Questions tagged [mining]
The process of using a computer to verify transactions on the Monero network. Mining helps keep the network safe, since it is unlikely that one person or group of people can control a large portion of the total mining power. Monero is mined using the RandomX algorithm, and it is mined with both CPUs and GPUs.
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dev pool socket error
I have been experiencing a problem with my mining rig and was wondering if anyone has ran into the same problem. I am using XMR-stak 2.2.0 and sometimes XMR-stak restarts because my hashes drops below ...
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How does nicehash perform share validation?
I'm talking about two services: NiceHash and MiningRentals and CryptonightV1 algorithm (which they call CryptonightV7), for example.
Let's suppose someone trying to fool one of them and:
Miner (...
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Non-WebAssembly browser miner?
I'm trying to find a javascript-based Monero minero (or another coin I suppose would be OK), which does not require WebAssembly.
So far the only person I have seen figure this out is CryptoNoter, but ...
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Are there any extant implementations of the groestl that Monero PoW uses that utilize AesNi instructions and byte-slicing?
I've been trying to put together a byte-sliced groestl (small) that use AesNi. I've seen plenty of groestl (large) implementations that do this, and have been using them for inspiration, but when you'...
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Monero GUI - See the mining in progress
I am not interested in joining a pool nor buying fancy hardware. I just want to mine on my macbook in the background, and play my luck.
I've installed the official Monero GUI app, and it's mining ...
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Xmr-Stak miner constantly crashes
I am trying to use XMR-Stak to mine a crypto-currency called electroneum(crypto-night) but it keeps crashing with the log:
GLib: g_variant_new_string: assertion 'string != NULL' failed
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Monero Fork: Blocks are not mining for more than 20 Hrs
I have forked Monero V0.13.0.4 and changed the network ID and genesis tx. The Blockchain was running fine for a week, after that I noticed that there were some serious delays in the block creation ...
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Where in the PoW block header is the variant version?
I asked this question: How do miners, connected to a pool via stratum, know when to switch PoW variant during a hard fork?
Which was marked as a duplicate of this question: Can pool miners update ...
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error first running new monero fork build
I built a new Monero Fork. Trying to run it for the first time and getting errors:
2018-07-05
10:09:30.989 7612 ERROR cn src/cryptonote_basic/cryptonote_format_utils.cpp:167 Failed
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Changing difficulty levels, pre mining etc of Monero Fork
If I have a custom coin based on a Monero Fork and want to change the setup e.g. difficulty levels, pre mined coins etc. As long as I keep the Genesis block the same, are there any implications?
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Cannot build OpenCL program for GPU 0
Everything i try to mine with Claymore I get these errors and hashrate is 0. Have tryed also zcash and ethereum.
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║ Claymore'...
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Why is the mining reward lock time set to 60 blocks?
What is the rational behind the mining reward lock time constant having been set to 60 blocks?
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Mining on testnet
I'm trying to obtain some coins in testnet, so I started monerod, waited until it sync and started mining.
I've got such messages:
2018-04-11 14:31:43.803 [RPC0] WARN miner src/...
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Sapphire RX 550, differences in models and consequences on hashrate
I'm new to mining, and I wanted to use Sapphire RX 550 GPUs to build a CryptoNight rig after reading a couple posts on the Internet about them, for instance:
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CcMiner monero mining GPU utilization
I just started experimenting with Monero mining and got the setup pretty much done. I have a wallet and I'm successfully mining within a pool, using CcMiner. However, my GPU utilization hovers around ...
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Calculate The Reward Per Hash
can we calculate the reward per hash ? like coin-hive.com
coin hive formula :
(<solved_hashes>/<global_difficulty>) * <block_reward> * 0.7
ex : difficulty of 74.244G / average ...
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XMR Claymore Low Hashrate Gigabyte R7 360
I was using Claymore 9.7 on a Gigabyte R7-360 GPU on an intel-based motherboard. I've got around 190 h/s with its default gpu clock speed of 1200 MHz.
Yesterday, we removed the card to make room for ...
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Floating point exception during mining (monerod)
I have a strange error during mining. I'm running solo miner on AMD K10 (Phenom 9650). It is not for profit, more or less, it is for experiments. Anyway, I was able to sync the everything and mining ...
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Setup Monero mining pool using mpos
I have a problem setting up monero mining pool, I know about those nodejs pools, but I want to use MPOS as a front-end. The only problem is I don't know what to use as a stratum.
I haven't even ...
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Trying to better understand monero mining
I'm attempting to write a monero miner in PHP (I know PHP). I'm not after hashing speed I'm after understanding what is happening.
I have looked over the "CRYPTONOTE STANDARD 008" document that ...
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How long should I wait until I see some XMR mined with Gupax?
I want to support Monero and installed Gupax linked to a GUI Monero Wallet.
P2Pool and XMRig are active.
I used it for the a few hours and don't see any XMR Mined.
Is it normal? did I forgot something?...
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Can I Create A Single Coin
I want to know if it’s possible to create a single coin that can have 7 zeros behind the decimal? Therefore, I want to create one coin with seven zeros behind the decimal.
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How do i know if my machine is working for my wallet?
I am new to mining and am not dead that I set it up correctly.
There is no transaction in my wallet yet.
When I write my address in the "Your Stats & Payment History" field, the answer ...
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Cant seem to get mining started
I'm using the Low Graphics Mode GUI
Daemon is synchronized
Network status = Connected
Wallet blocks remaining: 456
Under Solo Mining I click on 'Use recommended number of threads' which sets it to 2 ...
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RE:Monero GUI - "Start Mining" greyed out
Excuse the noobness.
I have installed Monero GUI Wallet on a persistent TAILS OS USB bootable drive.
I have downloaded the Monero Blockchain and fully synhronized the Wallet and Daemon. All working ...
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Server CPU only getting 1.5 to 2.5 KH/s
My miner output:
HASHRATE REPORT - CPU
| ID | 10s | 60s | 15m | ID | 10s | 60s | 15m |
| 0 | 396.8 | 394.6 | 393.2 | 1 | 313.1 | 311.7 | 310.8 |
| 2 | 397.3 | 394.9 | 393....
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Background mining causes crash (pymonero)
Does anyone know what it means that whenever I try background mining either with the wallet or daemon my monero crashes?
To be clear I am using pymonero and am getting the following error when running ...
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Monero miner for ppc64le?
Is there any Monero miner which supports the current RandomX PoW and compatible with the ppc64le architecture?
I've already checked out xmr-stak-power and this port of xmrig for ppc64le, both of ...
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reject reason: Low difficulty share
I've researched the forum and google and it says this means I am using the wrong algorithm, as far as I know graft (v8) works with monero right ?
This is my first time mining using ccminer and the ...
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Create monero browser mining module
I am a young programmer, still in college, interesting in creating a universal plug-in in python that I can apply to a few applications I have created. I would like to develop a python3 module that ...
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Is there a stratum like protocol for Monero mining pools?
I'm trying to learn a litle more about how Monero mining pools work. I'm somewhat familiar with Bitcoin mining pools and the Stratum protocol (https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Stratum_mining_protocol) that ...
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What is the normal rate of failing to submit a block from pool mining Electroneum
We have a node-cryptonote-pool mining Electroneum, and sometimes it even finds a block.
However, due to many factors, most of which are obscure for me, it fails to submit it, fails with error like ...
