Digital Ocean Solo Mining Guide For Super New Coin "Vertcoin" CPU only!

[GreekBitcoin]

This coin came out less than 40 minutes ago!  This is not premined and is so new that if goes well you must mine right now!
Donations accepted :
Vertcoin: VpUAHXdP2t2y5brhgSJhCK89TSMM3cv2JM
Datacoin: D9myVoDFPhjWLMrKx7Ag6gH7Y3A6V441cT


Difficulty goes up fast!

1) Please use my referral https://www.digitalocean.com/?refcode=9d68ca19e204 and create a droplet 2CPU 2GB Ram Ubuntu 13.10 64x .It must be 1GB or more.
2) Connect with putty using using ip and password or just write those in the console. You can always download putty from here http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html  Putty is better cause you can copy paste:

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sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install yasm -y git make g++ build-essential libminiupnpc-dev

sudo apt-get install -y libboost-all-dev libdb++-dev libgmp-dev libssl-dev dos2unix

git clone https://github.com/vertcoin/vertcoin.git

cd vertcoin/src

make -f makefile.unix

sudo cp -f vertcoind /usr/local/bin/  

cd
mkdir -p .vertcoin
echo 'server=1
gen=1
rpcallowip=127.0.0.1
addnode=192.241.125.215
addnode=192.241.125.216
addnode=192.241.125.217
addnode=46.188.0.241:5889
addnode=172.241.151.154:5889
addnode=61.133.107.171:5889
addnode=115.214.200.106:5889
addnode=58.214.65.90:5889
addnode=192.241.125.218
addnode=192.241.125.219
addnode=192.241.125.220
addnode=31.220.27.16
addnode=162.217.249.196
rpcuser=vertcoinMiner
rpcpassword=PASSWORD' > .vertcoin/vertcoin.conf

all above from cd to conf in one copy paste and press enter


vertcoind --daemon


watch 'vertcoind listaccounts & vertcoind getmininginfo'

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Now you have started mining and you should see after minutes your balance getting bigger. Be fast difficulty will rise!

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[GreekBitcoin]

Now coin is very new and guide might have problems. For example one of my 9 VPS didnt connect for some reason despite the addnotes. Fixes are coming!


Well with those addnodes it connected ASAP!

[Vertcoin]

Thank you for your guide 

[svojoe]

putty is always access denied...

[GreekBitcoin]

putty is always access denied...

When exackly? When you just put your IP on putty?

Droplet takes a minute or two to be created before you can connect. Sometimes DO fucks a bit and you may need to restart droplet. At worse case scenario you may need to destroy and create a new one but this will cost 1 hour of the droplet...

if access denied is poped at password, are you sure you put the pass correct without spaces?



But anyway i think a restart or delte/create will fix it...it has happened to me before and it is DO's problems....

[svojoe]

putty is always access denied...

When exackly? When you just put your IP on putty?

Droplet takes a minute or two to be created before you can connect. Sometimes DO fucks a bit and you may need to restart droplet. At worse case scenario you may need to destroy and create a new one but this will cost 1 hour of the droplet...

if access denied is poped at password, are you sure you put the pass correct without spaces?



But anyway i think a restart or delte/create will fix it...it has happened to me before and it is DO's problems....

I got in,  I have no clue, now I am doing the unix makefile scrypt,  its taking its sweet time!   I'm sweating over here!

[svojoe]

I'm not too savvy in putty and on unix environments.   I'm not entirely sure to how to watch my progress.     For example, I am not sure how to 'unwatch' and switch over to mining info,  etc.

[GreekBitcoin]

Yes it takes about 5 minutes!

Diff is going up!

Have in mind that for example with 5 VPS i got in an hour just 200 coins! Coin is good and rare! Hope you find some blocks soon! its only the start of it! I will sure leave my VPS for at least 8 hours solo mining....

[GreekBitcoin]

I'm not too savvy in putty and on unix environments.   I'm not entirely sure to how to watch my progress.

the last command : watch 'vertcoind listaccounts & vertcoind getmininginfo'

is actually showing you your hash/s and your balance. When you mine coins your balance will automatically go to 50 or more...

To send them somewhere you have to close "watch mode" with Ctrl+C and then write:

vertcoind sendtoaddress Vs5LmPT42eTjwQjJ9zvktGLprzae5Yc7L2 X

X is the amount you want to send. It has to be mature of course. So it may insufficient funds until coins mature. And put your address that you want to send instead of mine!

[rijating1]

i am think about make a pool , what do you think?

[GreekBitcoin]

i am think about make a pool , what do you think?

Pool is always welcomed! Please make one!

[zoro]

does any of these VPS companies accept cryptos?
i don't have paypal or visa

[Jiyome]

Code:

rpcuser=vertcoinMiner
rpcpassword=PASSWORD'

Do we have to copy/paste it or do we have to write like our vertcoin address?

[GreekBitcoin]

Code:

rpcuser=vertcoinMiner
rpcpassword=PASSWORD'

Do we have to copy/paste it or do we have to write like our vertcoin address?

just copy paste all of it from cd to .conf and then press enter. If you want you cant change password but it doesnt matter really...

does any of these VPS companies accept cryptos?
i don't have paypal or visa

Unfortunately nope But there is really demand about it so who knows. In the future maybe...

[svojoe]

I'm trying to figure out how to stop the daemon so I can restart it, I did everything as directed but it looks like I'm hashing without being connected to the network?  I'm hashing, but there is zero blocks and the different is than my local pc.

[GreekBitcoin]

I'm trying to figure out how to stop the daemon so I can restart it, I did everything as directed but it looks like I'm hashing without being connected to the network?  I'm hashing, but there is zero blocks and the different is than my local pc.

write     vertcoind stop   in order to stop it.


Then if you cant connect add more addnodes. Those worked fine for me. just add more addnodes by copy pasting the cd........conf thing with more addnodes and pressing enter. Than start again with        vertcoind --daemon

[svojoe]

I'm trying to figure out how to stop the daemon so I can restart it, I did everything as directed but it looks like I'm hashing without being connected to the network?  I'm hashing, but there is zero blocks and the different is than my local pc.

write     vertcoind stop   in order to stop it.


Then if you cant connect add more addnodes. Those worked fine for me. just add more addnodes by copy pasting the cd........conf thing with more addnodes and pressing enter. Than start again with        vertcoind --daemon

You are fantastic!

I'm up now,  wow the diff must be very high now!  No found blocks yet with several computers!

84 million is a lot of coins...  Why so hard right now?

[GreekBitcoin]

I'm trying to figure out how to stop the daemon so I can restart it, I did everything as directed but it looks like I'm hashing without being connected to the network?  I'm hashing, but there is zero blocks and the different is than my local pc.

write     vertcoind stop   in order to stop it.


Then if you cant connect add more addnodes. Those worked fine for me. just add more addnodes by copy pasting the cd........conf thing with more addnodes and pressing enter. Than start again with        vertcoind --daemon

You are fantastic!

I'm up now,  wow the diff must be very high now!  No found blocks yet with several computers!

84 million is a lot of coins...  Why so hard right now?

My 5 VPS havent found a block for like 1 hour now so yes diff is really up. But i will continue solo mining for at least 8 hours more. I am going to sleep in a while and i will decide what i will do later...Hopefully a pool will be out

[Sophokles]

This is fun...

But how can I see my own vertcoin address?

With

vertcoind listaccounts I get this:

{
    "" : 0.00000000
}

So, balance is zero. Ok. But isn't my own vertcoin address supposed to be shown in between the ""?

Thanks!

[shluher]

If you have problems with your wallet synchronization, add this to your vertcoin.conf:

addnode=108.62.111.138:5889
addnode=54.201.240.25:5889
addnode=172.240.89.250:5889
addnode=50.190.0.70:5889
addnode=31.135.187.9:5889
addnode=198.27.66.162:5889
addnode=23.19.26.138:5889
addnode=144.76.226.151:5889
addnode=54.194.7.98:33761
addnode=125.115.76.67:5889
addnode=163.125.57.68:5889
addnode=180.142.110.247:5889
addnode=58.214.71.66:5889
addnode=125.112.244.84:50592
addnode=113.53.237.178:5889
addnode=23.107.61.194:5889
addnode=54.236.189.3:5889
addnode=172.241.151.154:5889
addnode=61.133.107.171:5889
addnode=171.211.52.150:5889
addnode=61.156.57.71:5889
addnode=218.85.134.178:5889
addnode=113.243.137.220:5889
addnode=212.7.200.9:5889
addnode=107.150.50.74:62370
addnode=117.30.44.152:5889
addnode=27.155.245.129:5889
addnode=222.212.42.72:5889
addnode=171.106.196.0:13499
addnode=107.150.49.74:5889
addnode=23.83.200.170:5889
addnode=76.72.163.54:5889
addnode=218.93.134.55:5889
addnode=142.91.231.50:5889
addnode=222.188.177.57:50775
addnode=61.164.87.130:26084
addnode=23.110.213.50:5889
addnode=222.188.177.58:5889
addnode=162.243.249.73:5889
addnode=123.137.244.39:5889
addnode=218.93.134.126:50580
addnode=182.236.160.83:5889
addnode=180.116.158.48:5889
addnode=54.196.183.56:41230
addnode=184.72.155.72:46586
addnode=50.19.51.19:36500
addnode=54.211.214.162:34151
addnode=184.72.186.246:47525
addnode=54.221.58.60:47161
addnode=54.211.198.34:57649
addnode=50.17.89.200:60650
addnode=54.221.118.164:55117
addnode=54.197.126.5:57311
addnode=222.188.179.28:49283
addnode=180.116.42.234:51106
addnode=27.38.71.233:5889
addnode=222.188.178.217:52151
addnode=54.197.77.13:57579
addnode=54.197.3.73:60394
addnode=54.197.76.193:33971
addnode=27.13.74.181:56003
addnode=23.106.56.18:5889
addnode=218.93.135.98:49978
addnode=207.12.89.54:34870

Donations appreciated =)  VuLJZqJX5dYFsnKj6B9VBtszFAXoqBn4nS

[GreekBitcoin]

This is fun...

But how can I see my own vertcoin address?

With

vertcoind listaccounts I get this:

{
    "" : 0.00000000
}

So, balance is zero. Ok. But isn't my own vertcoin address supposed to be shown in between the ""?

Thanks!

you write this!:


vertcoind getaccountaddress ""

[Jiyome]

This is fun...

But how can I see my own vertcoin address?

With

vertcoind listaccounts I get this:

{
    "" : 0.00000000
}

So, balance is zero. Ok. But isn't my own vertcoin address supposed to be shown in between the ""?

Thanks!

Same for me, that's the question I was about to ask.
I guess it may then be normal if it happens for both of us...

[GreekBitcoin]

This is fun...

But how can I see my own vertcoin address?

With

vertcoind listaccounts I get this:

{
    "" : 0.00000000
}

So, balance is zero. Ok. But isn't my own vertcoin address supposed to be shown in between the ""?

Thanks!

Same for me, that's the question I was about to ask.
I guess it may then be normal if it happens for both of us...

see one post above yours!

[Sophokles]

Thanks for your feedback Greekcoin, and this whole thread. It was fun getting into VPS mining

But I am wondering about the hashrates I get on Digital Ocean.
One the 8-core machines I got anything between 1400 and 4600 hashespersec. There is a bit of fluctuation, but on the average, some droplets are by a factor of 2-3 faster than others.

Any explanation for this? Are the cores also virtual, so it depending on a bit of luck, what CPU performance you get?

Any a bit disappointing: only 4000 hashes/sec on a 20 core machine. Any idea why this might happen? Thanks.

[dzejmsdin]

This is fun...

But how can I see my own vertcoin address?

With

vertcoind listaccounts I get this:

{
    "" : 0.00000000
}

So, balance is zero. Ok. But isn't my own vertcoin address supposed to be shown in between the ""?

Thanks!

you write this!:


vertcoind getaccountaddress ""

so when im writing this im getting and address, but what next, it's still:

{
    "" : 0.00000000
}

[Sophokles]

This is fun...

But how can I see my own vertcoin address?

With

vertcoind listaccounts I get this:

{
    "" : 0.00000000
}

So, balance is zero. Ok. But isn't my own vertcoin address supposed to be shown in between the ""?

Thanks!

you write this!:


vertcoind getaccountaddress ""

so when im writing this im getting and address, but what next, it's still:

{
    "" : 0.00000000
}

Really? I get a valid Vertcoin address, when I type this.

[redsn0w]

Copy and paste this

vertcoind getaccountaddress ""

with ""

[GreekBitcoin]

just write this without changing anything:

vertcoind getaccountaddress ""                      

as is! Copy paste! And it will show your address.

[redsn0w]

Hi , this is my state of mining :

{
    "blocks" : 8729,
    "currentblocksize" : 1000,
    "currentblocktx" : 0,
    "difficulty" : 0.03820623,
    "errors" : "",
    "generate" : true,
    "genproclimit" : -1,
    "hashespersec" : 1633,
    "networkhashps" : 7901943,
    "pooledtx" : 0,
    "testnet" : false
}

they are good ?

[GreekBitcoin]

Hi , this is my state of mining :

{
    "blocks" : 8729,
    "currentblocksize" : 1000,
    "currentblocktx" : 0,
    "difficulty" : 0.03820623,
    "errors" : "",
    "generate" : true,
    "genproclimit" : -1,
    "hashespersec" : 1633,
    "networkhashps" : 7901943,
    "pooledtx" : 0,
    "testnet" : false
}

they are good ?

 "blocks" : 8729  those are the blocks. Since it has downloaded them and it isnt stuck at 0 or somewhere low it means you are connected
"genproclimit" : -1   means that you mine with all available cores
"hashespersec" : 1633 and this is your hashrate. Its quite typical i think. Although still much better than mine that was around 800


yep you are good

[Jiyome]

Now that a pool is ready to be started (https://vtc.pool.pm/), what am I supposed to do to mine there once its on?

[Sophokles]

Now that a pool is ready to be started (https://vtc.pool.pm/), what am I supposed to do to mine there once its on?

Run the miner software they are going to provide you with.

[GreekBitcoin]

Now that a pool is ready to be started (https://vtc.pool.pm/), what am I supposed to do to mine there once its on?

it say here what to do https://vtc.pool.pm/index.php?page=gettingstarted

probably i will make a guide for DO also. But i think that solo is still better..

[Jiyome]

Yeah actually that's what I would like to know, how to use Digital Ocean to mine through the pool.
It would be really nice of you to make a guide for that too!

[redsn0w]

Hi , this is my state of mining :

{
    "blocks" : 8729,
    "currentblocksize" : 1000,
    "currentblocktx" : 0,
    "difficulty" : 0.03820623,
    "errors" : "",
    "generate" : true,
    "genproclimit" : -1,
    "hashespersec" : 1633,
    "networkhashps" : 7901943,
    "pooledtx" : 0,
    "testnet" : false
}

they are good ?

 "blocks" : 8729  those are the blocks. Since it has downloaded them and it isnt stuck at 0 or somewhere low it means you are connected
"genproclimit" : -1   means that you mine with all available cores
"hashespersec" : 1633 and this is your hashrate. Its quite typical i think. Although still much better than mine that was around 800


yep you are good

Thank you.

[olliejjc16]

Hi how do you run multiple droplets and have them mining, bit of a newbie to this thanks!

[GreekBitcoin]

Hi how do you run multiple droplets and have them mining, bit of a newbie to this thanks!

You create more droplets and do the same...

Or you can make an image of your first droplet and make the others from the image of your first...but i always just make more droplets and follow the guide...

[kov]

Just trying to set this up as a test run, but I'm getting an error on the makefile.unix step...

Code:

g++: internal compiler error: Killied (program cc1plus)

Seems to be when compiling init.o and init.cpp files.

Any ideas?


Looks like it's most likely an issue with system ram on the instance I'm running.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=304389.0

[GreekBitcoin]

so i am not sure how efficient is CPU mining now and if it will in the near future.

Is there interest for pool mining guide?

[pwf]

Hi experts / mods .. newbie here.. would appreciate your help

I have just started mining for VTC a day ago ..

I used vertcoind getaccountaddress "" yesterday .. and I got an address.. I used this address to receive a payout.
In my console currently, when I am "watching" the blocks ... I can see the transferred VTC in my balance.

no problem so far...


now here is the weird part ...

I just tried vertcoind getaccountaddress "" now.. but I see a different wallet address being displayed.

I thought I would see my same ol wallet address.. but no! ..

Is this the expected behavior? What wallet address should I use to link to a diff pool now - the old one or the new one that I am seeing?


hope i clearly explained my problem...
thanks in advance for your help

[larem]

Does DigitalOcean not ban VPS's for doing this when you're revving up their CPUs?

[pwf]

in fact no ... i clearly mentioned while signing up at DigitalOcean what my purpose was .. apparently, they are okay with it.

I use Linode as I get a 8 core CPU on Linode as opposed to just a 2-core with DO... have got banned by Linode once for mining on their Test Drive  ... then i signed up with them eventually.

Both cost the same .. so for this purpose, I feel Linode is better

[larem]

in fact no ... i clearly mentioned while signing up at DigitalOcean what my purpose was .. apparently, they are okay with it.

I use Linode as I get a 8 core CPU on Linode as opposed to just a 2-core with DO... have got banned by Linode once for mining on their Test Drive  ... then i signed up with them eventually.

Both cost the same .. so for this purpose, I feel Linode is better

Interesting. The guide here was nice. I just always assumed it'd be a swift ban and you were pretty much racing the clocks, lol.

[pwf]

but why should one get banned? these are cloud compute providers and we are .. well ..  cloud computing right? ..

I guess it is a trade-off .. I'm hardly using storage space and network bandwidth .. but yeah, CPU wear n tear may happen

in fact, i did notice my cpu % go down from 450% to < 200% in about 2-3 weeks of mining ..

[hycon]

vertcoind getaccountaddress ""       

[hycon]

Well with those addnodes it connected ASAP!

[watpr]

Hi,

Help needed. I am a newbie here.

I have come across terms like "mining", "pool", etc...  I don't know what these are, and in what way they are benefit for us? 

Can someone explain or provide a link which has information about that...?

Thanks for your valuable time. 

[sandpaper]

Hi,

Help needed. I am a newbie here.

I have come across terms like "mining", "pool", etc...  I don't know what these are, and in what way they are benefit for us? 

Can someone explain or provide a link which has information about that...?

Thanks for your valuable time. 

This is probably off-topic for this thread, but I will see if I can explain a little bit in detail what these terms mean.

Mining is simply turning your electricity into cryptocurrencies (litecoin, bitcoin, hobonickels, dreamcoin, etc etc). This is done with computations being performed by your GPU / FPGA / CPU / ASIC device. Generally speaking it goes in this order of power. Lowest to highest. CPU / GPU / FPGA / ASIC.

Now the speed at which you mine different algorithms is based upon the hardware used. Now when your device "solves" the computation the fastest you will have "mined" a block. A block is how many of a specific cryptocurrency will be awarded to you for mining that block. Bitcoin is 25 per solved block as an example. Difficulty must also be taken into account, which I am not very good at explaining. The higher it goes, the harder it is to find a block and thus you would need more hashing power to find a block. This is where pools come in.

A pool is a group of miners (you, me, anyone mining) that direct their hashing power to generally speaking, a website. This site will then direct your hashing power to whatever coin it is mining and it would be as if you were mining with the total amount rather then simply your own. This increases your chance at finding a block. Now when a block is found the difference in a pool is that your total hashrate is your % of the block reward. So you have 1000 KH and the pool has 5000 KH and finds a block. You would get 20% of that reward being that you had 1000/5000 of the total hashing rate.

A Gigabyte R9 270x 2gb GPU will get around 485 KH/s running on scrypt. This same device will yield around 2.9x that rate on the algorithm x11. So different algorithms give different hash rates, but you must take into account electricity costs / hardware costs / fees from pools which I will go into in a moment / to be able to determine your profitability.
 
Hope this helps you out.

[watpr]

Hi,

Help needed. I am a newbie here.

I have come across terms like "mining", "pool", etc...  I don't know what these are, and in what way they are benefit for us? 

Can someone explain or provide a link which has information about that...?

Thanks for your valuable time. 

This is probably off-topic for this thread, but I will see if I can explain a little bit in detail what these terms mean.

Mining is simply turning your electricity into cryptocurrencies (litecoin, bitcoin, hobonickels, dreamcoin, etc etc). This is done with computations being performed by your GPU / FPGA / CPU / ASIC device. Generally speaking it goes in this order of power. Lowest to highest. CPU / GPU / FPGA / ASIC.

Now the speed at which you mine different algorithms is based upon the hardware used. Now when your device "solves" the computation the fastest you will have "mined" a block. A block is how many of a specific cryptocurrency will be awarded to you for mining that block. Bitcoin is 25 per solved block as an example. Difficulty must also be taken into account, which I am not very good at explaining. The higher it goes, the harder it is to find a block and thus you would need more hashing power to find a block. This is where pools come in.

A pool is a group of miners (you, me, anyone mining) that direct their hashing power to generally speaking, a website. This site will then direct your hashing power to whatever coin it is mining and it would be as if you were mining with the total amount rather then simply your own. This increases your chance at finding a block. Now when a block is found the difference in a pool is that your total hashrate is your % of the block reward. So you have 1000 KH and the pool has 5000 KH and finds a block. You would get 20% of that reward being that you had 1000/5000 of the total hashing rate.

A Gigabyte R9 270x 2gb GPU will get around 485 KH/s running on scrypt. This same device will yield around 2.9x that rate on the algorithm x11. So different algorithms give different hash rates, but you must take into account electricity costs / hardware costs / fees from pools which I will go into in a moment / to be able to determine your profitability.
 
Hope this helps you out.

Thanks for the info sandpaper... Gained some knowledge from you... Now i have to research about how to mine...!!! 

[sandpaper]

Yeah no problem. What are you trying to mine with? Maybe I can help you set it up all up. I know how confusing it all was when I first started