Claymore already put at the disposal of their users the version 15.0 of its software mining, which includes improvements related to the advancement of the DAG epoch, compatibility with new graphics cards (GPU) and effectiveness in mining.The announcement of the new version of Claymore was given to know the past 26th of August at the forum of BitcoinTalk, where are mentioned the aspects that have been optimized in the software, mining, as well as the correction of certain errors (bugs) present in the previous version (v14.7).In regard to the compatibility with the new GPU, with Claymore v15.0 as can be to mine using graphics cards Navi, manufactured by the company AMD and which are equipped with processors of 7nm. However, it is important to note that, for the moment, these models of GPU can only be used to undermine ether (ETH), and not the other cryptocurrencies minables with this software (ethereum classic (ETC), decred (DCR), siacoin (SC), among others).Despite the fact that the new technology of 7nm allows the Navi to be much more efficient than the GPU earlier, these have not been able to reach their maximum potential in mining cryptocurrencies. The reason for this is that they need to have certain settings for the GPU to process the files DAG properly. However, according to the announcement made by Claymore, AMD already managed to solve the problem and just waiting for the release of the new drivers (drivers).Claymore 15.0 also extended his support for minar cryptocurrencies using the algorithm Ethash until the epoch #384. Version 14.7 of this software miner is only compatible up to the epoch #299. In view of that Ethereum is already in the epoch #281 and Ethereum Classic in #289, both ETH as an ETC would be reaching the epoch #299 between the months of October and November, according to the tool to calculate everything related to the epoch of the website Investoon.
What is the DAG epoch?
It is important to clarify that the DAG (Directed, Acyclic Graph, according to its acronym in English) is a set of data used for solution of blocks in networks of cryptocurrencies whose algorithm of mining Ethash. The most recognized and those that have a higher hash rate are Ethereum and Ethereum Classic.The DAG must be updated every certain amount of blocks (every 30,000 blocks with Ethash). This period is called epoch. With the passage of each epoch, the file DAG of going to be heavier, so it is important to have hardware and software miner is able to deal with the DAG epoch current. Here is the importance that each user of Claymore that mine ETH or ETC update this software as soon as possible. Because, when you reach the epoch #299, the software may not continue to undermine such cryptocurrencies, you have still the version 14.7.People who use Claymore to undermine other cryptocurrencies, different ETH and ETC, do not have the urge to update this software mining. However, it is prudent to do so anyway, because they were also corrected bugs of the previous versions and there are other upgrades with which account, as already mentioned compatibility with the GPU, Navi and the automatic configuration of the environment variables for the AMD cards, 4GB.