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Is anyone else hearing an echo?  Sam |
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I switched back to BTC Guild today and it is no longer allowing me to use stratum. It will only use LP. The only thing I have changed on my end is update to CGMIner 2.10.4.
What address are you connecting to? Stratum is running fine over here. 50.31.149.57 Have you tried using DNS to connect? Yes, I always use http://btcguild.com:8332. CGMiner displays that IP address. That's interesting...50.31.149.57 is stratum only. It's not possible to use LP on it. I'm wondering if it's a display issue on cgminer 2.10.4? You could check if you're on Stratum or not by turning on PPLNS for a minute to see if your PPLNS stats increase. If so, you're actually on Stratum. I switched to PPLNS on that worker some time ago. I get the nag screen saying stratum is more efficient and when I look in the worker page it says PPLNS is stratum only. Stratum used to work. BTC Guild is the first place I used stratum. Sam Edit: OK, Stratum isn't using 8332 on .57 it's using 3333. So I changed my old firewall rule which was allow Port 10332 on IP .59 to .57 and TCP 3333 and now it Stratuming again. Didn't you stop using TCP 10332 when you shutdown the beta server? Guess I should have fired up Wireshark earlier. Sam Ah, didn't even think about local firewall issues. There are 3 public stratum servers. 50.31.149.57 is split into two [one on port 3333, one on 10332]. The other is de.btcguild.com [176.9.42.247], also port 3333. There is a 4th server that isn't advertised, the original stratum beta test server [stratum.btcguild.com:9332]. I never closed that beta server off, and it's been updated with the latest versions of the code over time. I've been working towards moving to 3333 by default since that is the sort of 'standard' port that seems to have been picked. I've been leaving legacy ports online due to people who point to direct IP/port. Ah, OK, then I was using Port 10332 on .59 and when it changed to .57 is when I lost Stratum. OK I guess that makes sense now. I will use 3333 from now on. Thanks, Sam |
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I switched back to BTC Guild today and it is no longer allowing me to use stratum. It will only use LP. The only thing I have changed on my end is update to CGMIner 2.10.4.
What address are you connecting to? Stratum is running fine over here. 50.31.149.57 Have you tried using DNS to connect? Yes, I always use http://btcguild.com:8332. CGMiner displays that IP address. That's interesting...50.31.149.57 is stratum only. It's not possible to use LP on it. I'm wondering if it's a display issue on cgminer 2.10.4? You could check if you're on Stratum or not by turning on PPLNS for a minute to see if your PPLNS stats increase. If so, you're actually on Stratum. I switched to PPLNS on that worker some time ago. I get the nag screen saying stratum is more efficient and when I look in the worker page it says PPLNS is stratum only. Stratum used to work. BTC Guild is the first place I used stratum. Sam Edit: OK, Stratum isn't using 8332 on .57 it's using 3333. So I changed my old firewall rule which was allowing Port 10332 on IP .59 to .57 and TCP 3333 and now it's Stratuming again. Didn't you stop using TCP 10332 when you shutdown the beta server? Guess I should have fired up Wireshark earlier. Sam |
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I switched back to BTC Guild today and it is no longer allowing me to use stratum. It will only use LP. The only thing I have changed on my end is update to CGMIner 2.10.4.
What address are you connecting to? Stratum is running fine over here. 50.31.149.57 Have you tried using DNS to connect? Yes, I always use http://btcguild.com:8332. CGMiner displays that IP address. |
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I switched back to BTC Guild today and it is no longer allowing me to use stratum. It will only use LP. The only thing I have changed on my end is update to CGMIner 2.10.4.
What address are you connecting to? Stratum is running fine over here. 50.31.149.57 |
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I switched back to BTC Guild today and it is no longer allowing me to use stratum. It will only use LP. The only thing I have changed on my end is update to CGMIner 2.10.4.
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Is there anyway too mine using ure bandwith?
Uh, use your own bandwidth. Goodbye |
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I have a windows 7 copaq I tryd using 50btc to mine with aprently the dobt use inbuilt graphics cards:/
What is the integrated graphics card? You need an AMD/ATI GPU to mine with. If you want to CPU mine just to get some experience I would recommend trying the Ufasoft miner. It's a great miner for newbies to get started with and it's easy to use. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3486.msg48996#msg48996Don't expect to make any Bitcoins CPU mining. |
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Some one please tell me the best way to CPU mine please?
Is a CPU all you have available to mine with? |
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So my normal pool is on its way out it seems. I'm looking for a new pool but, so far, haven't found a great one. I tried deepbit but the stale shares are about 5% per GPU. My current pool's stale shares are only about %1-2.
So, what would you suggest and why?
Deepbit is one of the most reliable pools out there. But I would strongly recommend a Stratum based pool moving forward. So Ozcoin and BTC Guild would be good choices as they both are very well maintained, have several servers around the world and have multiple payout methods to choose from in case you get bored with one. So use all three pools and have a long failover list with a Bitcoin client in server mode at the end of the list. Sam |
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I'm the original poster, and went back to see old threads. This post started in September 2012 and here we are, end of January 2013 and those good ol' ASIC's aren't even tangible yet. It does still amaze me how long people will wait while someone has their money. Seriously, everyone think the ASIC's will even come out before March 2013? And if you are solely responding to the information you get from BFL, well then, that doesn't say much right now.
I think they will come out. When? I have no idea. I didn't have the money to pre order one of the medium/higher rate ASIC's and now I don't want to invest in any till we see how well/reliably they work. My hope is to have a medium rate device that can operate unattended for years at a time without having to worry about it. GPU's certainly did not live up that that kind of standard but my hope is that one generation of ASIC will. Does anyone have an idea/theory how long and reliably one of the FPGA devices would have worked? Sam |
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I've got a strong loyalty, what can I say. I was looking at deepbit's PPS but meh.
You have got to be kidding?!?! I love Deepbit for it's stability and reliability and did mine PPS on it a very long time ago, when it was the only one doing PPS. But I have a hard time believing that anyone would pay 10% for PPS at this point in time. |
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and is why some apparently are mining at a loss.
People have different criteria as to what mining at a loss is. I'm investing for the future in which I believe there is a good chance that Bitcoin will have allot more buying power. Also I'm looking at consistency. I want to be able to mine reliably with having monitor it all of the time. But it could be all for naught I suppose and be a loss for me in the end. A risk I'm willing to take, for now. ASIC's may be a great solution to the power efficiency part of the equation. My hope is that a give device will have longevity as well so that it can mine consistently for long periods of time. |
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i only have one hard drive that just sits on cardboard
Hope that is anti-static cardboard. Personally I like having grounded case metal, if for no other reason, for discharging static before I touch anything, keyboard and wired mouse included, especially during the dry winter. One good static zap to any component could do allot of damage. |
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I'd rather hold dollars. Holding unstable, volitile currencies is not for me. I'll trade a bitcoin for a dollar any day.
Are you talking about US Dollars?  You call that stable and non volatile??? The US economy is on it's way to the same train wreck that Greece is in. So USD is the last thing I would hold at the moment. |
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Besides p2pool and eligius (and solo), which pools pay directly in mined coins?
Dunno. But being paid at the threshold you set is one of the benefits of mining on a pool. I don't want to be paid in really small BTC fractions. |
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So that makes BFGMiner vs CGMiner comparisons off-limits? Inferiority complex? How bizarre Haven't seen any comparisons, just you asking Luke-jr questions about bgfminer. How bizarre |
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Was this miner ever tested on non-x86 hardware?
I tried to build ufasoft-0.39 on Toshiba AC100 with Ubuntu and compilation fails because of undefined "_lrotr".
This miner is written in assembler which is CPU specific. It cannot be run on non x86 hardware. No, the miner has portable code and optional x86-specific code. GCC 4.6 or 4.7 required to build on ARM architecture (_lrotr instruction) Ah, OK. Never mind then. |
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Was this miner ever tested on non-x86 hardware?
I tried to build ufasoft-0.39 on Toshiba AC100 with Ubuntu and compilation fails because of undefined "_lrotr".
This miner is written in assembler which is CPU specific. It cannot be run on non x86 hardware. |
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