Quote from: nsummy on January 12, 2018, 03:49:34 PM

Quote from: dragonmike on January 12, 2018, 03:08:12 PM

Guys, would like your opinion on the following please.

I'm going to help two work colleagues set up their first respective mining rigs next week (both identical 6x1080).
I'm struggling on what to set them up to mine, basically. As they have very little knowledge of the whole mining experience, the logical thing would be to get them an account on Nicehash and forget about it.

Unfortunately I don't like that option for 3 reasons:
- NH is taking massive fees
- They'd have to setup an account because mining to external addresses would just take ages for them to see their gains
- NH is not my friend anymore, generally, for well-known reasons

I could set them up with DSTM and mine ZEC, but they'd potentially be forfeiting 30-40% of potential earnings.

What do you reckon? Zpool equihash hub? Ahashpool Neoscrypt hub?

I still think the logical thing to do would be to start them on Nicehash. Obviously you know that mining a specific coin isn't exactly set it and forget it. Price could crash, difficulty could skyrocket, etc. At least this way they could get an idea how different miners work and how different miners are better for certain coins. If you are new, Nicehash is a great learning tool. My advice probably wouldn't be the same if the person was starting with 1 or 2 cards, but 6 1080s seems like a big investment for knowing little to nothing.

Or I guess if you are deadset against Nicehash, I would consider using this: https://github.com/Sniffdog/Sniffdogminer/releases Its designed for 1080tis but I think its great for 1080s too