"A mineable Ethereum token" sounds like somthing totally new.
The question is: what to do with this token once mined?

Are you getting paid from UU pool?

WTF ?! "Very" clever strategy  

Hey there - did you get awesome miner to work with MPH? Did @GPUaddict advice help? I am interested because I have been looking around to try to work out what is the best auto-algo switching software and what are the best pools to use. My 2 mining rigs are Windows 8.1 but I was considering upgrading to Win10 on at least oner of them to see if it's any better or worse (with a backup image to return to if necessary of course).

Hi Mandeep!  Yes, it's not the miners. 

Please try this if it would work.  I remember having to deal with this before.
- Use Windows Edge as default browser instead of Chrome
- Add the AM to the exemptions list in Defender
- Manually download the CCMiner to your desktop
- Point the profile in AM to the downloaded CCMiner version you placed on your desktop then "OK" everything in AM to conclude on the changes
- Turn off Modem, Router and PC for 10mins
- Restart Modem, Router and PC


Let us know if that worked.

Hi there.  It seems like your Windows Defender is not allowing AM to download your miner.  You can Google some tips on how to  configure AM with Windows 10.

First define the problem.  Where are hundreds of thousands of joules harmlessly absorbed?  Single point earth ground.  Every wire inside every incoming cable must make a low impedance (ie less than 10 foot) connection to that ground before entering.

Your TV cable has always been required to make that connection.  Unfortunately some installers and electricians do not understand this.  That hardwire from the cable direct to earth ground is best protection.  No protector required.  That ground wire must be as short as practicable, have no sharp bends, no splices, not inside metallic conduit, etc - to make impedance low.

AC electric cannot connect direct to earth.  So a protector makes that same low impedance hardwire connection.  An effective protector does not do protection.  It only connects to what does protection.  That protector is only doing what a TV cable's hardwire does better.

2) If a surge is not inside, then best protection (already inside every appliance - every appliance needs this protection) is not overwhelmed.

3) Let's discuss impedance.  Assume a protector connected to a wall receptacle safety ground will somehow earth a tiny 100 amp surge via that safety ground wire.  That wire might be 0.2 ohms resistance.  And something like 120 ohms impedance.  100 amps times 120 ohms is something less than 12,000 volts.  Why less that 12,000?  Because that surge (due to 12,000 volts) must find better paths to earth.  One classic path is destructively through any nearby appliance.

So let's say that protector is 700 volts.  That means 12,000 volts on one wire and 11,300 volts on another.  Scammer love to manipulate numbers without discussing what it really means.

An IEEE brochure demonstrates this.  A protector, too far from earth ground and adjacent to a TV, earths a surge 8000 volts destructively through another TV in the next room.  Protector connected a surge to earth, destructively, via a best path to earth - a nearby appliance.

Once inside a house, that surge will find potentially destructive paths to earth.  Since that protector was too close (low impedance) to appliances and too far (high impedance) to earth ground, then an adjacent protector simply compromised better protection inside some nearby TV.

4) Protection is never about a protector.  Protection is always about where hundreds of thousands of joules dissipate (harmlessly in earth) and the (low impedance) path that current uses.

Ineffective protectors with massive profit margins will not discuss this to protect profits.  Most consumers will not learn this because reality takes paragraphs - cannot be posted in a tweet.

What makes the 'whole house' protector so effective?  Its connection to earth is low impedance (ie wire length - not thickness - is relevant).  Connection from protector to appliance is long - high impedance.  That high impedance between protector and appliance increases protection.

5) We learned in school math about the independent and dependent variables.  The concept also applies here.  Independent variable (what defines protection) is current.  A dependent variable is voltage.  Voltage is only a symptom of what happens when the current flows.  The science of surge protection is about how that current connects to earth - for the same reason Ben Franklin's lightning rod is so effective.

Lightning seeks earth ground.  It finds a best electrical connection via a wooden church steeple  Wood is an electrical conductor - just not a good one.  So that lightning current creates a high voltage (a dependent variable) - destroys the steeple.

6) Franklin's lightning rod connected to earth on a wire.  Lightning seeks earth ground.  It finds a best electrical connection via that wire - an excellent electrical conductor. So that same lightning current creates a near zero voltage - no damage.   That same current will conduct no matter what - an independent variable.  Protection is always about (for example) how 20,000 amps connects to earth.  Either it creates a high and destructive voltage.  Or it creates a near zero (harmless) voltage.

Damage is due to a human mistake.  Because protection is always about how a current connects to and the quality of earth - as Franklin demonstrated over 250 years ago.

Finally, effective protector are sold like rice.  You don't need a model for rice or a 'whole house' protector.  That protector must have the dedicated wire to earth ground - that defines protection during each surge.  Since lightning can be 20,000 amps, then a minimal 'whole house' protector is 50,000 amps.    That defines protector life expectancy over many decades and many direct lightning strikes.  That (not a model number or brand name) defines your best solution.

You have protection from a blackout.  So that unsaved data can be saved.  Transient and spike protection is still not installed.  Anyone can read specification numbers on that UPS.  It does not claim to protect from surges.

UPS is protection when AC voltage drops from 230 down to zero.  Surge protection is when AC voltage spikes well exceed 700 volts.  Protection from that anomaly must be located at the service entrance with (this is most critical) a low impedance (ie less than 3 meter) connection to earth ground.  Earth ground is not wall receptacle safety ground.  Earth ground is electrodes in earth.

Surges that do damage are rare - maybe once every seven years.  A number that can vary significantly even in the same town.  Geology is one relevant risk factor.

No plug-in protector claims effective protection.  Read its spec numbers.  Protection provide by a UPS is even less.  For well over 100 years, facilities that cannot have damage always properly earth the 'whole house' solution.  Then everything (not just miners) are protected.  A protector is only as effective as its earth ground.

This all depends on where you live, like where i live, in sweden, its very unneccessary since power surges does not happen. But if you are from a lesser developed country or a country with weird standards (USA) i should look into it. UPS stands for unlimited power supply, which basicly protects you from power outage.

What do you mean its overloaded?  Like you get no power?  If you are truly concerned about your investment you should use a UPS.  A sudden power loss won't kill your rig, and an UPS won't power it for any meaningful amount of time during a power loss, but if you want true surge protection you need to get it from a UPS.  A surge protector won't provide true protection

There is usually a setting in the BIOS listed under advanced power management. What kind of motherboard do you have and model number?

I usually have 2-3 outages a year. Each of my rigs runs between 850-1000 watts. Even the 900 watt UPS struggles on occasion with 850 watts so I stopped using them.