Trying to get started on LTC mining.

[douglasg14b]

After looking around, I am trying to get started on LTC mining.

I have downloaded the wallet, downloaded a mining client (Here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=55038.0)

I have also signed up on Burnsides Pool. Though am having problems connecting, whenever I run the software I receive this error-

Code:

[2013-04-04 19:57:48] 8 miner threads started, using 'scrypt' algor
[2013-04-04 19:57:49] HTTP request failed: couldn't connect to host
[2013-04-04 19:57:49] json_rpc_call failed, retry after 30 seconds

Here is my config (with username/password removed of course)

Code:

{
        "_comment1" : "Any long-format command line argument ",
        "_comment2" : "may be used in this JSON configuration file",

        "url" : "http://ltc.kattare.com:9332/",
        "user" : "username",
        "pass" : "password",
        "quiet" : true
}

I have forewarded port 9332 through my router and my firewall. Hopefully one of you guys can help 

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[gfoot]

Unless you have fiddled with the configuration, your username should have ".1" after it, and the password in your miner config should be just "x", not your password for the web site.  The miner username and password are not especially secret... they just allow the site to know who gets credit for the mining work your miner is doing.

[douglasg14b]

Unless you have fiddled with the configuration, your username should have ".1" after it, and the password in your miner config should be just "x", not your password for the web site.  The miner username and password are not especially secret... they just allow the site to know who gets credit for the mining work your miner is doing.

(with username/password removed of course)

I removed the username/pass for this post. I did edit the original config to include my username/password as it should be

[and0r]

you need to mine with your GPU bro

google GUIminer-scrypt

[zenrith]

curious,

Will Burnside ever move to stratum ?

I mined on it for an entire day and received near 35% stales..  Quite annoying.

[douglasg14b]

andor

My CPU gets better Kh/s then my GPU with Scrypt. I will be using my CPU primarily while I play games..etc

[and0r]

andor

My CPU gets better Kh/s then my GPU with Scrypt. I will be using my CPU primarily while I play games..etc

rlly? wow didnt know that...

i will be using both
anyway, burnside doesnt support stratum, make sure your miner isnt trying to use stratum

[and0r]

curious,

Will Burnside ever move to stratum ?

I mined on it for an entire day and received near 35% stales..  Quite annoying.

hitting 60% stale after ddos
used to hover around 15-20%

[douglasg14b]

curious,

Will Burnside ever move to stratum ?

I mined on it for an entire day and received near 35% stales..  Quite annoying.

hitting 60% stale after ddos
used to hover around 15-20%

Is there a pool you would recommend?

[and0r]

curious,

Will Burnside ever move to stratum ?

I mined on it for an entire day and received near 35% stales..  Quite annoying.

hitting 60% stale after ddos
used to hover around 15-20%

Is there a pool you would recommend?

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=litecoin+mining+pools

https://github.com/litecoin-project/litecoin/wiki/Comparison-of-mining-pools

[douglasg14b]

curious,

Will Burnside ever move to stratum ?

I mined on it for an entire day and received near 35% stales..  Quite annoying.

hitting 60% stale after ddos
used to hover around 15-20%

Is there a pool you would recommend?

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=litecoin+mining+pools

https://github.com/litecoin-project/litecoin/wiki/Comparison-of-mining-pools

I'm not asking where do I find pools. I am asking if you, specifically, recommend any pools or use a certain one yourself.

I have been using that list, though after the 5th pool I would prefer a recommendation then spending hours trying each one at a time. That witty attempt of showing incompetence did little to help.

[and0r]

only have tried burnside. which is kinda shit with all the stales and ddos
and notroll website is not responding... would try that

[zenrith]

I tried Burnside as well..  Kind of made me sad to see 35% stales from it for the first 12hours I mined.

As I understand, it would be far better if burnside implemented a stratum protocol for mining ltc.  I'm guessing at the current speeds, his side can't handle all of the traffic, and it will only get worse.

I just ordered a 7970 to "fulltime" ltc mine when my ASIC's for btc come in.  If anyone knows of a stratum pool for ltc, or knows how to help burnside implement stratum, please help out.

Thanks.

[douglasg14b]

I have tried multiple pools but am still receiving the same error with the CPU miner, any help/suggestions for that?

[gfoot]

Paste the URL for your mining pool into your web browser (e.g. http://ltc.kattare.com:9332/).  It should ask for a username and password; enter your miner's username and password.  Again, the username is probably "<youruser>.1" and the password is probably "x".  It should then show you a blank page.  If it does then that's fine.  This at least works for the pool I use (suprnova.cc).

If it doesn't ask for a username and password, maybe the pool is overloaded or the server is broken.  For me, ltc.kattare.com:9332 returns a 503 error at the moment.

If it doesn't show you a blank page, and instead complains about your authorization (403 error), then you entered the wrong username and password.