GUIMINER specified data directory does not exist

[koolknebel]

So I want to mine solo with guiminer and bitcoin core and i set the bitcoin data directory to the blocks folder in the bitcoin core client but when i run launch as server it says F:\bitcoin\blocks does not exist. I think this is because I have bitcoin core and guiminer on a different harddrive because my ssd which has windows on it and only 128 gb is full. But it keeps saying it doesn't exist. Please help

[achow101]

You need to set the data directory to be the folder that contains the blocks folder.

[koolknebel]

Yeah that's the problem. That's what i did and it doesn't work

[-ck]

GUIminer is so old and dead code that it can't even solo mine to the current bitcoin core. Don't waste your time as CPU and GPU mining bitcoin is basically defunct and pointless with no real meaningful way to even try doing it any more.

[koolknebel]

thanks but i still want to figure this out considering others have had luck solo mining with bitcoin core and guiminer

[-ck]

thanks but i still want to figure this out considering others have had luck solo mining with bitcoin core and guiminer

You didn't read the fundamental component: You cannot mine with guiminer to current bitcoin core any more. It doesn't have code to support the mechanism used to communicate with current bitcoin core to mine.

[koolknebel]

okay i guess ill try a different miner like cudaminer but they are extremely confusing to me.