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I am really shocked at this ruling. It's amazingly positive for BTC. While I can imagine a scenario where it could lead to a small dip, that would be because people who were holding got such good cap gains news they are selling. But I mean, it is being treated para pursue to gold for purposes of mining and exchange, with a smaller tax burden then gold or forex for gains.
Can't really imagine a better result. If they had said no taxes maybe, but that would have been a step to de-legitimize. This is a major step to recognition, and I think the best we could have possibly hoped for in the structure.
Can't really imagine a better result. If they had said no taxes maybe, but that would have been a step to de-legitimize. This is a major step to recognition, and I think the best we could have possibly hoped for in the structure.
This isn't technically true, bitcoin is taxed as income when it's mined. Gold is taxed when it's sold. If you mine the bitcoin and sit on for 100 years you are still paying taxes. If you mine Gold and put it in your pocket until the day you die, you don't pay any taxes on it, and neither do your heirs. That is unless they sell it.
All I'm thankful for is I didn't preorder those 1TH+ miners... with the difficulty this high and now daily mining being taxable as ordinary income (and not when btc are sold/exchanged) and with cost of hardware and power, there's no ROI left. IRS has essentially gifted mining to the Chinese.
The only way you'd owe taxes is if you were making income by mining (by definition!).
From what I understood, that's only if you file "self-employment", then you can include expenses like hardware and power and then it will all net out plus some writedowns ... if not, then its just ordinary income (although obviously a monetary loss with costs and taxes included)
The real reason this is bad is for miners is that it could greatly increase the risk. The IRS just said you are taxed at the rate when you receive the coin. What happens if the coin loses value from the point when it's mined to the point when you sell it?
Lets say I mine 1 btc on a pool and the pool sends me the BTC. I have a record of the transaction being sent to my wallet. I can then look up the value on bitstamp at the time I received the BTC, lets say it's worth $580. The IRS says I'm taxed on the $580 as "income" minus any expenses such as cost of miner and electricity. Now I wait 6 months and the coin I mined is only worth $200 and I sell. The question becomes, have I just realized a $380 capital loss to adjust income? This is the big question I have from reading the IRS FAQ.
It would be so much simpler if mining income was calculated when you actually sell the bitcoin. It's the same way for individuals that mine gold, the only difference here is that bitcoin has a public ledger and gold does not.
With 50 of these boards you could get up to 1.2 TH/s hashrate which does not sound bad at all, if the price is right, however you would need 6500W of power so in terms of performance per watt the Biostar BTC-24GH wont be interesting at all. As weve already said: too little, too late .
If these are cheap people with free power could stand to win. Otherwise, I hope Biostar didn't mass produce these.
I just stripped one 5 chip down, removing all fans and heatsinks. I then proceeded to start mining scrypt with it at 850. I let it run for about 15 minutes, and using the touch test to see how hot the 5 chips get.
They don't. Basically warm to the touch. I don't think these need cooling for scrypt only. I'm definitely taking the fans off all of mine, and if it ever gets to the point where they take up too much space I'll take off the giant gold sink and put the little per chip heatsinks meant for asicminers/vram.
I understand why gridseed has the cooling on them for the SHA side of it, I just wish there was a cheaper option for scrypt only with no fan and small sinks.
Maybe one of the resellers can convince gridseed to just sell the boards, I'd buy some that way.
I got it to dual mine last night, I was stuck in the back and forth of sha256 / scrypt as well. Before using zadig to overwrite the driver my com port was 4 then it disappears as stated above. I changed the com port to 1 it the batch file for cpuminer and it fired up, very slowly mind you. Once it started hashing scrypt I launched cgminer and it went to work also. I did drop the clock speed for both. I am only using one miner mind you. Currently I am only getting 250 KH/s and 8.77 GH/s
I am sure this is of no/little help but that is what I did messing around and it worked.
I will give this a try also see what happensI am sure this is of no/little help but that is what I did messing around and it worked.
Update: Both are detected using com1 for cpuminer, however cpuminer is not finding any shares at all
See below:
http://i1294.photobucket.com/albums/b609/louiemgallant/attemptatdualhashing_zpsd212051a.jpg
So still no further ahead for me
Have you tried lowering the frequency? 800 might be too much for dual mining. Also, make sure your power supply is supplying enough power. Back before cpuminer could disable the BTC cores my power supply was not powerful enough and the same thing happened, no found shares.
So from the looks of the comments here http://cryptomining-blog.com/1262-download-cgminer-3-7-2-for-windows-scrypt-mining-on-gridseed-5-chip-gc3355-asics/#comments the STM etc.. isn't supported yet?
Also I tried this in linux and all the devices are shown and hashing but getting 100% reject and no shares are being offered.
Also I tried this in linux and all the devices are shown and hashing but getting 100% reject and no shares are being offered.
I got it working with STM. Only downside was that when I was playing around with frequency, I had to disconnect and reconnect the units for CGminer to see them again.
What steps did you perform to get this working?
Thanks.
- Downloaded Zadig
- From the Zadig interface select Options and choose List All Devices
- From the Dropdown list of devices select STM Device USB and click on Replace Driver with the WinUSB driver selected
- Edited the .bat file in CGminer and ran it.
As mentioned, after stopping CGminer I had to reconnect the USB cable to get CGminer to see the devices again.
Wow! what a convoluted mess cgminer is...at least with GS5's... my gosh!
All that configuring and re-configuring, tech support issues like crazy!
It seems cgminer has a way to go yet to become 'user friendly' i.e. easy and convenient for most users.
I'm using cpuminer LTC only version, and running smoothly, no comm port issues, no Zadikitup to hassle with.
Just dump zadic and cgminer for GS3355 and use cpuminer for Gridseed 5-Chip ASICs with Reduced Power Usage.... http://cryptomining-blog.com/1165-download-cpuminer-for-gridseed-5-chip-gc3355-asics-with-reduced-power-usage/
Forget about all the headaches and LOST TIME AND INCOME courtesy of cgminer for GS3355...
Load up and run cpuminer, get them running and making you MONEY stably and dependably!
Headaches, hassles and wasted time gone!
I for one am not interested in being some well meaning hacker's guinea pig....
Good luck!
Wolfey2014
I think the attempt to get cgminer running was worth the "lost time and income". The single more beneficial feature is the HW errors being reported which would take all the guesswork out of setting a good frequency to run your individual miner. With cpuminer I have no idea how many HW errors other than the occasional bright red invalid nonce. I think it'll get fixed eventually for STM and nobody will even remember they used cpuminer.
So from the looks of the comments here http://cryptomining-blog.com/1262-download-cgminer-3-7-2-for-windows-scrypt-mining-on-gridseed-5-chip-gc3355-asics/#comments the STM etc.. isn't supported yet?
Also I tried this in linux and all the devices are shown and hashing but getting 100% reject and no shares are being offered.
Also I tried this in linux and all the devices are shown and hashing but getting 100% reject and no shares are being offered.
I got it working with STM. Only downside was that when I was playing around with frequency, I had to disconnect and reconnect the units for CGminer to see them again.
What steps did you perform to get this working?
Thanks.
- Downloaded Zadig
- From the Zadig interface select Options and choose List All Devices
- From the Dropdown list of devices select STM Device USB and click on Replace Driver with the WinUSB driver selected
- Edited the .bat file in CGminer and ran it.
As mentioned, after stopping CGminer I had to reconnect the USB cable to get CGminer to see the devices again.
This isn't working for me, and the guys that hacked cgminer admitted they tested with earlier GS5's that had the CP2012 controller and not the STM controller. Not sure why you're having luck with this, I wish I was, maybe it's Win 8 vs Win 7? Regardless, word is that STM is not functional as there are a lot of people not able to get this to work.
How do I revert back, as now I cannot seem to scrypt mine with the miner ony sha
EDIT: I reinstalled the STM virtual comport driver and back to mining scrypt. In Zadig I do not have the same options as shown in the how to dual mine link above. I do not see CP2102 USB to UART bridge control option listed there anywhere. I installed this driver and it still does not show up there
EDIT: I reinstalled the STM virtual comport driver and back to mining scrypt. In Zadig I do not have the same options as shown in the how to dual mine link above. I do not see CP2102 USB to UART bridge control option listed there anywhere. I installed this driver and it still does not show up there
I would guess.....
If your com/lpt port drivers in device manager still show.
First, close Zadikitup, then go into device manager and refresh the drivers via right click on comm port then click on 'scan for hardware changes'.
Then unplug and plug back in your GS5 and you should be good to go.
I think this might work instead of re-installing the STMelectronics Virtual Comm Port drivers...
That is unless Zadickitallup overwrote or deleted them...
I'm very leery of converting over to cgminer 3.7.2 and having to install Zadig after having cpuminer and my GS5s running like a top for a few days now!
I wrote in to Crypto Mining Blog and asked about them adding real time hash rate to cpuminer. They suggested I convert to cgminer.
I thought it was a good idea when I found out that overclocking evidently works better with cg but now I'm reading that, maybe it ain't a good idea until a firmware upgrade is performed, if that ever happens, right? If cgminer turns out to be stabilizing higher clock speeds i.e. 900, 1000, 1100, 1200...then I'll consider it very strongly.
It seems no one except the very astute and experienced programmer types can figure out how to dual mine.
I'd like to try that soon, myself! No need in letting those btc fractions going to someone with a FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLAR - billion kazillion hashes per second super duper coin pooper have it all!, eh?
As for now....
They are hashing away very nicely with CPUMINER at 850MHz! Hey, if it ain't broke, don't bypass it with some other shyt! USE the crap out of it! $$$$$$
Wolfey2014
I don't get why you would want to dual mine or mine sha-256 with these. LTC profitability > BTC profitability. If you dual mine, your LTC hashrate is going down to compensate, it's not like you are leaving the BTC power on the table by not enabling it. From what I've heard, you can get 2.5 GH/s BTC and 200 Kh/s LTC while dual mining at stock clocks, and you are using more power, to mine less profitable coins. If you want to mine BTC there are much more less expensive ASICs that can get higher hashrates for less money and less power and you won't be wasting your more profitable hashes on your Gridseed.
Maybe he just thinks mining btc is fun, and don't forget that it could become more profitable if the value of btc goes up as predicted. Those miniscule Btc fractions will go up in value as well!
Don't get me wrong. You are right in what you say too.
I would love to see someone find a way to reprogram the GC3355's to utilize the otherwise unused btc cores to run Scrypt! I mean, I know the firmware probably won't allow it but the engineers saw fit to only alot 4 cores for Scrypt mining and alot 160 cores for btc frikkin mining. What a waste! if you aren't using them! Give the algorithms are different for both, the processors are still just FETs (transistors) that are either on or off i.e. 1 or 0 just like the Scrypt cores are. So theoretically, they can be re-programmed to run Scrypt! Now that would be a vast improvement!
Then the GS5's would really crank out the hashes. I mean they'd probably be hashing at several times the current rate! And even though they would draw more power, it wouldn't be as much as SHA processing uses because Scrypt is much more efficient, electronically speaking, than SHA-256.
Yeah, that would be cool!
Just my 55000 quarks!
Wolfey2014
Wolfey, I can't tell if you are being serious or just fucking with me. Either way, I've added my "cents" below.
I think if it were possible they would have done it already. An ASIC cannot be reprogrammed. It can only do what it was programmed to do. I'm thinking the chip was made with LTC cores and BTC cores, the LTC can LTC and the BTC can BTC. That's it. The fact that they can't run at full hash at the same time leads me to believe there are shared resources like memory being used or maybe a thermal ceiling imposed by the other components. I'm not an electronics engineer, but don't hold your breath for some magical hashes where they can't be had.
Anyway.....
Nothing personal. This is addressed to everyone, not just you. I am quoting you so everyone can follow along on the subject.
Anyway...
Chip design is hardware.True, once made, it's made.
Put real simply, software is SOFTWARE, firmware is SOFTWARE written in to non-volatile memory, like in BIOS -....but that can be re-written too! It's called firmware because it's software written in to non-volatile ROM (Read Only Memory). Firmware is used in our little machines to tell the BTC cores how to produce hashes the SHA-256 way. Firmware is used in the LTC core to tell the little hasher how to hash the Scrypt way.
SHA and Scrypt are algorithms. An algorithm is a set of instructions of how to solve a problem and it is usually run in a loop, as we see in the DOS window the 'same' steps being performed over and over and over. It's the brains of the chip. That is the FIRMWARE at work!
Long story short, and as far as I am concerned, the SHA core can be re-programmed to run Scrypt algorithm instead of SHA-256 algorithm. It's that simple! One thing that bugs me about my
Re-write the firmware and we have a set of chips that can now run the heck out of Scrypt at a much higher hash rate! ..... Yeah baby! Yyyyyyyyyyyeahhhhhhhhhhhhh!
Wolfey2014
Wolfey, No offense, but what you are saying is fundamentally wrong. I agree firmware can be upgraded, but it's going to do nothing to change the function of the underlying physical silicon that was made to do only one thing. If BTC ASICs could be simply reprogrammed then don't you think someone would have capitalized on this from the start? The firmware is there to communicate with the BTC/LTC cores and pass it on to the computer/USB, nothing else. You can update this to improve stability, maybe get some more hashes by optimizing how the work is passed on to the core and work is received back to the computer.
On the other hand, FPGA is meant to be reprogrammed, and there is actually open source firmware that takes some of the older bitcoin mining FPGA and converts them into scrypt machines. Maybe that's what you are thinking about, but regardless, please do some simple research prior to spreading this around.
I have mine working in single core mode on windows using the cgminer and guide at http://cryptomining-blog.com/1262-download-cgminer-3-7-2-for-windows-scrypt-mining-on-gridseed-5-chip-gc3355-asics/
I have found that after every use I have to unplug and plug it back in again or disable and re-enable in device manager.
Cgminer is reporting 404 khash/s with 950mhz clock. It got to 424 on 1000mhz but I just figured that I'd let it run at 950mhz because its probably more stable at that speed (although I haven't had any hardware errors yet). I don't have a good way of measuring the temperature, but it isn't all that warm to the touch.
I can try and answer any questions about setting it up
I have found that after every use I have to unplug and plug it back in again or disable and re-enable in device manager.
Cgminer is reporting 404 khash/s with 950mhz clock. It got to 424 on 1000mhz but I just figured that I'd let it run at 950mhz because its probably more stable at that speed (although I haven't had any hardware errors yet). I don't have a good way of measuring the temperature, but it isn't all that warm to the touch.
I can try and answer any questions about setting it up
What OS are you using? I'm on Win 7 64bit. Zadig installs ok, I just get an error saying no device detected.
When I install Zadig is shows up as a STM com port, not "CP2102 USB to UART Bridge Controller" as mentioned on the blog. Not sure this really makes a difference.
I'll try again tomorrow, I'd like to get GPU and ASIC's mining happily with one CMD window open.
How do I revert back, as now I cannot seem to scrypt mine with the miner ony sha
EDIT: I reinstalled the STM virtual comport driver and back to mining scrypt. In Zadig I do not have the same options as shown in the how to dual mine link above. I do not see CP2102 USB to UART bridge control option listed there anywhere. I installed this driver and it still does not show up there
EDIT: I reinstalled the STM virtual comport driver and back to mining scrypt. In Zadig I do not have the same options as shown in the how to dual mine link above. I do not see CP2102 USB to UART bridge control option listed there anywhere. I installed this driver and it still does not show up there
I would guess.....
If your com/lpt port drivers in device manager still show.
First, close Zadikitup, then go into device manager and refresh the drivers via right click on comm port then click on 'scan for hardware changes'.
Then unplug and plug back in your GS5 and you should be good to go.
I think this might work instead of re-installing the STMelectronics Virtual Comm Port drivers...
That is unless Zadickitallup overwrote or deleted them...
I'm very leery of converting over to cgminer 3.7.2 and having to install Zadig after having cpuminer and my GS5s running like a top for a few days now!
I wrote in to Crypto Mining Blog and asked about them adding real time hash rate to cpuminer. They suggested I convert to cgminer.
I thought it was a good idea when I found out that overclocking evidently works better with cg but now I'm reading that, maybe it ain't a good idea until a firmware upgrade is performed, if that ever happens, right? If cgminer turns out to be stabilizing higher clock speeds i.e. 900, 1000, 1100, 1200...then I'll consider it very strongly.
It seems no one except the very astute and experienced programmer types can figure out how to dual mine.
I'd like to try that soon, myself! No need in letting those btc fractions going to someone with a FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLAR - billion kazillion hashes per second super duper coin pooper have it all!, eh?
As for now....
They are hashing away very nicely with CPUMINER at 850MHz! Hey, if it ain't broke, don't bypass it with some other shyt! USE the crap out of it! $$$$$$
Wolfey2014
I don't get why you would want to dual mine or mine sha-256 with these. LTC profitability > BTC profitability. If you dual mine, your LTC hashrate is going down to compensate, it's not like you are leaving the BTC power on the table by not enabling it. From what I've heard, you can get 2.5 GH/s BTC and 200 Kh/s LTC while dual mining at stock clocks, and you are using more power, to mine less profitable coins. If you want to mine BTC there are much more less expensive ASICs that can get higher hashrates for less money and less power and you won't be wasting your more profitable hashes on your Gridseed.
Maybe he just thinks mining btc is fun, and don't forget that it could become more profitable if the value of btc goes up as predicted. Those miniscule Btc fractions will go up in value as well!
Don't get me wrong. You are right in what you say too.
I would love to see someone find a way to reprogram the GC3355's to utilize the otherwise unused btc cores to run Scrypt! I mean, I know the firmware probably won't allow it but the engineers saw fit to only alot 4 cores for Scrypt mining and alot 160 cores for btc frikkin mining. What a waste! if you aren't using them! Give the algorithms are different for both, the processors are still just FETs (transistors) that are either on or off i.e. 1 or 0 just like the Scrypt cores are. So theoretically, they can be re-programmed to run Scrypt! Now that would be a vast improvement!
Then the GS5's would really crank out the hashes. I mean they'd probably be hashing at several times the current rate! And even though they would draw more power, it wouldn't be as much as SHA processing uses because Scrypt is much more efficient, electronically speaking, than SHA-256.
Yeah, that would be cool!
Just my 55000 quarks!
Wolfey2014
Wolfey, I can't tell if you are being serious or just fucking with me. Either way, I've added my "cents" below.
I think if it were possible they would have done it already. An ASIC cannot be reprogrammed. It can only do what it was programmed to do. I'm thinking the chip was made with LTC cores and BTC cores, the LTC can LTC and the BTC can BTC. That's it. The fact that they can't run at full hash at the same time leads me to believe there are shared resources like memory being used or maybe a thermal ceiling imposed by the other components. I'm not an electronics engineer, but don't hold your breath for some magical hashes where they can't be had.
any with st32 com ports get this new cgminer working?
No. And installing zadig caused my display driver to stop working. So I went from 1100 Kh/s to 0 Kh/s to try this out.
Luckily using a restore point before the zadig driver was installed got everything working again and I'm happily hashing.
I am a little peeved I just lost 1/2 hour of sleep though.
New cgminer that works in LTC only mode: http://cryptomining-blog.com/1262-download-cgminer-3-7-2-for-windows-scrypt-mining-on-gridseed-5-chip-gc3355-asics/
Shows local stats and HW. A step in the right direction. I don't think fan control will ever be an option, but here's hoping.
EDIT: Doesn't work
Had a pretty bad experience trying to get it to.
Shows local stats and HW. A step in the right direction. I don't think fan control will ever be an option, but here's hoping.
EDIT: Doesn't work
Had a pretty bad experience trying to get it to.How do I revert back, as now I cannot seem to scrypt mine with the miner ony sha
EDIT: I reinstalled the STM virtual comport driver and back to mining scrypt. In Zadig I do not have the same options as shown in the how to dual mine link above. I do not see CP2102 USB to UART bridge control option listed there anywhere. I installed this driver and it still does not show up there
EDIT: I reinstalled the STM virtual comport driver and back to mining scrypt. In Zadig I do not have the same options as shown in the how to dual mine link above. I do not see CP2102 USB to UART bridge control option listed there anywhere. I installed this driver and it still does not show up there
I would guess.....
If your com/lpt port drivers in device manager still show.
First, close Zadikitup, then go into device manager and refresh the drivers via right click on comm port then click on 'scan for hardware changes'.
Then unplug and plug back in your GS5 and you should be good to go.
I think this might work instead of re-installing the STMelectronics Virtual Comm Port drivers...
That is unless Zadickitallup overwrote or deleted them...
I'm very leery of converting over to cgminer 3.7.2 and having to install Zadig after having cpuminer and my GS5s running like a top for a few days now!
I wrote in to Crypto Mining Blog and asked about them adding real time hash rate to cpuminer. They suggested I convert to cgminer.
I thought it was a good idea when I found out that overclocking evidently works better with cg but now I'm reading that, maybe it ain't a good idea until a firmware upgrade is performed, if that ever happens, right? If cgminer turns out to be stabilizing higher clock speeds i.e. 900, 1000, 1100, 1200...then I'll consider it very strongly.
It seems no one except the very astute and experienced programmer types can figure out how to dual mine.
I'd like to try that soon, myself! No need in letting those btc fractions going to someone with a FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLAR - billion kazillion hashes per second super duper coin pooper have it all!, eh?
As for now....
They are hashing away very nicely with CPUMINER at 850MHz! Hey, if it ain't broke, don't bypass it with some other shyt! USE the crap out of it! $$$$$$
Wolfey2014
I don't get why you would want to dual mine or mine sha-256 with these. LTC profitability > BTC profitability. If you dual mine, your LTC hashrate is going down to compensate, it's not like you are leaving the BTC power on the table by not enabling it. From what I've heard, you can get 2.5 GH/s BTC and 200 Kh/s LTC while dual mining at stock clocks, and you are using more power, to mine less profitable coins. If you want to mine BTC there are much more less expensive ASICs that can get higher hashrates for less money and less power and you won't be wasting your more profitable hashes on your Gridseed.
Not sure if this is old news but I removed the fan from one of mine today and in still air running LTC at 850MHz it gets barely warm. I think will go ahead and build them into a case with just a small fan pushing air out of the back.
Nope, I've been waiting for someone to verify this would work. Thanks for being the guinea pig!
I didn't want to try this myself as the Asicminer Cube will not function without a fan drawing current (it's an overheat protection thing, I don't think they have temp sensors).
I think it'll be time to cut the fan off mine tonight. It's a waste of power and sounds like a jet engine.
So can I run on 12v 3.75 amps for tonight. I have a 12v 6a coming but might be tomorrow or Friday before i see it. Thanks
I have mine mining scrypt with 12V 1.5A. No problems. Will not work in dual mode though.
Having the same issue of not reporting shares no matter what i change. It shows it connected and it gets the block updates but doesnt send anything back.
I have updated the ST drivers and am using the latest cpuminer software so not sure what the issues is.
I have updated the ST drivers and am using the latest cpuminer software so not sure what the issues is.
What power supply are you using? 12 volts at 1mA is not the same as 12 volts at 1A. In scrypt only I've been able to run these with 12V 1.5A power supply, but prior to the updated cpuminer the same power supply would not work cause the BTC cores were switched on as well. Note that the miner will connect to windows and show up in device manager without the power supply connected at all. All will look good until you fire up cpuminer and you will not find any shares. The same happens with underpowered power supplies. The fans on these suckers use a lot of power as well and if mining scrypt with proper cpuminer I don't think they are necessary but I am too chicken to test.
Re: [In Stock] Gridseed miners in Stock in Los Angeles. [$249]
I bought one for $250 and I was pretty happy with the quick shipping and price. However, the website is now listing these at $300. Please update your post OP, it's misleading, $300 is not as good of a deal.
Use discount code BTC to bring it back down.
Completed my next order last night, but don't have shipping info today, will this ship out today? Paypal Invoice ID: c215100437.1
EDIT: when I check the zoomhash website it does not show an order, but paypal shows that I have paid. Please fix and send my miner!
Re: [In Stock] Gridseed miners in Stock in Los Angeles. [$249]
I bought one for $250 and I was pretty happy with the quick shipping and price. However, the website is now listing these at $300. Please update your post OP, it's misleading, $300 is not as good of a deal.
It isn't worth it because of the initial cost for the miner. There are much cheaper asic's for bitcoin mining. These have more value because they mine scrypt which is higher profitability coins at the moment. With all these asic's coming out, I expect the profitability of scrypt coins to level out with bitcoin in time. For now though, it's not worth it to run these in any BTC mode, just a waste of power.
Dont mine in dual mode, not worth it. Use scrypt alone with the link to the miner above.
i'm already mining scrypt via wiibox ssh command line. i can't get passed 800Mhz but at least i'm mining
How come it's not worth it? are you saying that because of power consumption? do you think that they will stabilize dual mining?
thanks in advance
Hi, i'm new to this forum and i've been trying to get a gridseed 5 chip device, to mine in dual mode (BTC<C). i tried on windows7 (but i read on this post that is not possible yet) and i tried on the wiibox controller (first running 10 istances of minerd and then running 10 istances of cgminer, via ssh). Nothing, nada. After a while scrypt mining just stops. Can anyone help me with this? this is really starting to affect my mental health.
Thanks in advance to everybody.
Thanks in advance to everybody.
Dont mine in dual mode, not worth it. Use scrypt alone with the link to the miner above.
i'm already mining scrypt via wiibox ssh command line. i can't get passed 800Mhz but at least i'm mining
How come it's not worth it? are you saying that because of power consumption? do you think that they will stabilize dual mining?
thanks in advance
Ehh! Don't be sorry. We figured that much already any way ;[
I'm reading the specs on the GS3355 AKA GC3355 chip.
Found the port speed is spec'd to run at a "typical baud rate is 115200"
Range is from 9600bps up to 6.25Mbps! Woah! Cool!
So if your PC's UARTs are set at the default 9600 baud, they're running to frikkin slow! Clogging up the pipe between your miner UARTS and your PC's UARTS. I don't own a controller yet but I bet the UARTs are set at atleast 115200 baud which is why they work so much better than USB to PC...that is unless your running XP which hates Virtual Ports, evidently. Win7 works great! No comm port issues!
Low baud or too high a baud rate will cause all sorts of weird problems, glitches, messed up comm with pools etc.
Also, in LTC mode, they can be clocked up to 700MHz. Change at your own risk!
I'm running mine at 675MHz (seems to be the sweet spot for my miners as of now) .. no stale shares building up at litecoinpool.org yet...good sign! Was high as crap earlier due to low baud rate and overclocking I think, but overclocking with low baud rate was probably the cause.
I'm moving up to 700MHz slowly as I observe pool results.
So,for you folks having strange problems, try the above.
Again, do so at your own risk!
I know nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnothing! NNnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnothing!
Shultz - Hogans Heroes
I DEFINITELY want to figure out how to shut down the BTC cores completely.
I'm sure there is a switch like '-btc' or something to make it run LTC cores only.
Let me know what changes, better, worse, no change etc.
GC3355 Data sheets > https://github.com/gridseed/gc3355-doc
Peace!
Wolfey2014
I'm reading the specs on the GS3355 AKA GC3355 chip.
Found the port speed is spec'd to run at a "typical baud rate is 115200"
Range is from 9600bps up to 6.25Mbps! Woah! Cool!
So if your PC's UARTs are set at the default 9600 baud, they're running to frikkin slow! Clogging up the pipe between your miner UARTS and your PC's UARTS. I don't own a controller yet but I bet the UARTs are set at atleast 115200 baud which is why they work so much better than USB to PC...that is unless your running XP which hates Virtual Ports, evidently. Win7 works great! No comm port issues!
Low baud or too high a baud rate will cause all sorts of weird problems, glitches, messed up comm with pools etc.
Also, in LTC mode, they can be clocked up to 700MHz. Change at your own risk!
I'm running mine at 675MHz (seems to be the sweet spot for my miners as of now) .. no stale shares building up at litecoinpool.org yet...good sign! Was high as crap earlier due to low baud rate and overclocking I think, but overclocking with low baud rate was probably the cause.
I'm moving up to 700MHz slowly as I observe pool results.
So,for you folks having strange problems, try the above.
Again, do so at your own risk!
I know nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnothing! NNnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnothing!
Shultz - Hogans HeroesI DEFINITELY want to figure out how to shut down the BTC cores completely.
I'm sure there is a switch like '-btc' or something to make it run LTC cores only.
Let me know what changes, better, worse, no change etc.
GC3355 Data sheets > https://github.com/gridseed/gc3355-doc
Peace!
Wolfey2014
I've seen some set the cclock higher than 700MHz and get positive results. I'm waiting for a miner than can report hashrate/stales before I really start pushing it, but mine is set at 750MHz for now with positive results.