For anybody who is interested and to be clear, i just read on decred forum in a post written by a developer that actual versions of 14 rounds balke256 cgminer won't work with decred.
They are going to release their own cgminer that is compatible with decred codebase
Interesting. Can you post the link to this forum thread? |
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Simple GPU miner - A simple AMD GPU miner that connects to a local daemon will be available before launch. In the future, proper getblocktemplate functionality will be enabled and pool software will be made available.
@decred, I would like to get some detailed clarification about mining. First of all, why a new miner and why not support for pooled mining from the beginning? There are already GPU miners available: For AMD GPUs: https://github.com/Griffitsj/cgminer-saffron/cgminer --blake256 -o stratum+tcp://... For NVIDIA GPUs: https://github.com/tpruvot/ccminer or https://github.com/sp-hash/ccminerccminer.exe -a blake -o stratum+tcp://... These two miners implements Blake256 algo with 14 rounds, the same as Decred is using. So mining software is already here, why not simply use it? Are you planing to make any changes in the algorithm (if yes, why?)? Or will these miners be able to mine on Decred out-of-the-box once pools are out? Also, are you planning to go some non-standard way or will Decred be fully compatible with the standard stratum protocol for pooled mining? Thanks for the answers! People are asking about mining and it is still unclear weather existing cgminers/ccminers will be compatible with mining Decred. So many questions regarding mining, supported miners, etc. and still no clarification. After all, this is a POW + POS currency, therefore mining should be well covered. Not good. |
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Simple GPU miner - A simple AMD GPU miner that connects to a local daemon will be available before launch. In the future, proper getblocktemplate functionality will be enabled and pool software will be made available.
@decred, I would like to get some detailed clarification about mining. First of all, why a new miner and why not support for pooled mining from the beginning? There are already GPU miners available: For AMD GPUs: https://github.com/Griffitsj/cgminer-saffron/cgminer --blake256 -o stratum+tcp://... For NVIDIA GPUs: https://github.com/tpruvot/ccminer or https://github.com/sp-hash/ccminerccminer.exe -a blake -o stratum+tcp://... These two miners implements Blake256 algo with 14 rounds, the same as Decred is using. So mining software is already here, why not simply use it? Are you planing to make any changes in the algorithm (if yes, why?)? Or will these miners be able to mine on Decred out-of-the-box once pools are out? Also, are you planning to go some non-standard way or will Decred be fully compatible with the standard stratum protocol for pooled mining? Thanks for the answers! People are asking about mining and it is still unclear weather existing cgminers/ccminers will be compatible with mining Decred. |
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Simple GPU miner - A simple AMD GPU miner that connects to a local daemon will be available before launch. In the future, proper getblocktemplate functionality will be enabled and pool software will be made available.
@decred, I would like to get some detailed clarification about mining. First of all, why a new miner and why not support for pooled mining from the beginning? There are already GPU miners available: For AMD GPUs: https://github.com/Griffitsj/cgminer-saffron/cgminer --blake256 -o stratum+tcp://... For NVIDIA GPUs: https://github.com/tpruvot/ccminer or https://github.com/sp-hash/ccminerccminer.exe -a blake -o stratum+tcp://... These two miners implements Blake256 algo with 14 rounds, the same as Decred is using. So mining software is already here, why not simply use it? Are you planing to make any changes in the algorithm (if yes, why?)? Or will these miners be able to mine on Decred out-of-the-box once pools are out? Also, are you planning to go some non-standard way or will Decred be fully compatible with the standard stratum protocol for pooled mining? Thanks for the answers! |
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I flashed both versions to the corresponding Rpi (SD cards) and neither worked.
I used Win32DiskImager and SD Formatter
Try connecting the miner to a Linux pc and see if it is detected by cgminer directly, take a look here: https://www.nicehash.com/index.jsp?p=news&id=57 |
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Is the R9 Fury X currently the best mining card available for AMD?
Though price wise, would be better to get 2 290X or 2 390X correct?(or 295x2 if they still sold them)
If you can get second hand 7950/7970/280/280x these would be the best price wise. Otherwise, if you can afford, go with AMD Nano. Stay away from Hawaii (290x, 390x) due to high power consumption and overheating issues. |
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Hi, Anyone knows how to get the error codes from avalon 6? https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Avalon6#MM_Error_CodesMy avalon 6 has a red blinking led. After it is powered-on there is a green led blinking for a few seconds and then the led is blinking red. I need to debug what exactly is the issue... Any hints appreciated! |
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Hi,
NeoScrypt (and thus Feathercoin) mining broken in Windows sgminer with latest AMD Drivers (Crimson 15.12). Even if one includes amdocl.dll from previous AMD Driver version, mining is still broken. This is bad for Feathercoin. Will Feathercoin developers hire a developer to fix sgminer NeoScrypt kernel to be compatible with newer AMD Drivers?
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Hi,
If using 2.1 or 3.x device, are there any significant performance differences between 1.7 x86 or x64 releases?
Also, are builds built explicitly for 2.1 and upwards, or should the binary also work with 2.0 devices (but haven't been tested)?
And if I understand correctly, 2.1 devices should work an all algorithms except for neoscrypt and whirlpoolx?
Thanks!
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This howto is ancient ... it is written for the times when Feathercoin was Scrypt and not NeoScrypt! That said I am still looking for someone who is still mining NeoScrpt with AMD cards - I bet there aren't many ... but if someone is successfully mining Feathercoin with AMD cards - please respond here. Thanks! |
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i think there was a --throughput parameter that was needed to get it running well with sgminer ...
I've never heard about --throughput parameter, where did you get this? I've seen some feathercoin pool suggesting --net-delay but I'm not sure if this makes any sense ... anyway, any hints are welcome. Thanks! |
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Hi, Is there anyone mining Feathercoin on AMD GPUs? I'm only getting HW errors, no accepted shares. I tried several sgminer versions on 14.x and 15.x AMD drivers on both Windows and Linux, only HW errors in any combination. Any hints are welcome if anybody can get Feathercoin working without HW errors and with accepted shares. sgminer --algorithm neoscrypt -o stratum+tcp://pool -u user -p x --xintensity 3 --worksize 64 --gpu-threads 2 Thanks! |
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Hi, Is there anyone mining NeoScrypt algorithm on AMD GPUs? I'm only getting HW errors, no accepted shares. I tried several sgminer versions on 14.x and 15.x AMD drivers on both Windows and Linux, only HW errors in any combination. Any hints are welcome if anybody can get NeoScrypt algorithm working without HW errors and with accepted shares. sgminer --algorithm neoscrypt -o stratum+tcp://neoscrypt.eu.nicehash.com:3341 -u btcaddress -p x --xintensity 3 --worksize 64 --gpu-threads 2 Thanks! |
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So, you added support for compute capability 2.1, but not 2.0? Any reason for that? Both are Fermi architecture...
Keep up the good work!
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Anybody know when the "--benchmark" option was removed from sgminer?
A looong time ago there was an option:
--benchmark
Run sgminer in benchmark mode - produces no shares
but not sure it it was actually working ... it's still there in cgminer, though. It would be very useful to have an offline benchmark option, the same as ccminer has. If anybody has some info on this please share.
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Hi,
I'm looking for a working controller board of S5 miner (that is, only the controller board, not the whole miner). Is there anybody with broken S5 miner, but with fully working controller board? If yes, please contact me, I would buy one (only the controller board). Or is there any other option to get a controller board of S5 miner (btw: I don't want to mess with bitmaintech for this, it would take too long to get it from them I guess). Thanks!
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