I believe I am mining fine. I am mining on extreemhash using stratum and the wallet address is updating the stats ect. My problem is I am confused as to how to check my wallet's actual balance and whether or not I OWN the coins.
In bitcoin I have a wallet program and I can see my balance and i have the private keys stored in wallet.dat I can backup that file and encrypt it ect.
What is the equivalent of wallet.dat for monero? I am under the assumption it is a file like 'wallet.keys'. If that's the case then how do I 'sweep' the keys into a wallet program or import those keys.
I have very little understanding of this with the current monero framework and again I apologize for my noobness. Perhaps I can write a small guide once this is settled.
Thank you btw for helping my through this and for your quick replies.
No worries.
Have you synced the block chain yet/ is your wallet open? If not follow this guide
http://www.monero.cc/getting-started/index.html#monero-install-1This shows you the batch file you need to run to open the wallet and sync the block chain.(Im guessing you've probably done this though as you have your address)
Then to check you balance, within the simple wallet window type refresh and the wallet will sync and show your coins.
OOOOOHHH KKKKAAAYYY
So, the simple miner i used generated just the wallet.keys file. I NEVER synced blockchain or even had the wallet program. I used the batch script and changed the file 'wallet.keys' to 'wallet.bin.keys' it shows my public address as correct. And now I guess I am waiting for the blockchain to sync.
ALSO, i have a daemon is busy error. BUT I assume this is because the blockchain is downloading? I have another window that says 38 days behind. AND I assume this is downloading the blockchain.
I have to admit this is pretty neat. Thanks for all your help!