COIN HAS BEEN LAUNCHED!

DIFFICULTY IS HIGH, PLEASE LOOK OUT FOR POOLS!

README: This guide was originally written February 05, 2014, 06:39:31 PM before the first launch which was unfortunately delayed. Back then, working Pools were promised to be up right at launch time and no GPU miners were available. The maxcoin-cpuminer was published, however, which lead to the early development of the SHA-3 GPU cudaminer. The guide is originally meant for pool mining, I had added the solo mining part on the evening before launch (6th Feb) in order to counteract the frustration of no pools and to get the mining operations going. Do not solo mine, it is not worth it any more. Use the pools.  Finally please note that I am not affiliated with the MaxCoin devs and merely provide this guide for the community.

0. Preparation:

• Windows: Download PuTTY (putty.exe) so you can connect to your VPS.
• Mac/Linux Users: use Terminal

(!) Please note that this guide runs your mining droplet as root which can potentially be a security concern.  [If you would like to create a new user for mining operations instead, please head over to a similar guide of mine where you can read how to create a new user.]  Let's go ahead and get started:

1. Sign Up for an SSD cloud server or log in if you already have an account.

2. Fund your account with credit ($10+). Add voucher code SSD2014 for $10 extra credit when signing up for the first time (thanks to weedoge for pointing this out)!

3. Click 'Create Droplet' to get your instance running

4. Select the specifications you wish to mine on as well as the latest Ubuntu x64 image. I personally use 8 threads with the 8 Core plan. You can also consider creating several smaller ones, e.g. 4x 2 Core. Or just use one, decide as you wish. The more CPUs the more power you have.

5. Your username and password will be emailed to you within 55 seconds

6. Log in to your droplet via SSH

7. Change your root password.
    
8.  Relocate into the home directory
9. Create a swap file

10a. Install dependencies

UPDATED! PLEASE GET THE NEW 1GH.COM MINER!
10b. Download the 1GH MaxCoin (SHA-3) minerd (+configure and compile)

Test whether your compiled minerd launches fine:
It'll return all its command options.

10c. Now head over to a Pool and follow the instructions posted, for example:

[change this with your wallet address!]

---> Congratulations, your MAX mining operations started.

To check your balance, head over to http://max.1gh.com/user?wallet=YOURWALLETADDRESSHERE

Please note that it takes time until blocks are confirmed and coins payed out.

If you wish to run this in your background so it doesn't close once you drop the SSH conncetion, go ahead and use "screen"
launch screen
press space, launch the miner
to restore the session when logging back in, use

All done. Good luck and have fun.

POOLS

PLEASE CHECK THE OFFICIAL TWITTER, SITES, FORUMS & THIS THREAD!

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How to Solo Mine MAX in the Clouds

UPDATE: Solo CPU mining has become obsolete since the difficulty has risen high / stable pools are up. If you have set up your droplets for pool mining and it's working fine, disregard this part. I will let it stay here for informational purposes.



14. insert:
CTRL+O to save, CTRL+X to quit


If you wish to run this in your background so it doesn't close once you drop the SSH conncetion, go ahead and use "screen"
launch screen
press space, launch the miner
to restore the session when logging back in, use

IF YOU CHANGED YOUR CONFIG and it still doesn't connect:
Kill the process and relaunch! https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=450539.msg4982489#msg4982489

--> Mining operations started. You will find your wallet.dat file in ~/.maxcoin

THIS WALLET HOLDS YOUR BALANCE, THUS YOUR MAXCOINS. MAKE SURE TO BACK IT UP / OR SEND IT OVER TO YOUR COMUTER. Do NOT delete droplets without securing your MaxCoins!

You may also use the command to SEND FUNDS TO ANOTHER WALLET, e.g. your Main Computer's wallet.

WATCH OUT FOR WORKING POOLS, they are much needed as the difficulty's rising.

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IF you want to switch back to your cpuminer operations path to pool mine:

1. kill your earlier maxcoind process!

search for the process that's called maxcoind and check its ID on the left, then kill that process:

Change IDHERE with the actual ID. For example kill -9 13172

2. Change path
OR if you used the earlier guide

After that you may launch your minerd.

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PS. Make sure that you have only one account at Digital Ocean. Multiple accounts violate their ToS! BE GENTLE and DO NOT excessively use resources, it might get you banned.

If you'd like to tip me a beer for supplying this guide, please feel free!

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Thank you very much. Hope you have a good one everybody, be well!