Hi!
I'm also new in 2GIVE! How to compete for PoW Blocks? is it enough to use the CPU for mining?
Console: setgenerate true
I tried this and the wallet showed an activated PoW Blocks Icon but still hardly used the CPU?
You're discovering why we say:
It's Better 2GIVE!The wallet is UBER efficient -- it ONLY mines when there is something to work on! In 2GIVE, we do not support "Proof of Waste" mining since the chain will not accept zero value blocks!
The wallet sleeps until something shows up in the mempool and then will SPIKE hashing to find the NONCE to solve the POW block, which is ONLY based on the 1% TXFEEs that ride with it.
This means many things for 2GIVE stakeholders:
1. Your transactions are going to be confirmed initially in a lightning fast manner, which builds confidence by recipients
2. EVERY WALLET can participate in mining with an "equitable" chance of winning the block reward
3. There is almost ZERO incentive for a pools or even ASIC miners to compete for most blocks unless the reward is sufficient
4. There is no penalty for leaving your wallet open and even mining 24x7 -- its not gonna burn up your CPU!
All the details can be found in our whitepaper/design document/value proposition:
http://bit.ly/2GiveCoin-dvd