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I have been using OnclickMiner to Mine for VertCoin, but still can't get exactly what's going on when I run the software. I have installed OneClick Miner and the wallet, to solo-mine. Now, I have enabled the CLI option in the OCM settings to show messages of what is actually going on, but still can't understand those messages.

What do these lines actually mean? I am attaching a screenshot of the OCM_CPUMiner.exe:

OCM_CPUMinr.exe ScreenShot

Now, if you have the expertise, please translate the lines of this black screen. Maybe it could be useful to others too. I have done a lot of search and nothing relevant showed up.

Incidentally, this is not a question about solo vs pool mining or a choice of which cryptocurrency to mine. Although that discussion would be very useful, I think I must ask in in another thread.

halfer
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  • Are you trying to debug a problem, or do you have a specific question? – JBaczuk Dec 21 '18 at 20:17
  • I am simply running ocm_cpuMiner and OneClick Miner to mine for VertCoin. I am only a simple user, and I am trying to understand what these messages mean. There are 9 different lines of message appearing on the console that I don't understand at all. I'd appreciate a lot if anyone could translate them into simple English for me. – SeyedMostafa Dec 21 '18 at 20:33
  • I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because it does not seem to be about programming. – halfer Dec 22 '18 at 00:04

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Console Output and Meanings:

Starting Stratum on stratum+tcp://localhost:9181 - The application is starting a stratum server hosted on your machine at port 9181.

4 miner threads started, using 'lyra2rev2' algorithm - You are mining on 4 different threads, probably each on a different core on your processor. The lyra2rev2 algorithm is used to calculate the proof-of-work.

Stratum difficulty set to 1 (.00391) - The initial difficulty for mining is set, you will submit blocks that meet that difficulty.

API bind to port 4084 failed - The application is trying to start an API hosted on your machine on port 4084, but the port is probably unavailable or being used.

CPU #x: xx kH/s - This shows an updating hash rate per core that your machine is doing. E.g. 0.79 kH/s is doing 790 hashes per second on that core.

Stratum connection timeout - The stratum sockets are full. Stratum connection interrupted - The stratum connection was disconnected.

lyra2rev2 block #, diff # - This shows you the current block that has been mined on the network and the current network difficulty to mine the next block.

accepted 1/1 (diff 0.009), 34.95kH/x yes! - This is a share that was accepted from your miner by the pool you are mining on.

JBaczuk
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  • Thank you very much @JBaczuk but when I receive the message `accepted 1/1 (diff 0.009), 34.95kH/x yes!` ---- and as you said, shows a share was accepted by my pool (in my case solo on my pc) doesn't it mean I must get paid for it? Is it a block that has been solved? – SeyedMostafa Dec 22 '18 at 09:41
  • ... to put it more exactly, What I mean is what is the difference between `accepted 1/1 (diff 0.009), 34.95kH/x yes!` and `lyra2rev2 block 1056010, diff 131935.334` ? – SeyedMostafa Dec 22 '18 at 10:15
  • The first one is a share, not a block, but eventually you should get paid, but usually you have to accumulate a minimum number of shares before you get paid. The second line is just showing you that a block has been mined by someone else. – JBaczuk Dec 22 '18 at 14:32