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. ...

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. Exchanges news Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME Group), a major financial derivatives marketplace, said today that January 2020 was Bitcoin futures' second-best month since their 2017 launch, averaging 10,800 contracts, 69% greater than the average daily volume in 2019. Also, according to them, new options on Bitcoin futures a...

For 2018, cryptocurrencies have significantly lost in value, but ASIC mining has not deceased and miners are ready to continue making transactions and receiving a reward for generating blocks. In 2018, several interesting devices with increased hash rates were released. The top-end ones can process from 28 to 76 trillion hashes per second (TH/s). Moreover, many ASIC miners can be ordered directly from the manufacturer. Best miners on SHA-256 for 2019 The main trend of ASICs last year was the tr...

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 Isatech, the tech firm and crypto exchange operator bidding to by the for-sale Mexican presidential plane, appears to have raised its offer to the Mexican government. The company, which made a multi-million dollar offer in its own cryptocurrency, has promised to provide the government with blockchain technology softw...

Characteristics and comparison of the devices The record of the development of mining devices is somewhat similar to the evolution of life on Earth. Once cryptocurrency mining was carried out on Central processors at a speed of 20-30Mh/s, and modern ASIC devices can develop 50Th / s, which is about 2,000,000 times the hashrate of the first miners. More recently, Antminer S15 accelerating to 28.00 Th/s was one of the most productive miners for bitcoin mining and now the developer has announced t...

Innosilicon was primarily involved in the production of components for electronic tools. However, the enthusiasm triggered by the emergence of ASICS in the digital market provoked the company's management to switch to the production of a novel category of miners and it was the correct choice. As a result, Innosilicon has taken a top position among the equipment, which produces virtual assets. The unimaginable pace of growth of the corporation has been repetitively noted by analytical organizati...

Proof of Stake has become fashionable. Towards the tail end of 2019, a growing number of crypto-exchanges and platforms added support for proof-of-stake (PoS) tokens, as well as for staking services that invest PoS crypto on the behalf of users. At the same time, the number of proof-of-stake digital assets grew, as did the amount of value staked in them. Such growth is set to continue in 2020, with analysts expecting more PoS projects to come online in the new year. Not only that, but they expe...

As said by asicminervalue.com for SHA-256 at present, most mining equipment operates at a loss or with minor return. Perhaps immersion cooling may change this state of affairs. Ebang E11++ This miner can bring about 6.86 USD per day with a five-cent outlet and a bitcoin rate of roughly 5 thousand dollars. Hashrate is - 44Th/s with the energy consumption of 1980 watts. Bitmain Antminer S15 The novelty from Bitmain company, which after April 9 stopped being the Bitmain’s flagship, allowed to p...

Building applications for cryptocurrency mining have long been put on a commercial basis. Tough competition in this market segment contributes to the development of the crypto industry. Thanks to the cheap and easy-to-use software, the extraction of virtual assets has become available to a wide range of users. In 2017 the vast majority of owners of mining-farms on the cards used Claymore's Dual GPU Miner utility to work on the Ethash algorithm. The emergence of a new Phoenix miner utility from ...

Here is what happened in the Cryptoworld in the third quarter of this year: Total crypto market capitalization in Q3 July July was a very busy month. Telegram's token Gram jumped 201% even before public sale, and DOGE skyrocketed after the announcement that it'll be listed on Binance. In other coin news, Tron (TRX) was hit with fake news; and Opera’s crypto wallet for Android started supporting Bitcoin (BTC) and TRX.Speaking of Tron, the anticipation and the guest list for the Sun-Buffe...

The digital currency market is gradually coming to life. The leading token Bitcoin has increased in price by 20% and this does not seem to be the limit. At the same time, machinery from retailers is sold with a price reduction and this is an ideal time to start mining. There is some good news for those who are now using ASICs with video cards— their equipment can be given a "second life" via extending life in a dust-free setting and overclocking. What miner model is appropriate for mining? The...

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 Long lines are reportedly forming at Venezuelan stores that accept Petro (PTR) pay, reports Venezuelan media outlet Panorama. The news outlet published photographs of what it says are customers queuing up to spend their state-issued, oil-backed tokens at some of what Caracas claims are the 4,300+ stores nationwide th...

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...

2020 could be “one of the brightest years” that the digital asset industry has seen so far, finds Vision Hill,a New York-based full service digital asset management firm. They also provided a framework for how investors can think about approaching the digital asset market next year. Their report explains that this opinion is not price-related, but that we’ll see the industry maturating faster. The company expects the public digital asset market to continue recovering next year, showing that ther...

There isn’t enough data for us to know for sure or predict with any certainty how Bitcoin (BTC) will behave before or after the mining reward halving, so there’s no room for stress, panic or wild predictions. The next BTC halving is the talk of the town, and it is safe to expect that it’ll continue to be (increasingly) so until the actual event in May 2020. But the new report by crypto market analysis firm Coin Metrics says that we simply do not have enough information to know how the world’s mo...