**Quick Guide!** - How to mine Primecoin

[sandakersmann]

I'm looking for the "/roaming/primecoin/primecoin.conf" so I can add "gen=1" for automatic mining when I reboot the PC. Anyone that know how to do this? I can not find that file...

I got this answer at www.bitcointalk.org:

"Just create empty .txt file and rename it to primecoin.conf. By default this file does not exist."

I have tried it and it works 

[cachito]

is there a way to use the GPU?

I get this with a Sempron 145.

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18:09:27

getmininginfo


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{
"blocks" : 253,
"currentblocksize" : 1000,
"currentblocktx" : 0,
"errors" : "",
"generate" : true,
"genproclimit" : 4,
"primespersec" : 3,
"pooledtx" : 0,
"testnet" : false
}


[craslovell]

is there a way to use the GPU?

I get this with a Sempron 145.

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18:09:27

getmininginfo


18:09:27

{
"blocks" : 253,
"currentblocksize" : 1000,
"currentblocktx" : 0,
"errors" : "",
"generate" : true,
"genproclimit" : 4,
"primespersec" : 3,
"pooledtx" : 0,
"testnet" : false
}


there won't be until someone rewrites a current gpu miner like cgminer to do it. Not sure how complex that would be, might be better to start from scratch.

[craslovell]

I will be throwing 48 to 96 CPU cores at this tomorrow morning. If all goes well there will be a giveaway thread 

[coinchart]

I'm looking for the "/roaming/primecoin/primecoin.conf" so I can add "gen=1" for automatic mining when I reboot the PC. Anyone that know how to do this? I can not find that file...

Under Settings/Options

Would the "Start Bitcoin on system login" selection accomplish the above need?

Also, What does setting the transaction fee do and if so what amount should this be set too?

Thank you.



PS. Kudos to craslovell for the generous offer!

[craslovell]

I'm looking for the "/roaming/primecoin/primecoin.conf" so I can add "gen=1" for automatic mining when I reboot the PC. Anyone that know how to do this? I can not find that file...

Under Settings/Options

Would the "Start Bitcoin on system login" selection accomplish the above need?

Also, What does setting the transaction fee do and if so what amount should this be set too?

Thank you.



PS. Kudos to craslovell for the generous offer!

Thank you, I'm hoping no big guys hop in before I get a chance to get everything running tomorrow. It will only be temporary, but I should have eight 12 core processors running at once.

[sandakersmann]

Yes. You also have to select the "Start Bitcoin on system login" selection in addition to adding "gen=1" in the "primecoin.conf" file.

[sandakersmann]

I will be throwing 48 to 96 CPU cores at this tomorrow morning. If all goes well there will be a giveaway thread 

So you are planning a 50 % attack...   

[craslovell]

I will be throwing 48 to 96 CPU cores at this tomorrow morning. If all goes well there will be a giveaway thread 

So you are planning a 50 % attack...   

Even with all 96 cores I don't think it would come very close 

[MeBeingAwesome]

I will be throwing 48 to 96 CPU cores at this tomorrow morning. If all goes well there will be a giveaway thread 

Hah, we're holding you to that. Good luck, I'm assuming it's a server farm from a workplace?

[craslovell]

I will be throwing 48 to 96 CPU cores at this tomorrow morning. If all goes well there will be a giveaway thread 

Hah, we're holding you to that. Good luck, I'm assuming it's a server farm from a workplace?

You got it, my supervisor is in to crypto as well so he mentioned that checking CPU performance out of curiosity would be ok. Like I said temporary though.

We have several servers that are each packing quad 12 core opterons. If I'm really lucky we will have 4 sitting around and I can try it out with 192 cores 

Hopefully they already have an OS loaded

[urubu]

It looks like primespersec have stabilized.  Is that due to the network stabilization or does it keep an average of that?

[AnonymousEntity]

I successfully compiled primecoind in OS X 10.8.4. I get 0-4 primespersec with an i7 1.8 GHz in Macbook Air mid-2011. Is it worth bothering at this rate?

[craslovell]

I successfully compiled primecoind in OS X 10.8.4. I get 0-4 primespersec with an i7 1.8 GHz in Macbook Air mid-2011. Is it worth bothering at this rate?

Give it some time, I believe you'll probably average out at something a little higher than that. How long have you had it running? Let it run a few days you could get a few blocks while the difficulty is relatively low.

[craslovell]

It looks like primespersec have stabilized.  Is that due to the network stabilization or does it keep an average of that?

I'm trying to figure out the same thing. My numbers continue to jump around.