You should read the last couple of pages of this thread before buying from that company:


https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=293030.300



eid

any left?   


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Thanks!

I just tested it for myself and you are right, so thanks for the correction. I shall edit my post to reflect this.



eid

Interesting. It definitely says so on the bfgminer GitHub page: "you need to specify ........... the --coinbase-addr
option to specify the Bitcoin address you wish to receive the block rewards...

Maybe it only matters if you're using a third party wallet?




eid

Do you have the -coinbase-addr option set up with your receiving address either in your run command or your bfgminer.conf? You wont get your reward otherwise. (INCORRECT see following posts).


When I set my solo mining up, I used the testnet to make sure everything was good. Took me less than an hour to find a block and get my reward. You do this by using the -testnet=1 option when starting bitcoin-qt (remember to insert an address from this testnet wallet into your bfgminer.conf (-coinbase-addr)



I read somewhere you should put another pool address into your bfgminer.conf for longpolling. I did but I'm not entirely sure if its working.


Here's a copy of my bfgminer.conf (with private details removed) in case that's helpful:



_______________________


{
"pools" : [
   {
      "url" : "http://localhost:8332",
      "user" : "USER-NAME",
      "pass" : "PASSWORD",
      "coinbase-addr" : "1Lq5XNtzMHKvZGxYJjwSHHmTdtm3n7eBXY",
      "pool-priority" : "0"
   },
   {
      "url" : "POOL-URL",
      "user" : "USER-NAME",
      "pass" : "PASSWORD",
      "pool-priority" : "1"
   }
]
,
"temp-cutoff" : "95",
"temp-target" : "89",
"algo" : "fastauto",
"api-mcast-port" : "4028",
"api-port" : "4028",
"expiry" : "120",
"expiry-lp" : "3600",
"failover-only" : true,
"disable-gpu" : true,
"gpu-dyninterval" : "7",
"log" : "5",
"no-pool-disable" : true,
"no-show-processors" : true,
"no-show-procs" : true,
"queue" : "1",
"scan-time" : "60",
"skip-security-checks" : "0",
"submit-stale" : true,
"temp-hysteresis" : "3",
"shares" : "0",
"scan-serial" : "erupter:all",
"cpu-threads" : "0",
"kernel-path" : "/usr/share/bfgminer"
}
----------------------------------------

It was created by bfgminer from the settings and some of the options are probably redundant but you get the picture I hope.


You may find these 2 pages helpful:

https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Running_Bitcoin

https://github.com/luke-jr/bfgminer/blob/bfgminer/README


eid

signed up as

It installed and works fine on my Ubuntu 64.


Thanks for all the work.   




eid

Thanks for the info and links. I'll go and read up some more.





eid

Thanks, that was just what I needed.


All safe now 




eid

anyone?

Hi,

I'd like to know, how do the bitcoin clients find peers?

I'm wondering if there is some central "tracker" (like bittorrent), but that would seem to go against what I know so far about bitcoin.

Also, whatever this method is, is it immune to abuse/attack.


Another thing I was wondering was whether the network is vulnerable to a Dos type attack using large numbers of tiny transactions?

I hope that's wordy enough for my first post



thanks,

eid