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[dsattler]

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stay tuned…. 

I think that one will never come... 

[laitec]

Just to let you know mcxNow resumed Primecoin trading

[seedex]

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[BanditryAndLoot]

Is there some specific way I'm supposed to backup the wallet?

Usually I just copy the wallet file and put it on a flash drive right from the directory, but when I try to restore the wallet with XPM I get wallet data corrupt, can't restore.

[salfter]

Is there some specific way I'm supposed to backup the wallet?

Usually I just copy the wallet file and put it on a flash drive right from the directory, but when I try to restore the wallet with XPM I get wallet data corrupt, can't restore.

The better way to go would be to dump out all of the private keys in your wallet, or at least the ones that have non-zero balances.  To do this, you'll first need to dump all of your wallet addresses.  This avoids issues with binary wallet incompatibility (as might happen when coin daemons are built with different bdb versions).

Something like this should do the trick:

Code:

(for i in `primecoind listtransactions "" 9999999 | grep addr | sort | uniq | sed "s/\",//;s/.*\"//"`; do echo -n $i" "; primecoind dumpprivkey $i; done ) 2>&1 | grep -v error

It finds all addresses associated with the transactions in your wallet.  It then tries to retrieve private keys.  This will fail for other people's addresses, but we filter those out.  You should get a space-separated list of addresses and private keys as output.  Verify that these addresses contain your wallet's entire balance before you get rid of it.

[jjiimm_64]

what miner is being used with gpus for primecoin?

[xcapator]

what miner is being used with gpus for primecoin?

you can try the following miners:
Open Source XPM Pool + GPU Miner (aka. madPrimeMiner) (with updates by eXtremal)
Claymore XPM (PrimeCoin) GPU Miner

[splat44]

Does anyone knows the amount of hour for primecoin earnings to be confirmed while mining?

I am using ypool.

[derrend]

Does anybody know if it is possible to perform merge mining with primecoin? There doesnt seem to be a great amount of information regarding the nuances of this currency and it would be very interesting to know

Thanks

[splat44]

Does anybody know if it is possible to perform merge mining with primecoin? There doesnt seem to be a great amount of information regarding the nuances of this currency and it would be very interesting to know

Thanks

This would be impossible to merge mining with primecoin(XPM) as XPM is totally different algorithm for mining!
As you might have seen, coins that support scrypt would likely the ones to merge.

If there another kind of coins down in history that about being created that supports same algorithm as (XPM) miner then it might be possible to merge at that point but I guess we need to wait! Sorry!

[splat44]

Does anybody know if it is possible to perform merge mining with primecoin? There doesnt seem to be a great amount of information regarding the nuances of this currency and it would be very interesting to know

Thanks

This would be impossible to merge mining with primecoin(XPM) as XPM uses totally a different algorithm for mining!
As you might have seen, coins that support scrypt would likely the ones to merge.

If there another kind of coins down in history that about being created that supports same algorithm as (XPM) miner then it might be possible to merge at that point but I guess we need to wait! Sorry!

[derrend]

This would be impossible to merge mining with primecoin(XPM) as XPM is totally different algorithm for mining!
As you might have seen, coins that support scrypt would likely the ones to merge.

If there another kind of coins down in history that about being created that supports same algorithm as (XPM) miner then it might be possible to merge at that point but I guess we need to wait! Sorry!

No problem, thank you for the response

I'm very excited about primecoin, long term it seems to me to have a bright future even though the price is low at the moment.
Looking forward to seeing some online applications like a blockchain.info equivalent emerging hopefully.

Mining for prime number chains rather than simply wasting energy is a stroke of pure genius, it seems to me that the full potential of what this algorithm represents has yet to be fully understood maybe even by Sunny King himself.

Will continue watching with great interest

[splat44]

This would be impossible to merge mining with primecoin(XPM) as XPM is totally different algorithm for mining!
As you might have seen, coins that support scrypt would likely the ones to merge.

If there another kind of coins down in history that about being created that supports same algorithm as (XPM) miner then it might be possible to merge at that point but I guess we need to wait! Sorry!

No problem, thank you for the response

I'm very excited about primecoin, long term it seems to me to have a bright future even though the price is low at the moment.
Looking forward to seeing some online applications like a blockchain.info equivalent emerging hopefully.

Mining for prime number chains rather than simply wasting energy is a stroke of pure genius, it seems to me that the full potential of what this algorithm represents has yet to be fully understood maybe even by Sunny King himself.

Will continue watching with great interest

I am also excited, with GPU mining, I am earning 1 (xpm) every 2nd day on average! Too bad not many merchants deal with XPM yet and still it's one of most traded!

[splat44]

what miner is being used with gpus for primecoin?

you can try the following miners:
Open Source XPM Pool + GPU Miner (aka. madPrimeMiner) (with updates by eXtremal)
Claymore XPM (PrimeCoin) GPU Miner

In addition what xcaptor explained, it best using claymore latest version seen below:

Claymore XPM GPU miner v13
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=693680.0

primarcoin miner:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=548230.0

Few notes:
The first mentioned above is the best and all GPU miners here supports solo and pool.
So far as I gather only ypool.net is supported but test those with other XPM pool though

[Sutiner]

Why can not I sync  Prompt please

[derrend]

Quick question, given enough time would all (or most) advanced civilisations discover primecoin? Lets say that europe and china never encountered each other for some reason but both had developed computer technology, wouldn't they eventually each come up with primecoin independently?

Then lets pretend they finally met, what would that mean for their blockchains, could they be merged somehow?
Are there other implications that result from scenarios such as this and what would be the meaning of them (if any)?

On another note, if one of the blockchains was older than the other and more primes had been found, wouldn't it be possible to simply submit (copy and paste) the results from the older one into the younger one and mine coins from it without doing any work?

Thanks

[Strannik-74]

Closing of tradings on TRC/BTC, FTC/BTC, XPM/BTC
19.01.15 00:00 from admin

Dear participants of the BTC-e.com exchange!

Due to the low volume on TRC/BTC, FTC/BTC, XPM/BTC pairs, trades on those pairs will be closed since February 1, 2015.

https://btc-e.com/exchange/trc_btc TRC/BTC
https://btc-e.com/exchange/ftc_btc FTC/BTC
https://btc-e.com/exchange/xpm_btc XPM/BTC

Autamatical withdrawal of TRC, FTC and XPM will be available until March 31, 2015.

Sincerely yours,

btc-e.com support

[herzmeister]

Quick question, given enough time would all (or most) advanced civilisations discover primecoin? Lets say that europe and china never encountered each other for some reason but both had developed computer technology, wouldn't they eventually each come up with primecoin independently?

Then lets pretend they finally met, what would that mean for their blockchains, could they be merged somehow?
Are there other implications that result from scenarios such as this and what would be the meaning of them (if any)?

On another note, if one of the blockchains was older than the other and more primes had been found, wouldn't it be possible to simply submit (copy and paste) the results from the older one into the younger one and mine coins from it without doing any work?

Thanks

afai remember the prime numbers found are so huge that the chains are quite uniquely random, which would make each blockchain unique enough, which would mean though that the scientific value of those knowing those prime numbers can be questioned

[#Darren]

Is xpm still a popular mining coin, or is it considered a dud at this point?