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Put your cpus' to work while you mine BitcoinHi i just wanted to start a thread in the newbie section for all the new commers to YACoin or people who are lurkers who wanted to ask any questions about YACoin all the "How to" and "What If" that dont have a full access account yet Im not a very good typer, speller or punctuator (is that even a word) but i will endeavour to keep this thread up to date with the latest software/links to regarding YACoin how to start mining ect ect, and when i get out of newbie jail i will tell the other YAC enthusiest about it and they can also help keep the thread alive YACoin is currently on http://bter.com/trade/yac_btc trading and has been very stable So lets get started, the main development thread where Windmaster our newly self appointed lightening rod lives you can find mostly everything and everyone here like the new client updates ect ecthttps://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=206577.0http://yacointalk.com/ http://Pool.Yacointalk.com << Super fast Payouts at 70 confirmations instead of 520 and Super Fasts Server for Very Efficient Mining Windamasters git repository https://github.com/yacoin/yacoinYACoin Think Tankhttp://yacointalk.com/index.php/topic,273.0.htmlNewest YACoin walletNewest Windows client http://yacointalk.com/index.php/topic,294.msg1114.html#msg1114Dependancys for Ububtusudo apt-get install build-essential libssl-dev libdb5.1-dev libdb5.1++-dev libboost-all-dev git For Debian (stable) sudo apt-get install build-essential libssl-dev libdb4.8-dev libdb4.8++-dev libboost-all-dev git Download the source from Windmasters reposgit clone https://github.com/yacoin/yacoinChange directory now to get startedcd yacoin/src Change the -j4 to however many cores you havemake -j4 -f makefile.unix USE_UPNP= Copy yacoind into /usr/binsudo cp yacoind /usr/bin/yacoind With that installed now we have to make a config filemkdir ~/.yacoin If you dont have nano get it by typing sudo apt-get install nano Now to edit the conf filesudo nano ~/.yacoin/yacoin.conf Enter the following and when your're done press Ctrl X to saveserver=1 daemon=1 rpcallowip=127.0.0.1 rpcuser=HardToGuessUsername rpcpassword=HardToGuessPassword You can start the deamon by just typing yacoind in terminalgive it some time to download the entire blockchain before you expect correct and current info by typing yacoind getinfo, yacoind getmininginfo or ./yacoind help to see other commands to get your address or balence ect ect or you can use the gui interface by typing yacoin Here is the main YACoin p2pool thread with the software to also run your own node or just mine from othershttps://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=202920.0 Mining software Experimental GPU Miner https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=232241.0 <<< Tested and works visit here aswell to see how to best configure your card http://yacointalk.com/index.php/topic,274.msg1011.html#msg1011CPU Minerhttp://yacointalk.com/index.php/topic,264.0.html <<<Ive tested this and its a huge increase on the unfinished work here>> https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=201027.0extract the folder then make a new text doc in the folder and type minerd-avx.exe -a scrypt-jane -o http://84.200.240.198:8336/ -u YNyJ9qp6eSQmjra5gDFreoKMLtvNPrMMmJ -t 8 -q editing your own address and prefered p2pool or mining pool just edit after the url and make -u YourMiningPoolUsername -p YourMiningPoolPaasword and edit -t to however many cores you want o use now save as and give it a name followed by .bat (yacminer.bat) then choose all files in the drop down menu at the bottom then save and run that bat file to start your miner Linux software https://github.com/ali1234/cpuminerBuilding in linux sudo apt-get install git sudo apt-get install libcurl4-openssl-dev automake make Then download and build the miner: git clone https://github.com/ali1234/cpuminercd cpuminer sudo ./autogen.sh sudo ./configure CFLAGS="-O3" sudo make This should be enough and more or less easy.. Now you're ready to mine YACs. You can run the miner in backgroud with nohup (below is a sample for first YAC pools): nohup ./minerd -a scrypt-jane -o http://YOURMININGPOOLADDRESS -u user -p password -t 4 -r 9999 2>&1 & or for a P2pool which is more recommended as its usually free and you get a payout each block solved nohup ./minerd -o http://84.200.240.198:8336 -u YNyJ9qp6eSQmjra5gDFreoKMLtvNPrMMmJ<<<<be sure to change this to your own addy. -a scrypt-jane -t8 -q -r 9999 2>&1 & and remember to change the cores it uses by editing the -t option to the amount of cores you want to use ( -t8 for 8 cores -t6 for 6 cores) NEW OFFICIAL YACOINTALK.COM POOLhttp://Pool.Yacointalk.com << Super fast Payouts at 70 confirmations instead of 520 and Super Fasts Server for Very Efficient Mining [/gl
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June 11, 2013, 07:41:23 AM |
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Thanks for the info! It'd help to have more information on its development as of lately, plans for the near/distant future, etc.
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June 11, 2013, 07:47:42 AM |
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Thanks for the info!
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June 11, 2013, 07:48:13 AM |
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Bump for teh win.
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June 11, 2013, 07:48:37 AM |
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Thanks for the info!
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June 11, 2013, 07:52:13 AM |
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Thanks for the info!
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June 11, 2013, 07:52:38 AM |
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Great thread!
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June 11, 2013, 07:54:54 AM |
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June 11, 2013, 07:56:11 AM |
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yacoin is very good
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June 11, 2013, 07:57:17 AM |
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YAC the CPU mined 。very good。
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June 11, 2013, 09:09:56 AM |
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Thanks for this informational thread!
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June 11, 2013, 09:13:30 AM |
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Thanks for the info!
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June 11, 2013, 05:11:42 PM |
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YACoin owner owns half the supply and will sell once yac is worth anything, AVOID AT ALL COSTS.
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June 12, 2013, 01:34:14 AM |
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Updated with Experimental GPU Miner
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June 12, 2013, 03:15:11 PM |
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Can someone explain to me what will happen to the viability of GPU mining with the N-increases? It is basically going to be more RAM dependent?
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June 12, 2013, 04:07:31 PM |
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Can someone explain to me what will happen to the viability of GPU mining with the N-increases? It is basically going to be more RAM dependent?
ad1) That's an interresting question, but I don't know if there is a reliable answer to this yet. It's supposed that CPU stays very competable, but since CPUs will be required to use data from RAM and GPU's GDDR is far faster I'm not 100% sure about this. Only time can tell how CPUs and GPUs will function in the future and what system will be the most profitable. Nevertheless the difference won't be several magnitudes so CPU can at least coexist. ad2) Yes, it will become far more RAM dependent. The memory requirement is for one core and GPUs have far more cores than CPUs.
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June 12, 2013, 04:32:51 PM |
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Great thread. Thanks!
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YacLives (OP)
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June 12, 2013, 04:33:02 PM |
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Can someone explain to me what will happen to the viability of GPU mining with the N-increases? It is basically going to be more RAM dependent?
ad1) That's an interresting question, but I don't know if there is a reliable answer to this yet. It's supposed that CPU stays very competable, but since CPUs will be required to use data from RAM and GPU's GDDR is far faster I'm not 100% sure about this. Only time can tell how CPUs and GPUs will function in the future and what system will be the most profitable. Nevertheless the difference won't be several magnitudes so CPU can at least coexist. ad2) Yes, it will become far more RAM dependent. The memory requirement is for one core and GPUs have far more cores than CPUs. Agreed and i have seen the argument about the cpu mem speed being somewhat ok for the N-increases given we are getting larger L3 caches on chips these days. The argument was that server CPUs' seem to take less of a hit to hash rates after the N-increases for example the the Xeon 6500/7500 with 8 cores/16 threads boasts a whopping 24mb of L3 thats 3mb per core....so interesting to see how viable GPU will remain after/if someone releases their optimised GPU miner
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June 12, 2013, 05:26:02 PM |
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This is what each coin should be doing. The value of a new coin would be enhanced if they could get the new people on board. This makes it easier to get going, because you wouldn't have to track down all the info and figure out how it works.
Excellent job.
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June 12, 2013, 06:17:03 PM |
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Agreed and i have seen the argument about the cpu mem speed being somewhat ok for the N-increases given we are getting larger L3 caches on chips these days.
L3 alone won't be sufficent. There are already the first CPUs with L4, but I suppose some new sort of small and fast GDDRx that be added to the mainboard will make it. (like in PS3) I really like the N-increase since it takes further PC development into consideration. If we had the first crypto in the 90' the memory requirements today would be so ridiculous small that even GPUs couldn't compete against highly paralellized ASICS or FPGAs. YAC satisfies the demand for a crypto that is mineable on standard PCs.
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June 12, 2013, 07:19:41 PM |
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Agreed and i have seen the argument about the cpu mem speed being somewhat ok for the N-increases given we are getting larger L3 caches on chips these days.
L3 alone won't be sufficent. There are already the first CPUs with L4, but I suppose some new sort of small and fast GDDRx that be added to the mainboard will make it. (like in PS3) I really like the N-increase since it takes further PC development into consideration. If we had the first crypto in the 90' the memory requirements today would be so ridiculous small that even GPUs couldn't compete against highly paralellized ASICS or FPGAs. YAC satisfies the demand for a crypto that is mineable on standard PCs. Well put, i wonder how spintronics will work with this type of hashing. In my opinion it should be amazing and will keep CPU mining very competative in the future.
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St.Bit
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June 12, 2013, 07:48:30 PM |
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Well put, i wonder how spintronics will work with this type of hashing. In my opinion it should be amazing and will keep CPU mining very competative in the future.
I'm sorry to disapoint you, but the effect on that is zero. If MRAM really replaces DRAM or this 'd leed to a total new technology it will be used on both, CPU and GPU. The nice properties of YACs hash algorithm make it very stable against technological advance. Most other hash algorithms will be performed by ASICs or FPGA in the future when they become even too simple tasks for GPU. (far future) The only way I see YAC to loose the homemining ability requires an extreme technological breakthrue and extreme high prices. Since the calculations for its mining are quiet similiar to standard computing even then it's unlikely to become impossible on standard home hardware like bitcoin will in a few month.
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Beave162
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June 13, 2013, 04:46:16 AM |
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Thank you for the input. I think I understand better, but it definitely feels like I have to learn a different language to understand you smart computer-types sometimes.
So if I understand correctly... GPUs are generally built with less RAM per core compared to CPUs since not a lot of memory storage is required when processing graphics. Thus, CPUs are built with 4-16 gigs of RAM while GPUs don't go beyond a couple megs PER CORE. I guess my next question is... how simple would it be to design/rig a GPU with CPU-sized RAM? Could it be done just by software design? I'm revealing my ignorance, but I would really appreciate more light shined on the hardware/software implications.
The way I see it, YaCoin is the only coin since LiteCoin to offer a true alternative in cryptocurrencies. It seems to actually require different investment in what could be considered the most important aspect of these coins which is the mining. The other coins attempt to gain value by essentially stealing from the investment of btc/ltc as you have to choose which ones to direct your mining operations. With YaCoin, you can mine it while, let's say, still mining LTC on your GPU and not worry that you are diverting your resources, your investment to a less profitable option.
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St.Bit
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June 13, 2013, 07:41:00 AM |
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So if I understand correctly... GPUs are generally built with less RAM per core compared to CPUs since not a lot of memory storage is required when processing graphics. Thus, CPUs are built with 4-16 gigs of RAM while GPUs don't go beyond a couple megs PER CORE.
GPUs have GDDR on the card that is a special, ultrafast DDR RAM. It's far bigger than caches for CPUs (12Mb vs 1Gb) and their only problem is the memory per core since they have a lot of cores. I belive it is unlikely that there will be enough GDDR on standard graphic cards since this gives no advantage for their usual workload and requires a lot of work. On the other hand it is just a matter of time when RAM gets so big that the size difference between onCPU memory and RAM make it interresting to add faster GDDRx on mainboards. L3 on CPU chip(MB)<GDDR next to CPU(few GB)<RAM(several GB)<SSD(lots of GB)<HDD(and so on)<NAS<... while speed is the opposite. How simple would it be to design/rig a GPU with CPU-sized RAM?
I don't know, but I suppose special YAC hardware will never or only on rare occasions pay off their initial developing costs. Even if you get the RAM on a custom board the GPU still has limitations on transfer speed and such. This could easyly get very messy. If some mainboard producer adds GDDRx on a blade mainboard all your effords would be useless. The performance gain compared to CPUs with GDDR would be reduced to a minimum. Other factors, f.e energy costs would dominate this so hard that money should be spent on these to improve.
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Beave162
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June 14, 2013, 03:33:46 PM |
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My next question... I have a LTC miner app on my phone that gets around 30 hashes/s which basically gets me nothing. However, would this be feasible down the road with YAC? Would it be worth using the computing power on your smart phone to mine assuming no specialized hardware at that point? These are really more questions on the relationship between computing power and RAM. Thanks again.
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St.Bit
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June 14, 2013, 03:48:50 PM |
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Would it be worth using the computing power on your smart phone to mine assuming no specialized hardware at that point?
No, that's just a waste of time.
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June 15, 2013, 11:03:35 PM |
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Beave162
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June 17, 2013, 04:31:26 AM |
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I installed that new windows client and ran the daemon exe. It crashes everytime I open it now... I'm worried I just dloaded a virus.
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June 17, 2013, 04:34:51 AM |
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you got to look for the qt client daemon is command line only
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Beave162
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June 17, 2013, 05:03:34 AM |
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you got to look for the qt client daemon is command line only
The qt client crashes every time I run it. Anyone else having this problem?
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June 18, 2013, 08:11:06 AM |
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you got to look for the qt client daemon is command line only
The qt client crashes every time I run it. Anyone else having this problem? are you running any other clients at the same time? what os are you using?
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June 18, 2013, 10:24:06 AM |
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The qt client crashes every time I run it. Anyone else having this problem?
+1 win8 x64, other clients are not running this time
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June 18, 2013, 11:59:07 AM |
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Would it be worth using the computing power on your smart phone to mine assuming no specialized hardware at that point?
No, that's just a waste of time. This. The computing power of phones is pretty low. Computers are only viable because they have real CPU's; phones are very watered down versions of computers.
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June 18, 2013, 02:44:09 PM |
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The qt client crashes every time I run it. Anyone else having this problem?
+1 win8 x64, other clients are not running this time So, did you get it going or is it still a problem?
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Beave162
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June 18, 2013, 10:52:01 PM |
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The qt client crashes every time I run it. Anyone else having this problem?
+1 win8 x64, other clients are not running this time So, did you get it going or is it still a problem? Thanks for the help, YacLives. I am running Windows 8 64-bit. I guess I'll just deal with the error of "Checkpoint is too old"
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June 18, 2013, 11:06:59 PM |
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YAC is one of my favorite alts next to my #1 which is feathercoin. I like YAC because not to much supply of it.
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June 19, 2013, 01:49:51 AM |
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The qt client crashes every time I run it. Anyone else having this problem?
+1 win8 x64, other clients are not running this time So, did you get it going or is it still a problem? Thanks for the help, YacLives. I am running Windows 8 64-bit. I guess I'll just deal with the error of "Checkpoint is too old" You can find a working update for windows 7 here http://yacointalk.com/index.php/topic,294.msg1114.html#msg1114 it was in my op
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Beave162
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June 19, 2013, 02:51:40 AM Last edit: June 19, 2013, 03:03:23 AM by Beave162 |
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The qt client crashes every time I run it. Anyone else having this problem?
+1 win8 x64, other clients are not running this time So, did you get it going or is it still a problem? Thanks for the help, YacLives. I am running Windows 8 64-bit. I guess I'll just deal with the error of "Checkpoint is too old" You can find a working update for windows 7 here http://yacointalk.com/index.php/topic,294.msg1114.html#msg1114 it was in my op I am confused... I am running Windows 8, not Windows 7. I am getting that exact problem discussed in the thread. It just crashes unexpectedly with that qt client...
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June 19, 2013, 04:08:20 AM |
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The qt client crashes every time I run it. Anyone else having this problem?
+1 win8 x64, other clients are not running this time So, did you get it going or is it still a problem? Thanks for the help, YacLives. I am running Windows 8 64-bit. I guess I'll just deal with the error of "Checkpoint is too old" You can find a working update for windows 7 here http://yacointalk.com/index.php/topic,294.msg1114.html#msg1114 it was in my op I am confused... I am running Windows 8, not Windows 7. I am getting that exact problem discussed in the thread. It just crashes unexpectedly with that qt client... wow my bad i need some sleep i kept thinking it was win 7 haha but for now that checkpoint should not be a problem so running it will be ok because they really didnt change to much in this update ill put the word out for you in the mean time
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June 25, 2013, 09:55:00 PM |
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Updated with new http://Pool.Yacointalk.com pool with is super fast payouts and super fast server and connection for more efficient mining
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