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Ethereum is quite difficult to undermine in Windows, however with some help and following the following tutorial you can make it work and start your own Ethereum mining project, in 15 minutes. Let’s see how to start Ethereum mining with your GPU and CPU, in Windows 64 bits. You will need to download two programs and have a decent CPU with more than 1 GB of memory to get good performance. You can also mine Ethereum Classic (ETC) if you start in Step 7 with the param -ppose-dao-fork. Using a CPU you can generate 0.15 Mega Hashes, while with a decent GPU with enough memory you could be doing up to 25 Mega Hashes. So in terms of total efficiency, considering the electrical costs, a good GPU is definitely worth it, even if it costs you only about $ 200. Christmas 2017 is approaching and if you do not have the necessary hardware you can search it from Amazon, where there are not only offers of toys for children eh! How to mine Ethereum on a Windows PC Part 1 Installing GETH, synchronizing the Blockchain and creating your own address Step 1: The first thing you have to do is go to this link download Geth.

Geth is the program that communicates with the Ethereum Network and acts as a relay between your computer, your hardware and the rest of the Ethereum network equipment. Step 2: You need to unzip the GETH file and move it to a location on your hard drive. In this case, we will move it to the hard drive, normally (C:), which will facilitate the next step. All you need to do is copy the file you downloaded, unzipped and move it to the hard drive folder. Step 3: Now you need to run the program that you just downloaded. To do this, you must execute at the command prompt. You can do this by looking in the search function in Windows to run “CMD” and then click on it when it is displayed. Step 4: The command prompt is open and may seem scary to people who are not familiar with it. It is the classic Shell of DOS, and to think that many said that it would not be useful again 🙂.

Well, the command box usually shows C: Users Username>where username is your username, so if you log in to your computer with the tecnobitio username, then the command box will open with C: Users tecnobitio>. We are going to look for the program to execute, you must indicate to the PC that it looks for in another place, in another folder, in another directory. Type cd / in the newly opened command prompt. Now you should see ” C: >“, you have just used the cd command or the “change directory” command to make it appear in the C: />drive at the prompt. We are already in the directory C: />, and here in this directory is Geth, excellent. Step 5: You need to tell your Geth program to create a new account. Since you have installed it in the user directory in Step 2, then it is simply typing ” geth account new ” and then pressing Enter. This should look like ” C: >geth account new “. Step 6: After pressing the Enter button in step 5, you will be asked to enter a password.

Note: you will not be able to see what you are writing, so write it carefully and save that info well. This is the password that blocks your account and keeps your private key secure. If you lose this password, you will lose all your ether stored in your wallet, contained by that private key. Once you have entered your password and confirmed it by entering it a second time, you will have created a new account. Congratulations, you have already traveled approximately one third of the way. Step 7: You need to tell your Geth program to start communicating with the rest of the Ethereum network. To do this, type ” geth -rpc “, this should look ” C: >geth -rpc ” (in the latest version test: geth -rpc -fast -cache = 1024 ). Press Enter and the screen should start downloading the blockchain for Ethereum, at this moment you will be synchronizing with the rest of the Ethereum network. This can take a while depending on your internet speed and the current size of the blockchain, between 20 minutes and a few hours. Sometimes, your firewall can block this process; just click on allow access. Keep this cmd open (the shell screen), you will need it to run in the background to be able to mine. Also make sure to start mining only after synchronizing your blockchain, not before. Due to the DAO hard fork you will have to specify if you want to mine in the hard fork chain or without the hard fork chain: • To mine Ethereum (ETH) use geth -rpc -support-dao-fork • To mine Ethereum Classic (ETC) use: geth -rpc -ppose-dao-fork Part 2 Installing the Software to Mine and Start Minar Ethereum Step 8: Now you need to download Ethminer, which causes your GPU, or CPU, to run the hashing algorithm that is integral to secure the Ethereum network through the work test. You can and make sure to download the latest stable release (Latest release). Step 9: Click on the download link and click on install. Your firewall can cause problems, but just click on allow if it does, the same with windows that do not recognize or approve the software, tell Windows ok when it asks you. Click on the installation process until Ethminer is installed. Step 10: You need to open another window with the promt (the shell), indicated in step 4. You will then have two windows in Shell mode, terrifying for those who did not know them but nostalgic and beautiful for the DOS hack generation 🙂. Just right click on the command prompt already open in the taskbar at the bottom of the page and right there in the menu displayed click on the command prompt. A new Shell window will open ” C: users username>“. We must then place ourselves in the correct folder, in this case ” C: >“.

And then once unlocked you can scroll down and see “Your Address” – this is your Ethereum Wallet address that we will use for mining. Can I LBRY Credits LBC Mine With A Laptop here. Save it to a separate notepad text file and save it on your Desktop for easy access (Note: it’s okay to share this address as this is how people will send you Ether and how you will receive your mining payouts. We believe in the original vision, of Ethereum as a world computer that you cannot shut down, which runs irreversible smart contracts. We believe in a strong separation of concerns, whereby system forks are possible only to correct actual platform bugs or provide functionality upgrades, not to bail out failed smart contracts & associated.

Step 11: For this we do as before. Type ” cd / ” and press enter. Now you should see ” C: >“, You have just used the “cd” command or the “change directory” command to make the command appear on drive C: /. Step 12: Write ” cd prog ” and then press the tab button. This should be like this C: >cd prog and then press ” tab ” which will automatically complete the phrase for the closest setting found in the C: drive. After pressing ” tab “, you should see C: />cd “Program Files” and press enter, which should give you a new line that says ” C: Program Files>“. Step 13: Type cd cpp and press tab and then Enter. This will take you to the newly installed Ethereum Mining software folder. And this should look like this after pressing the Tab key C: Program Files>cd cpp-ethereum and then pressing Enter will give C: Program Files cpp-ethereum>. GPU mining. Just do this after your blockchain is synchronized: type ethminer -G and press Enter and then you should be starting mining with your GPU after creating a DAG file that can take about ten minutes. There may be problems at this point. For example, the program might say that it has insufficient memory on its graphics card to extract the Ethash algorithm from Ethereum. If this is the case, you can still mine with your CPU, or better go out and buy a new graphics card. You can check the post The Best Hardware to Mine Ethereum and evaluate your return on investment: Continuing with step 14, if you receive an error message, press Ctrl and C to cancel the process. Then you can try again, or alternatively go to step 16 and proceed to mine with your CPU instead of your GPU.

Can i mine Ethereum Classic ETC with a 1GB card? Just wondering the limit for ethereum classic.

Step 15 CPU mining. Type ethminer and press ” Enter ” and you will start mining with your CPU. Again, you will have to create a DAG file, the first time you do this, it may take some time. But after your Geth program downloaded in step 1 is complete you should start communicating with your ethminer program and you should start mining. Step 16 Hashing Power benchmark. If you want to get an estimate of your hashing power, you can run ethminer -M (for the CPU mining) or ethminer -G -M (for the GPU mining). The command will be executed and should obtain a result similar to that of the following image. Steps 15 and 16 possible error. If you are not patient “JSON-RPC problem. Probably could not connect. Retrying in 1 “As you can see in the screenshot below this happens when you do not have the blockchain synchronized yet. Frequently asked questions: If you are having problems of the type ethminer -opencl-platform 1 to fix it for Nvidia. This usually happens when you have an integrated GPU, as well as a dedicated one. If you have trouble finding peers, try using: geth -nat = none If you are using ATI cards, to optimize your mining, open a cmd prompt and execute: Setx GPU_FORCE_64BIT_PTR 0 Setx GPU_MAX_HEAP_SIZE 100 Setx GPU_USE_SYNC_OBJECTS 1 Also when you run ethminer, try using the additional params: -cl-global-work 16834 -cl-local-work 256 Good luck and if there are any problems leave your comments at the bottom of this article and the community will help you get started! This guide shows you the basics of mining alone, if you want to join or build a mining pool, soon we will be publishing How to Connect to an Ethereum Mining Pool.

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• Finally, refresh your browser. Is quite difficult to get mining on windows - although with a bit of help and following the tutorial below you can get it up and running and start your own ethereum mining project in 15 mins. We're going to show you how to start mining on your GPU and CPU with Windows 64 bit in this guide. You will need to download two programs and need to have a decent GPU with more than 1GB of memory to get the most bang for your buck in terms of mining as Ethereum works on a memory hard hashing technique which GPU's are best.

You can also mine if you start your geth in Step 7 with the param --oppose-dao-fork.. Running a CPU you might be able to generate 0.15 Mega Hashes whilst with a decent GPU with enough memory you could be doing upwards 25 Mega Hashes ( and use our guide on ). So in terms of total efficiency, taking into account electrical costs, a GPU is definitely worth it even if it costs you $200. You can also try buying a cloud mining contract with. Part 1 - Installing GETH, Syncing the Blockchain & creating your own address! Step 1: The first thing you need to do is go to this link.

Geth is the program that communicates with the Ethereum Network and acts as the a relay between your computer, its hardware and the rest of the ethereum network computers so if a block is mined by another computer your Geth program will pick it up and then pass on the new information onto your GPU or CPU for mining. Step 2: You need to unzip the GETH file and move it to a location on your hard drive. In this case we'll move it to the hard drive, usually ( C:) - which will make the next step easier.

All you need to do is copy the file you have downloaded and unzipped and move it to the hard drive folder. Step 3:Now you need to run the program you just downloaded.

To do this you need to run Command Prompt. You can do this by searching in the search function in Windows for ' CMD' and then clicking on it when it shows up. Step 4: Command Prompt is now open - and can look terrifying to people who aren't familiar with it. The Command Prompt box usually has C: Users Username>showing in it - where Username is your username - so if you log into your computer with the username cryptocompare then the command prompt box will open with C: Users cryptocompare. You need to tell the computer to look in another place Type cd / into the newly opened command prompt. You should now see ' C: >', You have just used the cd command or ' change directory' command to make command prompt look at the C:/ drive.

Step 5: You need to tell your Geth program to create a new account. As you have installed it in your user directory in Step 2 then it is just a simple case of typing in ' geth account new' and then pressing return/enter. This should look like this ' C: >geth account new'. Step 6: After hitting the enter button in Step 5, you will be asked to enter a password - N.B. You will not be able to see what you are typing in so type it carefully.

This is the password that locks your account and keeps your Private key safe - if you lose this password you will lose all your Ether attached to the wallet held by that Private key. Once you have entered your password and confirmed it by entering it a second time you will have created a new account!

Congratulations your about a third of the way there. Step 7: You need to tell your Geth Program to start communicating with the rest of the Ethereum network. You do this by typing in ' geth --rpc' - this should look like ' C: >geth --rpc' (on the latest version you should try: geth --rpc --fast --cache=1024) Press enter and the screen should start downloading the blockchain for Ethereum - at this point you are synchronising with the rest of the Ethereum network. This can take a while depending on your internet speed and the current size of the blockchain, anywhere between 20 min and multiple hours.

Sometimes your firewall can block this process - just click allow access. Keep this cmd open, you will need this to run in the background in order to be able to mine. Also make sure you start mining only after your blockchain is synchronised, not before. Due to The DAO hard fork you will have to specify if you want to mine on the hard fork chain or on the chain without the hard fork. To mine use geth --rpc --support-dao-fork in order to mine use: geth --rpc --oppose-dao-fork Part 2 - Installing the Mining Software and Starting to Mine Step 8: Now you need to which makes your GPU or CPU run the hashing algorithm that is integral to securing the Ethereum network through proof of work. You can download this here and be sure to scroll down to the bottom of the page to get the right version - the latest and most up to date one is right at the end.

Step 9: Click on the download and click install. Your firewall can cause issues but just click allow if it does so - the same is true of windows that doesn't recognise or approve the software - tell windows its ok when asked. Click through the installation process until Ethminer is installed. Step 10: You need to open up another command prompt as in step 4 - so your going to get two scary looking boxes. Simply click right click on your already open command prompt in the taskbar at the bottom of the page and click on command prompt in the menu that appears. A new command prompt should open with ' C: users username>'. This is the wrong place to look for etherminer so you need to tell it the right place to find it.

Step 11: Type ' cd /' into the newly opened command prompt which should look like this ' C: users username>cd /' and then press enter. You should now see 'C: >', You have just used the 'cd' command or 'change directory' command to make command prompt look at the C:/ drive - not your user file.

Step 12: Type in ' cd prog' and then press the tab button. This should look like this C: >cd prog and then press 'tab' which will automatically complete the phrase for the closest fit found in the C: drive just like autotext does on your Iphone.

After pressing 'tab', you should see C:/>cd 'Program Files' and press enter which should give you a new line saying 'C: Program Files>'. Step 13: Type in cd cpp and then press tab and then enter. This is taking you into the newly installed Ethereum Mining software folder. And this should look like this after pressing tab C: Program Files>cd cpp-ethereum and pressing enter gives you C: Program Files cpp-ethereum.

Step 14 GPU mining ( only do this after your blockchain is synchronised): Type in ethminer -G and press enter and then you should start mining with your GPU after building a DAG file which can take around ten minutes. There can be problems at this point. For example the program might say that you have insufficient memory on your Graphics card to mine the with Ethereum's Ethash algorithm. If this is the case you can still mine with your CPU or go out and buy a new graphics card!

You can see and. We've also added a guide on. If you get an error message press Ctrl and c together to cancel the process.

Then you can either retry it - or alternatively move onto step 16 and mine with your CPU rather than your GPU. Step 15 CPU mining: Type in ethminer and press 'enter' and you will start mining with your CPU. Again you will need to create a DAG file the first time you do this which can take some time.

But after that is complete your Geth program downloaded in step 1 should start talking to your ethminer program and you should start mining! Step 16 Hashing Power benchmark: If you want to get an estimation of your hashing power you can run ethminer -M (for CPU mining) or ethminer -G -M ( for GPU mining). The command will run and you should get a result similar to the image bellow.

Step 15 and 16 possible error: If you are not patient is ' JSON-RPC problem. Probably couldn't connect. Retrying in 1.'

As you can see in the screenshot bellow this happens when you don't have the blockchain synced yet. FAQ: If you are having issues getting your GPU to mine type ethminer --opencl-platform 1 to fix it for Nvidia. This usually happens when you have an integrated GPU as well as a dedicated one.

If you are having issues finding peers, try to use: geth --nat=none If you are using ATI cards, in order to optimize your mining open a cmd prompt and run: setx GPU_FORCE_64BIT_PTR 0 setx GPU_MAX_HEAP_SIZE 100 setx GPU_USE_SYNC_OBJECTS 1 Also when you run ethminer, try using the extra params: --cl-global-work 16834 --cl-local-work 256 Good luck and if there are any problems type a comment in at the bottom of this article and the community will help you get started! And that said if anyone has any ideas to make this guide simpler please let us know and we'll update it as soon as possible! And if this is too difficult you can always follow our other guide on how to cloud mine Ethereum but this might not be as profitable as it initially looks - This guide shows you the basics of solo mining, it should give you a good idea of how everything is connected, if you would like to use a mining pool instead you can try our. If you want to transfer funds from you wallet to an exchange or to another account, check out our.

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