If you plan on placing in the refrigerator for a week or so, then hanging in a curing chamber with proper temp and humidity for 3 months to a year, until proper % loss in moisture has been achieved, the cure #2 is the proper cure to use...
If you plan on mixing up the ingredients, refer for a few days then smoking to an internal temp of 160 ish, cure #1 is the proper cure...
It would help if we saw the complete recipe you want to follow.....