Solo not working
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Just thought I would try a bit of solo mining, to see if I could get it set up and feel that it is not as should be…
Have got the feathercoin.conf file in my appdata/roaming/feathercoin folder with the following in
rpcuser=miner
rpcpassword=bob
rpcallowip=127.0.0.1
rpcport=9337
daemon=1
server=1
gen=0but when I start cgminer up am getting a ‘no suitable long-poll’ error and even leaving the miner to run for 15 - 20 mins getting no accepted shares.
Is there something I am missing here?
Have modified the shortcut for my Feathercoin-qt so that it now reads “C:\Program Files (x86)\Feathercoin\feathercoin-qt.exe” -server
cgminer was letting me know that new blocks had been found, so something must be right somewhere…
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To address the second issue first, you’re not going to see “shares” when solo mining. Shares are distributed as a means of determining how much you contributed to a block, and is only applicable when pool mining. With solo mining, you’ll get an indicator when you’ve solved a block. Your command line is going to look pretty darn boring.
To correct the longpoll issue, insert a pool with longpoll as a backup in your config file, and set the --failover-only arg. That should take care of your problem.
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It is better to go with a pool. It’s a long time to find something is wronging with solo. You can see the shares build up in the pool and catch part block more often, even monitor it remotely via the web.
Also, lot of mining is about fine tuning your rigs.
I use p2pool, it helps secure the network, and there is no login or registration, you put in an address to send the share when the world p2pool gets a block.
