Right now almost all of the coins are down: https://coinmarketcap.com/coins/ If you look at the top 100 by marketcap, 80% of them are in the red in the last 24 hours. Despite this I think merged folding is still the most profitable. If you know something more profitable to mine on the 1080ti please lets us know though :)
Thanks, really nice concise guide. Are you including ROI or equipment depreciation in your $9.50 return? Based on estimated output of 3 x 1080s (not Ti's), your total return (not counting equipment or power expense) should be nearly $20/day. I think you miscalculated the CureCoin price (it's currently about $.17 USD per coin according to https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/curecoin/). Let me know if that makes sense.
I should also mention that the cryptic pocket F@H found may be effective against all coronaviruses. If that's the case, barring major mutation, we might never face a coronavirus epidemic or pandemic again.
I'll answer "in time" (basically when I'd find more of it).
But until then. Just look at this chart: https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/foldingcoin/
Whales are investing on a falling asset (the highs are lower, the low are lowers). One that is clearly moving fast to where it started (.1 USD cent).
You don't need much to know that the tale of "the rational consumer/investor" is a tall one. Those guys are performing seppuku ... take any top 3 whattomine coin and it's quite more profitable than merged folding, by the time the next FLDC payments are to be made FLDC would be in the toilet...
Stupidity (what I called "information bottleneck") is a prime mover of the markets, especially small one where it cannot be easily averaged out.
I think curecoin is doin extremely good with the current crypto market since it's backed by institutions (Standford Uni). https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/curecoin/
For the miners, I think they will look for some alternatives until the dust settle (BTC segwit2x), so we can expect a rise in the number of active contributors for a while. As can be seen from cryptobullions, I notice that there are around 8020 active clients now (compare to few weeks ago ~7000ish).
This also means that less reward (higher difficulty) since CURE distribution per 24hr is 7488 coins divides equally base on folding ppd.
For people who stack CUREcoin... it's time to rise and shine :)!
You can use splitters and risers to get more cards on a standard ATX board, I've got an x16 riser to run my 3rd card. I don't have money for a 4th right now but when I do I can use a x4 to x16 riser ribbon out of an x4 adapted m.2 slot.
Don't ever let anyone tell you what you can and can't do with your computer and some duct tape!