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

[#Darren]

Look for the addnode configs in this thread. My nodes still work https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=251850.msg2675537#msg2675537

You might need to kickstart it with addnode= in config..

I had a problem with that earlier today.

Thanks    I entered it and got this error message:   Method not found (code -32601)

But then I came back a minute later and it was working!

[#Darren]

eh, I spoke to soon, client is no longer showing out of sync, but is pulling 0.

Also, I thought this didn't effect GPU mining?  Even though it is pulling 0 it is sucking down my khash rate by a huge margin.

[vandinn]

I'm sorry I can't find this information anywhere:

How many Primecoins are there and what are the estimates of how many there will be and the rate they are being added? A link would be welcome.

Cheers

[xchrix]

i have added primecoin data for charts from cryptsy, coins-e and vircurex at www.cryptocoincharts.info

[mustyoshi]

Code:

{
"blocks" : 14131,
"currentblocksize" : 1000,
"currentblocktx" : 0,
"errors" : "Warning: checkpoint on different blockchain fork, contact developers to resolve the issue",
"generate" : true,
"genproclimit" : 1,
"primespersec" : 156,
"pooledtx" : 0,
"testnet" : false
}

Derp?

[LazyOtto]

Also, I thought this didn't effect GPU mining?  Even though it is pulling 0 it is sucking down my khash rate by a huge margin.

Are you spending 100% of your CPU time on primecoin?

If so, you aren't leaving enough for the CPU to manage the GPU.

Leave one core out of the primecoin mining to spend on other activities.

i.e., "primecoind setgenerate true 7" (if running on an eight core machine)

[#Darren]

Also, I thought this didn't effect GPU mining?  Even though it is pulling 0 it is sucking down my khash rate by a huge margin.

Are you spending 100% of your CPU time on primecoin?

If so, you aren't leaving enough for the CPU to manage the GPU.

Leave one core out of the primecoin mining to spend on other activities.

i.e., "primecoind setgenerate true 7" (if running on an eight core machine)

Thanks, it's a 4 core so I set it to use 3.  It is still sucking down the GPU's by approx 10 percent, but it is a lot better than it was before.

[Zalfrin]

Also, I thought this didn't effect GPU mining?  Even though it is pulling 0 it is sucking down my khash rate by a huge margin.

Are you spending 100% of your CPU time on primecoin?

If so, you aren't leaving enough for the CPU to manage the GPU.

Leave one core out of the primecoin mining to spend on other activities.

i.e., "primecoind setgenerate true 7" (if running on an eight core machine)

Thanks, it's a 4 core so I set it to use 3.  It is still sucking down the GPU's by approx 10 percent, but it is a lot better than it was before.

Odd, my GPU hash rate is unaffected by running all CPU cores at 100%.

[captainfuture]

Also, I thought this didn't effect GPU mining?  Even though it is pulling 0 it is sucking down my khash rate by a huge margin.

Are you spending 100% of your CPU time on primecoin?

If so, you aren't leaving enough for the CPU to manage the GPU.

Leave one core out of the primecoin mining to spend on other activities.

i.e., "primecoind setgenerate true 7" (if running on an eight core machine)

Thanks, it's a 4 core so I set it to use 3.  It is still sucking down the GPU's by approx 10 percent, but it is a lot better than it was before.

Odd, my GPU hash rate is unaffected by running all CPU cores at 100%.

mine too. but thats perhaps cause i have a slow cpu

[bidji29]

Just a reminder, DigitalOcean 16-core instances get around 2500-2600 primes per sec, and cost $0.72 per hour.

I was mining on LunaCloud. And i was having 1100pps for 0.09$. (1GB ram , 8cpucore at 1500Mhz)
But they just shutdown my server and suspended me.

"Due to quality of traffic generated by your servers your account has been suspended - AUP violation.
The billing process will be executed and the appropriate actions of a refund or payment will be taken."

I dont know what i did.


EDIT : probably that

"Misuse of system resources

This includes but is not limited to employing programs that consume excessive CPU time, network capacity, disk IO, storage space or IPv4 address space, that could impact other users and is in excess of resources allocated to the customer."

[Zalfrin]

Just a reminder, DigitalOcean 16-core instances get around 2500-2600 primes per sec, and cost $0.72 per hour.

I was mining on LunaCloud. And i was having 1100pps for 0.09$. (1GB ram , 8cpucore at 1500Mhz)
But they just shutdown my server and suspended me.

"Due to quality of traffic generated by your servers your account has been suspended - AUP violation.
The billing process will be executed and the appropriate actions of a refund or payment will be taken."

I dont know what i did.


EDIT : probably that

"Misuse of system resources

This includes but is not limited to employing programs that consume excessive CPU time, network capacity, disk IO, storage space or IPv4 address space, that could impact other users and is in excess of resources allocated to the customer."

Yep, that's the line I was guessing you fell afoul to in their AUP. Ask them and see.

[paulthetafy]

Just a reminder, DigitalOcean 16-core instances get around 2500-2600 primes per sec, and cost $0.72 per hour.

I was mining on LunaCloud. And i was having 1100pps for 0.09$. (1GB ram , 8cpucore at 1500Mhz)
But they just shutdown my server and suspended me.

"Due to quality of traffic generated by your servers your account has been suspended - AUP violation.
The billing process will be executed and the appropriate actions of a refund or payment will be taken."

I dont know what i did.


EDIT : probably that

"Misuse of system resources

This includes but is not limited to employing programs that consume excessive CPU time, network capacity, disk IO, storage space or IPv4 address space, that could impact other users and is in excess of resources allocated to the customer."

LOL.  I wonder if digital ocean will follow suit.  They wouldn't authorise my account to have more than 5 droplets (VPS) due to my honesty in what I intended to do with them.  VPS mining is hardly profitable now without a bit of luck, so I foresee the block spacing dropping soon as the VPS's get taken offline.  I think the early-birds have had their fill and now "joe-miner" can pick up a few coins with home machines.  It's still profitable for home mining though, especially i the prices keep rising.  XPM has had a really solid IPO so far (so please dont dump your coins!)

[bidji29]

i only get 1200pps on Amazon EC2 c1.xlarge (0.58$/hour)
It's normal?
normally it's 4000 no?

I think it's the cc2.8xlarge who does 4500, but it cost 2.5$/hour

[Sunny King]

Code:

{
"blocks" : 14131,
"currentblocksize" : 1000,
"currentblocktx" : 0,
"errors" : "Warning: checkpoint on different blockchain fork, contact developers to resolve the issue",
"generate" : true,
"genproclimit" : 1,
"primespersec" : 156,
"pooledtx" : 0,
"testnet" : false
}

Derp?

Please run these command
getcheckpoint
getblockhash 14131

And post output
Current checkpoint is still on genesis. So I don't expect this to pop up.

[mustyoshi]

Code:

{
"blocks" : 14131,
"currentblocksize" : 1000,
"currentblocktx" : 0,
"errors" : "Warning: checkpoint on different blockchain fork, contact developers to resolve the issue",
"generate" : true,
"genproclimit" : 1,
"primespersec" : 156,
"pooledtx" : 0,
"testnet" : false
}

Derp?

Please run these command
getcheckpoint
getblockhash 14131

And post output
Current checkpoint is still on genesis. So I don't expect this to pop up.


getcheckpoint

Code:

{
"synccheckpoint" : "221156cf301bc3585e72de34fe1efdb6fbd703bc27cfc468faa1cdd889d0efa0",
"height" : 0,
"timestamp" : 1373063882,
"subscribemode" : "advisory"
}

getblockhash 14131

Code:

93c94769cfde74003f65b7fac93c2908e166da50dfd118fc0fcfcd0a51b00348

[Sunny King]


getcheckpoint

Code:

{
"synccheckpoint" : "221156cf301bc3585e72de34fe1efdb6fbd703bc27cfc468faa1cdd889d0efa0",
"height" : 0,
"timestamp" : 1373063882,
"subscribemode" : "advisory"
}

getblockhash 14131

Code:

93c94769cfde74003f65b7fac93c2908e166da50dfd118fc0fcfcd0a51b00348

This is the testnet checkpoint. There seems a bug somewhere allowing you to enter this state. Did you use the testnet at some point and what's the sequence of operations/events related to using testnet? Are you running a testnet node right now with main net node?

[mustyoshi]


getcheckpoint

Code:

{
"synccheckpoint" : "221156cf301bc3585e72de34fe1efdb6fbd703bc27cfc468faa1cdd889d0efa0",
"height" : 0,
"timestamp" : 1373063882,
"subscribemode" : "advisory"
}

getblockhash 14131

Code:

93c94769cfde74003f65b7fac93c2908e166da50dfd118fc0fcfcd0a51b00348

This is the testnet checkpoint. There seems a bug somewhere allowing you to enter this state. Did you use the testnet at some point and what's the sequence of operations/events related to using testnet? Are you running a testnet node right now with main net node?

You know what, yeah I think I know how it happened, I'm messing around with the client to build a p2p pool, and I'm using the testnet flags and variables to let it know if its running as a pool node or a regular node.

[Sunny King]

This is the testnet checkpoint. There seems a bug somewhere allowing you to enter this state. Did you use the testnet at some point and what's the sequence of operations/events related to using testnet? Are you running a testnet node right now with main net node?

You know what, yeah I think I know how it happened, I'm messing around with the client to build a p2p pool, and I'm using the testnet flags and variables to let it know if its running as a pool node or a regular node.

However it still shouldn't have entered this state even though you operated testnet mode.

[romerun]

Just a reminder, DigitalOcean 16-core instances get around 2500-2600 primes per sec, and cost $0.72 per hour.

I was mining on LunaCloud. And i was having 1100pps for 0.09$. (1GB ram , 8cpucore at 1500Mhz)
But they just shutdown my server and suspended me.

"Due to quality of traffic generated by your servers your account has been suspended - AUP violation.
The billing process will be executed and the appropriate actions of a refund or payment will be taken."

I dont know what i did.


EDIT : probably that

"Misuse of system resources

This includes but is not limited to employing programs that consume excessive CPU time, network capacity, disk IO, storage space or IPv4 address space, that could impact other users and is in excess of resources allocated to the customer."

What's the point of selling 8cores 1GB, but not allowing maximum cpu utilization. Folks who choose many cores and small ram must want to squeeze every bit of cpu.

[mustyoshi]

This is the testnet checkpoint. There seems a bug somewhere allowing you to enter this state. Did you use the testnet at some point and what's the sequence of operations/events related to using testnet? Are you running a testnet node right now with main net node?

You know what, yeah I think I know how it happened, I'm messing around with the client to build a p2p pool, and I'm using the testnet flags and variables to let it know if its running as a pool node or a regular node.

However it still shouldn't have entered this state even though you operated testnet mode.

I deleted the blockchain folders and redownloaded it. And the issue went away so the issue was probably related to identifying the blocks.

I'm not even sure how to test if it was my modifications or not that caused it.