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Title: How to find server key?
Post by: crazymadogy2 on March 12, 2017, 08:09:36 PM
Hi I was inquiring as to where I can find out what my server key is? It's a really long number set with random numbers, letters, and symbols. How do I go about finding this on my computer?


Title: Re: How to find server key?
Post by: OnkelPaul on March 12, 2017, 08:18:08 PM
What exactly do you mean? It's completely unclear what server you're talking about, and what kind of key you want.
You should describe what you actually want to do.

Onkel Paul


Title: Re: How to find server key?
Post by: crazymadogy2 on March 12, 2017, 08:25:26 PM
Hi sorry. It's for a bitcoin generator. It asks for a server key, which I think just refers to my computer? I'm sorry I am so new I don't really even know.


Title: Re: How to find server key?
Post by: achow101 on March 12, 2017, 08:28:35 PM
There is no such thing as a "bitcoin generator". There is Bitcoin mining, but modern mining software will not be useful with CPUs or GPUs for mining, and most have those functionalities disabled or removed.

Whatever "bitcoin generator" you have is either a virus, or a scam, or both. It is probably asking you for a private key, which is something that you use for spending your Bitcoin. DO NOT GIVE ANYONE YOUR PRIVATE KEYS AS THAT GIVES THEM THE ABILITY TO STEAL YOUR BITCOIN.

Whatever "bitcoin generator" you have, you should get rid of it immediately and do an immediate malware scan.


Title: Re: How to find server key?
Post by: OnkelPaul on March 12, 2017, 08:40:31 PM
What achow101 says...!

It might be interesting to know what kind of software you have there, so others can be properly warned.
If you have some really old legitimate mining software (from the time when mining with CPUs or GPUs was still possible) the "server key" might be a key from a mining pool which would be used to allocate fractional block rewards to the people running the miners on their computer. But that time is long gone.
Bitcoin mining today is only possible with special-purpose hardware, and mining profitably requires a lot of knowledge and access to cheap electricity.
Just forget about it for the moment (you might look into it again after you have learned about how bitcoin works, but even then you will most likely find that you can't mine bitcoins for profit at home).

Onkel Paul