I suppose most of these directions apply to any VPS with a Debian or Ubuntu image.
As far as optimizing solo mining... could you be more specific? The point of pooled mining is to reduce variance, so for many, solo mining is long bet.
Topic: [XPM] Pool mining primecoin using DigitalOcean (VPS) - page 2. (Read 88579 times)
Primecoin now supports pooled mining! If you sign up please use my referral link below. I take no responsibility for your results or the security of this arrangement! Usually I would suggest not using root for anything, but hey, time's a wastin'!
1) Go to DigitalOcean and sign up for an account.
FYI, signing up for multiple accounts using the same info is against their terms of service. If you do this you may have your account removed by DigitalOcean.
2) Create an Ubuntu 13.10 x64 droplet with the size you want.
3) You will be emailed an IP address and password. SSH into your new VM.
4) Enter this beast into the console, replacing the primecoin address with your own wallet address and the genproclimit with the number of CPUs you're paying for:
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y screen yasm git make g++ build-essential libminiupnpc-dev libboost-all-dev libdb++-dev libgmp-dev libssl-dev dos2unix; git clone https://github.com/thbaumbach/primecoin; cd ~/primecoin/src; make -f makefile.unix; screen ./primeminer -poolip=54.200.248.75 -poolport=1337 -pooluser=Acrenf7WMZ3yFc7xkdbF8rGuuLw36Bkknr -poolpassword=PASSWORD -genproclimit=1
What's happening here is that we get all the packages needed for building, we download the source for the miner and make the binary executable. Once it's running we connect to the beeeeer pool. You can disconnect from screen without stopping mining by pressing ctrl-a; then d. To reconnect to the miner use `screen -d`.
Once you've started finding shares head over to (after replacing your XPM address):
http://beeeeer.org/user/Acrenf7WMZ3yFc7xkdbF8rGuuLw36Bkknr
The current payout threshold is 3.01 XPM.
BONUS POINTS: Set it up as a service that starts at boot and clone the droplet.
NOTE: If you get this error,
It's because you're on a small droplet (like me). So add swap space, run make, and start the miner!
sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/swapfile bs=64M count=16; sudo mkswap /swapfile; sudo swapon /swapfile; make -f makefile.unix; screen ./primeminer -poolip=54.200.248.75 -poolport=1337 -pooluser=Acrenf7WMZ3yFc7xkdbF8rGuuLw36Bkknr -poolpassword=PASSWORD -genproclimit=8
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1) Go to DigitalOcean and sign up for an account.
FYI, signing up for multiple accounts using the same info is against their terms of service. If you do this you may have your account removed by DigitalOcean.
2) Create an Ubuntu 13.10 x64 droplet with the size you want.
3) You will be emailed an IP address and password. SSH into your new VM.
Code:
ssh root@YOUR-AWESOME-IP
4) Enter this beast into the console, replacing the primecoin address with your own wallet address and the genproclimit with the number of CPUs you're paying for:
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y screen yasm git make g++ build-essential libminiupnpc-dev libboost-all-dev libdb++-dev libgmp-dev libssl-dev dos2unix; git clone https://github.com/thbaumbach/primecoin; cd ~/primecoin/src; make -f makefile.unix; screen ./primeminer -poolip=54.200.248.75 -poolport=1337 -pooluser=
What's happening here is that we get all the packages needed for building, we download the source for the miner and make the binary executable. Once it's running we connect to the beeeeer pool. You can disconnect from screen without stopping mining by pressing ctrl-a; then d. To reconnect to the miner use `screen -d`.
Once you've started finding shares head over to (after replacing your XPM address):
http://beeeeer.org/user/Acrenf7WMZ3yFc7xkdbF8rGuuLw36Bkknr
The current payout threshold is 3.01 XPM.
BONUS POINTS: Set it up as a service that starts at boot and clone the droplet.
NOTE: If you get this error,
Code:
g++: internal compiler error: Killed (program cc1plus)
Please submit a full bug report,
with preprocessed source if appropriate.
See for instructions.
make: *** [obj/db.o] Error 4
Please submit a full bug report,
with preprocessed source if appropriate.
See
make: *** [obj/db.o] Error 4
It's because you're on a small droplet (like me). So add swap space, run make, and start the miner!
sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/swapfile bs=64M count=16; sudo mkswap /swapfile; sudo swapon /swapfile; make -f makefile.unix; screen ./primeminer -poolip=54.200.248.75 -poolport=1337 -pooluser=Acrenf7WMZ3yFc7xkdbF8rGuuLw36Bkknr -poolpassword=PASSWORD -genproclimit=8
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Got my DigitalOcean stickers today!
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What others VPS can you use? And how do you optimize solo mining to get the maximum ROI, could you please share the settings?
I'm curious - does digitalocean still limit the max # of instances to 5? This is what I experienced last time - they wouldn't support primecoin mining.
They will increase your instance limit if you ask them.
Sorry for a noob question, How can I go back to mining screen after I exit by pressing Ctrl + A and D?
Code:
screen -r
Added to the OP.
Sorry for a noob question, How can I go back to mining screen after I exit by pressing Ctrl + A and D?
I'm curious - does digitalocean still limit the max # of instances to 5? This is what I experienced last time - they wouldn't support primecoin mining.
how many cores does each package have?
The number of cores is equal to the number of CPUs.
how many cores does each package have?
The number of cores is equal to the number of CPUs.
how many cores does each package have?
512MB / 1 CPU 20GB SSD Disk 1TB Transfer
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1GB / 1 CPU 30GB SSD Disk 2TB Transfer
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2GB / 2 CPUs 40GB SSD Disk 3TB Transfer
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4GB / 2 CPUs 60GB SSD Disk 4TB Transfer
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8GB / 4 CPUs 80GB SSD Disk 5TB Transfer
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16GB / 8 CPUs 160GB SSD Disk 6TB Transfer
cores
32GB / 12 CPUs 320GB SSD Disk 7TB Transfer
cores
48GB / 16 CPUs 480GB SSD Disk 8TB Transfer
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64GB / 20 CPUs 640GB SSD Disk 9TB Transfer
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96GB / 24 CPUs 960GB SSD Disk 10TB Transfer
cores
512MB / 1 CPU 20GB SSD Disk 1TB Transfer
cores
1GB / 1 CPU 30GB SSD Disk 2TB Transfer
cores
2GB / 2 CPUs 40GB SSD Disk 3TB Transfer
cores
4GB / 2 CPUs 60GB SSD Disk 4TB Transfer
cores
8GB / 4 CPUs 80GB SSD Disk 5TB Transfer
cores
16GB / 8 CPUs 160GB SSD Disk 6TB Transfer
cores
32GB / 12 CPUs 320GB SSD Disk 7TB Transfer
cores
48GB / 16 CPUs 480GB SSD Disk 8TB Transfer
cores
64GB / 20 CPUs 640GB SSD Disk 9TB Transfer
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96GB / 24 CPUs 960GB SSD Disk 10TB Transfer
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Just wanted to say, someone appears to be mining using the address in the OP. Though I appreciate the donation, remember to change that address to your primecoin address!
Looks good to me!
I'm trying it right now, after I got a $5 comeback from DO.
Does it work, everything alright with it?
Does it work, everything alright with it?
I've only used it against beeeer.org.
was anybody able to setup the primeminer to go against ypool? I couldn't make it work either using ypool.net nor the server ip.
Bonus points: turn it into a service that starts at boot so you can clone a bunch of droplets!
First, write a miner script:
Now make the service that will keep it alive:
Now you can edit crontab to include this service to start at reboot. Type `crontab -e`, and in the last line of the file add:
Now reboot the droplet with `sudo reboot`. When you've logged back in, check to see if it worked by sending `screen -r`. This should open the miner info.
You can then `sudo poweroff` the droplet and take a snapshot. This snapshot is then used when creating a new droplet!
First, write a miner script:
Code:
cd ~
echo '
cd /root/primecoin/src
screen -d -m ./primeminer -poolip=54.200.248.75 -poolport=1337 -pooluser=Acrenf7WMZ3yFc7xkdbF8rGuuLw36Bkknr -poolpassword=PASSWORD -genproclimit=1' > startprime
chmod +x startprime
echo '
cd /root/primecoin/src
screen -d -m ./primeminer -poolip=54.200.248.75 -poolport=1337 -pooluser=Acrenf7WMZ3yFc7xkdbF8rGuuLw36Bkknr -poolpassword=PASSWORD -genproclimit=1' > startprime
chmod +x startprime
Now make the service that will keep it alive:
Code:
echo '
#!/bin/bash
until /root/startprime; do
echo "Restarting miner">&2
sleep 1
done' > primeservice
chmod +x primeservice
#!/bin/bash
until /root/startprime; do
echo "Restarting miner">&2
sleep 1
done' > primeservice
chmod +x primeservice
Now you can edit crontab to include this service to start at reboot. Type `crontab -e`, and in the last line of the file add:
Code:
@reboot /root/primeservice
Now reboot the droplet with `sudo reboot`. When you've logged back in, check to see if it worked by sending `screen -r`. This should open the miner info.
You can then `sudo poweroff` the droplet and take a snapshot. This snapshot is then used when creating a new droplet!
I'll write up more in the first post, but you can take a snapshot of a miner and create identical droplets. The limit is set by DigitalOcean and can be increased if you request it.
It seems like home-CPU mining of XPM is dead?? 
Depends on CPU, efficency and cost of power. You can still churn a profit...for now.
Whichever one you like, more cores means faster mining. That being said making several small droplets is my current strategy.
Hi!
What kind of droplet should I make?
What kind of droplet should I make?
Edited the OP for directions to start pool mining on beeper!
EDIT: I'm having some trouble accessing the stats page, but I have received a payout nonetheless.
EDIT: I'm having some trouble accessing the stats page, but I have received a payout nonetheless.
It seems like home-CPU mining of XPM is dead??
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