Cryptocurrency All-in-One For Dummies

Chapter 6

Setting Up Your Mining Hardware

IN THIS CHAPTER

Properly setting up your equipment

Assembling your mining hardware

Understanding mining software options

Building a GPU mining rig

Configuring your mining hardware

After selecting a cryptocurrency you intend to mine, acquiring all the needed supplies and hardware, and choosing a suitable location to run your mining equipment, the next step is to bring it all together and set up your mining rig. Whether you plan to use application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) mining hardware, or a custom-built graphical processing unit (GPU) mining rig, we look at how to assemble the mining equipment, hook up all the needed cables, and install and run the correct software.

ASIC Mining Rigs

ASIC mining equipment is manufactured in a prebuilt package that takes care of much of the technical software and physical setup requirements that make GPU cryptocurrency mining somewhat more difficult. ASICs are designed to be virtually plug and ...