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1  Bitcoin / Mining support / AntMiner S5 integration to mining machine on: March 31, 2015, 07:40:23 AM
Hi all, I've been on a 4 year hiatus; and am just recently getting back into bitcoin mining.  I bought my first bitcoins via a WesternUnion 6-day process, while waiting on my ATI Radeon GPUs, 3 of them... looking at an old post, I was happy to be getting 160 Mhash.  Anywho, that system was a tower, with a board and slots to accomodate the Radeon GPUs (duals), and I'm just curious if the same chassis will support this 'AntMiner S5'?  Also, can someone point me to any of the 'recent' best mining practices.  As I know HW technology doubles every 18 months, I'm sure my old rig is well outdated - so, if there's a new way of doing things, I'm all ears.

Thanks,
CRYPT
2  Bitcoin / Mining / Re: Too Late to Join the Party? on: August 23, 2011, 07:01:07 PM
....
It would be in a miner's best interest to deny profitability because any additional computing power added to the network decreases the bitcoin income of the existing miner.

Yes! I also lost thousands of dollars on mining. Everyone should quit. The police will raid you for growing marijuanas. It's a fact!
 and the ozone from my overclocked 5850 gave me lung cancer. Shocked
yes, quit so the difficulty will be lower.

From what I understand... It's now ILLEGAL to mine bitcoins.  The government is sending out bots to gather IP addresses of anyone running *bitco*.* anywhere in their system. 

LEAVE NOW, SAVE YOURSELVES... I will stay on long enough to detract them.  Like the designated drunk driver, I'll lure the fed's off your trail, BUT YOU MUST LEAVE THE BITCOIN MINING WORLD NOW!!!
3  Bitcoin / Pools / Re: NameCoin Mining pool Open for the Brave [20+ GHs] on: August 21, 2011, 04:09:53 PM
Here's what I'm not getting on my CRYPT.NMC mining rig:

Looks worse and more often:

2011-08-21 19:09:33: Listener for "NAMECOIN": File "httplib.pyo", line 704, in connect
2011-08-21 19:09:33: Listener for "NAMECOIN": File "socket.pyo", line 514, in create_connection
2011-08-21 19:09:33: Listener for "NAMECOIN": error: [Errno 10061] No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it
2011-08-21 19:09:33: Listener for "NAMECOIN": Traceback (most recent call last):
2011-08-21 19:09:33: Listener for "NAMECOIN": File "BitcoinMiner.pyo", line 259, in longPollThread
2011-08-21 19:09:33: Listener for "NAMECOIN": File "BitcoinMiner.pyo", line 221, in request
2011-08-21 19:09:33: Listener for "NAMECOIN": File "httplib.pyo", line 898, in request
2011-08-21 19:09:33: Listener for "NAMECOIN": File "httplib.pyo", line 935, in _send_request
2011-08-21 19:09:33: Listener for "NAMECOIN": File "httplib.pyo", line 892, in endheaders
2011-08-21 19:09:33: Listener for "NAMECOIN": File "httplib.pyo", line 764, in _send_output
2011-08-21 19:09:33: Listener for "NAMECOIN": File "httplib.pyo", line 723, in send
2011-08-21 19:09:33: Listener for "NAMECOIN": File "httplib.pyo", line 704, in connect
2011-08-21 19:09:33: Listener for "NAMECOIN": File "socket.pyo", line 514, in create_connection
2011-08-21 19:09:33: Listener for "NAMECOIN": error: [Errno 10061] No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it
2011-08-21 19:09:33: Listener for "NAMECOIN": Traceback (most recent call last):
2011-08-21 19:09:33: Listener for "NAMECOIN": File "BitcoinMiner.pyo", line 259, in longPollThread
2011-08-21 19:09:36: Listener for "NAMECOIN": 21/08/2011 19:09:36, long poll exception:
2011-08-21 19:10:25: Listener for "NAMECOIN": 21/08/2011 19:10:25, long poll exception:
2011-08-21 19:10:27: Listener for "NAMECOIN": 21/08/2011 19:10:27, long poll exception:
2011-08-21 19:10:30: Listener for "NAMECOIN": 21/08/2011 19:10:30, long poll exception:
2011-08-21 19:10:33: Listener for "NAMECOIN": 21/08/2011 19:10:33, long poll exception:
2011-08-21 19:10:36: Listener for "NAMECOIN": 21/08/2011 19:10:36, long poll exception:2011-08-21 19:11:28: Listener for "NAMECOIN": error: [Errno 10061] No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it
2011-08-21 19:11:28: Listener for "NAMECOIN": Traceback (most recent call last):
2011-08-21 19:11:28: Listener for "NAMECOIN": File "BitcoinMiner.pyo", line 259, in longPollThread
2011-08-21 19:11:28: Listener for "NAMECOIN": File "BitcoinMiner.pyo", line 222, in request
2011-08-21 19:11:28: Listener for "NAMECOIN": File "httplib.pyo", line 974, in getresponse
2011-08-21 19:11:28: Listener for "NAMECOIN": File "httplib.pyo", line 391, in begin
2011-08-21 19:11:28: Listener for "NAMECOIN": File "httplib.pyo", line 355, in _read_status
2011-08-21 19:11:28: Listener for "NAMECOIN": BadStatusLine
2011-08-21 19:11:28: Listener for "NAMECOIN": Traceback (most recent call last):
2011-08-21 19:11:28: Listener for "NAMECOIN": File "BitcoinMiner.pyo", line 259, in longPollThread
2011-08-21 19:11:28: Listener for "NAMECOIN": File "BitcoinMiner.pyo", line 221, in request
2011-08-21 19:11:28: Listener for "NAMECOIN": File "httplib.pyo", line 898, in request
2011-08-21 19:11:28: Listener for "NAMECOIN": File "httplib.pyo", line 935, in _send_request
2011-08-21 19:11:28: Listener for "NAMECOIN": File "httplib.pyo", line 892, in endheaders
2011-08-21 19:11:30: Listener for "NAMECOIN": 21/08/2011 19:11:30, long poll exception:
2011-08-21 19:11:33: Listener for "NAMECOIN": 21/08/2011 19:11:33, long poll exception:
2011-08-21 19:11:36: Listener for "NAMECOIN": 21/08/2011 19:11:36, long poll exception:
2011-08-21 19:11:37: Listener for "NAMECOIN": 21/08/2011 19:11:37, upstream RPC error
4  Economy / Currency exchange / Re: Wanting to buy Bitcoin with P*yP*l or SLL on: August 21, 2011, 04:04:50 PM
Thanks for the PP information, I've been reading that pretty much everywhere.  I didn't know if PayPal had the exception to it or what?  Seems shitty that they would let me spend MY money, on whatever I wanted to!!!  Unless of course, they see bitcoins replacing them someday Tongue  Perhaps that's their concern.

I've already bought a number of bitcoins, through that nainima gold or whatever.  Wasn't a bad transaction, but it happend over 4 July weekend, via Western Union, which took about 6 or 7 days to complete ... as the price was dropping, so when I initiated the transaction, BTC were around $15 -$16, by the time I finished, they were down to $ 13 or so; however, I was stuck paying 6 day old prices... I'm curious if it'd been done the other way around, if I were buying at the $15 and the shot up to $18, what would I have been charged on day 6 of the transaction.  It's probably just my dumb luck , but I don't want to wait 2-3-4 days to finish a transaction!

Any ideas on how I could buy (I'm already mining) bitcoins quickly and efficiently? I can't really send someone cash, and say... hold on to this until I get a limit order of $10.00 - then sell me your bitcoins!

Thanks
CRYPT
5  Bitcoin / Pools / Re: NameCoin Mining pool Open for the Brave [20+ GHs] on: August 21, 2011, 03:57:43 PM
Thanks Dutch,

I was looking at the Stats --- that looks disturbing Smiley  Flatlined, but I can't tell really what the X & Y axis' are portraying, it just looks 'bad' for productivity...

Davinci,

I'm also noticing that my 'average'  hashrate seems to be 200 Mhash or less, but I have (through observing on my end):

1 x rig running 1 miner (CRYPT.NMC) @ 20 - 25 Mhash pretty constant...
1 x rig running 1 miner (CRYPT.RIG2) @ 277 - 293 Mhash pretty consistantly...

My worker rates on the Dashboard are showing up as:
CRYPT.NMC   ~ 15 - 18 Mhash
CRYPT.RIG2  ~ 150 Mhash

Any idea why?  Could the following be the reason for that issue?  If I can/need to do something on my end, or if someone knows of any 'flag's I could put it to mitigate this, I'd appreciate it.  Right now I'm running OpenCL  on 1 HD68xx with -v -w128 -f0.

This is a c/p from my second rig that doesn't get 'stopped' by the long poll; but this appears quite frequently:
------------------

2011-08-21 15:59:27: Listener for "Default": 21/08/2011 15:59:27, Problems communicating with bitcoin RPC 0 2
2011-08-21 15:59:44: Listener for "Default": 21/08/2011 15:59:44, Problems communicating with bitcoin RPC 0 2
2011-08-21 16:07:51: Listener for "Default": 21/08/2011 16:07:51, Problems communicating with bitcoin RPC 0 2
2011-08-21 16:07:58: Listener for "Default": 21/08/2011 16:07:58, Problems communicating with bitcoin RPC 1 2
2011-08-21 16:08:04: Listener for "Default": 21/08/2011 16:08:04, Problems communicating with bitcoin RPC 2 2
2011-08-21 16:08:14: Listener for "Default": 21/08/2011 16:08:14, Problems communicating with bitcoin RPC 3 2
2011-08-21 16:08:14: Listener for "Default": 21/08/2011 16:08:14, No more backup pools left. Using primary and starting over.
2011-08-21 16:08:14: Listener for "Default": 21/08/2011 16:08:14, Setting pool jne0493@hotmail.com_CRYPT.RIG2 @ nmcbit.com:8332
2011-08-21 16:08:34: Listener for "Default": 21/08/2011 16:08:34, Problems communicating with bitcoin RPC 0 2
2011-08-21 16:09:34: Listener for "Default": 21/08/2011 16:09:34, Problems communicating with bitcoin RPC 0 2
2011-08-21 16:10:09: Listener for "Default": 21/08/2011 16:10:09, Problems communicating with bitcoin RPC 0 2
2011-08-21 16:10:19: Listener for "Default": 21/08/2011 16:10:19, Problems communicating with bitcoin RPC 1 2
2011-08-21 16:10:28: Listener for "Default": 21/08/2011 16:10:28, Problems communicating with bitcoin RPC 0 2
2011-08-21 16:22:31: Listener for "Default": 21/08/2011 16:22:31, Problems communicating with bitcoin RPC 0 2
2011-08-21 16:46:44: Listener for "Default": 21/08/2011 16:46:44, Problems communicating with bitcoin RPC 0 2

-------------------

2011-08-21 16:50:28: Listener for "Default": 21/08/2011 16:50:28, Problems communicating with bitcoin RPC 0 2
2011-08-21 16:51:25: Listener for "Default": 21/08/2011 16:51:25, Problems communicating with bitcoin RPC 0 2
2011-08-21 16:57:03: Listener for "Default": 21/08/2011 16:57:03, Problems communicating with bitcoin RPC 0 2
2011-08-21 16:58:30: Listener for "Default": 21/08/2011 16:58:30, long poll exception:
2011-08-21 16:58:31: Listener for "Default": 21/08/2011 16:58:31, Using new LP URL /LP
2011-08-21 16:58:31: Listener for "Default": 21/08/2011 16:58:31, LP connected to nmcbit.com:8332
2011-08-21 17:04:36: Listener for "Default": 21/08/2011 17:04:36, Problems communicating with bitcoin RPC 0 2
2011-08-21 17:05:30: Listener for "Default": 21/08/2011 17:05:30, Problems communicating with bitcoin RPC 0 2

--------------
 
2011-08-21 17:51:05: Listener for "Default": 21/08/2011 17:51:05, Problems communicating with bitcoin RPC 0 2
2011-08-21 17:53:54: Listener for "Default": 21/08/2011 17:53:54, Problems communicating with bitcoin RPC 0 2
2011-08-21 17:55:47: Listener for "Default": 21/08/2011 17:55:47, Problems communicating with bitcoin RPC 0 2
2011-08-21 17:56:45: Listener for "Default": 21/08/2011 17:56:45, Problems communicating with bitcoin RPC 0 2
2011-08-21 17:58:31: Listener for "Default": 21/08/2011 17:58:31, long poll exception:
2011-08-21 17:58:32: Listener for "Default": 21/08/2011 17:58:32, Using new LP URL /LP
2011-08-21 17:58:32: Listener for "Default": 21/08/2011 17:58:32, LP connected to nmcbit.com:8332
2011-08-21 18:04:12: Listener for "Default": 21/08/2011 18:04:12, Problems communicating with bitcoin RPC 0 2
2011-08-21 18:23:40: Listener for "Default": 21/08/2011 18:23:40, Problems communicating with bitcoin RPC 0 2

--------------



-----------

Thanks,
CRYPT
6  Bitcoin / Pools / Re: NameCoin Mining pool Open for the Brave [20+ GHs] on: August 21, 2011, 01:34:14 PM
Restarted...

and here's another c/p from the consol:

------------------------------------
2011-08-21 16:12:01: Running command: poclbm.exe --user=jnexx@xxx.com_CRYPT.NMC --pass=xxxx -o nmcbit.com -p 8332 --device=0 --platform=0 --verbose
2011-08-21 16:12:01: Listener for "NAMECOIN" started
2011-08-21 16:12:06: Listener for "NAMECOIN": 21/08/2011 16:12:06, Problems communicating with bitcoin RPC
2011-08-21 16:12:12: Listener for "NAMECOIN": 21/08/2011 16:12:12, Problems communicating with bitcoin RPC
2011-08-21 16:12:18: Listener for "NAMECOIN": 21/08/2011 16:12:18, Problems communicating with bitcoin RPC
2011-08-21 16:12:24: Listener for "NAMECOIN": 21/08/2011 16:12:24, Problems communicating with bitcoin RPC
2011-08-21 16:12:30: Listener for "NAMECOIN": 21/08/2011 16:12:30, Problems communicating with bitcoin RPC
2011-08-21 16:12:36: Listener for "NAMECOIN": 21/08/2011 16:12:36, Problems communicating with bitcoin RPC
2011-08-21 16:12:44: Listener for "NAMECOIN": 21/08/2011 16:12:44, Problems communicating with bitcoin RPC
2011-08-21 16:12:54: Listener for "NAMECOIN": 21/08/2011 16:12:54, Problems communicating with bitcoin RPC
2011-08-21 16:13:01: Listener for "NAMECOIN": 21/08/2011 16:13:01, Problems communicating with bitcoin RPC
2011-08-21 16:13:08: Listener for "NAMECOIN": 21/08/2011 16:13:08, Problems communicating with bitcoin RPC
2011-08-21 16:13:34: Listener for "NAMECOIN": 21/08/2011 16:13:34, long poll exception:
2011-08-21 16:23:38: Listener for "NAMECOIN": 21/08/2011 16:23:38, Problems communicating with bitcoin RPC
2011-08-21 16:29:24: Listener for "NAMECOIN": 21/08/2011 16:29:24, Problems communicating with bitcoin RPC
-----------------------------------

it says I'm hashing @~ 25.1 MHash/s   and I've Shares: 9 accepted - last at 16:32:54  - since restarting

V/R
CRYPT
7  Bitcoin / Pools / Re: NameCoin Mining pool Open for the Brave [20+ GHs] on: August 21, 2011, 01:17:29 PM
Using GUIMiner - V2011-07-01

Server   Other                                        Website: n/a
Host: nmcbit.com                                    Port: 8332
Username: jnexxx@xxxxxx.com_CRYPT.NMC  Password: xxxxxxx
Device: [0-0] Quadro FX 3700M                 Extra flags:  (none)
CPU Affinity  x0 x1 x2 x3

I do have another point to make... I'd prefer NOT to use my email address as my 'Account Name' and have it show up who knows where.  I'd prefer to have had my 'account name' be CRYPT   then, I could make worker NMC  or RIG2 or something so that my Username would then be CRYPT.NMC and CRYPT.RIG2.

Just a quest for future enhancements.

Enjoy your move,
CRYPT
8  Bitcoin / Pools / Re: NameCoin Mining pool Open for the Brave [20+ GHs] on: August 21, 2011, 01:04:42 PM
Also,

Just wanted to let you know, I"m getting the following:

2011-08-21 15:38:38: Listener for "NAMECOIN": 21/08/2011 15:38:38, Problems communicating with bitcoin RPC
2011-08-21 15:38:44: Listener for "NAMECOIN": 21/08/2011 15:38:44, Problems communicating with bitcoin RPC
2011-08-21 15:38:50: Listener for "NAMECOIN": 21/08/2011 15:38:50, Problems communicating with bitcoin RPC
2011-08-21 15:56:45: Listener for "NAMECOIN": 21/08/2011 15:56:45, long poll exception:

One of my rigs seems to be able to overcome this, it stops the other....

V/R
CRYPT
9  Bitcoin / Pools / Re: NameCoin Mining pool Open for the Brave [20+ GHs] on: August 21, 2011, 12:41:42 PM
Nevermind,

I see I've not made enough posts yet....

CRYPT
10  Bitcoin / Pools / Re: NameCoin Mining pool Open for the Brave [20+ GHs] on: August 21, 2011, 12:31:32 PM
Ok,

So should I change it?  I got ready to, when I realized that it actually ASKs for a bitcoin address, not a namecoin address, and some of your previous posts mention paying out in BTC, which, for right now, is fine with me.  Let me know if you want me to put in a NMC address, or leave it as BTC.

Perhaps you should put that on the page as well; both an NMC address, and a BTC address, with like a checkbox for whichever the miners want to be paid.  Especially with the merge coming up.

Also, did you change/remove the 'I'm mining at' bar/code?  I just tried to put it in, and either I'm not a high enough member yet to display images, or the code/link is broken.

Thanks,
CRYPT
11  Bitcoin / Pools / Re: NameCoin Mining pool Open for the Brave [20+ GHs] on: August 21, 2011, 12:18:16 PM
oops,

Wait, I just realized that the wallet I gave you was a bitcoin address... hhmmmm

I am running a namecoin wallet on my RIG2, perhaps I should go find that...Wink

CRYPT
12  Bitcoin / Pools / Re: NameCoin Mining pool Open for the Brave [20+ GHs] on: August 21, 2011, 12:15:44 PM
J,

I've just sent 2 workers with ~300Mh total your way...

Good luck,
CRYPT
13  Bitcoin / Mining support / namecoin GUI and/or cmd line argument help on: August 20, 2011, 04:59:59 PM
Can anyone tell me where to get the namecoin 'GUIMiner' ...?   I've been to vinced and downloaded the v0.3.24.x.xrc. zips, but I don't see any sort of GUIMiner in the files anywhere...

I'm at the point that I've dowloaded, created the .conf, and started the namecoind.exe -- then opened a new window, and looked at the getinfo:

"version"  : 32191,
"balance" : 0.00000,
"connections" : 8,
"proxy"  : "",
"generate" : false,
"genproclimit"  :  -1,
"difficulty"  :  94037.96111403,
"hashespersec"  : 0,
"testnet"  : false,
"keypoololdest"  : 1313854424
"paytxfee"  : 0.0000000,
"errors:  : ""


I've not started a miner... cuz, well, I'm not sure how.  Do I do command line arguements like for one of the standard bitcoin miners?  Again, how?  I've looked through the very simple files, and I don't see a  xxxx-miner.exe of any sort.  So, I feel like I've started a Namecoin server, and I've downloaded all the blocks (18692)... and now WHAT?

While I've built up to the current block, and it says I have 8 connections, but I don't see a hashrate, and though I saw my namecoin address once, I can't find it again.


THanks,
CRYPT
14  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: Mining Namecoins is now 2x more profitable than Bitcoins on: August 20, 2011, 04:56:16 PM
Can anyone be more specific on the 'Get GUIMiner' ...?  Where?  I've been to vinced and downloaded the v0.3.24.x.xrc. zips, but I don't see any sort of GUIMiner in the files anywhere...

I'm at the point that I've dowloaded, created the .conf, and started the namecoind.exe -- then opened a new window, and looked at the get info:


"version"  : 32191,
"balance" : 0.00000,
"connections" : 8,
"proxy"  : "",
"generate" : false,
"genproclimit"  :  -1,
"difficulty"  :  94037.96111403,
"hashespersec"  : 0,
"testnet"  : false,
"keypoololdest"  : 1313854424
"paytxfee"  : 0.0000000,
"errors:  : ""


I've not started a miner... cuz, well, I'm not sure how.  Do I do command line arguements like for one of the standard bitcoin miners?  Again, how?  I've looked through the very simple files, and I don't see a  xxxx-miner.exe of any sort.  So, I feel like I've started a Namecoin server, and I've downloaded all the blocks (18692)... and now WHAT?

THanks,
CRYPT
15  Bitcoin / Pools / Re: NameCoin Mining pool Open for the Brave [20+ GHs] on: August 20, 2011, 01:58:29 PM
Davinci,

I appreciate where you're going with this...

Sorry 'bout your recent run of bad luck, but keep in mind what Ford said:

"I thank god for my customers, because they keep buying my cars, even though I never finish building them..."

There are a lot of quirks to work out, unforseen things occur (but you do need to be mindful of the 'seeable' things, ie. backups, off-line testing, regression testing, etc).  Don't loose the faith.

If you'll send me the information about your namecoin mining operation, and the gui-miner that you've put together, I'll look at it for you, and attach one or several of my rigs... I've a 30 Mhash laptop (both CPU/GPU) that I'll dedicate to connecting to/testing your namecoin pit today (once you send me the info), and if that works rather stable-y, I'll consider moving my 325 Mhash GPU over.  Once they're off back-order, I should have 2 x HD6990's coming in as well. Again, depending on how this initially goes...

I missed the first couple years of bitcoins... just got into them in June/July - but I love to tinker with it.  Your quest is truly what motivates me, which is the 'being on the ground floor' of something.  I'm not in bitcoins as much for the money, as I am for the 'learning and exploring alternative currencies' portion of it. 

If you've written anything on your thoughts/opinions on the whole fiat currency, I'd be interested in that as well.

I know you're going to be busy with the recent issues/upgrades.   When you get some time, shoot me the information and/or links and I'll point some of my computing power your way:   

jne0493 at hotmail.com .

V/R
CRYPT

16  Other / Off-topic / Re: prayers in block headers? alienate your miners? on: August 20, 2011, 01:03:19 PM
<luke-jr> Graet: Catholics do not believe in freedom of religion.

wow


Jack,

If that's a real wallet, I'll donate, just for your creativity...

Is it real?
17  Economy / Economics / Re: Silver shot up. on: August 20, 2011, 12:48:18 PM
I'm not panicky at all Grin , just dissappointed that I don't have more physical gold and silver reserves. But, I can only blame myself, because I got Austins G&S brochures a year ago, and just never acted!

I've been shorting the broad index's (via put options) for the last three weeks, and have increased my optionsxpress portfolio almost 300%. And in the meantime, I've gone long on the buy-and-hold stock premise a few dyed-in-the-wool companies that I've been looking at for a few seasons, now that they're on sale.

You gotta love the exponential leveraging power of not just options... but put options in particular, as stocks by and large, seem to FALL much quicker than they RISE.  With the ultimate being the VIX and VXX strangles of late.

What I think is going on is what they never taught us in high-school economics, we had to learn the hardway via personal struggles, defaults, humility, and bankruptcies.  If you SPEND more than you MAKE, and then you eventually can only pay the INTEREST on the debts you've accumulated, outside of your 'need to exist' bills; well, eventually, you'll throw your hands up in resignation that doing 'the right thing', while morally satisfying, is practically pointless.  Hence QE2, and our governments continued attempt at 'rectifiying it's household budget' via a CCCS (Consumer Credit Counselling Service) type of arrangement, which again... is just anothe money-making body - a vicious cycle.

I think currently, the nation, is coming to the conclusion that, well, It's time to bit the bullet, and face the cold hard truth --- As a nation, we're overspent, GROSSLY, and holy cow, we can't sweep this under the rug any longer, because, the World has pulled the rug out from under us.

Rambling, rambling, rambling....
18  Bitcoin / Mining / Re: Too Late to Join the Party? on: August 20, 2011, 12:17:02 PM
I suppose I've a skewed perspective...

I was going to buy a computer anyhow...it's just that time.  I have a high-end laptop that I was using, but no tower type PC; so, I was buying a computer anyhow (mining or not). And a year ago, I didn't even know what a bitcoin was!  However, something I've always known, is that for my primary purposes of using a computer (emails, Word, PPT, watching DVDs, browsing the web), most off-the-shelf computer systems were MUCH more powerful than what I was using them for...

Now enter bitcoin --  at least, in some small way, I can get at a minimum, a novelty return of some sort, even if it's miniscule.  However, now that I do know about bitcoin, I opted to get a 'gamer' system, enter the:

CyberpowerPC Gamer Ultra 2062 Desktop PC Phenom II X4 965(3.4GHz) 4GB DDR3 1TB HDD Capacity AMD Radeon HD 6870 Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit. 

I got it in less than 10 days - delivered to a remote Contingency Operating Station in Iraq, with shipping for less than $900.  Note that it includes the elusive AMD Radeon HD 6870 - which in none tweaked form, out of the box, in less than an hour, was generating ~300 Mhash/s -  just GPU, I've not even start trying to manipulate the CPU cores yet.

It helped that I'd already been experimenting with my laptops NVIDA GX card (a measly 24Mhash on the GPU, 4.1 Mhash/s on the CPU).  So now, I'm making like .21 BTC per day; and I'm not paying for electricity, so... I can't complain.

Not for nothing, but rather for $1500.00 - I did actually jumped on that 'bitcoin bandwagon', and to that end, have bought 2 HD 6990 cards (albiet on back order) @ PC Connection.  When they come in, I may have to get creative, but the CyberpowerPC Gamer Ultra 2062 Desktop PC has the pci slots (and supposedly the harness rotates out) necessary to run these. AND the system even came with all of the Crossfire cabling and mounting brackets I might need (and I didn't even ask them for it).

So far, I'm more than pleased, but back on topic... so suppose someday I do have to return to a land where I have to pay for electricity (at least noone will be trying to launch rockets and mortars at me, so there's some intangible value in that too), even if I do have to pay for electricity, I WILL AT LEAST be making some sort of return! Something, as opposed to nothing, EVEN if it only partially compensates - it's still more than NOTHING!!!

I understand from a purely ROI perspective - but come on guys... You buy cars (video cards) and pay for gas (electricity) to go from point A to B (cruising the web) and MOST people don't stop to think... hhmmmm is my having a car really a money making endeavor?

So money making aside... if you've a computer, and electric service, then AT A MINIMUM what you gain, which is priceless, is a more indepth knowledge of how rpc works, how computers in general work, how to access the cmd window on your GUI based windows box.  I think, if nothing else, bitcoin awareness is rising the mark on the 'how a computer works' tideline.

Anyways, I just spent .0022435 BTC worth of electricity typing this so...

Thats my  0.002 BTC worth on the subject.

Happy mining all.
CRYPT
19  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: New Website started on: August 20, 2011, 11:18:07 AM
The GUI was built with Ubercode, nothing special, simple classes and functions...

I don't want to reinvent the wheel, just put a new hubcap on it...

I've got the GUIMiner-20110701 with it's package of miners and such.  I'm just looking for a Simple 'idiot-proof' GUI to present (with all the other GNU mining code behind it).  My plan is to customize the default.conf and server.conf files for each instance, so that by default, when the 'Start Miner' button is pushed, it'll connect from a computer to a specified mining pool with specific 'unique' miners.  I'll set the 'default' values that I've specified for each instance.

I'd be happy to explain more in depth if you'd be interested in assisting...

Thanks,
CRYPT 
20  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: Newbie restrictions - Changing my signature block on: August 20, 2011, 10:08:09 AM
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