Questions about Bitcoin in the context of CPUs (as opposed to GPU or ASIC mining)
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CPU Mining: Optimal Number of Threads
(I guess this question in principle applies likewise to Bitcoin, but given how un-profitable CPU mining of Bitcoin seems to be, this question actually arose with regards to Yacoin mining).
I am ...
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Running a command line bitcoin CPU miner on ubuntu for slush's pool
I don't intend to do this long term as I am pretty sure the cost of the power would exceed the earnings, this is more for educational purposes. What I'm looking for is a command line miner for Ubuntu. ...
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Hashrates for Opteron and Xeon CPUs
I'm looking for the benchmarked hashrates of both a 1.0GHz Opteron 2007 CPU, as well as a 1.2GHz Xeon 2007 CPU. I looked here but didn't see them mentioned.
Also, on that references page, I don't see ...
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Mining computations by the numbers [duplicate]
On average, how many "computations" (GPU computations, CPU computations, CPU cycles, etc.) does it take to solve a block ("win" a mining race)?
What are these computations measured in? Operations? ...
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Does having the Bitcoin Client running always use up a lot of the CPU?
I have the Bitcoin Client running on my laptop, it is up to date and now fully synchronised, but it is running the CPU at almost 100% and so makes doing anything else extremely slow. Is this normal?
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How to configure CGMiner with CPU?
I'd like to start mining Bitcoins on a CPU for testing purposes. I've downloaded CGMiner, compiled it and created a config file without any problems, however starting it results in an error message:
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Fastest CPU Miner
I have a Windows Server with 20 cores at 2.10 Ghz (AMD Opteron 4171 HE). I am currently using Ufasoft CPU miner and getting about 35 Mhash/s.
I want to know what is the fastest CPU miner that I can ...
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Trouble CPU Mining with CGMiner and CPUMiner on Ubuntu Server 12.04
I just started mining within the past week on my laptop but I am trying to set up 2 dedicated mining servers to run 24/7. I've been using UfaSoft's CPUMiner on Windows 8 on the laptop, but I cant seam ...
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What are the mining spec differences between Bitcoin and Litecoin?
Obviously, Litecoin mining requires less computational power as it it more CPU friendly, but does this mean that if you switch a GPU Bitcoin miner To Litecoin mining you will be wasting your ...
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Could i build a mining rig with these parts?
I have researched bitcoin mining for a while, and i have decided that i want to build a dedicated miner. Since i am very low on budget, I thought that maybe i could use an old computer that i have in ...
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The bitcoin miner lags my cpu 99% and how i will earn bitcoins
Bitcoin Miner program uses my CPU 99% can you just little make it no laggy and how do i earn bitcoins? in the internet sites and forums they dont sya anything about earning bitcoins
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How do I generate coins on testnet? CPU, GPU, FPGA? Are there pools?
Is it possible to mine coins on testnet using CPU? GPU? How about FPGAs?
Are there any pools running on testnet?
The reason I am looking for this is so I can master the new API's relating to ...
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Is there a bitcoin market for CPU time / memory space / disk space?
Bitcoin mining pools are like lending / borrowing cpu time, but it's only for hashing.
Is there something more general; a market where you can lend and borrow cpu time, disk space and so on?
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What is more effective than ASIC mining?
Considering that mining progressed from CPU, to GPU, to FPGA, and now ASIC mining... have we finally hit the end of the road for technological advancement?
What future optimizations can occur after ...
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Does Bitcoin-QT use more CPU when its idle than during synchronization?
I am running the standard client on a micro Amazon EC2 instance. When I am synchronising Bitcoin with the network, it uses about 50% of the available CPU. After it is fully synchronised, I leave it ...
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How do I solo mine on a mac?
I know it's pointless. I just want to learn how to do it. Are there any guides out there?
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Can I CPU mine others coins to win Bitcoins?
I have a useless Nvidia, until now, unconfigurable to mine (7300)
So, if I mine just with CPU, can I get more coins mining others coins like NMC,LQC,LTC,SC, or whatever, and trading after for BTCs?
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CPU Mining with a large EC2 cluster - worth the effort?
I'm relatively new to Bitcoin, and am playing around with pool mining for fun.
I have access to a fair amount of EC2 instances - c1.mediums - between 30 and 50 on a given day.
I already have the ...
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How can I start mining Bitcoin?
Ok. I don't care if I make only a small amount of bitcoins mining. I want to mine.
How do I setup my machine (amd x64 4.6Ghz 6GB/RAM with GeForce Nvidia 7300, LinuxMint 10) to start mining?
Is it ...
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How can I stop websites running an integrated Bitcoin miner without disabling javascript altogether?
"Bitcoin Plus" is one example of a javascript bitcoin mining client that can CPU mine bitcoins through a browser when viewing a website. Here is a screenshot from 4bitcoins dot com which automatically ...
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How to code the Simplest BitCoin CPU Miner?
How would I go about making the simplest form of a CPU bitcoin miner? I have not been able to find documentation on the whole process...
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Are there algorithms that could have been chosen for mining that balance CPU/GPU?
The mining algorithm for Bitcoins (and most alternative but similar currencies as well) is purely computation hard, but not decision hard or memory hard. This caused the unexpected effect that GPUs ...
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Is CPU mining even worth it?
I would like to start mining, but my GPU isn't the greatest and I don't really want to spend the money on a dedicated rig. Is mining from my CPU (in a Linux environment) still worth it? Or will I not ...
