Topic: [Guide] Noob guide to solo mining USB Erupters with cgminer (Read 34435 times)
i think i got this working correct. i figured id give it a try since my big ant is going to town. took only a few minutes.
It is a zip file. Open it and there are many many files, my computer kept kicking off the exe file since it said it was corrupted. I fixed that and no worries. However, every time I tried to extract all of the files, they don't extract. I expected to extract the files and see the exe to just click and poof... an application for a miner would open up and be the cgminer. Forgive me, I always make things too difficult. Nevermind. Appreciate your taking the time to answer.
???I feel like an idiot. I can't seem to figure out how to get the cgminer.exe to open. All the files on winzip or peazip have 10 files with the .exe file and they won't open. What am I doing wrong? I have tried cgminer files from all over the web. Help please.
Mary
p.s. My Rebuild Mary's Breasts website is not getting enough hits. I even said I would accept bitcoin. Cyber-begging is hard work. What forum does this belong in?
https://www.giveforward.com/fundraiser/68t3/rebuild-mary-s-breasts
Mary
p.s. My Rebuild Mary's Breasts website is not getting enough hits. I even said I would accept bitcoin. Cyber-begging is hard work. What forum does this belong in?
https://www.giveforward.com/fundraiser/68t3/rebuild-mary-s-breasts
it shouldn't be a exe file it should be a zip file with a possible bat file.
???I feel like an idiot. I can't seem to figure out how to get the cgminer.exe to open. All the files on winzip or peazip have 10 files with the .exe file and they won't open. What am I doing wrong? I have tried cgminer files from all over the web. Help please.
Mary
p.s. My Rebuild Mary's Breasts website is not getting enough hits. I even said I would accept bitcoin. Cyber-begging is hard work. What forum does this belong in?
https://www.giveforward.com/fundraiser/68t3/rebuild-mary-s-breasts
Mary
p.s. My Rebuild Mary's Breasts website is not getting enough hits. I even said I would accept bitcoin. Cyber-begging is hard work. What forum does this belong in?
https://www.giveforward.com/fundraiser/68t3/rebuild-mary-s-breasts
That's a good and easy to understand guide. Thanks for doing this. Going to try solo mining - seems to be cool
This guide worked great for me, thanks. The only difference is that the new cgminer (3.9.0) no longer accepts the -G option. I simply removed it and it works fine.
That is because the -G is for the GPUs. Support for GPUs were taken out of cgminer.
This guide worked great for me, thanks. The only difference is that the new cgminer (3.9.0) no longer accepts the -G option. I simply removed it and it works fine.
put testnet=1 to your config i you wanna see how it looks like to find a block. You should find one withing 1-2 hours. (port 18332) everthing else stays the same.
So IF we find a block how would we know it? Where will the 25BTC be stored?
In your Bitcoin-QT client that your mining against.
So IF we find a block how would we know it? Where will the 25BTC be stored?
i keep getting (bitcoin qt exe server the ntvdm cpu has encountered an illegal ) every time i try to start the server.
i am going solo as soon as qt is downloaded 
Good luck with it. I just want to have my rig running without having to look at it anymore. We'll see how well that works for me.
Sam
Just how much hash power can be aimed a BitcoinQT and have things function correctly? 
I'm solo mining on two different machines with local Bitcoin-QT's (v0.8.5) one each. 40 Erupters on one and 34 on the other. Both seem fine. I have regular pools setup as failovers and shares get leaked to those on block changes but the rest of the time the client holds up just fine, so far. Next task is to combine all my erupters on the same P4 Vista machine and see how well it works now.
Sam
i am going solo as soon as qt is downloaded
Just how much hash power can be aimed a BitcoinQT and have things function correctly?
I'm solo mining on two different machines with local Bitcoin-QT's (v0.8.5) one each. 40 Erupters on one and 34 on the other. Both seem fine. I have regular pools setup as failovers and shares get leaked to those on block changes but the rest of the time the client holds up just fine, so far. Next task is to combine all my erupters on the same P4 Vista machine and see how well it works now.
Sam
If I was going to tip someone it would be Luke-jr no offense.
flag to sign block --coinbase-sig "Found with a ten dollar block erupter my nigga!"
flag to sign block --coinbase-sig "Found with a ten dollar block erupter my nigga!"
how does it no what wallet to pay into. don't you have to put --coinbase-addr-
It goes into the Bitcoin client wallet that you are mining against. As far as I know you don't need to put "--coinbase-addr-" in your miners command line. People have been solo mining long before BFGMiner and GBT Ever existed.
thanks, i am thinking of going solo.
Doesn't BFG Miner have a readme for solo mining? That should be helpful I would think.
The "--coinbase-addr-" wouldn't hurt as I think it goes specifically to the address in your client that you specify. That way it would be easier to search for in the blockchain.
how does it no what wallet to pay into. don't you have to put --coinbase-addr-
It goes into the Bitcoin client wallet that you are mining against. As far as I know you don't need to put "--coinbase-addr-" in your miners command line. People have been solo mining long before BFGMiner and GBT Ever existed.
thanks, i am thinking of going solo.
how does it no what wallet to pay into. don't you have to put --coinbase-addr-
It goes into the Bitcoin client wallet that you are mining against. As far as I know you don't need to put "--coinbase-addr-" in your miners command line. People have been solo mining long before BFGMiner and GBT Ever existed.
how does it no what wallet to pay into. don't you have to put --coinbase-addr-
one block erupter gets 336 Mh/s. Did you really not know that? some people overclock them or put 7 in a hub, but then your errors go up. so basically its less efficient to do that. but at 1 cent a day per blockeurpter, I guess it doesn't really matter.
if you can find a pool with a low enough threshold, you might be able to make ten cents a day with one. the time I checked my ten dollar lottery stick was worth $20. this is because bitcoins sky rocketed over the last 30 days. but once the difficulty goes up enough they wont be worth nothing.
if you can find a pool with a low enough threshold, you might be able to make ten cents a day with one. the time I checked my ten dollar lottery stick was worth $20. this is because bitcoins sky rocketed over the last 30 days. but once the difficulty goes up enough they wont be worth nothing.
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