What is this GPU plotting everyone is talking about? Chia has released the alpha of Bladebit CUDA. The alpha is currently being supported in the Chia beta program, through Keybase. The alpha requires the following supported system configurations Chia released the new roadmap with GPU plotting in the GUI and Chia client natively, as well…
Summary The LX3030 is very good for Chia plotting, almost able to max out a 32 core AMD Threadripper performance with madMAx. The 1TB will likely be the sweet spot, priced under a high-end data center SSD and easy availability and compatibility because of the M.2 form factor. LX2030 is perfect for temp 1 when…
AMD Threadripper and Intel Optane PCIe 4.0, Using MadMAx and plotman to automate One of the community members who I have spent a decent amount of time chatting with over the past few months asked me if I knew anyone who wanted to buy some of his plotting equipment. I’ve been wanting to test out…
It all starts with the plotman. As many of you know, Eric was the one that convinced me to build the original NUC. He messaged me the other day about a new server on eBay, asking me if I thought it was a good deal. I have worked with Dell over the years (they have…
Beginners Guide to Farming Chia in Windows Rev 2.0, by JM Hands. This guide is written to Chia version 1.3, and a beta version was used in the video. Prepare your system for farming Install Chia Get xch from the faucet Create plotnft (this will allow you to join a pool) Plot with madMAx chia-plotter…
Rev 1.1 (updated for Chia version 1.0.4 with reduced temp space!!) “We have Amazon affiliate links in this article and we earn commission from qualifying purchases at zero cost to you. We only recommend products that we use ourselves and would never compromise the integrity of your build. This helps us bring you quality content…
The idea of this plotting build centers around 8 core desktop CPUs being the plotting sweet spot for a low end budget, in terms of price, performance, IO connectivity and DRAM requirements. The build aims at getting 8 plotting processes concurrently for a target of 2.5-3TB total amount plotted per day for a total cost of under $1000. Plot time target is between 25000-28000 seconds.
