creepMiner - C++ Burst Miner (based on Uray's Miner)
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@Creepsky45 said in creepMiner - C++ Burst Miner (based on Uray's Miner):
@scprv55 I assume you mean the numbers on the pool website.
It looks like this:nU + nQ + nD + n
U: sent, but not confirmed yet
Q: will be sent later
D: not enough yet to payout, need to mine more (or longer)
n: total sent and confirmedThanks Creepsky.
I've done my plots and optimized (most of) them, but to be able to optimize I had to do the plots in small sections rather than plotting each drive as one big plot.
I've got 3 HDs, and they are all pretty slow
12:52:19: Dir /media/sean/1TB Internal/plots read (4 files, 870.00 GB total) in 3.477s (~62.55 MB/s)
12:52:19: Dir /media/sean/500 GB External/plots read (3 files, 460.00 GB total) in 3.762s (~30.57 MB/s)
12:52:21: Dir /media/sean/2TB Internal/plots read (6 files, 1.49 TB total) in 5.350s (~71.26 MB/s)Would it be better to plot each drive as one plot and not bother with optimizing? Or doesn't it matter that the drives are made up of smaller plots?
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@Creepsky45 said in creepMiner - C++ Burst Miner (based on Uray's Miner):
@machasm hard to say, did you try version 1.6.0 (development-branch)? If you are on Windows, I can compile and upload the newest version.
@Creepsky45 thanks for providing this miner :) Finally yesterday I got to try it for the first time and I like it :) CreepMiner.exe works quite nice. However if I run the creepMiner-cuda.exe I get an error when a nonce is found and doesn't get submitted, which I find strange given the fact that with CreepMiner.exe this doesn't happen.
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@vExact the CUDA code is still experimental but it should show the same result. What graphics card do you use?
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@Creepsky45 I have an Nvidia GeForce GT-630M. It comes with my spare laptop I use for Burst mining alone.
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@Creepsky45 said in creepMiner - C++ Burst Miner (based on Uray's Miner):
@machasm hard to say, did you try version 1.6.0 (development-branch)? If you are on Windows, I can compile and upload the newest version.
btw I have been lately using your miner :) I would upgrade to the newest version for windows in case it becomes available.
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@vExact actually I uploaded it today: https://github.com/Creepsky/creepMiner/releases/tag/2.6.0.
But there is no cuda version in it at the moment.
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@Creepsky45 thanks! I actually saw it after having posted my previous reply :)
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@scprv55 I will add it soon (Ubuntu 64 bit).
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Thank you Creepsky!
Can I ask another question, I'm CPU mining with an i7 and 3 drives (2 internal) 1 external (usb2).
I have forged 2 blocks in just over 2 weeks but most of my deadlines are being found at 20+ days or longer.
Would faster drives help or am I going to need a GPU?
Does CreepMiner use the GPU automatically? or is there a setting I missed?
Cheers!
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@scprv55 To forge more blocks you need more capacity - ie more drives.
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Thanks Haitch, I'm going to buy a new drive (maybe today), but I'm trying to figure out if it is just drive capacity that I'm lacking or if its also a speed thing.
Should I get a USB 3 port upgrade or is USB2 enough?
Should I not bother with external drive (USB2 is all my PC has) and instead hook them up using Sata 2
Is it worth upgrading my motherboard to one that has SATA 3?
Appreciate everyone's help!
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@scprv55 How long does it take you to mine all the drives? USB3 is more desirable than USB2, but if it's what you have - it's what you have.
My latest rig has SATA2, for 20 drives. it's not as fast as I'd like, but it's fast enough.
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500 GB USB 3 drive but on a USB port
read (3 files, 460.00 GB total) in 3.870s (~29.71 MB/s)
1 TB internal on SATA
read (4 files, 870.00 GB total) in 4.013s (~54.19 MB/s)2TB internal on SATA
read (6 files, 1.49 TB total) in 4.886s (~78.03 MB/s)All plots (except 2) are optimized
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@scprv55 You're reading them all in less than 5 seconds, mine take around 60 seconds. You cpu/gpu is not your bottleneck, just continue to add capacity.
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Thanks Haitch, that clears things up.
Basically I didn't want to spend on drives if there was something else I could do to speed things up first.
Better go out this afternoon and buy myself at least 4TB of extra space.
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@scprv55 When you mining time goes over 60 seconds, consider looking at better mining processing power.
