GoldCoin Talk
Main Category => Mining & Pools => Topic started by: Ejay424 on August 29, 2013, 10:16:42 PM
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Hello, I was going to do some bitcoin mining but I found out I was late to the party, then a admin of the forums directed me to goldcoin! :D It looks like it's much more profitable. I was just wondering, say if I wanted to use a Butterfly labs 5Gh/s model, would it still work the same way as it does with bitcoin mining? Also, a estimate of how much I would earn with goldcoin, running at 5GH/s for 24hours. Thanks for reading :)
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GoldCoin uses scrypt for its proof of work, unlike Bitcoin which uses SHA-256. The Butterfly labs 5Gh/s device, along with other devices that are used to mine Bitcoins, will not work for scrypt coins. Currently only a GPU or CPU hardware can be used to mine GoldCoin and other scrypt coins.
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GoldCoin uses scrypt for its proof of work, unlike Bitcoin which uses SHA-256. The Butterfly labs 5Gh/s device, along with other devices that are used to mine Bitcoins, will not work for scrypt coins. Currently only a GPU or CPU hardware can be used to mine GoldCoin and other scrypt coins.
Oh right.. ok So If I was to get a better rig, I would need to have just a lot of GPUs? and also, the tut about running CGMiner doesn't work for me.. Could you help me out? Running this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150604 . Also, I tried just doing this for a script :
cgminer -o http://gld.cryptocoinmine.com:3333 -u MY USER -p MY PASS and I was getting a lot of rejected, no accepted. Could you help me with writing a script for a batch?
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This is my bat file:
setx GPU_MAX_ALLOC_PERCENT 100
setx GPU_USE_SYNC_OBJECTS 1
cgminer --scrypt -o stratum+tcp://gld.cryptocoinmine.com:2020 -u user.1 -p pass -I 20
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This is my bat file:
setx GPU_MAX_ALLOC_PERCENT 100
setx GPU_USE_SYNC_OBJECTS 1
cgminer --scrypt -o stratum+tcp://gld.cryptocoinmine.com:2020 -u user.1 -p pass -I 20
Yeah, I think something is wrong, or that batch file doesn't work for me, I'm getting only 500Kb/s :/
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500Kh/s for that card is very good. I only get 350 Kh/s with my 7870.
Hashrates on scrypt coins such as GoldCoin are 1000 times slower than on SHA-256 coins such as Bitcoin. Your card would get about 500 MH/s mining Bitcoin.
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500Kh/s for that card is very good. I only get 350 Kh/s with my 7870.
Hashrates on scrypt coins such as GoldCoin are 1000 times slower than on SHA-256 coins such as Bitcoin. Your card would get about 500 MH/s mining Bitcoin.
Oh cool, also, around 250-300, not 500 :L Sorry. Looks like it's accepting now too
It just melts my computer down, so It's something to leave on when I'm not using, untill I get a better rig :P
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Also, what about using the usb ASIC miners? they have pretty good speeds, can they be used with Goldcoin? http://thegenesisblock.com/asicminer-usb-bitcoin-miner-price-drops-80-to-0-175-btc/
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The answer to this is no. Any hardware that is built specifically for Bitcoin (ASIC, etc) will not work for GoldCoin or any other scrypt coin.
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The answer to this is no. Any hardware that is built specifically for Bitcoin (ASIC, etc) will not work for GoldCoin or any other scrypt coin.
Alright, so I need to learn how to combine GPUs to make them work together, got any guides for a noob?
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The answer to this is no. Any hardware that is built specifically for Bitcoin (ASIC, etc) will not work for GoldCoin or any other scrypt coin.
Also, something like this would work then? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/GPU-Miner-Mining-Rig-Bitcoin-Litecoin-Cryptocurrency-2-3Gh-s-/111143170398?pt=UK_Computing_DesktopPCs&hash=item19e0a6315e
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http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/GPU-Miner-Mining-Rig-Bitcoin-Litecoin-Cryptocurrency-2-3Gh-s-/111143170398?pt=UK_Computing_DesktopPCs&hash=item19e0a6315e
This hardware will certainly work.
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http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/GPU-Miner-Mining-Rig-Bitcoin-Litecoin-Cryptocurrency-2-3Gh-s-/111143170398?pt=UK_Computing_DesktopPCs&hash=item19e0a6315e
This hardware will certainly work.
Hmm, I ran the program with
cgminer --scrypt -o stratum+tcp://gld.cryptocoinmine.com:2020 -u WORKER -p PASS -I 20
And at some point it stops and gives this error:
Failed to reinit GPU thread 0
Thread 0 still exsists, killing it off
Error -6: Creating Command Queue. (cldCreateCommandQueue)
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The option in your command "-I 20" is to set Intensity to 20, which is very high for a scrypt coin. Try using "-I 12" This setting may be overloading your card and causing it to crash.
cgminer --scrypt -o stratum+tcp://gld.cryptocoinmine.com:2020 -u WORKER -p PASS -I 12
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Yes. Try reducing intensity by units of 1 until you find the "sweet spot".
You might also find useful configuration examples here: http://litecoin.info/Mining_Hardware_Comparison
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The option in your command "-I 20" is to set Intensity to 20, which is very high for a scrypt coin. Try using "-I 12" This setting may be overloading your card and causing it to crash.
cgminer --scrypt -o stratum+tcp://gld.cryptocoinmine.com:2020 -u WORKER -p PASS -I 12
Yes. Try reducing intensity by units of 1 until you find the "sweet spot".
You might also find useful configuration examples here: http://litecoin.info/Mining_Hardware_Comparison
Thanks guys for the info! :D