If you're interested in getting a few bitcoins right now there's the faucet https://freebitcoins.appspot.com/, it isn't much but you can use the bitcoins to start playing with them.
Also if you prefer having a few bitcoins distributed more or less evenly over shorter periods you might want to try joining a generation pool, where all users contribute to one client which then divides the 50 coins according to who contributed what. http://www.bluishcoder.co.nz/bitcoin-pool/
HTH
Topic: Bicoin on Ubuntu 10.10 uses the whole CPU power (Read 3381 times)
Sad. No CUDA support for my GeForce FX 5900 Ultra. 
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/python-opencl-bitcoin-miner-1334
or
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/diablominer-gpu-miner-1721
Both work fine on my HD4870, but poclbm (first link) works with the newest official bitcoin binary.
Nobody is using the "stealing" version from puddinpop anymore.
or
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/diablominer-gpu-miner-1721
Both work fine on my HD4870, but poclbm (first link) works with the newest official bitcoin binary.
Nobody is using the "stealing" version from puddinpop anymore.
You should generate on your GPUs, CPUs are pretty uneffective for generation.
I'd like to do that, but I read something about someone making a client for GPU generation that would actually steal bitcoins. What's the best, and most secure, way to accomplish GPU mining? 
The client has ben generating with one core only for the whole time, but I don't see the first bitcoin yet, is this normal?
Yes. Generation is intentionally hard, otherwise it would be worthless as a trade currency. It's much easier, and less costly to most people, to buy or trade for bitcoins rather than generate. I've never generated a block, personally.
You should generate on your GPUs, CPUs are pretty uneffective for generation.
If I turn the 3 cores on (I can do that for only about a minute) the khash is 7700 - 7800
Probability Time
Average 52 days, 3 hours, 49 minutes
50% 36 days, 3 hours, 41 minutes
95% 156 days, 6 hours, 8 minutes
considering how my fans are spinning, this is already way above the cost of electricity per bitcoin.
PS: I didn't notice that you get 50 bitcoins per block. Things are starting to make sense.
Probability Time
Average 52 days, 3 hours, 49 minutes
50% 36 days, 3 hours, 41 minutes
95% 156 days, 6 hours, 8 minutes
considering how my fans are spinning, this is already way above the cost of electricity per bitcoin.
PS: I didn't notice that you get 50 bitcoins per block. Things are starting to make sense.
My khash with one core only is 2644 on average.
The calculator say:
Average 151 days, 21 hours, 9 minutes
50% 105 days, 6 hours, 38 minutes
95% 454 days, 23 hours, 55 minutes
It is much slower that I expected. Out of curiosity, what is your P4 khash / s?
The calculator say:
Average 151 days, 21 hours, 9 minutes
50% 105 days, 6 hours, 38 minutes
95% 454 days, 23 hours, 55 minutes
It is much slower that I expected. Out of curiosity, what is your P4 khash / s?
http://www.alloscomp.com/bitcoin/calculator.php
That should estimate the time required to get bitcoins. I'm also running the binary on 10.10 on a dual P4 set up. No overheating problems here.
That should estimate the time required to get bitcoins. I'm also running the binary on 10.10 on a dual P4 set up. No overheating problems here.
I have installed bitcoin about 36h ago on Ubuntu 10.10. It uses the whole CPU power, quickly overheating my system.
My CPU is a Phenom II 720 tricore black edition, and I am getting some overheating with some other program, since it is 40 Cº outside. (Antipodean summer)
The client has ben generating with one core only for the whole time, but I don't see the first bitcoin yet, is this normal?
Thanks
PS: I have version 0.3.17, I downloaded the binaries, not SVN.
My CPU is a Phenom II 720 tricore black edition, and I am getting some overheating with some other program, since it is 40 Cº outside. (Antipodean summer)
The client has ben generating with one core only for the whole time, but I don't see the first bitcoin yet, is this normal?
Thanks
PS: I have version 0.3.17, I downloaded the binaries, not SVN.
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