why i'm mining namecoins while i'm off it i want to mine bitcoins not Namecoins?

[Obada8]

Hi ,

why i'm mining namecoins while im off it i want to mine bitcoins not Namecoins ?

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[NUFCrichard]

Hi ,

why i'm mining namecoins while im off it i want to mine bitcoins not Namecoins ?

That i Mean , I started Today

Sorry, I don't really understand your question.

Are you asking why when you are mining Namecoins, you have not mined any bitcoins?  If that is the question, I would guess that the relative difficulties means that you have less than a Satoshi in Bitcoin, but have a very small amount of Namecoin already.  Unless you have only been mining for a few minutes, I am not sure it is worth your while!

[Muhammed Zakir]

You probably got Namecoin but not Bitcoin because Bitminter found a NMC block and gave your reward but haven't found a BTC block. You can choose your own pool but I suggest you to mine on any of these:

 • http://eligius.st/
 • https://mining.bitcoin.cz/
 • https://ghash.io/

[hexafraction]

This is because of something called merged mining. Your miner is trying to find solutions to a problem, by brute force (the only way). Any solution better than a specific threshold qualifies you for Bitcoin. Any solution to the SAME problem with the SAME parameters, but with a LOWER threshold qualifies you for Namecoin.

You have found shares that are good enough to qualify you for Namecoin, but not Bitcoin. (note that this doesn't decrease your Bitcoin productivity, since both are solving the same problem with the same parameters, just with the Bitcoin shares being better solutions).

[jonnybravo0311]

This is because of something called merged mining. Your miner is trying to find solutions to a problem, by brute force (the only way). Any solution better than a specific threshold qualifies you for Bitcoin. Any solution to the SAME problem with the SAME parameters, but with a LOWER threshold qualifies you for Namecoin.

You have found shares that are good enough to qualify you for Namecoin, but not Bitcoin. (note that this doesn't decrease your Bitcoin productivity, since both are solving the same problem with the same parameters, just with the Bitcoin shares being better solutions).

It's not that this miner in particular found the blocks, but rather contributed to the pool's finding of the NMC blocks, and he was awarded some NMC accordingly based upon whatever payment method the pool uses.

[hexafraction]

This is because of something called merged mining. Your miner is trying to find solutions to a problem, by brute force (the only way). Any solution better than a specific threshold qualifies you for Bitcoin. Any solution to the SAME problem with the SAME parameters, but with a LOWER threshold qualifies you for Namecoin.

You have found shares that are good enough to qualify you for Namecoin, but not Bitcoin. (note that this doesn't decrease your Bitcoin productivity, since both are solving the same problem with the same parameters, just with the Bitcoin shares being better solutions).

It's not that this miner in particular found the blocks, but rather contributed to the pool's finding of the NMC blocks, and he was awarded some NMC accordingly based upon whatever payment method the pool uses.

I never said the miner found blocks. The miner is finding shares, and has successfully found NMC shares. Of course, a good enough share is used as a block that the pool broadcasts.

[jonnybravo0311]

You have found shares that are good enough to qualify you for Namecoin, but not Bitcoin. (note that this doesn't decrease your Bitcoin productivity, since both are solving the same problem with the same parameters, just with the Bitcoin shares being better solutions).

It's not that this miner in particular found the blocks, but rather contributed to the pool's finding of the NMC blocks, and he was awarded some NMC accordingly based upon whatever payment method the pool uses.

I never said the miner found blocks. The miner is finding shares, and has successfully found NMC shares. Of course, a good enough share is used as a block that the pool broadcasts.

The part in bold is wrong.  I assumed you meant blocks, but now that you have stated you didn't then that entire assertion is incorrect.

The shares the miner submits are not "good enough for NMC but not good enough for BTC".  It is in fact that the shares he submitted were counted for both NMC and BTC.  He earned NMC because the shares he submitted were paid out when blocks of NMC were found.  No blocks of BTC were found so he didn't earn any.  When the pool finds a block of BTC, assuming he's got any shares, he'll be paid.