Mining: Preparation

oppressing · May 16, 2018, 12:48am

For those more familiar with the algorithm AE has elected to utilize, what is some decent hardware I can start accumulating in preparation?

sergei.chain · May 16, 2018, 10:54am

I would recommend checking the git repo of cuckoo cycle for an up to date info on hardware. A GPU like NVIDA 1080Ti seems to be a good choice.

miramare · May 16, 2018, 12:35pm

Any official introduction about mining?

sergei.chain · May 16, 2018, 1:32pm

We have documentation on building and setting up a node - that would be an entry point for starting a mining node. We will provide an intro into mining topics, bur right now it is work in progress.

spaceyjones · May 29, 2018, 4:48pm

Looking forward to pointing my rig at the AE project - it will feel nice to mine for a project I believe in and not just at hype

vlad.chain · May 30, 2018, 2:43pm

Nice! Thank you, appreciate it!

Bahtiy · July 18, 2018, 12:12am

Can i will mine on 1050Ti and RX470 or 580?

aeternity-team · July 18, 2018, 7:19am

Hey @Bahtiy,

We just asked our devs about that and they’ll get back to you with an answer.

Regards,
The AE Team

philipp.chain · July 19, 2018, 9:55am

Hello @Bahtiy ,

for the æternity testnet and mainnet launch, we will use the cuckoo cycle implementation, as provided by John Tromp. This includes per default a miner for CPUs and a miner for Nvidia GPUs will be configurable. We provide instructions on how to configure this here: aeternity/cuda-miner.md at master · aeternity/aeternity · GitHub

You will be able to mine using the 1050Ti, but there is no implementation for AMD GPUs currently.

Kind regards,
Philipp from the Dev Team