What is the DAG file?
DAG is a Directed Acyclic Graph. It is used in all Ethash coins, like Ethereum, Ethereum Classic, Metaverse, Ubiq and other coins to provide a proof of work. DAG file is generated every mining epoch and it increases from epoch to epoch. It is very important to know current and future size of DAG file because it has a huge impact on the mining speed. DAG file is locating directly in your GPU memory. And if DAG file is bigger than your GPU memory so your GPUs become useless. To analyze future dag size you can use a calculator or see table below to find out the end of mining with your GPUs.
DAG file changes every epoch. One epoch is 30 000 blocks. The increasing speed of DAG file directly depends on a time of block finding. But the block finding time is not stable it may vary from 10 seconds to 60 seconds for Ethereum. So the day of each epoch is not defined in time, it is defined in blocks. In general, DAG file increases 0.72x per year for Ethereum. But remember it depends on a block finding time. For other networks with slower block find time DAG file increases slower and your GPU can work for a longer time.
Current block table
BlockChain | Ethereum | Ethereum Classic | Expanse | Ubiq | Metaverse |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Current Block | # | #20813054 | # | # | # |
Avg Block Time | 0.00 s | 13.51 s | 0.00 s | 0.00 s | 0.00 s |
Current Epoch | #0 | #693 | #0 | #0 | #0 |
Current DAG Size | 1 GB | 6.41 GB | 1 GB | 1 GB | 1 GB |
*Updated: 0 seconds ago
DAG size calculator
*It is predictable date and may be changed, it is based on an average block find time.
Important DAG sizes table
Dag Size | Epoch | Block | Day | End of GPUs |
---|---|---|---|---|
1.99 GB | №127 | # 3,839,999 | 10/JAN/2018 |
GTX 1050 2GB
R9 380 2GB
RX 550 2GB
|
2.99 GB | №256 | # 7,679,999 | 10/JAN/2018 |
GTX 1060 3GB
HD 7950 3GB
HD 7970 3GB
R9 280X 3GB
HD 7950 3GB
|
3.99 GB | №383 | # 11,519,999 | 10/JAN/2018 |
GTX 1050TI 4GB
R9 FURY 4GB
R9 380 4GB
R9 290X 4GB
RX 470 4GB
RX 480 4GB
RX 570 4GB
RX 580 4GB
|
5.99 GB | №639 | # 19,199,999 | 10/JAN/2018 |
GTX 1060 6GB
GTX 980TI 6GB
|
7.99 GB | №895 | # 26,879,999 | 10/JAN/2018 |
GTX 1070 8GB
R9 390 8GB
RX 470 8GB
RX 480 8GB
RX 570 8GB
RX 580 8GB
GTX 1080 8GB
|
10.99 GB | №1280 | # 38,399,999 | 10/JAN/2018 | GTX 1080TI 11GB |