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Title: I need specifics to minig with my machine, Lenovo Ideapad Z570 Post by: skeeterskeeter on September 14, 2012, 06:54:06 PM I would like to post here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=42.0
But I am a newbie. Ok so, I have a lenovo ideapad z570. I am running linux kernel 3.0.25 (pretty sure) with my pretty purple ubuntu oneric ocelot. I am looking for a simple, hopefully gui but bash is fine too, bitcoin mining program. I guess I would like to just set it up to use my gpu and just get it working in running so I know how to do this. Then in the future I plan to make a small rig just for funlols. I have been looking but every guide is so specific to laptop hardware and software that it would just take way to long to find everything I need. I figure there is someone out there that has the same laptop as me, or knows what I can do easily. The best I've found so far is that pcoblm(sp?) is good. Other than that I do not know how to proceed, does this program have everything I need for my hardware? Is there a chart? Skeeter. Title: Re: I need specifics to minig with my machine, Lenovo Ideapad Z570 Post by: DeathAndTaxes on September 14, 2012, 07:03:19 PM You don't. CPU mining is dead, and your laptop doesn't have a compatible GPU. Even if it did given the specs of most laptops you could expect to earn maybe a cent ($0.01) worth of Bitcoins a day by spending far more than that in electricity.
Mining either requires high end GPU (and preferably a lot of them in a special built "rig") or dedicated hardware (FPGA and ASICs). The days of just gabbing any computer off the shelf are long gone. Mining is far more competitive now. Title: Re: I need specifics to minig with my machine, Lenovo Ideapad Z570 Post by: skeeterskeeter on September 14, 2012, 07:06:33 PM Thank you you have finished my fruitless efforts.
So, If I understand this right. It is basically a lottery so I could technically solve the problem? But I only get like 1 entry where if I have a bad ass computer I might get to put 100 entries in the lottery? Skeeter Title: Re: I need specifics to minig with my machine, Lenovo Ideapad Z570 Post by: DeathAndTaxes on September 14, 2012, 07:08:47 PM Thank you you have finished my fruitless efforts. So, If I understand this right. It is basically a lottery so I could technically solve the problem? But I only get like 1 entry where if I have a bad ass computer I might get to put 100 entries in the lottery? Skeeter Yes although due to the "lottery effect" most miners participate in mining pools where they split the reward when a block is found by any of the members. To answer your second question. Correct however the scale is likely a little off. It would be more like you get 1 lottery ticket and a high-end rig get 40,000 lottery tickets and the biggest mining farms get 20 million lottery tickets. :) Title: Re: I need specifics to minig with my machine, Lenovo Ideapad Z570 Post by: skeeterskeeter on September 14, 2012, 07:13:36 PM Whollley crap. I want in.
Title: Re: I need specifics to minig with my machine, Lenovo Ideapad Z570 Post by: MDHoldings on September 14, 2012, 07:41:31 PM http://www.butterflylabs.com/products/
check these out. Best way to be productive mining. I'm waiting on my Jalapeno. These hook up via usb and you can mine with your comp. |