[ANN][YAC] yacoin: yet another altcoin. START is now.

[kalgecin]

Seems that my high system resources usage from running minerd is killing some of the hash rate from my graphics cards.
All in all it has shaved off around 1000khash total from all my rigs of gpu power.

Is it possible to control minerd to use like 90% of the system power? leaving 10% for the scrypt gpu mining?

on linux? change "nice" of the pid

Code:

renice 19 `pidof minerd`

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[svennand]

Seems that my high system resources usage from running minerd is killing some of the hash rate from my graphics cards.
All in all it has shaved off around 1000khash total from all my rigs of gpu power.

Is it possible to control minerd to use like 90% of the system power? leaving 10% for the scrypt gpu mining?

on linux? change "nice" of the pid

Code:

renice 19 `pidof minerd`

ah sorry.
No on windows pcs

[kalgecin]

Seems that my high system resources usage from running minerd is killing some of the hash rate from my graphics cards.
All in all it has shaved off around 1000khash total from all my rigs of gpu power.

Is it possible to control minerd to use like 90% of the system power? leaving 10% for the scrypt gpu mining?

on linux? change "nice" of the pid

Code:

renice 19 `pidof minerd`

ah sorry.
No on windows pcs

then open task manager..... see what's there.... not sure.

[Neverest]

run
sudo chown yourusername:yourusername * -R
again. seems you misused sudo once (or several times) ;-)

Hehe, I probably sudo'd myself to linux-hell.

Anyway, chown-ed again, same result:

me@ubuntu:~/yacoin/src$ make -f makefile.unix results in:
......................... boost_program_options -l boost_thread -l db_cxx -l ssl -l crypto -l miniupnpc -Wl,-Bdynamic -l z -l dl -l pthread
/usr/bin/ld: cannot open output file yacoind: Permission denied
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make: *** [yacoind] Error 1

When trying with
me@ubuntu:~/yacoin/src$ sudo chown me:me * -R

me@ubuntu:~/yacoin/src$ sudo make -f makefile.unix I get
/bin/sh ../share/genbuild.sh obj/build.h
..............................
boost_program_options -l boost_thread -l db_cxx -l ssl -l crypto -l miniupnpc -Wl,-Bdynamic -l z -l dl -l pthread
/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lboost_filesystem
/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lboost_program_options
/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lboost_thread
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make: *** [yacoind] Error 1

This is getting annoying, appreciate your assistance.

try
sudo apt-get install libboost-all-dev

That seems to have worked, as it finished without errors. Yacoin server started, Ubuntu won't let me make a yacoin.conf file in the Yacoin folder (I can make it outside).
- How come I don't have the permissions and how do I get them?
- WHat else (besides the random RPC user/pass) do I need to put in the .conf file?

Thanks again!

[limitless]

The conf file needs to be in ~/root/.yacoin/yacoin.conf

That is, if you login as root.

[kalgecin]

The conf file needs to be in ~/root/.yacoin/yacoin.conf

That is, if you login as root.

it has to be in ~/.yacoin/yacoin.conf

read http://www.yacoin.org/

[kalgecin]

run
sudo chown yourusername:yourusername * -R
again. seems you misused sudo once (or several times) ;-)

Hehe, I probably sudo'd myself to linux-hell.

Anyway, chown-ed again, same result:

me@ubuntu:~/yacoin/src$ make -f makefile.unix results in:
......................... boost_program_options -l boost_thread -l db_cxx -l ssl -l crypto -l miniupnpc -Wl,-Bdynamic -l z -l dl -l pthread
/usr/bin/ld: cannot open output file yacoind: Permission denied
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make: *** [yacoind] Error 1

When trying with
me@ubuntu:~/yacoin/src$ sudo chown me:me * -R

me@ubuntu:~/yacoin/src$ sudo make -f makefile.unix I get
/bin/sh ../share/genbuild.sh obj/build.h
..............................
boost_program_options -l boost_thread -l db_cxx -l ssl -l crypto -l miniupnpc -Wl,-Bdynamic -l z -l dl -l pthread
/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lboost_filesystem
/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lboost_program_options
/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lboost_thread
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make: *** [yacoind] Error 1

This is getting annoying, appreciate your assistance.

try
sudo apt-get install libboost-all-dev

That seems to have worked, as it finished without errors. Yacoin server started, Ubuntu won't let me make a yacoin.conf file in the Yacoin folder (I can make it outside).
- How come I don't have the permissions and how do I get them?
- WHat else (besides the random RPC user/pass) do I need to put in the .conf file?

Thanks again!

http://www.yacoin.org/ might help also try
sudo chown me:me ~/yacoin/ -R
that should fix the permissions. you must have done git clone with sudo

[limitless]

The conf file needs to be in ~/root/.yacoin/yacoin.conf

That is, if you login as root.

it has to be in ~/.yacoin/yacoin.conf

read http://www.yacoin.org/

I always login as root so the home dir is /root/

[Neverest]

The conf file needs to be in ~/root/.yacoin/yacoin.conf

That is, if you login as root.

it has to be in ~/.yacoin/yacoin.conf

read http://www.yacoin.org/

I always login as root so the home dir is /root/

Thanks. I got permission, but noticed that there are a bunch of hidden folders that I need to show, including .yacoin...  

Anyway, I created the yacoin.conf file with added instructions as on www.yacoin.org, thanks for the link.

Now I started it (?) with  ./yacoind -daemon -gen -addnode=82.211.30.212 and it says:
"YaCoin server starting", nothing more, nothing less.

- I assume it will need to download the block chain?
- How will I know if it is mining and how do I know when a block is found
- I have not entered my YaCoin address anywhere, how would it know where to deposit it? (I have it running under windows, but I assume I have a separate wallet unde Ubuntu.) If it uses my address automatically, how do I access the Ubuntu wallet to see the balance and to transfer them? I.E: where is the client?

Sorry for all the questions, but I assume I am not the only one. Many thanks.

[kalgecin]

The conf file needs to be in ~/root/.yacoin/yacoin.conf

That is, if you login as root.

it has to be in ~/.yacoin/yacoin.conf

read http://www.yacoin.org/

I always login as root so the home dir is /root/

however you are loged in, the yacoin wallet folder is always ~/.yacoin/
The "~" specifies your home folder. If you loged in as root, ~ will be /root, if you loged in as say, kalgecin, ~ would be /home/kalgecin

[kalgecin]

The conf file needs to be in ~/root/.yacoin/yacoin.conf

That is, if you login as root.

it has to be in ~/.yacoin/yacoin.conf

read http://www.yacoin.org/

I always login as root so the home dir is /root/

Thanks. I got permission, but noticed that there are a bunch of hidden folders that I need to show, including .yacoin...   

Anyway, I created the yacoin.conf file with added instructions as on www.yacoin.org, thanks for the link.

Now I started it (?) with  ./yacoind -daemon -gen -addnode=82.211.30.212 and it says:
"YaCoin server starting", nothing more, nothing less.

- I assume it will need to download the block chain?
- How will I know if it is mining and how do I know when a block is found
- I have not entered my YaCoin address anywhere, how would it know where to deposit it? (I have it running under windows, but I assume I have a separate wallet unde Ubuntu.) If it uses my address automatically, how do I access the Ubuntu wallet to see the balance and to transfer them?

Sorry for all the questions, but I assume I am not the only one. Many thanks.

cd ~/yacoin/src/
./yacoind help

that will list all the commands you can send to the yacoin wallet.
./yacoind gethashespersec
will show you your speed
./yacoind listtransactions
will display all your transactions

[Neverest]

Thanks. I got permission, but noticed that there are a bunch of hidden folders that I need to show, including .yacoin...   

Anyway, I created the yacoin.conf file with added instructions as on www.yacoin.org, thanks for the link.

Now I started it (?) with  ./yacoind -daemon -gen -addnode=82.211.30.212 and it says:
"YaCoin server starting", nothing more, nothing less.

- I assume it will need to download the block chain?
- How will I know if it is mining and how do I know when a block is found
- I have not entered my YaCoin address anywhere, how would it know where to deposit it? (I have it running under windows, but I assume I have a separate wallet unde Ubuntu.) If it uses my address automatically, how do I access the Ubuntu wallet to see the balance and to transfer them?

Sorry for all the questions, but I assume I am not the only one. Many thanks.

cd ~/yacoin/src/
./yacoind help

that will list all the commands you can send to the yacoin wallet.
./yacoind gethashespersec
will show you your speed
./yacoind listtransactions
will display all your transactions

Thanks! Ah, that makes sense in a weird, Linux kind of way ;-)

I have a hashcount but it seems only one core is hashing (of my 2600k I7, which has 4cores/8threads. I only have 12-13% CPU usage. Are the number of cores used hardcoded somewhere? Or can I change it in the yacoin.conf?

EDIT: I tried adding genproclimit=7 to the yacoin.conf file, but no difference after restarting. Also tried by restarting with
me@ubuntu:~/yacoin/src$ ./yacoind -daemon -gen -genproclimit=7 -addnode=82.211.30.212
me@ubuntu:~/yacoin/src$ YaCoin server starting

But still only 12-13% CPU usage and about 65khash/sec?

[kalgecin]

Thanks. I got permission, but noticed that there are a bunch of hidden folders that I need to show, including .yacoin...   

Anyway, I created the yacoin.conf file with added instructions as on www.yacoin.org, thanks for the link.

Now I started it (?) with  ./yacoind -daemon -gen -addnode=82.211.30.212 and it says:
"YaCoin server starting", nothing more, nothing less.

- I assume it will need to download the block chain?
- How will I know if it is mining and how do I know when a block is found
- I have not entered my YaCoin address anywhere, how would it know where to deposit it? (I have it running under windows, but I assume I have a separate wallet unde Ubuntu.) If it uses my address automatically, how do I access the Ubuntu wallet to see the balance and to transfer them?

Sorry for all the questions, but I assume I am not the only one. Many thanks.

cd ~/yacoin/src/
./yacoind help

that will list all the commands you can send to the yacoin wallet.
./yacoind gethashespersec
will show you your speed
./yacoind listtransactions
will display all your transactions

Thanks! Ah, that makes sense in a weird, Linux kind of way ;-)

I have a hashcount but it seems only one core is hashing (of my 2600k I7, which has 4cores/8threads. I only have 12-13% CPU usage. Are the number of cores used hardcoded somewhere? Or can I change it in the yacoin.conf?

EDIT: I tried adding genproclimit=7 to the yacoin.conf file, but no difference after restarting. Also tried by restarting with
me@ubuntu:~/yacoin/src$ ./yacoind -daemon -gen -genproclimit=7 -addnode=82.211.30.212
me@ubuntu:~/yacoin/src$ YaCoin server starting

But still only 12-13% CPU usage and about 65khash/sec?

did the wallet sync all the blocks? you can make a gui version of the wallet too

[Neverest]

Thanks! Ah, that makes sense in a weird, Linux kind of way ;-)

I have a hashcount but it seems only one core is hashing (of my 2600k I7, which has 4cores/8threads. I only have 12-13% CPU usage. Are the number of cores used hardcoded somewhere? Or can I change it in the yacoin.conf?

EDIT: I tried adding genproclimit=7 to the yacoin.conf file, but no difference after restarting. Also tried by restarting with
me@ubuntu:~/yacoin/src$ ./yacoind -daemon -gen -genproclimit=7 -addnode=82.211.30.212
me@ubuntu:~/yacoin/src$ YaCoin server starting

But still only 12-13% CPU usage and about 65khash/sec?

did the wallet sync all the blocks? you can make a gui version of the wallet too

Try genproclimit=-1

Thanks, I tried genproclimit=-1, both in .conf as well as in the command, but no difference (12-13% usage only)?
I am not sure if all the blocks have been synched, how do I find out? Getpeerinfo gives me 8 peers; Checkwallet gives "true", but no other info.
And yes, a GUI version would be most welcome, how would I do that?
Thanks

[kalgecin]

Thanks! Ah, that makes sense in a weird, Linux kind of way ;-)

I have a hashcount but it seems only one core is hashing (of my 2600k I7, which has 4cores/8threads. I only have 12-13% CPU usage. Are the number of cores used hardcoded somewhere? Or can I change it in the yacoin.conf?

EDIT: I tried adding genproclimit=7 to the yacoin.conf file, but no difference after restarting. Also tried by restarting with
me@ubuntu:~/yacoin/src$ ./yacoind -daemon -gen -genproclimit=7 -addnode=82.211.30.212
me@ubuntu:~/yacoin/src$ YaCoin server starting

But still only 12-13% CPU usage and about 65khash/sec?

did the wallet sync all the blocks? you can make a gui version of the wallet too

Try genproclimit=-1

Thanks, I tried genproclimit=-1, both in .conf as well as in the command, but no difference (12-13% usage only)?
I am not sure if all the blocks have been synched, how do I find out? Getpeerinfo gives me 8 peers; Checkwallet gives "true", but no other info.
And yes, a GUI version would be most welcome, how would I do that?
Thanks

Code:

cd ~/yacoin/
sudo apt-get install qt4-qmake libqt4-dev
qmake
make
./yacoin-qt -gen

[kalgecin]

complete building instructions for ubuntu
http://yacointalk.com/index.php?topic=4.msg6#msg6

[Mad_Max]

YAC difficulty adjustment is wrong. It is terribly slow.

A 300x difficulty change in 16 hours so far.

Terribly slow. 1.8 millions YAC generated in 10 hours? Block time should be 60 seconds but it is still just few seconds. Do the math, LOL!

Diff adjustment is fine -fast enough and smooth (not jumping like crazy on TRC).
It is just starting diff was extremely low! (same as with all last altcoins)

[Neverest]

Thanks! Ah, that makes sense in a weird, Linux kind of way ;-)

I have a hashcount but it seems only one core is hashing (of my 2600k I7, which has 4cores/8threads. I only have 12-13% CPU usage. Are the number of cores used hardcoded somewhere? Or can I change it in the yacoin.conf?

EDIT: I tried adding genproclimit=7 to the yacoin.conf file, but no difference after restarting. Also tried by restarting with
me@ubuntu:~/yacoin/src$ ./yacoind -daemon -gen -genproclimit=7 -addnode=82.211.30.212
me@ubuntu:~/yacoin/src$ YaCoin server starting

But still only 12-13% CPU usage and about 65khash/sec?

did the wallet sync all the blocks? you can make a gui version of the wallet too

Try genproclimit=-1

Thanks, I tried genproclimit=-1, both in .conf as well as in the command, but no difference (12-13% usage only)?
I am not sure if all the blocks have been synched, how do I find out? Getpeerinfo gives me 8 peers; Checkwallet gives "true", but no other info.
And yes, a GUI version would be most welcome, how would I do that?
Thanks

./yacoind getinfo
./yacoind getmininginfo
./yacoind listtransactions
./yacoind gethashespersec

Ha. I found out that the VMware vitrual Machine has a standard setting that uses only one CPU core... When trying to raise this to 6, it tells me that I need to upgrade. I can change it to 4, and it seems to re-initiate. But no difference in CPU usage.
Only after completely rebooting Virtual Machine and Ubuntu in it, I could use 4 (out of cores and can now mine with 50% CPU 

Still not sure if I am actually mining correctly.

Hope this helps someone...

[phorensic]

Joined the Linux crowd - getting approx twice the hashrate of Windows 8 64-bit binary.

For noobs interested:

• Installed VirtualBox
• Ubuntu Server 13.04
• git cloned yacoin
• installed all the latest dev libs
• compiled yacoind from source with uPnP support
• created yacoin.conf
• hash
• profit

~200-280kH/s on an i5 @ 4.2GHz.  Too bad the first hour gold rush was over...like a long time ago.  Would have loved to have been ready with this VM at launch.  Oh well, sitting on a couple thousand YAC's, ready for the next scrypt variant that is initially CPU-only so I can jump on it.

[Neverest]

Ha. I found out that the VMware vitrual Machine has a standard setting that uses only one CPU core... When trying to raise this to 6, it tells me that I need to upgrade. I can change it to 4, and it seems to re-initiate. But no difference in CPU usage.
Only after completely rebooting Virtual Machine and Ubuntu in it, I could use 4 (out of cores and can now mine with 50% CPU 

Still not sure if I am actually mining correctly.

Hope this helps someone...

Which VMWare version are you using?
I am using 9.0.2 build-1031769 it supports all 8 cores, I advise upgrading it.

Thanks. Strange, I freshly downloaded vmware player and installed it 3 hours ago, but it is version 5.0.2 build-1031769 ?!
Got it from https://my.vmware.com/web/vmware/free#desktop_end_user_computing/vmware_player/5_0 , where did you get the 9.0.2 version?