Ok, thanks, I'll give this a try.

This might sound silly, but I'm new to this,

can you type commands in the command prompt while the miner is running ie --scrypt?
and how do you save the config file, is there a dos command?

Thank's for your reply by the way!

Hi there,

I have cgminer 2.10.5. When I create a config file and load all of the necessary arguments into it, cgminer refuses to load it, it reports

"loaded configuration file xxx.conf"
"Fatal Json error in configuration file"
"Configuration file could not be used"

Then it prompts me for a pool url, port, etc. But because the scrypt argument hasn't been loaded from the config it's trying to mine bitcoin and all my shares get rejected, I've no idea how to fix this, any help would be appreciated!

Thanks in advance


My code in the config is:

{
"pools" : [
   {
      "url" : "http://eu.notroll.in:6332",
      "user" : "Stevo0110.2",
      "pass" : "12345"
   }
],

"intensity" : "13",
"gpu-engine" : "0-800",
"gpu-thread" : "2",
"scrypt" : true,
"api-listen" : true,
"shaders" : "800",
"thread-concurrency" : "1600",
"lookup-gap" : "2"

This is a good thread, I'd like to hear some experienced user opinions on this one, don't want to be mining a currency for it to go the way of solidcoin! For instance, what's the opinion on Terracoin, will it last or is it just another fad, I think litecoin might do well, the hash rate and difficulty has been climbing recently, and I think when all the asic's come online this might be where a lot of gpu miners will go.

I think that if bitcoin can become usable through a card system as Kim dot com is advocating, it will become a stable currency. The key question is also when/if sites like amazon/ebay will jump on board. Basically it needs mainstream backing, which I'm hoping for to be honest. It would be nice to have an alternative to the current banking system that doesn't involve hiding stacks of dollars under your mattress.

Just wondering if anyone has bought a miner from PrimeASIC yet, and any feedback on them?

Thanks for the like buddy.

I suppose if someone were generous/foolish enough to lend the Bitcoin they own I suppose that you could, but I doubt anyone will fall into that trap, just too much insecurity.

There has been a lot of media attention since Bitcoin broke its last all time high, I guess that's attracting alot of new people, unfortunately they'll probably all be hoarders not true users, could go badly...