Today i show you what i know so far about FPGA's and their possible mining capabilities.
As shown in the video, their hashrates on Ethereum for example could be enormous!
ASIC's are nothing compared to these possible hashrates.
ere are some pics and video of my 8 x Xilinx VCU1525 rig. Each VCU1525 card has one Xilinx VU9P Virtex Ultrascale+ FPGA. Hash rate for the whole rig combined is:
http://giftcardbank.net/cryptocurrencynewcoins/index.php/2018/06/07/ethereum-mining-fpga-cards-footage/
Keccak (Smartcash, Maxcoin): 136GH/s (17GH/s per card x eight) ($160/day at Apr-30 prices)
Tribus (Denarius, Virtus): 16.8GH/s (2.1GH/s per card x eight) ($304/day at Apr-30 prices)
Phi1612 (Luxcoin, Folm): 5.2GH/s (650MH/s per card x eight) ($456/day at Apr-30 prices)
Skunhash (Various coins): 10.4GH/s (1.3GH/s per card x eight) ($261/day at Apr-30 prices)
Those yield around US$20-$57 per card per day ($160-$456 per day for the rig). Each VCU1525 card costs $4000, or $32K for the whole rig. At $160-$456 per day, ROI is 70-200 days depending on the algorithm. I'm not the only one mining with these cards. Apparently some guy in Germany is getting 64KH/s with Cryptonight-V7 on the same VCU1525's, earning him over $100 per day per card or $800+ per day for a whole rig.
Due to high pricings, and also the expensive software that will probably go along these cards,
The return of investment would only be slightly higher than regular GPU's.
They could possibly be better than the use of ASIC's, due to their flexible reprogammable properties.
Let me know in the comments below what you know so far, or what you think about these.
As i talked with Bits Be Trippin about these, he shares the same opinion as me about them.
Until now, this is all we have so far and i wanted to keep you guys updated!