Primecoin mining ubuntu forums


Primecoin is a CPU mined cryptocurrency. The algorithm used as proof-of-work depends on the generation of special strings of prime numbers, called Cunningham chains and bi-twin chains. This means that currently unlike Bitcoin or most other cryptocurrencies, the proof-of-work cannot be accelerated using video cards or special mining hardware. Web servers, made for generating as much pages per second as possible, are often very good for these types of calculations.

This guide will show you to set-up a virtualized cloud web server step by step and use it for Primecoin mining. First we have to register an account with a cloud server provider. One of the best providers for cryptocurrency mining is Digital Ocean. Click here to set-up an account. Enter your email adress and a password in the form like the one below. The next step is to charge your account with 10 dollars using your credit card or PayPal account.

Click the green "Get Started" button under Update Billing. Fill in either a credit card or your PayPal information. Digital Ocean is a great place to mine, but they may close your account if you only use free credit for mining. Once you are a paying customer they won't touch your account. See the sidebar for current promos. B Fill in a server name, in this case: We will go with the cheapest option. Choose the latest Ubuntu Linux. If you have an earlier droplet set-up for mining Primecoin you can shut down the droplet, make an image from it, and set-up a new server using this image.

D Click on the blue "Create Droplet" button. You'll receive an email with the username and password to login in your newly created server! A Access the server by selecting your droplet, clicking the newly created server and clicking access. The blue button allows you to access the console from the web. The blue box displays the snapshot possibility that allows you to clone the server after it is set-up properly.

B Type in root as user and copy and paste or type in the password you have received in your email. You will be greeted with a command line like this after a successful login:.

Copy and paste over this command and press enter:. D Now install the requirements for the mining software and then download and install the mining software. Copy over this line and press enter:. E The command above will take serveral minutes to complete.

When the command line shows the " " symbol again you can continue. The next step is to setup and start your miner. We'll use the Beeeeer. Replace the "your xpm address here" in the command with your real address and copy the command to the server and press enter. Adjust the -genproclimit flag with the number of 's you ordered. You don't need to change the password field. F Congratulations, you are now mining! You can close the browser and the server will continue mining. The screen output should look like the picture below.

The mining speed is accented in the red box. G When reconnecting with the server, type this to see the mining output again. The pool will automatically pay-out to the used address if you reach 3. You can run multiple miners on the same address to speed up the mining process.

Check your current balance on the pool by filling in your address in this url. Join the forums and ask your question you might have. The community of Primecoin will help you out. Cloud Mining in 5 Minutes. Introduction Primecoin is a CPU mined cryptocurrency. Get an account First we have to register an account with a cloud server provider. Setting-up a server A Click on the blue "Create Droplet" button. Set-up the miner A Access the server by selecting your droplet, clicking the newly created server and clicking access.

You will be greeted with a command line like this after a successful login: Copy and paste over this command and press enter: Copy over this line and press enter:

A few days primecoin mining ubuntu forums, after discussing with some friends about alternative cryptocurrencies, I decided to see if it was feasible mining them in the cloud on Digital Ocean and making a profit from it.

They are still in primecoin mining ubuntu forums infancy and we can see some of them doubling their value in a matter of a couple of days as people is looking to alternative coins to invest. I also decided to mine with a pool called Beeeeer. This last command is going primecoin mining ubuntu forums take a while to execute. Once done, you have the machine ready to mine.

Before starting to mine, I decided I wanted to have my miner to automatically start in case it crashes or the server is restarted for any reason. To do that you need to follow the following steps: If you enjoyed this tutorial, feel free to donate to my beer fund Donate Bitcoins. I have encountered an enigma. The first droplet that I created at minimal settings is averaging at over pps while two subsequent droplets at the same settings perform at an average of pps.

All droplets were created on New York 2. It depends who else is using the actual hardware your droplet is on. I suggest you to try San Francisco or Amsterdam since it seems they are less crowded.

No such file or directory http: I had this same problem, I solved it by changing the primecoin. Then stop and start the supervisor and it should work. To monitor the use of the VPS. Amazing analysis and results recently!! I recently set up a primecoin mining ubuntu forums droplet and have similar results. I think it might just be luck of the draw. Depending on what physical server your VM is allocated to and how many people are sharing that hardware with VMs.

When i log in to either one of my droplets and then try to run this it just sits there and does nothing, I am uisng puTTy for a terminal on a Windows 7 machine. I checked my primecoin address and I do have some found chains, so I think at least one of my droplets is working. I would also be really interested in knowing how to change this to mine primecoin mining ubuntu forums ypool.

The interface is so much better and you can see which primecoin mining ubuntu forums your miners is connected at all times. Can I just re-do the command to open the termnal editor and overwrite the information that is in there and use the ypool. There is also a worker id and password associated with ypool. If so what would that command be.

I may be totally off and there may be a lot more to it than just that. Davide, Thanks so much for all your help with getting me started in this. Why do you have to do all the programming? Noob so just wondering. With these chains per day you are going to make less primecoins than you paid for the server Try hanging around the internet to find some solution. They seems a bit low. Could you share with me the quantity of RAM that you use to mine primecoin mining ubuntu forums What are the reasons for changing the swap file?

Does it make the minig faster or are there other reasons? Again, you're not gonna make primecoin mining ubuntu forums lot from this, but as an experiment and a "fire'n'forget" kinda thing it's okay.

Care to share info on your VPS host? Might be worth a try…. Cheers Davide — all credit to you for walking us through this. Good luck with the app — keep us posted. I built a rails app that pings all the servers with sshpass and store and display all the info returned. Good to knowwill you share the source? I see others had primecoin mining ubuntu forums same problem before. I just want to know how to stop the miner on the server to correct my wallet address that might be wrong?

Or is it the only way to solve it that I delete the droplet and start everything from the beginning? Thanks for the step by step. Great instructions for getting started!!! Primecoin — Showing coins coming in but not in the wallet? I found your tutorial really neat and helpfull!

I want to get into the Cryptocurrency world and I found your page when i was doing research about the cloud servers. I was wondering if you could help me set up couple CPUs to mine Primecoin primecoin mining ubuntu forums any other cryptocurrency.

I want to know what would be the more profitable. If you are interested please send me an email. Cheers Thank you, and sorry for my bad english. I guess as a mod you will be able to see my email. Im mining for two days now! Payouts on beeeeer are executed when you hit 3XPM.

Hey Chief, Thanks for putting this up. I got it running first time. But after a day it broke or my internet went down or putty freaked out or something.

Now when I log back in I cant see if it is working. It looks like it is continuing to work without being logged into putty which is great. Yeh works fine for me. Where do I input my number of cores? How it will know that it have to go with all 24 cores??? I just want to know if I start with 24 core processor where do I put in my cores? How do I make that server will mine with all 24 cores?

Im having trouble running the miner with only mb ram. Has anyone experienced this? I see on xpm. When I enter btc-e my wallet is totally empty. Will i receive money or something is wrong? Does it work well if i just use primecoin-qt instead btc-e virtual wallet? I have about 0. Is there a minimum amount to transfer? Any help is appreciated. Be aware that, without my permission, DigitalOcean logged into all my servers recently and factory reset thereby wiping my primecoin configuration.

I get the error that it cannot open: No such file or directory. I got lazy and set up a shell script for installing and starting the primecoin setup the first time for when i had to rebuild Ubuntu Can any one gude me to mine prime coin— make -f makefile. BusinessDeveloping Tagged: That url is usually update once you submit the first successful chain you find.

Primecoin mining ubuntu forums you mine from the DigitalOcean for yourself instead on pool? Yes, but things are different and slightly more complex. Also it may primecoin mining ubuntu forums be as profitable. How did you get PPS? Thought it might be locaweb — alas I have no coupons. Will donate when my pennies turn to dollars!!! Do it still works? I am new to this and want to start with 24 cores Primecoin mining ubuntu forums Why are you deleting coments rather than help and answer them?

Yes, you need 3. Hello, Once everything is ready can I close the the terminal. Or must remain open. I keep getting this every single time root ypool: No such file or directory primecoin mining ubuntu forums