I've seen it asked how to solo mine with an AntS1
The solution:
1) Update the cgminer in the AntS1
Bitmain's cgminer is quite old and doesn't contain the fixes that are in my version to repair the problems they put in their version.
See the post above for details.
Then do 2 or 3:
2) The simplest solution is to solo mine at solo.ckpool.org
No changes required.
Read the first post for how to connect and the details about the advantages of using solo.ckpool.org over mining to your home bitcoind
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/yh-solockpoolorg-2-fee-solo-mining-usade-255-blocks-solved-763510Of course you should have a home bitcoind running, but mining to it has a MUCH higher chance of losing a block if you find one, unless you configure it's network connectivity better than some pools do.
3) Otherwise you can solomine to your own bitcoin by passing extra options to cgminer in your AntS1
The trick here is that the bitmain script that starts cgminer simply copies what you put in the pool info and passes that to cgminer
So, you can add extra cgminer options by editing a "PoolX password" field under the Status/Miner Configuration tab
In my miner I set the name the API shows for my Ant by setting "Pool1 password" to "pass --api-description Ant"
You must enter a password, and put a space after it, then you can add other cgminer options.
Firstly lets assume your bitcoind is running in standard settings.
You'll need to know the IP address of it, but lets guess it might be
192.168.0.10 <- of course you need to work out what it is and change it below - it's the IP address of the computer running bitcoin
Next you need to know the bitcoin configured
Username and
Password in the bitcoin.conf and put them in the highlighted places below
The
Username and
Password in the bitcoin.conf are the 2 lines:
rpcuser=
Usernamerpcpassword=
PasswordYou also need to allow the Ant to mine to it, so you may need to add a line like this to your bitcoin.conf
rpcallowip=
192.168.0.199if
192.168.0.199 is the IP address of your Ant
Lastly you need a payout address to mine to - like
1xxxx - of course you need to use your address, not
1xxxxTo solo mine directly to your local bitcoind set the Pool1 settings as so (without the quotes ")
"Pool1" "http://
192.168.0.10:8332"
"Pool1 worker" "
Username"
"Pool1 password" "
Password --btc-address
1xxxxx"
The settings don't need to be Pool1, you can use Pool2 or Pool3 and have solo as a backup.
You can also set the password field like follows so it mines to all 3 pools at the same time:
"Pool1 password" "
Password --btc-address
1xxxxx --load-balance"
this is only getwork tho right? ... any way to make a stratum connection to my *coin*d wallet?