ivanlabrie
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October 02, 2013, 06:53:32 PM |
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Theoretical question and a couple other questions.
If I have a 2 CPU XEON, 24 core total i7 2.4GHz system, how long should I assume it will take for a block to be found?
Also is using the wallet to mine the only way this can be done? CPUMiner doesn't work?
Are there any pools to mine XPM? Found beeeeer.org (hope got all the e's in there)
Is mining XPM profitable over pool mining with your CPU's against another alt currency? For example if I had one core of one CPU working in a pool, it will frequently accept work and get credit for it so get a small piece of money. If I use that same core with XPM, probably never make anything ever.
Thanks.
JR
I'd suggest you try both for a week to compare...Personally I'd stick to beeeeer.org
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gigawatt
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October 02, 2013, 07:52:27 PM |
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For anyone interested in renting cloud space to run miners, I've found DigitalOcean's smallest server (512MB ram, 1processor core) to actually have fair hashing power. It costs $0.007 per hour per instance, so five instances (account max) costs $0.035. After running for 24 hours, the average is around 0.8 blocks per instance. This is using the default client for mining.
Is that the reported blocks/day or the actual number of blocks per day?
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PatMan
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October 02, 2013, 07:54:51 PM |
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Hello guys/gals, Bit of a noob to XPM I'm afraid to say - but weren't we all once upon a time? I'd like to solo mine on my machine while using it, I've got it all up & running but am struggling to find out what ports I should be using when solo mining. I've searched a few guides but, of course, they all say to use different ports If someone could give me a definitive answer as to what the rpcport, port & rpcallow settings should be I'd be eternally grateful & add you to my xmas card list. I Promise Peace.
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Stinky_Pete
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October 02, 2013, 08:00:40 PM |
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Hello guys/gals, Bit of a noob to XPM I'm afraid to say - but weren't we all once upon a time? I'd like to solo mine on my machine while using it, I've got it all up & running but am struggling to find out what ports I should be using when solo mining. I've searched a few guides but, of course, they all say to use different ports If someone could give me a definitive answer as to what the rpcport, port & rpcallow settings should be I'd be eternally grateful & add you to my xmas card list. I Promise Peace. If you download and use High Performance 11 (recommended) then all the default settings are there.
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PatMan
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October 02, 2013, 08:03:04 PM |
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Hello guys/gals, Bit of a noob to XPM I'm afraid to say - but weren't we all once upon a time? I'd like to solo mine on my machine while using it, I've got it all up & running but am struggling to find out what ports I should be using when solo mining. I've searched a few guides but, of course, they all say to use different ports If someone could give me a definitive answer as to what the rpcport, port & rpcallow settings should be I'd be eternally grateful & add you to my xmas card list. I Promise Peace. If you download and use High Performance 11 (recommended) then all the default settings are there. That's what I'm using. Can you tell me what the default settings are? ie: rpcallow, rpcport & port? Thanks. Edit: I don't use upnp for security reasons, so I need to know what to forward on my router.
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rwessels
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October 02, 2013, 08:13:04 PM |
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You don't need to set up any of those things. It isn't like script mining where you have to go into the %appdata% folder. Just open the debug window and setgenerate true and that will start the mining.
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PatMan
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October 02, 2013, 08:22:58 PM |
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Oh dear. OK, in order for the wallet to sync with the network, it has to connect through the router to the internet. Usually this is done with upnp automatic, but I don't use upnp, so I need to know what port to open on my router to allow the client to sync with the network. I'm a noob to XPM, not to mining Really, I simply would like to know what the default settings are the client uses, weather I need to know or have to know is irrelevant - I want to know Thanks.
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rwessels
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October 02, 2013, 09:12:47 PM |
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Sorry - I guess I missed that part. All of my peers are connected via port 9911.
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PatMan
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October 02, 2013, 09:19:53 PM |
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No problem, 9911 it is for the port then - thanks. One down, two to go.........
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PatMan
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October 02, 2013, 09:30:13 PM |
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Thank you dreamwatcher - you're on my xmas card list
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CaptChadd
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October 02, 2013, 09:36:59 PM |
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I think this coin should be renamed to VPScoin.
Pool mining this coin now using the vps's that I have, gives them something extra to do.
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Trillium
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October 07, 2013, 05:05:16 AM |
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I fail to see how people make a profit on this coin now, even with carefully managed VPS. I have ceased mining at home on 9 machines now because I can't even reach 1/3rd of break even against electricity (Australia: $0.30/kWh).
Basically the way I now see it is you can only make a profit if:
- You have electricity that is free or almost too cheap to meter - You are 'stealing' power and/or computer resources from work/college etc - You have a botnet
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belltown
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October 07, 2013, 05:25:44 AM |
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I fail to see how people make a profit on this coin now, even with carefully managed VPS. I have ceased mining at home on 9 machines now because I can't even reach 1/3rd of break even against electricity (Australia: $0.30/kWh).
This would explain why difficulty doesn't go up for some time now. Even if new people learn about primecoin and start mining, the old miners drop out. So difficulty stays about the same.
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dddbtc
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October 10, 2013, 03:48:59 AM |
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soulmann
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October 10, 2013, 01:16:47 PM |
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Hi Can you help me? Can I mine on beeeeer.org If I use this script on Ubuntu 13.04 server? if [[ ! -f /swapfile ]]; then echo "Building swapfile..." sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/swapfile bs=64M count=16 sudo mkswap /swapfile sudo swapon /swapfile if [[ -z "$(cat /etc/fstab | grep swapfile)" ]]; then echo "/swapfile none swap sw 0 0" | sudo tee -a /etc/fstab > /dev/null 2>&1 fi fi if [[ -z "$(cat /etc/sysctl.conf | grep '^kernel.panic')" ]]; then echo "kernel.panic=3" | sudo tee /etc/sysctl.conf >/dev/null 2>&1 fi sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install build-essential bc cpulimit curl dos2unix fail2ban git haveged libboost-all-dev libdb++-dev libminiupnpc-dev libssl-dev m4 nano -y git clone https://github.com/thbaumbach/primecoin.git && make -f makefile.unix primeminer && cd ./primecoin/ && ./autogen.sh && ./configure && make && sudo make install && ./primeminer -pooluser=AMuPGPXEZUjyGPqRG8vzPDr1cGeMMNvd8v -poolip=beeeeer.org -poolport=1337 Thank you
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Pt0x
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October 10, 2013, 03:16:04 PM |
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ehalvers
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October 13, 2013, 08:53:19 AM |
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Hey guys!
New to Primecoin and was wondering if you guys could help me get started. I'm mining away at ypool and was trying to get my wallet set up, but I cant seem to get it to sync. Are there certain things I need in the conf? It seems to me like this coin is a little different then most alt-coins.
Thanks!
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ivanlabrie
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October 13, 2013, 02:45:19 PM |
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Hey guys!
New to Primecoin and was wondering if you guys could help me get started. I'm mining away at ypool and was trying to get my wallet set up, but I cant seem to get it to sync. Are there certain things I need in the conf? It seems to me like this coin is a little different then most alt-coins.
Thanks!
What kind of gear do you have? I'd suggest you try all three pools to figure out which is best for you. There's beeeeer.org and a chinese one AFAIK.
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