I have just checked again and its still saying the same thing :S

I have 46 connections - I opened up port 33442 so that i could have more connections.

Although ive just realised i'm running the first edition wallet v1.0.0.0...

I think was me that memtioned bitcoin seeder lol - i may be able to host it myself - i'm playing with a couple of private VPS solutions atm. I assume we would need to create a new version of the wallet with a new set of dns nodes?

Does anyone else have the 'Not staking as your coins are not mature' message? I have over 40 connections to the network and it did mine/stake some coins an hour or so ago...

Could be heat? have you got fans blowing on the miners?

Not a cable tie in sight

I'm guessing you'd need to flip the S3s over to hide the cables

amy recommendations on a case that can fit 3 plus a PSU off the shelf?

Looking good - I can't understand the need or use for craigscoin - AFAIK posting stuff on craigslist is free so there wouldnt be a use for it - MineralsPR should have stuck with minerals.

once you have go something workable I can host a version for more in depth testing (full blockchain)

There are a few of us who are jumping in with advice and help to get it up and running - Would it be an idea to get a new thread running for the community take over?

Personally i think we should stick with the name and the logo - its established and would only cause damage to the coins reputation.

I'm happy to help where I can.

Also as far as a multipool - coinking.io are still offering automatic conversion to minerals - although not sure on the fees etc.

Setting up a dnsseed:

Would this help:

https://github.com/sipa/bitcoin-seeder

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=321547.0

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Do you have a small PC that you can dedicate as a node for the time being - ie not virtualised? It would eliminate the issue with virtualbox HDD access being a bit slow...

I've pencil modded one of my S1s and its much less juicy - will be doing the other 2 tonight - running 3 off a Corsair AX1200 PSU was pulling 1150w now 950 after pencil modding one so hopefully will drop down to around 600 region after modding both = i might be able to make a profit!

How are you mining on more than one pool at a time though? I can only mine on one at a time atm - that would massively increase my profit potential if i can mine on a few pools at once

Are you mining on 6 pools at the same time?

Also what kind of figures ar eyou getting from the wall with you miner at 325? are you running the pencil mod?

Minerals is alive - not so sure about the Dev - we have a guy working on getting a blockchain explorer up and running ATM.

Suspect the Devs have got bored and dropped it as minerals.pro site is down.

You can't mine Minerals any more... Youc an only earn them through POS staking.

I'm assuming thats each - the coolers on them are worth more

I'll let the faulty ones go for that each - if both are paid for together plus a bit for postage as the coolers are quite heavy

I have 9 Chili miners to sell or swap - 5 MrTeal (5x30Ghz) and 4 Luckos (2 faulty)

The two faulty miners have been flashed with the wrong firmware and will work fine (if you can get the slow rise firmware on them!)

The MrTeal miners all have Arctic Mono GPU coolers and the Luckos have a Coolermaster CM212 cooler - i am happy to ship with the coolers as these are probably the most valuable item

The specs seem reasonable - when you're running the VM open up your task manager / performance monitor to see what resources are maxed out - you might find allocating a second CPU helps if the code is optimised for parallel processing.

without the VM running, what kind of speeds do you get from the HDD benchmark?

i found a kit on ebay for about 15 that has a fan and a load of micro heat sinks - it looks like it might be able to do the job but that all depends on whether it actually makes a difference!

Ive got a pack of 50 mini ones that i had knocking about and i've put them on one side of the S1 and i'm noticing a drop of about 1-2C vs the other side without any - i suspect with an additional fan and maybe a cover over the top i could get the temps down even more...

I have 3 S1 miners all with a single fan, i'm planning on OC'ing them buit i want to keep them cool - does anyone recommended a particular fan to replace or add as an additional fan for push/pull configuration? Ive tried a standard delta 250CFM fan (non PWM) and it was nice and cool but not very quiet

Would any 120mm PWM 38mm fan be ok? (Any recommendations for high CFM & low noise?)

Mine is open 24/7 but I only ever see 10 or 11 connections.

It shouldnt matter too much about CPU and RAM that much - the bottleneck with databases is always disk IO - so if you can get it to go faster it'll be worth it. 2 CPU and 4GB RAM should be fine - look at the utilisation on the server when you are using it - it should be fairly low - if not - add more

If its slow and laggy for one user - it will only get worse with more users.

Do you have any disk benchmarking software that you can use on the 'server' (either the VM or the host) to test the HDD speed? (would be worth testing both).

If its a laptop with a single HDD running Windows with VMWare Player or equivalent there is a lot of HDD overheads anyway.

You'd be better off having a dedicated disk for OS and a separate RAID array for the data - if its RAID'd you'll get data protection if a disk fails and a bit of a performance boost too.

A VPS with SSD RAID will be expensive but some VPS with a decent RAID 5 array should be ample for the blockchain - the SSD recommendation was for the laptop to squeeze as much performance as possible.

The alternative is to run the whole system from a RAMdisk and just use the RAM instead of SSD (lightning fast but will need a lot of RAM)

Can you provide some more details on your demo laptop specs?