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nicehash / excavator

NiceHash's proprietary low-level CUDA miner
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1.5.2 removed algorithms Nist5 and CryptoNight #245

Closed MichaelMiner closed 6 years ago

MichaelMiner commented 6 years ago

Why?

t4nja commented 6 years ago

Support for Nist5 and CryptoNight was dropped since both algorithms have been overtaken by ASICs. You can see how the Nist5 hashing speed increased: capture

EvgeniyKorepov commented 6 years ago

@MichaelMiner At the GPU, they are unprofitable: image

t4nja commented 6 years ago

@EvgeniyKorepov Looking at your screenshot, maybe we should remove sia and lbry as well :/

EvgeniyKorepov commented 6 years ago

@dropky Then add more algorithms. And then soon nothing will remain ;-)

t4nja commented 6 years ago

Will do ;)