# Nicehash Zcash mining or Flypool Mining - Testing

**URL:** <https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/nicehash-zcash-mining-or-flypool-mining-testing/15882>\
**Category:** Mining\
**Created:** [May 12, 2017, 1:45pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/nicehash-zcash-mining-or-flypool-mining-testing/15882 "2017-05-12T13:45:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![45nice1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/3da27b/32.png) [@45nice1](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/45nice1)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2017, 1:45pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/nicehash-zcash-mining-or-flypool-mining-testing/15882/1 "2017-05-12T13:45:52Z")

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I’ve been using Nicehash for around 2 months now and have determined that the profitability fluxuates considerably (From 0.02 BTC a week to 0.011 BTC a week in some cases with at most 2-3 hours a week downtime). So I’ve decided to use this week as a test to see if I benefit more going direct to a mining pool rather than selling the hashing power.

Theoretically, I’ve determined that I should receive a 15-20% jump in profits using [Whattomine.com](http://Whattomine.com) when comparing the of ZEC and Nicehash-Equihash ($3.94 to $3.36 a day).

Mining Pool: Flypool (largest one I think in terms of mining power share)  
Miner: Claymore miner 12.4 with Crimson 15.12 Drivers  
Time started: 13:00 Friday 12th May - 13:00 Friday 19th May 2017.

Let’s see how it fares then!

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**Author:** ![45nice1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/3da27b/32.png) [@45nice1](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/45nice1)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2017, 7:10pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/nicehash-zcash-mining-or-flypool-mining-testing/15882/2 "2017-05-16T19:10:54Z")

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Noted: My miner went down for 12 hours (Exam season - Sleeping with ridiculous amounts of time is plausible!) so to compensate, I have turn on an addition miner for 36 hours during the week to compensate.