I decided to change the port on my Zen node today. I wanted to run some nodes on port 443, 80, 53, and other common ports so they can’t be blocked by firewalls. Those ports are usually open for users. Firewalls are used to seeing encrypted traffic over port 443, so that is a likely […]
Nvidia miners work really well for mining Equihash based cryptocurrencies, like Zcash and ZenCash. I have not had a chance to set up an Nvidia card miner yet, but if I do I will use either the latest version of Ethosdistro, which supports Nvidia cards now, or Ubuntu. The ZenCash community is great, especially for […]
Once you have a secure Linux server prepared, you can set up a Zen Node. See Build a ZenCash Secure Node – Part 1 – Prepare the VPS if you still need to prepare your server. This part covers building the Zen node and getting an SSL certificate, as well as some other tasks to make the […]
This is the latest model of 6 GPU mining rig I am building this week. Bill of Materials Equipment list – Links are to Newegg or Amazon or Parallel Mining product page Asrock Fatal1ty Gaming K4 motherboard with the B250 chipset – $105 Intel Celeron in the LGA 1151 processor – $45 Kingston HyperX FURY Black 8GB […]
This is part 1 of a 3 part tutorial for setting up a Zen Secure Node. Part 2 is available at Zen Secure Node Part 2 Part 3 will be written after the Zen software is updated to include Secure Node functionality. I’ve been spending a bit of time on working with the ZenCash project, […]
Thank you to everyone who has reached out to me to tell me that they like my blog posts and videos. I intend to keep doing the posts and videos and will continue to share the information I learn running a mid-size Bitcoin and Altcoin mining facility. In fact, I am going to provide more details, […]
Things change fast in the GPU mining world! Last week I finished building 10 mining rigs, each with 6 RX470 or RX480 GPU’s on them. At the urging of one of my readers (thanks Zij!) I decided to give EthosDistro a try. This is a purpose built version of Linux that is optimized for GPU […]
One of the more difficult things for people not used to building PC’s to do is configuring the BIOS settings so the mining rigs run stable. This is important to do, but the first time the PC boots and the BIOS screen pops up, it can be a little intimidating. Last week I took pictures […]
There are lots of reason to use Linux for GPU mining, and one of the best is the automation of management with shell scripts. I got tired of upgrading the linux miners that I have, and I recently had a power outage, so I wrote and enabled two scripts to take care of those issues. […]
When ZClassic began, it quickly attracted a large community. There was clearly a desire for a privacy focused cryptocurrency with no corporate ties. As a fork of Zcash, ZClassic brought together a vision of a secure coin with no investors or businesses making the decisions on where to take development. The Zclassic vision has resonated, […]