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Title: solo mining is difficulty low enough [solved]
Post by: crypto pimp on January 20, 2014, 09:14:43 pm

Hi Im looking to start mining and cant find any beginners guides I was thinking maybe I should try solo mining but Im not sure its viable or whether I should just stick to pools dont know if it makes much difference but I have a AMD fx 8120 8core! but a link to both miners would be nice sorry to be a pain in the arse

Title: Re: solo mining is difficulty low enough
Post by: bytemaster on January 20, 2014, 09:51:53 pm

Quote from: crypto pimp on January 20, 2014, 09:14:43 pm

Hi Im looking to start mining and cant find any beginners guides I was thinking maybe I should try solo mining but Im not sure its viable or whether I should just stick to pools dont know if it makes much difference but I have a AMD fx 8120 8core! but a link to both miners would be nice sorry to be a pain in the arse

I highly recommend pool mining.   The expected time to find one block is on the order of 1-2 months right now which means you will likely miss the first snapshot for BitShares X

Title: Re: solo mining is difficulty low enough
Post by: ripplexiaoshan on January 21, 2014, 05:56:43 am

Quote from: crypto pimp on January 20, 2014, 09:14:43 pm

Hi Im looking to start mining and cant find any beginners guides I was thinking maybe I should try solo mining but Im not sure its viable or whether I should just stick to pools dont know if it makes much difference but I have a AMD fx 8120 8core! but a link to both miners would be nice sorry to be a pain in the arse

Solo mining is not viable at all, go to ypool.net or ptspool.com to download the miner and start mining, you'll get your first share very soon!

Title: Re: solo mining is difficulty low enough
Post by: crypto pimp on January 21, 2014, 02:00:18 pm

cheers for the help ;)