Hi,

I am wondering how do you guys monitor the mining process over the internet (from work or school) of the computer mining at home?

Pool Mining gives a friendly web interface to check on the progression, however how about solo mining?

I have tried teamviewer but it didn't respond and now I am worried at work that my mining rig has hung at home.

Any suggestions? I was thinking of tweetmypc, however the latest version does not support screenshots

I know its a silly question, but has anyone gone back to the poclbm-gui-20110306 version ?

The latest version had some sort of bug with the speed where a constant Mhash/s will spike up, i.e from a 350 Mhash/s to let say 500 Mhash/s.

As a result I revert back to the 306 version.

I would like to ask if the 306 is okay for solo mining when compared to the latest 311 ?

Or does the 311 have updates that are superior in terms of solo mining?

Cheer!

Hi slush thanks for replying =)

Slush the server seems fine now. And yay us for solving block 113846.
Anyway I noticed that 113846 seems to be the last block reflected in blockexplorer. Does that mean that the blocks generation has stopped? I read some where that the network tries to generate 6 blocks/hr. So have the blocks for the hour maxed out?

Sorry for the rookie question, I am just puzzled and have yet to stumbled across the answer to that question after digging through the web.


Cheers!

Slush is some thing wrong with the server?

Active workers (at least one share in last hour) = 0

Thanks bro, I am afraid that the spike will affect overall performance. Though I am hoping it is because the software has been optimized that increases overall throughput =P but seriously 1Ghash/s spike on a 5970 + 5850 setup? Wow!!

Hi I am running your latest build and I realised that the hash/s will jump up to 1Ghash/s or some amount that my rig isnt able to achieve. I was using our previous build and all was well. Btw I do overclock my GPU mildly, does the interface reflect the wrong hashes as a result of an improper overclock setting?

Cheers!

Hmm same here...haha looks like i posted on the main thread. But im running 5970 + 5850, 11.2 ccc and 2.2 stream with 25% load per poclbm instance. Win 7 64 bit here.

Hi m0mchil I do experience 25% load on the cpu per poclbm instance. I have tried running with 10.11 + 2.1 stream but poclbm refused to load. Also 11.2 + 2.1 doesnt work either saying that no opencl device detected. 11.2 + 2.2 on the other hand runs with the 25% load issue. I am running win 7 64 bit. Any advice on the configuration?

Hi yah I experience the same thing. About 25% load on cpu for every poclbm instance. I have tried installing ccc 10.11 and stream 2.1 as well as ccc 11.2 stream 2.1 and for both cases poclbm-gui reports that no opencl device has been detected. Only stream 2.2 manages to work. And from majority of the post 2.2 seems to load the cpu. Any ideas? 1st things 1st, does poclbm run with stream 2.1 ?

Yeap its reflected but the reward will only enter after the block has been verified by the community.

its about 14 hours now and I am left with 51 blocks for confirmation. I am not too sure about the norm. Anyway yes I will be converting to foot the bills first.

From what I gathered the Official bitcoin client where you monitor your transactions will reflect "Generated (50 matures in ## blocks) it will take some time before the 50 btc matures and gets accredited into your wallet. So far I just gotten my 1st block and its 59 blocks as of now to mature =P

Grinder: I was thinking of getting an additional 5850 to boost the hashing performance.

chodpaba: Thanks for your insights =)

Hi casascius,

thanks for the calculations! I am motivated now to purchase the rig tmr. =)

Hi qed,

I am in a tropical country, so its almost warm and humid every day of the year here in Singapore.
I guess I will find some place around the house to vent the warm air during the day =P


Cheers!

Hi bitjet,

thanks for the prompt reply, so it is a no go for me to make the investment of 680 this weekend for the rig? I am looking to cover the cost of the rig and electric bill, and to join in the mining community before the prime is over. Or am I at the end of the bitcoin mining prime now?

Hi fellow miners,

I bought a HD 5970 recently and was waiting for this weekend to get the rest of the hardware needed to complete a mining platform. However with the increase of 37% difficulty recently, I am hesitant now if I should continue with the project. My worries are bounded by the following considerations:

Electric Bill: 0.1903 usd/kwh
Hashing power: 5970 + 5850 = 600Mhash/s + 240 Mhash/s = 840 Mhash/s
Cost of Rig: 680 usd

Note that I am living in Singapore and the above rates are based on current exchange rates.

Please advice if I should proceed. Based on using the online bitcoin calculator. I will hit negative income on the 5/12/11. Will that be accurate?