[Guide] Steem Windows Mining in a Linux Virtual Machine
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Steem mining, proof-of-work, is no longer part of Steem's block creation. It is purely a delegated-proof-of-stake blockchain network now.
Why steem cannot be mined anymore?
Mining (PoW to be queued for the 21st witness slot in each round) was removed in version 0.17.0 because it was being exploited and it was decided that the work to fix it was not worth the effort.
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@pfunk Can I mine steem if I become steem witness now?
Best guide ever!!! It still works as of my post (Windows 7 AMD). I would suggest adding a FTP\GIT download of the blockchain if possible.
Great effort looks like a lot of effort went into writing this guide, i will give it a shot when i get home! :)
Nice job pfunk!
Thanks :) I only wish I didn't get dissuaded from writing it earlier :P
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Never mind, it synced 5 minutes after asking. :)
Interestingly, I get a much better hashrate using bitcube's Windows miner than going this route. I expected this to be on par with arhag's Windows miner. Is there some setting in the VirtualBox or Ubuntu that I need to set perhaps? For instance, is the VirtualBox or Ubuntu limited to less threads than I would be using versus the Windows miner?
Update: I tried the "Hardware-Assisted Virtualization Detection Tool" but it does not work in Windows 10, so I had to use CPU-Z (and it's on).
Update 2 : DOH! When I setup VirtualBox I did not tell it to use more than 1 processor. Fixing. See, I should have waited for your guide to do this. ;)
Update 3 : Hellz yeah! Now we're cooking with Crisco! ;) 12500 hps! Thanks for the guide pfunk! I will be sending big SBD tip on 7/4! I added a link to your guide from the Windows guide for those who are having issues with arhag's Windows miner but want more speed than bitcube's Windows miner offers.
Thanks I really appreciate that! Glad you're running at full Steem :p
what did you get through the windows route?
That comment was when we were mining on v0.5.0 so is no longer applicable. But my hps via the Windows miner is on par with my previous results under the VM.
wow got 100% increase.
http://imgur.com/3cAUQNp
mining-threads = 4
Excellent guide, thank you for posting it.
Once you have mined a block and have a new account it shows 1 steam here on steamit. In the cli_wallet it shows 7700+ vests in the account. I tried the withdraw_vesting command, but that says it will power them down and takes time. Is there a way to just transfer the vests to steamit?
Steemit displays your SteemPower, or VESTS as the cli_wallet calls them, as STEEM, the liquid currency that is tradeable. What it really means is what your SteemPower's current value in STEEM is, because it's not liquid as you found out. If you go to steemd.com you can see on the top of the right-hand box that steem_per_mvests = 129.229. 1 million divided by 129.229 equals 7,738. So that's where that VEST number comes from. https://steemd.com/@hickorysmoked shows your actual SteemPower/VESTS in million-units.
What should I do with it, do I need to move it or power it down to keep it without that wallet file?
The wallet file only keeps your keys imported so you can perform blockchain actions. The key(s) for your account(s) is/are what you need to keep safe and backed up.
What you do with your SteemPower is up to you but the more you have the more you'll get in curation rewards from upvoting good posts so that's a consideration. And so far you have ~1 STEEM worth of SP (soon to be 2 though since you entered the mining queue again!) so 1/104th divestment weekly wouldn't amount to much.
re: @hickorysmoked above
You don't need to move or transfer anything with the cli_wallet. It's safe in your account which is controlled by your key(s). The keys can be used to log in to Steemit.com and you may go from there.
I think I understand but the vesting ones do not show in the steemit wallet, so I don't quite understand how it will benefit me. I just wanted to make sure I wasn't supposed to move it\transfer it\withdraw it before turning off the miner.
Nice Job
Thanks very much. But one quastion. What about NVIDIA cards? Can I mine with nvidia cards?
There are as yet no GPU miners for Nvidia or AMD. Be very wary of anyone saying they've made one too.
This guide is incredible -- very well laid out and organized (and pictures too!). Very noob friendly. I'm going to give this a shot in the morning , since I'm a total linux noob. Great work pfunk!
yup, it's windows user quality and by that i mean idiot proof (i am a windows user by the way)
It's very satisfying to get it going. I've been so intimidated for years about installing Linux that I've never done it. Hanging with all these smart dudes lately gave me the itch and confidence (that I had someone to ask questions of) to finally give it a shot. Everyone in the Steem slack is very helpful if you run into any issues.