I have 7 rigs and will soon have 9. I can easily set up a main rig as a control center, but honestly i am struggling just to run my set up stable for more than 4-5 days without restarts or constant reloads of linuxcoin. The damn thing is f'in killing me right now.
I had neck surgery which has slowed me down, but finally I am recovered enough to start working on this again. I just feel like the whole miner thing is such a clusterfuck unless you have pre-existing knowledge of linux.
i have plenty of hardware experience as an overclocker and system builder. I was just too naive about what it was going to take to run everything through linux.
I believe in the purpose of bitcoin and didn't get into it to make a quick buck, but I also don't want to lose my ass and it feels like that is the way things are going at this point.
If people want true adoption, they need to create a linux based OS that is stable and doesn't require one to be an expert on linux programming and coding.
Bitcoin is NOTHING without miners. A 51% attack will happen soon enough if the network is not strengthened as there is enough money involved in the current amount of bitcoin to make this possibility worthwhile. Nevermind how easily the speculators manipulate the market like vultures.
I love the project and concept, but I believe the direction is not properly managed it makes logical sense to me that the miners need to become strong first so the network is safe. There is too much focus on adoption and not enough on protecting the network.
The focus should be on making it easy for people to add hashing power to the network without these convoluted programming nightmare schemes.
Just make a simple, stable fucking distro with a simple mining set-up and stop with the complicated bullshit. This will add a horde of new miners and then we can all promote the use of bitcoin, but as someone studying to get an MBA and a business owner, I wouldn't touch bitcoin with a ten foot pole right now as it is too vulnerable to scammers, botnets and speculating douchebags to consider accepting it as a legitimate currency.
Okay, sorry, rant over. I just know many new miners feel the same pain I do.
I had neck surgery which has slowed me down, but finally I am recovered enough to start working on this again. I just feel like the whole miner thing is such a clusterfuck unless you have pre-existing knowledge of linux.
i have plenty of hardware experience as an overclocker and system builder. I was just too naive about what it was going to take to run everything through linux.
I believe in the purpose of bitcoin and didn't get into it to make a quick buck, but I also don't want to lose my ass and it feels like that is the way things are going at this point.
If people want true adoption, they need to create a linux based OS that is stable and doesn't require one to be an expert on linux programming and coding.
Bitcoin is NOTHING without miners. A 51% attack will happen soon enough if the network is not strengthened as there is enough money involved in the current amount of bitcoin to make this possibility worthwhile. Nevermind how easily the speculators manipulate the market like vultures.
I love the project and concept, but I believe the direction is not properly managed it makes logical sense to me that the miners need to become strong first so the network is safe. There is too much focus on adoption and not enough on protecting the network.
The focus should be on making it easy for people to add hashing power to the network without these convoluted programming nightmare schemes.
Just make a simple, stable fucking distro with a simple mining set-up and stop with the complicated bullshit. This will add a horde of new miners and then we can all promote the use of bitcoin, but as someone studying to get an MBA and a business owner, I wouldn't touch bitcoin with a ten foot pole right now as it is too vulnerable to scammers, botnets and speculating douchebags to consider accepting it as a legitimate currency.
Okay, sorry, rant over. I just know many new miners feel the same pain I do.
BAMT was created several months ago as precisely this: A simple plug in and mine distribution. No user applications, nothing but what you need to mine. With BAMT new mining rigs can be deployed in less than 60 seconds, and never need to be touched again. All it takes is editing a few lines in a couple files, and these are automatically displayed on the screen, with instructions, when you turn the machine on.
Many people with zero linux experience are able to start mining with BAMT in just a few minutes.
Today BAMT runs some of the largest mining farms but also is used by many smaller or even single rig miners. It has a reputation for stable uptimes measured in months. An easy to use web interface shows you graphs of key mining performance metrics and we provide several farm wide management tools. A new automatic configuration system is near release. This will allow you to simply turn on a brand new rig, and it will start mining for you. No need to ever log in to it or even attach a screen.
Check it out, it sounds like what many in this thread are asking for, and it already exists.
http://aaronwolfe.com/bamt/
Was going to leave the mining stuff to someone else and start with a fresh platform and all source made public. 
