Announcing ZiftrCOIN Release

[chris190]

@btcluka and @devlin:

It seems that the optimizations work better on AMD CPU's without AES, maybe that is why you get less hash per core...
I am sure that if I successfully build a optimized miner for AES CPUs (mostly Intel's) for Win64 you will be pleased of the almost double hashrate from all previous miners.

If anyone is interested in testing the pre-compiled stratum AES Ubuntu binaries on CPU with AES, PM me with your cpuinfo.

zrc.multipools.info Pool Fee: 0%; Payout every 10 minutes; Anonymous mining;

wow, many thanks th3.r00t for your work!  

With your current miner, I reach about 540 kh/s with an i7 4770 (8 core). With version AES-NI definitely much more!  

from 524 to 540?

yes!

530/535 about

[ocminer]

I have had some strange observations over the last few hours..

There seems to be a new version of miner out which hashes faster but never finds (or submits) a block.

Probably a optimization went wrong, so this thing is hashing like crazy but it throws away valid blocks.

Lots of connections from Amazon AWS / Google Cloud are the source for this, so no, its no GPU miner.

You can see this in the Pools' top ten actually quite easy - there is a user with top hash but in the block finder history  you never see his name. Usually this points to "fake hashers" - but there are none with getwork, its just not possible :-)


EDIT: I think I've found the problem - analyzing now

EDIT2:

These versions:
https://s3.amazonaws.com/downloads.ziftrpool.io/CPU-Miner-Win64.zip
https://github.com/ZiftrCOIN/cpuminer-ziftr.git

Do NOT work on getwork pools ! You can ONLY use that one on stratum pools ! You will never find a block with this version on a getwork pool, please switch
over to ig0tik3ds version on windows/linux which works fine if you are either mining on Suprnova's Maxminers or CPU-Pool's getwork pool !

[ocminer]

bump - very important announcement in the post before - please switch your miners if you're on suprnova, or switch the pool to a stratum pool !

[mrbodz]

Ziftrcoin Betarigs Pool http://ziftr.betarigs.com    giving away a FREE 280X GPU to the person with the most invitations!

[bitcoinkkk]

We made the source for stratum pools public this morning (I think). We just haven't announced it.

Have at it:
https://github.com/ziftrcoin

Based on your source, i created:


ziftrCOIN NOMP based pool
zrc.multipools.info

- Pool Fee: 0% , mine without fees - PROMO;
- Payout: every 10 minutes (min. 1.0 ziftrCOIN) - subject to change, too little inputs will get you higher fees;
- Anonymous mining, just point your miner at stratum+tcp://multipools.info:44444 with your ZRC address anything as pasword;
- The fastest public CPU miner with stratum support - optimised by ig0tik3d, added stratum by scmorse, compiled for Win64 by me;

Please, spread the hashrate among the pools, more than 51% of the hashrate on a single pool is a dangerous for the network.

DTHIS FILE IS FILTHY WITH VIRUS WARNINGS>>DOWNLOAD AT YOUR OWN RISK!!  https://www.virustotal.com/en/file/b55beb9ffe3b651c248771bf82bc74eb5eefe9d1d7711400109bfbd4fcd7b877/analysis/1426867990/

That is why i posted the github source on the website - here is is https://github.com/scmorse/ziftr-cpu

By the way https://www.virustotal.com/en/file/56be8ee90bb026c02e19697bdb870794b99b7b0f7a5bb9db18e813dcd706ca2d/analysis/
This is Analysis for the miner posted here https://s3.amazonaws.com/downloads.ziftrpool.io/CPU-Miner-Win64.zip

It is a miner, i guess its normal to have these false positives - BitCoinMiner, Hacktool.Win64.BitCoinMiner.U, Win64.Riskware.BitCoinMiner.E, etc.

I build it on clean VM with freshly installed copy of Win 8.1 x64.

Even the official (experimental) Ziftr CPU Miner will be flagged at least twice on that website. There's been a trend lately to hide bitcoin miners in viruses, so the mining software will often get flagged since it contains mining code.

32bit win-miner     where down?

[ocminer]

I have had some strange observations over the last few hours..

There seems to be a new version of miner out which hashes faster but never finds (or submits) a block.

Probably a optimization went wrong, so this thing is hashing like crazy but it throws away valid blocks.

Lots of connections from Amazon AWS / Google Cloud are the source for this, so no, its no GPU miner.

You can see this in the Pools' top ten actually quite easy - there is a user with top hash but in the block finder history  you never see his name. Usually this points to "fake hashers" - but there are none with getwork, its just not possible :-)


EDIT: I think I've found the problem - analyzing now

EDIT2:

These versions:
https://s3.amazonaws.com/downloads.ziftrpool.io/CPU-Miner-Win64.zip
https://github.com/ZiftrCOIN/cpuminer-ziftr.git

Do NOT work on getwork pools ! You can ONLY use that one on stratum pools ! You will never find a block with this version on a getwork pool, please switch
over to ig0tik3ds version on windows/linux which works fine if you are either mining on Suprnova's Maxminers or CPU-Pool's getwork pool !

New info:

The miners are fine, disregard my last post, also ig0tik3d's version..

The only untested version is yet trpuvots version: https://github.com/tpruvot/cpuminer-multi as i'm not able to compile it under linux or mac osx.

So there is a possibility that someone is sending those "fake" shares to hurt regular miners, not sure why he would do that though. I'd recommend all pool ops to simply ban those accounts with high hashrate and no found blocks for a long time - it seems they are not submitting those shares which are a valid block - for whatever reason

You can use these:
https://s3.amazonaws.com/downloads.ziftrpool.io/CPU-Miner-Win64.zip
https://github.com/ZiftrCOIN/cpuminer-ziftr.git
https://github.com/ig0tik3d/ziftr-cpu

Searching for the bad version now

[StephenMorse]

So, just so we're clear, there's nothing wrong with the CPU miners that Ziftr put out on http://www.ziftrpool.io/downloads. It has been tested with both getwork to a daemon, getwork pools, and stratum pools.

Feel free to run it and test it to a daemon on testnet with:

Code:

ziftrcoin-cli setusepok false
./minerd -a ziftr -o http://127.0.0.1:11332 -u {your_rpcuser} -p {your_rpcpassword}

[ocminer]

So, just so we're clear, there's nothing wrong with the CPU miners that Ziftr put out on http://www.ziftrpool.io/downloads. It has been tested with both getwork to a daemon, getwork pools, and stratum pools.

confirmed, just tested myself, there must be another version flying around with problems, currently searching for it.

[StephenMorse]

confirmed, just tested myself, there must be another version flying around with problems, currently searching for it.

Or this botnet that our pool ops have been fighting with is actually just out to harm the pool/network, without caring about actual financial rewards...

It's also possible that someone put out a malicious build of a CPU miner that doesn't submit shares if they have TOO MUCH work.

[bitcoinkkk]

So, just so we're clear, there's nothing wrong with the CPU miners that Ziftr put out on http://www.ziftrpool.io/downloads. It has been tested with both getwork to a daemon, getwork pools, and stratum pools.

Feel free to run it and test it to a daemon on testnet with:

Code:

ziftrcoin-cli setusepok false
./minerd -a ziftr -o http://127.0.0.1:11332 -u {your_rpcuser} -p {your_rpcpassword}

CPU-Miner-Win32   where?

[Stcgold-]

for stratum version
what miner is the best sir ?

[ocminer]

Ok I think I got it fixed now for getwork, I was checking the version field too loosely, the check is now correct. Suprnova is updated and I've sent the update to Maxminers and CPU-Pool too.

You can use any of these miners:

https://s3.amazonaws.com/downloads.ziftrpool.io/CPU-Miner-Win64.zip
https://github.com/ZiftrCOIN/cpuminer-ziftr.git

https://github.com/ig0tik3d/ziftr-cpu <- Source
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9cvOfoOekSdVmY1S1lOS1dPVmM/view?usp=sharing   <- Win64

They work with getwork AND stratum !

[zmija]

So, just so we're clear, there's nothing wrong with the CPU miners that Ziftr put out on http://www.ziftrpool.io/downloads. It has been tested with both getwork to a daemon, getwork pools, and stratum pools.

confirmed, just tested myself, there must be another version flying around with problems, currently searching for it.

What happened to your pool? Hashrate is dropping rapidly and so are the pool workers  

[ocminer]

So, just so we're clear, there's nothing wrong with the CPU miners that Ziftr put out on http://www.ziftrpool.io/downloads. It has been tested with both getwork to a daemon, getwork pools, and stratum pools.

confirmed, just tested myself, there must be another version flying around with problems, currently searching for it.

What happened to your pool? Hashrate is dropping rapidly and so are the pool workers  

One check was too "hard" I guess - I revoked it and i'm looking at it again.

EDIT: Please move over to the stratum pool: https://zrc-stratum.suprnova.cc - this one is for sure working correctly

[scorpio18]

Spread some hash guys >> https://ziftr.coin-miners.info/ (Stratum Enabled) <<

[th3.r00t]

Spread some hash guys >> https://ziftr.coin-miners.info/ (Stratum Enabled) <<

Yes, please!  

Spread the hashrate among the pools, more than 51% of the hashrate on a single pool is a dangerous for the network.

[th3.r00t]

CPU-Miner-Win32   where?

http://zrc.multipools.info/download

[antonio8]

It would really help if the OP contained a list of the pools.

You can't blame Super Nova for having as much hash as they do. People go there out of habit looking for pools as they usually carry many coins.

[th3.r00t]

It would really help if the OP contained a list of the pools.

You can't blame Super Nova for having as much hash as they do. People go there out of habit looking for pools as they usually carry many coins.

How about something like this http://poolinfo.coinmagi.org

One page, Network hashrate, Pools with their hashrate, efficiency, last block...
One quick look and you know where to point your hashes...

OP's isn't its time already to have full-blooded block explorer?

I already had some questions about zrc.multipools.info Zero fee...
Many people refuse to believe with so much scam and fraud around cryptocurrencies...
If it's me, I'll definetely will wan't a proof of such claim.
Now I make screens of the mined blocks...

It will be a LOT easier for everybody if we can examine the blockchain with Insight per example.

[antonio8]

It would really help if the OP contained a list of the pools.

You can't blame Super Nova for having as much hash as they do. People go there out of habit looking for pools as they usually carry many coins.

How about something like this http://poolinfo.coinmagi.org

One page, Network hashrate, Pools with their hashrate, efficiency, last block...
One quick look and you know where to point your hashes...

That works also.