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Re: [XPM] Primecoin Built-in Miner Sieve Performance Issue
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fknsonikk
on 13/07/2013, 16:21:48 UTC
Updated windows build using the new Chemisist source. Tuned for Intel Sandy and Ivy Bridge but compatible with other architecture.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/4k0xmuajxf5i4ly/primecoin0712v3-avx.zip

I'm seeing lower PPS than my v2 builds but I think that weaving will be better overall.

FYI I ran this overnight, it had the same bug as some of my builds where it dropped off the blockchain and never recovered. Woke up this morning to find current block was way behind.

Yes, I have had this problem with several of your builds and the generic build based on Cheimisists changes (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=253662.msg2716037#msg2716037) as well, but not the release 5 build. The strange thing is that the problem doesn't occur right away, I have observed it getting stuck on the same block after working flawlessly for 7 hours. I don't end up with any orphans though, I only observe that it's working on the same (old) block for a very long time.
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Re: [XPM] Primecoin Newbie Discussion Thread
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fknsonikk
on 12/07/2013, 19:58:42 UTC
Would getting stuck on one block (not following the chain anymore) indicate a flaw in the build I'm using, something going wrong on my computer/connection or with Primecoin in general? This has occurred 3 times today, but not once before that. The issue happens long after I started mining, anywhere between 1 and 5 hours after startup. I have been using the following builds and had this happening with both builds:

Generic Windows client based on Chemisists improvements, compiled by fabrizziop
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=253662.msg2716037#msg2716037

Release 16 Windows client optimized for SB i5, by Zalfrin
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=253662.msg2711432#msg2711432
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Re: Alt-Coins
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fknsonikk
on 12/07/2013, 19:33:34 UTC
Primecoin being restricted to CPU mining at the moment doesn't really matter when you only pull at most 4000 PPS on a non-specialized computer, considering people have VPS clusters totaling 100k PPS. Hopefully a GPU miner will make VPS mining inefficient.