Topic: Feathercoin guide needed for newbie miners (Read 10154 times)
I had a similar experience of being cheated by Eclipse Mining (EMC) when mining Btc.
I mined at http://fhc.ub3rl33t.com for two hours and on the webpage it shows zero and zero shares submitted.
Yet on my client it shows that i have nearly submitted 500 shares. I would not minethere again. Those people cheated me out so I becareful.
Yet on my client it shows that i have nearly submitted 500 shares. I would not minethere again. Those people cheated me out so I becareful.
Feathercoin must be up like 1000% in the past couple of weeks...truly amazing.
Also, here is my suggestion, with a GUI (GUIminer-scrypt alpha).
THe pool I mention on the tutorial may not be the best as there seem to be doubts about payments and reliability, but its enough to see how it works. I will try to update it later if doubts about the pool are real and/or if someone suggests me a better pool.
So there it goes: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/a-newbie-guide-to-feathercoin-mining-gpupool-193223
Edit: Maybe this one instead: http://feathercoin.is-a-geek.com/?
THe pool I mention on the tutorial may not be the best as there seem to be doubts about payments and reliability, but its enough to see how it works. I will try to update it later if doubts about the pool are real and/or if someone suggests me a better pool.
So there it goes: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/a-newbie-guide-to-feathercoin-mining-gpupool-193223
Edit: Maybe this one instead: http://feathercoin.is-a-geek.com/?
In case anyone stumbles across this - I wasn't doing anything wrong. This is running on a different port, which was blocked at the firewall.
Once I opened the port, it was fine.
Once I opened the port, it was fine.
A already tried the stratum URL and got the same thing. I'm obviously missing something here.
I also tried a different pool, registered, set up a worker, changed my conf file, no cigar.
Am I right in thinking I can use a standard cgminer instance and a conf file to mine feathercoins? Is cgminer fundamentally different for feathercoins?
I also tried a different pool, registered, set up a worker, changed my conf file, no cigar.
Am I right in thinking I can use a standard cgminer instance and a conf file to mine feathercoins? Is cgminer fundamentally different for feathercoins?
I can't see what I'm doing wtrong here - I've successfully mined both BTC and LTC in the past using cgminer, my config is as below.
From my .bat file;
cgminer --scrypt -o http://fhc.ub3rl3[Suspicious link removed]m:9344 -u worker.worker -p xxxxxxxx
What am I doing wrong here?
Thanks,
Mark
Looks alright, should try the Stratum server just in case that's the issue. stratum+tcp://fhc.ub3rl33t .com:3334From my .bat file;
cgminer --scrypt -o http://fhc.ub3rl3[Suspicious link removed]m:9344 -u worker.worker -p xxxxxxxx
What am I doing wrong here?
Thanks,
Mark
If it's not that, would have to be a problem with the worker name/pass
I can't see what I'm doing wtrong here - I've successfully mined both BTC and LTC in the past using cgminer, my config is as below.
From my .bat file;
cgminer --scrypt -o http://fhc.ub3rl3[Suspicious link removed]m:9344 -u worker.worker -p xxxxxxxx
What am I doing wrong here?
Thanks,
Mark
From my .bat file;
cgminer --scrypt -o http://fhc.ub3rl3[Suspicious link removed]m:9344 -u worker.worker -p xxxxxxxx
What am I doing wrong here?
Thanks,
Mark
Its not advicable to mine on your GPU with an Nvidia video cart as it is not supported. GPU mining is best done with AMD video carts
This should be correct:
Code:
cgminer.exe --scrypt -o http://fhc.ub3rl3[Suspicious link removed]m:9344 -u your_user_name.1 -p x
Okay, thanks, I was using that command but with a password for the fhc account.
When I use exactly "-p x" cgminer does start, and does show a hash rate, but is shown as inactive on the fhc stats webpage.
(EDIT: the fhc page has started showing I'm active now!But I still suspect it's using the Intel and not the nVidia)
Code:
cgminer version 3.0.1 - Started: [2013-04-27 10:36:29]
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(5s):3.867K (avg):3.862Kh/s | A:0 R:0 HW:0 U:0.0/m WU:0.0/m
ST: 2 SS: 0 NB: 11 LW: 98 GF: 0 RF: 0
Connected to fhc.ub3rl3[Suspicious link removed]m diff 63 with LP as user my_user_name.1
Block: 68512c7f4bdb5ab3... Diff:1.8M Started: [11:02:02] Best share: 0
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[P]ool management [G]PU management [S]ettings [D]isplay options [Q]uit
GPU 0: | 3.864K/3.871Kh/s | A:0 R:0 HW:0 U:0.00/m I: 8
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2013-04-27 11:02:02] Network diff set to 1.8M
[2013-04-27 11:02:02] New block detected on network before longpoll
[2013-04-27 11:02:03] LONGPOLL from pool 0 requested work restart
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(5s):3.867K (avg):3.862Kh/s | A:0 R:0 HW:0 U:0.0/m WU:0.0/m
ST: 2 SS: 0 NB: 11 LW: 98 GF: 0 RF: 0
Connected to fhc.ub3rl3[Suspicious link removed]m diff 63 with LP as user my_user_name.1
Block: 68512c7f4bdb5ab3... Diff:1.8M Started: [11:02:02] Best share: 0
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[P]ool management [G]PU management [S]ettings [D]isplay options [Q]uit
GPU 0: | 3.864K/3.871Kh/s | A:0 R:0 HW:0 U:0.00/m I: 8
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2013-04-27 11:02:02] Network diff set to 1.8M
[2013-04-27 11:02:02] New block detected on network before longpoll
[2013-04-27 11:02:03] LONGPOLL from pool 0 requested work restart
The config file saved from cgminer looks incomplete to me, after the pools section - :
Code:
"intensity" : "d",
"vectors" : "1",
"worksize" : "256",
"kernel" : "scrypt",
"lookup-gap" : "0",
"thread-concurrency" : "0",
"shaders" : "0",
"gpu-engine" : "0-0",
"gpu-fan" : "0-0",
"gpu-memclock" : "0",
"gpu-memdiff" : "0",
"gpu-powertune" : "0",
"gpu-vddc" : "0.000",
"temp-cutoff" : "95",
"temp-overheat" : "0",
"temp-target" : "0",
"api-port" : "4028",
"expiry" : "120",
"gpu-dyninterval" : "7",
"gpu-platform" : "0",
"gpu-threads" : "1",
"hotplug" : "5",
"log" : "5",
"no-pool-disable" : true,
"queue" : "1",
"scan-time" : "60",
"scrypt" : true,
"temp-hysteresis" : "3",
"shares" : "0",
"kernel-path" : "/usr/local/bin"
"vectors" : "1",
"worksize" : "256",
"kernel" : "scrypt",
"lookup-gap" : "0",
"thread-concurrency" : "0",
"shaders" : "0",
"gpu-engine" : "0-0",
"gpu-fan" : "0-0",
"gpu-memclock" : "0",
"gpu-memdiff" : "0",
"gpu-powertune" : "0",
"gpu-vddc" : "0.000",
"temp-cutoff" : "95",
"temp-overheat" : "0",
"temp-target" : "0",
"api-port" : "4028",
"expiry" : "120",
"gpu-dyninterval" : "7",
"gpu-platform" : "0",
"gpu-threads" : "1",
"hotplug" : "5",
"log" : "5",
"no-pool-disable" : true,
"queue" : "1",
"scan-time" : "60",
"scrypt" : true,
"temp-hysteresis" : "3",
"shares" : "0",
"kernel-path" : "/usr/local/bin"
I suspect my cgminer is still not configured correctly or otherwise cannot use the nVidia's GPU (the display looks like my Intel GPU performance ).
This should be correct:
Code:
cgminer.exe --scrypt -o http://fhc.ub3rl33t.com:9344 -u your_user_name.1 -p x
Use cgminer. Same .conf as litecoin, just swap out hostname and login info for FC pool. Simple
Ok, thanks for the help. cgminer reports "Pool 0 slow/down or URL or credentials invalid".
How exactly should I setup Feather and/or cgminer?
What exactly should be placed in feathercoin.conf?
I downloaded cgminer 3.0.1 and ran this command in a Windows command prompt:
Code:
cgminer.exe --scrypt -o http://fhc.poolname.com:9344 -u your_user_name.1 -p passwordforpool
cgminer reported:
Code:
[2013-04-27 02:19:57] Started cgminer 3.0.1
[2013-04-27 02:19:57] Started cgminer 3.0.1
[2013-04-27 02:19:57] Probing for an alive pool
[2013-04-27 02:19:58] Pool 0 slow/down or URL or credentials invalid
[2013-04-27 02:20:57] Please check the details from the list below of the serve
rs you have input
[2013-04-27 02:20:57] Most likely you have input the wrong URL, forgotten to ad
d a port, or have not set up workers
[2013-04-27 02:19:57] Started cgminer 3.0.1
[2013-04-27 02:19:57] Probing for an alive pool
[2013-04-27 02:19:58] Pool 0 slow/down or URL or credentials invalid
[2013-04-27 02:20:57] Please check the details from the list below of the serve
rs you have input
[2013-04-27 02:20:57] Most likely you have input the wrong URL, forgotten to ad
d a port, or have not set up workers
The URL is copied from http://fhc.ub3rl3[Suspicious link removed]m/news.php, and I found no mention of how to setup workers in cgminer's help.
(EDIT: this forum removes part of the URL, which is http://fhc dot ub3r l 3 3 t dot com/news.php - some .s replaced by "dot"s and some spaces inserted)
Use cgminer. Same .conf as litecoin, just swap out hostname and login info for FC pool. Simple
Three days ago I mined Feathercoins solo with 396khash/s (6950) for about 6h but I got only 2 stales/invalids, so i went back to LTC pool mining.
Could you post how you mined them? Which programs and which command lines?
Three days ago I mined Feathercoins solo with 396khash/s (6950) for about 6h but I got only 2 stales/invalids, so i went back to LTC pool mining.
i want to know if you can exchange the coins for real feathers. 
I want to know this as well. I tried also to mined but failed.
I saw the Windows Feathercoin gui announced on https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/feathercoin-updated-client-new-logo-188134 and so far the GUI works as far as synchronising and encrypting the wallet, but I cannot get mining to work. 
Where is good guidance for setting up mining, either solo or through a pool? I already mine with the BitMinter client, which worked first time.
The thread at https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/feathercoin-ftc-178286 tells me to setup the .conf like this:
server=1
daemon=1
rpcuser=miner
rpcpassword=SetSomeRandomPassword
rpcport=8100
port=8101
Should "miner" be set to something specific?
Is there a link to a detailed overview of what this client does? I cannot tell if it includes a mining client like BitMinter's client does.
The client's Start Mining does not give any feedback and I see no load on my CPU or GPUs, I suspect a separate miner program is needed?
I registered with http://fhc.ub3rl3[Suspicious link removed]m/ and set up the client to pool mine on that server, but the client reports:
"minerd --algo scrypt --scantime 99 --url http://fhc.ub3rl3[Suspicious link removed]m:9344 --userpass myusername.1:mypassword --threads 99 --retries -1 -P
[23:31:47] - Miner failed to start. Make sure you have the minerd executable and libraries in the same directory as Feathercoin-Qt.
"
The pool's getting started page suggests I should use cgminer. Is that required?
Thanks for any pointers.
Where is good guidance for setting up mining, either solo or through a pool? I already mine with the BitMinter client, which worked first time.
The thread at https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/feathercoin-ftc-178286 tells me to setup the .conf like this:
server=1
daemon=1
rpcuser=miner
rpcpassword=SetSomeRandomPassword
rpcport=8100
port=8101
Should "miner" be set to something specific?
Is there a link to a detailed overview of what this client does? I cannot tell if it includes a mining client like BitMinter's client does.
The client's Start Mining does not give any feedback and I see no load on my CPU or GPUs, I suspect a separate miner program is needed?
I registered with http://fhc.ub3rl3[Suspicious link removed]m/ and set up the client to pool mine on that server, but the client reports:
"minerd --algo scrypt --scantime 99 --url http://fhc.ub3rl3[Suspicious link removed]m:9344 --userpass myusername.1:mypassword --threads 99 --retries -1 -P
[23:31:47] - Miner failed to start. Make sure you have the minerd executable and libraries in the same directory as Feathercoin-Qt.
"
The pool's getting started page suggests I should use cgminer. Is that required?
Thanks for any pointers.
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