I assume multiple core, else it could not get over 12.5% (Intel I7 2600k, 4-core/8threads). It has been doing the same on every try. Not sure what it is doing as the blockchain is synched and I am not mining PPC?
Are you sure cpu mining wasn't turned on by accident? Like 'gen=1' set in ppcoin.conf?
You are correct, it was, thanks. I had forgotten about that and the instructions in the demo ppcoin.conf file are ambiguous anyway. I thought I needed to turn this on in order to be able to mine at all for this wallet (or it might add a mining tab on the wallet as with the Litecoin wallet).
This and your previous post above brings to light a very important limitation which will prevent grand-scale acceptance of Crypto currency and PPC:
It is too difficult. I am definitely not a noob, I worked for DigiCash back in the day (15 years ago), inventors of the first crypto cash. We had long fights with the developers and always the answer was "but they can just type in -command -X %% shsgat getcash 15x ff" and they will send a coin?
No.
Command line -> No userbase
No one-click install -> no userbase
"Adding flags to GUI clients" -> no userbase.
Manually finding and editing .conf files (whether they are clear or not) -> no userbase.
etc etc.
Currently the new crypocurrencies (not just the mining, but also the basic usage, exchanges etc) are limited to techies, coders and scriptkiddies and if we don't take care, more alternative currencies will pop up than actual users. How many systems have done user-testing?
Any system should be tested on
- Your mother and grandmother if you have them
- The guy across the street that just started his first hotmail and facebook account
- etc. tell them to "uncomment the line in the configuration file" (which most coders consider a user-friendly phrase) and they will look at you as if it was ancient Greek and rightfully so.
If they can't figure it out (and with all current instructions they will give up after the first difficult step), then it won't happen. Then the systems will be the playground of a few smart investors, a lot of wannabees and scriptkiddies. And this will reflect bad on all of us and all of the system.
As everybody with a bit of marketing knowledge knows: it is not the best system that wins and stays afloat: it is the system that's gets spread the best, fastest and easiest that wins, even if it is inferior.
Phillips almost went belly-up twice a few decades ago: first they stuck to making things that were very useful, but the japanese started making things that the people knew they wanted (subtle difference). Then Philips came up with the best Video system (V2000), superior to Betamax and VHS. Guess which one became standard and which one died out?
Here ends the lesson/rant. Nothing personal, but I have seen one crypto cash going down from up close and would like to prevent another as the basic ideas are still wonderful.