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Re: Beta?
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virtualcoin
on 26/06/2010, 23:04:01 UTC
I'm not sure, but I think it's unusual to jump from version 0.3 to 1.3. ^^ Maybe 1.0?
But on the other hand: who cares?
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Re: 0.3 almost ready
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virtualcoin
on 25/06/2010, 10:29:54 UTC
The 64-bit version shouldn't be any faster than the 32-bit version, but it would be great if someone could do a side-by-side comparison of the two linux versions and check.  SHA-256 is a 32-bit algorithm and nothing in BitcoinMiner uses 64-bit at all.

But look here:

32-bit Linux version on Ubuntu 10.04

4 cores: 2500 khash/s
3 cores: 1900 khash/s
2 cores: 1260 khash/s
1 core: 630 khash/s

64-bit Linux version on Ubuntu 10.04 (new measure)

4 cores: 2880 khash/s
3 cores: 2150 khash/s
2 cores: 1450 khash/s
1 core: 720 khash/s

(Though I never created one coin, yet - but I don't let bitcoin run on 4 cores the whole day, not even on 1 core...)

@Joozero - The Intel i7 860 is @ 2.8 Ghz, isn't it? My Phenom II is @ 3 Ghz, that's another important fact I think. I will try bitcoin on Windows 7 at the same machine later.

/edit

32-bit Win version on Windows 7 64-bit

4 cores: 2310 khash/s
3 cores: 1740 khash/s
2 cores: 1160 khash/s
1 core: 580 khash/s
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Re: Bitcoin Faucet changes
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virtualcoin
on 24/06/2010, 22:07:30 UTC
Gavin, why don't you just block all served Bitcoin addresses?
Would it be easy to generate them automatically?
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Re: 0.3 almost ready
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virtualcoin
on 24/06/2010, 20:49:24 UTC
Nice. :-)

64-bit version works fine on Ubuntu 10.04, of course it's (much) faster than through WINE emulation (and because it's 64-bit!?)

4 cores: 2850 khash/s
3 cores: 2130 khash/s
2 cores: 1420 khash/s
1 core: 700 khash/s

WINE (32-bit):

4 cores - 2300 khash/s
3 cores - 1740 khash/s
2 cores - 1150 khash/s
1 core - 580 khash/s

Thank you - looks pretty nice, too.

http://i50.tinypic.com/2ih1h0p.jpg

edit: What's the difference between "Sent/Received" and "All transactions"?
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Re: Hyperthreading blows.... P4 through i7
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virtualcoin
on 23/06/2010, 21:35:26 UTC
AMD Phenom II X4 @ 3Ghz
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Re: Hyperthreading blows.... P4 through i7
by
virtualcoin
on 23/06/2010, 15:02:33 UTC
Just for comparison:

AMD Phenom II X4
Bitcoin Version 0.3 (Win 32-bit)

Via WINE on Ubuntu 64-bit
4 cores - 2300 khash/s
3 cores - 1740 khash/s
2 cores - 1150 khash/s
1 core - 580 khash/s

Via 64-bit version
I hope this will come soon...

No coins got generated, yet. :-/
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Re: Dying bitcoins
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virtualcoin
on 21/06/2010, 15:54:43 UTC
So how am I able to transfer less than BC0.01 without getting the message "error in amount" from the bitcoin program?
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Re: Dying bitcoins
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virtualcoin
on 21/06/2010, 14:33:31 UTC
They are lost for good.  Think of it like someone losing their wallet in the ocean.  It seems like it would be a problem but it's really not that significant.  People lose their gold jewelry all the time but it doesn't make much of a difference to the value of gold.

But loosing 1 bitcoin in the ocean of a maximum of 21.000.000 coins seems significant to me, so not comparable to gold and jewelry.
So only 21000 losses of 1000 coins can happen. That's not much!
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Re: Bitcoin in Ubuntu 10.04
by
virtualcoin
on 21/06/2010, 13:28:02 UTC
I don't thinks it looks ugly.
You can change the buttons back to the right side if you wish, just google for it. Smiley
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Dying bitcoins
by
virtualcoin
on 21/06/2010, 13:22:35 UTC
⭐ Merited by OgNasty (1)
Hello,

if somebody's loosing his wallet (e.g. due to disk crash) he's not able to get back his coins, is he?
So every time a person looses coins, they're lost forever? So the bitcoin network will slowly shrink over time? (Because there will always be people who loose wallets!)

TIA
virtualcoin

edit: Forgot to mention the coins of users that are try out bitcoin and then never use it again.
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Re: Get 5 free bitcoins from freebitcoins.appspot.com
by
virtualcoin
on 21/06/2010, 13:13:43 UTC
If you try again the problem should go away.
Nope. ^^
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Re: Get 5 free bitcoins from freebitcoins.appspot.com
by
virtualcoin
on 21/06/2010, 09:55:13 UTC
⭐ Merited by ABCbits (1)
Hi Gavin,

nice service, but there was a problem with my first attempt to get the coins: "invalid BC address".
So the first address generated by the bitcoin program didn't work - 1Dn51Rn2tmvARcsYkPe7Aw1sCAXw5oKnR

Why?
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Re: Bitcoin in Ubuntu 10.04
by
virtualcoin
on 21/06/2010, 09:08:36 UTC
I'm new, but it works fine here. It's version 0.2 though.

http://i45.tinypic.com/1z5knb8.jpg