GPU mining ended many days ago. It is now a pure proof-of-stake coin. Proof-of-work for first 5000 blocks, hybrid PoW/PoS until 10,000, then PoS only. There is a proof of Stake wiki if you want to learn about it.

This is the pool right here bro. PoS only.

Finally someone talking sense. And for those who are disappointed by the modest 1% APR - if it were much higher you'd introduce unhealthy currency inflation/price dilution, and you'd incentivise hoarding.

This explains: http://pastebin.com/ub5cgUux

Fantastic. Nice to have you onboard!

You have a couple misunderstandings of how this works. Let me make it a bit clearer, as your questions are fairly common: First of all no, you do not need to be running your wallet continuously 24/7. You could unlock it for minting once once a month, collect your interest based on the age-weight of your stake, and close the wallet. Note that unlocking is a 'mint-only' command, meaning transfers out from your wallet will still require a password. Just encrypt the wallet, open it when you wish, sync, unlock and stake for a few hours, collect interest. It's that simple. The only advantage to frequent or constant minting is that the tiny amounts mature and become viable for stake themselves - hence compounding of interest. Hope that helps clarify.

And you really should encrypt your wallet. and backup your wallet.dat
Unlock instructions and good clear explanation of PoS are in the faq on the website: http://www.blackcoin.co/faq/

Try leaving it open for a few hours. It's somewhat random when you get stake payout. No worries, your coins continue to accrue age and will pay out accordingly when you get a PoS minted block.

Open, and unlocked for minting. Instructions posted a hundred times on this thread.

Good points, finally someone talking a bit of sense. Let me add to your thought re AUR and how it bears on Blackcoin: AUR was a good candidate for a systematic run-up for a reason. Even though it is nothing more than a litecoin clone, it has BRANDING. Yes, it has exposure and is on the radar because is has been smartly branded (and the effect snowballs, as accelerated buying attracts more buyers and you get a positive-feedback loop).

Just wait for your coins to start staking. You'll begin to see minted amounts come in. It doesn't happen instantaneously. FYI make sure you delete your unlock command from console history as it contains your password in plaintext. I recently read another thread where someone lost 25k coins, apparently due to forgetting this step.

Dude, I read and support this thread because I'm in the coin and want it to succeed. An unlike idle dreamers, hopers and prognosticators, I am taking personal initiatives to promote this coin out there in the real world. Doing a rain-dance here in the thread and hoping the whale-gods will pump the coin is not action. If a whale pump is people's only hope and vision for this coin it will go nowhere. In fact, it bespeaks a low opinion of the coin and what it could become. Bad crypto-self-esteem. That's not what we need.

walletpassphrase written as one word - sorry for typo in original post

Help=>debug window=>>console tab. Unlock your wallet for staking by entering this:

walletpassphrase <your password goes here> 9999999 true.

Clear the console history before exiting, for security, because your password is now sitting there in plaintext. Ctrl+L or the red button lower right. 9999999 can be any number you want, it just means how many seconds you want to leave your walled unlocked.

**miss-typed 'walletpassphrase' in original post as separate words. As noted down the thread, it's one word. Sorry, multitasking here as usual.

It's an expression in american english slang, expressing something like "C'mon man, you can't be serious". It is not a racial slur.

I love all these predictions of the whale-savior about to arrive. Nigga please. All these micromovements in BC don't mean shit, and it would be only a very stupid whale would bother right now as he'd just get harpooned. If that changes, you'll know because BC will be over 1250 on serious volume. Until then, don't let idiots waste your and other people's time on this thread, if anything they just make the coin look bad, making the thread seem like an asylum for devoutly delusional bagholders. "The whale is coming, the whale is coming!!"

Big players systematic buying campaign to make AUR look like "btc part II' and make chart emulate last Autumn btc runup from 125 - 180 and beyond. I won't be surprised if they succeed in hype and pump over the next month. But the strategy is evident from the price and volume action. if it breaks 0.2btc, look out. Mania will ensue. Proceed with caution, as always and beware of whipsaw potential.

Well said. Crazy upside, downside ain't gonna kill you. Live to mine another day in either case.

Indeed. That's really the only sane and mature attitude to take right now. It has a chance, just as any other crypto. What is silly is to whine about the evil whales and 'manipulators' spoiling your hopes for instant wealth. Please people, this is altcoin. So many cheers of enthusiasm were uttered at the amazing network hashrate during PoW. Was it not perfectly clear, and to be expected, that this was largely due to big players looking to do what they always do, namely mine the crap out of a launch and turn a quick profit? And why not? That's the nature of this business. If you like the coin and want to stay in fine. Great. And fine to sell. Oh, and one more thing - the term 'weak hands' is misused quite preposterously on this thread. It's a term from equities, commodity and forex trading and it signifies a situation where someone is heavily leveraged on margin and gets flushed out in a down-market by the threat of a margin call or otherwise unsustainable losses. The big sellers of this coin are not 'weak hands'. In general they are actually the stronger players, with the ability to move the market. Anyway, do what you want and stop all this whining about the coin being manipulated. Nobody with any sense gives a shit. This is altcoin, bitches. Full disclosure, I own 132k blackcoin and wont be selling now because a) the price is low, and b) I can afford to take a chance on it. Period.

Dunno. Keep an eye on it and take screenshots. Post again if you confirm an issue and can document it in images, otherwise it leaves open the possibility of an accounting error on your part. Also,if it's happening to you, it should be happening to others as well, but this is the only such report so far.