A new line of graphics accelerators GeForce RTX 20 based on the architecture of Turing, pleased both miners and gamers with its functionality. But the use of new technologies has led to a rise in the cost of the production process, which affected the cost of top models. The budget segment of GPU devices based on the new architecture is represented by NVIDIA GTX 1660 and 1660 Ti. Technical parameters Judging by the marking, the cards are released to replace the GeForce GTX 1060 GPU, let's see how...

The very first devices on integrated circuits were created for bitcoin mining of other coins on the SHA-256 algorithm. The possibilities of these monsters of industrial mining frightened the team of cryptocurrency developers of so much that many blockchain networks began to take active measures to protect against ASICS. Fears were justified by the threat of attack 51% hungover all cryptomelane. In addition, the only obstacle to its implementation on the same Bitcoin is the price of the issue. ...

FPGA mining is undergoing a new rise due to the ASIC miners’ struggle with token developers. Let’s check out the characteristics and types of one of these models - Blackminer F1 Mini. Now the production of machinery for mining tokens is a rapidly developing industry that has survived several development stages in a comparatively short time. One important step was to use FPGA to build hardware equipment. The first models were intended for BTC mining and existed for little time, and then ASIC mine...

This trend has not spared the crypto industry. However, Antminer s 9 with 16-nanometer chips has been in the leaders of bitcoin mining devices for about two years, but two new models made on a more energy-efficient standard have already been created. Bitmain Antminer 28th and 23rd T15 are equipped with a 7-nanometer, can work in high-performance and eco mode. Antminer T15 and S15 features in bitcoin mining The device is not similar in appearance and settings to other miners, the company Bitman....

When NVIDIA announced its updated Super RTX graphics cards earlier this month, the focus was on the "mid-range" RTX 2060 Super and 2070 Super devices. For just $399 and $499, the company offered significantly higher speeds than their predecessors, both models not inferior to the latest AMD Radeon. However, there is still a video card RTX 2080 Super, which is an analog of RTX 2080 at a price of $799. Based on her specs alone, the device didn't seem like a huge leap forward. And this is confirmed...

In December, Micree Zhan Ketuan, the ousted co-founder of the world's largest producer of Bitcoin mining equipment, Bitmain, reportedly asked a Cayman Islands court to reverse a shareholder decision that cost him voting control of the crypto-miner. Shareholders voted then to convert Bitmain’s Class B shares to one vote per share, versus 10 votes previously — effectively slashing Zhan’s influence, Bloomberg reported, citing documents presented to the court. Zhan wrote in a letter published N...

As the focus on blockchain shifted from hype to quality last year, in 2020, the technology is facing an opportunity to have an increased social impact, says Sheila Warren, the head of Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technology at the World Economic Forum, the organizer of the Davos meeting. However, the business-driven projects that are likely to succeed this year will be the ones that demonstrate adequate governance and a collaborative approach, she added. Warren says that in 2019, the organi...

Crypto Briefs is your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptocurrency and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news. Adoption news Contestants taking part in the Argentinian edition of TV game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? were quizzed on their knowledge of cryptocurrencies. Per Criptotendencia, two contestants were asked to state which of the following four was not a cryptocurrency: Petro (PTR), Bitcoin (BTC), Vencum or Ethererum (ETH). T...

Leading manufacturer of specialized integrated circuits Bitmain publicized the two new S17 models’ release. Both s17e and T17e ASICS will be released on September 9. It is reported that the new miners have improvements that should provide increased productivity, more steady performance, and longer service life. Bitmain has developed specifications for recently announced miners. The S17e has a hashing rate of 64 TH / s and functions at 45 j / h efficiency, whereas the T17e offers a 53 TH/s hashi...

The main process of mining bitcoin and other altcoins is mining. This action is not comparable to the standard printing of funds, as it has a specially laid function. In addition, almost everyone can be engaged in mining cryptocurrencies. In a more sophisticated version, mining is the activity of maintaining network health through the closure and creation of new blocks in the blockchain, using computing power. Programmers use the resources of their computers to perform certain calculations to f...

Individuals were disappointed by the production of cryptocurrencies, and big businesses – were not. The demand for devices for mining digital money is reduced, its rate, too, it follows from these ads on sites. For typical users, the procedure has become unbeneficial, yet big business carries on mining. The average cost of video cards for coin extraction in the first half of 2019, (production of tokens) amounted to 23.4 thousand RUB, which is 62.4% lesser than last year, a representative of Avi...

Reasons for a headache in miners are getting common. Not only that, the rate of major cryptocurrencies is far from ideal, so even dust leads to the fact that the equipment barely has time to serve the warranty period and soon breaks down. Moreover, this entails costs, reconfiguration, downtime, and loss of returns. Haven’t developers yet invented a solution that will help us to get rid of the main complications of mining devices? The popularity of blockchain projects has led to the emergence of...