Topic: ▄▀ [PSA]: Guide to (solo) mining bitbar ▀▄ (Read 8563 times)
So what if my miners are controlled with a ras pi via bfgminer or cgminer or whichever... and the wallet is on a different computer. Please someone correct me but isn't the 127.0....address put in because the wallet is on the same computer as the mining software? So i could essentially mine and keep the wallet in 2 different spots in the world as long as the full IP is put in instead of the 127.0....address?
Just to make sure. I got the right stuff and to recap it.
So I do the following :
First, download the bitbar qt client:
Windows zip - http://sourceforge.net/projects/bitbar/files/bitbar-win32.zip/download
Official site for other builds (linux, source code): http://bitbar.biz/downloads
Set up a username and pass in bitbar.conf
Code:
server=1
rpcuser=USERNAME
rpcpassword=PASSWORD
rpcallowip=127.0.0.1
rpcallowip=192.168.0.* (home network)
rpcport=9344
Download cgminer (http://ck.kolivas.org/apps/cgminer/2.11/cgminer-2.11.4-windows.7z) (http://ck.kolivas.org/apps/cgminer/) {Don't forget the Catalyst drivers and SDK}, then in cgminer input your username and pass, then set the URL in cgminer to http://127.0.0.1:9344
Run bat file with line bitbar-qt.exe -server
then
Code:
cgminer --scrypt -o http://127.0.0.1:9344 -u USERNAME-p PASSWORD
I know it's outdated but I wish to learn how to set up solo mining properly.
Let me know if I am wrong or feel free to quote and bold in red my mistakes.
Thanks!
So I do the following :
First, download the bitbar qt client:
Windows zip - http://sourceforge.net/projects/bitbar/files/bitbar-win32.zip/download
Official site for other builds (linux, source code): http://bitbar.biz/downloads
Set up a username and pass in bitbar.conf
Code:
server=1
rpcuser=USERNAME
rpcpassword=PASSWORD
rpcallowip=127.0.0.1
rpcallowip=192.168.0.* (home network)
rpcport=9344
Download cgminer (http://ck.kolivas.org/apps/cgminer/2.11/cgminer-2.11.4-windows.7z) (http://ck.kolivas.org/apps/cgminer/) {Don't forget the Catalyst drivers and SDK}, then in cgminer input your username and pass, then set the URL in cgminer to http://127.0.0.1:9344
Run bat file with line bitbar-qt.exe -server
then
Code:
cgminer --scrypt -o http://127.0.0.1:9344 -u USERNAME-p PASSWORD
I know it's outdated but I wish to learn how to set up solo mining properly.
Let me know if I am wrong or feel free to quote and bold in red my mistakes.
Thanks!
I have tried solo mining on BTB once before but was unsuccessful. Well decided to give it another try and have everything setup and running. One of my rigs says its best share has been 1.04M but I did not get a block. I am also seeing some messages that say that pool 0 has become unavailable and the shares are stale. Any ideas?
I have been mining several other coins solo with no issues but this one is eluding me. I have about 9 Mh/s pointed at it right now. Going ot have to go elsewhere if I can't figure out what the problem is.
I have been mining several other coins solo with no issues but this one is eluding me. I have about 9 Mh/s pointed at it right now. Going ot have to go elsewhere if I can't figure out what the problem is.
Working p2pool for bitbar (Source code + zero-fee public node) https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/btbp2poolupdated-source-0-public-node-read-instructions-carefully-217894
Please help decentralizing Bitbar!
Please help decentralizing Bitbar!
What is reaper? Should I mine with reaper or cgminer?
Depends on your GPU, but generally cgminer
What is reaper? Should I mine with reaper or cgminer?
Looking at the network hash rate it might be time to get back into solo mining bitbar.
I may need to give this a shot...haven't stretched my wings with cgminer yet...just using reaper. Can you solo-mine with Reaper?
You sure can, you just need to set the config file.
I may need to give this a shot...haven't stretched my wings with cgminer yet...just using reaper. Can you solo-mine with Reaper?
I just checked the bitbar mining calculator on coinwarz (http://www.coinwarz.com/calculators/bitbar-mining-calculator) and it shows it would take about .6 days to generate a block mining solo based on my hash rate, but this is heavily dependent on luck.
I wonder if it is even worth mining solo given the current hash rate of the network. It would be I guess if you have a GPU farm.
I wonder if it is even worth mining solo given the current hash rate of the network. It would be I guess if you have a GPU farm.
Hash rate has gone down recently due to coin hoppers moving away, so it should make it more realistic for the average joe.
Yes. And what the hoppers might have misunderstood is that the payout will adjust also. Eyes open
Hah, thanks for this guide! 1.2Mh and I found my first block after 10 minutes. Sweet! Probably won't find anything else for the next 7 days but at least it worked. 
Good to hear!
I just checked the bitbar mining calculator on coinwarz (http://www.coinwarz.com/calculators/bitbar-mining-calculator) and it shows it would take about .6 days to generate a block mining solo based on my hash rate, but this is heavily dependent on luck.
I wonder if it is even worth mining solo given the current hash rate of the network. It would be I guess if you have a GPU farm.
I wonder if it is even worth mining solo given the current hash rate of the network. It would be I guess if you have a GPU farm.
Hash rate has gone down recently due to coin hoppers moving away, so it should make it more realistic for the average joe.
Hah, thanks for this guide! 1.2Mh and I found my first block after 10 minutes. Sweet! Probably won't find anything else for the next 7 days but at least it worked.
I just checked the bitbar mining calculator on coinwarz (http://www.coinwarz.com/calculators/bitbar-mining-calculator) and it shows it would take about .6 days to generate a block mining solo based on my hash rate, but this is heavily dependent on luck.
I wonder if it is even worth mining solo given the current hash rate of the network. It would be I guess if you have a GPU farm.
I wonder if it is even worth mining solo given the current hash rate of the network. It would be I guess if you have a GPU farm.
Great guide!
You should expand on this, it's hard to get a single box to have a hashrate of >2MH/s. If a user has a farm, or >1 computer, they need to be able to connect.
If your local home network is in the 192.168.0.1 range, then add a 2nd line in the conf that is
and then you can connect other PC's to mine to the single bitbard instance.
You should expand on this, it's hard to get a single box to have a hashrate of >2MH/s. If a user has a farm, or >1 computer, they need to be able to connect.
If your local home network is in the 192.168.0.1 range, then add a 2nd line in the conf that is
Code:
rpcallowip=192.168.0.*
and then you can connect other PC's to mine to the single bitbard instance.
Will be using this, thanks.
Forgot to mention one important detail. When solo mining, you need to start the qt program with the -server command.
So for example, create a .bat file again, call it bitbarserver.bat
edit the file in a text editor to contain
Then start your cgminer through your other .bat file as in the first post.
Also note that you must have installed and run bitcoin-qt before running bitbar-qt, bitbar-qt appears to depend on one file created by bitcoin-qt.
So for example, create a .bat file again, call it bitbarserver.bat
edit the file in a text editor to contain
Code:
bitbar-qt.exe -server
Then start your cgminer through your other .bat file as in the first post.
Also note that you must have installed and run bitcoin-qt before running bitbar-qt, bitbar-qt appears to depend on one file created by bitcoin-qt.
Going through the recent blocks on the block explorer shows that a number of people are successfully solo mining. Very interesting.
thank you very much
Going through the recent blocks on the block explorer shows that a number of people are successfully solo mining. Very interesting.
OH YEAH
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