Can someone please read my post above? I'm trying to mine for the first time. There has to some support here perhaps the weekend is a bad time to ask.
yeah, I'll try but the developer of this thread (and gldcoin) , who likes to ring his own bell and no time for newbies, will probably delete this, so get it while you can.
cryptoplanet.net is apparently down, so you might try signing up at gld.dencoinpools.com. All I get ,when I try to go to the cryptoplanet.net site is a message saying they are working on the front end (I guess of their mining pool page...they don't tell you, just leave you hanging)
try using cgminer.
I have had much more luck with it than any of the rest.
Just unzip it to a directory where the batch file will be located, and use the bat file.
I create a shortcut and cut/paste it to the desktop, so I don't have to look it up, every time.
I do this for every batch file I use, to mine with, so all I have to do is doubleclick, which coin I want to mine.
your .bat file would look like this:
(don't use this)....start batch file:cgminer --scrypt -o -stratum+tcp://coin_miningpool:pool_port_numer -u your_login_name_here.miner_worker_name -p worker_password_here
pause
(don't use this either)...end batch filenote that there is a "dot" between your LOGIN name, and your worker name, and the password is the
worker password, not your
login password.
Your user name is your login name plus your worker name.
an example might be: (and this will work for other coins (cut/paste it into a batch file))
cgminer --scrypt -o -stratum+tcp://gld.dencoinpools.com:3331 -u Casinogamblingguy.goldminer1 -p goldminer1sPassword
pause
I use the "pause" command to stop it and let me see, if it stops for some reason, otherwise, it goes blank, and you don't know why it, either didn't work, or didn't stay working.
Be sure it is on the last line, not on the same line as your login stuff.
also, be sure you give the site your wallet number, so it knows where to put your coins, and the amount you want it to send them to your wallet, after you mine them.
And be sure to donate "something" to your site admin. They aren't doing this for their health, and it takes time and effort to keep up with the blockchain and any other changes they need to keep up with. 1% or 2% is good, but you can do more or less.
I also keep all initensity, and other cgminer settings, in the cgminer.conf file, with cgminer, so I don't have to enter parameters with each batch file, and it mines the same for all scrypt based coins. sha-256 coins (like bitcoin, ppcoin, etc) take a different .conf file. Once you have the cgminer.conf file configured, you'll find it is the best way to go, for each coin type.
I have a cgminer directory for sha coins and one for scrypt coins, (i.e. d:\cgminer_scrypt and d:\cgminer_sha) so I only have to configure each .conf file once. (or get it right once), and go on from there. You can fine tune them in your spare time.
PM me, if you need an example, for your card. I have several mining rigs with different cards in each. 5850, 5870, 7870, and 7950's. I have 2 that are mix and match, too, if you need that example. I check in about once a day. However, examples are available everywhere. The "mining hardware site" (
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Mining_hardware_comparison) doesn't tell you much, and is not up to date on setting for cards, and it is apparently very hard to add yours (or mine) to it. And the ones they do have are sometimes not optimal. I know my 7950 settings are faster than what they show.
keep your login information, in a notepad file and keep it on a USB stick, so no one can steal it off your computer, and you have a place to remember it at. I, also, keep my wallets backed up to usb, too, along with their encrypted passwords (in a notepad file), as I am old and forget things, since I have a lot of login and password data. The USB is the safest way to keep these ,so you don't lose them. They can't hack a usb stick, if it is in your desk drawer.
note I don't put a wallet number for donations, as I don't believe in it. This is suposed to be a support forum, but everyone has their hand out.
Be sure to tell the gldcoin "dev" about the no help situation, although he doesn't accept negative stuff on his posts, so it may or may not be deleted. He's as bad as the dev at cryptsy.
have a nice day.
edited once or twice for content.
