Solo Mining on an S3 with 51.1 Difficulty - here we go! UPDATE: Block Found!!

[hodedowe]

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{"hashrate1m": "1.28T", "hashrate5m": "1.35T", "hashrate1hr": "1.39T", "hashrate1d": "1.38T", "lastupdate": 1439471751, "bestshare": 48722494.822801866}

Not doing too well this go round!  I need some luck to come over my miners!

at least you got a little more than my u2's :0... jokes but does anyone know a probability calculator for soloing mining, obviously its a lot of luck involved but still

Great hashes on average guys!


Little update here. Best hash is 3,942,183 after resetting with a power outage. Still chugging along!

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[crazyearner]

Congrats on mining a block their at 25 BTC not even a month into it and indeed smashed it. Its all about luck to be honest and hitting that magic number for producing a winning ticket. How do you have this set for solo mining as every time I have come to trying solo mining by setting up client it always rejects them or finding out that I have too much power going though. Is their any pools set for doing this kind of thing where can just point to some solo pool operation or will have to dig out 2nd pc make pool with it somehow?

[jonnybravo0311]

Just point your hash to solo.ckpool.org.  It can handle whatever you throw at it

[hodedowe]

Congrats on mining a block their at 25 BTC not even a month into it and indeed smashed it. Its all about luck to be honest and hitting that magic number for producing a winning ticket. How do you have this set for solo mining as every time I have come to trying solo mining by setting up client it always rejects them or finding out that I have too much power going though. Is their any pools set for doing this kind of thing where can just point to some solo pool operation or will have to dig out 2nd pc make pool with it somehow?

Because I like to support Bitcoin, I run a full node and not that devaluing XT version either. FULL CORE from Bitcoin.org. I set it up on a Windows machine then in the data directory I have a text file named bitcoin.conf. Inside that file is this:

Code:

rpcuser=bitcoinrpc
rpcpassword=OMGlongPassHere
minrelaytxfee=0.00000001

Then I start Bitcoin Server with this shortcut (right click on a shortcut to btc core, properties, then put this whole for the TARGET)

Code:

"C:\Program Files\Bitcoin\bitcoin-qt.exe" -server -RPCALLOWIP=192.168.1.10 -RPCALLOWIP=192.168.1.11 -RPCALLOWIP=127.0.0.1 -RPCALLOWIP=192.168.1.12 -RPCPORT=4928 -checklevel=2

Of course if you have different IP addresses for your miner you'll need to change the RPCALLOWIP, and you'll need to change the RPCPORT if you use a different port.

Finally allow incoming connections in your firewall (Go to Advanced in Windows firewall, or Allow Ports in most other firewall programs).


That's it. Mine away


I use CK's pool as a backup for those times when I lose power and need to reindex my core.

[crazyearner]

Congrats on mining a block their at 25 BTC not even a month into it and indeed smashed it. Its all about luck to be honest and hitting that magic number for producing a winning ticket. How do you have this set for solo mining as every time I have come to trying solo mining by setting up client it always rejects them or finding out that I have too much power going though. Is their any pools set for doing this kind of thing where can just point to some solo pool operation or will have to dig out 2nd pc make pool with it somehow?

Because I like to support Bitcoin, I run a full node and not that devaluing XT version either. FULL CORE from Bitcoin.org. I set it up on a Windows machine then in the data directory I have a text file named bitcoin.conf. Inside that file is this:

Code:

rpcuser=bitcoinrpc
rpcpassword=OMGlongPassHere
minrelaytxfee=0.00000001

Then I start Bitcoin Server with this shortcut (right click on a shortcut to btc core, properties, then put this whole for the TARGET)

Code:

"C:\Program Files\Bitcoin\bitcoin-qt.exe" -server -RPCALLOWIP=192.168.1.10 -RPCALLOWIP=192.168.1.11 -RPCALLOWIP=127.0.0.1 -RPCALLOWIP=192.168.1.12 -RPCPORT=4928 -checklevel=2

Of course if you have different IP addresses for your miner you'll need to change the RPCALLOWIP, and you'll need to change the RPCPORT if you use a different port.

Finally allow incoming connections in your firewall (Go to Advanced in Windows firewall, or Allow Ports in most other firewall programs).


That's it. Mine away


I use CK's pool as a backup for those times when I lose power and need to reindex my core.

Will have to give that a bash when I get me other system back up and running. Thanks for the details as some of it I did miss out last time think my problem was accepting incoming connections. Just gone over to CK and going to look into it as just pointed to nicehash as found they do the same thing their and give details on submitted shares. Going to continue the adventure with you see if I can get something with 200GH less luck on hitting but who knows. Got be in it to win it

[nonbody]

i am thinking of adding a few antminer u3s to my solo mining set-up or maybe even an s3, if op is looking to sell his s3

[hodedowe]

i am thinking of adding a few antminer u3s to my solo mining set-up or maybe even an s3, if op is looking to sell his s3

LOL! Sorry Nobody, I can't sell my setup yet. Gotta mine more coins to pay for classes. You can find them on Ebay for about 150.00 shipped though. 

[hodedowe]

Another little update. With an early winter we're seeing a LOT more hashrate from the globe. Expect the difficulty to skyrocket this next time.

Best share right now is 30,879,119. It ain't great, but he's still chuggin along! Don't forget, he's got the luck of the Irish!

[Sweminer777]

did you add more miners? i have 3thz might consider to solo ? 

[hodedowe]

did you add more miners? i have 3thz might consider to solo ?  

No, and I won't. This is a 1 year experiment with a single Antminer S3 to disprove the oft espoused theory that solo mining is dead.

[Sweminer777]

How long has it been running 2 months?.

How many hours is it off weekly ?

[hodedowe]

How long has it been running 2 months?.

How many hours is it off weekly ?

It has been running since the first post, as of today that's 32 days. Off time averages about 30 minutes weekly. That includes all restarts, power outages, my fiddling with things out of boredom, and bumping the power supply plug accidentally from time to time and knocking the paperclip out of it.  

[Mikestang]

No, and I won't. This is a 1 year experiment with a single Antminer S3 to disprove the oft espoused theory that solo mining is dead.

Solo mining is dead, but even a dead horse get's lucky once in a while (isn't that how the saying goes?).

That being said, with my electric rate all I can do all summer is solo mine and cross my fingers, so it will never be dead to me.

[bmoscato]

Congrats man, it's great to hear stuff like this!

[Sweminer777]

what is the diff on your pool? have you put it higher than your miner? i cannot get above 1k on a solo pool should i make my own and raise the diff?

[hodedowe]

what is the diff on your pool? have you put it higher than your miner? i cannot get above 1k on a solo pool should i make my own and raise the diff?

My difficulty is 54 billion because I mine against the Bitcoin Core to support the network. See my earlier post on how to set it up. When I mine against the backup pool, CK's pool, it's 1000.

Setting your difficulty isn't necessary. It's done automatically from the software you're mining against. Don't get hung up on it. It's a non-issue.

[Sweminer777]

what is the diff on your pool? have you put it higher than your miner? i cannot get above 1k on a solo pool should i make my own and raise the diff?

My difficulty is 54 billion because I mine against the Bitcoin Core to support the network. See my earlier post on how to set it up. When I mine against the backup pool, CK's pool, it's 1000.

Setting your difficulty isn't necessary. It's done automatically from the software you're mining against. Don't get hung up on it. It's a non-issue.

Yeah i was trying to set up like you did, but i get alot of errors, it tries to lock the drive, i cant change the main file :/, do i need to downlkoad all blocks first?

[hodedowe]

what is the diff on your pool? have you put it higher than your miner? i cannot get above 1k on a solo pool should i make my own and raise the diff?

My difficulty is 54 billion because I mine against the Bitcoin Core to support the network. See my earlier post on how to set it up. When I mine against the backup pool, CK's pool, it's 1000.

Setting your difficulty isn't necessary. It's done automatically from the software you're mining against. Don't get hung up on it. It's a non-issue.

Yeah i was trying to set up like you did, but i get alot of errors, it tries to lock the drive, i cant change the main file :/, do i need to downlkoad all blocks first?

You don't need to change any files. You just change the shortcut to add arguments (all those -RPCALLOW, etc lines) and add the bitcoin.conf file.

You do have to download all the blocks before you can mine against it. That takes me about a week.

[andysbizz]

If you are so sure of this, then good luck. 

[hodedowe]

If you are so sure of this, then good luck. 

Well it already hit once, so yeah. I'm kinda sure of this   

Thanks for reading!