bitcoin.conf

[NBWilley]

Can someone tell me what this is and how to set up?
I created one .conf file when I tried to join p2pool, but have switched back to mining with the BTC Guild.

This is what is looks like now

server=1
rpcuser=xxxxxxxxx
rpcpassword=I71pMDMcB6hfHwNyvn1KJKaWeLMDvJn7ibvBuXMRPcS8IVee9SwwIuHF1N37ZTCuRZQTICp6McncJoiW2TxNrsz9A7oAGlcbs5vr

fyi...x's replaced username & password is not real

Can/should I still use this or do I have or edit or even delete?

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[NBWilley]

PLEASE somebody help me understand....

I find pages a lot that tell you about the .conf, but I just don't get it. I know my way around the computer, but not the programming side.

In the example.conf file in bfgminer 3.10.0 win64 this is what shown

{"pools" : [   {      "url" : "http://url1:8332",      "user" : "user1",      "pass" : "pass1"   },   {      "url" : "http://url2:8344",      "pool-proxy" : "socks5://127.0.0.1:1080",      "user" : "user2",   "pass" : "pass2"   },   {      "url" : "http://url3:8332",      "user" : "user3",      "pass" : "pass3"   }],"intensity" : "d,9,9,9","gpu-engine" : "0-985,0-950,0-960,0-1000","gpu-fan" : "0-85,0-85,0-85,0-85","gpu-memclock" : "860,825,835,875","gpu-powertune" : "20,20,20,20","temp-cutoff" : "95,95,95,95","temp-overheat" : "85,85,85,85","temp-target" : "75,75,75,75","auto-fan" : true,"auto-gpu" : true,"expiry" : 120,"failover-only" : true,"gpu-threads" : 2,"log" : 5,"queue" : 1,"scan-time" : 60,"temp-hysteresis" : 3,"scan-serial" : [   "/dev/ttyUSB0",   "/dev/ttyUSB1",   "/dev/ttyUSB2","/dev/ttyUSB3"],"kernel-path" : "/usr/local/bin"}

I have no idea what this means. Do I need this file? What goes in it? 

[BookLover]

What miner are you using?  What hardware are you mining with?

[NBWilley]

right now im using bfgniner on an ASUS computer with NVIDIA GTX 660
gpu mining to start, but considering a BFL 50GH/s miner

[hurricandave]

bfgminer will start if you open the bfgminer.exe file. It will walk you thru entering the pool url, your user name, your password. you can then use the letters it displays to manage your gpu. look thru the different options you will find one that has write config file. Hit that and rename if you want. Its not necessary but can make starting the miner quicker and you won't have to re-enter everything each time you start. You will need to tell your machine what to open the config file with if you want to view or change what's in it, Notepad is the easiest and is most likely already in your OS.

[NBWilley]

well that sorta makes sense, but I already now how to start mining in the pool i'm in.

is this the same .conf file located at AppData\Roaming\Bitcoin?

what does the .conf file need to include?

looks like this now

server=1
rpcuser=the user name for my BTC Guild miner_1
rpcpassword=the password I have for BTC Guild

Hit that and rename if you want

say what?

can make starting the miner quicker and you won't have to re-enter everything each time you start

how? do I do that once the .conf is made?

[bitpop]

No just leave it alone. Don't even start bitcoind. Use qt only when needed.