I have 93 computers (i7 4gb RAM, no GPU) to start mining... Please help...

[Jothand]

I don't think starting your own pool would be a good way to do this.

I agree with maardein on this one. Starting your own pool will be more trouble then it's worth.

Here's a link to the getting started page at wemineltc.com
https://www.wemineltc.com/gettingstarted

It's a great LTC pool if you decide to mine LTC. This link has some great "getting started" info that can be altered for whatever pool you decide to join. It also has download link for a stratum miner with some basic info on how to use it.

[maardein]

I as far as I could see, LTC have already reached a dificulty level that my computers cant compete with.

Well, yes if you calculate power costs LTC is not worth it at the current exchange rates. But I thought you didn't have to pay for power

If you include power costs, your best option would indeed be to mine CPU only coins. Or, like I said before, mine new scrypt coins right after launch for +/- 2 days, get a lot of coins, and hope the value will rise. This is a bit more gambling, since most new coins barely have any value when they start.

Anyway, good luck with setting things up!

[manobra]

I as far as I could see, LTC have already reached a dificulty level that my computers cant compete with.

Well, yes if you calculate power costs LTC is not worth it at the current exchange rates. But I thought you didn't have to pay for power

If you include power costs, your best option would indeed be to mine CPU only coins. Or, like I said before, mine new scrypt coins right after launch for +/- 2 days, get a lot of coins, and hope the value will rise. This is a bit more gambling, since most new coins barely have any value when they start.

Anyway, good luck with setting things up!

Nice! Thanks!

I´m reading the wemineltc "getting started".. but even downloading cgminer under 3.5 (and newer too), gives the error about opencl.dll (this is not a problem.. i´ll check how to download this file), I tried the cgminer-nogpu.exe but says "--scrypt command not recognized..."

So have to solve the DLL problem.

cgminer have a config file that i can reproduce on all my computers. So, I´m thinking in mapp a drive letter (i.e. Z:) in all computers, where Z: = \192.168.1.254\cgminer\" so everybody will use the same .config file (don´t know if it is possible.. i´ll try and make some tests....)

QUESTION: Does it have a problem because too many computers with low hash rate? I read something about errors and loses...

... as much as I understand about this, more I know I´m far to understand everything.. lol!

Thanks again!

[maardein]

If you are going to use the CPU's do not use cgminer! Use Pooler's CPU miner! Works much better/faster.

[manobra]

If you are going to use the CPU's do not use cgminer! Use Pooler's CPU miner! Works much better/faster.

I´ve realized that right now!

And Pooler´s CPU miner have the 64 bit version! much better!

Thanks!

[bob131313]

Please be aware that mining on both cpu and video card  decreases the life of hardware. In the best interest of your company, you might consider not wasting all of that energy mining shit coins.

[OrkneyCoiner]

I got to ask, wouldn't this be illegal? using company resources for personal use?

It is stealing of electricity and installing unwanted programs, so definitively good reason to get fired

Hi! I´m having some dificulties to answer...lol

The site ins´t alowing me to post too fast...

Well.. we are in Brazil ... my father is the owner.

He and me wants to bet in a new business... Cryptocurrencies appear to be a nice issue....

We are still learning...

Thanks for your worries about the legallity.

We will watch for the electricity bill in order to track if worth or not.

Tks!

hey.. I'd buy some 7970's or 280'x and convert your callcenter to a dark inferno   you dont need to have 3 gpus per one machine... one would be good enough

people will not notice a thing that their computers gets raped overnight  just tell them to open the windows in the morning.

good luck!

[OrkneyCoiner]

93 gpus could give you ~70MH for GPU mining.

[mattopia]

Proceed with caution...  People have been fired for running BOINC / Seti@Home on work computers. 

http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-5406158-7.html
http://www.geek.com/news/setihome-god-fired-for-costing-school-district-1-6-million-1004362/

In those cases, the people weren't profiting - I suspect the consequences could be even higher if you are putting software on them to make $$$.

There are other examples - those are just the first two I found.  And yes, they were not very smart about it.  At very least, make sure the powers that be know what you are up to - it's nice to have extra coinage, but probably not worth risking a career over.

[daem0n]

If you are going to use the CPU's do not use cgminer! Use Pooler's CPU miner! Works much better/faster.

I´ve realized that right now!

And Pooler´s CPU miner have the 64 bit version! much better!

Thanks!

http://sourceforge.net/projects/philosopherstone/files/QRK/

Best CPUMiner for quarkcoin.
i3i5i7_Improved2 best hash

[bowen151]

Why in the world does a call centre operator need a machine with an i7 in it? Pure overkill!

Focus on being a call centre operation first and not a mining operation.

Seems like a few fundamentals need going over here.

[manobra]

If you are going to use the CPU's do not use cgminer! Use Pooler's CPU miner! Works much better/faster.

I´ve realized that right now!

And Pooler´s CPU miner have the 64 bit version! much better!

Thanks!

http://sourceforge.net/projects/philosopherstone/files/QRK/

Best CPUMiner for quarkcoin.
i3i5i7_Improved2 best hash

Using it!

Thanks!

[manobra]

Why in the world does a call centre operator need a machine with an i7 in it? Pure overkill!

Focus on being a call centre operation first and not a mining operation.

Seems like a few fundamentals need going over here.

They r old i7 (first or second generation). 2630QM

They already have 2 years... time to push them to its maximum power!




If ppl just try to help ... forum would be more clean... (bla.. bla.. bla.... energy... bla bla bla .. overkill... bla bla bla... will be fired.... lol)

DON´T LOSE THE FOCUS... READ THE TITLE AND PLEASE.. TRY TO HELP.. NOT TO MAKE POINTS IN FORUM.. TKS!

TKS FOR EVERYBODY THAT HELPED ME!

[PrintMule]

If you are going to use the CPU's do not use cgminer! Use Pooler's CPU miner! Works much better/faster.

I´ve realized that right now!

And Pooler´s CPU miner have the 64 bit version! much better!

Thanks!

http://sourceforge.net/projects/philosopherstone/files/QRK/

Best CPUMiner for quarkcoin.
i3i5i7_Improved2 best hash

Using it!

Thanks!

My friend is interested in mining quark with some i7 pc's he has access to.
I did a little research, but could not find anything like btc-ltc mining hardware comparison chart for cpus.

How much kh/s are you getting per cpu?
How much should ivy bridge i7 get?

Also - is there a profit calculator for quarkcoin / other cpu currencies?

[Wilhelm]

Proceed with caution...  People have been fired for running BOINC / Seti@Home on work computers. 

http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-5406158-7.html
http://www.geek.com/news/setihome-god-fired-for-costing-school-district-1-6-million-1004362/

In those cases, the people weren't profiting - I suspect the consequences could be even higher if you are putting software on them to make $$$.

There are other examples - those are just the first two I found.  And yes, they were not very smart about it.  At very least, make sure the powers that be know what you are up to - it's nice to have extra coinage, but probably not worth risking a career over.

+1

I have a shitload of high-end enterprise hardware under my control but I'm not going to risk my job running them as CPU miners.
YOU WILL GET FIRED!! The powerconsumption of your systems will skyrocket and they will find out.

[manobra]

If you are going to use the CPU's do not use cgminer! Use Pooler's CPU miner! Works much better/faster.

I´ve realized that right now!

And Pooler´s CPU miner have the 64 bit version! much better!

Thanks!

http://sourceforge.net/projects/philosopherstone/files/QRK/

Best CPUMiner for quarkcoin.
i3i5i7_Improved2 best hash

Using it!

Thanks!

My friend is interested in mining quark with some i7 pc's he has access to.
I did a little research, but could not find anything like btc-ltc mining hardware comparison chart for cpus.

How much kh/s are you getting per cpu?
How much should ivy bridge i7 get?

Also - is there a profit calculator for quarkcoin / other cpu currencies?

Hi!

You have almost the same scenario than me.

I´m getting like 30/35 Kh/s (per computer) when using all cores (8 cores each CPU) - only 5Kh per core) - Mining Quark!!

I didnt find any specific Quark calculator... but u can use some genereic calculator and fill with information like dificulty, etc... (i actually dont know how to do this... but it´s the way...)

Almost 100 computers, but still no coin!!! lol

2 days running and watching to see if i have some coin in my addres, but none..lol

BASIC QUESTION: How can I check if my quark address have some coin? I´m using http://block.lowend.fm/address/QQ1Fnz5bWmibxaKmQ8fNoGTT4tTJHjbAyd

but it says my address have not seen on the network.. Am I mining for someone else? ahahaha!!

Good Luck!

[maardein]

If you are going to use the CPU's do not use cgminer! Use Pooler's CPU miner! Works much better/faster.

I´ve realized that right now!

And Pooler´s CPU miner have the 64 bit version! much better!

Thanks!

http://sourceforge.net/projects/philosopherstone/files/QRK/

Best CPUMiner for quarkcoin.
i3i5i7_Improved2 best hash

Using it!

Thanks!

My friend is interested in mining quark with some i7 pc's he has access to.
I did a little research, but could not find anything like btc-ltc mining hardware comparison chart for cpus.

How much kh/s are you getting per cpu?
How much should ivy bridge i7 get?

Also - is there a profit calculator for quarkcoin / other cpu currencies?

Hi!

You have almost the same scenario than me.

I´m getting like 30/35 Kh/s (per computer) when using all cores (8 cores each CPU) - only 5Kh per core) - Mining Quark!!

I didnt find any specific Quark calculator... but u can use some genereic calculator and fill with information like dificulty, etc... (i actually dont know how to do this... but it´s the way...)

Almost 100 computers, but still no coin!!! lol

2 days running and watching to see if i have some coin in my addres, but none..lol

BASIC QUESTION: How can I check if my quark address have some coin? I´m using http://block.lowend.fm/address/QQ1Fnz5bWmibxaKmQ8fNoGTT4tTJHjbAyd

but it says my address have not seen on the network.. Am I mining for someone else? ahahaha!!

Good Luck!

Are you trying to mine solo? If so, you must be very lucky to find a block. Try a mining pool.

[mattopia]

If ppl just try to help ... forum would be more clean... (bla.. bla.. bla.... energy... bla bla bla .. overkill... bla bla bla... will be fired.... lol)

You're right - the legitimate suggestion that you are most likely jeopardizing your career and livelihood is not helpful at all.  I should stay on topic, I'm so sorry.  I look forward to hearing about how well this goes for you.  Please report back in a couple of months on how it all worked out.

[maardein]

If ppl just try to help ... forum would be more clean... (bla.. bla.. bla.... energy... bla bla bla .. overkill... bla bla bla... will be fired.... lol)

You're right - the legitimate suggestion that you are most likely jeopardizing your career and livelihood is not helpful at all.  I should stay on topic, I'm so sorry.  I look forward to hearing about how well this goes for you.  Please report back in a couple of months on how it all worked out.

Relax, his dad is the owner of the company, and he has got permission to experiment with mining.