Why are rewards so low last night and today?

I usually get 40,000+, but I've been at 30, and as low as the mid-20s...

While I do actually like having cash on hand (in lieu of just relying on credit/debit cards), I don't see any reason for Bitcoin to need offline/"cash" style transaction capabilities.

The majority of transactions are already done via cards, which all have to communicate with "the network" as it is. By the time bitcoin were to be big enough for this to be an issue, connectivity will be even greater around the world. Pretty much every vender, or person in general, will have the ability to do online transactions.

There will also assuredly be bitcoin card-scanner type devices, etc.

I didn't realize I had to use client software to sign it.

Got it now.

When I make the changes, below it says:


Message to Sign with 1LiFoQaaqALUT2u4cUCPDrGHtSw4H6N4NC:
My Eligius - 2014-06-24 21:31:04 UTC - Minimum_Payout_BTC=0.01048576

There are then two text fields, one with the above string, and one empty with "Signature:" above it.

Am I missing something completely obvious in how this works?

Why on earth would I give some website the private key to my wallet? Is that what they are asking for?

I assume there is another way to change a simple account setting other than giving them the keys to do whatever they want with my money.

It is bad enough that I can't even change my account name from the original address I signed up with... (or can I?)

I am trying to change my minimum payout, but when I try I get "signature fails!"

I am setting it above the minimum as well.

What is the deal?

My Eligius - 2014-06-24 21:17:11 UTC - Minimum_Payout_BTC=0.01049

Signature fails!

7324

What a waste of time slush has been today... :\

I came back to find my R-BOX "DEAD" twice overnight. It looks like it just gave up in the middle of the night, twice.

I am now running it on a different computer, and it keeps falling down to mid-20s in GH instead of 32GH.

Last night I was using bfgminer, now I am using CGMINER with the following:

cgminer.exe --icarus-options 115200:1:1 --rmu-freq 270 -o stratum.bitcoin.cz:3333 -u xyz -p 123
pause

What's the deal?

It also took forever to get it to work with the right drivers/etc. On this laptop I'm running it on I simply could not get bfgminer to recognize it no matter what I tried.

CGminer recognizes, but it takes a moment.

EDIT: I'm down to 24 GH/s now. I restarded it once and got 32GH/s briefly, but it is back to 24 now. Getting a lot of duplicate shares as well. This is on slush pool.


 [2014-06-19 12:38:03]
Summary of runtime statistics:

 [2014-06-19 12:38:03] Started at [2014-06-19 12:23:21]
 [2014-06-19 12:38:03] Pool: stratum+tcp://stratum.bitcoin.cz:3333

 [2014-06-19 12:38:03] Runtime: 0 hrs : 14 mins : 41 secs
 [2014-06-19 12:38:03] Average hashrate: 24013.2 Mhash/s
 [2014-06-19 12:38:03] Solved blocks: 0
 [2014-06-19 12:38:03] Best share difficulty: 7.26K
 [2014-06-19 12:38:03] Share submissions: 418
 [2014-06-19 12:38:03] Accepted shares: 351
 [2014-06-19 12:38:03] Rejected shares: 67
 [2014-06-19 12:38:03] Accepted difficulty shares: 5223
 [2014-06-19 12:38:03] Rejected difficulty shares: 1161
 [2014-06-19 12:38:03] Reject ratio: 16.0%
 [2014-06-19 12:38:03] Hardware errors: 8732
 [2014-06-19 12:38:03] Utility (accepted shares / min): 23.97/min

 [2014-06-19 12:38:03] Work Utility (diff1 shares solved / min): 460.91/min

 [2014-06-19 12:38:03] Stale submissions discarded due to new blocks: 0

 [2014-06-19 12:38:03] Unable to get work from server occasions: 0

 [2014-06-19 12:38:03] Work items generated locally: 9053
 [2014-06-19 12:38:03] Submitting work remotely delay occasions: 0

 [2014-06-19 12:38:03] New blocks detected on network: 4

 [2014-06-19 12:38:03] Summary of per device statistics:

 [2014-06-19 12:38:03] RMU0 (5s):18.22G (avg):24.01Gh/s | A:5223 R:1161 HW:8732
WU:460.9/m


UPDATE: I just removed the icarus line, and also changed the clock to 290... I'm not getting a solid 35GH/s!

Ouch. I'd be downright pissed off if that was the case.

Out of curiosity, have you tried switching to 270? I almost feel like mine ran better at 270 than 290. I will test soon and report back, as well as just leaving it with the default clock.

edit: What does the 37.0C mean? I have 39.

 RKM 0: 39.0C | 32.70/32.59/32.92Gh/s | A:381 R:1+0(.26%) HW:0/none

Anyone manage to get these over 32GH/s?

I'm running at clock=290 and still only seeing 32.

Those look great, and I may grab one or two. However, I am mainly looking for external power. I am going to buy one of the power brick PSUs, but as I mentioned above, there are conflicting reports on whether to get the 5a or 6a one.

I did, but I'm just a bit confused because I keep reading that the unit needs a 12v 5a PSU, yet the one he links in the OP is a 12v 6a.

I wasn't sure which to get...

I did research it a bit, and also saw them slathered all over this and other forums. They seemed legit.

This is the first "splurge" I've done on mining gear, and I can't afford for it to be a bust.  It is supposed to arrive on Wednesday... should I inspect it and look for anything obvious, or try and outright send it back?

***.

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What is everyone using for a power supply?

I'm in the process of acquiring a Rockminer R-BOX as well, but I am curious:

Why are people who already own S1 units buying R-BOXs?

They seem like great little units (I ordered one, and it will be my first real miner!), and they run at low power, but based on the calculations I've done, they seem to be nowhere near the bang for the buck or ROI of an S1.

Just curious why you big/bigger-hitters are buying em as well.

Wait, minersource.net isn't reputable? Crap... I ordered something from them a week ago (but it hasn't arrived it).

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I have a few Antminer U1s, and am going to be getting a Rockminer R-BOX soon.

I am considering running some or all of these as solo miners, essentially playing the lottery with them.

My worst fear in doing this isn't that I will never find a block, but rather that I will set my rig up incorrectly, and either find a block and lose it, not collect the reward properly, or actually have the thing set up so screwy that I have 0% of ever finding anything.

Does anyone have any tips on setting up a solo mining system?

I am currently using bfgminer, and I have an Armory wallet set up on my PC...

Thanks for any help!

Anyone know anything about solopool.net?

Are they legit?