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

[alexrossi]

i have i5 cpu,16gb ram and free 2TB HDD now ı'm using this conf. is it true?Why ask u because ı started to mine 24 hours ago and ı find nothing what can ı do?
C:\Windows\System32\java.exe -Xmx4000m -cp pocminer.jar;lib/*;lib/akka/*;lib/jetty/* pocminer.POCMiner generate "ID" 1 8191 400000 12
Anybody help me what's wrong

Do you have already generated the plot file?

[Irontiga]

i have i5 cpu,16gb ram and free 2TB HDD now ı'm using this conf. is it true?Why ask u because ı started to mine 24 hours ago and ı find nothing what can ı do?
C:\Windows\System32\java.exe -Xmx4000m -cp pocminer.jar;lib/*;lib/akka/*;lib/jetty/* pocminer.POCMiner generate "ID" 1 8191 400000 12
Anybody help me what's wrong

Yes, swap over the 40000 and the 8191, they are in the wrong order, also, i suggest you increase your xm value to like 12000

[alphateam]

This is normal that deadline fluctuate a lot and not really regular in size?

yeah, it's like mining in solo

Ok so i don't have to worry if i have sometimes 4numbers and sometimes 8

Do you solve your memory problem?

no lol, but it's releated to the paging file of the kernel memory, check your and tell me

anyway i'm installing linux fuck that shit lol

D'ont know if that helps, but that's what i have for mining 9tb, i'm not ploting on the same computer

[callmejack]

Is there any way to generate plot files locally using an EC2 instance?

For example, I have a local 4TB storage but I want to plot in the cloud via streaming the files. Does something like this exist? I DON'T want to store the files in EBS since that will cost me a ton. Or is downloading from EBS and then wiping the only way? Does S3 charge for the whole month on the spot or is it hourly/daily/averaged?

you can connect the ec2 instance to your local network using generic network approaches.
not sure how much traffic costs but if you have a 100mbit internet connection expect to get 10mb/s to fill up your 4 tb drive. it would take about 5 days to transfer.

[SpeedDemon13]

Can't get it work and What is reco <threads> for R9 Series Card ?

Hi everyone,

After many hours of setup I finally made it. I have a 1Tb generation in progress and 3x100Gb already finished.
I would like to test the V2 pool but I haven't any BURST for now. Could someone send me 1 BURST to test it please ? Here is my address : BURST-YA29-QCEW-QXC3-BKXDL.

Regarding the plot generation, I found an OpenCL implementation of Shabal (https://github.com/aznboy84/X15GPU/blob/master/kernel/shabal.cl) that could be used to make a GPU version of the generator. I will try to work on it when I have some free time.

Regards

Hi everyone,

As promised I have been working on a GPU plot generator on the last few days. I made a little program built on top of OpenCL, and it seems to work pretty well in CPU mode. Unfortunately, I can't test the GPU mode as it requires a very powerfull graphic card (with at least 46kB private memory per compute unit, because the algorithm needs at least 4096*64 static bytes to store an entire plot).

Here is a preview you can test for now :
gpuPlotGenerator-src-1.0.0.7z : https://mega.co.nz/#!bcF2yKKL!3Ud86GaibgvwBehoxkbO4UNdiBgsaixRx7ksHrgNbDI
gpuPlotGenerator-bin-win-x86-1.0.0.7z : https://mega.co.nz/#!HJsziTCK!UmAMoEHQ3z34R4RsXoIkYo9rYd4LnFtO_pw-R4KObJs

I will build another release in the end of the day with some minor improvements (threads per compute unit selection, output of OpenCL error codes, improvement of the Makefile to generate the distribution directly).
I will also try to figure out another mean to dispatch the work between the GPU threads to reduce the amount of private memory needed by the program.

For the windows people, you can use the binary version directly.
For the linux people, just download the source archive, make sure to modify the OpenCL library and lib path in the makefile (and maybe the executable name), and build the project via "make". To run the program, you need the "kernel" and the "plots" directories beside the executable.

The executable usage is : ./gpuPlotGenerator <address> <start nonce> <nonces> <stagger size>
The parameters are the same as the original plot generator, without the threads number.

If you find bugs or if you want some new features, let me now.

If you want to support me, here are my Bitcoin and Burst addresses :
Bitcoin: 138gMBhCrNkbaiTCmUhP9HLU9xwn5QKZgD
Burst: BURST-YA29-QCEW-QXC3-BKXDL

Regards

Unfortunately, I can't test the GPU mode as it requires a very powerfull graphic card (with at least 46kB private memory per compute unit, because the algorithm needs at least 4096*64 static bytes to store an entire plot).

It's nice to see someone else working on this, since I seem to have failed in it.

Private memory is actually part of global on AMD cards, so storing it in private isn't any better than just using global for everything; it's local that needs to aimed for for the massive speedup. No AMD cards have more than 64KB local per workgroup, which makes storing it all in local impossible however.

I haven't tried your implementation yet, but on my own first attempt, I also used global on everything also, and the result was faster than the java plotter, but slower than dcct's c plotter. My 2nd attempt used a 32KB local buffer I rotated through for storing the currently being hashed stuff, however I couldn't figure out how to get it copied also to global fast enough, and the local -> global copy killed the performance.

You might be interested in those kernels here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=731923.msg8695829#msg8695829

Thanks, I will look at your kernels to see if I can find a better solution.

Here is the new version. I reduced the amount of memory used from 40KB to about 1KB per unit. The only drawback is that it requires twice the global memory as before. I will search a mean to reduce this overhead later.
In CPU mode, it all goes pretty well (when no graphic card is detected).
The GPU mode is still kind of buggy on my graphic card (an old GeForce 9300M GS), don't know the exact reason yet. Sometimes it works, sometimes not. I will try to fix this issue tomorrow.

Here are the files :
gpuPlotGenerator-src-1.1.0.7z : https://mega.co.nz/#!iYFWAL5B!BvtmRQ5qGq4gGwjDglFNtDtNIX4LDaUvATBtClBdTlQ
gpuPlotGenerator-bin-win-x86-1.1.0.7z : https://mega.co.nz/#!aBVGBBQD!tBsRtb8VrHR12_anrFTrl41U0fPQu_OqFnxyi5nCyBY

For the linux users, the Makefile has a new target named "dist" that builds and copy/paste all the necessary files to the "bin" directory.

The executable usage is : ./gpuPlotGenerator <path> <address> <start nonce> <nonces> <stagger size> <threads>
<path> : the path to the plots directory
<threads> : number of parrallel threads for each work group

Hi,

I am aware of the current bug and I will work on it today.
For the <threads> parameter, use a multiple of 64, the typical value is 256 for most of the graphic cards.

So, the <threads> parameter is not needed for Windows exe? Is the <address> parameter the numerical address created from the passphrase? How does this gpu plotter perform vs the cpu plotter? Are the plots error free or is there a margin of error compared to the cpu plotted ones?

Update: Didn't read it properly about the thread parameter, understand it's required for Windows and Linux. Why is the multiples 64 (same as the scoop size) and typical value 256 (same as the plot size) for gpu's?

[vonuke]

i have i5 cpu,16gb ram and free 2TB HDD now ı'm using this conf. is it true?Why ask u because ı started to mine 24 hours ago and ı find nothing what can ı do?
C:\Windows\System32\java.exe -Xmx4000m -cp pocminer.jar;lib/*;lib/akka/*;lib/jetty/* pocminer.POCMiner generate "ID" 1 8191 400000 12
Anybody help me what's wrong

Do you have already generated the plot file?

pot file what is this???

[BurstBurst]

Thank. Btw, I'm have R9 290 GPU to test with.

Can't get it work and What is reco <threads> for R9 Series Card ?

Hi everyone,

After many hours of setup I finally made it. I have a 1Tb generation in progress and 3x100Gb already finished.
I would like to test the V2 pool but I haven't any BURST for now. Could someone send me 1 BURST to test it please ? Here is my address : BURST-YA29-QCEW-QXC3-BKXDL.

Regarding the plot generation, I found an OpenCL implementation of Shabal (https://github.com/aznboy84/X15GPU/blob/master/kernel/shabal.cl) that could be used to make a GPU version of the generator. I will try to work on it when I have some free time.

Regards

Hi everyone,

As promised I have been working on a GPU plot generator on the last few days. I made a little program built on top of OpenCL, and it seems to work pretty well in CPU mode. Unfortunately, I can't test the GPU mode as it requires a very powerfull graphic card (with at least 46kB private memory per compute unit, because the algorithm needs at least 4096*64 static bytes to store an entire plot).

Here is a preview you can test for now :
gpuPlotGenerator-src-1.0.0.7z : https://mega.co.nz/#!bcF2yKKL!3Ud86GaibgvwBehoxkbO4UNdiBgsaixRx7ksHrgNbDI
gpuPlotGenerator-bin-win-x86-1.0.0.7z : https://mega.co.nz/#!HJsziTCK!UmAMoEHQ3z34R4RsXoIkYo9rYd4LnFtO_pw-R4KObJs

I will build another release in the end of the day with some minor improvements (threads per compute unit selection, output of OpenCL error codes, improvement of the Makefile to generate the distribution directly).
I will also try to figure out another mean to dispatch the work between the GPU threads to reduce the amount of private memory needed by the program.

For the windows people, you can use the binary version directly.
For the linux people, just download the source archive, make sure to modify the OpenCL library and lib path in the makefile (and maybe the executable name), and build the project via "make". To run the program, you need the "kernel" and the "plots" directories beside the executable.

The executable usage is : ./gpuPlotGenerator <address> <start nonce> <nonces> <stagger size>
The parameters are the same as the original plot generator, without the threads number.

If you find bugs or if you want some new features, let me now.

If you want to support me, here are my Bitcoin and Burst addresses :
Bitcoin: 138gMBhCrNkbaiTCmUhP9HLU9xwn5QKZgD
Burst: BURST-YA29-QCEW-QXC3-BKXDL

Regards

Unfortunately, I can't test the GPU mode as it requires a very powerfull graphic card (with at least 46kB private memory per compute unit, because the algorithm needs at least 4096*64 static bytes to store an entire plot).

It's nice to see someone else working on this, since I seem to have failed in it.

Private memory is actually part of global on AMD cards, so storing it in private isn't any better than just using global for everything; it's local that needs to aimed for for the massive speedup. No AMD cards have more than 64KB local per workgroup, which makes storing it all in local impossible however.

I haven't tried your implementation yet, but on my own first attempt, I also used global on everything also, and the result was faster than the java plotter, but slower than dcct's c plotter. My 2nd attempt used a 32KB local buffer I rotated through for storing the currently being hashed stuff, however I couldn't figure out how to get it copied also to global fast enough, and the local -> global copy killed the performance.

You might be interested in those kernels here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=731923.msg8695829#msg8695829

Thanks, I will look at your kernels to see if I can find a better solution.

Here is the new version. I reduced the amount of memory used from 40KB to about 1KB per unit. The only drawback is that it requires twice the global memory as before. I will search a mean to reduce this overhead later.
In CPU mode, it all goes pretty well (when no graphic card is detected).
The GPU mode is still kind of buggy on my graphic card (an old GeForce 9300M GS), don't know the exact reason yet. Sometimes it works, sometimes not. I will try to fix this issue tomorrow.

Here are the files :
gpuPlotGenerator-src-1.1.0.7z : https://mega.co.nz/#!iYFWAL5B!BvtmRQ5qGq4gGwjDglFNtDtNIX4LDaUvATBtClBdTlQ
gpuPlotGenerator-bin-win-x86-1.1.0.7z : https://mega.co.nz/#!aBVGBBQD!tBsRtb8VrHR12_anrFTrl41U0fPQu_OqFnxyi5nCyBY

For the linux users, the Makefile has a new target named "dist" that builds and copy/paste all the necessary files to the "bin" directory.

The executable usage is : ./gpuPlotGenerator <path> <address> <start nonce> <nonces> <stagger size> <threads>
<path> : the path to the plots directory
<threads> : number of parrallel threads for each work group

Hi,

I am aware of the current bug and I will work on it today.
For the <threads> parameter, use a multiple of 64, the typical value is 256 for most of the graphic cards.

[victorteoh]

Guys, i have a question. If I accidentally closed the CMD when it's plotting, can i continue the plots? How would I know where it stopped?

burstcoin.info/faq.php

Good link, thx. But it doesn't mention about continuing the plots and how to know where it stopped. Guys, any help on this?

[yellowduck2]

for most people their better off buying coin. Just set a low buy order and u chance of return is far greater than mining and much faster. Buying coin can get ROI in hours or days. Mining will take weeks to months.

[Irontiga]

Guys, i have a question. If I accidentally closed the CMD when it's plotting, can i continue the plots? How would I know where it stopped?

burstcoin.info/faq.php

Good link, thx. But it doesn't mention about continuing the plots and how to know where it stopped. Guys, any help on this?

Check the file size, and, just to be safe, start the new plots way above the old ones, it doesn't actually matter.

[vonuke]

i have i5 cpu,16gb ram and free 2TB HDD now ı'm using this conf. is it true?Why ask u because ı started to mine 24 hours ago and ı find nothing what can ı do?
C:\Windows\System32\java.exe -Xmx4000m -cp pocminer.jar;lib/*;lib/akka/*;lib/jetty/* pocminer.POCMiner generate "ID" 1 8191 400000 12
Anybody help me what's wrong

Do you have already generated the plot file?

pot file what is this???

how can ı create pot file???

[callmejack]

anyone tried mining BURST on cloud yet??

not on a public cloud which can be setuped to automatically clone plotting/mining instances but on my private cloud manually ;-)

on centos you only install the core system from the setup and run this:
yum groupinstall "Development Tools"
yum install java* screen git
mkdir burst
cd burst
git clone https://github.com/BurstProject/burstcoin
git clone https://github.com/BurstProject/pocminer

cd burstcoin
chmod +x *.sh
./compile.sh
screen -dmS wallet ./run.sh
cd..

cd pocminer
chmod +x *.sh
./compile.sh
screen -dmS mine ./run_mine.sh
upload or generate your passphrase.txt
screen -dmS plot ./run_generate.sh address start count stagger threads
 

[victorteoh]

Guys, i have a question. If I accidentally closed the CMD when it's plotting, can i continue the plots? How would I know where it stopped?

burstcoin.info/faq.php

Good link, thx. But it doesn't mention about continuing the plots and how to know where it stopped. Guys, any help on this?

Check the file size, and, just to be safe, start the new plots way above the old ones, it doesn't actually matter.

excellent. Just what i wanted to know. thx

[Irontiga]

anyone tried mining BURST on cloud yet??

not on a public cloud which can be setuped to automatically clone plotting/mining instances but on my private cloud manually ;-)

on centos you only install the core system from the setup and run this:
yum groupinstall "Development Tools"
yum install java* screen git
mkdir burst
cd burst
git clone https://github.com/BurstProject/burstcoin
git clone https://github.com/BurstProject/pocminer

cd burstcoin
chmod +x *.sh
./compile.sh
screen -dmS wallet ./run.sh
cd..

cd pocminer
chmod +x *.sh
./compile.sh
screen -dmS mine ./run_mine.sh
upload or generate your passphrase.txt
screen -dmS plot ./run_generate.sh address start count stagger threads
 

start = starting plot
count = how many nonces you want to generate
stagger = stagger size
threads = cpu threads you want to use

[victorteoh]

Anyone else facing virus notifications? My Kaspersky detects "Dangerous URL blocked, http://123.249.35.13:8123/burst" every half an hour or so. Why is this happening?

[yellowduck2]

anybody know how long can a CPU last running at 95-100% 24/7  ?

[varunsin]

anyone tried mining BURST on cloud yet??

not on a public cloud which can be setuped to automatically clone plotting/mining instances but on my private cloud manually ;-)

on centos you only install the core system from the setup and run this:
yum groupinstall "Development Tools"
yum install java* screen git
mkdir burst
cd burst
git clone https://github.com/BurstProject/burstcoin
git clone https://github.com/BurstProject/pocminer

cd burstcoin
chmod +x *.sh
./compile.sh
screen -dmS wallet ./run.sh
cd..

cd pocminer
chmod +x *.sh
./compile.sh
screen -dmS mine ./run_mine.sh
upload or generate your passphrase.txt
screen -dmS plot ./run_generate.sh address start count stagger threads
 

great, following your commands now
will post if stumble on something.

[SpeedDemon13]

anybody know how long can a CPU last running at 95-100% 24/7  ?

Can run fine for a long period, depending on the cooling and if the cpu isn't overclocked too high/too long.

[yellowduck2]

anybody know how long can a CPU last running at 95-100% 24/7  ?

Can run fine for a long period, depending on the cooling and if the cpu is overclocked too high/too long.

stock , no extra cooling , can run for at least a year ?

[Irontiga]

Anyone else facing virus notifications? My Kaspersky detects "Dangerous URL blocked, http://123.249.35.13:8123/burst" every half an hour or so. Why is this happening?

Where did you download from?