I get spammed with "Inactive Worker Notification" messages a few times a day on average, despite it running constantly around 10MH/s. My connection seems stable enough.

Site requires drivers license plus a photograph with a sheet of paper plus your face with a code on the paper.

Still not verified after 40 hours. Owner is responsive on Facebook messenger after a few hours. Will update this post when authenticated..

Edit : now authenticated. After 48 hours wait, contacted them on Facebook Messenger to ask if there was a problem. (I uploaded a PDF utility bill when they wanted jpg or png, which might have caused it, or they were just busy.)

Interesting, it's the first time I've used Poli payments - a system whereby this payment processer asks for your internet banking password in order to set up an EFT - feels 'wrong' but has been in operation for many years and enables CoinSpot to credit your account with them immediately. Still, would suggest not using this service with a bank that holds any significant sum just in case.

Did you get this sorted in the end? I had the same problem after a power failure, and reloaded the X1 via a Micro SD card. It booted from the card directly.

I have successfully withdrawn $110AUD from my balance there (Confirmed received in my bank account.)

So, whatever's wrong it appears to be only on the Bitcoin side of the equation. I've never had trouble getting AUD out except for having to phone up to get the bank account authorised in the first place.

I guess it's encouraging that there's still AUD available, lends hope to the possibility that the site may still be solvent.

I successfully withdrew an amount of AUD from WeEx on 19/11. There have been no further successful trades there since.

Strange that the site owner doesn't post a notice under 'news' on his own site to let users know what is going on.

I have a small quantity of Bitcoin stuck in WeEx.

Will wait patiently a while.

Just a clarification on my side: I've successfully withdrawn AUD from WeEx even though they remain listed as 'processing' - I haven't yet attempted to withdraw BTC. Since they're talking about bitcoind above, I suspect it's Bitcoin withdrawals that are being problematic, not Fiat.

Thanks for communicating with us WeEx is working well for me at the moment, thanks.

Just a quick note that although my EFT Withdrawals are showing as "Processing" in WeEx, they did actually happen; so check your accounts just in case they did happen.

No problem for me logging on today.

It is a shame to see a site with so much promise go to waste because there is no support.

I've had a bank account registered there for over a month now and it still isn't verified; and there is no information on the site to tell you how to get it verified.

They have 115 points of ID from me.

Edit: I ended up calling their support number as listed at https://www.weexchange.co/main.php?page=helpcontact - 1-800-088-955 and spoke with someone who I think was called Graham. (Their VoIP system was dropping 10% of the conversation.) He advised that there is sometimes an issue with their system's BSB lookup and that it can cause accounts not to become verified.

Still a little disappointed that the online support was lacking, but otherwise happy with the result.

Cheers, Mike.

I've been waiting five days for account verification. I am not sure that WeExchange is currently operational?

Yubikey has been around since about 2008 - I remember when Steve Gibson met Stina Ehrensvrd at the RSA Security Conference, trying to drum up interest in the product. http://www.grc.com/sn/sn-143.txt Since Yubikey is used in many environments besides MtGox, I doubt this entire post exists just to drum up support for it. But then, this is the Internet, so who knows (It looks a bit to me like someone used a web language translation tool.)

Certainly, if it's true that MtGox passwords can be reset simply by controlling the email address, then that is probably a cause for concern. Up until fairly recently, pretty much all email clients default to POP or IMAP access using plaintext password transmission. As a result, any other non-isolated members of a wireless network have a strong chance of being able to see that password. (Wired networks are generally less susceptible.) All routers between the end user and their email server can also see that password.

Similarly, almost all email clients store the password within the machine somewhere. On Windows, there are plenty of freeware programs that will read the email password in the blink of an eye (mailpv for example) so it too is another security risk. Even third party programs such as Thunderbird will happily reveal your password.

Basically, for financial sites; a simple password reset facility via email is not sufficient security. It needs to be paired with another out-of-bound medium such as SMS, Yubikey, etc.

EDIT: Me == Comprehension Fail Thanks for corrections below.

I didn't realise that. The previous version I had - the on that had "Generate Coins" in a menu used the CPU to mine.

If the current Windows version really does use the GPU to mine, then why should I be using CGMiner? (Can't test at the moment due to PSU issue.) http://www.weusecoins.com/mining-guide.php seems to imply that GPU mining is not native to the Windows Bitcoin Application. Likewise, https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/FAQ#Why_was_the_.22Generate_coin.22_option_of_the_client_software_removed.3F makes no mention of this capability.

In that case, wouldn't you be better just running bitcoin -gen ? See http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=2356.0

Aah that explains it nicely. Thanks No, I'm not in a pool at present.

I saw almost no CPU usage on my rig for the 10 minutes it lived...

Just writing to confirm that copying all the application data/bitcoin files, excluding wallet.dat of course, from one PC to another allows the new PC to run without having to download all the blocks.

(For some reason, my 'new' pc twice corrupted the database before downloading the entire block chain.)

What does "Share rejected from GPU 0 Thread 0" mean?

Started mining for fun for the first time today, but not understanding the output. Only one Google match, and it's a Pastebin.


This is on an MSI 6870, on a Pentium IV mainboard, with a 500W psu

The Power Consumption according to my meter is only 100 watts, although the unpleasant hot plastic smell seems to disagree so I'm not sure what to believe at the moment.

Edit: Shut it down for now. The "Brytek" PSU appears to be the source of the smell - it might think it's 500 watts, but that might not be distributed over the rails correctly for this type of usage since it does not have any PCI-E connectors - have ordered an Antec 650W instead.

I wonder how you can coordinate the heat from multiple cards for that purpose? I guess you could use a liquid cooling setup for CPUs, but pipe the coolant through a copper coil of pipe inside the tank. Our bathtub-sized tank uses 3,600 watts but you would probably only need 1/3 of that. The hardest part I suppose would be that most tanks are mains pressure tanks these days so it'd be an engineering challenge. Not impossible 'tho.

Thank you both for your advice

I have moved this train of thought to a new thread. http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=28691.0

Hi

One problem with BitCoin mining is that it generates heat. For me, in Winter in Australia, that's a useful thing; but for the majority of miners at the moment it's a problem rather than an asset.

What I'd like to see is for people to find ways to make use of this heat.

For example, in my '70s caravan there was a fridge that ran on LPG. It had an element that made cold air when you heated it. Given video cards are generating 200-300 watts of heat energy, perhaps it is possible to make a fridge driven by BitCoin mining.

Similarly, you might be able to build a dehumidifier. (A 70 watt peltier element will usually cover one room.)

And of course, for the major miners, perhaps it's possible to make an air conditioner using similar principles.

Another option is a tropical fish tank heater.

I don't know if there's a practical way to differentiate between green and dirty bitcoins, but it's an amusing idea. Perhaps a Green pool?

While it might be possible for me to patent such ideas, doing so would limit the possibility for people to build such things; so I'd rather just put the idea out there if it's not already.

My 6870 from eBay has arrived, so the next step is to stick it in a case and get it all working.

I plan to set it up on a trolley so it can be used as a portable low-powered space heater.

Is uptime important in mining, or will rebooting it to relocate it from room to room put it at a significant disadvantage? I have an old 500VA UPS that I can add to it if necessary.

Cheers, Mike.