[XPM] [ANN] Primecoin High Performance | HP14 released!

[hasle2]

How would you start the linux primecoin miner?

./primecoind -daemon

[jpmi1]

How would you start the linux primecoin miner?

cat primestart.sh

Code:

#!/bin/bash


PRIMECOIND=/usr/local/bin/primecoind
DATADIR=$HOME/.primecoin


nice ${PRIMECOIND} -datadir=$DATADIR -rescan -maxconnections=8 \
        -rpcuser=primecoinuser -rpcpassword=TopSecretNotWhatIreallyUse \
        -gen=1 -daemon -rpcport=9912

Then to send it commands/queries,

cat primcoind.sh

Code:

#!/bin/bash

PRIMECOIND=/usr/local/bin/primecoind
DATADIR=$HOME/.primecoin

if [ "$1" == "" ]; then
  echo "Syntax: primecoind.sh COMMAND"
  exit
fi

$PRIMECOIND -datadir=$DATADIR \
        -rpcuser=primecoinuser -rpcpassword=TopSecretNotWhatIreallyUse -rpcport=9912 "$@"

NOTE: I do not use config files, if I want to add -addnode or whatever, I add it to my coinstart.sh script.

That means the wallet is the only damn thing in datadir i care about, not having to remember to also copy/save/backup a config file.

(And the wallet can be backed up using ./primecoind.sh backupwallet ~/primecoinwallet-dd-mm.yyyy.sav or whatever so nothing really in datadir at all that I need care about.)

-MarkM-

Thanks How would I set a command to watch mining info and latest transactions?

[tacotime]

Or you can run my primecoin-qt linux binaries as follows

Code:

chmod +x primecoin-qt
./primecoin-qt

then start mining by opening the debug window and

Code:

setgenerate true NUMTHREADS

where NUMTHREADS is the number of threads on the CPU you'd like to use

DOWNLOAD HERE

[hasle2]

This code seems to like core i's, my i5 and i7s got a bigger boost than my core 2s and fx 8120. About 1.5x more.

I tried doing builds with -O3 -march=native on a core 2 and fx 8120 and it made no difference.

[seleme]

what the heck is wrong with my i3 540, I can't get more than 70 pps, lol. I know it's a crappy cpu but still, it's not Commodore 64 ffs.

[blastbob]

Error i got..

primecoind: checkqueue.h:167: CCheckQueueControl<T>::CCheckQueueControl(CCheckQueue                <T>*) [with T = CScriptCheck]: Assertion `pqueue->nTotal == pqueue->nIdle' failed.

[96redformula]

Or you can run my primecoin-qt linux binaries as follows

Code:

chmod +x primecoin-qt
./primecoin-qt

then start mining by opening the debug window and

Code:

setgenerate true NUMTHREADS

where NUMTHREADS is the number of threads on the CPU you'd like to use

DOWNLOAD HERE

How is yours verses

https://github.com/mikaelh2/primecoin/

[SC123]

Good Work!

Used this version: primecoin-0.1.1-hp1-winx64 and got my first block in around 5 hours mining with it. Just updated to primecoin-0.1.1-hp2-winx64 but I'm getting a lower PPS than the previous build:


Ivy 3570K @ 4,4 Ghz

primecoin-0.1.1-hp1-winx64:   around 8000 PPS
primecoin-0.1.1-hp2-winx64:   around 6800 PPS

Gonna trust mikaelh and will use the updated version with the lower PPS.

[SC123]

Just WOW: found another block in just 20 minutes mining with the new version primecoin-0.1.1-hp2-winx64.

This is by far the best miner/version out there right now!

[Schleicher]

hp2 64bit started at 3240 pps then slowed down to 2340 (2.6GHz AMD Phenom II X4 910e)
Probably overheating CPU, I should clean the dust some time :-)

[redphlegm]

I'm still a bit skeptical. Would like to see updated testnet numbers.

[Sunny King]

Early results with a sieve size of 1,000,000.

Code:

$ grep primemeter debug-hp2.log
2013-07-14 00:16:03 primemeter  43070284 prime/h 300695577 test/h
2013-07-14 00:18:03 primemeter  44915077 prime/h 311393971 test/h
$ grep -c "Probable prime chain" debug-hp2.log
69

Looking good I think.

mikaelh,

  Good work. Could you try to test how much performance boost were coming from limiting sieve round to 10% on the test net, to separate it from the effect of switching library.

[ryen123]

My first ever block found after running 0.1.1-hp2-winx64 in 45mins. Thanks mikaelh.

[wibtc]

My laptop cpu's temperature is 18F higher with this verion. 3x pps

[Teka]

I'm still a bit skeptical. Would like to see updated testnet numbers.

I was very skeptical at first but after finding 3 blocks in the last 4 hours my opinion changed fairly quickly. Before , I used hardware that was twice as powerful and I couldn't find a block in 10 + hours. Great build mikaelh

[tacotime]

I guess the network is all over this new build, we're averaging one block per 6 seconds right now!!

[JohnyBigs]

how do you mine this? with cgminer?

[dudeguy]

Hmm, how well will this work with my i3?

I have an i3 2 cores 4 threads. Sould I "set generate -1" or should I go the true core rout and "set generate 2" ?

I've read you solve more blocks while using all the cores not necessarily all the threads.

[redphlegm]

Getting tons of compiling errors when trying to build on osx using the makefile. I guess that makefile wasn't updated?

[vingaard]

Thanks for this version