This article is a continuation to my Chia plotting & farming guide. If you haven’t already, check out part 2 where I talk about the best hardware for plotting, and next part 3 where I talk about the best farming hardware.   Now that your Chia plotting rig is ready, it’s time to set up the plotter software and start earning your first Chia coins. If you have checked my previous guides, you will have an idea on what kind of results to expect. Download Chia Wallet, Setup & Backup First thing first let’s download & install Chia GUI from official website here: https://www.chia.n ..read more

There are a lot of misconceptions about Chia plotting and farming. If you’d like to start farming Chia but don’t have the time to dig through forums and guides, you’ve come to the right place. Hopefully, this guide will help you avoid the trial and error I had to go through. Today, we’ll be talking about Chia plotting, and specifically, which hardware to use to get the best return on investment. In this guide, I will explore both budget and high-end setups. Choose which one suits you the best. chia plotting pc chia plotting ssds Why Using Separate Hardware for Chia Plotting? Most Chia guid ..read more

This review is NOT sponsored and contains affiliate links. I’ve been a user of Ledger hardware wallets since 2017, and today I’d like to post my updated review on the Nano X. In this review, I’d like to introduce the wallet to those who are new to the product, as well as talk about the features that have been added since 2018. Since my main focus is security, I will be also sharing some critical information that will hopefully help you stay safe and avoid getting scammed. Ledger Nano X Review 2021 What’s a Ledger Nano X? The Nano X is a hardware wallet that supports over 1500 different asset ..read more

You’ve heard about Chia before – some say it’s the new gold mine, others label it just another shitcoin and move on. Unlike certain sensationalists out there, I took the time to follow and study the project for a bit before I decided to write this review. Hopefully, it will help you to better understand whether Chia is for you. This is going to be part of my Chia series where I will be testing different hardware, and assembling Chia farming and plotting rigs, so if you’re interested in that, make sure to follow me. Chia Network Review What is Chia? The Basics Chia is a new coin that aims to ..read more

Recently, NVidia announced in their blog that the company is implementing a new “feature” to their RTX 3060 and future cards. This new implementation will detect mining-related operations and limit the GPU resources, thus reducing mining speed. What’s going on? So far, the only affected cryptocurrency is Ethereum. The hashrate reduction is a solid 50%. According to NVidia, the reason for this ‘nerf’ is to decrease the demand for new-gen GPUs in the mining community, and fight the current gaming GPU shortage. we’re taking an important step to help ensure GeForce GPUs end up in the hands of gam ..read more

The RTX 3080 is widely praised as one of the best gaming GPU’s to the date. Not only it’s more powerful than the RTX 2080, it’s also cheaper, making it undeniable a better bang for the buck. Since the card is only a few months old, little is known about its mining performance. Luckily for me, one of my friends happened to assemble a monster gaming rig with an Gigabyte RTX 3080 VISION OC 10G, and a new gen Ryzen 5 5600x. That beast of a PC can run Call of Duty Warzone at 240 fps average. The man was nice enough to let me test his GPU on several mining algos. Note: I will be getting my ha ..read more

Almost three years ago, I have posted my first guide on how to host your own Storj node. Today, I’d like to make a follow up article and share my experience with Storj so far. Why Did I Choose Storj? There are many decentralized storage platforms available on the interwebs. Back in 2017, Storj was one of the most promising projects. Right from its beginning, it had a clear goal, a well-defined roadmap, and a team that was doing work. One of the selling points for me was that Storj was nailing their milestones and delivering exactly what they promised. Storj’s bigger competitor is SIA, a plat ..read more

Sia Hosting Tutorial for Windows SIA is a decentralized storage network that allows renters to keep their data safe and 100% private. Some of its main selling points is that SIA offers very competent prices per stored Terabyte of information due of its decentralized nature. All transactions within the network are done using the SIA coin and there are three ways of getting your hands on it: By mining it (can be mined with GPU and ASICs) By hosting data (more details on this article) By trading it SIA Hosting vs Mining Mining supports the decentralized nature of the SIA blockchain. Just li ..read more

GPU mining might finally be back. Nvidia announced the release of the RTX 3000 series that feature a massive 50-80% performance over their RTX 2000 counterparts. Best part is, the price point is the same – the card is available on September 17, starting at $699 for the Founders Edition. Mining Performance Nvidia leaked some hashrates for Ethereum (DaggerHashimoto) mining. The RTX series are based on the new Nvidia Ampere graphics architecture that features better raw performance and power efficiency. Compared to the RTX 2080 Ti (54 MH/s top), the RTX 3080 outputs 75 MH/s with factory setting ..read more

As a miner, you have already noticed how your profit from mining was reduced by half yesterday. Your hashpower, as well as the network’s remained the same however the reward per mined block dropped by 50%, from 12.5 to 6.25. What happened is that yesterday May 11th, the 630,000th block was mined, which led to a planned halving of reward per block. Over its 11 years of existence, Bitcoin experienced three halvings. The first one happened in November 2012 when the reward went from 50 to 25, and the second one happened in July 2016 when the reward decreased to 12.5. The halving takes place ever ..read more