[ANN][BURST] Burst | Efficient HDD Mining | New 1.2.3 Fork block 92000

[katlogic]

isn't 4kb sector size standard these days?

perhaps... All my HDDs have sector size = 512  
maybe i'm very old...  

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_disk_drive
"... the number of bytes per sector (most commonly 512)..."

ok, my post edited. Thank you, Grim!
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/140365

Code:

User Capacity:    1,000,204,886,016 bytes [1.00 TB]
Sector Size:      512 bytes logical/4096 physical

Use smartctl -i /dev/sda (via smartmoontools). Most drives with perpendicular write (built in 2010 and later) have 4096 physical. Note that all PC operating systems always use 4096 (system page) reads/writes, but if partition is misaligned, single page write results read-write-write operation and hdd has to wait for one plate revolution (this is done by controller, not OS).

This is not that interesting with burst mining where reads are bunched in staggers, but alignment mismatch slows down general filesystem usage (small writes especially).

Windows Vista and higher automatically aligns partitions to 4k, regardless of physical sector size.

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[coinits]

[miner]

new version Burst-miner v1.150509
https://github.com/Blagodarenko/miner-burst/releases/download/1.150509/miner-burst-1.150509.zip

- solved memory usage issue
- parameter "UseCleanMem" did not used
- key "q" - quit/exit
- key "m" - memory cleaner
- new lib pdcurses.dll

limits:
Nonces, stagger and CacheSize must be a multiple of HDD's sector size / 64 ( 4096 by default / 64 = 64 ).
Miner's window not resizing and not scrolling.



https://github.com/Blagodarenko/miner-burst

Could some please provide a working sample of their conf file with this. Thank you.

[Blago]

Could some please provide a working sample of their conf file with this. Thank you.

my config:

Code:

{
   "Mode" : "pool",
   "Server" : "195.209.126.166",
   "Port": 8080,
   "UpdaterAddr" : "195.209.126.166",
   "UpdaterPort": 8080,
   "InfoAddr" : "195.209.126.166",
   "InfoPort": 8080,
   "EnableProxy": false,
   "ProxyPort": 8126,
   "Paths":["C:\\plots","D:\\plots","E:\\plots","F:\\plots","F:\\plots2","G:\\plots","H:\\plots","H:\\plots2","I:\\plots","J:\\plots","K:\\plots","L:\\plots","M:\\plots"],
   "CacheSize" : 102400,
   "ShowMsg" : false,
   "ShowUpdates" : false,
   "UseSorting" : true,
   "Debug": true,
   "SendBestOnly": true,
   "UseFastRcv" : false, 
   "SendInterval": 200,
   "UpdateInterval": 1000,
   "UseLog" : true, 
   "ShowWinner" : true, 
   "UseBoost" : false
} 

"CacheSize" : 102400  - how many nonces reads and process per once

smartctl info:

Code:

Sector Sizes:     512 bytes logical, 4096 bytes physical

[coinits]

Could some please provide a working sample of their conf file with this. Thank you.

my config:

Code:

{
   "Mode" : "pool",
   "Server" : "195.209.126.166",
   "Port": 8080,
   "UpdaterAddr" : "195.209.126.166",
   "UpdaterPort": 8080,
   "InfoAddr" : "195.209.126.166",
   "InfoPort": 8080,
   "EnableProxy": false,
   "ProxyPort": 8126,
   "Paths":["C:\\plots","D:\\plots","E:\\plots","F:\\plots","F:\\plots2","G:\\plots","H:\\plots","H:\\plots2","I:\\plots","J:\\plots","K:\\plots","L:\\plots","M:\\plots"],
   "CacheSize" : 102400,
   "ShowMsg" : false,
   "ShowUpdates" : false,
   "UseSorting" : true,
   "Debug": true,
   "SendBestOnly": true,
   "UseFastRcv" : false, 
   "SendInterval": 200,
   "UpdateInterval": 1000,
   "UseLog" : true, 
   "ShowWinner" : true, 
   "UseBoost" : false
} 

"CacheSize" : 102400  - how many nonces reads and process per once

smartctl info:

Code:

Sector Sizes:     512 bytes logical, 4096 bytes physical

cпacибo

tip sent to BURST-B2LU-SGCZ-NYVS-HZEPK

[okae]

[miner]

new version Burst-miner v1.150509
https://github.com/Blagodarenko/miner-burst/releases/download/1.150509/miner-burst-1.150509.zip

- solved memory usage issue
- parameter "UseCleanMem" did not used
- key "q" - quit/exit
- key "m" - memory cleaner
- new lib pdcurses.dll

limits:
Nonces, stagger and CacheSize must be a multiple of HDD's sector size / 64 ( 4096 by default / 64 = 64 ).
Miner's window not resizing and not scrolling.



https://github.com/Blagodarenko/miner-burst

ty for your hard work blago, i really apreciate it, your new miner works like a charm, like always

[mmmaybe]

I do not read all thing about what happen since my english is limited but i am not sure now i want to buy more asset/share in ByteEnt.

*Effective Immediately, all ByteEnt and ByteBank asset payouts are paused while we figure out this issue.

No need to worry, I put things on pause for a minute while I figured it all out. It has been figured out and things will go back to normal.


If this had been something that affected things more long term, I would have made other adjustments. No matter what there is no reason to avoid Byte Enterprises' assets. It is all about the people behind them, and I would never rip anyone off.

Thank you.

Might add that irontiga got one million BURST richer due to some idiot who gambled with him at 6am, after two hours of sleep the last 48h, while the idiot had nothing to win and only could lose. The coins have been transfered to a happy tiga, while the idiot just feel sick.

 

[bensam1231]

[miner]

new version Burst-miner v1.150509
https://github.com/Blagodarenko/miner-burst/releases/download/1.150509/miner-burst-1.150509.zip

- solved memory usage issue
- parameter "UseCleanMem" did not used
- key "q" - quit/exit
- key "m" - memory cleaner
- new lib pdcurses.dll

limits:
Nonces, stagger and CacheSize must be a multiple of HDD's sector size / 64 ( 4096 by default / 64 = 64 ).
Miner's window not resizing and not scrolling.

https://github.com/Blagodarenko/miner-burst

The new version doesn't use 100% of my processor and as such mines about 20% slower then the last one.

[brizio71]

[miner]

new version Burst-miner v1.150509
https://github.com/Blagodarenko/miner-burst/releases/download/1.150509/miner-burst-1.150509.zip

- solved memory usage issue
- parameter "UseCleanMem" did not used
- key "q" - quit/exit
- key "m" - memory cleaner
- new lib pdcurses.dll

limits:
Nonces, stagger and CacheSize must be a multiple of HDD's sector size / 64 ( 4096 by default / 64 = 64 ).
Miner's window not resizing and not scrolling.



https://github.com/Blagodarenko/miner-burst

I have a lot of message:

stagger (1500000) must be multiple of 64

and the total read on yellow window is 92% instead 100% like the previous version, this means that skip the 8% of file with stagger error ?

thanks

[GenTarkin]

[miner]

new version Burst-miner v1.150509
https://github.com/Blagodarenko/miner-burst/releases/download/1.150509/miner-burst-1.150509.zip

- solved memory usage issue
- parameter "UseCleanMem" did not used
- key "q" - quit/exit
- key "m" - memory cleaner
- new lib pdcurses.dll

limits:
Nonces, stagger and CacheSize must be a multiple of HDD's sector size / 64 ( 4096 by default / 64 = 64 ).
Miner's window not resizing and not scrolling.



https://github.com/Blagodarenko/miner-burst

So all my plots not structure correctly I have to replot is what ur telling me?!?! =(
Any way to get it to ignore this and use those plots anyways?!

[Merick]

I keep pushing the "New Posts" button on the Burst forum, yet nothing shows up.

It's a shame these miner discussions and software update notifications were not organized in their own thread. It would be so much easier to keep track of this information and miner specific conversations.

I don't understand why the forum is not used for software updates, asset notifications, even wallet updates.

I know Blago has a Russian thread for his miner on the forum but that was last updated in February.

Am I the only one annoyed with the size of this thread?  There is a lot of information in here, but it's like having a giant stack of papers sitting on my desk and a crappy search tool.  There used to be this nifty little horse race betting game, but the thread swallowed it and it is now gone

*edit, ok, the built in search tool found it http://bitcoin-derby.com:8999/

Anyways, sorry for the rant,  Keep up the good work Blago, steady progress and software updates are good for everyone.

 

[Irontiga]

Only way i see to make passphrases harder to brute force is to use some sort of hash on the passphrase, one which takes a lot of cpu power to hash, and where a hash can only ever have one password which led to it. The signing and all that of tx.'s would be done with the hash, but the password to remember is pre hash. Dunno if i make sense but..

Passphrase = "1 happy Tiga"
Hash of passphrase(only "1 happy Tiga" can lead to it) is = "asdas23ed2cYGU8gH&*BUJBOINB*(&" (not really, just an example)
Now in order to reach that hash, it needs to be complex, and require a lot of cpu.

When you login to ur wallet, yes, it might take 2 seconds to just get the hash from the passphrase, but that is worth the wait to make it hundreds of times harder to brute force. In this way even a 7 digit phrase could be secure(as long as it has got letters/numbers/symbols).

tx.'s are signed with the hash.

Sorry if this is silly and makes no sense, it makes sense to me (also, I dunno about 7 digits being secure, just making a point i guess)


Yeah...my passphrase leak was all my fault....big thanks to craig, will defo do something to say thanks. Give him some of my burst (it's weird, when he already had it all lol)

[Blago]

I have a lot of message:

stagger (1500000) must be multiple of 64
and the total read on yellow window is 92% instead 100% like the previous version, this means that skip the 8% of file with stagger error ?

thanks

1500000 not multiple to your sector size (4k)
1500000 / 64 = 23437,5

i'll change the miner for reads 23437*64 = 1499968 nonces, but its will 99% of read

So all my plots not structure correctly I have to replot is what ur telling me?!?! =(
Any way to get it to ignore this and use those plots anyways?!

PM your plot's names and sector size (or screenshot)

[bobafett]

hi Blago,
can you just code a auto adjust for the cache size?
Its to hard in my opinion that everybody has to do it manually....

[mczarnek]

Only way i see to make passphrases harder to brute force is to use some sort of hash on the passphrase, one which takes a lot of cpu power to hash, and where a hash can only ever have one password which led to it. The signing and all that of tx.'s would be done with the hash, but the password to remember is pre hash. Dunno if i make sense but..

Passphrase = "1 happy Tiga"
Hash of passphrase(only "1 happy Tiga" can lead to it) is = "asdas23ed2cYGU8gH&*BUJBOINB*(&" (not really, just an example)
Now in order to reach that hash, it needs to be complex, and require a lot of cpu.

When you login to ur wallet, yes, it might take 2 seconds to just get the hash from the passphrase, but that is worth the wait to make it hundreds of times harder to brute force. In this way even a 7 digit phrase could be secure(as long as it has got letters/numbers/symbols).

tx.'s are signed with the hash.

Sorry if this is silly and makes no sense, it makes sense to me (also, I dunno about 7 digits being secure, just making a point i guess)


Yeah...my passphrase leak was all my fault....big thanks to craig, will defo do something to say thanks. Give him some of my burst (it's weird, when he already had it all lol)

That's an interesting way to make brute forcing hard to do.. though it also reduces the number of transactions the network can process and that kind of thing.

[Irontiga]

Only way i see to make passphrases harder to brute force is to use some sort of hash on the passphrase, one which takes a lot of cpu power to hash, and where a hash can only ever have one password which led to it. The signing and all that of tx.'s would be done with the hash, but the password to remember is pre hash. Dunno if i make sense but..

Passphrase = "1 happy Tiga"
Hash of passphrase(only "1 happy Tiga" can lead to it) is = "asdas23ed2cYGU8gH&*BUJBOINB*(&" (not really, just an example)
Now in order to reach that hash, it needs to be complex, and require a lot of cpu.

When you login to ur wallet, yes, it might take 2 seconds to just get the hash from the passphrase, but that is worth the wait to make it hundreds of times harder to brute force. In this way even a 7 digit phrase could be secure(as long as it has got letters/numbers/symbols).

tx.'s are signed with the hash.

Sorry if this is silly and makes no sense, it makes sense to me (also, I dunno about 7 digits being secure, just making a point i guess)


Yeah...my passphrase leak was all my fault....big thanks to craig, will defo do something to say thanks. Give him some of my burst (it's weird, when he already had it all lol)

That's an interesting way to make brute forcing hard to do.. though it also reduces the number of transactions the network can process and that kind of thing.

It has zero effect on network. It just changes the way which the wallet handles your password, instead of using it as is, it hashes it and uses the hash as ur passphrase

[Razerglass]

is dcct's plot optimizer still the best, been out of the loop for a while

[Irontiga]

is dcct's plot optimizer still the best, been out of the loop for a while

Yip

Hop back into the loop

[Pinecone]

Hi Blago,

Same problem here with new miner. I am getting red "stagger (500000) must be a multiple of 64" and "stagger (3400000) must be a multiple of 64" and "stagger (31250) must be a multiple of 8" messages. 

Miner stops at 98%


Also the miner screen no longer is scrollable.  I cannot scroll up to see my previous deadlines or mining.

Thanks for your work

[GenTarkin]

I have a lot of message:

stagger (1500000) must be multiple of 64
and the total read on yellow window is 92% instead 100% like the previous version, this means that skip the 8% of file with stagger error ?

thanks

1500000 not multiple to your sector size (4k)
1500000 / 64 = 23437,5

i'll change the miner for reads 23437*64 = 1499968 nonces, but its will 99% of read

So all my plots not structure correctly I have to replot is what ur telling me?!?! =(
Any way to get it to ignore this and use those plots anyways?!

PM your plot's names and sector size (or screenshot)

My sector size is a mix and also some plots are being pulled over the network.
My plots are stagger of 20000 and one of 12500 and the rest are a mix of one hugeass optimized one and the rest are 8192

[Trollero]

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