The new beta version is ready. It is mostly a bugfix release, the more significant upgrades are coming next month. You can download PhoenixMiner 6.3b from here:

PhoenixMiner_6.3b_Windows.zip
PhoenixMiner_6.3b_Linux.tar.gz

The new features in this release are:

• Full LHR disable mode -lhrdis <n>  1 - yes (default), 0 - no

• RTX 3060 LHR       ~ 50 MH/s
• RTX 3060 Ti LHR       ~ 60 MH/s
• RTX 3070 LHR       ~ 60 MH/s
• RTX 3070 Ti LHR       ~ 81 MH/s
• RTX 3080 10GB LHR   ~ 98 MH/s
• RTX 3080 Ti LHR       ~ 120 MH/s

• Dual mining TON

• Fixed an issue with expired SSL certificate that led to "certificate verify failed" errors when connecting to some pools (notably Ethermine) when using SSL connections
• Show the GPU vendor name in the list of GPUs to make it easier to identify the GPUs
• Added support for the latest AMD Linux drivers 21.40.1. There are some bugs in these drivers, particularly the clocks and voltages can't be set properly with older
  cards (RX4x0/RX5x0/Vega/RadeonVII)
• Validated support for the latest AMD Windows drivers up to 21.11.2
• Fixed issues with AMD RX6700XT cards with the latest AMD and Linux drivers
• Fixed issues with AMD Vega and Radeon VII cards on latest Windows and Linux drivers
• Fixed crash with very old Nvidia drivers (3xx.x)
• Other fixes and small improvements

Known issues (driver incompatibilities, etc.) and workarounds:

If you are using Linux drivers 21.40.1 with Radeon VII cards, you need to add the option -fpwm 1 in order to have proper fan control.
AMD Linux drivers 21.40.1 has finally removed the requirement of PCIe atomics but there are problems when you try to mix Polaris (RX4x0/5x0) cards and Vega or newer cards on the same rig.
Some Nvidia cards will report a lot of stale shares under Windows 11. Using the same driver version under Windows 10 resolves the issue.

I've had a runescape account that I sold where the payment was charged back. Since the scammer was speaking to me through skype I was able to resolve the IP address being used and after bugging paypal about it multiple times I finally got ahold of the "fraud department" where a nice American gentlemen spoke to me and I was able to explain the situation.

I explained that I sold a website (i know lol) to someone who is now attempting to charge back. Since I was using a Middle man on the rs trading website, after the scam became apparent I was able to retrieve the IP address used by the scammer to access the site. I was also able to resolve the IP address used by the scammer to talk to me through Skype (which, of course, was also the same VPN the scammer used to access paypal and make the fraudulent payment). I gave both IPs to the fraud department of paypal.

I'm guessing the non-vpn IP matched to the legitimate user's IP address and they were able to determine that he quote unquote "was trying to pull the wool over our eyes" & the dispute was settled in my favor. I remember him saying something along the lines of "it's nice to speak to someone that actually knows what an IP address is" haha.

I got an email from the "legit owner" a few hours later asking me what goods he purchased and that the payment was unauthoried, of course, I didn't respond as directed by Paypal customer support. I think by saying it was a website instead of "digital goods" some how helped me, though I'm not sure how exactly.

That's about the best advice you are going to get, I wish you luck bud.

In the future make sure to use payment types that are less vulnerable to charge backs & refunds.

I have a desktop that I've dedicated to airdrops, I don't download every airdrop they have to sound good, innovative, and I always wait for the first group of people to go to slaughter before downloading the wallets. I also try to wait for a "trusted member" to verify that the code doesn't have viruses and such and do the "virustotal" check etc. Even then I still feel like its inevitable this device will get a virus at some point haha. I know that "trusted members" is also a fickle thing, so I don't put too much weight into their analysis.

I have noob questions that I'd love to have answered.

1. Would sandboxing the wallets in multiple different sandboxes using programs like "Sandboxie" be a viable solution? Wouldn't they still be using the same network to communicate, so what issues could arise from that? Is it even viable?

2. The same question as above, but in regards to virtual machines ran on the same network, what issues can arise from that? Can one virtual machine infect another,? What about the host machine?

3. Can a virus from one computer infect another computer on the same wifi network?

4. If I have multiple routers, would that be considered 2 separate networks and can network 1 infect network 2? or are they all the same network since it's connected to the same modem & internet connection.

Thanks, I appreciate it.

PS - feel free to move this to a better place if needed, I didn't see a altcoin technical section so I figured this was the safest bet.

Teach me Senpai

Well, I personally think this is a weird way to look at it. It sets you up to be like "oh we are still in the positive" when the market is clearly going downwards. I feel like with this mindset you will just continually go back to earlier times in order to say "we are still in the positive".

People started saying "we are up x% since December" and now we are working our way to October lol.

For instance, you could say now that it's up 40% from october 2017, or up 300% from july...but that's also like saying in 2008 hey the market isn't crashing, we are still 15% up since last summer... or 50% since the summer before that!

Sure the market came back after a year of crashing, but that's not what we are talking about here. There was a period of time when the market WAS NOT in the green anymore for almost a decade worth of price action, so this thought process would've done you more harm than good unless your plan all along was to hold through the crash.

Yes the tv and FUD is misleading, but so is this mindset.

It's fine if you do this to cope during bad times and plan to hold for many years ahead of here, but to push this narrative on others when your trading strategies might be vastly different is not a good thing. You are choosing to cope with the pain, don't manipulate others into making the same choices as you when they are more than likely unprepared for the consequences.

How is it more technologically sound? It's more than likely over 90% the exact same code, so that's up to personal interpretation on whether a hand full of small changes (already pioneered by other coins) suddenly makes one more sound than the other. I almost want bitcoin to scale to larger blocks just to shut people like you up until we can find a actual viable solution.

You sir, are drinking Roger's kool-aid by the gallons. I applaud you for finding a cause that you can stand behind. I just wish you were a little bit more well read and could actually make a coherent argument. As Tai Lopez says... "Gnawledge is key" (yes I know it's spelt wrong... that's how he says it, not me lol).

No, I can't, because quite simply the amount of damage he's done to his reputation over the years far outweighs any positive work I've seen him do with bitcoin. His work is currently with Bcash and if you want us to remember the "good ole" days you might want to run it past him that he comes off as a total douche.

And let's not pretend that if Bcash was actually used in the same capacity as Bitcoin that eventually it wouldn't have the exact same scaling issues. It's like fixing a water leak by buying a bigger bucket to catch the water in. Eventually that bucket is going to fill up too homeboy. You clearly don't have much coding experience if you think this is a viable solution.

It's what I like to call "kicking the can down the road for future generations".

I agree with this guy. Bcash simply has the upper hand at the moment, but the second Bitcoin has lower fees the whole narrative Bcash followers live by will suddenly look much less appetizing. Bcash is literally a very simple change to 8mb blocks, that's nothing to be proud of. I'd rather have the more efficient coin.

It's also more about Roger's obvious hostile "take over" by trying to trick people into thinking Bcash is the real Bitcoin by utilizing the Bitcoin name, Bitcoin.com domain (which Satoshi deemed "not official" from the beginning) and continuously trying to tie Satoshi's vision to Bcash's vision when in reality if you read the white paper that's purely up for personal interpretation. That in itself is why Bcash will never be the real Bitcoin. I can 100% gaurantee that.

Bcash has cut off it's own nose to spite it's face.

And Roger is definitely greedy lol, you've never heard him talk on youtube? He rubbed the "self-made millionaire" thing in everyones faces so much it's hard not to see him as anything but greedy & egotistical. It's his demeanor... his body language... the way he talks down to others instead of making a coherent argument... he's an obvious psychopath.

You are talking to yourself buddy. Getting quite good at it too if I might add. You sure you feel ok? Having a bad day and just want to vent on the BTCforums? LOL

Aw, even poor Spoetnik deserves some attention every now and then.