This is what I did for my Compacs. Works with original Compac, 2Pac, Newpac & F. Running on a Pi-3B & Raspian. I'd think that should work with a RiPii-0 as well.. Nov 2, 2021
Installation and running cgminer on Raspi or other `UX
My Solo Account on Kano.is is somename (fake) To break down per-worker add .<workername>
For CompacF it's somename.CompacF
Newpacs are somename.OldNewpacs
Highly suggested to run he F's and any pods on a seperate instance from slower sticks like the Newpacs, 2Pacs, Compac, etc.
Main Forum page for the F's https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5355470.msg58200639#msg58200639
- Speeds -
--gekko-compac-freq 305 --gekko-2pac-freq 200 --gekko-newpac-freq 225 --gekko-compacf-freq 425
-- Running CGMiner -
linux:
./cgminer -o stratum+tcp://stratum.kano.is:3333 -u somename.<wokername> -p x --suggest-diff 442 <type & speed>
eg for the Ferarri's
./cgminer -o stratum+tcp://stratum.kano.is:3333 -u somename.CompacF -p x --suggest-diff 442 --gekko-compacf-freq 425
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Installation info
- CGMiner Git -
The master git for cgminer is https://github.com/kanoi/cgminer
CGMiner README https://github.com/kanoi/cgminer/blob/master/README
That includes linux compile steps, but to repeat, on linux:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade -y
sudo apt-get install -y build-essential autoconf automake libtool pkg-config libcurl4-openssl-dev libudev-dev libusb-1.0-0-dev libncurses5-dev zlib1g-dev git
cd
git clone https://github.com/kanoi/cgminer.git
cd cgminer
CFLAGS="-O2 -march=native -fcommon" ./autogen.sh --enable-gekko --enable-icarus
make
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-Tweaks -
To run it at a higher frequency, add on to the commands above e.g.
--gekko-compacf-freq 400
The latest version of the gekko driver (as of 2021-10-17) has a new mining option:
--gekko-mine2
This uses a slightly different mining loop that also reports all frequency changes to the screen,
and why they change if it stepped down.
There's a second option if you have enabled the mine2 option:
--gekko-tune2 60
that allows the miner to recover lost frequencies if it was unable to match the frequency requested due to the environment, but it later improves e.g. gets cooler.
The '60' means check once per hour - default is don't do it.
The miner may just end up stepping up and down once per check if it can't do better, so there's a lower limit of once per 30 minutes, range is 30-9999
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Since it bears repeating here is the link to their program again: https://www.canaan.io/1490.htmlIt is running from May 1, 2023, to December 31, 2023. Too bad they stopped the program at the A6's. My 1st Avalon's were the A721's that I switched to in protest of Bitmain's attempt to push their new BCH coin by no longer accepting BTC. You could only pay with wirexfr or use their crapcoin. Coupled with s9 quality going down the tubes around then it was the last straw. Still have the 2x 721's and 2x 741's followed by a couple dozen 841's and 3x 941's. Of them all they all still work and only 5 failures - 2 fans dying on each of the 721's, one on a 841 as well as 1 on a 941. The only electronics failure is a dead PMU on one of the 841's. Considering the many years of them running 24x7x365 that is one excellent track record.  Those are all offline now of course and were replaced by A10's and one A12 - to-date, zero issues with them. Only God knows how many s9 fans, hash boards and control boards died on me - at least several dozen  |
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Many thread is covered that question but I don't know where are these threads already. @^^ Um, learn to use a search engine... just enter something like "using a bitcoin ASIC for other purposes" and you will get tons of answers. ALL will have the same answer: NO. |
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On that note. I been doing solo mining by renting rigs but when I'm not renting, i do have cpu miners going just for that wild chance. I know when I do these cpu miners its likely nothing, but I didnt know I could be harming the pool? If so I will stop.
It's not 'harming' the pool, as -ck said it is just a waste of resources because it uses the same amount as a miner that has at least a remote shot at finding a block. It all boils down to the miner being fast enough to even process *one* share. Remember, on average a block is found every 10 min and new work will be generated when it happens. That means that your miner MUST be fast enough to process at least 1 share and it be accepted by the pool aka 1 'roll of the dice' in that time. Even at a suggest diff of 1 using CPU's are unlikely to do that so on every point it is a waste of resources. |
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Hmm... Just in... do a search using "microsoft fusion power" best short version is from Techcrunch and for a more in-depth story about it https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/10/23717332/microsoft-nuclear-fusion-power-plant-helion-purchase-agreementshort version: Microsoft has contracted with https://www.helionenergy.com/ for energy from a small fusion plant capable of >50MW to go online in 2028... That power range fits nicely with the mega-mining farms needs... A quote from Helion's Faq page Helion’s cost of electricity production is projected to be $0.01 per kWh without assuming any economies of scale from mass production, carbon credits, or government incentives. The idea behind Helion's design strikes me as quite doable -- and coming from me that is quite a vote of confidence  Yes, along with my extensive experience in power systems design, plasma physics has always been part of my skill set as well... Frankly, their pulsed plasma compression approach is very, well, elegant as is the energy recovery process. Key question is how much is the net power out of not only the reactor but also true output of the entire power plant to "The Grid" vs power drawn in to create the fusion process aka, net power gain. One thing that helps immensely is that Helion does not use the reaction to heat water to make steam to drive a turbine and so does not have to make up for the losses incurred with each of those steps. They directly recover energy from the plasma via its intense magnetic fields coupling back into the coils that initiated the compression process. Think regenerative braking energy recovery - same (very general) idea but they are not only recovering energy put in but also the additional energy produced by the fusion reaction. So far I have not found info on the actual net conversion ratio... |
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Your miner OP, seems to be a relatively powerful and efficient device, but its noise level may be a concern for some users. Also, the included power supply ( without a power cord ) should be compatible with the input voltage of the miner and electrical outlets in your region.
If you are implying that the miner should run on 120VAC because it is sold in the US - not going to happen because there is NO safe way to feed the miner its required 3kw without using 220VAC. |
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Is it possible to run this USB Miner without a usb hub? I want to connect it directly to my USB3 port. I meant with its stock frequency. Only if the port is rated to be able to supply at least 3amps. Most are not and top out at 1.5a before the port shuts off. At stock freq the current is still over 2 amps. |
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Overall I completely agree.
BTC was designed for currency transfer/storage. Period.
Tokens, smart contracts, etc have no place in it! As the OP has already said there are more than enough other blockchains around to support that stuff. Ya know, ones that were created just for it...
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You can find good information on how you can start Bitcoin mining on various popular search websites. And all those websites are very well mentioned how you can start bitcoin mining. To start Bitcoin mining you will first need some Bitcoin mining equipment. First of all you need a good quality computer for mining, secondly you need to install a good mining software. Bitcoin wallet will be required and you will need electricity for mining and some other necessary items you will need to collect for mining.
Wrong. Having a decent PC and 'mining software' has NOTHING to do with mining Bitcoin. ref https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2415854.0 mainly point-3 The PC and software only applies to mining altcoins and this area is exclusively dedicated to mining BTC, not crapcoins. The Forum has separate areas for that. |
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And the 6 million $ question is: the pool you mine at does pay those massive fees to their users right? |
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In short: NO.
The reasons have already been covered in multiple threads...
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yes. but being able to push more through a block would just be beneficial for everyone even the monkey tards. Lets be honest the 1MB block limit is holding BTC back, we can store alot more data now for dirt cheap. And folks will be bitching even more about the storage required for a full node to hold the entire chain... BTC was never intended to be used for general storage of data. I've no idea why the hoards of idjits are doing it but increasing block size just to accommodate them is a horrible idea. |
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It is necessary to mine with asics. Video cards are unlikely to give income
any mining pools still active? You gotta be trolling right? You've never heard of Antpool, FUpool, ViaBTC, Kano.is etc.  A simple `net search will probably turn up more than a dozen... |
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The decision comes as the company focuses on investing in its IDM 2.0 program.
While Intel will continue to support its Blockscale customers, it will no longer take new orders after October 20th, 2023, and the last product will be shipped no later than April 20th, 2024. This marks a significant shift in the Bitcoin mining industry, as one of the world's leading chipmakers withdraws from the market.
Nope. Considering Intel was just entering the mining ASIC market, at best they were an insignificant blip. Them trying and then quickly leaving the market hardly matters. |
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Because Bitcoin mining usually requires high power electricity but high power electricity can never be expected using this bioenergy  That is a perfect example of more useless and WRONG or at best, incpmplete information from the 'net... Bioenergy certainly CAN be used -- it just requires the correct size setup for it. Can a homeowner do it? Hell no. Can a good sized livestock farm do it - yes. The links I gave above point to companies that build biowaste power plants up to 10's of MW. |
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I have also one question regarding miner benefit after btc mine limit reached, will these mine machine can be used to mine other coins or these will he useless after 21 million reached? Frankly - don't know and don't care. Ask us again in 2140 when the block reward drops to near zero. Oh wait -- none of us, and even our children will be long dead before then to care...  |
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@OP -- Read https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2415854.0 mainly point-3 This area where you posted is for Bitcoin only, as pointed out in the above link that means you MUST use an ASIC-based miner - anything else is beyond pointless. Any other type of coin is called an Altcoin aka crapcoins because of their low value. Most if not many can be mined on a PC with a decent GPU. If you want to mine altcoins there area for those is https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=160.0edit: I see the mods moved the OP's thread to where it belongs  |
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Now these small inscriptions are causing fees to grow even more than the first big Ordinals wave in February/March. The reason is actually simple: storing a 50K picture with 10 sat/bytes is already expensive, but a small token transfer of no more than 300-400 bytes is perhaps even possible with 100 sat/bytes.
This could lead me to conclude that the bigger Inscription transactions aren't really the problem for the current blockchain bloat. The problem are periods of extremely high blockchain activity when some kind of "hype" is going on, regardless of the size of the individual transactions. And such a hype could have been already possible with pre-Taproot rules. Fitting in perfectly with that is this https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5449752.msg62190211#msg62190211 from the Mining area. My guess is that the parties eintioned in that are behind the mass of tiny Tx's with huge fees attached. It has also been pointed out that there are just a few wallets receiving the Tx's and that often the wallets are emptied by sending the collected BTC to burn addresses. WTF? Why on earth... edit: from a few posts up in that thread Most of the energy going into it is like "look I can waste my money and also spend way too much on fee per bytes even though no one is forcing me to by any means necessary". Kind of like spending a fuck ton of money on food with gold on it so you can post it on instagram to like 200~ followers or something. That kind of shit is clogging up society in many ways not just Bitcoin but ultimately theres no magic trick behind it. Pretty much all these things they are paying for will become worthless just like all other NFTs even ones collected by Celebrity Douchebags https://www.sportskeeda.com/esports/news-logan-paul-s-623k-2021-nft-now-worth-10-here-s . For the record yes Logan Paul is generally irrelevant even when he is mentioned in something and he certainly is not a blockchain wizard or educated in anything useful. However it goes to show that even a guy with a billion blind young rich followers cannot sell this absolute crap to anyone. It will die slowly or fast depending on how much money the buyers have and how many drug addictions the sellers have. Most of the energy going into it is like "look I can waste my money and also spend way too much on fee per bytes even though no one is forcing me to by any means necessary". Kind of like spending a fuck ton of money on food with gold on it so you can post it on instagram to like 200~ followers or something. That kind of shit is clogging up society in many ways not just Bitcoin but ultimately theres no magic trick behind it. Pretty much all these things they are paying for will become worthless just like all other NFTs even ones collected by Celebrity Douchebags https://www.sportskeeda.com/esports/news-logan-paul-s-623k-2021-nft-now-worth-10-here-s . sums it up rather well. |
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And if you try it and it asks to have access to your contacts, camera, etc. Delete and run away fast - there is no reason a mining monitor app would or should need that. Info needed to connect to a miner(s) and establish any links should only be entered by YOU when you setup the app and tied only to that specific app.
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Add to this the expected surge of activity within the network courtesy of Ordinals and their shenanigans (which I am not really against since it's about time bitcoin gets its own NFT), and expect a pretty nasty increase in fees in the next months or so.
No, BTC does not need its own NFT... Folks already bitch about the local storage needed to run a full node and BTC was intended as a means for having an immutable open ledger for storing/transferring the chain of a currency, in this case BTC,from its creation to current ownership, if desired, also including a short bit of text that can be used as 'notes'. For pure efficiency it should remain so. It was never intended to be a ledger/storage method for any form of data such as contracts, images, etc. There are numerous side-chains (ran by companies...) that can be used for NFT crap and smart contracts etc but of course records documenting the chain of ownership can be stored on the BTC blockchain much like Ordinals do. Only difference is that Ordinals actually store their crappy 32kb 'artwork' on the main chain as well as just track its movement from wallet to wallet using actual - but very tiny, like BTC0.0001 btc - transactions holding the full 32k of possible data to go with it. Yay Taproot that allowed this mess...  The only good part is they usually pay very hefty fees for that 32vkb tx. That said today has seen mempool showing some insane fees - many are well over 1 BTC of fees being rewarded |
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