Mining from a pool, the emerald.conf file that I have to make will contain:

rpcuser=bla-bla
rpcpassword=bla-bla-bla

Where do I get the rpcuser and rpcpassword from?

Quote from: Spidersbox on August 12, 2017, 03:57:02 AM

Quote from: starpsy on August 12, 2017, 03:10:19 AM

I installed the wallet on a different computer. It's connected now. Bootstrap loading is taking a while though.

How do I configure the minerd.exe program? The Emerald website states:

start the miner

./minerd -t -a scrypt -o stratum+tcp://crypto.office-on-the.net:12125 -u -p x

Where does this go and what goes in the placeholder? I'm assuming the <> marks are removed.

Right now when I click on the minerd.exe file, it flashes a small screen for a second and disappears.

Also, do I have to add nodes to my wallet configuration?

There is no need for addnodes
When the wallet starts, it looks at a dedicated node for connections.

as for cpu mining - the ./minerd is for linux

For windows, if you want to join a pool, the easiest would be to make a batch file.
open up notepad and saving as START.BAT

Code:

minerd --url stratum+tcp://thepool.address.goes.here:poolportnumber --userpass USERNAME.WORKERNAME:PASSWORD

the start.bat should go into the same folder as the minerd.exe

You will of course need to sign up for a pool, there should be several listed on the Emerald web site - just click the link in your wallet to open a browser to the home page.
Most pools have a help section that will explain things better, like how to make a worker, what port number to use ...

If you want to simply use your wallet to mine, you can add the line:
gen=1

to your emerald.conf file.(which you might have to create - in the same directory as the wallet.dat file C:\Users\yourname\AppData\Roaming\Emerald )

emerald.conf

Code:

rpcuser=bla-bla
rpcpassword=bla-bla-bla
gen=1

The gen=1 turns on the miner that's built into most wallets -
unfortunately, mining difficulty is high enough that I would be surprised if you found more that one block in a 24 hour time.

most mining pools are setup so that you get a share of each block found in proportion to the work you do.