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I've been looking at Jolla and Sailfish recently. This looks cool. I can't wait to have some hardware to try it out on.
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I've posted this elsewhere, but figured this was a good place to put it, too. If you are on OSX and want to try out the testing branch, you can use the latest update to my brew tap. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=133097brew install --devel armory-qt
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It comes down to how much personal control you want over the mining.
If you just want to turn your miner on and then trust someone else deal with all the hard parts, slush or a public p2pool is a good way to go.
If you want more control of what you are mining, set up your own bitcoind and p2pool node.
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You can now easily install the testing branch of armory-qt brew install armory-qt --devel
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If I use import wallet of an old backup, does that create a new wallet identifier, or does load into the existing one?
Or, more specificaly, let's say a couple days ago I had changed my password. The backup is from several months ago. So right now I can't login.
Can I import the several month's old Blockchain.info/wallet backup file and then from that get access to the Admin page to see the recent backups so that I can choose to restore the last backup before I changed the password?
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This is just to share my 2 cents. I have joined p2pool for about a week now after being in deepbit pool for some time. Variance in p2pool is pretty big... Sometimes the pools gets lots of block in a day, sometimes not. You easily get the impression of lower payouts but in the long run it does seem to even out....
In the long run, p2pool will definitely be better than deepbit since they take something like 10% for a fee. This last weeks variance of p2pool has been less than lucky, but over the last 30 days and 90 days they've have great luck (better than slush even). http://p2pool.info/http://mining.bitcoin.cz/stats/ |
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Well no luck so far. Here's the basics of my script for generating the dictionary. #!/usr/bin/env python
import itertools
import hashlib
import string
dict_name = 'dict.txt'
with open(dict_name, 'a') as f:
for pw in itertools.product(string.ascii_letters + string.digits, repeat=4):
pw = ''.join(pw)
for p in [
'+'.join([pw]*2) + '=' + pw * 2,
# you can put a bunch of different patterns here
]:
hashed = hashlib.sha256(p).hexdigest()
f.write(hashed+'\n')
print '~/src/JohnTheRipper/run/john --wordlist=%s hash' % dict_name
At first I was printing the hashes and then piping it to john, but it wasn't using all of my cores. I need to get CUDA running on this, or maybe play with it for a few minutes on my GPU miner. |
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Will I literally be getting the exact same amount of bitcoins if I switch from slush to p2pool? What about the 2% fee?
Payouts are partially based on luck. Both pools pay the transaction fees. In the long run, you'll make more with p2pool since you aren't paying as much or any fee. My public pool has a .5% fee and .5% donation to the author. There are some free ones although I just realized that the stats pages don't show the donation percent for the pool. |
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I got started with slush, because I read it was one of the first pools and one of the most popular.
I've recently been reading about other pools, and I like how a pool like p2pool operates.
My question is, is using a pool like p2pool much of a hassle? If I want to stop mining to play a game, is it a PITA to start it up again? I read SupaDupa's guide to using it, and it looks like there's a lot of configuration.
I like how I can just click "Start Mining" with GUIminer/slush and I'm good to go.
Also, will my overall bitcoins received with p2pool be less than with slush? I currently get about 270 Mhash/sec.
Thanks for any replies
The payouts will be essentially the same. You can connect to a public pool if you don't have the time/know-how/desire to setup your own. Running your own (efficiently) requires a stable internet connection with a relatively fast hard drive. The public list is here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=66182.0Rather than pointing your miner at http://<username>:<password>@mining.bitcoin.cz:8332/ you could point to my pool at http://<payout address>:x@p2pool.stitthappens.com:8336/ or any of the other public pools. |
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Interesting puzzle. "(at least)" isn't giving me any great ideas tho.
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Blockchain.info has a great iOS app. I believe it is just called blockchain in the app store. Just don't forget your password... Blockchain.info stores your wallet encrypted and if you lose the password nobody can recover your bitcoins (but it's also impossible for blockchain.info to steal them since the password is only ever handled on the client side).
I believe that blockchain.info has now removed the wallet feature because of issues with Apple, and now only offers a transaction ticker, so this app is no longer very useful. Wallet feature on mine seems to be working without a problem. Is it a recent update to the app? Just be happy it works and don't ask too many questions  I'll just say that Apple doesn't vet their code carefully enough. |
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I tried .84.5 almost beta and failed.
I tried .82.4 alpha and that worked.
So it looks like it has something to do with the switch between the old splash screen versions to the new instant client versions.
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I will work on upgrading the Armory version on the offline computer now.
I just found a watching-only wallet RedEmerald sent me forever ago because of an eerily similar problem. I never got around to digging into it, but I will now, if the offline upgrade doesn't work (i.e. upgrade offline, re-create watching-only wallet, re-import online). I say that, because I could spend a lot of time hex-diving into that wallet for a problem that doesn't exist anymore. I'm hoping this all just goes away, because of some stupid backwards compatibility issue I introduced in the 9 months since 0.56 was released... Does his wallet have mined inputs? I think it does. They come from p2pool and possibly a few from eligius. I just remembered an old issue where viewing the p2pool payout transactions caused armory to hiccup because of the one non-standard payout. I wonder if that's related. |
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I have made my own homebrew tap to make it easier to compile bitcoind, bitcoind-next-test, and armory-qt from source on Mac OSX. It's been up and working for me for a while, and I've posted about it elsewhere, but I figured it deserved it's own thread. https://github.com/wysenynja/homebrew-bitcoinIf you don't yet have homebrew, it is incredibly easy to install. ruby -e "$(curl -fsSkL raw.github.com/mxcl/homebrew/go)"
It's always a good idea to keep brew up to date and to check with the doctor to make sure everything is running smoothly. If you just installed homebrew, you will more than likely need to also install Xcode (don't worry, it's free and easy to get from the App Store) and the Command Line Tools that come with Xcode. The doctor should tell you how. Now you are ready to get my formula! brew tap WyseNynja/bitcoin
Now you can install things! I used to have to prefix my install targets with "wysenynja/bitcoin/" but since the last time I updated, I haven't needed to. Try one (or all) of these first. brew install bitcoind
brew install bitcoind-next-test --HEAD
brew install armory-qt
And if those fail (let me know if they do), do it like this: brew install wysenynja/bitcoin/bitcoind
brew install wysenynja/bitcoin/bitcoind-next-test --HEAD
brew install wysenynja/bitcoin/armory-qt
All of the source comes from their official repositories. I'm just providing formula to make the install easy. bitcoind is the v0.7.2 tag of https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoinbitcoind-next-test is the next-test branch of https://github.com/luke-jr/bitcoinarmory-qt is the v0.86.3-beta tag of https://github.com/etotheipi/BitcoinArmoryEDIT: When installing armory-qt, the git tag is verified against etotheipi's armory signing key. The git command will attempt to add the key to your keychain for you, but sometimes your default keyserver does not have the key (keyserver.pgp.com is missing armory's because keys have to manually added and verified there). If armory fails to add the key for you, you can get it for sure from ubuntu. This step will more than likely NOT need to be run, but if you get the error "gpg: Can't check signature: public key not found" then run this. gpg --recv-keys --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com 98832223
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I've updated the tap again! It's now using git to checkout v0.86.3-beta and then checks to make sure the git tag is valid. To update your existing install: brew update
brew doctor
brew fetch --deps armory-qt
brew upgrade armory-qt
To install fresh: brew update
brew doctor
brew tap WyseNynja/bitcoin
brew fetch --deps wysenynja/bitcoin/armory-qt
brew install wysenynja/bitcoin/armory-qt
You will need to have imported etotheipi's key for verifying the tag to work. RSA key ID 98832223 "Alan C. Reiner (Armory Signing Key) < alan.reiner@gmail.com>" You can skip the tag checking by adding "--skip-verify" "--without-gpg" to the install/upgrade command |
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I've been having issues with the latest versions of Armory.
Unfortunately I do not remember which was the last working version. I skipped quite a few versions simply because I was busy.
When I updated to any of the last 3 versions, Armory seems to start fine, but after a minute or two of offline mode, it crashes. I'm assuming whenever it's about to switch to online mode.
I'm running Windows 8, latest version of BitcoinQt.
On a hunch, I emptied the Armory folder in roaming and Armory loads fine. When I copied my watch only wallets back into the folder, I experience the crash again.
I've sent a pm.
Unfortunately, the log shows nothing is wrong. Can you do it again with the "--debug" flag? It sounds like the watching-only wallet is corrupted. Can you try re-forking it from the offline computer? What offline version was it created from? I know it won't have all the comments, but I can make you a very quick script to move all your comments/labels over, if it works. I made new copies of the watch only wallet from the offline computer. The offline Armory version is .56 alpha. Same problem. I don't know how to run Armory with the "--debug" flag. I tried .74 alpha and that worked. I tried .82.2 alpha and that worked. I tried .86 beta and that failed with the same result. I've had a similar problem. I'm going to do some more digging and see if I can figure out what exactly the problem is. |
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So how come a third party had access to private information of a customer? It wasn't. The "third party" in question was one of Blockchain.info's customer support staff, who used that info for personal reasons, and has since been fired from that position. I would consider my IP at time of creation and last access being linked to my wallet as something more than just a "simple counter" That sentence refers to access logs from regular pageviews to the site and queries to api. When a wallet is created and updated the ip address is recorded and this has always been stated on http://blockchain.info/privacy and https://blockchain.info/wallet/anonymity. I will changed it to keep the hashed ip/24 only. Thank you! IP can still be verified, but this way it isn't plain text. I appreciate your response yesterday and today in making your service better. I consider the minor incident that you had a hell of a lot better than the tradgedy that happened when MtGox's database was leaked with poorly hashed passwords and email addresses. Thanks Piuk! Storing hashes is a great improvement. |
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My getwork latency is 0.211s mean. Had one spike up to 0.8s
I dont know if its good or bad. Whats your latency?
Also how can i optimize?
Use bitcoind from git. Put bitcoind on SSD disk if you have. Or use some RAID array. On my RAID1 (mirror) with 2 disk 10k RPM i have under 0.1 latancy (now is 0.0539s mean) even better, use it over ext4 for extreme caching speed  also renicing it to -10 gives ALOT of latency reduce I hadn't thought about using nice or ext4. I'll have to try that. I think ionice might help even more. ionice is unecessary with ext4. Really? Why is that? A quick google search didn't turn up anything. I'm on ext3, so I'll play with ionice anyway |
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My getwork latency is 0.211s mean. Had one spike up to 0.8s
I dont know if its good or bad. Whats your latency?
Also how can i optimize?
Use bitcoind from git. Put bitcoind on SSD disk if you have. Or use some RAID array. On my RAID1 (mirror) with 2 disk 10k RPM i have under 0.1 latancy (now is 0.0539s mean) even better, use it over ext4 for extreme caching speed also renicing it to -10 gives ALOT of latency reduce I hadn't thought about using nice or ext4. I'll have to try that. I think ionice might help even more. |
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