I've done some poking around in tutorials and I have some questions, if anyone would care to answer them. 1 - Is this worth getting into still? I know with btc, it got to the point where the blocks were so hard to find that it really wasn't worth the investment. Are new blocks still being found quickly enough that I can still snatch me up some coins? How many months would it take me to get back my investment, do you think? 2 - This may be impossible to answer, but based on your experiences in your pool, how many ltc could I hope for with 250 kh/s? 1000? 3 - I've seen something about wattage meters to track your energy consumption. How important is that, and where would I get one, and which one do I want? 4 - What are the most popular video cards to use right now? Do I need to care about the motherboard or processor? 5 - What should I look for in a pool? The first one I tried had a bug in the registration, and the second one is down this morning. I finally got cudaminer working (I have an Nvidia video card in my home pc) and left it on overnight, and was not amused to see that it went down at some point and I haven't done any mining. 6 - Do y'all put windows on your mining rigs, or some linux variant? If the latter, which one? 7 - Would you recommend getting a nice video card for my home PC and just using that until I can sell some coins to buy more, or dropping the dough on a 4-card mining system now? This is sort of related to how many ltc people get per month, I guess. Assuming anyone answers, thanks for the replies! Much appreciated.
Right now I'm using my personal build gpu. Just built it and decided why not try mining, my old computer could never have handled it, but i got a gtx 770. Now I really want to get in to mining more and I was wondering what is the most cost effective card? I was thinking the 270. Also which 270 is the best. I like MSI so I'll prob go with them but I wan to hear your opinions. Also I'm mining around 130kh/s with my gtx 770. If I had of gone with an r9280x would I being mining that much more I know amd is better but how much better? Tbh I'm kind of disappointed now that I went with nvidia because mining is awesome.
(Dummies Guide) How to simultaneously run multiple instances of cgminer to control different GPUs whilst using BAMT.
In cgminer you cannot specify multiple values for gpu-threads. gpu-threads is a global per-instance setting, not a per-GPU setting. If you want to run 2 different values of gpu-threads, you need to run 2 instances of cgminer. This guide will help you if, for example; you have a rig in which one or more of your cards run better with gpu-threads set to 1 and your other cards run better with gpu-threads set to 2 (or 3 or 4) So I'm going to assume here that you're running a rig with 4 cards and you're already set up and mining. I'm also going to assume that you know how to use nano. So let's say your cgminer.conf has the line "gpu-threads" : "2", Unfortunately your 4th card isn't giving you the hash-rate you're expecting from it or worse, you're getting hardware errors which lead to rejected shares. (to see if you're getting hardware errors in BAMT, you need to be able to see what cgminer is actually displaying. To do this simply SSH to your rig, log in and type "screen -r". I won't go too into this to much but where it says HW: you don't want so see anything there, if you're seeing anything other than 0 then you have problems with your config. Now to detach from this screen you need to press "ctrl+A+D" this is very important, do not press q!) Anyway, you know that the 4th card wants to run with "gpu-threads" : "1", but you can't do "gpu-threads" : "2,2,2,1", this will not work! So to get 2 cgminers running, follow these steps:
SSH to your rig, be logged in, and a super user. You should be seeing this: [email protected]:/home/user#
Type "nano /etc/bamt/cgminer.conf" Add the line: "device" : "0-2", This is saying that this instance of cgminer will be controlling GPUs 0, 1 & 2. Save and exit (ctrl+x)
Type "nano startcgminer.sh" This will create a new script that you will run later to boot up your 2nd cgminer. Now type "chmod u+x startcgminer.sh" and hit enter.
Add your info. below is mine but you want to replace with the settings for your 4th card (gpu 3): (where it says "device 3" this is saying that this instance of cgminer will only run gpu 3 (4th card) and "remove-disabled" makes it so it won't display the other cards)
Note: Make sure there are no random spaces at the end of any of these lines and also make sure that the I for intensity is upper case. Now save and exit the script by hitting ctrl+x etc.
type "screen -ls" and hit enter, you should see something similar to this:
There are screens on: 4366.pts-1.bamt-miner (12/30/2013 08:00:56 PM) (Detached) 1 Sockets in /varun/screen/S-root.
So this is saying that there is currently only 1 screen running and BAMT is using it to run cgminer inside.
Type "screen" and hit enter, it will come up with a load of text about screen, just ignore that and hit enter again. Now you are inside your new 2nd screen.
Now type ./startcgminer.sh You should now see cgminer boot up and start mining with just gpu 3. To detach from this screen you need to hit ctrl+a+d.
And that's it, there should now be 2 screens running. To check the other screen type "screen -ls" and hit enter, you should now see both screens running. Something like this:
There are screens on: 6349.cgminer (12/30/2013 08:08:35 PM) (Detached) 4366.pts-1.bamt-miner (12/30/2013 08:00:56 PM) (Detached) 2 Sockets in /varun/screen/S-root.
To look at one screen type "screen -r 6349", to look at the other type "screen -r 4366" (remember to detach from screens using ctrl+a+d) You should still be able to see info for the first 3 cards on BAMT's web UI and in fact I can still see the temp and load for my 4th card. Please feel free to leave feedback, or let me know if I've missed anything. I hope you found this guide useful and if you did please consider a small BTC donation :) Bitcoin ID: 18juPJsn2u4TFQgtE7BJVy49r4MoL2zNqh
Have some questions need answered before I invest in a rig.
Fellow shibes, I come to you in my hour of need. Years ago I scoffed at bitcoin, thought it was a joke and would blow over so I totally ignored it....I dont want to make that same mistake twice. I recently started mining over night on my gaming rig (gtx 680, around 360-ish khash) and im weighing the options of whether or not to invest in a dedicated miner, around $1k in total, then evaluate the situation in 9months to a year, or to just keep doing it over night on my current rig. I've done some research but I figured asking here would be the quickest way to get them all (or most) answered in a concise manner. 1. Lets be real....its extremely doubtful dogecoin will reach prices anywhere close to BTC or LTC. However...with so many coins out there even a small jump in value can mean large profits. As dogecoin acceptance grows and the supply of doge begins to slow down due to reward halvening (is halvening even a word?) any idea where doge will be at in 1-2 years? Similar price to now? Higher? Lower? btw is there a graph that shows the value of dogecoin since its release? I think I saw one last night but cant remember. 2. At current rates (including power usage) it appears it will take 180days or so for the rig to pay itself off...I hear thats about par for the course. Confirm/deny? 3. HDD vs Flash drive. The price of a Flash drive is very appealing but I have 0 experience with linux/booting systems for first time from a flash drive so im leaning to just putting out the extra cash for a HDD. Is there a step by step/hold my hand guide to setting up a miner with just a flash drive? This is probably the biggest issue for me atm 4. Bamt vs Smos. They appear to be pretty similar at first glance. Which do you prefer? Pros/cons of each? Thanks for any and all help you shibes can provide, if you have anything else to add that you think might be useful to know, by all means go ahead and tell me. Im probably gonna do research for another week or so before I make my decision but these are the biggest issues at hand.
Optional Beginner Guide to Litecoin: TESTED 12/7/2013
Plan B: BAMT Live USB This option is a last resort, hopefully not necessary. Download BAMT from the link below and "dd" via terminal to USB formatted to FAT32 in gparted. You can install gparted in xubuntu by typing:
sudo apt-get install gparted
Next, launch gparted and format your USB drive. Be careful not to format your HDDs! You might double-check the storage sizes as a reference in the upper-right drop-down menu. Download link: https://mega.co.nz/#!NI5W2QLT!dYt2UTZz0hrFoiMUAu0d01eSD4pjqXHT6U2UtnAAGJ4 Extract the file and locate "litecoinbamt1.1.img" Put image on 2GB or greater USB formatted to FAT32 by opening terminal and running:
sudo dd if=/path/to/litecoinbamt1.1.img of=/dev/sdX (The "X" is the device name of your usb key. The one you will have seen in gparted, for example "sdb, or sdc, or sdd..." Try to get the right device on the first try. Use raw device *not* a partition.) sudo dd if=(you can drag and drop file into the terminal here to get the path) of=/dev/sdX
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How to fix crashes and low hash rate on my new scrypt rig?
I need help to get past two major problems in my scrypt mining machine (see my config at bottom).
1 problem is system crashes during mining, even with low hash rate
2 problem is the low hash rates. 280x running at 400 k/hs and R9 290 at 180-400 k/hs
So far I have tried mining on Windows 8.1, Litecoin BAMT Linux and SMOS Linux with much luck. On Windows 8.1 I have gone through tons of AMD Driver versions from 13.1, 13.11 beta v9.4, 14.1 beta, 13-12, and bunch of other versions. Even tried couple of DDU clean ups. I have also tried different iners like cgminer, bfgminer, etc. Note on windows 8.1 I can't see GPU temp either. However, the hangs and low hash rates persist. One of the main issues is I can't get around play around with miner settings due crashes. On linux at least I can see GPU temps. But from my testing the system still hangs when running at 400 k/hs on my two R9 280x or 180 k/hs on R9 290. My setting for above on cgminer was (2x 280x and 1x 290 at the end): cgminer.exe --scrypt -I 12,12,12 -shaders 2048,2048,2560 --auto-fan --target-temp 65 Here is my hardware config: MSI Z77A-GD65 Motherboard(highly recommended on bitcoin.org board) Intel Celeron G1620 Corsair RM 850W G.SKILL 8 GB (4GB x 2) Sapphire Radeon R9 280x MSI Gaming R9 280x XFX R9 290x R9-290A-ENFC Anyone got any suggestions on what to try next? Seems like very hard to mine effectively, for me atleast...
I present to you my journey with Bitcoin mining. About 2 or so years ago a somewhat-more-nerdy-than-me buddy of mine ropes me in to Bitcoins. I installed the client in a few places and let them CPU solo mine for a while. After a few weeks of nothing, I got bored and forgot about it. Then in March this year, I jumped on the bandwagon again (all the while kicking myself for not sticking to it). This time, I figured out BAMT, played on deepbit for a while, learned enough linux to make p2pool run, and generally tweeked with configs in cgminer to make my GPU miners hum (and overheat). Around April, I got suckered in by the BFL pitch and ordered a couple Jalepeno's. After "burning in" my stuff for a good 6 months, I guess they felt guilty and decided to ship them to me. So now I've got these things hooked up to a laptop and the 10GH/s looks awesome after GPU minng (4 GPU's @ 750MH/s ea). The pool rewards tell a different story however (~.002/day). I've purchased a r-pi and plan to see how that'll play out with the ASIC's. The GPU's have been re-tasked to LTC mining. We'll see how that goes. I've come to the conclusion that while the steady and predictable payout of a BTC pool is smart, I'd like to play the lottery and just let my BFL's solo mine for a bit. I mean, how awesome would it be to check it one day and see the line "Found block for pool 0!". Then again, the number of natural 20's I've rolled over the years is shockingly low. Still fun to dream. I imagine I'll return to the pool eventually with my head hung low mumbling "stupid blockchain" TL;DR - mined bitcoins with different tech over time.
I have been mining DOGE with two R9 270s on BAMT but I want to try out multi mining. I'm assuming the only thing I need to change in my config file is the pool. Here's what I have: { "pools" : [ { "url" : "stratum+tcp://useast.wafflepool.com:3333", "user" : "my bitcoin adress", "pass" : "x" } ] , "intensity" : "19", "vectors" : "1", "worksize" : "256", "kernel" : "scrypt", "lookup-gap" : "2", "thread-concurrency" : "24000", "shaders" : "0", "api-port" : "4028", "expiry" : "120", "gpu-dyninterval" : "7", "gpu-platform" : "0", "gpu-threads" : "1", "gpu-engine" : "1150", "gpu-memclock" : "1500", "gpu-powertune" : "20", "log" : "5", "no-pool-disable" : true, "queue" : "1", "scan-time" : "30", "scrypt" : true, "shares" : "0", "no-submit-stale" : true, "kernel-path" : "/uslocal/bin", "auto-fan" : true, "auto-gpu" : true, "temp-target" : "70", "temp-cutoff" : "77", "temp-overheat" : "90" } However, when I fire up sgminer, it freezes at "waiting for work to be available from pools" for a little bit and then just terminates. What am I doing wrong here?
Hi! After watching the bitcoin stuff over the last few years from a distance (and kicking myself for not getting involved), I've been delving into cryptocurrencies hard in the last few months- I even built a milkcrate mining rig using BAMT. I am going to point that at a vertcoin pool once I grab another USB stick. For now, I'm just using my main desktop's GPU, feeble and CUDA-based though it may be. Vertcoin strikes me as one of very few alt-coins to offer something unique- a means to have a more even wealth distribution. I think the ASIC hammer will fall on the scrypt coins later this year, so it's nice to know there is a safe haven out there for individual miners without deep pockets. The existence of an easy trading infrastructure means that there is room for a wide variety of currencies to be in circulation and I believe that Vertcoin will have a solid place among them.
Hi, I have 3 x gigabyte r9 280x on a Z87X-UD3H (with dual psu configuration, totaling 1500W). The cards work fine (regular OS display and mining) when used directly attached to the board. When using my newly purchased powered x1 risers, they only work one by one, not multiple at the same time. Risers are like this http://www.amazon.com/Powered-Extender-Litecoin-Bitcoin-Mining/dp/B00HZ0M9F2/ I've changed the OS from Xubuntu to BAMT, changed driver versions from 12.8 till the latest beta, just can't get it to work. This is what I've tested so far http://pastebin.com/3CxeLyyM and some other system details. I've actually made more combinations than in that list, but can't remember them all. Do you guys have any idea on what's going on? Cheers
I live in the DC area, looking to sell my mining rig. I'm interested in upgrading my equipment and I don't want this anymore. I've had this for about a month. The GPUs are still working great. One of the GPUs over heats easily but some thermal paste should do the trick (I haven't applied any yet). It's currently averaging 1.5M to 1.7M. This can be bumped up another 100+ hash once thermal paste is applied to the 4th GPU. I like to keep my cards under 80C. Currently uses BAMT 1.3 on a USB stick.
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The parts for my mining rig just arrived. But now I've got some more questions!
Hey, The parts for my mining rig just arrived! Yay! Its 2 R9 270's which I have estimated to give around 800-900kHs. My first question is: With such a hashrate - would I better off mining on p2p or in a traditional pool? And if so.. What pool do you recommend? I know most people just say that over time it balances out, but seeing as mining a block is completely random - I don't see how this is the case? Surely Having the confidence that you're going to get blocks frequently in a big pool is good? Also, I have a USB stick here - and I was going to use BAMT. Is this the best linux distro for mining? I've seen another one called SMOS that claims to be better but I don't have a clue. So should I just use BAMT? Finally.. In a few months when I'm literally a millionaire from mining coins ;) - a) What is the best way to store my bitcoins securely? Should I mine into an offline paper wallet b) I see Dogecoin as quite a volatile currency - perhaps even more so than bitcoin.. Does it make more sense to store the bulk of your crypto currency as bitcoin or dogecoin? Obviously theres no correct answer to this as nobody knows whats going to happen but I'd like to hear what other people do! Thanks for all your help - the whole community has been so helpful in helping me pick parts for my rig and I hope to have it built by tomorrow :)
I am confused on setting up BAMT 1.6. I want to mine vertcoin. When i go to my config folder and the tutorial i am folllowing have all of this options. Tutorial i am following http://www.reddit.com/BAMT/comments/207rdz/release_bamt_v160_scrypt_scryptn_darkcoin/ Vertminer 0.5.2 "the kev" - BitcoinTalk Sgminer 4.0.0 "troky" - GitHub Sgminer 4.1.0 "sph - aka - DarkCoin/QubitCoin/Quark" Cgminer 3.7.2 "kalroth" - I KNOW WHAT THIS IS I confused of what do i choose and What is the difference between all of these. I just want to my mine Vertcoins. I appreciate Everybody you helps. Thanks!!!!
Comparison of mining algorithms [] SHA-256 and Scrypt mining []. Due to popularity growth of Bitcoin at the end of 2013, the mining difficulty has increased for many times. This was also caused by the fact that many large investors began to buy ASIC equipment for Bitcoin mining on an industrial scale. It all led to the fact that SHA-256 crypto currency mining without special equipment ceased ... That is the reason those specialized hardwares developed for Bitcoin mining will not work with Litecoin and making GPU mining more effective. We will look at how to setup the BAMT Linux distro with USB bootable to get you started on mining Litecoin. Don’t be dissuaded if you have never used Linux before, our step by step tutorial makes it easy. PIMP team has created your favorite mining software such as BAMT 2, PiMP, PoolManager, SeedManager, FarmWatcher, and Miner.farm. With world-class support, business dev, and server experts. By miners, for miners. Thank you to all of our friends, developers and colleagues that share in making PiMP such a success! BITCOIN Mining is DYING, Start MINING LITECOIN with Home Built LITECOIN MINING RIG. Bitcoin Mine. 4:02. Forget Mining BITCOIN, Start MINING LITECOIN with Home Built LITECOIN MINING RIG ... Litecoin Mining Rig using BAMT Linux Update raised 3rd GPU up for more air flow. Ramiro Perez. 2:09. Bitcoin Mining Rig with 1000 Block Erupters. Vic Green. BAMT is a USB-bootable linux distro designed specifically for mining. Litecoin BAMT is a fork of the original BAMT project that supports scrypt mining and has been tested with Litecoin and other scrypt coins. Here is a forum where you can download the software and find a great deal of help if things don't go as hoped for.
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