How do I get btc?
mine them 
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How do I get btc?
They are very expensive but, for the time being, you can use PayPal, credit card and 8 other payment methods to buy them here: http://www.centraw.com 
dual-chip Spartan6 does those speeds 
375MH? Thats quite a lot for an FPGA. What board is it?
yes, guiminer does have cuda support, but for some reason, i cannot get the drivers to work so that it can find the device...that was my original problem, but it probably isn't worth the time to fix the problem.
I think the FPGA i am working on MIGHT get 375 MH/s...so it's a start at least...
I think the FPGA i am working on MIGHT get 375 MH/s...so it's a start at least...
Can you post a printscreen of GPU-z?
Also, Im not sure if GUIminer uses CUDA; most miners use OpenCL, but that ought to be part of the nvidia drivers (I think?). As a quick test, try the miner in my signature (its java webbased), see if that works.
That said; agreed with the above poster that its probably just a wasted effort; if you like to get some bitcoins without paying for them, you might be better off mining lightcoins and trading them for bitcoins, even if a Pentium 4 isnt going to make you litecoin-rich either.
GUIminer has CUDA support Also, Im not sure if GUIminer uses CUDA; most miners use OpenCL, but that ought to be part of the nvidia drivers (I think?). As a quick test, try the miner in my signature (its java webbased), see if that works.
That said; agreed with the above poster that its probably just a wasted effort; if you like to get some bitcoins without paying for them, you might be better off mining lightcoins and trading them for bitcoins, even if a Pentium 4 isnt going to make you litecoin-rich either.
Good job not pointing newbies to gox. Fuck that place.
I personally never had any problems with MtGox, but I think that it is important to have alternatives.
How do I get btc?
might just use that nvidia for skyrim instead lol, but it might not be good enough for that either?
thanks so much p4man and everyone else. I was hoping to use hardware i had laying around, hopefully the FPGA is better for the bitcoins, but think i will try litecoins, and then trade up. I definitely have more cpu's than i do gpu's lol.
Sucks that the NVIDIA card is basically worthless, it is pretty pricey online, and i figured if it could push 4 monitors at 2560x1600 (16,384,000 pixels) then it should be able to do pretty well at parallel processing. I will keep you posted about the FPGA and my progress there...
Sucks that the NVIDIA card is basically worthless, it is pretty pricey online, and i figured if it could push 4 monitors at 2560x1600 (16,384,000 pixels) then it should be able to do pretty well at parallel processing. I will keep you posted about the FPGA and my progress there...
lol, why are they worthless?
isn't there only use to register domain names on the dot-bit domain? was not aware of any other value.
isn't there only use to register domain names on the dot-bit domain? was not aware of any other value.
They are traded, so you can buy them if you need them. But they are very very cheap. Current 0.00767 bitcoin per namecoin:
https://btc-e.com/exchange/nmc_btc
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ALSO, can anyone explain the other coins? the "silver" to bitcoins "gold"? lightcoins...right?
Litecoin is one of many alternate chains. Its like a clone of bitcoin, works pretty much the same way, except the hashing algorithm they use is not suited for videocards. It only really works on CPUs. Litecoins, as most alternate chains, are also cheap, but difficulty is also relatively low making it somewhat worthwile to mine, and then trade for bitcoins.
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also, do you need a separate wallet for namecoins? I am definitely a noob in the bitcoin world...thanks guys
I think so. Ive never bothered to set it up. I set the payout adress for namecoins to the deposit address of the exchange I use, so they are sent straight from the pool to the exchange, and I trade them there for bitcoi...cents.
lol, why are they worthless?
isn't there only use to register domain names on the dot-bit domain? was not aware of any other value.
ALSO, can anyone explain the other coins? the "silver" to bitcoins "gold"? lightcoins...right?
also, do you need a separate wallet for namecoins? I am definitely a noob in the bitcoin world...thanks guys
isn't there only use to register domain names on the dot-bit domain? was not aware of any other value.
ALSO, can anyone explain the other coins? the "silver" to bitcoins "gold"? lightcoins...right?
also, do you need a separate wallet for namecoins? I am definitely a noob in the bitcoin world...thanks guys
OpenCL is part of the nvidia drivers:
http://developer.nvidia.com/opencl
If you installed the drivers, you should have the software. Just keep in mind most mining software isnt made with nvidia in mind, because if the enormous performance difference.
As for the namecoins. I can send you some if you like. They are virtually worthless anyway.
http://developer.nvidia.com/opencl
If you installed the drivers, you should have the software. Just keep in mind most mining software isnt made with nvidia in mind, because if the enormous performance difference.
As for the namecoins. I can send you some if you like. They are virtually worthless anyway.
yikes, did not realize it was that long...thanks, i really am liking bitminter though, i am very interested in getting some namecoins too. Would love to get a decent domain name on .bit
thanks nmat...
i believe the nvidia quadro nvs 420 does support Open CL, but how do you set that up? i have the latest drivers (276.14, 276.42, and devdriver 270.81)
still nothing...
i believe the nvidia quadro nvs 420 does support Open CL, but how do you set that up? i have the latest drivers (276.14, 276.42, and devdriver 270.81)
still nothing...
hopefully stumble on a block a month or so...
With that card, you're looking at at least a couple of years before you solve a block. Just over 40, to be exact. P.S. In MY computer, I have two video cards, both ATI...HD2400 and HD3400...are those any better?
No because they don't support OpenCL
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