Hello, I downloaded NiceHash miner, updated my CPU driver and clicked start. For some reason when I tried registering to NiceHash it gave me the advise "If you are a miner, which is power seller, you do NOT have to create an account" so I would obviously think that I downladed that software for solo mining and power seller. Then... I didnt register, but when I hit enter just by the stratum address set as: stratum+tcp://stratum.solo.nicehash.com:3334 it gaves me the advice "Invalid bitcoin address click yes to create one" ... wasnt i adviced that i dont need an account? I think that address and account arent the same, but anyways i set addresses from this list
https://www.nicehash.com/index.jsp?p=gstarted#seller and still i am not able to start CPU mining
I know CPU isnt the best option, but i will start buying better equipment later i just need to make the miner start working
Somehow when i access to bitcoin official site it directs me to different services and directly i am not able to create an account at this site so i realize i need to choose a service, for example i choose
https://bitcoinknots.org/ and into that page i am still not capable to registering an account
So what do I need? A valid address? Why are addresses of this page
https://www.nicehash.com/index.jsp?p=gstarted#seller not valid?
Do I need an account somewhere? How do I set it? Because I tried the example here gave by nicehash site: "stratum+tcp://stratum.solo.nicehash.com:3333 -u yourAddress.Worker1 -p" which i translated into "stratum+tcp://stratum.solo.nicehash.com:3333 -u
MY@EMAIL.COM.Worker1 -MYPASSWORD" so whats the correct format then? Im already tired im shutting off the computer and i hope i come back to the forum later to read a solution or... i see there are several ways to solo mining as for example the bitcoinknots.org directs me to downloading another software which i think is mining software but i already downloaded nicehash's one to start with so... can anyone give me a very noob basic tutorial url?