Gridcoin (GRC) - first coin utilizing BOINC - Official Thread - page 238.

aigeezer

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Quote from: TribalBob on January 07, 2014, 12:54:41 PM

Confirming the issue is fixed on the newest version by deleting "c:\programdata\boinc\gridcoin.dat" and restarting gridcoin

I can confirm this too (sorta).

First a minor quibble - my pathname didn't use "C:" so the file to delete may or may not be on the C drive.

More interesting - I had not been getting the 50% problem until today, and this change did indeed fix it, but on restart I got a black screen briefly, presumably when the miner started, and a Windows message that the graphics driver (AMD Catalyst 13.9) had stopped working and recovered, followed by a message that the miner had encountered an error and Windows would close it. The Restart Miner button seemed to fix things, although the Full Speed checkbox toggle did not seem to work at first (a problem that had been fixed a while back, but may have returned).

All in all, everything seems to work again.

Nice catch on the 50% problem - that couldn't have been easy to find.

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Quote from: traderman on January 07, 2014, 03:12:31 PM

did you add the boinc install dir and data dir to gricoin.conf ?

Quote from: procrypto on January 07, 2014, 02:42:51 PM

I tried to give this a go last night. It took a while to get the client sync'd but figured that out eventually, then got BOINC installed and working ok.

When I try to run the QT again to try mining, however, it crashes on startup - every time. Any ideas?

Hmm no, didn't see this in the guide. How do I reference them in gridcoin.conf?

Thanks for your help.

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did you add the boinc install dir and data dir to gricoin.conf ?

Quote from: procrypto on January 07, 2014, 02:42:51 PM

I tried to give this a go last night. It took a while to get the client sync'd but figured that out eventually, then got BOINC installed and working ok.

When I try to run the QT again to try mining, however, it crashes on startup - every time. Any ideas?

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I tried to give this a go last night. It took a while to get the client sync'd but figured that out eventually, then got BOINC installed and working ok.

When I try to run the QT again to try mining, however, it crashes on startup - every time. Any ideas?

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Quote from: aysyr on January 07, 2014, 01:51:31 PM

Quote from: TribalBob on January 07, 2014, 01:29:56 PM

You don't mine at a lower difficulty, but you will receive a small piece of every block found.

The only requirement is that you must find a block first to begin receiving payouts from the pool and you must find a block at least once every 100 blocks to stay in the pool or you will be removed from the pool until you find another block as the pool has a 100 block look-back period.

I'm not sure of the formula exactly, but basically the higher the difficulty the higher the look-back period is. 100 blocks is only about 4 hours's time and I know before when the difficulty was lower you only had to find a block once a day or so to stay in the pool. I think now it's more like one block every 2-4 days.

You'll have to wait for Rob to comment on the exact formula but basically unless you stop mining you shouldn't have to worry about staying in the pool once you're in and the pool also accounts for all the shares you submit while trying to get your first block. So for example it takes you 5 days to find a block and then you stop mining. You'll get small payments each time a pool miner finds a block for approximately the next 5 days and the total it adds up to should be about 150 GRC. At least that's how I understand it.

Yes the integrated pool is dynamic and works good; the lookback is now 8.2 days -- just do a "listminers" and the lookback is the 3rd row, in seconds.

Good luck,
Grid

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Quote from: Ardolafat on January 07, 2014, 01:08:15 PM

Quote from: lmue on January 07, 2014, 01:03:00 PM

congratulation that hash rate of GRC now reach 70M.

It's hard to solomine now Undecided

how much hard? how much is your hashrate and how many blocks do you find at day?

traderman

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If Gridcoin can implement a pay per share system that would be amazing.

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Quote from: TribalBob on January 07, 2014, 01:29:56 PM

You don't mine at a lower difficulty, but you will receive a small piece of every block found.

The only requirement is that you must find a block first to begin receiving payouts from the pool and you must find a block at least once every 100 blocks to stay in the pool or you will be removed from the pool until you find another block as the pool has a 100 block look-back period.

I'm not sure of the formula exactly, but basically the higher the difficulty the higher the look-back period is. 100 blocks is only about 4 hours's time and I know before when the difficulty was lower you only had to find a block once a day or so to stay in the pool. I think now it's more like one block every 2-4 days.

You'll have to wait for Rob to comment on the exact formula but basically unless you stop mining you shouldn't have to worry about staying in the pool once you're in and the pool also accounts for all the shares you submit while trying to get your first block. So for example it takes you 5 days to find a block and then you stop mining. You'll get small payments each time a pool miner finds a block for approximately the next 5 days and the total it adds up to should be about 150 GRC. At least that's how I understand it.

traderman

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Yes looks like difficulty is rising too. The days of easy Gridcoins are going away. Wink

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Quote from: lmue on January 07, 2014, 01:33:53 PM

NetworkHashPs: 78581872.00000.
now almost 80M in one hour.

LOL, what a coincidence, I just put up the guide an hour ago...

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Quote from: TribalBob on January 07, 2014, 01:29:56 PM

Quote from: Ardolafat on January 07, 2014, 01:24:29 PM

Quote from: TribalBob on January 07, 2014, 01:16:43 PM

Quote from: Ardolafat on January 07, 2014, 01:08:15 PM

Quote from: lmue on January 07, 2014, 01:03:00 PM

congratulation that hash rate of GRC now reach 70M.

It's hard to solomine now Undecided

If solo mining has become too hard for your hashrate, add the following line to your gridcoin.conf:

Code:

poolmining=true

and then continue as if you were solo mining, this will add you to gridcoin's internal pool system.

It's not stratum or anything like it(it doesn't splits the blocks for pool workers), so it dosn't make any sense

You don't mine at a lower difficulty, but you will receive a small piece of every block found.

The only requirement is that you must find a block first to begin receiving payouts from the pool and you must find a block at least once every 100 blocks to stay in the pool or you will be removed from the pool until you find another block as the pool has a 100 block look-back period.

NetworkHashPs: 78581872.00000.
now almost 80M in one hour.

TribalBob

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Quote from: Ardolafat on January 07, 2014, 01:24:29 PM

Quote from: TribalBob on January 07, 2014, 01:16:43 PM

Quote from: Ardolafat on January 07, 2014, 01:08:15 PM

Quote from: lmue on January 07, 2014, 01:03:00 PM

congratulation that hash rate of GRC now reach 70M.

It's hard to solomine now Undecided

If solo mining has become too hard for your hashrate, add the following line to your gridcoin.conf:

Code:

poolmining=true

and then continue as if you were solo mining, this will add you to gridcoin's internal pool system.

It's not stratum or anything like it(it doesn't splits the blocks for pool workers), so it dosn't make any sense

You don't mine at a lower difficulty, but you will receive a small piece of every block found.

The only requirement is that you must find a block first to begin receiving payouts from the pool and you must find a block at least once every 100 blocks to stay in the pool or you will be removed from the pool until you find another block as the pool has a 100 block look-back period.

Ardolafat

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Quote from: TribalBob on January 07, 2014, 01:16:43 PM

Quote from: Ardolafat on January 07, 2014, 01:08:15 PM

Quote from: lmue on January 07, 2014, 01:03:00 PM

congratulation that hash rate of GRC now reach 70M.

It's hard to solomine now Undecided

If solo mining has become too hard for your hashrate, add the following line to your gridcoin.conf:

Code:

poolmining=true

and then continue as if you were solo mining, this will add you to gridcoin's internal pool system.

It's not stratum or anything like it(it doesn't splits the blocks for pool workers), so it dosn't make any sense

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Quote from: Gridcoin on January 06, 2014, 02:12:53 PM

Slashka: I'll be looking at the android e-mails from Leismith ASAP, please don't be discouraged; hopefully you two can create a new android repository asap.

Ok, Rob! Besides, I couldn't compile it Sad

About repo. Will it be another one or a part of a official? Because I can create it in a second

TribalBob

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Everyone please look over this guide and let me know if there's anything you feel is missing, unclear, etc...

Thanks!

https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.4368640

TribalBob

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Quote from: Ardolafat on January 07, 2014, 01:08:15 PM

Quote from: lmue on January 07, 2014, 01:03:00 PM

congratulation that hash rate of GRC now reach 70M.

It's hard to solomine now Undecided

If solo mining has become too hard for your hashrate, add the following line to your gridcoin.conf:

Code:

poolmining=true

and then continue as if you were solo mining, this will add you to gridcoin's internal pool system.

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Quote from: traderman on January 07, 2014, 11:44:29 AM

I think we need a comprehensive instruction manual or some kind of video tutorial for the new people.

Quote from: jacquette on January 07, 2014, 11:34:54 AM

This is just way too difficult to set up.. i'm getting gray hairs already.

Agreed. Also we need "fan site kit" of Gridcoin — graphics and so on. Maybe it would be nice idea to appoint some bounties? This can force activity of community, what mean much for newly borned crypto currencies.

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Quote from: lmue on January 07, 2014, 01:03:00 PM

congratulation that hash rate of GRC now reach 70M.

It's hard to solomine now Undecided

lmue

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congratulation that hash rate of GRC now reach 70M.

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Quote from: Gridcoin on January 07, 2014, 12:44:17 PM

Just when I thought things were settling down; by checking the other forum I thought we were past the 50% problem.

I'm running 3 versions of boinc without a problem; old; newest and 7.0.0.64, (64 bit version), and I can't reproduce any problems with the newest version of gridcoin.

Have you tried deleting "c:\programdata\boinc\gridcoin.dat" and restarting gridcoin?
Have we tried removing some projects and testing Wcg + malaria? Also press "Update" on the project?

I believe the only remaining issue may be a non-compatible stamp in the file above. Please let me know.

Rob H.

Confirming the issue is fixed on the newest version by deleting "c:\programdata\boinc\gridcoin.dat" and restarting gridcoin

Excellent work Rob! Updating my guide...

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