How to mine Secondscoin [SEC] using Digitalocean Cloud VPS

[virtualdn]

New coin! http://www.secondscoin.org/ cpu based!

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=381587.0

Here is a short tutorial to get you started with minimum investment and zero electricity costs.

I've tested the tutorial myself...currently mining with 94 khash/s on the smallest plan.

sign up for a digitalocean account here: https://www.digitalocean.com/?refcode=261c189a4aeb

Deposit at least 5 (better $10) and add coupon LINUX13 or GIT10 to get $10 extra bonus

create droplet - choose Ubuntu 13.04 x64 - it is better recommended to create one with 4 or 8 cpus at least

login via ssh (use putty) with your vps login details

execute the following commands:

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install build-essential libcurl4-openssl-dev

wget http://stonefoz.myfastmail.com/cpuminer-quark.zip

unzip cpuminer-quark.zip

cd cpuminer-quark

CFLAGS="-O3 -msse2" ./configure

make

apt-get install screen

screen

./minerd -a quark -t 8 -o http://sec.mine-pool.net:9372 -u <YourSECAddress> -p xxx

(where -t 4 means 4 cpus for example, choose -t 8 for 8 cpus and so on)

That's all!

when logging back again use "screen -r" to restore session

If you like the tutorial please send me some SEC ===>  BCDvcMBpyaD59K6UBfoHuRZ9oDJiPZGnGm    ===> thanks!

[virtualdn]

coins are coming!

[darthburnstuff]

virtualdn, you must work at DigitalOcean, you keep posting this for multiple currencies.  I opened an account there last night and it would only let me create one droplet.  I sent a support ticket so I could create more droplets and here was my response:

"Hello!

Cryptocurrency mining is very CPU intensive, and due to the shared nature of our CPU allocations large-scale cryptocurrency mining will seriously affect the quality of service we can provide to the neighbouring servers on the same hypervisors as servers running cryptocurrency mining operations.

So, while we do not specifically prohibit cryptocurrency mining, we do restrict accounts doing so to prevent large-scale operations from affecting our infrastructure.

Therefore, at this time, we do not provide droplet limit increases to accounts currently engaging in this activity. This includes opening additional accounts for the purpose of mining.

We apologize for this inconvenience, but we have to do our best to provide fair usage for all our users.

Regards,
Support Team
DigitalOcean"

Big waste of time.

[virtualdn]

i'm sure this is a recent measure, their servers must be overloaded, before you could open up to 5 at once.

in this case i recommend opening a single droplet with 4 or 8 cpus - it mines this coin very well! - i'm using only the smallest plan - it mines well look below

[note235]

much thanks!
sending some SEC


I think this commands need to be added before unzipping
sudo apt-get install unzip

[Aur3]

When I'll get coins for my shares at this pool to my SEC wallet? What time frame or amount needed?

[virtualdn]

When I'll get coins for my shares at this pool to my SEC wallet? What time frame or amount needed?

every few minutes..

[jankko60]

I think this commands need to be added before unzipping
sudo apt-get install unzip

Confirmed

Maybe export PATH=$PATH/root/cpuminer-quark in .bashrc needed ?

or :  CFLAGS="-O3 -msse2" ./configure -> gcc error

J

[trinsic]

Working, thanks OP.

[vual]

Maybe remove the zip file and wget command out for git, that would only be 100x more professional...
also dont forget autotools-dev and automake, OP forgot it...

Code:

apt-get install git autotools-dev automake -y && git clone https://github.com/Neisklar/quarkcoin-cpuminer.git 
cd q* && ./autogen.sh && ./configure && make

so many cpus....

Code:

[2013-12-23 03:18:29] thread 5: 258182 hashes, 27.90 khash/s
[2013-12-23 03:18:29] thread 0: 219106 hashes, 23.71 khash/s
[2013-12-23 03:18:29] thread 1: 230301 hashes, 24.89 khash/s
[2013-12-23 03:18:29] thread 3: 220677 hashes, 23.85 khash/s
[2013-12-23 03:18:29] thread 7: 228756 hashes, 24.72 khash/s
[2013-12-23 03:18:29] thread 6: 229584 hashes, 24.81 khash/s
[2013-12-23 03:18:29] thread 4: 246676 hashes, 26.66 khash/s
[2013-12-23 03:18:29] thread 2: 234938 hashes, 25.39 khash/s

is this pool broken?
last payment from this pool....

Code:

Status: 499 confirmations
Date: 23/12/2013 08:56
Source: Generated
Credit: 0.37138 SEC
Net amount: +0.37138 SEC
Transaction ID: e596036c12faad59b29cba013890a1f48020007f0e21f71e7db3ed79744936f5

If you are paying 50cents a hour for cloud servers like this tutorial suggests then there is no room for downtime.

[eon89]

My earnings dropped substantially just now.

Can I check the dropplets are still running correctly somehow?

Is the pool messed up and if so do I need to restart my miners or will they fix themselves?

[Morticio]

very big effort on logo...

[48767137]

i cannot connect to the server.  i added the nodes, but the connect sitll error. 

addnode=54.201.35.239
addnode=sec.mine-pool.net

is not ok.    pls help!

[virtualdn]

My earnings dropped substantially just now.

Can I check the dropplets are still running correctly somehow?

Is the pool messed up and if so do I need to restart my miners or will they fix themselves?

yes login again and enter command "screen -r" to resume

check and restart miner/change pool if necessary

[Sadrachss]

What pool are you guys using?
I'm using the sec.forkpool.com and so far nothing.
4.12MH / s and nothing I got nothing

[Sadrachss]

Someone else is having problems with the quarkcoin-cpuminer?
Here he runs 3 minutes and appears: Terminated.

Would do a "echo '#! / Bin / bash" or something so that it automatically then run?
I do not know much of the ubuntu, could anyone help me?

Thanks.

[Sadrachss]

Abandoned the coin?

https://github.com/secondscoin/secondscoin

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