Confused about usernames

[cbeatty]

I am VERY new to this scene and I do not understand where I get a username and password to start mining.  I downloaded the wallet and it is in sync.  When I run CGminer or some mining program it wants my username.  What associates this with my account?  Where do I get the username?


I have an address to receive coins
EFgLzr6FrA5KfTrj8xktWi9GbyQv62F6Vw

[ElscottHavoc]

So honestly, the easiest way to get started is to join a mining pool.  Once you join up with a mining pool, they'll provide you with a url on their help page most likely of where to direct the miner.

Then, you'll go to your account on the pool website and create a worker.  The username is your worker username.  Once you create a worker, the site will give you a username to input.  It'll probably be "poolsiteusername.workername" and then lastly a password.

There's a couple good guides on the mining section here.

[ElscottHavoc]

Oh and if you go to fst.inetrader.com and choose the Goldcoin pool you can just set the username on your miner to your wallet.  Use any password you feel like.

[cbeatty]

If I have multiple GPUs do I need to run a separate instance of CG miner for each one? I can find all kinds of stuff about bfgminer but not on cg miner.  I have also read that Cuda miner is better. 
Can I run Cuda miner and cg miner on the same computer? OR should I be running this on a raspberry pi instead?  Just looking for some advise.

[ElscottHavoc]

When you say multiple gpus...how many are we talking?

I'm almost certain that cgminer will detect gpus automatically, although if they're different gpus you may need to configure some additional settings.

I do use Raspberry Pi with Minera but I have Gridseed orbs.
You could probably actually download and write an image minera image to a drive and then use Minera on a full size PC by booting directly to the drive instead...but then at that point you might as well buy a RPi and save energy running a PC.  You can get an RPi for about $35 plus another $10-20 for necessary components.

Or, you could look into GUIMiner...You'll want GUIMinerScrypt version, but it essentially puts a user interface over the top of cgminer. Here's a link:  https://guiminer.org/guiminer-scrypt.html
The original GUIMiner was one of the first programs I used to mine Bitcoins before I had a clue as to how cgminer worked, much less the command prompt as a whole. 

I don't see any reason you couldn't run separate instances of cuda and cgminer as long as you specify each program to use separate hardware.

You could even use CPUminer on top of that...

[cbeatty]

Thanks for all the info. I can solo mine cou only at this point. I am not able to connect to any pools for some reason. i will try the fst.inetrader.com one in the morning.

I have 2 Nvidia in my computer and I have a PCI extender to four at I 290x. This is for experimentation. I also have a PI but I am not sure what device to attach to it at the moment.
My friend gave up the mining hobby and gave me all of his sha mining devices. So with my PI I will probably try to mine some sha currency also but I need to figure this out first!!!

What do you think is a good starter device to attach to my PI for scrypt /gldcoun? 

[ElscottHavoc]

Since you have an RPi, If look into Minera at getminera.org

It's an operating system for the RPi that works really well for a huge number of mining components.  Most liKely.  Minera will run BFGminer or another miner in the background and most likely find all your gpus automatically.