bitcoin / litecoin mining

Sigh.

Miner stopped.

I really need to sort out some kind of remote access or even some stability for this Windows install.
 
RetardedMonkey said:
Sigh.

Miner stopped.

I really need to sort out some kind of remote access or even some stability for this Windows install.
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That seems to be happening a lot :/
 
Linux, solid as. SSH access. Totally headless.

Windows, fairly flaky (seems to happen when I come to work, not when I am actually at home). Can't RDP. No SSH. Needs keyboard/mouse to do most stuff.

But with Windows, you can use Trixx to undervolt the cards.
So on my two cards, I am using about 100w-150w at the wall less between the two.
Which is worth Windows IMO
 
RetardedMonkey said:
1.5 LTC per day.
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Yeap that's what I reckon you'll get if pool is going good or poorly 1 or less.

Interestingly it seems that the lower hash rate poolers are getting a better % share? Perhaps its better to have more workers per device than just the one. Any thoughts on that?
 
RetardedMonkey said:
Dynoman said:
Banned from buying dollars and confronted by the fastest inflation in the Western Hemisphere, some Argentine savers are seeking refuge in bitcoin as a store of value even after the virtual currency's collapse.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-...o-savers-crushed-by-cpi-argentina-credit.html
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I hate when they use the word "collapse"

It's still at $110...
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In a relatively small new mainstream market there's bound to be wild volatility until everything finds a level. People are obviously forgetting that Bitcoin is designed to be a medium of exchange. Not an investment vehicle as some seem to be treating it. Ideally one Bitcoin would be pegged 1USD to make it simple. :);)
 
RetardedMonkey said:
How so?
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just teh way it runs, also I was getting lots of invalid hashes, i think it was because i wasn't connected to their strarum server, just the getwork one.

Also just FYI, the ozco.in bitcoin pool has gone broke, so if you are about to start mining BTC it's probably not a good place to start.

I expect people will be paid back up it will take a while as they are 700BTC short
 
Glad I swapped from ozco.in now - their LTC PPS pool went down and people reporting really bad luck on their DGM
 
I moved from ozco.in to coinotron, is a world of difference in reliability

RetardedMonkey said:
Glad I swapped from ozco.in now - their LTC PPS pool went down and people reporting really bad luck on their DGM
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from https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=14085.msg1880493#msg1880493

Hello Miners
I made a mistake:
A week ago I was getting concerned at the continued run of bad luck, I should have turned PPS off then.
Luck did not improve and after not sleeping well I got up at 3:00am to find we were on another long block and realized something needed to be done immediately.
The last 50 blocks on PPS
paid out 2071.11934723
earnt 1247.92580065
made up of
10 of last 50 payout less than 25btc
24 between 25btc and 50 btc
16 of last 50 payout more than 50btc
When the pool gets 25btc + a little transactions fees per block it is easy to see this is a problem.

Something that didn't help:
Miners moving from DGM to PPS when round went over 100% of Difficulty, I found ~40% of the pool was on PPS until share count passed difficulty then PPS lept to 80%+ of the pool - good for the miners, not so good for the pool. We initially coded payout method changes only be available at end of round but when PoT was introduced this changed - my fault for not making sure miners could not exploit this aspect of the pool.

About Payouts:
Payout have been stopped until we can code the payout script to take up where it left off when wallet empties.
Currently payout script starts at user 1 every time, if I top up wallet and payouts run the oldest members will get paid as usual, newer members wont be paid for some time.
Changing the code means we will roll through all users before starting back at user 1, the fairest way I can think of currently and hopefully will be complete within a few hours.

What I am doing:
I have put all of my personal coins into the pool and am trying to buy coins, another option I am exploring is borrowing 500-700BTc to be able to catch up on miners pay -not having a lot of luck with either yet, another option is to sell my batch2 Avalon preorder (seems people are paying up to $50k for them - crazy I know)
I am also involved in other Bitcoin based businesses, any earnings of mine from these I will be putting into pool as available until pool is "back on it's feet" or loans repaid if I am able to secure one.


What miners can do to help:
Keep mining
Anyone that is able to wait a little longer for coins could remove payout address until pool funds are replenished allowing those more in need of payouts to be able to come to top of the queue quicker
Above all be patient, I am committed to paying all miners as soon as possible and continuing to improve the Ozcoin pool.

I apologize for this major hiccup but am doing my best to get these issues resolved as I think more pools closing is not good for Bitcoin.

Best wishes
Graeme
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Now mining on EMC, website has some nice analytics, seems stable so far, decided to ditch my LTC, have realised that I need far more bulk to trade it effectively (e.g. btc-e is charging .5 ltc to transfer out, etc)

currently have 2.29045239 LTC, will trade for .05 btc
 
Got some hardware lying around..

My options are either:

2x Nvidia 2GB GTX 650Ti, or
1x Nvidia GTX 580

Thoughts on which option would be better?

(I recognize that the answer is likely on the internet, but I'm trying to learn on the fly!)
 
r0dman said:
Got some hardware lying around..

My options are either:

2x Nvidia 2GB GTX 650Ti, or
1x Nvidia GTX 580

Thoughts on which option would be better?

(I recognize that the answer is likely on the internet, but I'm trying to learn on the fly!)
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unfortunately the nvidia cards aren't very good for it

gtx 580 mh/s 150 power draw 244w
amd 7770 mh/s 190 power draw 80w

It's not really worth your power to use them =/
 
2ds said:
gtx 580 mh/s 150 power draw 244w
amd 7770 mh/s 190 power draw 80w

It's not really worth your power to use them =/
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Damn, thanks though.

With a budget of around $500-600, what AMD cards would you recommend? Better off going to big power or multiple cards?

I am thinking about 4x Sapphire Radeon HD7770 1GB GHz Edition V2... $109 each

Does memory on the card matter?
 
r0dman said:
2ds said:
gtx 580 mh/s 150 power draw 244w
amd 7770 mh/s 190 power draw 80w

It's not really worth your power to use them =/
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Damn, thanks though.

With a budget of around $500-600, what AMD cards would you recommend? Better off going to big power or multiple cards?

I am thinking about 4x Sapphire Radeon HD7770 1GB GHz Edition V2... $109 each

Does memory on the card matter?
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Hi rodman, lucky I've already done this experiment for you!

I would recommend buying a single 7970 or 7950

while the 7770 does represent extremely good value on both the cost and power consumption fronts cooling becomes a chore the more cards you pack together.

I've tried mixing 7770 + 7950 you're better off just getting a 7970
 
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