a small part of the Bitcoin network transaction fee.
Why should you pay this BTC fee if you could receive Ethereum Classic payouts in ETC, ERGO payouts in ERG, and Ravencoin payouts in RVN, Kaspa payouts in KAS without any fees?
Many miners want to accumulate Bitcoin. If you use our system you save a lot of fees on deposits and withdrawals from the crypto exchange. You save much time on a constant exchanging of coins too. In the end, you get the BTC on the wallet you like. It could be a cold/hot/hardware wallet, and yes, a crypto exchange wallet if you’d like to.
It is not recommended to store your cryptocurrency on a cryptocurrency exchange.
If you say that you don’t need BTC and you want to hold ETC or RVN or KAS, then obviously BTC payouts are not for you. You could get the standard payouts in the coin you mine without any fees. These payouts are processed in 2Miners every two hours.
Get Paid in Bitcoin for Ethereum Classic (ETC) Mining
Ethereum Classic was the second most popular GPU-mined coin. Without Ethereum, it becomes the biggest network in terms of the mining hashrate involved. In order to start receiving the payouts in BTC, you don’t need to apply any complicated settings. Basically, the only thing you need is a BTC wallet address. The payout system is robust and time-tested. We’ve launched the BTC payouts for the ETC pool in April 2022. All the details could be found in the post Getting Paid in Bitcoin for Ethereum Classic (ETC) Mining: Step-by-Step Guide.
To start mining ETC and get paid in BTC just substitute the ETC wallet address with the BTC one. Our pool automatically detects the wallet address you use and then processes the payments in the corresponding blockchain. ETC pool details could be always found on the Help page.
Consider the following example of the ETC mining with Gminer software.
If you use Gminer for ETC mining and you want to get the payouts in ETC you could use this sample bat file. miner.exe --algo etchash --server etc.2miners.com:1010 --user 0x22A9a06615492BdA25bD518F1973cd23B548DB13.RIG_ID
If you want to mine ETC with Gminer and if you want to get the payouts in BTC all you need to do is to substitute your ETC wallet address 0x22A9a06615492BdA25bD518F1973cd23B548DB13 with your BTC wallet address bc1qnkyhslv83yyp0q0suxw0uj3lg9drgqq9c0auzc. The bat file will look like this. miner.exe --algo etchash --server etc.2miners.com:1010 --user bc1qnkyhslv83yyp0q0suxw0uj3lg9drgqq9c0auzc.RIG_ID
That’s it. There is no rocket science at all. Just use your BTC wallet address and start mining. The same settings could be applied to any other miner: T-Rex, lolMiner, NBMiner, TeamRedMiner etc. etc.
An important thing is that you could use any type of Bitcoin wallet address you like. We support these types of addresses.
It’s extremely easy to apply the settings for RaveOS. If you want to mine ETC and get paid in BTC copy your BTC wallet address and paste it into the Wallet field. Please find below the screenshot with the example of the settings.
HiveOS Settings for ETC Mining and BTC Payouts
HiveOS is another popular mining OS distro. If you want to mine Ethereum Classic in HiveOS and get paid in Bitcoin paste your BTC address to the Address field. You could find the example below.
With no Ethereum mining available, a lot of ASIC miners switch to Ethereum Classic mining. Depending on your ASIC manufacturer your settings page could be different but it always has such important fields as pool URL (host:port) and your wallet address which could be also called your worker name. To get BTC payouts you need to use your BTC wallet address on the ASIC settings page. Here is an example.
URL: stratum+tcp://etc.2miners.com:1010 Worker: bc1qnkyhslv83yyp0q0suxw0uj3lg9drgqq9c0auzc Password: x
Get Paid in Bitcoin for ERGO (ERG) Mining
BTC payouts for ERGO were released in September 2022. ERGO is not presented on Kraken or Binance so we were forced to implement a new cryptocurrency exchange KuCoin to our system. ERGO BTC payouts like all other BTC payouts are processed once a day at 12:00 UTC. Please remember that the exchange process could take some hours to be completed.
The settings are always easy. Use your Bitcoin address instead of your ERGO address to get the payouts in BTC. Here is an example of T-rex mining software. Remember to change the BTC wallet address to your personal BTC address and specify the RIG_ID if required.
t-rex.exe -a autolykos2 -o stratum+tcp://erg.2miners.com:8888 -u bc1qnkyhslv83yyp0q0suxw0uj3lg9drgqq9c0auzc -w RIG_ID -p x
The settings for other mining software could be always found on the ERGO mining pool Help page.
This screenshot from RaveOS shows how could you set the ERGO payouts to your BTC wallet address.
HiveOS Settings for ERGO Mining and BTC Payouts
HiveOS settings for ERGO do not differ much from ETC ones. Create a new Wallet for ERGO mining and specify the BTC address in the Wallet field. Here is an example.
Get Paid in Bitcoin for Ravencoin (RVN) Mining
The last but not least, the Ravencoin mining pool received the BTC payout feature. With Ethereum going to POS Ravencoin received a lot of investors’ attention. RVN price surged almost 150%.
The Help page of the Ravencoin mining pool has all the settings required to start RVN mining with BTC payouts. Here is an example of one of the best software for AMD graphics cards TeamRedMiner.
teamredminer.exe -a kawpow -o stratum+tcp://rvn.2miners.com:6060 -u YOUR_WALLET_ADDRESS.RIG_ID -p x
RaveOS Settings for RVN Mining and BTC Payouts
You could receive BTC payouts for RVN mining either if you use RaveOS or any other operating system. Specify your Bitcoin wallet address in the Wallet field and choose the closest 2Miners Ravencoin server. If in doubt use the EU location. This is an example.
HiveOS Settings for RVN Mining and BTC Payouts
Create a new Wallet in HiveOS settings. Choose RVN coin and enter your Bitcoin address in the Address field. You are all set!
Get Paid in Bitcoin for Zcash (ZEC) Mining
Zcash (ZEC) is known for giving users more privacy in their transactions. Nowadays, if you want to mine ZEC efficiently, you should use ASIC devices. GPU mining doesn’t earn much profit for ZEC anymore.
On 2Miners, you can mine ZEC and get paid in Bitcoin. Just use your Bitcoin wallet address when setting up your mining software. This lets you earn Bitcoin without mining it directly. It doesn’t matter if your Bitcoin wallet is your own or from a crypto exchange; 2Miners can send your ZEC mining rewards there.
Please find below the basic setup for a ZEC ASIC mining device. Remember to substitute the wallet address with your own. URL: stratum+tcp://zec.2miners.com:1010 Worker: bc1qnkyhslv83yyp0q0suxw0uj3lg9drgqq9c0auzc Password: x
Zcash mining settings could be always found on the ZEC mining pool Help page.
Get Paid in Bitcoin for Kaspa (KAS) Mining
Kaspa (KAS) is renowned for its unique DAG (Directed Acyclic Graph) structure, which offers speedy transactions. If you’re mining KAS on 2Miners, there’s an added advantage: you can opt to get your rewards in Bitcoin. Set up your mining software using your Bitcoin wallet address, and you’ll receive Bitcoin as your payout. This way, you benefit from KAS mining while earning in Bitcoin.
Please find below the basic setup for a Ice River KS0 mining device. URL: stratum+tcp://kas.2miners.com:2121 Worker: bc1qnkyhslv83yyp0q0suxw0uj3lg9drgqq9c0auzc Password: x
Remember that another difficulty port is required if you have a more powerful ASIC such as KS1, KS2, KS3 or KS3L.
Kaspa mining settings could be always found on the KAS mining pool Help page.
Get Paid in Bitcoin for Nexa Mining
Nexa (NEXA) has garnered attention among miners for its profitability and growth. As you delve into NEXA mining on 2Miners, remember you have the choice to receive your mining rewards in Bitcoin. Simply use your Bitcoin wallet address when configuring your mining software, and your rewards will be in BTC. Mine NEXA, earn in Bitcoin – it’s that easy on 2Miners.
lolMiner example lolMiner.exe --algo NEXA --pool nexa.2miners.com:5050 --user bc1qnkyhslv83yyp0q0suxw0uj3lg9drgqq9c0auzc
Nexa mining settings could be always found on the Nexa mining pool Help page.
SOLO mining is much riskier compared to pool mining. It usually requires huge hashing power or a lot of luck. You could always estimate your chances to go SOLO with our mining profitability calculator 2CryptoCalc. Enter your hardware or hashrates and choose the coin you’d like to mine SOLO. Here is an example for Ravencoin calculation with 4 500 MH/s hashrate on KAWPOW algorithm.
Well. Risky, but still possible. Usually, we do not recommend SOLO mining if you get less than 2-3 blocks/day. If you got 0 blocks daily it becomes a lottery and your rewards would fluctuate a lot day by day.
If you decide to mine SOLO you could get the BTC payouts for ETC, RVN, ERGO, ZEC, KAS and Nexa mining. Enter your BTC wallet address in your settings and you are ready to go. The settings could be always found on the Help pages of each pool.
Miner since 2017, the 2Miners pool co-founder. Became interested in cryptocurrencies at the dawn of the latest bull run and bought his first graphics cards. After having built and set up a few mining rigs, he realized that existing mining pools didn’t satisfy him – that’s how the idea of creating the 2Miners pool was born.
John published a series of articles about the basics of cryptocurrency mining. He gave valuable tips on how to buy ASICs and GPUs from abroad and then shared their mining performance. On the website, you can find early articles about cryptocurrency mining, blockchain in general and mining pool operation principles. The readers gave positive feedback on John’s practical guides, such as building an Ethereum mining rig and Nvidia 1080ti overclocking.
Confessions of a Miner 2: Is This The End of GPU Mining?
September 12, 2022
In 2020 we posted one of the most read articles on our website. It is called Confessions of a Miner: How Much I Made in a Few Years of Mining. In the past two years over a thousand people were reading it daily. The author, an anonymous member of the 2Miners chat, has reached out to us asking to post his new article. It’s about the upcoming end of Ethereum mining and the future of cryptocurrency miners.
Mining Is More Popular Than Ever. Cryptocurrencies Conquer the World
I started mining in 2017. I stopped mining in 2020 when exchange rates fell. If you read my first article, you’d know that I was going to use GPUs that I wasn’t able to sell to build a few rigs and heat my country house with them. Those GPUs were completely worn out: 4GB and 8GB RX 580, a few 1050 Ti, and a couple of 1070 Ti cards. I’ve built two rigs that are still heating my small country house in winter. They do the job, but their aspect is extremely embarrassing (see below).
Had I been more inventive, they could have looked like this.
I kept following the 2Miners chat because it is the best channel for mining in Telegram. Crypto prices were going up and down. With each period of growth came a new wave of miners. Sadly, I noticed that many beginning miners are unwilling to dive deep into the subject anymore. People used to hang out on pages like this one to monitor the network, and now they barely understand what a bat file is. Luckily the community still has active expert miners. 2Miners contributors always say that one of the biggest advantages of cryptocurrencies is their transparency. I will try to write in simple terms so that it all makes sense to as many readers as possible.
Let’s open Ethereum’s network hashrate chart and click on ‘All-time’. The chart shows a hashrate – all the equipment involved in Ether mining in the present or past. I started mining in 2017 when the hash rate was a little over 30 Th/s. In 2020, when I sold almost all of my equipment, the hash rate reached 150 Th/s, which was 5x higher. At the beginning of summer 2022, the hash rate exceeded 1 Ph/s, which was 30x higher than in 2017. Back in 2017, only geeks were interested in mining. Today there are 30x more miners. Everybody is mining: housewives, car wash owners, you name it.
I sold my equipment in 2020. I struggled to sell Antminer S9 and L3+ ASICs even for $100–$200. Now imagine my frustration when the exchange rate went up in 2021, and people were selling those ASICs for $1,500 and more!
Ethereum (ETH) Shifts to PoS
You’ve probably heard that Ethereum is shifting to Proof-of-Stake. In simple terms, it will put an end to Ethereum mining.
There are many other coins to mine of course, but it’s the end of an era. Ether mining is supposed to stop on September 14. You can follow the countdown on this page. Look at the countdown called Mainnet. When the timer stops, it will be the end.
This article already explains all you need to know about this, but it’s a long read and not everyone will make it to the end. Here, I would like to share my thoughts on what’s coming and what to do after the Merge. But first, let’s make sure we understand what’s happening right now.
GPU Mining Profitability
Ethereum Mining Profitability
Today Ethereum miners earn more than Bitcoin miners. Can you imagine? 95% of GPUs mine Ethereum, which means that most GPU miners are Ethereum miners.
Some ASICs also mine Ethereum, but their amount is insignificant.
Block find time in the ETH network is 14 seconds. So every day 6,200 new blocks are found in the network. Miners get at least 2 ETH for each block. If we add an additional reward (e.g., for transactions), we’ll get 2.1 ETH. You can verify these values on the Ether page on 2CryptoCalc or through any other source.
Let’s multiply 6,200 by 2.1 and by Ether’s exchange rate of $1,750. We get 6,200 x 2.1 x $1,750 = $22,785,000.
Ether miners get $22,785,000 daily. Without making the same calculations for Bitcoin, let me just say that the resulting number is much lower.
Ethereum Classic, Ravencoin & Ergo Mining Profitability
Let’s see how much GPU miners make on other coins and algorithms. Let’s go to 2CryptoCalc, click on the desired coins and take note of their block reward and block to find the time. Coinmarketcap will help with exchange rates. Now we just have to multiply these values. Ignore ZEC, ZEN, CKB, GRIN, and MWC, because they are mined on ASICs, as well as Monero because it’s mined on CPU.
I stopped here because other coins bring even less.
Overall GPU Mining Profitability
Let’s add up all the values. Ethereum + other coins = $24,010,000 per day, out of which Ethereum accounts for 94% and all other coins – for 6% (see the diagram below).
Imagine GPU mining profit as a big pie. The size of the pie mostly depends on the value of cryptocurrencies. It also depends on the block find time and block reward. The block finds time stays the same most of the time, while the block reward of a certain cryptocurrency decreases once in a few years, which is called ‘halving’. Imagine what will happen to the pie when Ethereum mining stops and miners are left without the huge blue part.
Mining Profitability after Ethereum Shifts to PoS
On September 14, Vitalik Buterin is going to take away 94% of the pie. GPU miners will be left with only $1,225,000 a day, instead of more than $24,000,000.
What to Mine after Ethereum ETH Merge?
It’s easy to guess that most miners will switch to ETC, ERGO, and RVN. In total, they bring over $1,000,000 daily: Ethereum Classic — $750,000, Ergo — $200,000, Ravencoin — $135,000.
If your goal is to hold Bitcoin, you can get paid in BTC for mining certain coins on 2Miners. It’s a very useful feature that saves a lot of time and money. Now you can get paid in BTC for mining ETH, ETC, ERGO, RVN.
It’s impossible to predict which coin will be the most profitable after the Merge. As soon as Ethereum shifts to PoS, you will have to choose one of the coins and mine it for a few days until the situation clears up. Then you can go to 2CryptoCalc.com, indicate your equipment, and decide which coin you should mine and whether mining still makes sense for you at all.
For the first few days, it may be better to mine one of the less known coins, like Neoxa, Aeternity, or Cortex. Industrial miners will consider such coins last. So you can go to 2Miners.com and think of which coin would cause you the least trouble.
Myth 1. Other coins are as profitable as Ethereum, so I can mine other coins
Sadly, it doesn’t work this way. When you are looking at the mining profitability of your GPU, you might think that RVN profitability is the same, and that of AE is even higher. With that in mind, you might decide to mine RVN when ETH is out. You can mine RVN of course, but its profitability won’t be the same.
Now RVN’s overall mining profitability is $135,000 per day, spread among a small group of miners. When Ether mining stops, millions of GPUs that are used to mine ETH will become vacant. What would happen then? Those GPUs will start mining other coins, including Ravencoin. RVN’s overall profitability will stay the same, but it will be spread among a much bigger group of miners. As a result, the RVN mining profitability of a single miner will decrease drastically.
Myth 2. Mining calculators lie
Mining calculators don’t lie, but they can’t predict the future. A calculator is a tool supposed to be used here and now. It can’t tell what will happen tomorrow, in an hour, or what profit to expect from Ergo when Ethereum shifts to PoS. Use calculators to estimate what to mine right now rather than after the Merge, which is useless.
Myth 3. Other coins will gain in value. Mining profitability of other coins will grow
I’ve seen so many people in the chat write something like: “When Ether shifts to PoS, everybody will start mining Neoxa (or another coin), and its price will go up.” The problem is, its price won’t go up. Be it 100 users or 10,000 users mining Neoxa, its overall profitability won’t change. Now there are 100 people selling Neoxa every day, whereas after the Merge there will be 10,000 sellers. Why would its price grow? The price grows only if the demand grows, whereas miners are sellers, so they’re increasing the supply, not the demand.
There are a few scenarios that miners could benefit from. Investors might believe in this coin and start buying it on a large scale. Or Neoxa might win a contract with Epic Games and become world-famous. Although it’s possible, it has nothing to do with what’s happening with Ether today.
Myth 4. Mining profitability will be 20x lower
Today 94% of miners mine ETH, and 6% mine other coins. Many people think that all ETH miners will switch to other coins, and so the profitability will be 15–20x lower. It’s impossible. Many, if not most, Ethereum miners will disconnect their equipment forever. I think that GPU mining profitability will be 8–10x lower, but definitely not 20x lower.
Mining is the process of getting rewards for using the computing powers of your equipment.
When mining makes you lose the money you stop mining. Apart from profits, you should think about expenses – miners have to pay for electricity.
When you make more money from mining than you’re spending on electricity, that’s great.
What will happen when profitability drops so much that you make just enough to cover electricity costs? And what if it drops even more and you don’t even make enough money to cover the expenses? You stop mining.
Everything will depend on how much you pay for electricity. Those miners that pay a lot won’t have any choice but to stop mining. Let’s remember that nowadays electricity is expensive in many countries. It’s not going to be the first time that miners are disconnected from the network. But it’s definitely going to be on a much larger scale than ever before.
Look at Ethereum in 2021. Computing powers engaged in mining fell by almost 50%.
Now let’s take a look at Bitcoin. In 2018 and 2021, the hash rate fell by a third.
Can we predict the profitability after the Merge in September? Unlikely.
The Future of GPU Mining
I am not a fortune teller, but this September is definitely going to be remembered by GPU miners all over the world.
People with very low electricity rates will continue mining. Many miners across the world will disconnect. 2Miners will become the biggest GPU mining pool. It supports all the coins that you could think of. There are 20 coins available (19 without Ethereum).
Is there a chance that the situation will get better? Definitely. The cryptocurrency market today is 3x lower compared to its all-time high. If mining profitability first falls tenfold and then increases threefold, it means that overall it would fall just threefold. Not bad. And what if Bitcoin reaches $100,000 in value thus leading to the growth of all other cryptocurrencies? You might be skeptical because Bitcoin is having a hard time withholding even a $20,000 value. But who knows, it used to be valued at $1, then $100, and then $1,000. And every time people were saying that it was the limit, and it couldn’t grow even more.
Go ahead and read my first article – I’m sure some of you could relate to the wins and failures of my past. I’d like to thank the editors for publishing my second article. Even if I stop mining, I will remain an active part of the fantastic community that you’ve built for many years to come.
The 2Miners pool co-founder, businessman, miner. In 2017 started mining cryptocurrencies and built many rigs on his own. As a result, he gained lots of practical knowledge and became interested in sharing it with others.
In his articles on 2Miners, he shares useful tips that he tried and tested himself. For example, Darek gives advice on how to buy hardware components for the basic mining rig and how to connect them to each other correctly. He also explained lots of complicated terms in simple words, such as shares, mining luck, block types, and cryptocurrency wallets. After the pool was launched, he published a series of articles ‘Crypto Mythbusters’ where he explained how to protect the network against 51% attack, talked about cryptocurrency mining difficulty and difficulties of launching your own node.
پایان ماینینگ اتریوم: چه تاریخی؟ انتخاب بعدی ریگ ها چیست؟ تشریح انتقال به اثبات سهام
September 5, 2022
انتظار میرود که اجماع اتریوم در اواسط سپتامبر از الگوریتم اثبات کار به اثبات سهام تغییر یابد. این رویداد با نام مرج نیز شناخته میشود. هنگامی که این اتفاق میافتد، پایان ماینینگ اتریوم اعلام میشود و شما دیگر نمیتوانید ارز اتر را با دستگاههای اسیک یا کارت گرافیک استخراج کنید. بیایید نگاهی دقیق به مرج و نحوه عملکرد استخر 2Miners Ethereum در ماه سپتامبر داشته باشیم.
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توسعه دهندگان اتریوم شرایط تغییر اجماع از اثبات کار به اثبات سهام را تشریح کردهاند. آنها با پارامتری که به عنوان TTD یا سختی کلی ترمینال شبکه اتریوم شناخته میشود، کار میکنند. محاسبه سختی کلی ترمینال کار بسیار پیچیدهای است. به عبارت ساده، این پارامتر، یک شمارنده معکوس (یک متغییر در برنامه نویسی) هست که با هر بلوک جدیدی که در شبکه اتریوم یافت میشود، رشد میکند
وبسایت Wen Merge? یک وبسایت جالب دارای شمارش معکوس برای مرج است. شما میتوانید میزان سختی کلی ترمینال را در این وبسایت بررسی کنید
میزان سختی کلی ترمینال در زمان نگارش متن اصلی مقاله یعنی سیام آگوست به میزان 57,569,366,816,331,680,186,368 بوده است و زمانی که این پارامتر به عدد 58,750,000,000,000,000,000,000 در حوالی تاریخ چهاردهم سپتامبر برسد، مرج اتفاق خواهد افتاد.
آیا این تاریخ دقیق است؟
بله، این تاریخ کاملاً دقیق است. در صورت تغییر شدید هش ریت اتریوم، برخی تغییرات جزئی قابل مشاهده است. ما فکر نمیکنیم این اتفاق در دو هفته پیش رو رخ بدهد.
آیا عواملی وجود دارد که ممکن است تاریخ انتقال به اثبات سهام را تغییر بدهند؟
بله، اگرچه این یک اتفاق بسیار بعید است، اما توسعه دهندگان اتریوم میتوانند مرج را به میزان بالاتری از سختی کلی ترمینال موکول بکنند و آن را به تعویق بی اندازند
مرج چگونه اتفاق میافتد؟
ما شایعات زیادی شنیدهایم مبنی بر اینکه استخراج اتر ((ETH پس از مرج همچنان امکانپذیر خواهد بود و فقط سختی استخراج آن به خاطر بمب سختی و غیره افزایش مییابد. اما اینطور نیست. هنگامی که مرج اتفاق میافتد، شبکه اتریوم دیگر بلوکهای استخراج شده توسط POW را قبول نمیکند. بنابراین فرآیند ماینینگ به کل منسوخ می شود
استخراج اتریوم (ETH) در اواسط ماه سپتامبر (تقریباً در 14 سپتامبر) متوقف میشود و دیگر استخراج ETH امکان پذیر نخواهد بود
عملکرد استخر اتریوم 2Miners چگونه خواهد بود؟
در آن لحظه خاص که سختی کلی ترمینال اتریوم به مقدار از پیش تعیین شده 58,750,000,000,000,000,000,000 میرسد، این استخر دیگر نمیتواند بلوک ETH جدیدی پیدا کرده و پاداش دریافت کند. از طرفی تاریخ و زمان رویداد مرج دقیق نیست، بنابراین تا زمانی که مرج اجرا بشود این استخر به فعالیت خود ادامه خواهد داد
ما از داشتن چنین استخر و جامعه فوقالعادهای سپاسگزاریم. هم اکنون بیش از یکصد هزار ماینر در حال استخراج اتریوم در 2Miners هستند. میخواهیم یک تشکر بزرگ از شما بکنیم! به همه ماینرها؛ بدون تعارف، ما همیشه از ماینرهای خود دفاع میکنیم، و در این لحظه غم انگیز تا آخرین بلوک استخراج شده خواهیم جنگید
هنگامی که مرج اتفاق میافتد، استخر
2Miners همچنان سهمهای استخراج را برای مدت کوتاهی میپذیرد. بدیهی است که هیچ پاداشی پس از رویداد مرج قابل دریافت نباشد. ما دوست داریم شما را بهطور خودکار به استخر استخراج اتریوم کلاسیک منتقل کنیم. با این حال، این امر غیرممکن است زیرا اتریوم کلاسیک از نسخه اصلاح شده الگوریتم استخراج Ethash به نام Etchash استفاده میکند. برای انجام این کار باید تنظیمات نرمافزار خود را تغییر دهید
پرداختهای استخر 2Miners
پرداختها تا زمان اجرای آپدیت مرج به روش استاندارد پردازش میشوند
پرداختها به آدرسهای اتر هر 2 ساعت یکبار پردازش میشود (در صورت عدم وجود صف طولانی، معمولاً بسیار سریعتر خواهند بود). پرداختها به آدرسهای بیت کوین و اتریوم نیز یک بار در روز در ساعت 12:00 UTC و 16:30 به افق تهران پردازش میشود
پس از بروزرسانی مرج، آخرین پرداخت را به تمام کاربران استخر اتریوم پردازش خواهیم کرد. این امر میبایست چند ساعت بعد از مرج اتفاق بیفتد. ممکن است به دلیل مشکلات احتمالی شبکه کمی تأخیر هم داشته باشد. از آنجا که پردازش اتر قبلاً با اجماع اثبات سهام اتفاق نیفتاده بود، هر اتفاقی ممکن است بیفتد. بسیاری از صرافیهای ارزهای دیجیتال ممکن است واریز و برداشت اتر را برای زمان مرج تعلیق کنند. ما از صرافی های کراکن و بایننس برای پردازش پرداخت با ارزهای بیت کوین یا نانو استفاده میکنیم. لطفاً توجه داشته باشید که آخرین پرداخت با ارزهای بیت کوین یا نانو ممکن است تا زمانی که هر کدام از این دو صرافی فعالیت خود را با اتریوم از سر بگیرد، به تعویق بیفت
شما نیازی به درخواست پرداخت نهایی یا تقاضای دستی ندارید. اگر آستانه پرداختتان خیلی بالا بود، نیازی به تغییر آن ندارید. ما تمام ماندهحسابهای پرداخت نشده را که بیشتر از آستانه حداقلی پرداخت استخر اتریوم هستند، پرداخت میکنیم. حداقل آستانه برداشت برای آدرس های مختلف که به کیف پول شما واریز گردد به شرح زیر است
بدیهی است که وقتی استخراج اتر به پایان میرسد، قدرت هش عظیمی آزاد میشود. لذا محاسبات سودآوری توکن ممکن است برای مدت کوتاهی نادرست باشد. استخر 2Miners با ارائه تمام استخرهای استخراج آلتکوین در یک جا، بهترین تجربه ممکن را برای شما فراهم میکند. فقط وبسایت 2Miners.com را باز کنید، توکنی را انتخاب کنید که بیشترین سود را برای سخت افزار شما دارد، و سپس شروع به استخراج کنید
برخی از توکنها دارای هش ریت عظیم و برخی دیگر بسیار کوچک هستند. هیچ توکنی از نظر قدرت هش با اتریوم قابل مقایسه نیست، اما اتریوم کلاسیک (ETC)، ریون کوین (RVN) و ارگو (ERGO) نزدیکترین موارد به اتریوم هستند. انتخاب یکی از آنها ایمن ترین استراتژی پس از مرج است، حداقل برای روزهای اول
تغییر به استخراج اتریوم کلاسیک
هاست استخر را در نرمافزار ماینینگ خود از eth.2miners.com:2020 به etc.2miners.com:1010 تغییر دهید
الگوریتم استخراج از ethash را به etchash تغییر دهید
اتریوم و اتریوم کلاسیک هر دو فرمت کیف پول یکسانی دارند. گاهی اوقات میتوانید آدرس کیف پول اتر خود را نگه کنید. تنها چیزی که نیاز دارید این است که به سادگی شبکه را از ETH به ETC در کیف پول خود تغییر دهید. گاهی اوقات این فرآیند سختتر میشود، مخصوصاً اگر کیف پول درون یک صرافی رمزارز را برای پرداخت دستمزد انتخاب بکنید. ما از پرداختهای بیت کوین برای استخر اتریوم کلاسیک نیز پشتیبانی میکنیم
اگر از دستگاه اسیک استفاده میکنید، ممکن است به سیستم عامل جدیدی نیاز باشد. در اینجا یک مطلب دقیق در مورد تجهیزات تولیدی شرکت اینوسیلیکون ارائه شده است
URL: stratum+tcp://etc.2miners.com:1010 Worker: YOUR_ADDRESS.ASIC_ID Password: x
استخر Nicehash از این رمزارز برای استخراج پشتیبانی می کند
Custom pool name: 2Miners ERG Algorithm: Autolykos Stratum hostname or IP: erg.2miners.com Port: 8888 Username: YOUR_WALLET_ADDRESS Password: x
استخراج EthereumPoW
اخیراً یک پروژه جدید به نام EthereumPoW با نام اختصارETHW به وجود آمده است. تیم توسعهدهنده آن میخواهد بدون تغییر به اثبات سهام، زنجیره اصلی اتریوم را حفظ کند. ما فکر میکنیم که امکان اینکه بتوانیم ماینرها را به راحتی از استخراج ETH به استخراج ETHW سوق بدیم وجود ندارد. شبکه ETHW مدتی پس از خود رویداد مرج شروع به کار خواهد کرد
در حال حاضر، ما در حال بحث در مورد امکان افزودن ETHW به استخر 2Miners هستیم و با توسعه دهندگان پروژه در تماس هستیم. همچنین با شروع استخراج ETHW ما شاخص محاسباتی EthereumPoW را به ماشین حساب 2Cryptocalc اضافه میکنیم
در سال 2023 چه ارزی را با کارت گرافیک استخراج کنیم؟
تغییر اتریوم به اثبات سهام بدون شک یکی از مهم ترین رویدادها در تاریخ استخراج ارزهای دیجیتال در تمام تاریخ است. توسعه دهندگان اتر از ابتدا این را برنامهریزی کرده بودند، اما اکثر افراد انتظار نداشتند این اتفاق در سال 2022 رخ بدهد. اتریوم همیشه مهم ترین محرک صنعت استخراج کارت گرافیک بود. سال بعد فرآیند استخراج با کارت گرافیک به آسانی دوران های قبل نخواهد بود. در سال 2023 توکنهایی که استخراج کنید باید توجیه اقتصادی داشته باشند. دیگر آن دوران که میتوانستید استخراج اتر را روی ریگ خود تنظیم کنید و آن را برای چند سال فراموش کنید، گذشته است. از این پس همیشه باید سودآوری استخراج را با در نظر گرفتن هزینه های عملیاتی خود، به ویژه مصرف انرژی، محاسبه کنید
در سال 2023 چه ارزی را با کارت های انویدیا استخراج کنیم؟
پردازندههای گرافیکی انویدیا همیشه بهترین قدرت عمل را از نظر استخراج ارائه میکنند. انویدیا میتواند تمام الگوریتمهای کارت های گرافیک موجود را به خوبی استخراج کند. میتوانیم به شما اطمینان دهیم که این مزیت این برند در مقایسه با AMD است
بسیاری از کارتهای قدیمی سطح پایین مانند Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050Ti وجود دارند که هنوز هم میتوانند با سودآوری تا 0.3 دلار در روز استخراج کنند
کارت گرافیک دارای مموری 4 گیگابایت تقریباً برای تمام توکنها از جمله ریون کوین کافی است. دگ فایل ریون کوین در حال حاضر 3.523 گیگابایت است. این بدان معناست که شما همچنان میتوانید RVN را با یک کارت 4 گیگابایتی استخراج کنید، اما فقط در صورتی که با سیستم عامل لینوکس کار کنید. استخراج ریون کوین با GTX 1050Ti در ویندوز کاملاً غیرممکن است.
البته، شما نمیتوانید چنین الگوریتمهایی مانند CuckooCortex را با یک کارت 4 گیگابایتی استخراج کنید. این الگوریتم توسط رمزارز کورتکس با نام اختصاری CTXC استفاده میشود و حداقل به کارت گرافیک 8 گیگابایتی نیاز دارد.
فرض کنید یک کارت انویدیا پیشرفته مانند Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070Ti دارید. چه کار باید بکنید؟
به ماشین حساب آنلاین ما به آدرس 2cryptocalc.com بروید و روی مدل کارت گرافیک خود کلیک کنید. بلافاصله جدول سودآوری ماینینگ را خواهید دید
بدون اتر هنوز هم توکنهایی وجود دارند که بیش از 1 دلار سود در روز برای شما به ارمغان می آورند. این جدول سودآوری زمانی تغییر میکند که اتریوم به اجماع اثبات سهام تبدیل شود و سودآوری روین کوین، اتریوم کلاسیک و سایر توکنها کاهش یابد. با این حال، اگر صاحب خوش شانس یک کارت گرافیک 3070Ti هستید، میتوانید توکنهای پرتقاضا مانند کورتکس را استخراج کنید. این رمزارز میتواند یک پناهگاه امن برای شما باشد.
در سال 2023 چه ارزی را با کارت های AMD استخراج کنیم؟
کارت های AMD اغلب ارزانتر از کارت های Nvidia هستند. همچنین معمولاً برق بیشتری مصرف میکنند و از الگوریتمهای استخراج کمتری پشتیبانی میکنند. هنگامی که اتریوم به اثبات سهام تغییر میکند، این عوامل میتوانند بسیار مهم باشند. به لطف نرم افزار مشهور lolMiner و دیگر توسعه دهندگان نرمافزار استخراج، کارت های AMD میتوانند توکنهای بیشتری استخراج کنند.
چنین کارت های دارای عمر پنج سالهای مانند AMD Radeon RX480 یا AMD Radeon RX580 حتی بدون اتریوم هم میتوانند با سود 0.5 دلار در روز استخراج کنند.
اگر حتی کارت گرافیک های 4 گیگابایتی دارید، همچنان میتوانید به استخراج در سال 2023 ادامه دهید. رمزارزهایی مثل ارگو، روین کوین، اتریوم کلاسیک و غیره. به نظر میرسد همه این توکنها برای سختافزار شما بسیار امیدوارکننده هستند.
“استخراج ریون کوین روی کارتهای گرافیکی 4 گیگابایتی تا اواسط سال 2023 امکانپذیر خواهد بود.
پس کارت های پیشرفته AMD چطور؟ اگر AMD Radeon RX 6800XT داشته باشید چه ارزی را می بایست استخراج کنید؟
روش آن مشابه Nvidia است. به ماشین حساب آنلاین ما به آدرس 2cryptocalc.com بروید و روی مدل کارت گرافیک خود کلیک کنید. بلافاصله جدول سودآوری ماینینگ را خواهید دید
در غیاب اتر اوضاع چندان بد به نظر نمیرسد. هنوز مشخص نیست که چگونه تغییر خواهد کرد. به هر حال، طولی نمیکشد و در پایان ماه سپتامبر، شاهد دنیای جدید استخراج ارزهای دیجیتال با کارت گرافیک خواهیم بود. ما شما را در بلاگ و توییتر خود به روز نگه خواهیم داشت
The 2Miners pool co-founder, businessman, miner. In 2017 started mining cryptocurrencies and built many rigs on his own. As a result, he gained lots of practical knowledge and became interested in sharing it with others.
In his articles on 2Miners, he shares useful tips that he tried and tested himself. For example, Darek gives advice on how to buy hardware components for the basic mining rig and how to connect them to each other correctly. He also explained lots of complicated terms in simple words, such as shares, mining luck, block types, and cryptocurrency wallets. After the pool was launched, he published a series of articles ‘Crypto Mythbusters’ where he explained how to protect the network against 51% attack, talked about cryptocurrency mining difficulty and difficulties of launching your own node.
آموزش تنظیم ماینر Antminer E9 برای ماین اتریوم کلاسیک
در تابستان امسال، معروف ترین تولید کننده ماینرهای اسیک به نام شرکت بیت مین دستگاه ماینر جدید خود به نام Antminer E9 را برای استخراج اتریوم منتشر کرد. دستگاه E9 میزان هش ریت عظیم 2400 مگاهش بر ثانیه را ارائه می دهد که می تواند با تعداد 25 کارت گرافیک رده بالای انویدیا مثل RTX 3080 مقایسه بشود. با توجه به اینکه الگوریتم اتریوم به زودی به الگوریم اثبات سهام تغییر خواهد کرد، بیت مین به تازگی سیستم عامل جدیدی را منتشر کرده است که امکان استخراج اتریوم کلاسیک با استفاده از Antminer E9 را فراهم می سازد. بیایید نگاهی به نحوه تنظیم این دستگاه اسیک برای اتریوم کلاسیک بیندازیم.
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عملکرد Antminer E9
دستگاه Antminer E9 دارای هش ریت 2400 مگاهش بر ثانیه در الگوریتم های Ethash و Etchash می باشد که 1920 وات برق مصرف می کند
“اتریوم کلاسیک از الگوریتم ماینینگ به نام etchash که نسخه اصلاح شده ی ethash اتریوم می باشد استفاده می کند”.
در ماشین حساب آنلاین ما به آدرس 2Cryptocalc.com جزئیات میزان سودآوری این دستگاه درج شده است. ما در این صفحه هش ریت Ethash و Etchash را بر روی 2400 مگاهش بر ثانیه تنظیم کردیم و محاسبات را بررسی کردیم. در حال حاضر، شما می توانید روزانه 53.38 دلار در روز از استخراج اتریوم و 29.66 دلار در روز از استخراج اتریوم کلاسیک به دست بیاورید
لطفا به یاد داشته باشید که در کمتر از دو هفته (تقریبا 14 سپتامبر) پایان ماینینگ اتریوم را خواهیم دید. پس اتریوم کلاسیک تنها گزینه برای استخراج با دستگاه Antminer E9 خواهد بود. البته کوین های دیگری هم از الگوریم Ethash وجود دارند که شما می توانید برای مثال رمزارز Callisto به نام اختصار CLO را استخراج بکنید اما هش ریت شبکه آنها بسیار پایین است. هش ریت بسیار پایین در یک شبکه بدین معناست که تنها تهیه تعداد کمی از اسیک های قدرتمند می توانند سریعا سودآوری استخراج CLO را به صفر برسانند.
تنظیم دستگاه Antminer E9 برای استخراج اتریوم کلاسیک
بروزرسانی فریمور دستگاه Antminer E9
فریمور جدید استخراج اتریوم کلاسیک برای دستگاه Antminer E9 را از وبسایت بیت مین دانلود کنید. در بالای صفحه ی لینک شده، گزینه ETH/ETC Ethash را انتخاب بکنید و سپس گزینه ANTMINER E( را انتخاب بکنید. در ستون Description با جمله به معنای “این نسخه از فریمور فقط از استخرهای Antpool و Poolin و F2pool از زمان تولید پشتیبانی می کند” مواجه. خواهید شد که در واقع این جمله صحیح نیست. استخر اتریوم کلاسیک 2Miners به خوبی با این فریمور کار می کند که با موفقیت آزمایش شده است.
پس از دانلود فریمور، آن را نصب کنید.
تنظیمات دستگاه Antminer E9
به تب تنظیمات بروید. نیازی نیست که الگوریتم استخراج را تغییر بدهید. حتی اگر اتریوم کلاسیک از الوریتم Etchash استفاده بکند ممکن است که در بالای صفحه عبارت Ethash را ببینید.
Pool1: etc.2miners.com:1010 Miner Name: ETC_wallet_address Password: x
تنظیمات را ذخیره بکنید و دستگاه شروع به کار خواهد کرد. دستگاه Antminer E9 تا دگ فایل را تولید کند و ماینینگ را شروع کند، ممکن است 30 دقیقه زمان ببرد. لطفا تا آن زمان صبور باشید.
دستگاه Antminer E9 بر روی استخر اتریوم کلاسیک 2Miners آنلاین است
در خصوص این امر، دستگاه به مدت 15 الی 20 دقیقه در داشبورد استخر نمایان شد. لطفا به یاد داشته باشید که هش ریت میانگین بر روی وبسایت استخر مربوط به میانگین عملکرد 6 ساعت گذشته می باشد و تا قبل از 6 ساعت اول، میزان میانگینی که مشاهده میکنید به حد نهایی خود نرسیده است و از زمانی که دستگاه را روشن می کنید، هش ریت تا شش ساعت بصورت تصاعدی بالا خواهد رفت.
سپس در کنترل پنل Antminer خواهید دید که سهم ها به سمت استخر خواهند رفت.
حتما ما را در توییتر دنبال کنید تا خبر ها را در اسرع وقت دریافت کنید.
The 2Miners pool co-founder, businessman, miner. In 2017 started mining cryptocurrencies and built many rigs on his own. As a result, he gained lots of practical knowledge and became interested in sharing it with others.
In his articles on 2Miners, he shares useful tips that he tried and tested himself. For example, Darek gives advice on how to buy hardware components for the basic mining rig and how to connect them to each other correctly. He also explained lots of complicated terms in simple words, such as shares, mining luck, block types, and cryptocurrency wallets. After the pool was launched, he published a series of articles ‘Crypto Mythbusters’ where he explained how to protect the network against 51% attack, talked about cryptocurrency mining difficulty and difficulties of launching your own node.
How to Set Up Antminer E9 to Mine Ethereum Classic (ETC)
September 2, 2022
This summer the most well-known ASIC miner producer Bitmain released the new Antminer E9 device for Ethereum mining. E9 delivers a huge hashing rate of 2 400 MH/s which could be compared to 25 of Nvidia’s high-end RTX 3080 graphics cards. With the Ethereum going to POS soon Bitmain has just released the new firmware that allows Ethereum Classic mining on E9. Let’s have a look at how to set up this ASIC for ETC.
Antminer E9 Performance
Antminer E9 has a hashrate of 2 400 MH/s on Ethash and Etchash algorithms and consumes 1920 W.
Ethereum Classic uses etchash which is a modified version of the Ethereum ethash mining algorithm.
2CryptoCalc.com provides the mining profitability for you hardware. The Ethash and Etchash hashrate of Antminer E3 is 2 400 MH/s, so let’s check the calculations. Currently, you could get $53.38/day for Ethereum mining and just $29.66/day for Ethereum Classic mining.
Please remember that in less than 2 weeks (approximately on September 14th) Ethereum mining ends so Ethereum Classic would be the only option to mine with Antminer E9. Of course, there are other Ethash coins you could mine like Callisto (CLO) but their network hashrate is too low. This means that a few dozen of powerful ASICs will rapidly reduce the profitability of CLO mining to zero.
Setting Up Antminer E9 for ETC Mining
Updating Antminer E9 Firmware
Download the new ETC firmware for Antminer E9 on the Bitmain website. Choose ETH/ETC Ethash and Antminer E9 options at the top. It is written that “This version of the firmware only supports Antpool, Poolin, and F2pool for the time being” which is not true. 2Miners ETC pool works great with this firmware. We’ve already successfully tested it.
Install the firmware.
Antminer E9 Settings
Go to the settings tab. You don’t need to change the mining algorithm. Even if ETC uses Etchash algo Ethash would be stated at the top of the page.
Pool1: etc.2miners.com:1010 Miner Name: ETC_wallet_address Password: x
Save the settings and ASIC would start. It could take up to 30 minutes for Antminer E9 to generate the DAG file and start mining. Please be patient and wait.
Antminer E9 Online on Ethereum Classic 2Miners Pool
In our case, in about 15-20 minutes ASIC appeared in the pool dashboard. Please note that the average hashrate on the pool website is shown for the last 6 hours of work. Since you turn on the machine the hashrate will gradually grow.
You will also see the shares being sent to the pool in Antminer control panel.
Remember to follow us on Twitter to get all the news as soon as possible.
Miner since 2017, the 2Miners pool co-founder. Became interested in cryptocurrencies at the dawn of the latest bull run and bought his first graphics cards. After having built and set up a few mining rigs, he realized that existing mining pools didn’t satisfy him – that’s how the idea of creating the 2Miners pool was born.
John published a series of articles about the basics of cryptocurrency mining. He gave valuable tips on how to buy ASICs and GPUs from abroad and then shared their mining performance. On the website, you can find early articles about cryptocurrency mining, blockchain in general and mining pool operation principles. The readers gave positive feedback on John’s practical guides, such as building an Ethereum mining rig and Nvidia 1080ti overclocking.
We always keep our cryptocurrency nodes up to date to provide our users with the best mining experience. This is the list of the most important node updates of August.
Ergo Protocol Reference Client 4.0.41
Beam Node Groovy Gluon 7.1.13105
Zcash v5.2.0-gd6d2093beb6
Monero v0.18.0.0-release
Monero Hard Fork
An important Monero (XMR) upgrade v15 took place on August 13th at block 2 688 888. The hard fork was initially scheduled for July but it was manually postponed because of the extra time required for the hardware wallet and multi-sig audit.
The transactions issued by old XMR nodes are not accepted by the network anymore. Make sure to upgrade your wallets to continue using Monero.
This upgrade increased the network anonymity, reduced the transaction size by 5-7%, and improved the transaction propagation speed. Wallet synchronization became almost 50% faster. You could find the complete upgrade list on Monero’s official blog.
Ethereum DAG File Reached 5GB. ASIC Issues
This month Ethereum DAG file size reached 5 GB. Unfortunately, all Innosilicon A10 devices do not mine Ethereum since that event. This is caused by an unknown hardware/software issue. It seems that developers could not (or don’t want to) solve this issue in the nearest time. The Ethereum mining era should end in the middle of September so it seems these devices won’t be able to mine ETH anymore. Please note that Innosilicon A11 machines were not affected by this problem.
Ethereum cryptocurrency switches from POW to POS in the middle of September. This event is called the Merge and it should take place approximately on September 14th. Since the Merge event, no Ethereum mining would be possible.
We suggest all our miners switch to ETC, RVN, or ERGO coins. It is still hard to say which of them would be the most profitable coin when such a huge hashpower which was occupied by ETH mining is released. 2CryptoCalc.com always helps you find the most profitable coin for your hardware.
After the Merge, we will process one last payout to all the Ethereum pool users. The last BTC and NANO payout may be delayed because of crypto exchange maintenance caused by the Merge. You don’t need to request the final payout or claim it anyhow. We will pay all the unpaid balances that are over the minimum Ethereum pool payout threshold.
Ethereum Classic (ETC) is the closest cryptocurrency to Ethereum (ETH). The main difference is the minor change in the mining algorithm. It is quite easy to set up ETC mining. Below you could find the settings for popular mining software Gminer, T-Rex, lolMiner. If you mine with an ASIC device the firmware update is most likely required.
Settings for Gminer miner.exe --algo etchash --server etc.2miners.com:1010 --user YOUR_WALLET_ADDRESS.RIG_ID
Settings for lolMiner lolMiner.exe --algo ETCHASH --pool etc.2miners.com:1010 --user YOUR_WALLET_ADDRESS.RIG_ID
Settings for T-Rex t-rex.exe -a etchash -o stratum+tcp://etc.2miners.com:1010 -u YOUR_WALLET_ADDRESS -w RIG_ID -p x
The wallet address for ETH and ETC is absolutely the same. Sometimes (especially if you use the local wallet) it is possible to use the same address for both ETH and ETC just by switching the different networks in the wallet settings. However, that is not always possible and we highly recommend you generate the new ETC address before you start mining to avoid any inconveniences.
The 2Miners pool co-founder, businessman, miner. In 2017 started mining cryptocurrencies and built many rigs on his own. As a result, he gained lots of practical knowledge and became interested in sharing it with others.
In his articles on 2Miners, he shares useful tips that he tried and tested himself. For example, Darek gives advice on how to buy hardware components for the basic mining rig and how to connect them to each other correctly. He also explained lots of complicated terms in simple words, such as shares, mining luck, block types, and cryptocurrency wallets. After the pool was launched, he published a series of articles ‘Crypto Mythbusters’ where he explained how to protect the network against 51% attack, talked about cryptocurrency mining difficulty and difficulties of launching your own node.
Fin de la minería de Ethereum: ¿Cuándo? ¿Qué minar a continuación con GPU? Explicación de la transición a POS
August 31, 2022
Se espera el cambio del mecanismo de consenso de Ethereum de Prueba de Trabajo (POW) a Prueba de Participación (POS) a mediados de Septiembre. Este evento también se conoce como Merge (fusión). Cuando esto suceda, la minería de Ethereum finalizará y no se podrá extraer más ETH con GPU o ASIC. Demos un vistazo detallado al Merge y cómo funcionará el grupo Ethereum de 2Miners en Septiembre.
Cuando termina la minería de Ethereum
Los desarrolladores de Ethereum han definido la condición para el cambio de POW a POS. Operan con el parámetro conocido como Dificultad Terminal Total (TTD) de la red Ethereum. El cálculo de TTD es bastante complicado. En palabras simples, es un contador (una variable) que crece con cada nuevo bloque que se encuentra en la red Ethereum.
Wen Merge? (Cuando la fusión?) es un sitio web impresionante con el contador de la fusión. Siempre puede verificar la dificultad total (TTD) actual allí.
El TTD actual es 57 569 366 816 331 680 186 368
La fusión ocurre cuando el TTD alcanza los 58 750 000 000 000 000 000 000 Esto
sucede aproximadamente el 14 de septiembre.
¿Es exacta esta fecha?
Sí, esta fecha es bastante precisa. Se podrían ver algunos cambios menores si el hashrate de Ethereum cambia severamente. No creemos que esto pueda suceder en las próximas dos semanas.
¿Hay algún factor que pueda alterar la transición a la fecha del PoS?
Sí, los desarrolladores de Ethereum podrían posponer la fusión a un TTD más alto. Sin embargo, este es un evento extremadamente improbable.
Como sucederá el merge
Hemos escuchado muchos rumores de que la minería ETH aún sería posible después de la fusión, solo que la dificultad de minado aumentaría debido a la bomba de dificultad, etc. Eso no es cierto. Cuando ocurra la fusión, la red Ethereum ya no aceptará bloques minados por POW. Así que la minería simplemente muere.
La minería de Ethereum (ETH) se detiene a mediados de septiembre (aproximadamente el 14 de septiembre). No será posible minar más ETH.
Como operará el pool ETH de 2Miners
En ese momento en particular, cuando el TTD de Ethereum alcanza el valor preestablecido de 58 750 000 000 000 000 000 000, el grupo ya no puede encontrar un nuevo bloque ETH y ser recompensado. La fecha y hora del evento no es precisa, por lo tanto, operaremos hasta que ocurra la fusión.
Estamos agradecidos de tener un grupo minero ETH tan impresionante y la comunidad minera que tenemos. Más de 100K mineros están minando Ethereum en 2Miners. ¡Nos gustaría decir MUCHAS GRACIAS! a todos nuestros mineros. No es por halagar, siempre defendemos a nuestros mineros, ¡ustedes molan! En este triste momento, lucharemos hasta el último bloque minado.
Cuando se produzca la fusión, el grupo seguirá aceptando shares durante un corto período de tiempo. Obviamente, no se podrán acreditar recompensas después del Merge. Nos gustaría cambiarlos automáticamente al grupo de minería ETC (Ethereum Classic). Sin embargo, eso es imposible porque ETC utiliza una versión modificada del algoritmo de minería Ethash llamado Etchash. Deberá reconfigurar su software para hacerlo.
Pagos del grupo Ethereum de 2Miners
Los pagos se procesarán de la manera estándar hasta la fusión.
Los pagos a las direcciones ETH se procesan cada 2 horas (generalmente mucho más rápido si no hay una larga cola). Los pagos a las direcciones BTC y NANO se procesan una vez al día a las 12:00 UTC.
Después de la fusión, procesaremos un último pago a todos los usuarios del grupo Ethereum. Debería suceder en un par de horas después de Merge. Podría retrasarse ligeramente debido a posibles problemas de red. ETH nunca antes operó utilizando el consenso de POS. Cualquier cosa podía pasar. Muchos Exchange de criptomonedas pueden suspender los depósitos y retiros de ETH durante el tiempo de la fusión. Utilizamos Kraken y Binance para procesar los pagos en BTC o NANO. Tenga en cuenta que el último pago de BTC / NANO puede retrasarse hasta que uno de estos Exchange reanude sus operaciones con Ethereum.
No necesita solicitar el pago final ni reclamarlo de todos modos. No necesita cambiar su umbral de pago tampoco si es demasiado alto. Pagaremos todos los saldos impagos que superen el umbral mínimo de pago del grupo Ethereum.
Para direcciones ETH, 0.01 ETH;
Para direcciones BTC, 0.005 ETH;
Para direcciones NANO, 0.0005 ETH.
Que minar cuando finalice la minería de Ethereum
Hay muchas monedas que podrías minar luego de que termine la minería de Ethereum. Tenemos una publicación donde todas ellas se enumeran Qué minar cuando Ethereum se vuelve POS (En inglés).
Obviamente, cuando la minería ETH termina, se liberaría un enorme poder de hash. Los cálculos de rentabilidad pueden ser inexactos durante un corto período de tiempo, mientras que los mineros cambiarían constantemente de una moneda a otra. 2Miners.com le brinda la mejor experiencia posible al ofrecer todos los grupos de minería de altcoin en un solo lugar. Simplemente abra 2Miners.com, elija la moneda que sea más rentable para su hardware y comience a minar.
Algunas monedas tienen un hashrate enorme y otras son bastante pequeñas. Ninguna moneda podría compararse con Ethereum en términos de poder de hash, pero Ethereum Classic, Ravencoin y Ergo son los perseguidores más cercanos. Elegir uno de ellos es la estrategia post-merge más segura. Al menos durante los primeros días.
Cambio a la minería ETC
Cambiar el host del grupo en su software de minería de eth.2miners.com:2020 a etc.2miners.com:1010
Cambiar el algoritmo de minería de ethash a etchash.
ETH y ETC tienen el mismo formato de billetera. A veces es posible mantener la dirección de su billetera ETH. Todo lo que necesita es simplemente cambiar la red de ETH a ETC en su billetera. A veces, el proceso es más difícil, especialmente si utiliza un Exchange de criptomonedas. También admitimos los pagos de BTC para el grupo Ethereum Classic.
Si utiliza un dispositivo ASIC, es posible que se requiera un nuevo firmware. Aquí está la publicación detallada sobre las máquinas de Innosilicon.
URL: stratum+tcp://etc.2miners.com:1010 Worker: YOUR_ADDRESS.ASIC_ID Password: x
Nicehash es compatible. Custom pool name: 2Miners ERG Algorithm: Autolykos Stratum hostname or IP: erg.2miners.com Port: 8888 Username: YOUR_WALLET_ADDRESS Password: x
Minería EthereumPoW
El nuevo proyecto llamado EthereumPoW (ETHW) apareció recientemente. El equipo de desarrolladores quiere mantenerse en la blockchain original de Ethereum sin cambiar a POS. No creemos que sea posible cambiar los mineros de la minería ETH a ETHW sin problemas. La red ETHW se iniciará en algún momento después del evento Merge en sí.
Actualmente, estamos discutiendo la posibilidad de agregar ETHW a 2Miners y estamos en contacto con los desarrolladores del proyecto. Los mantendremos informados sobre este asunto. También agregaremos EthereumPoW a 2CryptoCalc cuando comience la minería ETHW.
Qué minar con GPU en 2023
El cambio de Ethereum a Proof-of-Stake es, sin lugar a dudas, uno de los eventos más importantes en la historia de la minería de criptomonedas de todos los tiempos. Los desarrolladores de ETH planearon esto desde el principio, pero no mucha gente esperaba que esto sucediera en 2022. Ethereum siempre fue el impulsor más importante de la industria minera de tarjetas gráficas. El próximo año, el proceso de minería de GPU no será tan fácil como antes. En 2023 debes elegir las monedas que extraes sabiamente. Los tiempos en los que podías simplemente configurar la minería ETH en tu plataforma y olvidarte de ella durante un par de años han pasado. Ahora siempre necesita calcular la rentabilidad teniendo en cuenta sus costos operativos, especialmente el consumo de energía.
Qué minar con las tarjetas de video Nvidia en 2023
Las GPU Nvidia siempre proporcionan la mejor flexibilidad en términos de minería. Nvidia puede procesar bien todos los algoritmos de GPU que existen. Incluso si no has notado antes, podríamos asegurarte que es una ventaja de esta marca en comparación con AMD.
Hay muchas tarjetas antiguas de bajo nivel como Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Ti que aún podrían minar con una rentabilidad de hasta $0.3 / día.
4 GB de memoria es suficiente para casi todas las monedas, incluido Ravencoin. El archivo DAG de RVN es actualmente de 3.523 GB. Eso significa que aún puede extraer RVN con una tarjeta de 4 GB, pero solo si opera con el sistema operativo Linux. Sería bastante imposible ejecutar la minería de Ravencoin con una GTX 1050 Ti en Windows.
Vaya a https://2cryptocalc.com/ y haga clic en su tarjeta. Aparecerá la tabla de rentabilidad de minado.
Sin ETH todavía hay monedas que le traen más de $1/día con la tarjeta. Esta tabla de rentabilidad cambiará cuando ETH se convierta en POS y la rentabilidad de RVN, ETC y otras monedas podría disminuir. Sin embargo, si eres un afortunado propietario de una 3070 Ti, podrías extraer monedas de alta exigencia como Cortex. Esto puede ser un refugio seguro para ti.
Qué minar con las tarjetas de video AMD en 2023
Las tarjetas AMD son a menudo más baratas que las análogas de Nvidia. Por lo general, consumen más energía y admiten menos algoritmos de minería. Estos factores podrían ser cruciales cuando Ethereum cambie a POS. Gracias a lolMiner y otros desarrolladores de software de minería, las tarjetas AMD podrían extraer más y más monedas.
Tarjetas de 5 años de antigüedad como AMD Radeon RX 480 o AMD Radeon RX 580, incluso sin moneda Ethereum, aún podrían minar con una rentabilidad de $0.5 / día.
Si tienes los modelos de tarjetas gráficas de 4 GB podrías seguir minando en 2023. ERGO, RVN, ETC– todas estas monedas parecen ser muy prometedoras para su hardware.
La minería de Ravencoin (RVN) en tarjetas gráficas de 4 GB sería posible hasta mediados de 2023.
Entonces, ¿qué pasa con las tarjetas AMD avanzadas? ¿Qué extraer si tienes AMD Radeon RX 6800XT?
El procedimiento es similar al de Nvidia. Vaya a https://2cryptocalc.com/ y haga clic en el nombre de su tarjeta. Aparecerá la tabla de rentabilidad minera.
Las cosas no se ven tan mal en ausencia de ETH. Todavía no está claro cómo cambiará. De todos modos, no tomará mucho tiempo y a fines de septiembre, veremos el nuevo mundo de la minería de criptomonedas GPU. Te mantendremos informado en nuestro blog y Twitter.
Miner since 2017, the 2Miners pool co-founder. Became interested in cryptocurrencies at the dawn of the latest bull run and bought his first graphics cards. After having built and set up a few mining rigs, he realized that existing mining pools didn’t satisfy him – that’s how the idea of creating the 2Miners pool was born.
John published a series of articles about the basics of cryptocurrency mining. He gave valuable tips on how to buy ASICs and GPUs from abroad and then shared their mining performance. On the website, you can find early articles about cryptocurrency mining, blockchain in general and mining pool operation principles. The readers gave positive feedback on John’s practical guides, such as building an Ethereum mining rig and Nvidia 1080ti overclocking.
End of the Ethereum Mining: When? What to Mine Next with GPU? Transition to POS Explained
August 30, 2022
Ethereum consensus switch from Proof-of-Work (POW) to Proof-of-Stake (POS) is expected in the middle of September. This event is also known as Merge. When this happens Ethereum mining ends and you could not mine any ETH with GPU or ASIC. Let’s have a detailed look at Merge and how the 2Miners Ethereum pool will operate in September.
When Ethereum Mining Ends
Ethereum developers have defined the condition for the POW to POS switch. They operate with the parameter known as Total Terminal Difficulty (TTD) of the Ethereum network. TTD calculation is quite complicated. In simple words, it is a counter (a variable) that grows with every new block found in the Ethereum network.
Wen Merge? is an awesome website with the Merge counter. You could always check the current Total Difficulty (TTD) there.
Current TTD is 57 569 366 816 331 680 186 368
Merge happens when TTD reaches 58 750 000 000 000 000 000 000
This happens roughly on September 14th.
Is this date accurate?
Yes, this date is quite accurate. Some minor changes could be seen if the Ethereum hashrate changes severely. We don’t think this could happen in the nearest two weeks.
Are there any factors that may alter the transition to the POS date?
Yes, Ethereum developers could postpone the Merge to a higher TTD. This is an extremely unlikely event though.
How the Merge Happens
We’ve heard a lot of rumors that ETH mining would be still possible after the Merge just the mining difficulty would increase because of the difficulty bomb etc. That is not true. When Merge happens the Ethereum network will no longer accept POW-mined blocks. So the mining just dies.
Ethereum (ETH) mining stops in the middle of September (approximately on September 14th). No more ETH mining would be possible.
How Will 2Miners ETH Pool Operate
At that particular moment when the Ethereum TTD reaches the preset value of 58 750 000 000 000 000 000 000 the pool can no longer find a new ETH block and get rewarded. The date and time of the Merge event is not precise therefore we will operate until the Merge happens.
We are grateful to have such an awesome ETH mining pool and mining community that we have. More than 100K miners are mining Ethereum in 2Miners. We would like to say BIG THANKS! to all our miners. No flattering, we always stand for our miners, you guys rock! In this sad moment, we would fight to the last mined block.
When the Merge happens the pool will still accept shares for a short period of time. Obviously, no rewards after the Merge event could be credited. We would like to switch you automatically to ETC (Ethereum Classic) mining pool. However, that is impossible because ETC uses a modified version of the Ethash mining algorithm called Etchash. You will need to reconfigure your software in order to do that.
2Miners Ethereum Pool Payouts
The payouts would be processed in the standard way until the Merge.
The payouts to the ETH addresses are processed every 2 hours (usually much faster if there is no long queue). The payouts to the BTC and NANO addresses are processed once a day at 12:00 UTC.
After the Merge, we will process one last payout to all the Ethereum pool users. It should happen in a couple of hours after Merge. It could be slightly delayed due to possible network issues. ETH was never operated using the POS consensus before. Anything could happen. A lot of cryptocurrency exchanges may suspend ETH deposits and withdrawals for the time of Merge. We use Kraken and Binance to process the payouts in BTC or NANO. Please note that the last BTC/NANO payout may be delayed until one of these crypto exchanges resumes operations with Ethereum.
You don’t need to request the final payout or claim it anyhow. You don’t need to change your payout threshold too if it was too high. We will pay all the unpaid balances that are over the minimum Ethereum pool payout threshold.
For ETH addresses 0.01 ETH;
For BTC addresses 0.005 ETH;
For NANO addresses 0.0005 ETH.
What to Mine when Ethereum Mining Stops
There is a whole bunch of coins that you could mine after Ethereum mining ends. We got a post where all of them are listed What to Mine when Ethereum Goes POS.
Obviously, when the ETH mining ends a huge hashpower would be set free. The profitability calculations may be inaccurate for a short period of time while the miners would be constantly switching from one coin to another. 2Miners provides you with the best possible experience by offering all the altcoin mining pools in one place. Just open 2Miners.com, choose the coin that is the most profitable for your hardware and start mining.
Some coins have a huge hashrate and others are quite small. No coin could be compared to Ethereum in terms of hashpower but Ethereum Classic, Ravencoin, and Ergo are the closest pursuers. Choosing one of them is the safest post-Merge strategy. At least for the first days.
Switching to ETC Mining
Change pool host in your mining software from eth.2miners.com:2020 to etc.2miners.com:1010
Change mining algorithm from ethash to etchash.
ETH and ETC have the same wallet format. Sometimes it is possible to keep your ETH wallet address. All you need is to simply switch the network from ETH to ETC in your wallet. Sometimes the process is harder especially if you mine to a crypto exchange. We also do support the BTC payouts for the Ethereum Classic pool.
If you use an ASIC device, new firmware might be required. Here is the detailed post regarding Innosilicon machines.
URL: stratum+tcp://etc.2miners.com:1010 Worker: YOUR_ADDRESS.ASIC_ID Password: x
Nicehash is supported. Custom pool name: 2Miners ERG Algorithm: Autolykos Stratum hostname or IP: erg.2miners.com Port: 8888 Username: YOUR_WALLET_ADDRESS Password: x
EthereumPoW Mining
The new project called EthereumPoW (ETHW) appeared recently. The developer team wants to keep on the original Ethereum chain without switching to POS. We don’t think it would be possible to switch the miners from ETH to ETHW mining smoothly. The ETHW network will start sometime after the Merge event itself.
Currently, we are discussing the possibility to add the ETHW to 2Miners and we are in contact with the project developers. We will keep you updated on this matter. We will also add EthereumPoW to 2CryptoCalc when the ETHW mining starts.
What to Mine with GPU in 2023
Ethereum’s switch to Proof-of-Stake is, without a doubt, one of the most important events in the cryptocurrency mining history of all time. ETH devs planned this from the beginning but not so many people expected this to happen in 2022. Ethereum was always the most important driver of the graphics card mining industry. The following year the GPU mining process would not be as easy as before. In 2023 you should choose the coins you mine wisely. The times when you could just set the ETH mining on your rig and forget about it for a couple of years have passed. Now you always need to calculate the profitability bearing in mind your operational costs, especially the energy consumption.
What to Mine with Nvidia Video Cards in 2023
Nvidia GPUs always provide the best flexibility in terms of mining. Nvidia could mine well all the GPU algorithms that exist. Even if you have not noticed that before we could assure you that is an advantage of this brand compared to AMD.
There are a lot of low-tier old cards like Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Ti that could still mine with the profitability of up to $0.3/day.
4 GB memory is enough for almost all the coins including Ravencoin. RVN DAG file is currently 3.523 GB. That means you could still mine RVN with a 4 GB card but only if you operate with Linux OS. It would be quite impossible to run Ravencoin mining with a GTX 1050 Ti on Windows.
Of course, you couldn’t mine such demanding algorithms like CuckooCortex with a 4 GB card. This algorithm is used by Cortex (CTXC) and it requires at least 8 GB graphics cards.
Go to https://2cryptocalc.com/ and click on your card. The mining profitability table will appear.
Without ETH there are still coins that bring you more than $1/day from the card. This profitability table will change when ETH goes POS and the profitability of RVN, ETC and other coins could go down. However, if you are a lucky owner of 3070 Ti you could mine high-demanding coins like Cortex. This may be a safe haven for you.
What to Mine with AMD Video Cards in 2023
AMD cards are often cheaper than Nvidia analogs. They usually consume more energy and support fewer mining algorithms. These factors could be crucial when Ethereum switches to POS. Thanks to lolMiner and other mining software developers the AMD cards could mine more and more coins.
Such 5 year-old cards like AMD Radeon RX 480 or AMD Radeon RX 580 even without Ethereum coin could still mine with a profitability of $0.5/day.
If you have the 4 GB graphics cards models you could continue mining in 2023. ERGO, RVN, ETC – all these coins seem to be very promising for your hardware.
Ravencoin (RVN) mining on 4 GB graphics cards would be possible until the middle of 2023.
So what about advanced AMD cards? What to mine if you have AMD Radeon RX 6800XT?
The procedure is similar to Nvidia. Go to https://2cryptocalc.com/ and click on your card name. The mining profitability table will appear.
Things don’t look that bad in the absence of ETH. It is still unclear how will it change. Anyway, it will not take long and at the end of September, we’ll see the new World of GPU cryptocurrency mining. We will keep you updated in our blog and Twitter.
Miner since 2017, the 2Miners pool co-founder. Became interested in cryptocurrencies at the dawn of the latest bull run and bought his first graphics cards. After having built and set up a few mining rigs, he realized that existing mining pools didn’t satisfy him – that’s how the idea of creating the 2Miners pool was born.
John published a series of articles about the basics of cryptocurrency mining. He gave valuable tips on how to buy ASICs and GPUs from abroad and then shared their mining performance. On the website, you can find early articles about cryptocurrency mining, blockchain in general and mining pool operation principles. The readers gave positive feedback on John’s practical guides, such as building an Ethereum mining rig and Nvidia 1080ti overclocking.
