Quote from: bytemaster on November 24, 2013, 06:32:46 pm

If the answer is a VPS then that is a strike against the service.

If the answer is a VPS then IT SHOULD NOT BE USED AT ALL.

How many times has a thief used the "VPS hack" excuse to steal their customers' money.

Almost never probably.

@bitshirehashaway Here is my proof.
http://i.minus.com/jtOBUg2NnkBQd.png
I'll pm you

I'm pretty sure you've been paid now - confirm here.

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Thanks!

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Tips are what allow me to create guides like this which have no referral program to back them up!

Hello Everyone,
Welcome to my guide for cloud mining on Windows Server using Windows Azure Free trial. I hope you enjoy. Mining with Windows Azure while paying is not profitable but if you have $200 free, my experience was I made ~$50-60 from the trial in ~1 week. Also, the best part is once you spend the trial money they ask you to upgrade, they don't require you to do anything.

So anyway, go there and sign up for a $200 free trial. With this trial it lasts a month and you have a limit of 20 cores. I personally recommend maxing out all 20 cores so you can get the PTS as fast as possible - especially with how fast difficulty has been going up.

Then once you have it sign up for a Windows 2008 8 core server. You will then get a login link to download. Download it and login in to your virtual server. Once there on the bottom left windows task bar you will see server manager. Go there find internet explorer, and turn security off. Then open up internet explorer (make sure its full screen like a desktop and then hit your start button and it'll be there - you may want to make a desktop shortcut for future use).

Go to ypool.net and if you already have an account sign up or make one. Then follow there how to instructions guide. They'll take it from here - installing the miner on the server is like installing the miner on your normal computer (that's why I recommended Windows 2008 Server as your OS versus Linux I just find it so much easier even though Linux is supposed to be like 5% faster for mining).

Once you have the miner on your desktop or wherever create a shortcut leading to the miner + the necessary code afterwards. You can put this shortcut on your desktop and just double click to start mining.

Then you can close your remote connection (note this does not stop you from mining) and then continue mining. I recommend making 2x 8 core instances and 1x 4 core instance. You can mine until you use up your free trial, collect your ~$50 and then just stop. No further charges for you!


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Giveaway Closed - Taking up too many coins & time. In total ~$60 in protoshares were given away - not much but a lot for a moderately poor person like me. However, you can still claim 0.25 protoshares for signing up under me in digital ocean. Check this out: http://bitsharestalk.org/index.php?topic=722.0



New giveaway = https://bitsharestalk.org/index.php?topic=1740.0

We have mining rigs that cost $400 each... not good for much else. 

With GPU mining on the horizon you will want to wait until the best GPU algorithms are ready before investing capital there.

True... except these rigs can be used for other things. Plus, wasn't the point of protoshares that you can't do GPU mining ... I've been hoping for an only CPU coin forever now.

Hello Everyone,
Those interested can buy dedicated protoshare mining rigs. The rigs delivery time will be ~2 weeks from payment received time. I'll take the payment. Get the parts, and put it together. Setup the OS (as part of your payment give me a user and os password) - download the necessary miners for ypool mining (create shortcuts all that) - stress test it for a day, and then send it to you.


Parts
Corsair Builder Series CX 430 Watt ATX/EPS  80 PLUS
Asus 24x DVD-RW Serial-ATA Internal OEM Optical Drive
Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound 3.5 Grams
Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO - CPU Cooler with 120mm PWM Fan
WD Blue 1 TB Desktop Hard Drive: 3.5 Inch, 7200 RPM, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64 MB Cache
Corsair Vengeance 8GB (1x8GB) DDR3 1600 MHz (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory
Intel Core i7-4770K Quad-Core Desktop Processor 3.5 GHZ 8 MB Cache
MSI Computer Corp. Motherboard ATX DDR3 1333 LGA 1150 Motherboards
Cooler Master HAF 912 - Mid Tower Computer Case with High Airflow
Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64bit (OEM) System Builder DVD 1 Pack
Logitech Desktop MK120 Mouse and keyboard Combo
6FT SVGA VGA Monitor MM Male To Male Extension Cable 80
Acer G236HL Bbd 23-Inch Screen LCD-Lit Monitor

Total Cost: $1000.00

This is not a bad desktop in general let alone a miner. You could quite easily just set the miner to use 7 threads instead of 8 and using the additional core have a decent desktop. Plus it has 1TB of storage so it could also be used as a backup system + mining.

The total cost of $1000 is required via paypal + you must pay for shipping from my house to yours (you can pay for as fast shipping as you would like).

Here is proof that I used your code: http://i.imgur.com/hIvDVVf.png

PM and you'll be paid.