Even though Antminer D3 mines the X11 algorithm, you can still use it to mine BTC . The reason you want to do that is that it makes more sense to mine BTC when it is going up, than mining altcoins directly. Nicehash is a good mining pool that allows you to earn BTC indirectly by mining altcoins with your D3.
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A: The AntMiner S9 can only mine coins based on the SHA256 alagorithm such as bitcoin and bitcoin cash . Ethereum is based on a Keccak algorithm and is therefor unable to be mined with an AntMiner S9.
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