Bitminter client (Windows/Linux/Mac)

[philipma1957]

i had issues on Osx Mountain Lion with java (could have been something i was doing wrong) i updated to mavericks and it works fine with the bluefury usb. I was using the beta client on a macbook air.

I had issues on OSX ML     the java client would report timeout for a red fury/

this also happened on windows 7.  but pointing  bfgminer I have 3 sticks (red fury)  they all add up to 7.7gh and my big stats page give me 7.7gh.  this is with beta client

[DrHaribo]

BitMinter client version 1.4.3 is out.

Changes from 1.4.2 to 1.4.3:

• Disabled CPU mining
• Preliminary support for Big Picture Mining BF1 devices (aka red/blue fury)
• Untested: add support for Chili devices
• Improved log messages when probing for external devices
• Added Application-Name to manifest, to get rid of errors in java console
    when the application starts under the latest Java version.

Blue/red fury support isn't quite right yet. This is mainly a release to get a version out without CPU mining.

If anyone has a Chili ASIC device, please let me know if this version works with it.

Try it out:


If you have issues with 1.4.3 then you can still get the previous release (1.4.2) at https://bitminter.com/client/1.4.2/bitminter.jnlp

[PhilWray]

BitMinter client version 1.4.3 is out.

Changes from 1.4.2 to 1.4.3:

• Disabled CPU mining
• Preliminary support for Big Picture Mining BF1 devices (aka red/blue fury)
• Untested: add support for Chili devices
• Improved log messages when probing for external devices
• Added Application-Name to manifest, to get rid of errors in java console
    when the application starts under the latest Java version.

Blue/red fury support isn't quite right yet. This is mainly a release to get a version out without CPU mining.

If anyone has a Chili ASIC device, please let me know if this version works with it.

Try it out:
https://bitminter.com/images/start.png

If you have issues with 1.4.3 then you can still get the previous release (1.4.2) at https://bitminter.com/client/1.4.2/bitminter.jnlp

Hi,

I updated but both my Jalapenos stopped working with a "ran out of work. Idling..." message.

Restarted with V1.4.2 and both are working again.

Will there be a logfiles on my system I can send to you to help with the debugging?

Phil

[DrHaribo]

Hi,

I updated but both my Jalapenos stopped working with a "ran out of work. Idling..." message.

Restarted with V1.4.2 and both are working again.

Will there be a logfiles on my system I can send to you to help with the debugging?

Phil

There's only the log in the window. It is currently not saved anywhere. You can copy paste it in an email and send it to me at operator@bitminter.com

[pazsion]

please enable cpu mining

[DrHaribo]

please enable cpu mining

Using a horribly slow CPU miner to mine bitcoins is a very bad idea. I didn't have time to optimize Bitminter client for mining on CPU before CPU mining was already obsolete.

If you insist on CPU mining try a fast CPU miner mining litecoin. I don't know if it will cover the cost of electricity, but it will be a lot better than the first option.

[PhilWray]

There's only the log in the window. It is currently not saved anywhere. You can copy paste it in an email and send it to me at operator@bitminter.com

Hi Doc,

Have sent the log (some errors that may be useful!) but all seems fine on the new version (I blame operator error myself!)

Thanks,

Phil

[DrHaribo]

Hi Doc,

Have sent the log (some errors that may be useful!) but all seems fine on the new version (I blame operator error myself!)

Thanks,

Phil

Communication errors with BFL units. Not sure why it happens. Someone told me once that replacing the USB cable fixed it for them. Reinstalling the drivers might be worth a shot too.

[bittermuch]

I have read through all posts for the past 6 months and can't seem to find out the answer to this question:

What is the difference between a round and a shift?

Thanks!

[DrHaribo]

I have read through all posts for the past 6 months and can't seem to find out the answer to this question:

What is the difference between a round and a shift?

Thanks!

A shift is a set amount of work for the current difficulty. A round is the time and work between finding one block and finding the next one.

[caminilegroup]

I have a question. I have tried the calculators and according to my setup 40 GH/s I should be mining 0.02843656 BTC a day.

Now, if I mine on bitminter with this, what would be my typical daily earnings?

Right now I'm on bitparking and am on the fence, 141 hours on this block alone, granted my estimated payout is 0.04709432, but damn, 141 hours and I don't know when it will end.

I have used slush but kinda the same feelings with bitparking, granted they find blocks quicker but waiting for confirmations to get paid kills me.

Michael

[DrHaribo]

What most calculators don't take into account is subtracting pool fee, subtracting donations (if any), adding transaction fee income (if pool pays it), adding merged mining income (if pool pays it). Sometimes all this evens each other out though, and what you make is roughly the same as what the calculator says. Variance will of course make deviations from the expected average income.

At Bitminter you can choose whether to wait for confirmations or not. Default for new users is no waiting, but it requires a perk which again requires donating.

[caminilegroup]

I have Pro Minter Perk activated but don't want some all of the options checked. Pro Minter seems like a more logical choice if you are choosing more than one perk.

With Pro Minter checked, if I uncheck other options, will they indeed be deactivated or does the Pro Minter activate them anyway?

This is what my perks page looks like, are the ones I do not have checked actually deactivated? Easy mode doesn't really seem needed with 40 GH/s with me setting a difficulty of 32.

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-n2FdtVjQs_0/UqDiikhrt1I/AAAAAAAAQUs/_2Nkt1XQZMg/s0/Screen%2520Shot%25202013-12-05%2520at%25202.30.56%2520PM.png

Michael

[DrHaribo]

With Pro Minter checked, if I uncheck other options, will they indeed be deactivated or does the Pro Minter activate them anyway?

Pro Minter only makes the other perks free - it doesn't activate them.

[caminilegroup]

Exactly what I needed to know. Thank you good Dr.


Michael

[philipma1957]

did testing  on the beta 1.4.3

you still have an under reporting bug on your bit fury red sticks.

if I run 1 AM stick and 1 Red Fury  (  with windows 7------------any combo of red fury sticks 1 or 2 or 3  has the same problem. each and every red fury is short  about 1gh)
  

I get about 2.8 gh  in the gui   but my shift reports 1.9 to 2.1


If I run 1 AM stick and 1 red fury  with windows 7   and use bfgminer

it reports 2.7 or 2.8 gh  and my shifts report   2.7 - 2.79

basically your  last 3 beta   clients have under reported the paid shift work on   each red fury about 1 gh.  In comparison to using  bfgminer.

Right now I have held off getting more bit fury gear  since this under reporting  will fool many people that buy gear from me.  

 I have had to teach  at least a dozen people how to use  bfgminer for the bit fury I sold to them and not use  your java client.  This is holding back hash rates on bitminter. Since many people  like your  simple easy to use gui.
Please let us know when you figure this out.  I will test the next beta for you again.  thanks phil

[bittermuch]

I am running three workers as follows on BitMinter Client v1.4.3

Mac OSX Snow Leopard w/3 ASIC Block Erupter USB Miners
Windows 7 Enterprise -32 bit w/2 ASIC Block Erupter USB Miners on an HP Z200 Workstation
Windows 7 Professional -64 bit w/7 ASIC Block Erupter USB Miners and 2 x GeForce 9800GT graphics cards on GeForce R331.93 on an AlienWare Area 51 mini tower

While there do not appear to be any configurable items on the Mac, the GeForce 9800GT will allow me to modify these entries:

Work group size
Work intervals

and enable/disable Manual vectors

The information icon gives minimal descriptions and I'm wondering if others have tweaked these settings for a performance gain.  I just increased the Work group size of each GeForce to 256 and am watching its performance.

Regarding my Windows 7 boxes, I'm wondering if anyone has had success playing around with the comm port settings by increasing from the default speed of 9600.  My hash rates seem to be fairly consistent, but if possible, I wish to reduce the Proofs of work rejected by the server.  Or is that totally beyond my control?

All feedback is welcomed!

[DrHaribo]

did testing  on the beta 1.4.3

you still have an under reporting bug on your bit fury red sticks.

Thanks! Looking into this.

While there do not appear to be any configurable items on the Mac, the GeForce 9800GT will allow me to modify these entries:

Work group size
Work intervals

and enable/disable Manual vectors

The information icon gives minimal descriptions and I'm wondering if others have tweaked these settings for a performance gain.  I just increased the Work group size of each GeForce to 256 and am watching its performance.

You can try some different settings and see what happens. Don't set the work intervals too high. You won't gain much by setting them higher than 20 ms.

Note that this will not be profitable anyway, due to the electricity costs. Use GPU mining as a learning tool to find out how mining works. Buy ASICs for actual mining.

[FriedIV]

I flashed on of my jalepeno's  this morning with BitForce_SC-1.2.5. Everything seemed to go fine. However now Bitminter cannot connect to it. Under Control Panel>Hardware and Sound>Devices and Printers BitFORCE SHA256 SC shows up. And it is on USB Serial Post(COM16). Bitminter says it cannot probe COM16: port in use. Can anyone give an idea of what I can do to fix this? Or did I break it?

[DrHaribo]

I flashed on of my jalepeno's  this morning with BitForce_SC-1.2.5. Everything seemed to go fine. However now Bitminter cannot connect to it. Under Control Panel>Hardware and Sound>Devices and Printers BitFORCE SHA256 SC shows up. And it is on USB Serial Post(COM16). Bitminter says it cannot probe COM16: port in use. Can anyone give an idea of what I can do to fix this? Or did I break it?

Something still running that has the COM port open? Maybe try a reboot.