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Re: [BIP] BipCoin. NOW LIVE. Mineable. CryptoNote. BipCot NoGov Licensed.
by
MWD64
on 26/08/2016, 05:58:48 UTC
Worms,
Last block was 5753.  I've got a few today so far, things seem to be speeding up. I've probably got 4 locked right now.

Right now I'm trying to figure out how the whole hashing rate works out.  I was running 7 out of 8 cores for awhile and seeing 150 and I just changed it to 4 to cool down a bit and I'm seeing 165. is there a sweet spot somewhere in the number of cores running or is a based on the individual computer?

I'll be hitting you up for some stickers soon.  I need to figure out how to transfer next.

Some processors throttle themselves when they reach a certain temperature for safety.  Could be you actually get better performance with fewer threads because you are not running hot enough to throttle.

Make sure you put a fan on the computers while mining so they don't burn out. With laptops, prop them up with blocks so air gets under and over. With desktops I put an extra fan inside. Pix of both about 3/4 way down this page:
https://bipcoin.org/?page_id=93

Did you specify a number when you started mining?

start_mining 2

for instance. If you don't specify, it puts in 1. The number should be one less than the number of cores your processor has. More is better. If you have a quad core and type 3, it will mine faster than if you have two cores and type 1.

If you didn't specify a number and you have a quad core or 8 cores, type
stop_mining
then start mining again, specifying a number.

If the number is too high, you'll get a error message in red, and can go down 1 number at a time until it works.