Gridcoin (GRC) - first coin utilizing BOINC - Official Thread

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thanks, seems like the miner takes a lot of trouble to set up so i want to know a little more detail

-What's the current network difficulty and where do i find this info?

-I have 3 Mh/s, from what i'm reading it looks like I should be solo mining?  
is CPU mining worth it? I have several i7 quadcore / hexcore cpu's what kind of hashrate would they get in comparison do a 280x GPU?

-On the pool I only see 14 miners? Did there use to be way more at some point? With a market cap of $300,000 I'm kind of confused who is creating all the coins, is everyone just solo mining?=

-Does mining this use the same wattage as normal scrypt mining?

When I sign up, what is "Default GRC address?" I put mine as wutwutinthebutt

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[Bitcoin_Gambler]

thanks, seems like the miner takes a lot of trouble to set up so i want to know a little more detail

-What's the current network difficulty and where do i find this info?

-I have 3 Mh/s, from what i'm reading it looks like I should be solo mining?  
is CPU mining worth it? I have several i7 quadcore / hexcore cpu's what kind of hashrate would they get in comparison do a 280x GPU?

-On the pool I only see 14 miners? Did there use to be way more at some point? With a market cap of $300,000 I'm kind of confused who is creating all the coins, is everyone just solo mining?=

-Does mining this use the same wattage as normal scrypt mining?

When I sign up, what is "Default GRC address?" I put mine as wutwutinthebutt

pool mining hasn't been set up yet because it's more complicated with gridcoin than other coins.

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Pool mining: http://pool.gridcoin.us

what's that then? someone mind answering my other questions please?  much appreciated!

[traderman]

Pool mining tutorial: https://cryptocointalk.com/topic/7515-tradermans-pool-mining-poolgridcoinus-tutorial/

Pool mining: http://pool.gridcoin.us

what's that then? someone mind answering my other questions please?  much appreciated!

[declensions]

ok so there is pooled mining.. i have that tab open.. so is it better to pool mine or solo?

is cpu mining worth it if i have a gpu rig? or does the hashrate from cpu mining pale in comparison?

what is "GRC address" do i leave that blank?

[traderman]

I asked the dev of Boincstats if he would accept GRC donations and as of today Boincstats.com now officially accepts Gridcoin for donations!

Forum Announcement: http://boincstats.com/en/forum/4/9117,1#130269

GRC address for donation: Fv9EeYcoTz9BFUFPVQn6mHS9RMYGM24nze

[s4mmy]

ok so there is pooled mining.. i have that tab open.. so is it better to pool mine or solo?

is cpu mining worth it if i have a gpu rig? or does the hashrate from cpu mining pale in comparison?

what is "GRC address" do i leave that blank?

Why don't you read the first post? There's a lot of information about the coin and also tutorials how to mine. I think this is the most profitable coin there is available and sure use all your cpu:s:

https://cryptocointalk.com/topic/1922-cpu-mining-tutorialtopic/

The idea is that you calculate boinc with cpu and get paid grc (max 150grc/day/pc). Very profitable. You can also solo mine and 3MH would get you quite a good amount of coins per day. Also pool mining is possible it's up to you.

http://explorer.gridcoin.us/ There's network hashrate and stuff..

[anonerd]

I asked the dev of Boincstats if he would accept GRC donations and as of today Boincstats.com now officially accepts Gridcoin for donations!

Forum Announcement: http://boincstats.com/en/forum/4/9117,1#130269

GRC address for donation: Fv9EeYcoTz9BFUFPVQn6mHS9RMYGM24nze

Glorious!

[s4mmy]

A transaction which i sent from my windows wallet to my linux wallet on 2-27 is still stuck with 0 confirmations. Installing the latest win wallet and rebuilding the blockchain didn't help. Is there a way to resend?

Code:

"amount" : 213.00000000,
"confirmations" : 0,
"txid" : "edb68888d2b5e5eff4915e24688de39a9800d7e8170af203a9b97bbed2c26de8",
"time" : 1393462079,
"timereceived" : 1393464241,
"details" : [
{
"account" : "",
"address" : "Fyc4GEHpc84SwCdYwE4FtuatuXRyWSeNN5",
"category" : "receive",
"amount" : 213.00000000

I have had similar kind problem. You could try this:

https://cryptocointalk.com/topic/1428-technical-support-thread/?p=25340

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ok so there is pooled mining.. i have that tab open.. so is it better to pool mine or solo?

is cpu mining worth it if i have a gpu rig? or does the hashrate from cpu mining pale in comparison?

what is "GRC address" do i leave that blank?

Why don't you read the first post? There's a lot of information about the coin and also tutorials how to mine. I think this is the most profitable coin there is available and sure use all your cpu:s:

https://cryptocointalk.com/topic/1922-cpu-mining-tutorialtopic/

The idea is that you calculate boinc with cpu and get paid grc (max 150grc/day/pc). Very profitable. You can also solo mine and 3MH would get you quite a good amount of coins per day. Also pool mining is possible it's up to you.

http://explorer.gridcoin.us/ There's network hashrate and stuff..

thanks, and i did read. I know what the concept is, but it doesn't answer the questions I'm asking. i wasn't asking how to set it up, I already saw the tutorial.

Still no one answered if solo mining is better than pooled mining for this coin, or no difference?

Does mining this coin have the same power usage as regular scrypt coins? (currently mining darkcoin which uses only 50% of usual wattage and very little heat, so i'm looking for something efficient)

Does it matter what type of cpu you have? or do you get 150 grc regardless of what type of cpu? (I have 3930k and 4770k)

[aigeezer]

I asked the dev of Boincstats if he would accept GRC donations and as of today Boincstats.com now officially accepts Gridcoin for donations!

Well done!

[s4mmy]

ok so there is pooled mining.. i have that tab open.. so is it better to pool mine or solo?

is cpu mining worth it if i have a gpu rig? or does the hashrate from cpu mining pale in comparison?

what is "GRC address" do i leave that blank?

Why don't you read the first post? There's a lot of information about the coin and also tutorials how to mine. I think this is the most profitable coin there is available and sure use all your cpu:s:

https://cryptocointalk.com/topic/1922-cpu-mining-tutorialtopic/

The idea is that you calculate boinc with cpu and get paid grc (max 150grc/day/pc). Very profitable. You can also solo mine and 3MH would get you quite a good amount of coins per day. Also pool mining is possible it's up to you.

http://explorer.gridcoin.us/ There's network hashrate and stuff..

thanks, and i did read. I know what the concept is, but it doesn't answer the questions I'm asking. i wasn't asking how to set it up, I already saw the tutorial.

Still no one answered if solo mining is better than pooled mining for this coin, or no difference?

Does mining this coin have the same power usage as regular scrypt coins? (currently mining darkcoin which uses only 50% of usual wattage and very little heat, so i'm looking for something efficient)

Does it matter what type of cpu you have? or do you get 150 grc regardless of what type of cpu? (I have 3930k and 4770k)

Just solo mine because hashrate is not very high. This is regular scrypt. With your cpus I think you will get full credits. 576 blocks are for cpu miners and there are now about 1k? miners so there is some competition already.

[asdlolciterquit]

ok so there is pooled mining.. i have that tab open.. so is it better to pool mine or solo?

is cpu mining worth it if i have a gpu rig? or does the hashrate from cpu mining pale in comparison?

what is "GRC address" do i leave that blank?

Why don't you read the first post? There's a lot of information about the coin and also tutorials how to mine. I think this is the most profitable coin there is available and sure use all your cpu:s:

https://cryptocointalk.com/topic/1922-cpu-mining-tutorialtopic/

The idea is that you calculate boinc with cpu and get paid grc (max 150grc/day/pc). Very profitable. You can also solo mine and 3MH would get you quite a good amount of coins per day. Also pool mining is possible it's up to you.

http://explorer.gridcoin.us/ There's network hashrate and stuff..

thanks, and i did read. I know what the concept is, but it doesn't answer the questions I'm asking. i wasn't asking how to set it up, I already saw the tutorial.

Still no one answered if solo mining is better than pooled mining for this coin, or no difference?

Does mining this coin have the same power usage as regular scrypt coins? (currently mining darkcoin which uses only 50% of usual wattage and very little heat, so i'm looking for something efficient)

Does it matter what type of cpu you have? or do you get 150 grc regardless of what type of cpu? (I have 3930k and 4770k)

yes, it matter what type of cpu you have, but right now you can earn 150grc even with an old gpu (for example i use an AMD phenom II X4 945...).
To gain 150grc it's important to set your boinc's cpu utilizzation at 100%.

With your hashrate i think is better solo mining, but i may be wrong.

Gpu mining can have a lower power usage as regular scrypt coins. Some times your gpu will enter in sleep mode to save power....someone more expert can tell you how this is works!

I think that this is a really good coin, try it, really!

[customminer]

Anyone having issues with beacons not being sent when cpu mining?

[asdlolciterquit]

Anyone having issues with beacons not being sent when cpu mining?

how much time did you wait? beacons are send every 72 hours..

[customminer]

Anyone having issues with beacons not being sent when cpu mining?

how much time did you wait? beacons are send every 72 hours..

4 computers, and it's been several days now.
If the 72 hours are reset every time I upgrade to the latest version of gridcoin, that's a complete joke since there are updates every other day.
I'd prefer it to be reverted back to daily beacons - waiting 3 days for a possible beacon is too long to wait to find out if you've set it up correctly.

[traderman]

Is your wallet encrypted and password protected? If yes, the beacons will not work!

Anyone having issues with beacons not being sent when cpu mining?

how much time did you wait? beacons are send every 72 hours..

4 computers, and it's been several days now.
If the 72 hours are reset every time I upgrade to the latest version of gridcoin, that's a complete joke since there are updates every other day.
I'd prefer it to be reverted back to daily beacons - waiting 3 days for a possible beacon is too long to wait to find out if you've set it up correctly.

[s4mmy]

Anyone having issues with beacons not being sent when cpu mining?

how much time did you wait? beacons are send every 72 hours..

4 computers, and it's been several days now.
If the 72 hours are reset every time I upgrade to the latest version of gridcoin, that's a complete joke since there are updates every other day.
I'd prefer it to be reverted back to daily beacons - waiting 3 days for a possible beacon is too long to wait to find out if you've set it up correctly.

I encourage you to write about it to https://cryptocointalk.com/topic/1331-new-coin-launch-announcement-grc-gridcoin/page-121

Rob reads that more than bitcointalk. I haven't had any problem but yes I think there should be some way to make sure everything is working with cpu mining. For me the beacons were send in an hour or so when I first started cpu mining. So I think something is still wrong with your configuration :/ Yep maybe encryption!

[WinterParker]

is there new nodes or something??  I haven't opened my GRC wallet in a couple months, and now I have but the QT wont sync.  So I tried the lastest QT and still no luck.  Can someone help me out?

[Sparood]

Try update command from the console. That worked for me earlier!