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2621  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Technical Support / Re: Forced to upgrade to 5.1 - Can someone explain why? on: January 13, 2012, 06:55:36 PM
The bitcoin wallet is stored at ~/Library/Application Support/Bitcoin/. All versions look to the same user directory location for your wallet.

Yet I did a search and couldn't find bitcoin anywhere on my comp. Also why did it disappear from my desktop?

You don't need to search for your wallet, just know it is saved in a different place than the Bitcoin client software. I was explaining why you still have your bitcoins and addresses even after reinstalling the Bitcoin software - even if you delete the program, it leaves behind your Bitcoin data, because it could have money in it.
2622  Bitcoin / Mining support / Re: AMD update kills Hash rate on: January 13, 2012, 06:52:01 PM
Just ran the AMD update.  Have 3 5850's running clocked at 900/300 1088volts and have been getting 325Mh consistently.  Now....all 3 cards are running under 250Mh. 

WTF?

No need to roll back the whole driver. Run the uninstaller for Opencl only, then extract your old driver and install just the old file.

Only downside  (of it is one) is that further uninstalls and updates may fail to remove the old cl SDK unless you keep the original installation file.

Was 11.12 the introduction of 2.6? So, I would just need to extra the SDK from the 11.11 drivers?


That is what I do, I actually run the ATI installer up to the point where it extracts the files, and then I cancel. On a completely driver-free system. I would then go to the device manager, find the video card, and then install the driver manually using the path C:\ATI\Support\11-12_vista32_win7_32_dd\Packages\Drivers\Display\W7_INF where they were extracted (or whichever version you want). That installs only the video card driver and no other stuff. Then browse your computer to C:\ATI\Support\11-6_vista32_win7_32_dd\Packages\Apps\OpenCL to install that driver's version of OpenCL. That's how you mix and match.

The ATI driver uninstaller leaves behind the newest OpenCL files, even when you choose "uninstall ALL ATI software". Follow these instructions before reinstalling: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=54693.msg651989#msg651989

I like how this post pretty much ignores my post above his only to point at another post of mine in another thread only to say the same thing on what to do.

Not really, I would recommend that someone delete the list of files linked in your post, but then reinstall the OpenCL the official way with the driver packages instead of downloading DLLs from a non-official source.
2623  Bitcoin / Mining support / Re: 5830 Dedicated Miner Problem on: January 13, 2012, 06:46:40 PM
So if swapping different video cards into this system doesn't help, and you have re-installed the OS from scratch and no difference....?

About the only thing I could imagine is if for some reason the card isn't getting sufficient power, perhaps it goes into "limp mode" with fewer shaders or such. Here's the order of where I would go next:

- Something wrong with the motherboard BIOS config? With the system off, move the motherboard's CMOS jumper to the "reset" position, restart with defaults.

- Get the GPU-Z utility and run it, see that it is showing GPU clock speeds like you expect, 1120 shaders, etc. (I can do a screen shot of a good system if you need)

- If you are using 4 pin -> 6 pin PCIe power adapters, try all different ones.

- Try the power supply from your good system into this sick one, maybe there is a bad PCIe power connector on the power supply.

- Find out if other video card stuff sucks - do games or Furmark run at 1/2 the frame rate they get on the other 5830 system with one card? Maybe a tech support call to ATI or the card manufacturer if you have something where nothing is right (they might not understand mining).

Outside of this, about the only thing left is your motherboard being bad or not playing well with the 5830 (I have a system that won't boot up at all with certain 5830s models, so yours isn't the worst)



2624  Bitcoin / Mining support / Re: 5830 Dedicated Miner Problem on: January 13, 2012, 06:29:58 AM
The system specs in your first post say one GPU, but the Trixx drop-down box indicates that there is more than one GPU in the system. If you have an onboard GPU or other card it should be disabled unless it is also mining. The motherboard doesn't have onboard video looking at the spec site. I have a feeling that PLATFORM=1 or DEVICE=1 as an option may point the miner at the correct GPU.

Run this command line in the phoenix directory, and it will list the device numbers of the OpenCL devices in your computer:
phoenix.exe -u http://nothing/ -k phatk2


A 5830 should be listed as Cypress.
2625  Bitcoin / Mining support / Re: 5830 Dedicated Miner Problem on: January 13, 2012, 04:50:06 AM
A:

B:
  • Install MSI Afterburner or Sapphire TRIXX for overclock control,
  • Set the memory clock to 366MHz, and overclock the core from 800MHz to something more like 950MHz-1000MHz+

C:
  • If you have ever installed 11.12 or 12.1 Catalyst drivers, follow the instructions here to remove the old OpenCL it left behind. Reinstall 11.11.

D:
  • Run the miner.cmd file. You can right-click and drag to your desktop, and create a shortcut to it
  • See 320+ MH/s

2626  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: I have dial up. on: January 12, 2012, 04:03:15 PM

You can only pass off an evil chain as the real thing if you also isolate them from the network.  If they connect to a valid node, they will use the longest chain available, which is always the valid chain.

Ok - that makes sense thanks.
edit: not that I understand why some clock adjustment on the evil chain miner machines couldn't make the low-difficulty evil-tail chain longer

It's not that easy; it is more like "the most difficult chain" that is used. The hashes in the blocks also have a difficulty; Bitcoin can see the blocks were easy even if you time warp while you are generating them.

56k dialup gets about 12MB an hour in downloading compressed files. I have split a downloadable blockchain into 100MB parts with very high compression; that would still take 8 hours of continuous downloading per file x 6 parts.
2627  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: Looking to buy btc with PayPal on: January 12, 2012, 03:41:09 PM
Search is your friend, here is your question asked a week ago:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=56582.0

It is against PayPal terms too:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=55421.msg659727#msg659727

In short, PayPal payments are worthless and untrustable, Bitcoin payments are uncounterfeitable, undisputable, irrevocable, trustworthy.
2628  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: bitcoin compiled without full openssl libraries on: January 12, 2012, 03:20:29 PM
Here is the answer: Someone (BlueMatt) forgot to enable RPCSSL in gitian builds...

"luke-jr    * a225351 Re-enable RPCSSL in gitian builds.
19:38    luke-jr    ^ is this a bugfix?
19:38    BlueMatt    yea
19:38    gmaxwell    luke-jr: I think so it wasn't intentionally turned off, and people using it have complained."

It has already been noted and fixed, but you'll need to wait for a 0.5.2 or 0.6.0 binary for the fix. Alternately you can compile Bitcoin 0.5.1 yourself after making just the changes to the source that are in commit a225351.
2629  Economy / Trading Discussion / Re: Using the R platform on: January 12, 2012, 10:40:48 AM
Using R for block finding and pool round probabilities: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=38785.msg494631#msg494631
2630  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: [ARTICLE] Titcoins! What Porn Can Do for Bitcoin on: January 12, 2012, 10:30:32 AM
I think anybody who pays for porn on the internet has a major hole in the their head. I have friend of a friend of a friend of a friend that has never paid for porn, and watches it once a week to get marketing ideas and take a break for reading forum posts and to relieve pressure. If you want the name of the sites, just PM me, and the next time I see him I will ask him for the URLs. On a side note, do you think Ellyian is a pretty name for a girl?


once a week?!!


how does he relieve pressure on the other 6 days?


Sorry for replying late, but I was on another site for a second. What was the question?


for a second?!!
2631  Bitcoin / Pools / Re: [170 Gh/s] Bitcoins.lc - No invalid blocks, Instant payout, EU, IPv6, 0% fee, LP on: January 12, 2012, 06:14:45 AM
Pools down/gone? 502 Bad Gateway at http://www.bitcoins.lc and bitlc.net.

Jine: Last Active: November 15, 2011, 11:36:59 PM
2632  Bitcoin / Mining support / Re: HD 6870 with 11.1a STILL NEED HELP on: January 12, 2012, 06:07:39 AM
Can someone point me in the right direction for the best drivers/miner/tags for a HD 6870.

I have rolled back to 11.11 so I can have SDK 2.5

but now I get 265Mhash at stock clocks 900/1050

and 280Mhash at 950/300

I was getting 300Mhash+

The answer you are looking for is: that even after reinstalling the 11.11 driver, you likely still are using the SDK 2.6's OpenCL which reduces performance. Multiple threads have been created where I answered this, it's almost like the search function doesn't work on the forum...:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=54693.msg651989#msg651989
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=57784
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=56885
2633  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: bitcoin compiled without full openssl libraries on: January 12, 2012, 06:00:17 AM
Wallet encryption?

Bitcoin didn't use encryption before this, only hashing functions.

Edit: never mind, "read post before replying" will be my new mantra.
2634  Economy / Goods / Re: (WTS) Windows Keys That have been used? on: January 12, 2012, 05:59:17 AM
No resale on OEM keys is so that keys get destroyed and lost and MS makes more money. However, it also prevents a double-spend attack: sell the key for bitcoins, then sell the computer with the OEM key sticker on Craigslist.
2635  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Possible solution for recovering lost Bitcoin to the "blackhole". on: January 12, 2012, 05:41:46 AM
Just because I have never spent my coins doesn't mean I don't still have them and want them. Dumb.
2636  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: [ARTICLE] Titcoins! What Porn Can Do for Bitcoin on: January 12, 2012, 05:36:33 AM
some believe that the porn industry and their revenue streams are deeply rooted in the establishment.  Embarrassed

but maybe indie porn will come to the rescue  Kiss

One reason they may like the established system: with credit cards, you can be charged by the minute at their site and get an outrageous credit card bill you would have never paid had you known. Credit cards can be billed without you authorizing every single little amount. Bitcoins can't be magically sucked out of your wallet, you have to pay ahead, and have time to reflect if your carnal desires are worth that amount of money before you press "send coins".
2637  Economy / Trading Discussion / Re: Can anybody explain to me the concept of Scalping on: January 12, 2012, 05:28:44 AM
I would suppose the meaning is the same in trading as is used in "scalping" tickets. A ticket scalper buys many concert tickets gambling that the show will sell out, there will still be a high demand, and he will be able to sell the tickets for a profit. Sometimes it doesn't work out and they are stuck unloading tickets for less than face value when an un-sold-out concert still has tickets at the box office on event day. Replace "concert tickets" with any other commodity.
2638  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Have you messed up and lost BTC? *UI Suggestion* on: January 12, 2012, 04:53:46 AM
I can see the confusion that a user might have with the term "Address Book". A person's email address book, for example, only has recipients, it doesn't generally contain 100 of your own email addresses. I very specifically am mindful of whether I am looking at the sending or receiving tab; I may have "Theymos" in both my sending and receiving books.

Perhaps in the client, only sending addresses (your contacts, people you send bitcoins to) should be in the main GUI "address book" link; another button in the main toolbar that brings up just receiving addresses would further differentiate them. We just need a better name for such a "My Addresses" button that has a real-world analogy.

Another oddity that lends to confusion is the constanly changing "Your Bitcoin Address" in the main UI. It is incorrect, for one - that is only one of many address you may have, and is likely not one you have used before. If I want to use my previous addresses I will, and I ignore the new one until I have a need. It may be better to remove "Your Bitcoin Address" in the main UI. Instead, in the "My Addresses" area (where you can see all your receiving addresses), have a "create new address" feature that also prompts for a label. This would encourage labels for all addresses, and identification of who sent you coins would be easier by design. When a fresh client is installed, it could pre-label the first address it creates "My First Bitcoin Address".

Instead of Bitcoin auto-creating new addresses when it sees fit, when the new address creation parameters are met, it could prompt you "Reusing Bitcoin addresses reduces anonymity - create a new one now?". An option "Disable New Address Prompts" in settings could disable these prompts.
2639  Other / CPU/GPU Bitcoin mining hardware / Re: Multiple PSUs and Grounding on: January 12, 2012, 04:25:59 AM
The big concern I have with running two power supplies into one rig is that even if the grounds are externally linked, the output voltages can be different between the supplies. Lets say one supply puts out +12.1V and another puts out +12.4V, then there is a 0.3V potential between them, and current will flow between the two power supplies. The amount of current is only limited by the design of the power supply regulation and the resistance in the path. If one power supply is connected to your motherboard and supplies a video card +12v through PCIe slot (up to 75W), and the other is connected to the video card power connectors, then you seem to have made a path through the card and motherboard where this current can flow with little limitation until a trace goes up in smoke. While I have run such a system with two power supplies and it worked, frankly I am surprised it did.
2640  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: MyBitcoin has started spending our stolen coins on: January 12, 2012, 04:03:54 AM
Has anyone gotten Bitten to work?
You're smart - you figure it out!

There sure are funny comments on the commits: "something works", "miscellanous processed meat", "bunch o work".

Looks like the kind of comments I use, I just looked through some of my pre-public code for my comment goofs: "'term for crapping on cache server" (add query to url to bypass stale cache), "I could take a URL from the command line, but fuck you" (framework for future command-line options), "fill array with crap for debug" (preloading array on instantiation)...
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