You'll only make that much with the current difficulty, changes are it will be significantly less over a month.
Now if you choose to mine solo you're likely to never make anything, as bitcoins are discovered in blocks of 50. That's the reason you join a pool. There are lots of them, just browse the mining section of the forum and don't join deepbit (it's too big).
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As mentioned I do not pay the power supply, its in a data center and currently its running at 4100khash/s that makes ~ 30 $ / Month right? BTW it are 8 cores. Can (and if how) this become even more if i do not mine solo? Sorry for all that questions that are surly answered in the wiki which is down :/ And thanks for your help so far! Nice community here
I calculated $2.5 / month for 4 MH/s. And again, that's just an average, it's not a steady payout. When mining solo (eg with the client) you only get anything when you find a block which is completely random. Due to difficulty increase, it is almost certain you will never find a block. 
As mentioned I do not pay the power supply, its in a data center and currently its running at 4100khash/s that makes ~ 30 $ / Month right? BTW it are 8 cores. Can (and if how) this become even more if i do not mine solo? Sorry for all that questions that are surly answered in the wiki which is down :/ And thanks for your help so far! Nice community here
It's because you're not generating yet, you're downloading the already discovered blocks (probably done by the time I posted this).
Also if you owned the server this is what it would look like until the next difficulty increase heh:
bitcoin income
Your two processors would produce $24.64 USD a month (0.0925btc/day * 30days * 8.88usd/btc)
power usage:
An i7 from peak to idle is a difference of 213-109 = 104W.
208watts*24hours*30days/1000 = 150kwh
power cost required to break even
150kwh * $/kwh = 24.64
$/kwh = .164
Also if you owned the server this is what it would look like until the next difficulty increase heh:
bitcoin income
Your two processors would produce $24.64 USD a month (0.0925btc/day * 30days * 8.88usd/btc)
power usage:
An i7 from peak to idle is a difference of 213-109 = 104W.
208watts*24hours*30days/1000 = 150kwh
power cost required to break even
150kwh * $/kwh = 24.64
$/kwh = .164
And you need to remember to include the electricity cost of the additional Air Conditioning load due to extra heat being poured into the server room.
Actualy it does not even use 5% of my CPU for some reason, could do much more. Due the point i pay the same for the servers it does not matter if they idle or the CPU runs 20 hours a day @ 100%
But for some reason it just looks like:
http://img651.imageshack.us/img651/6341/bitcoin.png
Getting blocks after blocks but stuck at 0khash/s
But for some reason it just looks like:
http://img651.imageshack.us/img651/6341/bitcoin.png
Getting blocks after blocks but stuck at 0khash/s
I run several Server i dont use 24/7 so there is a lot of idle time i pay for, so thats the idea why i want to do CPU mining.
The difference between idle power usage and load power usage is extremely significant. Just that difference in electricity usage alone will cause you to pay more in electricity than what you will gain in BTC.
Both won't start on Windows 2008 Server Standard Edition so i might have to use the standard client.
How long does it take till the first coin is generated? I run with 7 Connections and it shows 110k blocks whatever this means, the wiki is down for some reason :/
6 years. And no, I'm not kidding, with your CPU (assuming one server) I don't think you'll make more than 10 MH/s, which at current difficulty takes on average 6 years to find a block of 50 bitcoins. And of course by the time 6 years pass difficulty will increase, so you will probably never see even a bitpenny from the client.How long does it take till the first coin is generated? I run with 7 Connections and it shows 110k blocks whatever this means, the wiki is down for some reason :/
With a CPU miner connected to a pool, rewards would still be measly but they will be spread out, meaning you will at least make some fraction of a bitcoin.
Both won't start on Windows 2008 Server Standard Edition so i might have to use the standard client.
How long does it take till the first coin is generated? I run with 7 Connections and it shows 110k blocks whatever this means, the wiki is down for some reason :/
How long does it take till the first coin is generated? I run with 7 Connections and it shows 110k blocks whatever this means, the wiki is down for some reason :/
You don't have permission to access /wiki/Poclbm on this server.
And google just refers me to threads where people want to do CPU mining, i could not find a client specialized for that. I'm running the Servers on a Gbit Port in a Datacenter so there is no router to forward.
Yeah, the wiki is down.And google just refers me to threads where people want to do CPU mining, i could not find a client specialized for that. I'm running the Servers on a Gbit Port in a Datacenter so there is no router to forward.
This is Kiv's GUI version of poclbm.
This seems to be a miner good for CPU.
You don't have permission to access /wiki/Poclbm on this server.
And google just refers me to threads where people want to do CPU mining, i could not find a client specialized for that. I'm running the Servers on a Gbit Port in a Datacenter so there is no router to forward.
And google just refers me to threads where people want to do CPU mining, i could not find a client specialized for that. I'm running the Servers on a Gbit Port in a Datacenter so there is no router to forward.
Did you forward port 8333? This should get you more connections.
Is there any good you could refer to? I guess there are many of them.
poclbm, which also has a GUI version. You'll also need a mining pool like Continuum pool (and a GPU). There are also CPU mining software, a search should unearth them.
Thanks!
I run several Server i dont use 24/7 so there is a lot of idle time i pay for, so thats the idea why i want to do CPU mining. Would be cool if there would be even CPU instead of GPU Clients
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This helped me very much, thanks!
Is there any good you could refer to? I guess there are many of them.
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No matter which CPU your server has, it would cost more on electricity than you could gain in bitcoins. Even if you don't have to pay for the energy, bitcoin-income would be abysmal.
I run several Server i dont use 24/7 so there is a lot of idle time i pay for, so thats the idea why i want to do CPU mining. Would be cool if there would be even CPU instead of GPU Clients
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This helped me very much, thanks!
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If you plan on mining, you should use some of the specialized GPU mining programs out there instead of the official client.
Is there any good you could refer to? I guess there are many of them.
Hello and welcome to the forum!
Alternatively there are online wallet services like mybitcoin.com which save you the hassle of dealing with your wallet.dat. You have to trust them however to keep your coins save.
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1) I always read about getting graphic cards, would actual server hardware do a good job too? E.G i would try mining with a 1Gbit connected rootserver with Xeon i7 W3520 4x2(HT)x2.66+ GHz and 24 GB Ram
CPU mining is not cost effective - GPUs are vastly more powerful and have therefore set the standard for mining. No matter which CPU your server has, it would cost more on electricity than you could gain in bitcoins. Even if you don't have to pay for the energy, bitcoin-income would be abysmal.Quote
2) What if i need to reinstall at some Point, do i have to spend the bitcoins and just download a new client afterwards? Or would it be a good idea to have one "save" banking account for generated coins? At some point every computer will crash i think...
The coins are "inside" the wallet.dat file - you should back this one up before you reinstall and on a regular basis to avoid and coin-losses from computer crashes. You should probably think about encrypting it before you back it up.Alternatively there are online wallet services like mybitcoin.com which save you the hassle of dealing with your wallet.dat. You have to trust them however to keep your coins save.
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3) Even if I'm connected with 1Gbit to the Internet i have 1 or max 2 connections, mostly 0 how comes that? Do I need to wait or what I'm doing wrong? Should I use a differnt client for mining then the official?
You probably have to wait a bit before you get more connections. The connection speed is not very important for the operation of your client. If you plan on mining, you should use some of the specialized GPU mining programs out there instead of the official client.
Hi there,
i read about bitcoin and wanted to try it out myself. Therefor i have 3 questions you might can help me with:
1) I always read about getting graphic cards, would actual server hardware do a good job too? E.G i would try mining with a 1Gbit connected rootserver with Xeon i7 W3520 4x2(HT)x2.66+ GHz and 24 GB Ram
2) What if i need to reinstall at some Point, do i have to spend the bitcoins and just download a new client afterwards? Or would it be a good idea to have one "save" banking account for generated coins? At some point every computer will crash i think...
3) Even if I'm connected with 1Gbit to the Internet i have 1 or max 2 connections, mostly 0 how comes that? Do I need to wait or what I'm doing wrong? Should I use a differnt client for mining then the official?
Thanks in advance and sorry for my bad english, it isn't my native language
i read about bitcoin and wanted to try it out myself. Therefor i have 3 questions you might can help me with:
1) I always read about getting graphic cards, would actual server hardware do a good job too? E.G i would try mining with a 1Gbit connected rootserver with Xeon i7 W3520 4x2(HT)x2.66+ GHz and 24 GB Ram
2) What if i need to reinstall at some Point, do i have to spend the bitcoins and just download a new client afterwards? Or would it be a good idea to have one "save" banking account for generated coins? At some point every computer will crash i think...
3) Even if I'm connected with 1Gbit to the Internet i have 1 or max 2 connections, mostly 0 how comes that? Do I need to wait or what I'm doing wrong? Should I use a differnt client for mining then the official?
Thanks in advance and sorry for my bad english, it isn't my native language
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