Bitcoin Miner is not available right now

[Enrique]

Hi
i just want to know what is behind the message i get "Bitcoin Miner is not available right now" i'm recieving when i try to
setup Bitcoin Miner from Microsoft Store?

I means my hardware is not compatible?
Is my computer too slow?
Is my computer too fast?
Is the download server too busy?

I has checked the minumum riquierement and i think i'm meeting the minumun and exceed

[ebliever]

Suggest you post here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=224852.0

EDIT: I suggest you stop wasting your time. This software is years out of date and the notion that you'll get anything at all with such an app is a bit silly.

[AngryDwarf]

I used it a couple of years ago and could get a reasonable number of small payments just by using the CPU. Small hash rates seemed to be subsidised so no point throwing large hash rates at it. It was a scrypt based miner, so no doubt was mining alts like LTC and exchanging them. If it was to make a profit, it was probably trying to do so through advertising.

Back then I could slowly combine 5 small payments with a larger unspent transaction output for free although it took up to a week for the transaction to confirm. Now this is not possible and the payment sizes would not pay the fee.

Terrible bit of software though, ran every thread at high priority and made the computer unusable.

I would not recommend it now if it is still available.

[Myfe]

It probably means that Microsoft is weary about selling an app related to bitcoin mining.

[AngryDwarf]

It was a free app using advertising (you could not minimise the app or it would stop mining), though it had to be coded using DirectX rather than OpenCL/CUDA for GPU mining to be allowed on the store. But it wasn't a good GPU miner then, scrypt asics had already made it useless.

[squatz1]

Not going to be worth it and even if you can get something like that working on your computer through other means, it's just going to be a waste of money in general. I'd recommend on mining alt-coins such as XMR, Z-Coin, ETH, and so on.

This all depends on electricity cost, graphics card and a couple other facts. But putting it simply, mining with your GPU isn't going to do anything for you anymore just mine an alt-coin and be happy with the extra money if gives you.

I also recommend NiceHash to mine with, pretty simple and they pay in BTC instead of having to go through loops to convert ALTCOINS into BTC

[bawga]

Hi
i just want to know what is behind the message i get "Bitcoin Miner is not available right now" i'm recieving when i try to
setup Bitcoin Miner from Microsoft Store?

I means my hardware is not compatible?
Is my computer too slow?
Is my computer too fast?
Is the download server too busy?

I has checked the minumum riquierement and i think i'm meeting the minumun and exceed

Are you mining with your computer from home? It is wasted. You can't profit with mining anymore.

[AngryDwarf]

Are you mining with your computer from home? It is wasted. You can't profit with mining anymore.

It's cheaper to buy BTC directly instead. Although it is possible to mine alt coins and exchange them to BTC for fun, although this is getting harder and harder. On the bright side, you save wasting electricity for not having to put your heater on. And the BTC may be worth more in the future than the money you spent on electricity.

[Dmitry.Vastov]

You need to buy ASICS miner in able to make it profitable. My thru your computer is not give good profit. It would be a waste of your time if you continue mining. You need to buy a proper equipment to mine bitcoin. I dont think mining thru computer can cover your expenses. Electricity and maintenance. Thats the thing you should calculate before you start mining. Maybe try altcoin instead of bitcoin. I think it would be good for you.