Topic: Request: If you have some free CPU power then try mining Gapcoin (Read 2669 times)

Yes. You will need to follow and compile gapcoind from the guide. Ubuntu 18.04 LTS currently recommended ...

- https://gapcoin.club/linux-gapcoind-setup.php

You must utilize cpulimit if mining on a cloud VPS !

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Soon ...

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and Seeking New Developers for GapMiner - A standalone Gapcoin (GAP) CPU, GPU, rpc, pool miner ...

Can we use VPS in mining Gapcoin? thanks!

STOP MINING GAPCOIN.

STOP SEARCHING FOR PRIME GAPS OF LARGEST KNOWN MERIT.

STOP DOING MATH.

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h/t - https://twitter.com/rabcyr_alt/status/1328145726354976771

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P.S. Trying some reverse psychology here. 

Work is in progress and yes we still have a lot to do to bring this project up-to-date.

Gapcoin will compile and run on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS just fine.

The Gitlab repo. is not yet a 'trusted' source for the project!

However, could you clarify if your compile issue was related only to the newer boost libraries?

All developers are of course welcome to get involved and contribute to the Gapcoin project.

Q. What is the use of this coin?

A. Gapcoin is a cryptocurrency (like Bitcoin BTC), it functions as a store of value and digital cash.

Gapcoin's PoW (mining process) also discovers Prime Gaps in new blocks whilst processing transactions.


Q. is there any exchange available to sell this coin because if someone mine this coin then they need to sell it somewhere or use it right?

A. Yes. https://freiexchange.com/market/GAP/BTC and soon https://c-patex.com/ and more ?

EDIT: adding: https://freebitcoins.com/xchange/market/Bitcoin-Gapcoin

Gapcoin was listed on poloniex, cryptopia and other now defunct crypto exchanges.

Other exchanges can list Gapcoin, although most of this industry now focuses on profit driven scams instead of interesting crypto / science projects.

Exchanges often want listing fees, which the Gapcoin community will not currently muster.

Did you know that when Bitcoin launched it was essentially valueless and no exchange services existed, whatsoever!


Q. Are there any investors at all for this project?

A. Personally, I don't give a hoot in regards to attracting 'whale' investors and/or promoting 'pump n dump' schemes or BS tokens.

Gapcoin is a cryptocurrency science project and a digital cash.


Q. That website is not very good to me and has nothing to attract whale investors.

A. gapcoin.org was the 'original' website started by the aforementioned developer, who sadly passed away.

https://gapcoin.club is my basic website offering, helping to maintain and to continue the project.

As we rebuild the community a better website may follow.


Q. Is there any whitepaper available for the project or any place for recent project update?

A. The original developer did not release a whitepaper for Gapcoin, which is essentially a Bitcoin based altcoin with some nice mathematically functional "bells and whistles" optimizations, for finding Prime Gaps.

- https://web.archive.org/web/20060802094251/http://www.twttr.com/ - twitter in 2006

- https://web.archive.org/web/20090303195936/http://bitcoin.org/ - bitcoin in 2009

*Shrugs*

Perhaps some new larger exchanges will eventually get around to listing Gapcoin and then other things might happen, including a better website etc.,

Unless you are volunteering to create a better one ?

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Gapcoin has already outlived a plethora of altcoins. It's almost a museum piece (like this forum!) 

This longevity alone might indicate that this ones a keeper against all odds, mathematical world records aside.

 

The project site does not look very presentable, this can definitely scare off many participants and investors

To automatically start mining when starting a wallet, you can write the following lines in the gapcoin.conf file
gen=1
getmin=true
genproclimit=here is the number of threads
to stop mining you can enter the "setgenerate false" command in the wallet console
but still I prefer the project zettelkasten  https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/ann-zettelkasten-zttl-new-algo-burgerhash-v6-cpu-solo-mineable-3207356

some say that Rizen 5 is good for cpu mining, have anyone here tried to use ryzen to mine this coin? I hope that this coin will become profitable, i have dozen of gpu's but gpu mining in my opinion is a;ready dead specially to those country who has higher price of electricity.

RIP

Currently you can mine in the wallet with CPU or at the pool https://gap.suprnova.cc with CPU and/or GPU.

The latest linux build has an additional Mining Tab, so yes quite literally click > Start (mining).

A new windows release is in the pipeline, however CPU mining in the (windows) wallet is also easy ...

- https://gapcoin.club/windows-gui-setup.php ...

"To start mining for Gapcoin in your wallet go to:

Help > Debug window > Console and type in the following command at the prompt:

setgenerate true

Note that this will start the mining process using 100% of your CPU processing power! This is not currently advised if you are using a laptop computer or a tablet, if you intend to use your PC to complete day-to-day tasks or you are already GPU mining other crypto-currencies."

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In the original Bitcoin release, as described by Satoshi in the Bitcoin whitepaper, nodes (wallets) were used to generate coins by CPU mining ...

- https://web.archive.org/web/20090303195936/http://bitcoin.org/

"You can get coins by getting someone to send you some, or turn on Options->Generate Coins to run a node and generate blocks. I made the proof-of-work difficulty ridiculously easy to start with, so for a little while in the beginning a typical PC will be able to generate coins in just a few hours. It'll get a lot harder when competition makes the automatic adjustment drive up the difficulty."

The same applies to Gapcoin, plus as the difficulty rises we will discover new world record prime gaps as part of the mining process.

Gapcoin is a math / scientific Bitcoin based altcoin, if anyone thinks this is a shitcoin, they don't understand Bitcoin PoW technology at all.

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@ Nakamoto "You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink".

If mining is done in the wallet, meaning if it inbuilt, then it's simple, you only have to download the wallet and click mine, or open a few ports and then your good to go, hope the new team will clarify.

Never did mining gapcoin but if still profitable i would like to start why not! But what is more important to me is to watch a video tutorial , never mined any coin!

So sad that many people nowaday didn't see what this coin is all about, imagine they've started 2015 we were consider the team as part of pioneer in developing this kind of technology, I hope Gapcoin team will see the good spot in this present market.

Hello, This is a very nice project. I wonder if Gapcoin can mine in raspberry PI.

Thanks for the reply.  

Gapcoin is first and foremost an (open source) math / scientific project and then a cryptocurrency.

~ What is our 'brand' supposedly selling exactly? Prime Gaps of the highest merit as world records?

Gapcoin is currency / 'money'.

There will be no ICO.

We don't want or need VC 'money'.

Yes the 'market' will likely discover the project of its own accord, hopefully due to an increased understanding of what Bitcoin / blockchain / timechain technology can do, on its own merits.

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For Gapcoin, it's the satoshi way or the highway ...

snapshot ... bitcoin.org ... 3rd March 2009 ...
- https://web.archive.org/web/20090303195936/http://bitcoin.org/

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2 π r
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k02KIOUU8Hw&list=PLD141E36B4DAC5F13&index=1

Just come across this project today, it is a good project from the look of things but the website needs significant improvement, I do not know why some of these developers don't take their brand serious, though it is going to be difficult without ICO or VC money but consistent development the market is going to discover the project

Linux and Windows CPU pool mining guide can be found here:
- https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.54566909

You can still try to solo mine blocks in the wallet with CPU using the built in miner:
- https://gapcoin.club/windows-gui-setup.php

" How to start mining for Gapcoin in the QT Wallet.

To start mining for Gapcoin in your wallet go to:

Help > Debug window > Console and type in the following command at the prompt:

setgenerate true "

e.g.

> setgenerate true

In-wallet (CPU) solo mining is still possible due to relatively low mining difficulty.

GPU solo mining (RPC / stratum) to the wallet and in the pool is also working.

Good luck!