[XPM] [ANN] Primecoin Release - First Scientific Computing Cryptocurrency

[TheSpiral]

How does one go about using bitcoind to mine primecoins from the command line?

You don't use bitcoind with primecoin, you use primecoind.
With primecoind, start it and it -should- propogate the files you need. Stop it after it starts. If you're on linux, it'll be in ~/.primecoin/
Windows would be %appdata%/primecoin
Make a text file in that folder called primecoin.conf and put in it:

Code:

rpcuser=[choose a username]
rpcpassword=[choose a password]
gen=1
server=1
daemon=1
rpcallowip=127.0.0.1

That should work...
Just start it up again and it should mine away.

[Chemisist]

How does one go about using bitcoind to mine primecoins from the command line?

You don't use bitcoind with primecoin, you use primecoind.
With primecoind, start it and it -should- propogate the files you need. If you're on linux, it'll be in ~/.primecoin/
Windows would be %appdata%/primecoin
Make a text file in that folder called primecoin.conf and put in it:

Code:

rpcuser=[choose a username]
rpcpassword=[choose a password]
gen=1
server=1
daemon=1
rpcallowip=127.0.0.1

That should work...

Definitely meant to write primecoind, durr... 

Thanks for the help!  I've got the daemon running, any idea if it's possible to check the primespersec value like you can with the GUI client?

[TheSpiral]

How does one go about using bitcoind to mine primecoins from the command line?

You don't use bitcoind with primecoin, you use primecoind.
With primecoind, start it and it -should- propogate the files you need. If you're on linux, it'll be in ~/.primecoin/
Windows would be %appdata%/primecoin
Make a text file in that folder called primecoin.conf and put in it:

Code:

rpcuser=[choose a username]
rpcpassword=[choose a password]
gen=1
server=1
daemon=1
rpcallowip=127.0.0.1

That should work...

Definitely meant to write primecoind, durr... 

Thanks for the help!  I've got the daemon running, any idea if it's possible to check the primespersec value like you can with the GUI client?

Yep. Same way, just send commands to it from the command line.... i.e.
> primecoind getprimespersec
> primecoind getmininginfo

etc. Same commands from the gui you can type from the command line daemon.

[Chemisist]

How does one go about using bitcoind to mine primecoins from the command line?

You don't use bitcoind with primecoin, you use primecoind.
With primecoind, start it and it -should- propogate the files you need. If you're on linux, it'll be in ~/.primecoin/
Windows would be %appdata%/primecoin
Make a text file in that folder called primecoin.conf and put in it:

Code:

rpcuser=[choose a username]
rpcpassword=[choose a password]
gen=1
server=1
daemon=1
rpcallowip=127.0.0.1

That should work...

Definitely meant to write primecoind, durr... 

Thanks for the help!  I've got the daemon running, any idea if it's possible to check the primespersec value like you can with the GUI client?

Yep. Same way, just send commands to it from the command line.... i.e.
> primecoind getprimespersec
> primecoind getmininginfo

etc. Same commands from the gui you can type from the command line daemon.

Well that's just lovely.  Thank you, kind sir!  Sending a small thank you tip to your bitcoin address

[ReCat]

Thats the first time someone actually sends a tip.

[TheSpiral]

Well that's just lovely.  Thank you, kind sir!  Sending a small thank you tip to your bitcoin address

That wasn't necessary, but thanks. :p
It's all stuff I had to learn as well, just passing it along.

[jjiimm_64]

Thats the first time someone actually sends a tip.

not true, i have sent many a tip.... and I have received also!

[Frogcoin]

Mining these, does anyone know why there is so much variance in the "hashrate"?

I'm moving between 8 and 54.

[Loktera]

I'm unfamiliar with bitcoind/primecoind. Is there a way to point several miners at one wallet, or am I stuck using a wallet for every separate computer?

[jpmi1]

Does this only work on windows 32 bit computers?

[ReCat]

No. It works everywhere. Just fine. Although the 64bit version when created can be faster.

[Petr1fied]

Block Crawler

http://primeblock.kicks-ass.net/block_crawler.php

[nmersulypnem]

Just to make sure I'm doing this right.  I set the primecoin.conf....then setgenerate true 8 in debug console window...and that's it?  The Qt should be mining?  How can I be sure if I don't receive any coins?  The debug log does show some promising output though:

CreateNewBlock(): total size 1000
Running PrimecoinMiner with 1 transactions in block (190 bytes)
MineProbablePrimeChain() : new sieve (377/1000000) ready in 7302418us
PrimecoinMiner() : Round primorial=41 tests=377 primes=57 expected=8031174s
CreateNewBlock(): total size 1000
Running PrimecoinMiner with 1 transactions in block (190 bytes)
MineProbablePrimeChain() : new sieve (304/1000000) ready in 7312418us

So it's safe to assume the Qt is mining away?

How setgenerate true 8 different from running with the -gen flag?  All 8 of my cores seem to be working....

[TheSpiral]

Just to make sure I'm doing this right.  I set the primecoin.conf....then setgenerate true 8 in debug console window...and that's it?  The Qt should be mining?  How can I be sure if I don't receive any coins?  The debug log does show some promising output though:

CreateNewBlock(): total size 1000
Running PrimecoinMiner with 1 transactions in block (190 bytes)
MineProbablePrimeChain() : new sieve (377/1000000) ready in 7302418us
PrimecoinMiner() : Round primorial=41 tests=377 primes=57 expected=8031174s
CreateNewBlock(): total size 1000
Running PrimecoinMiner with 1 transactions in block (190 bytes)
MineProbablePrimeChain() : new sieve (304/1000000) ready in 7312418us

So it's safe to assume the Qt is mining away?

Easiest way would just be by typing "getprimespersec" in the debug console. If it's greater than 0, you're good.

How setgenerate true 8 different from running with the -gen flag?

Gen would use all available resources/cores, setgenerate true (x) would use a specific number of cores/threads.

[Chemisist]

Just to make sure I'm doing this right.  I set the primecoin.conf....then setgenerate true 8 in debug console window...and that's it?  The Qt should be mining?  How can I be sure if I don't receive any coins?  The debug log does show some promising output though:

CreateNewBlock(): total size 1000
Running PrimecoinMiner with 1 transactions in block (190 bytes)
MineProbablePrimeChain() : new sieve (377/1000000) ready in 7302418us
PrimecoinMiner() : Round primorial=41 tests=377 primes=57 expected=8031174s
CreateNewBlock(): total size 1000
Running PrimecoinMiner with 1 transactions in block (190 bytes)
MineProbablePrimeChain() : new sieve (304/1000000) ready in 7312418us

So it's safe to assume the Qt is mining away?

Type either "getmininginfo" or "getprimespersec" to see what your "hash" rate is.  Assuming that it's greater than 0, you're "hashing" away.

[ReCat]

prime rate.

[Chemisist]

Does anyone have a sense of what's involved (or could point me in the right direction) in adding an option to mine these primecoins with GPUs?  I've got some experience working with nVidia's CUDA and might be able to contribute something of value here.  That being said, I could very well be far out of my league...

[ReCat]

What's the point of GPU mining anyways? It'll drive the difficulty up and we're stuck with an even higher hardware cost for mining the same amount of money. :/

[8bitPunk]

The 1 minute target for block creation isn't holding true at the moment. The average since launch is 49 seconds, and there have been some periods where blocks were being added to the primechain at ~30s intervals. I'm sure this will even out when the growth in miner population is constant/flat.

[rethaw]

For posterity, I believe this is the prime chain from the genesis block:

8965952996020407064364391577136065268670542909213664815741310568010946895662880 601479081231
8965952996020407064364391577136065268670542909213664815741310568010946895662880 601479081229
1793190599204081412872878315427213053734108581842732963148262113602189379132576 1202958162461
1793190599204081412872878315427213053734108581842732963148262113602189379132576 1202958162459
3586381198408162825745756630854426107468217163685465926296524227204378758265152 2405916324921
3586381198408162825745756630854426107468217163685465926296524227204378758265152 2405916324919