Hi;
New at this, but I got as far as securing 2 S9's and plugging them in. They are hashing for a pool, while I try to figure out how to solo mine with them.
I want to be able to play with a candidate block. It's academic in a sense - I want to see the mechanics in play, from constructing a custom transaction, to watching a miner take it and attempt to assemble a valid block.
I understand that by joining a pool, we give up that part of the Bitcoin blockchain process.
Are my assumptions wrong?
Is there any hope of mining solo with an S9, (with Core attached) ?
Thanks for any advice.
Cheers!
The S9 doesn't contain the official cgminer so you're asking for support in the wrong place. Nonetheless the S9 isn't capable of solo mining by itself; you'll need to run pool software such as ckpool or if you want the level of customisation you're talking about you're going to have to write software yourself.