Hi,
I'm just starting out with Bitcoin mining. I have been doing a lot of reading and watching YouTube up to this point. I have a few questions I hope the community can answer.
I started out with a USB eruptor. It's an Ice Fury. It's advertised at 2 Gh/s, and could be overclocked at 2.6 Gh/s. I understand these probably won't be as profitable as something like the units from Butterfly Labs or similar. But I'm starting out small so I can learn the basics. If I like it, then I may invest in better hardware. I got everything up and running. But as I watch the screen for BFGMiner, I'm concerned by what I see.
First, I've tried searching here and Google. But I'm not quite sure how to interpret what I see. As I look at the speed, I see the line that says: 1.73 / 1.59 / 0.95 Gh/s. So which one is my actual hash rate? Second, it looks like my error rate is out of control. It has actually dropped to 12% since I took the screenshot below. But that still sounds out of control.
So how do I determine my actual hash rate? What part of the status window should I be watching? And how can I lower my error rate? I have a fan blowing on the USB stick. When I measure the temp with an infrared thermometer, it reads 77 F on the heat sink, and 85 F on the other side. So it is not overheating at all.
http://i665.photobucket.com/albums/vv14/TI-6143/coin/BFGMinerHash10.jpg