Topic: WinMiner v1.126a - auto switch windows app for multi miner optimization - page 66. (Read 101148 times)

Just found this. Seems like a great idea, so I'm testing it now.

Question #1: I'm running the portable version. I started it in admin mode and now I can't switch back. I've tried deleting the folder and starting over but got the same result. So my question is is admin mode necessary after initial setup and is it possible to switch back and forth?

I would love to see power company feature that would dynamically take current power rates in account and stop mining if it its not profitable and resume once profitable at a defined threshold that can be set. I know ComEd has an API that can be utilized for this.

This is a great point (especially with the current heavy loads on the BTC network and the long transfer confirmation times, caused by it). Thank you!

During the last spike in unconfirmed transfers on BTC network (about a week ago) we suggested, among other ways, to write to us at support [at] winminer.com , BEFORE making a withdrawal, if interested in a higher transfer fee withdrawal (that will get priority and receive confirmation faster) – this still holds – feel free to contact us for that.
(See the post - https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.20919818)

Creating a feature like you suggested is a great idea especially if the congested bitcoin network state persists.

Keep on sending great ideas and feedback! We are here to assist if you need us 

It will be really great if user have ability to choose few options of transactions fees(for BTC,ETH ) on withdrawal page , for example
(for BTC)
(1) Transaction fees: 0.0001 BTC ( kan waiting couple of days to get confirmed)
(2) Transaction fees: 0.0005 BTC ( up to .... timer  to get confirmed )
(3) Transaction fees: 0.001 BTC ( up to .... timer  to get confirmed )
... etc

thank you for answering my question   , it did work in matter of 2 minutes or so, glad to know what it means , waiting for the new updates <3 , keep up the good work

Thanks for the great feedback.

We are sure you will be happy to know that we are already working on a feature that will allow users to define their own WinMiner minimum profit rate threshold.
That way, when profitability is below the threshold, WinMiner will refrain from performing any mining activity.

Keep on sending great ideas 

Welcome aboard!

Thank you for choosing WinMiner and for your support!
"Device detected" is an early stage in benchmarking in which WinMiner identifies the hardware and prepares for the benchmark testing steps by fetching the right miners, drivers etc.

The length of this stage depends largely on the type of coin, the Algo to be used and the available hardware, and can range from a couple of seconds to several minutes.
If on your machine the device detected stage takes more than 6 minutes or so, then please let us know and we will work with you to resolve the issue.

Happy mining  

If you're withdrawing using Bitcoin it can take several hours to a couple days for the TX to confirm. This is due to the low TX fee along with high network congestion. You will get your payment but it may take a while.

Hi There, i'm new to mining in general i was using another program but i'm more comfortable using winminer, its great and i wanted to say congratulations!

but i wanted to ask a question, sometimes instead of mining it just says device detected ( i can see that its using 100% of my gpu ), but not telling what coins is being mined neither how much is my estimated earnings
so should i just let it continue its fine and its still mining ? or do i have to restart it  ( stop - start again ), ?
because if it means it stopped mining or its a bug then i can't leave it overnight for nothing so what i can do ?

Ok,understend
Are is normal confirmation take more that 12 hours ?my withdrawal is still uncorfirmed

Brilliant idea
with 2 accounts  one base currency BTC and a spare account in USD we can get the benefit when BTC is low and when btc is high we can  mine on spare acount USD

Thanks for using WinMiner and for the feedback.
WinMiner base currency is USD, that means that the balance you see in your account is guaranteed against fluctuations in price of digital coins. For this purpose we keep your balance in USD.
When you choose a method in which you wish to withdraw your funds we take the balance (in USD) and make the required actions needed to enable the withdrawal. In the case of a BTC withdrawal we need to exchange the USD amount into BTC this exchange entails a fee that in many cases does not come in the form of a "fee" but rather embedded in the exchange rate.

At the request of our users, we are now working on adding a feature that will allow users to choose the base currency of WinMiner, that way, you will be able, if you so wish, to keep your balance in BTC and withdraw in BTC without exchange fees.

Hope this clarifies       

Dear Winminer Team,
to keep this project profitable for your users I would sugest a minimum profit switch in the software.
Since Energy costs are extremly different for your users the user should be able to select a minimum profit.
as example user sets 1.50$ as minimum profit so the winminer software stays idle under 1.50$ after benchmarking till profit chances rise above 1.50$
Best regards and thank you for all your time you invested so far

Hello,
trying WinMinner couple of days- it's ok--- BUT...today was my 1st widthdrawal...

Amount: 10$ = 0.0023756 BTC
WinMiner fees: 0.00007126 BTC
Transaction fees: 0.0001 BTC

this is a exchange kurs BTC/USD 4209.46 $ !!!
since today high is about 4116.96 (while writing this) USD (kraken)

my question is - what exchange rate is your using guys with withdrawal moment ?

LOVE that you're working to allow us to adjust our base coin - that will allow me to not feel a need to 'cash-out' every time I hit the minimum.

One other request that I *think* should be relatively simple - Could you make a field that shows the total a machine *should* make in a day as it's currently configured? You already have the amounts listed next to each device, but simply putting a sum for the machine next to the 'system' line at the top would be nice. Yes, I can do the math myself, but I'm trying to set up multiple machines and having at-a-glance type information would be helpful.

I'll be doing my first dedicated build for this pool in the coming week.

You are very welcome.

Skein - we are adding more coins all the time, the latest one being Skunk for Signatum, and Skein is definitely on the list. Thanks for sharing this info.

Alpha users - We love you guys and we are committed to show our love in more measurable ways than just words.. Stay tuned..

Thanks for using WinMiner and for the important question.

The short answer is that WinMiner base currency is USD and therefore the balance that you see (in USD) is protected. No matter what happens to the coin you mined, goes up or crashes down, the balance remains.
 
The longer answer is that the Winminer premise is  "make it simple" (one click is all it takes - it will analyze your hardware, bring the best miner software, dynamically decide whats best to mine at every single moment, collect the money, and hand it over to you) but just as important is reliability and trustworthiness - that is why we chose to make USD the base currency of WinMiner - so that when you see the balance amount in WinMiner you can be sure that this is your true balance and not something that can shrink tomorrow with a coin price drop.

Having said that, at the request of WinMiner users on this forum, to whom we are grateful, we are working on adding the ability for each user to choose a different base currency for himself - so stay tuned 

Thank you for a swift and descriptive response.

I hope you can add Alexis miner , it's very good for Skein.

Also, once you get big hit-don't forget us Alpha users!

Keep up the good work.

Ok, we went over the logs 

First, a couple of words on how WinMiner optimizes profits and on the volatile environment we all operate in –

(1)    Volatility – the two major factors affecting the profit shown per coin is (i) price and (ii) mining difficulty. Both are very volatile (especially the difficulty in certain coins e.g. SIGT – which is one of the coins you were mining per the logs). To understand the magnitude of volatility we would just say that seeing the profit drop by 80% and/or double within a minute is not uncommon.
This alone could explain switching to a lower profit coin, so if mining is at, let’s say, 3$/day one minute and the next minute due to surging difficulty the very same coin would profit just 1.5$/day, then switching to the next best coin at 2.4$/day would be the right thing to do.

But there is more  ..

(2)    Benchmarking – testing of all mining options is fundamental. In WinMiner we introduced a next generation benchmarking, called Express, which incorporates crowd wisdom while also enjoying the full benefits of all options benchmarking to achieve great performance out of the box.
We do that by testing the top performing options, based on other users work choice on similar machines, and then periodically (every 30 mins) test another option until all options are tested (we of course continue price monitoring and benchmarking continuously).

Your logs show that you were on Express benchmarking (which is the default) which could explain a quick benchmark option test every 30 mins or so until benchmarking is complete.

Lastly, we are working to enhance our nVidia miners and profit options. The same optimization algo would max profits for both AMD users and nVidia users in the same way, so without a significant benefit creating separate versions for AMD users and for nVidia users is probably just more overhead..

Sorry for the lengthy response…we wanted you to have all the info..

Thanks for using WinMiner, for the warm words and keep on sending feedback.   ​

Just did , same username as here.

Once again-thank you for bringing something like this in the equation.

I hope you optimize it further for nVidia cards -possibly have different clients for AMD vs nVidia.