CryptoAge, on the other hand noted that the M1 was able to offer some similar performance with Monero mining. Gu even noted that the MacBook Air could actually only mine Ethereum at a speed of 2MH/s. The experiments were actually able to yield some similar results. In fact, a report from CryptoAge in December 2020, just a month after the initial release of the Apple M1 macs with the chip debuted, XMRig's particular developers had actually experimented with mining the known Monero cryptocurrency. This actually isn't the very first time that someone has decided to utilize the Apple M1 for crypto mining. This way, curious Mac owners will be able to check everything out themselves. Despite still requiring quite a setup, Gu has actually made the code available for cryptocurrency miners available on GitHub. Zensors very own software engineer by the name of Yifan Gu has reportedly found a way to make the ethminer utility be able to run on the MacBook Air equipped with the brand new M1 processor.
Nvidia, on the other hand, has still shown itself useful to crypto miners. With cryptocurrency on the rise, miners have discovered that there is actually another option as to GPUs which is the new Apple M1 chip. However, enthusiasts are struggling to get more GPUs as the availability has been getting even more scarce. (Photo : Screenshot From Pexels Official Website)Įthereum mining has proven to be quite profitable when the miner uses high-end GPUs.
