Hi All,

First of all, I would like to say thanks to all the members on the site. Over the last few days, I have spent many MANY hours on the internet, learning and researching all about bitcoins, cryptocurrency and mining. And if it wasn't for a site like this, with an active memberbase, I know I wouldn't have learnt half as much.

Now I am that I am quite behind the band wagon, but it is still something that interests me, even if its for fun rather than profit.

I ordered and received Antminer u2, before I really understood what it was, and while I was waiting for it I was attempting to solo mine, using BitCoinCore and GUIminer on my laptop. I had no success. All sorts of problems with directories, user access permissions etc led me to get frustrated and abandoned the solo mining idea. I then went and signed up with BTCGuild so I could get to grips with pool mining. (that was running fine, but my GUIminer is playing up again)

I did like the GUIminer for the easy interface. I don't have vast script writing/programming experience, and I liked the idea of something simple to use, rather than writing command line code to change something.

So, Antminer came, I went and read manuals, tutorials, watched vids etc, but I still can't get it operational. I ended up using CGMiner, but it won't stay open. I am fairly sure that I've installed driver correctly. My BitCoinCore is all over the shot now, since I've moved files & directories around to try and get GUIminer working, and my Antminer is sitting on my desk, unused.

In the not too distant future, I want to get a USB hub and around 8 Block Eruptors (seem better than antminer) and have them running on a standalone rig. But before I do that, I wanted to make sure that I could get to grips with things first.


Would I be correct in thinking that I have really messed it up by moving BitCoinCore data around? How would I ensure that I have the correct drivers (actually, what are the correct ones?)? And what software miner is EASY, simple to use and setup for someone who has a little bit of technical knowledge, but not a lot of patience?

Thanks in advance,
JusticeEmpire