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Wouldn't the expected return of a mining pool be no more than solo mining?
I don't understand the advantages of pool mining if you want to maximize your return. It seems like all it does is even out your return to make it more predictable by paying you smaller amounts more ...
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How is Bitcoin / Litecoin mining prize awarded when solo mining?
When solo mining and connecting to either the Bitcoin-QT server or Litecoin-QT server. If I actually do find a solution to the block, how is that prize awarded? I have not shared my public key via ...
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Solo mining on OS X with Diablo Miner
I want to test Solo mining on OS X with Diablo Miner, so I pass options:
./DiabloMiner-OSX.sh -u my_user -p my_pass -r 8332
and I get:
[5/1/13 11:01:37 PM] Started ...
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Solo vs Pool mining for new crypto-currencies?
I have a not-so-good miner in terms of mining, like with CPU mining with LTC, it goes to 15 kHash/s which is pretty low.
I thought nor pool mining nor solo mining will earn me much when at this ...
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How to solo-mine bitcoins with bfgminer?
I'm completely new to Bitcoin, so my understanding of mining is still improving.
I downloaded BFGMiner, and now I would like to perform some solo mining.
(I would rather have it use my GPU, but if ...
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Solo Mining Client For CLI
what is the best miner for solo mining WITHOUT a gui(I am using EC2)?
I know ec2 mining is not worth it.
NOTE: EC2 does NOT have GPU
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Overview of solo mining with no GUI's and with GUI's, short explanation.
So I recently have gotten into bitcoins and bitcoin mining am enthralled with the idea of the whole system. I even went out to buy a POS Evga 610 GT to start mining the day I found out about it. ...
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Is CPU mining worthwhile for Litecoin? FPGA? GPU?
I'm interested in solo mining on Litecoin. Where can I learn about (or what math is required) two tell if this is feasible/profitable?
Currently I have 30+ CPUs running as solo miners for 40 hours ...
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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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Changing the first payout address when a reward + fees is generated
I would like all my mined coins (solo mining, testnet so far) to go to a different default account. I'm not referring to the distribution a mining pool will do to all of its miners (Pay per share, ...
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Does solo mining with multiple computers require different generation transaction addresses?
I've heard that what prevents the fastest computers from almost always dominating pools is that each miner is hashing different data because of the generation transaction. However, if I solo mine with ...
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Can a Butterfly Labs Mini Rig SC cause health concerns if stored in a bedroom?
Assuming heat and noise factors are not a concern, are there any additional issues (radiation) to be concerned about?
How far should this device be stored away from children's play rooms and sleeping ...
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Tracking Hash/sec of major pools and individual (solo) miners
I'd like to get a list of the hash power of the major pools, solo miners, and if applicable undocumented hash networks. How can I obtain this information?
If this information already exists, how did ...
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(litecoin) High hashrate but low amount of submitted shares in solo
I'm playing around with litecoin mining and have been mining at a pool but decided to mine solo using cgminer.
When I mine at pools the amount of shares submitted to the pool sinks dramatically when ...
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What is the easiest to operate/fastest solo bitcoin mining client for a cluster rig?
I'm planning to set up a rig and need a solo mining client. Can you offer me some suggestions? (Please don't just tell me that solo mining isn't worth 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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“No more backup pools left. Using primary and starting over.”
I am not using a pool, I am using my graphics cards mining with poclbm over rpc. i do not understand why I get these messages.
localhost:8332 15/08/2012 22:40:13, No more backup pools left. Using ...
