[∞ YH] solo.ckpool.org 2% fee solo mining USA/DE 255 blocks solved!

[-ck]

Please allow me to expand my question, do I need to open any specific ports for cgminer to talk to ckpool.org?  Thanks for helping a noob.

No you do not. You are having some other kind of trouble, and it is not really clear what that trouble is.

[Mikestang]

Please allow me to expand my question, do I need to open any specific ports for cgminer to talk to ckpool.org?  Thanks for helping a noob.

No you do not. You are having some other kind of trouble, and it is not really clear what that trouble is.

I opened TCP port 3333 to outgoing traffic on my firewall and PRESTO, I'm mining!

Thank you so much to everyone who answered my questions.

As soon as I get some BTC I want to tip everyone who helped me!

[-ck]

Please allow me to expand my question, do I need to open any specific ports for cgminer to talk to ckpool.org?  Thanks for helping a noob.

No you do not. You are having some other kind of trouble, and it is not really clear what that trouble is.

I opened TCP port 3333 to outgoing traffic on my firewall and PRESTO, I'm mining!

Thank you so much to everyone who answered my questions.

You restrict outgoing traffic? Ok... that's unusual but perhaps windows needs all the security help it can get so I guess it does that by default and I didn't predict it.

[Mikestang]

Please allow me to expand my question, do I need to open any specific ports for cgminer to talk to ckpool.org?  Thanks for helping a noob.

No you do not. You are having some other kind of trouble, and it is not really clear what that trouble is.

I opened TCP port 3333 to outgoing traffic on my firewall and PRESTO, I'm mining!

Thank you so much to everyone who answered my questions.

You restrict outgoing traffic? Ok... that's unusual but perhaps windows needs all the security help it can get so I guess it does that by default and I didn't predict it.

Yea, I have the firewall on my router set up pretty aggressively I guess, nothing that windows did by default, it's how I have the hardware configured, call me paranoid.  Now to figure out how to mine with more than once device at a time.  Baby steps...

[kano]

Please allow me to expand my question, do I need to open any specific ports for cgminer to talk to ckpool.org?  Thanks for helping a noob.

No you do not. You are having some other kind of trouble, and it is not really clear what that trouble is.

I opened TCP port 3333 to outgoing traffic on my firewall and PRESTO, I'm mining!

Thank you so much to everyone who answered my questions.

You restrict outgoing traffic? Ok... that's unusual but perhaps windows needs all the security help it can get so I guess it does that by default and I didn't predict it.

Yea, I have the firewall on my router set up pretty aggressively I guess, nothing that windows did by default, it's how I have the hardware configured, call me paranoid.  Now to figure out how to mine with more than once device at a time.  Baby steps...

They all go out to port 3333 (unless you specify otherwise) so there shouldn't need to be any more router changes at least I would think.

[Mikestang]

They all go out to port 3333 (unless you specify otherwise) so there shouldn't need to be any more router changes at least I would think.

Good to know, thank you.

[os2sam]

Please allow me to expand my question, do I need to open any specific ports for cgminer to talk to ckpool.org?  Thanks for helping a noob.

No you do not. You are having some other kind of trouble, and it is not really clear what that trouble is.

I opened TCP port 3333 to outgoing traffic on my firewall and PRESTO, I'm mining!

Thank you so much to everyone who answered my questions.

You restrict outgoing traffic? Ok... that's unusual but perhaps windows needs all the security help it can get so I guess it does that by default and I didn't predict it.

Yea, I have the firewall on my router set up pretty aggressively I guess, nothing that windows did by default, it's how I have the hardware configured, call me paranoid.  Now to figure out how to mine with more than once device at a time.  Baby steps...

They all go out to port 3333 (unless you specify otherwise) so there shouldn't need to be any more router changes at least I would think.

Unless you allowed only that first machine to use that TCP Port.  If your mining from a second machine you may need to add another rule allowing the second IP to use that port too.

[jonnybravo0311]

Please allow me to expand my question, do I need to open any specific ports for cgminer to talk to ckpool.org?  Thanks for helping a noob.

No you do not. You are having some other kind of trouble, and it is not really clear what that trouble is.

I opened TCP port 3333 to outgoing traffic on my firewall and PRESTO, I'm mining!

Thank you so much to everyone who answered my questions.

You restrict outgoing traffic? Ok... that's unusual but perhaps windows needs all the security help it can get so I guess it does that by default and I didn't predict it.

Yea, I have the firewall on my router set up pretty aggressively I guess, nothing that windows did by default, it's how I have the hardware configured, call me paranoid.  Now to figure out how to mine with more than once device at a time.  Baby steps...

They all go out to port 3333 (unless you specify otherwise) so there shouldn't need to be any more router changes at least I would think.

Unless you allowed only that first machine to use that TCP Port.  If your mining from a second machine you may need to add another rule allowing the second IP to use that port too.

Or setup a proxy internally and point all the miners on the internal network to that proxy box, then only the proxy needs to speak to the outside world.  Pretty sure I've seen reference to something called ckproxy around here somewhere 

[Mikestang]

Now that I got the U3 up and running I'm trying my luck with the CrytoRig HitchHiker I mentioned previously.  I am using BFGMiner with this stick and appear to have successfully joined the pool, but it is not reporting any successful shares like cgminer did with my U3.  Is this normal to not get shares due to the slow speed of a single USB stick, maybe BFGminer doesn't report them like cgminer does, or is it indicative of a configuration error on my end?



Thanks in advance for the help again, and thanks for putting up with this noob's questions!

[carm]

Now that I got the U3 up and running I'm trying my luck with the CrytoRig HitchHiker I mentioned previously.  I am using BFGMiner with this stick and appear to have successfully joined the pool, but it is not reporting any successful shares like cgminer did with my U3.  Is this normal to not get shares due to the slow speed of a single USB stick, maybe BFGminer doesn't report them like cgminer does, or is it indicative of a configuration error on my end?

http://i57.tinypic.com/2eoi9uw.jpg

Thanks in advance for the help again, and thanks for putting up with this noob's questions!

Try turning debugging on, may lead to a more informational output.

[os2sam]

Now that I got the U3 up and running I'm trying my luck with the CrytoRig HitchHiker I mentioned previously.  I am using BFGMiner with this stick and appear to have successfully joined the pool, but it is not reporting any successful shares like cgminer did with my U3.  Is this normal to not get shares due to the slow speed of a single USB stick, maybe BFGminer doesn't report them like cgminer does, or is it indicative of a configuration error on my end?

Thanks in advance for the help again, and thanks for putting up with this noob's questions!

The beginning difficulty is set to 1k.  So a few 1k+ shares will need to submitted before the difficulty from the pool adjusts to a lower number.  It could take a while on a lower end miner.

[-ck]

Now that I got the U3 up and running I'm trying my luck with the CrytoRig HitchHiker I mentioned previously.  I am using BFGMiner with this stick and appear to have successfully joined the pool, but it is not reporting any successful shares like cgminer did with my U3.  Is this normal to not get shares due to the slow speed of a single USB stick, maybe BFGminer doesn't report them like cgminer does, or is it indicative of a configuration error on my end?

Thanks in advance for the help again, and thanks for putting up with this noob's questions!

Starting diff is 1k you will get shares only very infrequently to start with at that low a hashrate. Eventually the pool will set you to a lower diff or if you were running cgminer instead of the hostile fork based off it you could also use the --suggest-diff command. It doesn't matter since shares have no intrinsic value with solo mining anyway. They're just mining feedback here.

[Mikestang]

The beginning difficulty is set to 1k.  So a few 1k+ shares will need to submitted before the difficulty from the pool adjusts to a lower number.  It could take a while on a lower end miner.

Starting diff is 1k you will get shares only very infrequently to start with at that low a hashrate. Eventually the pool will set you to a lower diff or if you were running cgminer instead of the hostile fork based off it you could also use the --suggest-diff command. It doesn't matter since shares have no intrinsic value with solo mining anyway. They're just mining feedback here.

I went away to lunch and left the stick mining and came back to an adjusted difficulty and shares being accepted successfully.

I understand they have no intrinsic value here, I just wanted to be sure I was setting things up correctly and since I was not getting the same feedback I got with the U3 I figured something was amiss.  I am using cgminer at home and will use it for this stick as well when I get back.

Thank you both for your assistance, I really appreciate it.

[kano]

As I mentioned elsewhere - and to clarify something that seems to have been said in a misleading way elsewhere by someone

Running your own bitcoind node is no less support to bitcoin than running a node and solo mining on it.
There is a much bigger risk, however, of having a block orphaned if you solo mine at home

i.e. do indeed run your own home bitcoind, but if you want to solo a small amount of hardware, I'd suggest you use the solo ckpool simply because there is a much lower chance of your block being orphaned unless you go to the trouble of running at home on good hardware with a good internet connection, connecting it to the relay network and also addnode other pools directly.

[elduderino]

I mine on CK's solo pool 'cuz I'm lazy... 

[infovortice2013]

how to know when found a block without cheking wallet all the time ? 

[-ck]

how to know when found a block without cheking wallet all the time ? 

All block finds are announced here.

[HerbPean]

how to know when found a block without cheking wallet all the time ? 

https://blockchain.info/address/1PKN98VN2z5gwSGZvGKS2bj8aADZBkyhkZ

[zombiesareboring]

Hey guys, I was going to ask if the testnet pool for this is still up? I've been trying test.ckpool.org and testnet.ckpool.org and it doesn't seem to exist anymore

[os2sam]

Hey guys, I was going to ask if the testnet pool for this is still up? I've been trying test.ckpool.org and testnet.ckpool.org and it doesn't seem to exist anymore

Nope