[ANN][BLC] Blakecoin Blake-256 for GPU/FPGA With Merged Mined Pools Stable Net

[dr_chen]

only just noticed the difficulty drop, 19602 now  

managed to mine a few blocks myself now  

guess someone turned off the the mass CPU mining on EC2 lol  

maybe he has turned to mine XPM.

[BlueDragon747]

only just noticed the difficulty drop, 19602 now  

managed to mine a few blocks myself now  

guess someone turned off the the mass CPU mining on EC2 lol  

maybe he has turned to mine XPM.

lets hope he does not dump Blakecoin too cheaply on the market once it is exchanged  

it would be like buying a pizza for 10,000 Bitcoin 

[SpeedDemon13]

Need help please. Having issues that I posted prior to this posting.

hmm well lets go though this then the conf looks fine hope you have no spaces in your username or password, also check you are getting connections to the Blakecoin network as it will not start mining until you are connected to at least 1 peer and have synced to latest block 

listen=1
rpcallowip=127.0.0.1
rpcuser=MyOwnUsername
rpcpassword=MyOwnPassword
rpcport=8772
server=1
daemon=1
addnode=162.243.133.80
addnode=162.243.14.130

and the miner line for this is

minerd -o 127.0.0.1:8772 -O MyOwnUsername:MyOwnPassword -a blake -s 2 --no-longpoll --no-stratum

you can try different port but it must match what you are using in the miner

listen=1
rpcallowip=127.0.0.1
rpcuser=MyOwnUsername
rpcpassword=MyOwnPassword
rpcport=8775
server=1
daemon=1
addnode=162.243.133.80
addnode=162.243.14.130

and the miner line for this is

minerd -o 127.0.0.1:8775 -O MyOwnUsername:MyOwnPassword -a blake -s 2 --no-longpoll --no-stratum

Tried 8775, still no go....This is the first time with all solo mining and never til now, had such an issue....Maybe I need to just wait for a mining pool, but I would like to mine now if possible....

[BlueDragon747]

Tried 8775, still no go....This is the first time with all solo mining and never til now, had such an issue....Maybe I need to just wait for a mining pool, but I would like to mine now if possible....

does your wallet show connections?

[SpeedDemon13]

Tried 8775, still no go....This is the first time with all solo mining and never til now, had such an issue....Maybe I need to just wait for a mining pool, but I would like to mine now if possible....

does your wallet show connections?

3 active connections at the moment

[BlueDragon747]

Tried 8775, still no go....This is the first time with all solo mining and never til now, had such an issue....Maybe I need to just wait for a mining pool, but I would like to mine now if possible....

does your wallet show connections?

3 active connections at the moment

bit low how long has the wallet been running?

and what block are you sync at?

[SpeedDemon13]

Tried 8775, still no go....This is the first time with all solo mining and never til now, had such an issue....Maybe I need to just wait for a mining pool, but I would like to mine now if possible....

does your wallet show connections?

3 active connections at the moment

bit low how long has the wallet been running?

and what block are you sync at?

Block 4445 and the wallet is synced. I got 7 connections now. Now the miner doesn't do the error anymore, but just stops at a blinking cursor. Seems like it's trying to connect or is connected and having issues running properly.

[BlueDragon747]

Tried 8775, still no go....This is the first time with all solo mining and never til now, had such an issue....Maybe I need to just wait for a mining pool, but I would like to mine now if possible....

does your wallet show connections?

3 active connections at the moment

bit low how long has the wallet been running?

and what block are you sync at?

Block 4445 and the wallet is synced. I got 7 connections now. Now the miner doesn't do the error anymore, but just stops at a blinking cursor. Seems like it's trying to connect or is connected and having issues running properly.

are you using the command with -q in it?

[SpeedDemon13]

Tried 8775, still no go....This is the first time with all solo mining and never til now, had such an issue....Maybe I need to just wait for a mining pool, but I would like to mine now if possible....

does your wallet show connections?

3 active connections at the moment

bit low how long has the wallet been running?

and what block are you sync at?

Block 4445 and the wallet is synced. I got 7 connections now. Now the miner doesn't do the error anymore, but just stops at a blinking cursor. Seems like it's trying to connect or is connected and having issues running properly.

are you using the command with -q in it?

With -q, it just stops at a blinking cursor. Without -q, it show binding thread to cpu, then just stops at a blinking cursor.

[SpeedDemon13]

Now it's finally hashing, that's without -q. It took 10 minutes before it started. It's hashing 1300 to 1900 kh/s per core on Intel T4500, but with long pauses before hashing again. The "--no-longpoll --no-stratum" comes up with an error of unknown command --. So, I omitted those commands.

[BlueDragon747]

Now it's finally hashing, that's without -q. It took 10 minutes before it started. It's hashing 1300 to 1900 kh/s per core on Intel T4500, but with long pauses before hashing again. The "--no-longpoll --no-stratum" comes up with an error of unknown command --. So, I omitted those commands.

it is compiled for core2 that may be why it is slow on that cpu might be worth compiling from source for maximum hashrate still 1300 to 1900 kh/s per core is not bad 

"--no-longpoll --no-stratum" error    not sure why it is doing that

at least you are mining now 

I will try to get the new 0.8.6 wallet out today so please check this thread soon 

[dr_chen]

Now it's finally hashing, that's without -q. It took 10 minutes before it started. It's hashing 1300 to 1900 kh/s per core on Intel T4500, but with long pauses before hashing again. The "--no-longpoll --no-stratum" comes up with an error of unknown command --. So, I omitted those commands.

it is compiled for core2 that may be why it is slow on that cpu might be worth compiling from source for maximum hashrate still 1300 to 1900 kh/s per core is not bad  

"--no-longpoll --no-stratum" error    not sure why it is doing that

at least you are mining now  

I will try to get the new 0.8.6 wallet out today so please check this thread soon  

Does ig0tik3d's CPUminer works, it seems a little faster than the original one

[SpeedDemon13]

Now it's finally hashing, that's without -q. It took 10 minutes before it started. It's hashing 1300 to 1900 kh/s per core on Intel T4500, but with long pauses before hashing again. The "--no-longpoll --no-stratum" comes up with an error of unknown command --. So, I omitted those commands.

it is compiled for core2 that may be why it is slow on that cpu might be worth compiling from source for maximum hashrate still 1300 to 1900 kh/s per core is not bad 

"--no-longpoll --no-stratum" error    not sure why it is doing that

at least you are mining now 

I will try to get the new 0.8.6 wallet out today so please check this thread soon 

True, at least I'm finally mining. Probably because the cpu I'm test mining with doesn't have the cache and pipelines of the Core2. This cpu is a stripped down version of a Core2. Strange that the "--no-longpoll --no-stratum" doesn't work, but I guess the miner goes to default getwork network more likely. I'm going to try on a Core I5, AMD Phenom II x4 and a Core2 Duo cpus next.

[BlueDragon747]

Now it's finally hashing, that's without -q. It took 10 minutes before it started. It's hashing 1300 to 1900 kh/s per core on Intel T4500, but with long pauses before hashing again. The "--no-longpoll --no-stratum" comes up with an error of unknown command --. So, I omitted those commands.

it is compiled for core2 that may be why it is slow on that cpu might be worth compiling from source for maximum hashrate still 1300 to 1900 kh/s per core is not bad  

"--no-longpoll --no-stratum" error    not sure why it is doing that

at least you are mining now  

I will try to get the new 0.8.6 wallet out today so please check this thread soon  

Does ig0tik3d's CPUminer works, it seems a little faster than the original one

yeah it is compiled with mingw-w64 so it should be a little faster but it would be best to use march=native on the specific platform for best results and with mingw-w64 if possible

[SpeedDemon13]

Will there be a mining pool any time soon? The difficulty is just too high to solo mine.

[loveys]

who can provide the fpga windows pro?

I have kramble's FPGA python miner running in windows loaded the test bitstream and I am test mining with it now  
https://github.com/kramble/FPGA-Blakecoin-Miner
 

I need the windows mining fpga app,this link is the code..

[BlueDragon747]

Will there be a mining pool any time soon? The difficulty is just too high to solo mine.

due to the changes that have been made it makes it hard for the pool server software to work out of the box its needs a new proof of work module for the Blake algorithm (done but not fully tested) and any sha256d hashing the pool server software uses needs to be replaced with Blake e.g sha256(sha256(data)) is now blake256(data), feeleep has been working on it but think that most of the others pool operators are waiting for p2pool for Blakecoin to be released or they want me to do it for them  

I did not premine and I am quite a small miner 20 cpu core(8 machines) and 2 FPGA's(Lancelot boards) and the pool operators are unlikely to offer any donations for working on the problem even though they may charge you a % for mining with them so I am unsure how much work I want to put into getting their software working, I think that once p2pool is released that will solve the pool issue but I might help feeleep get a pool working as he has shown some effort to work on the problem unlike most others who expect me to solve it for them  

so my todo list looks like this:

1. p2pool
2. fix any small bugs and help feeleep
3. GPU miner
4. try and fix any build issues on Linux and Windows

I have been working non stop past week so I am trying to get it done in a timely manner

maybe I should have done a pure clone coin would have been much less work  

sorry if I sound a little grumpy about pool stuff but got a lot of pm's demanding work from me which is unfair and I have not had much sleep past week or so  

[BlueDragon747]

who can provide the fpga windows pro?

I have kramble's FPGA python miner running in windows loaded the test bitstream and I am test mining with it now  
https://github.com/kramble/FPGA-Blakecoin-Miner
 

I need the windows mining fpga app,this link is the code..

nope please look again its Python miner and works on windows
https://github.com/kramble/FPGA-Blakecoin-Miner/tree/master/MiningSoftware

[SpeedDemon13]

Will there be a mining pool any time soon? The difficulty is just too high to solo mine.

due to the changes that have been made it makes it hard for the pool server software to work out of the box its needs a new proof of work module for the Blake algorithm (done but not fully tested) and any sha256d hashing the pool server software uses needs to be replaced with Blake e.g sha256(sha256(data)) is now blake256(data), feeleep has been working on it but think that most of the others pool operators are waiting for p2pool for Blakecoin to be released or they want me to do it for them  

I did not premine and I am quite a small miner 20 cpu core and 2 FPGA's and the pool operators are unlikely to offer any donations for working on the problem even though they may charge you a % for mining with them so I am unsure how much work I want to put into getting their software working, I think that once p2pool is released that will solve the pool issue but I might help feeleep get a pool working as he has shown some effort to work on the problem unlike most others who expect me to solve it for them  

so my todo list looks like this:

1. p2pool
2. fix any small bugs and help feeleep
3. GPU miner

I have been working non stop past week so I am trying to get it done in a timely manner

maybe I should have done a pure clone coin would have been much less work  

sorry if I sound a little grumpy about pool stuff but got a lot of pm's demanding work from me which is unfair and I have not had much sleep past week or so  

No rush. Hope you get more people with the right skills to help you. I wish I could help out, but my only computer skills is Cisco Networking, computer troubleshooting and other IT networking related skills. This is pretty original, last type that is original is Scrypt-Jane. Guess I got get some 6 core or higher CPU's to mine for this coin. Maybe Xeon or AMD server class CPU's.

[BlueDragon747]

Will there be a mining pool any time soon? The difficulty is just too high to solo mine.

due to the changes that have been made it makes it hard for the pool server software to work out of the box its needs a new proof of work module for the Blake algorithm (done but not fully tested) and any sha256d hashing the pool server software uses needs to be replaced with Blake e.g sha256(sha256(data)) is now blake256(data), feeleep has been working on it but think that most of the others pool operators are waiting for p2pool for Blakecoin to be released or they want me to do it for them 

I did not premine and I am quite a small miner 20 cpu core and 2 FPGA's and the pool operators are unlikely to offer any donations for working on the problem even though they may charge you a % for mining with them so I am unsure how much work I want to put into getting their software working, I think that once p2pool is released that will solve the pool issue but I might help feeleep get a pool working as he has shown some effort to work on the problem unlike most others who expect me to solve it for them 

so my todo list looks like this:

1. p2pool
2. fix any small bugs and help feeleep
3. GPU miner

I have been working non stop past week so I am trying to get it done in a timely manner

maybe I should have done a pure clone coin would have been much less work 

sorry if I sound a little grumpy about pool stuff but got a lot of pm's demanding work from me which is unfair and I have not had much sleep past week or so 

No rush. Hope you get more people with the right skills to help you. I wish I could help out, but my only computer skills is Cisco Networking, computer troubleshooting and other IT networking related skills. This is pretty original, last type that is original is Scrypt-Jane.

thanks for kind words it always helps with motivation 

funny thing is that my degree is in Computer network management but due to lack of work in that area in UK I have mostly been working as a freelance games developer or network analyst   

Blakecoin is part of my hobbies as I enjoy working with electronics and c programs in my spare time 

if anyone out there wants to help with open source ports of software for Blakecoin e.g GPU miner or pool software then please get in touch via pm I could use the help

kramble has been very supportive and helpful on the FPGA side of things and I am very grateful for all his efforts