I understand MacMiner is a frontend for command-line mining programs, so can I reconfig it for solo mining on my Mac? If so, just create a config file on Bitcoin-qt or whatever -qt I'm shooting for?
Just curious...I fully understand how ineffective it will/would be + how long I'd have to wait to hash a block at 120GH/s...
--Will The Thrill
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but Bitcoin-QT is bitcoind? How do I find the URL of my "node"? I've looked under all the tabs on Bitcoin-QT.
The rest of the instructions in BFGminer seem pretty logical. I may have a few additional questions in the future. Thanks already for your help.
I plan on leaving 50% of my rig running (and contributing to) the fablouspanda pool as it's been great getting 2-3 payouts/day.
--Will The Thrill
server=1
daemon=1
rpcuser=username
rpcpassword=superstrongpassword
and your node is the computer you're running Bitcoin on - if that's the computer you're using the address is localhost or 127.0.01
Glad to hear Fabulous Panda Pool is working out for you! Let me know how solo mining goes… if you get lucky you'll get very lucky
--The Thrill
--The Thrill
Now...
I used all the correct commands, I was just truncating my post so it wasn't so wordy/charactery.
Now, I'm going to try to point all my networked miners at my host--I've got crossed fingers! Two are running standalone via cgminer and one is connected to this host that I'm using.
So, in that case, will I set (if I'm using three rigs) three different --coinbase -sig "XXX" lines, one per rig? Does it matter what name I give each rig?
"Unexpected extra command line arguments"
Am I putting the coinbase sig info and coinbase address info in the wrong spot? I've got it in the manual flags box under miner settings...
"pools" : [
{
"url" : "http://localhost:8332",
"user" : "XXXXX",
"pass" : "XXXXX"
},
{
"url" : "http://pool.fabulouspanda.co.uk:9332",
"user" : "1PiYJ1VTdY2JbP4CdAgLvZjijpwMQPVEnb",
"pass" : "1PiYJ1VTdY2JbP4CdAgLvZjijpwMQPVEnb"
},
{
"url" : "http://elizium.name:9332",
"user" : "1PiYJ1VTdY2JbP4CdAgLvZjijpwMQPVEnb",
"pass" : "1PiYJ1VTdY2JbP4CdAgLvZjijpwMQPVEnb"
}
],
"kernel-path" : "/Applications/MacMiner.app/Contents/Resources/bfgminer/bin"
}
-o http://localhost:3332 -u XXXXX -p XXXXX \
I deleted the \ per line escape (I had them in there to mirror the FAQ far above)
I deleted the pool flags in the bfgminer.conf file and left the failovers (should I have ?)
Now I get action but it's this:
5s: 0.0 avg: 0.0 u: 0.0 h/s | A:0 R:0+0(none) HW:0/none
5s: 0.0 avg: 0.0 u: 0.0 h/s | A:0 R:0+0(none) HW:0/none
5s: 0.0 avg: 0.0 u: 0.0 h/s | A:0 R:0+0(none) HW:0/none
[2014-01-13 22:30:02] Stratum from pool 0 requested work update
[2014-01-13 22:30:02] Stratum from pool 0 requested work update
5s: 0.0 avg: 0.0 u: 0.0 h/s | A:0 R:0+0(none) HW:0/none
...and permutations of the above in various patterns.
Hmm...
I took the localhost flags (url, u, p) from the bfgminer.conf file and left in the two failover pool flags.
"pools" : [
{
"url" : "http://pool.fabulouspanda.co.uk:9332",
"user" : "1PiYJ1VTdY2JbP4CdAgLvZjijpwMQPVEnb",
"pass" : "1PiYJ1VTdY2JbP4CdAgLvZjijpwMQPVEnb"
},
{
"url" : "http://elizium.name:9332",
"user" : "1PiYJ1VTdY2JbP4CdAgLvZjijpwMQPVEnb",
"pass" : "1PiYJ1VTdY2JbP4CdAgLvZjijpwMQPVEnb"
}
],
"kernel-path" : "/Applications/MacMiner.app/Contents/Resources/bfgminer/bin"
}
I assume since the localhost url and u and p are in my bitcoin.conf file that it's working...who knows
[2014-01-13 22:53:10] Received no-transaction-list response for pool 1 job 142812489406033239279506047813082353299
[2014-01-13 22:53:10] Pool 1 stratum bdifficulty set to 355.611749
[2014-01-13 22:53:10] Received stratum notify from pool 1 with job_id=142812489406033239279506047813082353299
[2014-01-13 22:53:10] Generated stratum header 0000000204d5abdd6c5a8432d6c4f912eaca244200016adf5e5fe70d00000000000000000d4b650beb3b58006ca29305194493c909492fc0a04657cd9ca7473440f8ac4352d4c2b71902666600000000
[2014-01-13 22:53:10] Work job_id 142812489406033239279506047813082353299 nonce2 00000000
[2014-01-13 22:53:10] Generated target 0000000000b849be6dd4c4000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
[2014-01-13 22:53:10] Received no-transaction-list response for pool 1 job 142812489406033239279506047813082353299
5s: 0.0 avg: 0.0 u: 0.0 h/s | A:0 R:0+0(none) HW:0/none
[2014-01-13 23:12:18] Initiate stratum failed
[2014-01-13 23:12:18] FAILED to retrieve work from pool 0 http://localhost:3332
5s: 0.0 avg: 0.0 u: 0.0 h/s | A:0 R:0+0(none) HW:0/none
5s: 0.0 avg: 0.0 u: 0.0 h/s | A:0 R:0+0(none) HW:0/none