[ANN] ACcMiner - PROJECT STOPPED - Run your own custom private multipool

[ACcMiner]

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The ACcMiner project has been stopped

ACcMiner in a nutshell
ACcMiner is an as plain as possible Windows mining application for alternative cryptocurrencies,
acting as a shell on top of cgminer 3.7.2.

Features and characteristics:
Automatic profitability tracking of most alternative cryptocurrencies
Check your maximum profit in USD based on your mining rig specs
Make a selection of the coins you want to mine
Auto-switching to the most profitable coins of your choice
Auto-failover to the next best pool/coin when the primary pool becomes unresponsive
Preconfigured p2pool URLs let you start mining instantly requiring only a wallet address
Configuration is done via the GUI
Auto-saving of settings on exit/refresh to plain XML
No registration required
No installation required

ACcMiner is written in VB.NET and uses .NET Framework 4.5.


Home page
Check out ACcMiner's official Google+ page for screenshots and the latest info.
https://plus.google.com/110519901716544947117/posts

Download
ACcMiner 0.99.2.0
https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B4d7gA_ETx1CcUczaFBPdnR5M3c&usp=sharing

Twitter
@ACcMiner
https://twitter.com/ACcMiner


ACcMiner started off as a personal hobby project and for me it does everything
I wanted. However, I'm very interested in feedback and possible improvements.
So bring it on ...
Grts
Mike

[Ng93]

Seems great but isn't it the same as mining in a multipool ?

[ACcMiner]

Seems great but isn't it the same as mining in a multipool ?

The basic idea is similar but you have more control.

• You decide which coins to mine. I, for example, only use 3-4 different ones.
• You can use pools of your choice.
• You decide when to keep or trade.
• You can choose the switching interval.
• You can turn of auto-switching when you would want to.
• ...

[kanus1113]

Seems great but isn't it the same as mining in a multipool ?

Seems like it is a preference. This one you get to pick the coins yourself. There are a couple different things you can do with this. Also, I'm assuming this would be better for your pocket. Those multipools never paid very well for me.

[kanus1113]

Are you releasing source? I'm really interested but hesitant.

[ACcMiner]

Are you releasing source? I'm really interested but hesitant.

I wasn't planning to.
Hesitant because of a possible scam? You can run cgminer in its original window (check "Seperate window") so you can see the pool and account being used.

[geren27]

Hmm, quite interested in this. Might try it out later.

Are you releasing source? I'm really interested but hesitant.

I wasn't planning to.
Hesitant because of a possible scam? You can run cgminer in its original window (check "Seperate window") so you can see the pool and account being used.

Probably more concerned about a hidden trojan/keylogger/way to seal wallets/coins. Not saying there is one in there, just that it makes sense to be cautious.

[Stalast1ck]

Reserved

[Burninj]

post a virus total scan, it should be a good start

[albertdros]

looks really good but need to know its clean of viruses/keyloggers.

[BrewCrewFan]

post a virus total scan, it should be a good start

LOZ its as dirty as cgminer comes up... a scan isnt going to do much good. It has been done and I think it got an awesome 27/48
https://www.virustotal.com/en-gb/file/c411f601ecb11254a1ad0d7f9cb8344d382951ec36327c3ae9c4886c9134bcce/analysis/

[ACcMiner]

post a virus total scan, it should be a good start

LOZ its as dirty as cgminer comes up... a scan isnt going to do much good. It has been done and I think it got an awesome 27/48
https://www.virustotal.com/en-gb/file/c411f601ecb11254a1ad0d7f9cb8344d382951ec36327c3ae9c4886c9134bcce/analysis/

I didn't know that website... thank you for it.
Well, you scanned the zip, which includes my single exe and a folder containing cgminer.
My exe is 100% clean with 0/48. Apparently cgminer is causing the 27/48.
https://www.virustotal.com/en-gb/file/11ef0d6abcec115ce72ef3bfced60c4226ec3eeb93fd991e134b965bab359786/analysis/

[kanus1113]

I would release the source. Logically, if someone wanted to duplicate this, how long would it really take? Its web scraping, reading the values and picking the one that has the highest number after it divides, based on a timer. Then launching or closing cgminer. The value of the program is in the idea, not the programming, could be copied in the matter of days.

I am not devaluing your program whatsoever. I think it looks awesome.

You could ask for donations as well. I'm sure those trading links are affiliate links. I'd use them. From a business perspective, you will get more users, potentially more people using your affiliate links, potentially more donations, by allowing it to be open source.

Just my 2 cents, which is worth .00000002 XPM on cryptsy.

[paradiselife]

Just updated ACcMiner to version 0.96.01 with added support for Lottocoin and Catcoin.
https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B4d7gA_ETx1CcUczaFBPdnR5M3c&usp=sharing

try again wallet stealer

https://www.virustotal.com/es/file/076dc7809b27e3454757718cb7ee28e62a99100310d36aacd16c5ac8452f8d80/analysis/1388765073/

SHA256:   076dc7809b27e3454757718cb7ee28e62a99100310d36aacd16c5ac8452f8d80
Name:   ACcMiner_0.96.01.zip
Detections:    27/48
Date of analysis:    01.03.2014 16:04:33 UTC (0 minutes ago)

If you use this then you are a plain idiot

[ACcMiner]

Just updated ACcMiner to version 0.96.01 with added support for Lottocoin and Catcoin.
https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B4d7gA_ETx1CcUczaFBPdnR5M3c&usp=sharing

try again wallet stealer

https://www.virustotal.com/es/file/076dc7809b27e3454757718cb7ee28e62a99100310d36aacd16c5ac8452f8d80/analysis/1388765073/

SHA256:   076dc7809b27e3454757718cb7ee28e62a99100310d36aacd16c5ac8452f8d80
Name:   ACcMiner_0.96.01.zip
Detections:    27/48
Date of analysis:    01.03.2014 16:04:33 UTC (0 minutes ago)

If you use this then you are a plain idiot

Did you read a couple of posts higher? I guess I need to leave cgminer out of the zip file.
Thank you for removing this false accusation.

[mikeybit]

Open source it and ask for donations.  I'm willing to bet you'll have a lot more people use it and it'll spur much more development.

I'm hesitant to use someone else's code without going over it first. 

[ACcMiner]

Cgminer has been removed from the ACcMiner 0.96.01 zip file now, no more false alarm bells.
https://www.virustotal.com/en-gb/file/e1544bc479cd2fc78ea527607cc8eaa8fa35887dfc3f706a4203fe998c6817db/analysis/1388793811/
You'll just need to add the cgminer folder contents yourself.

[kanus1113]

Cgminer has been removed from the ACcMiner 0.96.01 zip file now, no more false alarm bells.
https://www.virustotal.com/en-gb/file/e1544bc479cd2fc78ea527607cc8eaa8fa35887dfc3f706a4203fe998c6817db/analysis/1388793811/
You'll just need to add the cgminer folder contents yourself.

Just because its not reporting viruses, doesn't mean its not going to do something malicious.

[Dweeb]

scans clean on avg

thanks op a really good idea, I'll give it a try

[Zombie123]

you can already do this with CGWatcher easily

[johnngbluntzky]

interesting. definitely tracking this one.

[antonioffaxii]

Been using this a bit, it's only a pain when new coins arise.

[ACcMiner]

Been using this a bit, it's only a pain when new coins arise.

I will release an update today including EAC and 42.

The thing with the latest coins is that I need to be able to fetch the coin data in order to add them. If for example the coins are not exchanged yet, then there's no way to know the possible profitability.
If a coin is not listed, most likely it is less profitable than the best listed ones anyways.

Thank you for your feedback. If there are specific wishes, pls let me know.

[hey101]

Thank you very much for this. I enjoy it. To anyone who says a wallet stealer is in this or that it is malicious, use .net reflector to look at the source and you will see that there is nothing in there but legitimate code.

[ACcMiner]

Thank you very much for this. I enjoy it. To anyone who says a wallet stealer is in this or that it is malicious, use .net reflector to look at the source and you will see that there is nothing in there but legitimate code.

Tnx! I could use some positive feedback.
I didn't even know that it was that easy to see the code.
If you have ideas for improvement, pls let me know.

[hey101]

You are welcome. I'm glad I could help out. With .net programs it is very easy. Generally they can't be decompiled in a way that allows you to recompile them without a lot of work. But as a precaution you may want to look at offuscation. It helps a bit and slows someone who knows what they are doing down. For a program like this though, with the risk of someone putting in a wallet stealer, I would leave it how it is jsut to ease the minds of people.

[vikiws]

Hi,

Any idea please - what is the best auto-refresh time?

[mmininginc]

I always use the 5 minutes refresh time, and I try to make a selection of a limited amount of coins, two, three, or four maximum.
I don't see any real advantage in larger intervals as difficulty (and profit) can quickly change dramatically, as like 75%.
But to be honest, I'm not really sure what's best either, so I'm curious about other opinions.
I think that the payout system of the pools probably also comes into the equation, but I don't understand that impact exactly.

[ACcMiner]

I just experienced a bug, and most probably others will be affected too. The result is that your pool configurations may be gone. I'm deeply sorry about this.

Here's what happened:
- The web source that provides the coin data was returning empty tables during maintenance.
- As a result the coin list in ACcMiner was empty after a refresh.
- BUT... the config was auto-saved... and because no coins were present... the coin and pool config was overwritten with nothing.
- When the web source provided data again, the coin list was recreated but the configuration was lost.

I will write a fix asap to prevent this behaviour in the future.
EDIT: Bug is now fixed with release 0.98.1.2 !

[antonioffaxii]

It would be cool if there was a log of coins that were mined recently.

For example, if I were to go to sleep it would be nice to see what it had been mining over night.

[ACcMiner]

Good point, and not difficult to implement.
Expect an update in the following days.
Tnx for your feedback.

[webaddict]

I haven't used this program yet but I really wanted to thank you for innovating technology like this for the use for everyone. I own a couple Google News sites that I like to cover industry changes on. My stories go directly into Google News, I would be interested in interviewing you sometime about this program and your outlook on the industry. You can find me on Twitter @webaddict. Kudos buddy.

[ACcMiner]

Future updates will also be twittered now.
@ACcMiner
https://twitter.com/ACcMiner

[ACcMiner]

I'm currently using Coinwarz and the BTC-E bitcoin price as a reference.
The plan for the near future is to fetch data from different exchanges myself, especially the ones that list brand new coins, in order to get them supported more quickly.

[ACcMiner]

ACcMiner 0.99.0.0 is available now, which includes support for Coino (CON) and a coin log.
https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B4d7gA_ETx1CcUczaFBPdnR5M3c&usp=sharing

[antonioffaxii]

Awesome, this should help. Thanks!

[ACcMiner]

ACcMiner 0.99.1.1 is available now.

• New supported coins, PENG, KARM
• Updated P2Pool URLs
• Added mining end times to the coin log
• From now on ACcMiner will auto-discover new supported coins when refreshing.

[ACcMiner]

Seems like the auto-discovery works fine... Nyancoin (NYAN) and iCoin (ICN) got auto picked up by ACcMiner.
No more updates just for new coins.

[ACcMiner]

Mintcoin (MINT) just entered the party too.

[Del137]

support scrypt-jane?

[ACcMiner]

support scrypt-jane?

No, just scrypt for now.

[ACcMiner]

Welcome Flappycoin (FLAP). No update required.

[Volatile]

Just a word of warning. I logged in to find all my coin config's gone and the accminer mining the programmers coin for over 5 Hours. If this is a bug it is a very convenient one.

[ACcMiner]

What ACcMiner version are you using, pls?
There was a bug in the past that caused loss of config but it was fixed immediately (within 1h after it was detected).
Are you sure it was in donation mode for 5 hours, as this should be impossible afaik. The donation timer is always 180 seconds.

EDIT:
I've checked the pool that was used by the donation mode (dgb.hash.so) and indeed, I saw more income for a couple of hours.
We are talking about roughly 2500 DGB according to my estimation, which I will send back to you in DGB or BTC if you would like, after trading at market price. What's your hash rate, pls? (to double check if the amount is sufficient)
Give me your DGB address or BTC address and I will send the coins over.

I'm really sorry about this. If you were using the latest version, then I would love to hear more details if any so I can figure out what happened exactly.
PM me.

[Volatile]

I appreciate the quick response. Im on version ACcMiner_0.99.1.1. It was DBG that it was mining. I have it set to only show active pools. When i woke up in the morning it was only showing the DGB coin as active. Also it seems like it saved that config to the settings file. My hash rate is 2900K. 1CQHGECJN2T564zGQdjmhLYpKyvsAqc2NU BTC Thanks for making this right. Oh and i use external cgminer, if that helps. Running Win7 64bit

[ACcMiner]

The DGBs were worth 0.0017 BTC. But I checked the most profitable coin at the moment with your hash rate at coinwars and that would give 0.003 BTC for 5 hours.
So I sent 0.005 BTC to be sure.

Tnx for the feedback. I get it... your config got replaced by the donation config. This is the first time I hear about this behaviour.
I thought about it and there's only one way this can happen. The config is always saved from what you see in the UI. So that means that the donation config was put in the UI at some point, altough the donation config normally does never end up in the UI. My guess is that the web service for the coin data was unavailable when the donation ended, the donation coin list in memory was therefore not replaced but the UI (coin table) got updated with the data in memory (being still the donation data).
I will need to intercept this situation and in that case load the data back from the xml file.

Tnx. Sorry for the inconvenience. I will release an update asap.

EDIT: I sent another 0.005 BTC, I was counting with 1 dollar for 0.001 BTC... that time is already some while behind us :-)

[Volatile]

Thanks alot for looking into this for me. When i seen it mining that long on dbg i was quite disappointed because i like using your software. I will continue using it now that i know it was just a bug once there is an update. Let me know if there is any more details you need.

[ACcMiner]

ACcMiner 0.99.2.0 is available, which includes the bug fix for the issue discussed above.
https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B4d7gA_ETx1CcUczaFBPdnR5M3c&usp=sharing

[ACcMiner]

The ACcMiner project has been stopped.