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

[wmtomlinso]

My best share is over a billion.  what does that mean exactly?



{"hashrate1m": "1.71T", "hashrate5m": "1.59T", "hashrate1hr": "1.73T", "hashrate1d": "2.81T", "hashrate7d": "3.81T", "lastupdate": 1440526599, "workers": 3, "bestshare": 1040364338.2521818}

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[Mikestang]

My best share is over a billion.  what does that mean exactly?



{"hashrate1m": "1.71T", "hashrate5m": "1.59T", "hashrate1hr": "1.73T", "hashrate1d": "2.81T", "hashrate7d": "3.81T", "lastupdate": 1440526599, "workers": 3, "bestshare": 1040364338.2521818}

That's the closest hash to the network difficulty your machine(s) has solved so far.  You need a best share > network difficulty and submit it first to successfully solve a block.

https://www.google.com/search?q=what+is+best+share+bitcoin+mining

[Mikestang]

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.

When true solo mining (against your own node) the only share you will see submitted is a share greater than network difficulty.  Otherwise, it's just cosmetic so you can see that your miners are, in fact, working.

[icematikx]

Question is.. When will you find the next block?

[hodedowe]

I guess we'll see. Hashing away, hashing away.

[chaoman]

you inspired me. I am now solo mining with my s5! wish me luck

[alh]

I wonder if/when you decide to sell your S3 if you can charge a premium, since it's obviously a VERY lucky miner!!!

 

[okg]

i followed your lead, but this is my best on sofar 
my S3 working hard... give me a lucky hash!

                     
22h 23m 18s
417.73
426.98
0
13,624,841
13
5,987
93,566,308

[bmoscato]

i followed your lead, but this is my best on sofar 
my S3 working hard... give me a lucky hash!

                     
22h 23m 18s
417.73
426.98
0
13,624,841
13
5,987
93,566,308

I'm not having any luck either, my largest share is only 455,166,546.

{"hashrate1m": "14.9T", "hashrate5m": "14.8T", "hashrate1hr": "14.4T", "hashrate1d": "9.39T", "hashrate7d": "2.32T", "lastupdate": 1440699647, "workers": 16, "bestshare": 455166546.82616019}

[okg]

You got abit more power then I, but i can happen to anyone 

i followed your lead, but this is my best on sofar 
my S3 working hard... give me a lucky hash!

                     
22h 23m 18s
417.73
426.98
0
13,624,841
13
5,987
93,566,308

I'm not having any luck either, my largest share is only 455,166,546.

{"hashrate1m": "14.9T", "hashrate5m": "14.8T", "hashrate1hr": "14.4T", "hashrate1d": "9.39T", "hashrate7d": "2.32T", "lastupdate": 1440699647, "workers": 16, "bestshare": 455166546.82616019}

[bmoscato]

You got abit more power then I, but i can happen to anyone 

I only pointed the other gear at the pool yesterday, I was originally only pointing a few U3's and a couple of S1's at it.

[Sweminer777]

you are puttign to much hash for solo, i mean how much energy are you using for hoping for one block?.

i have an s3 coming so i prentend only to have a s3 mining solo rest will keep on mining.

You need to make something if you got money on the machines and wasting energy for " nothing ".

I say that 14th is alot for hoping on solo , put one machine for lottery and get some cash for the rest   

[bmoscato]

you are puttign to much hash for solo, i mean how much energy are you using for hoping for one block?.

i have an s3 coming so i prentend only to have a s3 mining solo rest will keep on mining.

You need to make something if you got money on the machines and wasting energy for " nothing ".

I say that 14th is alot for hoping on solo , put one machine for lottery and get some cash for the rest   

Thanks for the input, I've already ROI'd on the gear and I have very cheap power at the moment.  I'm only going to run this way for a couple of weeks.

[hodedowe]

you are puttign to much hash for solo, i mean how much energy are you using for hoping for one block?.

i have an s3 coming so i prentend only to have a s3 mining solo rest will keep on mining.

You need to make something if you got money on the machines and wasting energy for " nothing ".

I say that 14th is alot for hoping on solo , put one machine for lottery and get some cash for the rest   

You can never put "too much" energy into solo mining. Remember, all it takes is one hash!


I really get a kick out of reading you guys running solo rigs and supporting the cause. "They said it couldn't be done. We proved them wrong!"


Another little update. I was bleary eyed this morning and opened my miner's page to look at the shares. He said, "Best Share 562,331,786" and because I was tired I read three more placeholders in that number. So something like this:

562,331,786,948


And I thought...Whoah! This guys the best miner in the world! But then I blinked and saw "FoundBlocks = 0" and had to re-peek at that share number again. oh well, it was an exciting 30 seconds! LOL!


Keep on hashing guys!   

[bmoscato]

So, I moved most of my hashing power back to my pool yesterday and this morning one of my S5's hit a friggen block!!!  GRRRRRRRRRRR!!!

[Mikestang]

Back to back mega elec bills with my AC running and I've had to shut off all but my USB stick miners.  I'll fire the S3 boxes back up this winter.  GL, solo miners!

[Sweminer777]

so i just joined you whit an s3 i feel like th e bigger machines can keep running on slush pools.

i will put my own nodes aswell as soon as i make a clean install

[wmtomlinso]

In the CK Solo pool, how do you know when you've hit a block?  25 Btc in your wallet?

[VirosaGITS]

In the CK Solo pool, how do you know when you've hit a block?  25 Btc in your wallet?

You can also monitor the pool's thread or your miner's status. Maybe there's a way to get a mail notification but you'll have to ask in ck pool solo's thread.

[Daarn]

you are puttign to much hash for solo, i mean how much energy are you using for hoping for one block?.

i have an s3 coming so i prentend only to have a s3 mining solo rest will keep on mining.

You need to make something if you got money on the machines and wasting energy for " nothing ".

I say that 14th is alot for hoping on solo , put one machine for lottery and get some cash for the rest   

You can never put "too much" energy into solo mining. Remember, all it takes is one hash!


I really get a kick out of reading you guys running solo rigs and supporting the cause. "They said it couldn't be done. We proved them wrong!"


Another little update. I was bleary eyed this morning and opened my miner's page to look at the shares. He said, "Best Share 562,331,786" and because I was tired I read three more placeholders in that number. So something like this:

562,331,786,948


And I thought...Whoah! This guys the best miner in the world! But then I blinked and saw "FoundBlocks = 0" and had to re-peek at that share number again. oh well, it was an exciting 30 seconds! LOL!


Keep on hashing guys!   

Hi I'm totaly new to Bitcoin mining.
became very interested to also start digging Bitcoins solo
have checked on this Minner
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Bitmain-AntMiner-S4-2000Gh-s-at-0-69W-Gh-28nm-ASIC-BTC-Bitcoin-Miner-/251993468862?hash=item3aabfb2fbe

or can anyone give me some tips.
how much will you get in dollars when you sell one 1 Bitcoin?

Regard
Daarn