Again thank you for taking the time to answer my questions. I've made some major strides in understanding but still have much to comprehend... I prefer to learn it and be able to do it myself. I accumulated some of my questions here.
On the Digital Ocean 2CPU/2GB Droplet, how frequent should the PTS payouts be? I haven't seen any, yet.
Maybe a couple of days, maybe a week or more, it varies from time to time.
Using puTTY, how can I close the session and let ptsminer run? Maybe it is running, but I can't tell. When I reconnect, it doesn't seem to be running.
1. When you log in to putty first start screen
2. Start ptsminder inside the screen session
3. detach the screen session (Crtl-a d) and logout (exit) ... (or just kill putty)
4. Log back in and type screen -r and you will see your session is still alive.
Repeat steps 3 and 4 as often as you like
Can MMC also be mined in the cloud - same way as PTS?
Yes, there are some memorycoin miners and pools. Check the MMC forums.
Modify: Don't know what is customary for tipping helpful forum members, but there is a regular tipping bonus to them coming from Invictus which is talked about in this thread.
https://bitsharestalk.org/index.php?topic=1894.15