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[RB25]

Hello-

  I have been mining altcoins for a few months and I recently purchased an Antminer U2 to try mining SHA256 coins, most notably, trying to mine BTC. I have followed the Easy Set-up Guide here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=555638.0 and have downloaded the needed drivers/programs. The Antminer is being detected.

Now I am to the part where I am doing the conf file and the batch file to run CGMiner. I have the following for a conf file:

rpcuser=(myusername)   
rpcpassword=(mypassword)
rpcallowip=localhost
rpcport=8332
addnode=31.193.130.77
addnode=192.241.159.88
daemon=1
listen=1
server=1


And this for a command batch file:

cgminer  --anu-freq 220 -o localhost:8332 -u (myusername) -p (mypassword) --btc-address (mybtcaddress)


When I run the batch file, CGMiner comes up and says:

Started CGMiner 4.2.3
Probing for an alive pool
Waiting for work to be available from pools

The miner window goes blank after a minute and if i click the mouse in the window, it shuts down.

I have been searching for the last 2 hours for any other information about nodes, conf files, etc and this is where i have gotten. I know this is for solomining, but I am just trying it to make sure I can configure an ASIC correctly for solo mining. I expect no gains or blocks.

 I just want to know if I am configuring correctly and if there is a list of nodes I can add to the conf file.

Thank you

[smracer]

Has the blockchain finished downloading and syncing?

What do you get when you type this?

root@ubuntu:~# bitcoind getinfo

The "blocks" should be over 296XXX.

[RB25]

Has the blockchain finished downloading and syncing?

What do you get when you type this?

root@ubuntu:~# bitcoind getinfo

The "blocks" should be over 296XXX.

Under Information in the Debug Window, the current number of blocks is 296451. I am running Bitcoin Core 0.9.1

[-ck]

Hello-

  I have been mining altcoins for a few months and I recently purchased an Antminer U2 to try mining SHA256 coins, most notably, trying to mine BTC. I have followed the Easy Set-up Guide here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=555638.0 and have downloaded the needed drivers/programs. The Antminer is being detected.

Now I am to the part where I am doing the conf file and the batch file to run CGMiner. I have the following for a conf file:

rpcuser=(myusername)   
rpcpassword=(mypassword)
rpcallowip=localhost
rpcport=8332
addnode=31.193.130.77
addnode=192.241.159.88
daemon=1
listen=1
server=1


And this for a command batch file:

cgminer  --anu-freq 220 -o localhost:8332 -u (myusername) -p (mypassword) --btc-address (mybtcaddress)


When I run the batch file, CGMiner comes up and says:

Started CGMiner 4.2.3
Probing for an alive pool
Waiting for work to be available from pools

The miner window goes blank after a minute and if i click the mouse in the window, it shuts down.

I have been searching for the last 2 hours for any other information about nodes, conf files, etc and this is where i have gotten. I know this is for solomining, but I am just trying it to make sure I can configure an ASIC correctly for solo mining. I expect no gains or blocks.

 I just want to know if I am configuring correctly and if there is a list of nodes I can add to the conf file.

Thank you

You need to tell cgminer to not try using stratum so specify localhost:8332 as http://localhost:8332

[RB25]

You need to tell cgminer to not try using stratum so specify localhost:8332 as http://localhost:8332

That worked, thank you.

Solomining to valid address: (my address)
Network diff set to 6.98G
Block height change to 296522 detected on pool 0

Best share: 146 (here's hoping)

[frankenmint]

You need to tell cgminer to not try using stratum so specify localhost:8332 as http://localhost:8332

That worked, thank you.

Solomining to valid address: (my address)
Network diff set to 6.98G
Block height change to 296522 detected on pool 0

Best share: 146 (here's hoping)

Solo BTC...your best share must be 6.98G and you're currently at 146??? Good Luck!

[RB25]

You need to tell cgminer to not try using stratum so specify localhost:8332 as http://localhost:8332

That worked, thank you.

Solomining to valid address: (my address)
Network diff set to 6.98G
Block height change to 296522 detected on pool 0

Best share: 146 (here's hoping)

Solo BTC...your best share must be 6.98G and you're currently at 146??? Good Luck!

Oh, I stopped the solo mining. Just wanted to make sure everything worked. I moved on to pool mining another SHA256 coin.

But, technically, one COULD find a block solo mining with an insane amount of luck.