Awesome, I'm up to date now! Thanks for the addresses.

So after updating my galaxycoin.conf to include the 3 nodes almightyruler posted earlier, I am now able to connect to 1 peer. However, my wallet isn't syncing. (Client has been open for several hours.)

Is this reason for concern? Is something wrong with my setup or are others experiencing the same troubles?

Awesome! Sounds like fun. I just started to get a little worried because I can't connect to any nodes currently, so can't even solo mine without creating a third fork

Just wanted to make sure it wasn't my end and that you were aware. Thanks!

Hey ckoeber, mind giving me an update on the status of your pool/node? Everything OK over there? I'm unable to connect to either. Thanks

Good call, I'll get on that. I'll let you know when it's up!

Alright sounds good, I'll do my best to get on setting that up. I'm on university internet at the moment, so nothing I can do from here. As soon as I get the chance I'll try to get a permanent node set up at my house. Will I need to get a static WAN IP for that? Never heard whether or not TWC will do that, and never paid attention to how frequently it changes.

PS: icecube45coin. haha. awesome.

Hey ckoeber or icecube: (or anyone that can explain really)

I am definitely willing to host a node if it's something I have the resources to do. I don't have a web server, but if possible, I'll help from home. I'm on the correct chain, is there anything more to it than running galaxycoin-qt and possibly keeping a port forwarded? And using "connect" instead of "addnode"?

Also, what kind of bandwidth will this consume/what will I need? (preferably tcp) I only have a 1M upload at my house.

If this will be a lengthy setup, feel free to PM me. Actually, if you post it here, maybe someone else will join in too and we'll have more nodes.

Sorry if this is noob question

Steve,

For making transactions in and out of your wallet, all you need is addnode/connects. (Generally it's best to start with this until your blockchain is up to date). For example, my galaxycoin.conf isn't currently configured for solo mining, it is simply:


If you want to set it up for solo mining later, you'll need to add user/pass, IP and port, etc. For pool mining all you need to do is be able to make transactions, which just requires IPs to connect to. If you need more help there is a video tutorial on the first post of this thread for Win 7/8. Make sure you're doing this from the updated client though

Test transaction of 5 GLX successfully deposited on Cryptsy!

Not sure what the status is on block explorer, but TxID is 3ef43168f73619cab35b6917160fb86f3a86a470969d54a2f9a84a38d79fc6ea

Looks like trading could be back up?

EDIT: (That is what that means, right?)

Anyone hear back from Cryptsy yet about progress on updating? I know it's not something they're very good about.

I see the network starting to lose some steam, hopefully we can get this trading soon

An interesting concept.

Personally I think the biggest factor is what the majority of people think will happen to the value in the near future. I'm sure you are familiar with the self-fulfilling concept of market speculation, where expecting a price decrease will convince you and others to sell/not buy, which in turn reduces demand and contributes to price reduction.

I think that this factor probably realistically outweighs all the other ones. Simply the error of this factor I think is probably larger than the total effect of other factors combined. Particularly since factors such as current value and number of transactions could be lumped in with this. Find a way to break down the information that influences what people expect to happen to the value and you will be golden.

No sarcasm intended, http://www.whatdoestheinternetthink.net/ could potentially be useful if used strategically.

Kaos116 is correct, it is pin 2 and 3. There is a row of pins next to each Ethernet port. There is most likely a "Factory reset" label right next to them. Should be the two pins closest to the Ethernet controller. Short them with a paperclip and there will be an LED that will flash notifying you that it has reset.

After that connect the blades one at a time to set each one's IP address to something useful. Make sure that you set it to 192.168.x.y with x being the same as the computer/router you want the blade to be able to communicate with. (your computer will need to be 192.168.1.y to access the config menu the first time after performing factory reset.)

Definitely check local stores and places like Newegg for Black Friday specials. Each blade will pull about 80-90W and about ~7A. For 5 blades you will probably have roughly 450W and 40A draw. The trouble with this though, is even though a power supply is rated for 450W and 40A, if you have it under this load constantly you will run into heat issues and fry the thing. Leave a decent amount of overhead between the load you expect and the power supply rating. So for a constant 450W load I would recommend probably no less than a 600W power supply, and going higher wouldn't hurt. Even a 600 will probably still run pretty warm at that load.

The next issue is making sure that the 12V rails can handle the current draw that 5 blades will create. Each blade will theoretically draw around 7A, but the same issue I mentioned before still applies, if you keep the rail under the full load that it is rated for constantly, you will melt wires and capacitors for sure. I would try to find a power supply that has around 50A total rated current on the 12V rails. The ones I have laying around look to be around 30-40A total but none of them are high-end by any means. You certainly may find a mid-to-high grade power supply that meets these requirements. It may also be worth considering that you could split the blades between two power supplies if you happen to find some that are cheap in the 300-400W range and have maybe 20-30A rated 12V rails, as these would be considerably cheaper, would just be up to you to do the math.

Sorry I can't provide specific models that would be good. I didn't go shopping for power supplies when I got started with mining as I only had one blade and was able to power it off what I already had at home.

I have one Block Erupter Blade, bought it about 3-4 weeks ago and I am currently at about 70% of ROI not including increased resale value. I managed to buy one for $240 before they shot up in price. I average about .008 BTC/day mining on Slush's pool. This will decrease over time as pool hashrate grows.

If you are willing to wait up to 12 months to make back your money, by all means, get started! Just keep in mind it will take some time to make back your investment, I would consider myself lucky for hitting ROI in 4-5 weeks. I would like to expand my mining but I am currently holding off to see if new hardware releases, etc. affect prices of current hardware before I invest more. Just be strategic with it!

I have a v2 blade as well. The trouble with the v2 blade is it is made to set up and leave, limited overclock ability etc. The first gen allowed you to check voltages on each individual lane of chips but I'm not sure that's possible with v2. Not sure if you have seen the manufacturer-published "guide" for setting up the blade but it's one pitiful page with almost no information. And it's v1, I don't think v2 even has a guide/schematic as far as I've found.

I think that the first thing you should check is your power supply. Check that your 12v rails are actually running at 12v with a meter, I had an issue with this in a previous PSU. Also check that the rails are rated to handle 9-10A because the only reasons I can imagine for a lane of chips not to working is

1) it's not receiving adequate power
2) it's simply a bad board.

As to your other question I believe that usually the board is still able to hash at a reduced rate with one lane down. This is slightly concerning actually, I am wondering if you could potentially have a bad blade if it is not partial hashing. Definitely triple check your power supply and make sure it's functioning properly.

If you find out any more info i'd be happy to hear it.. might be able to think our way through this

First post, fun fun. I found out about Bitcoin in October 2013 (sadly not years before that) and started mining shortly after. Started out with what I had, an Nvidia GTX 560 that pulled about 89 Mh/s at less than desirable temperatures. Then I decided to get a little more serious with it so I bought an AsicMiner Block Erupter Blade. Now happily hashing away at 10.8 Gh/s on Slush's/Bitminter.

I will probably mostly use this forum for researching whether or not it's realistically possible to upgrade my mining operation. I would like to expand but with the recent increase in prices I'm not sure whether it'll be possible. If it is I will definitely be looking to buy some hardware! From what I've seen the prices here are a little more realistic than some other places. Long live Bitcoin!

/hello world