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 […]
Latest version of my guide to building and operating a mining rig is here, How to Build a 6 Rig GPU Miner for Zcash and Ethereum with Nvidia GTX 1070 and EthosDistro posted Oct 1, 2017 on Steemit. Nvidia miners work really well for mining Equihash based cryptocurrencies, like Zcash and ZenCash. I have not […]
Do Not Use This Guide! THIS GUIDE IS NO LONGER ACCURATE! Instead, please use the ZenCash guide at zencash.com https://documentation.zencash.com/display/ZEN/Installation I am keeping this post up for historical information and to help people who want to continue to use this guide. NOTE! If you are setting up a new ZenCash Secure Node – look at […]
Latest version of my guide to building and operating a mining rig is here, How to Build a 6 Rig GPU Miner for Zcash and Ethereum with Nvidia GTX 1070 and EthosDistro posted Oct 1, 2017 on Steemit. This is the latest model of 6 GPU mining rig I am building this week. Bill of […]
Do Not Use This Guide! THIS GUIDE IS NO LONGER ACCURATE! Instead, please use the ZenCash guide at zencash.com https://documentation.zencash.com/display/ZEN/Installation I am keeping this post up for historical information and to help people who want to continue to use this guide. NOTE! If you are setting up a new ZenCash Secure Node – look at […]
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, […]
Latest version of my guide to building and operating a mining rig is here, How to Build a 6 Rig GPU Miner for Zcash and Ethereum with Nvidia GTX 1070 and EthosDistro posted Oct 1, 2017 on Steemit. Things change fast in the GPU mining world! Last week I finished building 10 mining rigs, each […]
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, […]