[XMR] Monero Mining

[serje]

is Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2630 v2@2.60GHz good for mining monero?

Cores:6
Logical Processors:12
L1:348KB
L2:1.5MB
L3:15.0MB

You will need to experiment with number of threads to maximize your hash rate. Probably 7-8, but do let us know.

With 7 threads

Code:

hashrate: 52.2105
hashrate: 57.1053
hashrate: 59.2105
hashrate: 59.2105
hashrate: 55.5789
hashrate: 43.7368
hashrate: 44.0000
hashrate: 55.7895
hashrate: 67.4211
hashrate: 78.8421
hashrate: 73.1053
hashrate: 71.0526
hashrate: 71.0526
hashrate: 71.0526
hashrate: 69.1053
hashrate: 69.6316
hashrate: 69.6316
hashrate: 69.6316
hashrate: 69.6316
hashrate: 69.6316
hashrate: 67.4211
hashrate: 70.4737

with 8 threads

Code:

hashrate: 34.5789
hashrate: 36.1053
hashrate: 38.4737
hashrate: 38.4737
hashrate: 38.4737
hashrate: 38.4737
hashrate: 38.4737
hashrate: 37.8947
hashrate: 27.2632
hashrate: 25.1579
hashrate: 31.3158
hashrate: 42.4211
hashrate: 45.5263
hashrate: 44.8421
hashrate: 36.9474
hashrate: 36.9474
hashrate: 36.9474
hashrate: 36.9474

is this speed good?


I will let it run for a few more hours while I go and eat .... maybe it will find something .... and if i don't maybe I will just go to a pool .... i saw that p2pools are not yet ready .... or they weren't at launch .... if someone knows a p2pool for monero let me know

[serje]

What can i do to keep my hashrate like this
I like it when it was above 150
it is with 7 threads .....

Code:

hashrate: 176.2105
hashrate: 169.3158
hashrate: 164.0000
hashrate: 157.1579
hashrate: 150.6316
hashrate: 144.4737
hashrate: 138.1579
hashrate: 131.6316
hashrate: 124.9474
hashrate: 118.1053
hashrate: 111.3158
hashrate: 104.3684
hashrate: 97.7368
hashrate: 93.6842
hashrate: 93.6842
hashrate: 93.6842
hashrate: 93.6316

also whtf is this?

Code:

2014-Aug-29 23:26:51.106244 [P2P0][sock 1464] Some problems at write: An existin
g connection was forcibly closed by the remote host:10054

[smooth]

There is no p2pool yet. You can definitely continue to solo mine, as I indicated, but don't expect quick or consistent results. Think of it as a raffle.

Play around some more with the number of threads, maybe smaller?

Also, if you are on linux, make sure you have huge pages allocated.

Your hash rate seems low to me. Do you have something else running on the same box?

[serje]

There is no p2pool yet. You can definitely continue to solo mine, as I indicated, but don't expect quick or consistent results. Think of it as a raffle.

Play around some more with the number of threads, maybe smaller?

Also, if you are on linux, make sure you have huge pages allocated.

Your hash rate seems low to me. Do you have something else running on the same box?

now it's again at 181.1579 and going up .... 200.4737 even to 210.1053 but it only uses my cpu for a few seconds at 65% .... last night it was all the time at 65%

the only thing running is win server 2012 r2 and bitmonerod and simplewallet

Code:

Memory

	16.0 GB DDR3

	Speed:	1600 MHz
	Slots used:	2 of 24
	Form factor:	DIMM
	Hardware reserved:	45.5 MB

	Available	10.0 GB
	Cached	8.0 GB
	Committed	6.5/18.3 GB
	Paged pool	338 MB
	Non-paged pool	187 MB
	In use	5.9 GB

Code:

CPU

	Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2630 v2 @ 2.60GHz

	Maximum speed:	2.60 GHz
	Sockets:	1
	Cores:	6
	Logical processors:	12
	Virtualization:	Enabled
	L1 cache:	384 KB
	L2 cache:	1.5 MB
	L3 cache:	15.0 MB

	Utilization	4%
	Speed	1.17 GHz
	Up time	3:03:32:00
	Processes	71
	Threads	1198
	Handles	36155

By the way for pool mining do I need the whole blockchain like in solo?


P.S. after I got the green message that it synchronized ok now the hashrate is stable at 223.7895

[smooth]

By the way for pool mining do I need the whole blockchain like in solo?

No for pool mining you don't need the blockchain. But you aren't helping the network (as much).

P.S. after I got the green message that it synchronized ok now the hashrate is stable at 223.7895

That sounds like a fairly reasonable number for the CPU. A bit slower than the current ones but it is an older model.

[serje]

No for pool mining you don't need the blockchain. But you aren't helping the network (as much).

It's a pain in the ass to set up the blockchain

[smooth]

No for pool mining you don't need the blockchain. But you aren't helping the network (as much).

It's a pain in the ass to set up the blockchain

Nah, all you have to do is wait.

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[serje]

And what is this thing written with blue???

Code:

2014-Aug-30 01:31:53.751790 [P2P1]----- BLOCK ADDED AS ALTERNATIVE ON HEIGHT 195
148
id:     <4e3ac863c1ebfe9426122468473d125a58a8c70842561cc7593a8febbb717242>
PoW:    <82196c6b4ba18778aaecd372e66c36f9e27f23660c3159e4569ee8e300000000>
difficulty:     1514769634

because on my wallet balance is still 0 after I use refresh command

[5w00p]

serje: PM me and I can probably help you get more hashrate out of that Xeon.

And you gotta love that server mobo you have with 24 DIMM slots. 

Oh and about digitalocean: $5 a month level nets ~15 hash/sec.  Pretty weak, imho.

[smooth]

And what is this thing written with blue???

Code:

2014-Aug-30 01:31:53.751790 [P2P1]----- BLOCK ADDED AS ALTERNATIVE ON HEIGHT 195
148
id:     <4e3ac863c1ebfe9426122468473d125a58a8c70842561cc7593a8febbb717242>
PoW:    <82196c6b4ba18778aaecd372e66c36f9e27f23660c3159e4569ee8e300000000>
difficulty:     1514769634

because on my wallet balance is still 0 after I use refresh command

That doesn't mean you got a block, just that someone on the network did and it was a likely orphan (found slightly behind another block at the same height). It happens a fair amount on a coin with one minute blocks.

If you find a block it will say "Block found" (but don't hold your breath -- it is a long shot).

[serje]

And what is this thing written with blue???

Code:

2014-Aug-30 01:31:53.751790 [P2P1]----- BLOCK ADDED AS ALTERNATIVE ON HEIGHT 195
148
id:     <4e3ac863c1ebfe9426122468473d125a58a8c70842561cc7593a8febbb717242>
PoW:    <82196c6b4ba18778aaecd372e66c36f9e27f23660c3159e4569ee8e300000000>
difficulty:     1514769634

because on my wallet balance is still 0 after I use refresh command

That doesn't mean you got a block, just that someone on the network did and it was a likely orphan (found slightly behind another block at the same height). It happens a fair amount on a coin with one minute blocks.

If you find a block it will say "Block found" (but don't hold your breath -- it is a long shot).

Thanks .... maybe one day I will find one

[Eastwind]

What can i do to keep my hashrate like this
I like it when it was above 150
it is with 7 threads .....

Code:

hashrate: 176.2105
hashrate: 169.3158
hashrate: 164.0000
hashrate: 157.1579
hashrate: 150.6316
hashrate: 144.4737
hashrate: 138.1579
hashrate: 131.6316
hashrate: 124.9474
hashrate: 118.1053
hashrate: 111.3158
hashrate: 104.3684
hashrate: 97.7368
hashrate: 93.6842
hashrate: 93.6842
hashrate: 93.6842
hashrate: 93.6316

Is the displayed value for ALL 7 threads or 1 thread?

[serje]

What can i do to keep my hashrate like this
I like it when it was above 150
it is with 7 threads .....

Code:

hashrate: 176.2105
hashrate: 169.3158
hashrate: 164.0000
hashrate: 157.1579
hashrate: 150.6316
hashrate: 144.4737
hashrate: 138.1579
hashrate: 131.6316
hashrate: 124.9474
hashrate: 118.1053
hashrate: 111.3158
hashrate: 104.3684
hashrate: 97.7368
hashrate: 93.6842
hashrate: 93.6842
hashrate: 93.6842
hashrate: 93.6316

Is the displayed value for ALL 7 threads or 1 thread?

I have no ideea .... but it went up to

Code:

 hashrate: 240.4737
hashrate: 239.9474
hashrate: 239.8421

so i think it's for all 7 threads

[Jungian]

I registered for the "750 hours per month of Windows t2.micro instance usage" to try some XMR mining on there for free.

It started off well with me getting about 50H/s as expcted, but less than an hour in, it had sunk to about 2H/s. Is this an intentional cap from amazon do somehow discourage this kind of use?

Anyone knows? Thank you

[serje]

Do the old miners know I'm new???
Why I always end up with this kind of messages

Code:

transaction fee is not enough: 0.005941300000, minumim fee: 0.100000000000

Please don't send me anymore transactions that are not having the minimum fee of 0.1 XMR


P.S. Still no block found and we are close to the 24h run!!!

[nioc]

24 hrs?
What is your HR, ~200 h/s? 
What is the network HR?  Currently ~ 24,000,000 h/s
How many blocks mined in 24 hrs?  60x24=1440
24,000,000/200/1440=~83
So at the current difficulty you will find a block on average every 83 days.  With variance that could be 8 days or a year.
And if the network HR goes up.................

[serje]

24 hrs?
What is your HR, ~200 h/s? 
What is the network HR?  Currently ~ 24,000,000 h/s
How many blocks mined in 24 hrs?  60x24=1440
24,000,000/200/1440=~83
So at the current difficulty you will find a block on average every 83 days.  With variance that could be 8 days or a year.
And if the network HR goes up.................

I am stable here ... at this speed

Code:

hashrate: 243.2105
hashrate: 243.1053
hashrate: 242.9474
hashrate: 242.7368

So should I go mine in a pool? as people told me it would help more the network if I solo mine .... but they never said it will take me 83 days to find a block ... I was thinking I will find 1 very 2 days .... or something like that ... but not every 83 days

[smooth]

24 hrs?
What is your HR, ~200 h/s? 
What is the network HR?  Currently ~ 24,000,000 h/s
How many blocks mined in 24 hrs?  60x24=1440
24,000,000/200/1440=~83
So at the current difficulty you will find a block on average every 83 days.  With variance that could be 8 days or a year.
And if the network HR goes up.................

I am stable here ... at this speed

Code:

hashrate: 243.2105
hashrate: 243.1053
hashrate: 242.9474
hashrate: 242.7368

So should I go mine in a pool? as people told me it would help more the network if I solo mine .... but they never said it will take me 83 days to find a block ... I was thinking I will find 1 very 2 days .... or something like that ... but not every 83 days

I'm sorry if you felt misled, that was not my intent. I told you it was like a raffle, but actual numbers are more clear.

If you go with a pool you will get about 0.176 XMR/day less losses from pool fees and inefficiency.

You know the numbers you have to decide what you want to do.

[nioc]

Slow pony edit.  I wrote this and then saw that smooth replied but I will post this anyway as it may have details that have some meaning for you.  My final answer was not edited
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Your expectation for how many coins you could mine seems to have come from

If the parameters stay the same in the long run you will mine the same # of coins.  The long run is however very long in your case.  That is why people join pools, to decrease variance.  Also the likelihood of the HR increasing in the future along with the reward slowly decreasing is another reason people choose to decrease their variance.

Many take it to the other extreme and look for the pool with the largest HR.  This is also not good for the network as you don't want the network HR concentrated.  It is also not necessary in regards to variance IMO.  I mine on a small pool and it can take 2 days or an hour to find a block.  In a couple of weeks it averages out which is fine for me.

So if my arithmetic was correct and you will find a block in 83 days on average and the block reward is ~ 14.6 then 14.6/83=0.176 XMR/day