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I have been day trading for roughly 5 months now, and i have different perspectives on it. It is an effective method for actually making a living, if the right knowledge, amount of money and time is invested, but also very risky in terms of psychological stability and time consuming if not done by someone with good experience. As some of the users here, i experienced some kind of sickness, and being involved with it all helped my relationships turn a bit less stable. On the other hand, i wouldn't say it is a way of exploiting bitcoin, that is a negative way of looking at it. If it wasn't for day trading, cryptocurrencies would probably take much longer to popularize. Instead, i see it as one of the many possibilities brought by such disruptive technology, as any other good that gets into the market, traditional or not. It is a very good way for accumulating different coins and holding, i risk saying that it even makes the system stronger and healthier, for it maintains a viable cycle and gives many the opportunity to learn in different ways, either regarding getting to know the market or practicing self control and discipline. From a deeper philosophical point of view, risk management is always part of everything we do in our daily basis, and we should learn how to improve it, thus facilitating the acquisition of know-how to make good use of all the tools that are available for us to prosper in different aspects of life.
Perfect, that helped a lot! Much easier and effective way to adjust the settings. I've just installed gpu-z, and found out it's a Samsung GDDR5 6 Gb memory set.
Yeah, then ETH mining is probably the best way to go for you. Samsung memory usually overclocks a lot better than Hynix and Micron, and that's what matters the most for ETH algo. Plus it doesn't care as much about the core clock and the power consumption is on the low side in general. Download the latest version of nvidia profile inspector, set "CUDA - Force P2 State" to "Off" (it'll help to get rid of the unwanted memclock jump when you close the miner), set the core voltage to 0.8V and start overclocking the VRAM. You should get 20-23 MH/s out of your card. Though of course watch out for temps, that's the main issue in your setup.Nice, honestly, i didn't make a lot of research on the matter, but from the little i had read, didn't know the GPU's memory brand could directly affect overclocking and power consumption. That is great news, i am thinking though of buying a dedicated rig, and starting to mine for real 24/7, the only bad side is that it is still too expensive to buy the components in EU, in comparison to US... I'll give a try with ETH, and will do my best not to turn my laptop into a toaster. Too busy with work right now, so i doubt i can keep my experience up to date here, but maybe things turn better for me soon. Your input was very helpful, sir
I would suggest a good cooling pad, something like this thermaltake one for $20 will make a big difference.
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I've used that cooler on desktop replacement high end gaming laptops (i7 4790K - yes it's a desktop cpu in a laptop and GTX 980m) and it helped to lower the temps ~ 8 C.
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I've used that cooler on desktop replacement high end gaming laptops (i7 4790K - yes it's a desktop cpu in a laptop and GTX 980m) and it helped to lower the temps ~ 8 C.
I've used cooling pads like this one before, they really help, i'll do some local research and see if i can find similar products (i'm at the EU), if not, will order this one, thanks!
I'll research some more and see how it goes using the MSI afterburner, which works like a charm for the temperature and clock/voltage control, and will share my experience. Any other contributions would definitely be welcome
The best way to adjust clock and voltage is through the curve. Press Ctrl+F in MSI AB, click on 0.8V point to select it, then drag the core clock slider (in the main program window) to the right till it reaches ~ 1500-1600 MHz. Then click on the next point (812mv) and drag it down (doesnt't matter how much, it just must be below the clock you set for 0.8V), and then the same for all the other points to the right (they don't have to be all the same clock, just drop them all down rapidly one by one all of them should be lower than the one at 0.8V). Then click "apply" and you should see a straight line (it might go up a bit on higher voltages, like 1062-1075+mv, but that doesn't matter). That's it, you've got your voltage set to 0.8V and your clock to whatever it is you chose before (should be stable at 1500@0.8V, or maybe even higher, though you still might have to lower it if the miner/driver crashes). Then start increasing the memory clock until you find the maximum stable value (which brand's memory chips do you have btw? check with gpu-z).Perfect, that helped a lot! Much easier and effective way to adjust the settings. I've just installed gpu-z, and found out it's a Samsung GDDR5 6 Gb memory set.
If you are looking at VTC, I've found better performance on the 1.8.3 version of ccminer.
I'll give it a try, i went for the 2.2 version (tpruvot), but i wasn't aware of the actual difference, thanks!
Thank you all very much for the input. Yes, i had read that actually mining 24/7 on a laptop would probably fry it, but the idea here was to mine only for a part of the day to get to know the process and better understand the cost-efficiency doing it. Mining ETH, i hadn't thought of that, will give it a try! I already played a little with the voltage control, and had some interesting output. I'll research some more and see how it goes using the MSI afterburner, which works like a charm for the temperature and clock/voltage control, and will share my experience. Any other contributions would definitely be welcome
Hello, everyone. I just bought a MSI laptop with a GTX 1060 GPU card... I don't have much experience in mining, and i'd like to try and mine a bit, to get to know the process, and maybe earn some vertcoin, which i believe is a nice currency and has a strong community. Any advice on that? Do you think it's not worth GPU mining on a laptop? Thank you very much, cheers
I agree with those who think that the battle between BTC and BCH is just bad for the community as a whole. There is no such thing as the true coin or stuff like that. What is worrisome is the fact that the pumps and dumps are fueled by some few agents aiming to achieve something which is good for themselves and partners only. Every single member of the community should be committed to avoid situations like the one we are living now, with SEGWIT2X and other forks representing maneuvers and not ways of bringing more value to cryptocurrencies. I hope we can be able to unite and spread the idea of bitcoin as it is, not only as a brand, but to make the effort of keeping the revolution alive, and not destroying it inside out. We need always to be careful, there are big players in this game, and they are dangerous, including some who work for the already established system regarding not only currencies, but also politics, and social welfare.
Re: 200sat/5min - Join the highest paying faucet now - ClaimThisWay
I only claimed once or twice from this faucet... But distrust levels are high right now, for me at least, so when i see someone saying withdraw does not work, i just give up on it.
I just bought some tokens from Lakebanker's sale. I really hope none of those services are scam. In the meanwhile, it would be interesting to have more input from users who actually use the service currently.
Re: LWOS:Chicken-Island: a 3D multiplayer game to earn satoshi, direct payouts
Hi, could you please help me? I'm trying to register, but when i click the signup button, nothing happens at all... What could be the issue?
I tested and signup works fine.
Fill an username, a password , check the TOS box and valid the captcha.
Of course, use a real browser (ie not IE!)
Lol
i tried once again, with chrome and firefox, no ad blocks or vpn/tor, but still having the same weird situation :/
I'm unable to click the upper two antibot links for jrlbitcoin.bid, seems like the ad is covering them or something?
Using Chrome browser.
Using Chrome browser.
The same is happening to me, using Chrome and Firefox browsers.