Topic: [XPM] BFGMiner Branch.. on github - page 2. (Read 9028 times)

This code isn't working "as-is". We are still trying to figure out how to get it working.

does anybody have any accepted blocks using this branch? or am i just being extremely unlucky
i've got it on a couple of x5520 xeons (i7 equiv) and nothing in 24 hours

Yep that's where I've just got to.  I checked the primcoind source and GBT does appear to be supported, so there's something else missing that is stopping BFGminer using GBT.  I'll keep looking

Luke-Jr said this, which implies that primecoind supports GBT, and that's where I get lost:

"And no, getwork won't work. It's been deprecated for a long time before Primecoin was even announced, I don't know why Sunny included it or why people expect it to work.
GBT, on the other hand, works fine without primecoind modification."

I know BFGMiner supports GBT, so that's not an issue, but getwork seems to be used when solo mining.

Is anyone still plugging away at the existing code?  I'm trying to find ways around the lack of GetBlockTemplate support in primecoind and failing.

Luke-jr, presumably you had a working solution in place (actually having blocks accepted)?  If so, I'm assuming you don't want to share that because the prime branch is incomplete?

Started a new thread to try and focus what we need to do.

https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/xpm-miner-development-thread-254827

Don't worry, didn't have ncurses library installed!  doh!

Hi All,

I will start a new thread so we can keep focused on miner support. That seems more fair then me asking everyone else to move out

Regards,
shin

Hey guys, I don't have this working either as I've only just started looking at it.  But when I run i don't get the top summary display and menu options and it doesn't respond to menu input either.  I 've not encountered this before, any ideas?

This forum is part of the community whether you like it or not. Your attitude towards alt-cryptocurrencies is not welcome as it does not help anything. If you care about what Bitcoin is trying to do as a technology then you recognize alt-currencies can only help make it happen. Bitcoin is high profile with a bad reputation and if you're not about centralized power then you would want alt-currencies to compete in an eco-system with Bitcoin to keep Bitcoiners honest and to diminish the power acquired by the Bitcoin elite.

Each coin should give people a chance to make money and try new ideas. Primecoin does try a new idea and will make people money. A scamcoin does not try a new idea and does not make money.

I did not get anywhere at all, but it was a good bit of exposure for me on the bfgminer code. I was the other 'luke' on IRC.

So, to me it looks like the way forward is that primecoind clearly needs an API:

Sunny:
Luke-jr:
I checked on what Luke-jr has said and sure enough getwork has been depreciated and is now supersceded by GBT

So we need https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Getblocktemplate

BFGminer already has GBT support with libblkmaker etc as does cgminer. If we get primcoind supporting GBT we have to major mining apps on board.

So the part that I don't now understand (Question for Sunny perhaps), considering he forked about 3 months ago and GBT was introduced last year, then the API must already be there and just needs exposing?

Because it's not Bitcoin and he's Luke Jr.

Thanks now let's get back to business!

I'm sorry, but we're having a relavent and civil discussion about the author of the subject of the topic at hand. We're discussing previous comments made by that author. And honestly, as webmaster of eligius, your conflict of interest and arrangement with luke-jr are really transparent (or at least they are to me, I doubt most of the community is aware of the long and messy history).

You're not a white knight trying to get the topic back on track. You're a biased party with potential losses should problems occur.

I'll try and stop here, and say that's all I have to say on the matter.

Guys wtf, stay on topic I see so many good potential threads started to only get hijacked.  This was about looking into bfgminer branch to see if developers wanted to work on improving it for mining prime coins .. Stop the nonsense ...

True, this forum is full of trolls, but your reputation is well known in the wider community. I think my point stands. I'm not saying that your work isn't good, I'm saying that your personality is abrasiveness, and you cause conflict.

Heh Luke-Jr has a good point there. The forums do have their fair share of trolls  

Anyways, onto a more positive topic. Has anyone successfully received some blocks with bfgminer yet? I just kicked off a couple more instances with it to see what will happen.

You seem a bit confused here.
This forum is not the community.
It is a nest of trolls that the community only barely interacts with as necessary.

My reputation is quite well in the Bitcoin community.
Trolls and scammers may hate me, but I'm fine with that.

This is the quote that he's referring to, I imagine:

https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.2708777

Now, while some fair points are raised, you are a complete ass about it Luke, and your unrelenting bias and support of Tonal Bitcoin is, to most people, just bizarre.

Now, what you've listed is other cryptocurrencies that work on different methods than bitcoin (except tonal), now, I agree on namecoin, and ppcoin, both are interesting. I don't think ppcoin will take off, but I think the idea behind it is good, and solid. Your accusation that it's a scamcoin though, and by extension, sunny king is a scammer, is just too retarded for words. Sunny King has a reputation as an extremely helpful, and often selfless dev in the community. You have a reputation as a selfish, rude, abrasiveness, and odd person, who is a constant source of conflict.

Honestly, what you're saying is not so much a problem, most people would be happy to discuss things, but you're such an arsehole about it all, and I think the only reason the community tolerates you is that you're providing a necessary service with certain miners.

Primecoin does have an interesting new property, that of possible real world value. Now, I'm not saying that primecoin will take off, but developers like Sunny King are the ones paving the way, and forging ahead with new ideas. You're not. You are not contributing in any beneficial way. If sunny king continues and produces a new system that does provide a beneficial outcome as a byproduct of security of the network, that is only a good thing. Bitcoins SHA is a waste, and we are all aware of it.