Finally got my stake and now I'm trying to harvest. Do I have to leave the browser NEM client open or does it harvest if I just have it in the system tray?
The best idea is to start your own node and use "delegated harvesting". It's very simple!
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# Create your own Amazon EC2 VPS #
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Tutorial: http://bit.do/awsnode
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# Connect to your VPS with Putty #
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Tutorial: http://bit.do/puttyamazon
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# Install NEM's NCC and NIS on your Ubuntu #
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sudo su
sudo apt-get install unzip
wget https://github.com/jadedjack/Nem-Installers/archive/master.zip
unzip master.zip
cd Nem-Installers-master/
chmod +x ./install_nem.sh
chmod +x ./ubuntu_install_nem_tools.sh
./ubuntu_install_nem_tools.sh
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./install_nem.sh
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# Start NIS nor NCC #
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sudo /etc/init.d/nis start
sudo /etc/init.d/ncc start
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# Stop NIS or NCC #
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sudo /etc/init.d/nis stop
sudo /etc/init.d/ncc stop
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# Set the maximum numbers of harvesters on your public node #
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sudo nano /etc/nem/nis/config-user.properties
# Maximum number of unlocked accounts. Meaning: maximum number of accounts that are allowed to use this NIS for harvesting
# Keep the value within a reasonable range, a too large value an cause problems for all harvesting accounts.
nis.unlockedLimit = 10
# Account addresses that are allowed to use this NIS for harvesting (pipe-separated) (no spaces and no -)
# Leave this empty, if you don't want to set any restrictions.
nis.allowedHarvesterAddresses =
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# Important for Amazon's EC2 VPS with 1 GB RAM: REDUCE RAM! #
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sudo nano /etc/init.d/nis
Change the line export MAXRAM=1G to MAXRAM=768M
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# other commands #
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Show up running processes in Ubuntu: htop
Get admin privileges: sudo su
Check infos about your node: http://your.public.IP:7890/node/info