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Steve Sokolowski
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SHA-256 mining issues

Post by Steve Sokolowski » Mon Mar 19, 2018 5:01 pm

There are currently some issues with SHA-256 mining caused by an invalid address we are trying to mine one of the coins to.

The only way to determine the address without restarting the server is to manually go through every coin and examine it. There are about 100 coins, so if we can do one per minute, this should take a few hours. Now that we know the cause, it shouldn't take long to get SHA-256 mining running smoothly.

The reason SHA-256 mining worked smoothly some of the time is because no miners were being assigned to the coin with the invalid address. I suspect that this new CashAddr format is responsible, so I wouldn't be surprised if Bitcoin Cash is the cause.
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Slurms
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Re: SHA-256 mining issues

Post by Slurms » Mon Mar 19, 2018 7:44 pm

I love the update you give Steve and all the hard work Chris does as well. My S9s are currently staying attached because of this. Keep up the good work.
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NiceJobPoopin
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Re: SHA-256 mining issues

Post by NiceJobPoopin » Mon Mar 19, 2018 7:54 pm

Yikes. Good luck. eurocoin maybe your problem, it will find a block, then always becomes lost. If there is anyway to assist in troubleshooting, certainly happy to help...
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lulzcart
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Re: SHA-256 mining issues

Post by lulzcart » Tue Mar 20, 2018 5:47 am

is it ok to point my miners now to the pool?
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Count Duku
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Re: SHA-256 mining issues

Post by Count Duku » Tue Mar 20, 2018 7:34 am

I still haven't been able to connect once. I am from outside the U.S.
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Steve Sokolowski
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Re: SHA-256 mining issues

Post by Steve Sokolowski » Tue Mar 20, 2018 9:32 am

I think that we found the issue - it was with Bitcoin Cash. Please post whether the connectivity issue is resolved now. If it is resolved, then I'll spend time on figuring out how to deal with the CashAddr format.
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lulzcart
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Re: SHA-256 mining issues

Post by lulzcart » Tue Mar 20, 2018 2:17 pm

now it`s working fine here! btw you should also add Litecoin Cash to be mined on sha-256
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Count Duku
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Re: SHA-256 mining issues

Post by Count Duku » Tue Mar 20, 2018 11:49 pm

Not resolved here. My other miners connect here, I just cannot get the S9 to connect.
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Count Duku
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Re: SHA-256 mining issues

Post by Count Duku » Wed Mar 21, 2018 2:54 am

Ok I finally got it to work. Had to remove the http://. Usually that doesn't affect anything.
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GregoryGHarding
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Re: SHA-256 mining issues

Post by GregoryGHarding » Wed Mar 21, 2018 2:57 am

Never include http. That tells the device that the connection is webbrowser based
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