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Why do all these commands on my ocm_cpuminer.exe black screen mean?

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.

Solution

  • 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.