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Questions tagged [miner-configuration]

This tag should be used for questions about configuring and optimizing the software settings on mining rigs.

Mining rigs often need special configurations in order to perform optimally. Questions using this tag should be about how to configure mining hardware properly and how to set up mining hardware for use in mining pools.

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How to prioritize bitcoin transactions when solo mining using CPUMINER?

I am just tinkering. Trying to learn how things work. So making money is not even on my radar at the moment. Because I am just in the learning stage, I am using CPUMiner on my Ubuntu 17.10 laptop. It was easy to install and get it running against my…
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Having some trouble getting started mining bitcoins using GUIMiner and Radeon HD 5770 graphics card

I wanted to give mining bitcoins a go. I set up a wallet and downloaded GUIMiner. I also signed up for Slush's pool and all of that fun stuff. However, my GPU seems to not accept anything. I have zero accepted and two stale/invalid. My CPU is…
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Where do I get my username and password for solo mining?

I downloaded Bitcoin-Qt and synched. I downloaded pyminer to help me understand the mining process. But I need a username and password. Where do I get them for solo mining?
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How to mine any coin with computers on a network?

I have a network that I fully own with around 55 computers. I have heard of the ways malicious websites have used CPU power to mine for them with code in their sites. Since I have full ownership of these computers, and they are not being used past…
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How to configure multiple miners on a single network laptop/router?

I have 2 S9's, a router and laptop. Do the S9's have separate IP addresses or just one network IP for both miners? I realize this sounds stupid, however, I cant figure out how to apply 2 IP addresses to the Bitmain s/w set up. All the set up…
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How to create a valid BTC Block?

I know Javascript is not the Language for this matter, however i believe it's the easiest to understand and would be very easy to anyone to port to any other language. what i am trying to understand is how do i "hash" transactions, "create my own…
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Is it possible to use the same payout address on multiple miners at the same time?

I just started out mining, and I'm using Nicehash to mine BTC, so my question is if I ran the Nicehash client on two different computers in my house, both using the same wallet address, does it add the profit to the wallet? What are the problems…
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BitCoin Miner - Remote Miners with SSH Access only

I've graciously been given a big opportunity with a server infrastructure to work with, and I'd like to start it off by starting some Bitcoin mining, however there's a catch. These servers I have access to have all internet access blocked other then…
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Is it possible to mine using Asics on AWS?

As title says, I would like to know if mining with asics on aws is possible and how to do it? I don't mean profit because I don't really care and only do it for fun. Thanks!
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Mining for bitcoins

Does Bitcoin Core Wallet and Bitcoin Core Wallet Testnet both need to be running to mine? I can't see or tell any Bitcoin earning mining is taking place.
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Bitcoins with several laptops with no electricity cost. Is it profitable?

English is not my mother language, so excuse me for any mistakes. My Job is to test laptops for reselling in the outlet market. Between me and my collegues we test an average of 16 laptops per day.(And they stay there for the night too). The catch…
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BITCOIN tutorials

I am new to bitcoin. I know a little about bitcoin mining. Is there any tutorial or anything that i can read so that i can start bitcoin mining ? Maybe a step by step guide or anything ? Thanks in advance!
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Pool mining website need to be logged in?

Do i need to be logged in on the website mining pool to mine coins? Can i log off the pool mining website and just leave cudaminer running and still mine coins in the mining pool?
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how do miners guess the next block version?

ok guys, so don't laugh at me because im new into this:D I know that each block has a different "block version" right? but, how to guess the block version from the next block? lets say latest block is 100 and block version is 0x1 for example. so how…
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How do I start mining bitcoins technically?

I've read a lot of comments/posts on the internet and most of which are talking about buying a professional mining-machine. However, I am just wondering, on the software side, how do I technically start mining? For instance, is there any SDK I need…
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