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Sadly, I have been avoiding the gpu/asic mining
thing, rather investing in crypto as a buy n hold/trade/leverage trade
strategy. I want to expand my investment so I got an Asus z170 mobo to
match my used 6600k/6500 (whichever I chose to use, the other I will
likely sell) and I just got a second gtx 1080 ftw (in snail mail atm).
I am so excited!!! I am going to have a crypto miner in my living room!!! haha
That all said, I have been watching and reading and learning the past
few weeks about setup and configuration, os and softwares, etc.
I think what I want is this:
Windows OS and possibly T_Rex for mining software. No nicehash for me
after learning the creator was actually a cyber criminal (once a
shithead always a shithead I say). So T_Rex or Hive_OS may be better?
I see there is a little configuration in windows to get ready for
mining, then the miner software, and thats really it? What about mining
pools? I have one guy I like to learn from on YT, Sebs FinTech Channel,
and he is using Ethminer or something …
What Mining pool do you use for what crypto?
What crypto should I be mining? Everyone is mining Etherium atm but when that pops 2.0 out, no more mining Eth, so what then?
I seen Raven coin, NANO, Eth, all being popular. I want to know what you do, how you got setup for your first build.
From my calculations, a single gtx 1080 can pay itself off in about 6
months if the price stays where its at right now. Id be making almost 5$
a day with two 1080’s. Thats pretty good for me starting out, I will be
adding a third 1080 asap, within those first 6 months. My goal is to
help pay off my CC’s fo the first year or two, and then rake in the
coins, not profits. I will be holding those coins for long term
investment.
Is there anyway I can find what coins can be mined with 1080’s?
I appreciate any help, tips, and especially links to information that
will set me on a successful path as a hobbiest crypto miner! Instead of
buying a 2000$ purism laptop, me wondering if I shouldnt have bought 4
more 1080’s but I feel, I want the librem 14 and can add more GPU as they pay themselves off in time?
Cheers!