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

[mikaelh]

hey guys my wallet dose not update it dose not work at all no matter were i download it can some one help please i am using windows 7 64

It seems there may be issues with the seed nodes again. I'm putting up my own seed node. Try adding this to your primecoin.conf:

Code:

addnode=primeseed.muuttuja.org

Out of curiosity, how does one set up a seed node?

I simply added maxconnections=750 to the config file so that it will be able to handle plenty of connections. Beyond that you'll obviously want a static IP address and some bandwidth.

EDIT: It's not an official seed node. Those are hard-coded into the client. My seed node is more like a backup node.

[Tamis]

Will hp9 run as well on ubuntu 12.04 LTS as it does on ubuntu 13.04  ?

[TheSpiral]

Will hp9 run as well on ubuntu 12.04 LTS as it does on ubuntu 13.04  ?

Should. I have a few of each and they run at about the same speed.

[Tamis]

Will hp9 run as well on ubuntu 12.04 LTS as it does on ubuntu 13.04  ?

Should. I have a few of each and they run at about the same speed.

Thank you TheSpiral !

[ivanlabrie]

Will hp9 run as well on ubuntu 12.04 LTS as it does on ubuntu 13.04  ?

Should. I have a few of each and they run at about the same speed.

Do you think it'd be faster if I installed ubuntu desktop in my system vs Win 7 64? (I mean if I compile it myself and optimize)
I have an i7 3820...found 1 block in a day so far.

[dudeguy]

Will hp9 run as well on ubuntu 12.04 LTS as it does on ubuntu 13.04  ?

Should. I have a few of each and they run at about the same speed.

Do you think it'd be faster if I installed ubuntu desktop in my system vs Win 7 64? (I mean if I compile it myself and optimize)
I have an i7 3820...found 1 block in a day so far.

Sad to say but finally I can say this: You're bragging you lucky SOB!


I'm kinda jelly of the 3820, only if it's a K series

[hasle2]

Will hp9 run as well on ubuntu 12.04 LTS as it does on ubuntu 13.04  ?

Should. I have a few of each and they run at about the same speed.

Do you think it'd be faster if I installed ubuntu desktop in my system vs Win 7 64? (I mean if I compile it myself and optimize)
I have an i7 3820...found 1 block in a day so far.

One block a day is very good now. I would not change anything. I have run miners on a variety of different windows and linux machines and the only thing that seems to matter is if it is a 64 or 32 bit OS. 64 bit is much better.

[ivanlabrie]

Thanks guys!

I've had this cpu collecting dust for some time now...didn't have a cpu cooler till I landed the h60 I'm using.
It should pay for itself over time.

[Tamis]

Do you think it'd be faster if I installed ubuntu desktop in my system vs Win 7 64? (I mean if I compile it myself and optimize)
I have an i7 3820...found 1 block in a day so far.

This is pure luck ! Enjoy it while it lasts...

I have a i7 3770k @ 4400 that hasn't found a block for 6 days.
Boy do I miss my farm :/

[ivanlabrie]

Even one block per week is more than enough to compliment gpu mining. 

[Tamis]

I have seen here a signature recommending Linode vps for mining.

Here is the reply I got from my mail asking them there point of view regarding mining on there vps :

> Hi,
>
> do you allow primecoin mining on your vps ?
>
> Regards,
>
> Tamis


Hello,

Unfortunately this would fall against our terms of service as resource abuse. You can read more about what is and is not allowed on Linode here:

http://www.linode.com/tos.cfm

Thanks,
Mark
Linode Support

______________

Don't waste your time following referral linked services before asking them about mining !

[busminer]

Someone use this ?
http://satoshibox.com/52149ca84c347bfd31000000

[drewph]

Someone use this ?
http://satoshibox.com/52149ca84c347bfd31000000

scam/virus checked?

[pocesar]

Found two blocks on a i3 380M using 4 threads and low process priority on hp9, with 2 hours between each block. it's completely random, but it certainly works.

[bcp19]

I stopped using ypool and set the 4 machines I had pointed at it to running hp9 and found 2 blocks the first day.  I'm being lazy and not looking at the other machines, so I may have more, but I figure patience will win out over all.  Those 2 blocks equal 4+ days of running ypool at the old share rates, so I'll wait 2 more days before checking to see if I am ahead or not

[pocesar]

Does the version hp9 takes advantage of AVX on core i processors? if not, hp10 will include those?

[mikaelh]

Someone use this ?
http://satoshibox.com/52149ca84c347bfd31000000

AFAIK mtrlt's GPU miner is not out yet. So please stop spamming that link in these threads.

[teknohog]

Does the version hp9 takes advantage of AVX on core i processors? if not, hp10 will include those?

Any software can use AVX if you compile it yourself with a decent compiler.

In a precompiled release, it's possible to have separate code paths with such optimizations, but I think such releases are unlikely at this point. AVX is just one technological improvement among others, like the numerous SSE iterations, and it would take dozens of different binaries to cover all possible optimizations. Also, besides the instruction set, there are optimizations for scheduling and cache sizes. Speaking of which, Primecoin performance is apparently sensitive to L1 cache; there are options like sievesize that may be optimized for a given cache size without recompiling.

In general, though, if you want something optimized for your particular machine, you need to compile it yourself.

[pocesar]

Does the version hp9 takes advantage of AVX on core i processors? if not, hp10 will include those?

Any software can use AVX if you compile it yourself with a decent compiler.

In a precompiled release, it's possible to have separate code paths with such optimizations, but I think such releases are unlikely at this point. AVX is just one technological improvement among others, like the numerous SSE iterations, and it would take dozens of different binaries to cover all possible optimizations. Also, besides the instruction set, there are optimizations for scheduling and cache sizes. Speaking of which, Primecoin performance is apparently sensitive to L1 cache; there are options like sievesize that may be optimized for a given cache size without recompiling.

In general, though, if you want something optimized for your particular machine, you need to compile it yourself.

alright, I will try some switches, thanks. just asked because there are some ASM includes that are specific to AVX, and they perform really really well and the opcode can be easily identified (and skipped, in code if not found) and used. scrypt and sha256 already got those optimized versions.

[Sharky444]

Is there a parameter to disable the default debug mode? I think it costs performance (a lot of writes every second to debug.log).