Dogecoin solo mining ubuntu
Do check my previous bounties - I'm not the chingy kind. While I don't mind a hundred posts on this thread, I'd prefer one on one consultation. Game on and thanks in advance! Almost the same problem here: I am not able to connect the worker running the cgminer to the solo mining server running dogecoind. I tried to run cgminer from the same computer running the server and from another one in my LAN, but without any success.
Whenever i launch the cgminer it gets stuck "Probing for an alive pool" as if the address was wrong witch isn't or the rpc credentials are witch are in fact correct too. I tried to port scan the server with another pc in my lan and it's not showing any open or port these are the ports I used I forwarded the ports to my server using the router administration panel. Still not working and no open port after port scan. Btw here's what i did: The general goal is to get multiple powerful AMD graphic cards with bare-bones everything else to reduce electricity costs.
Here is a comparison of specific card performance. Thanks to the mining craze, you will have to pay top dollar for the popular cards if you can even find them in stock but this site may help with your search.
You can also mine with virtual servers such as Amazon EC2 , which have no upfront hardware cost but bill by usage. However, they are more difficult to set up and we do not think these are cost effective anymore better to just buy Doge outright.
In fact, a shibe named Grant Ammons wrote up his experience losing money. Here is a guide we found if you want to go this route anyways. It is important that the fan speed is also increased to maintain a target temperature range. Mining software like cgminer can control the fan in most cases, otherwise software like AMD's catalyst control center CCC can be used but it varies from card to card.
Sometimes even CCC will not have the required functionality. What is a good temperature? The fans will be very loud, so balance annoyance with mining power. Cgminer has a temperature reading and other software, such as Catalyst control center or gpu-z, will as well. The most popular software for mining is cgminer, cudaminer, and guiminer. Download links are below.
Mining rewards are random. You are basically searching for blocks, then solving and confirming the block for a reward. Currently the payout is up to 1,, coins per block, but over time the reward max amount is halved. The first to find and confirm the block gets the full payout of that block and everyone else has to move on. From an overall long term view, if you are 0. But this is a theoretical long term view, and smart shibes will team up with other shibes then split the rewards more likely to find and confirm blocks, but split the block payout amongst the team.
It is better to get consistent and frequent payouts so team up. To team up with other shibes you can, 1: We went with option 1 but have heard good things about option 2. However I have read if your hash rate is low, joining a p2pool is not worth it not personally verified. To join a pool, select one from the following lists and sign up for an account. Larger pools are more consistent in payouts, but also consider fees or any other perks such as bonuses for finding a block.
All the pools we tried have the same general interface. If a pool is hacked or has malicious intentions, the attackers will surely try the usernames and passwords on other pools. Once you joined a pool, login to their web page. Select "my workers" on the left, which is usually under "my account". Once you've added your new worker, you should see it added to your list. You can always come back to this page if you forget.
Now go to "Getting Started", which is usually under "Home" or "Help". All the pools we've joined will have at least one stratum with a corresponding port number. As we mentioned, we will be going through this process with cgminer 3. First, ensure you have the latest drivers for your graphics card by downloading them here. Once the SDK is installed, extract your downloaded cgminer file link in the software section to a location you can remember.
Next, open up notepad and paste the following, replacing your-pools-stratum, port-number, web-login, worker-name, and worker-password with your information:. Be sure to watch the temperature even with the fan settings, some cards do not respond to these commands. The max is 20, but test the waters before tweaking this.
The higher you go the less responsive your computer gets, so don't set it high if you plan to actually use your computer when mining. Then save it as "whatevernameyouwant. This makes a Windows batch file which runs cgminer. You can close notepad. Now run the batch file you created and it should work if it is in the cgminer It may complain about unsafeness or require permission to go through the firewall, but this is ok.