DogeCoin Mining Guide (Specific)

[The Cool n00B]

To start off, I just want to say that I know that there's already a thread about mining scrypt-based currencies. I didn't find it specific/helpful enough to actually use it, so... into the specifics If this thread counts as a "re-post", I will take it down .

 

STEP 1: Your Wallet

You need to be able to keep track and store all of your dogecoins, as with any other virtual currency. The easy way to do this is to go to dogecoin.com and select whatever platform you use  to view your different wallet options. Your best bet is Dogecoin Core. Open it up and wait for it to update with all of the transactions that have happened over time.

 

STEP 2: Signing up for a pool

You don't have to wait for your wallet to start on the next steps. The next step in mining for dogecoins is to sign up for a pool. Pools are groups of computers that work together on each block to speed along the process. While you can mine alone, it takes a lot long than teaming up with people and splitting up the rewards.

 

A great pool, and the one that I use is Dogepool. Head to dogepool.net and hit sign up on the left. Enter in all of your information, and you'll be brought to your dashboard, where you can see all of your stats. Click on My Workers on the left sidebar, and create a new worker. It's password doesn't matter, as anyone who uses it will be mining for you .

 

STEP 3: Setting up CGMiner

One of the best and most popular scrypt miners is cgminer. You can google and download that latest version, but GPU mining support was removed after v3.7.2. So, you want to use v3.7.2 http://k-dev.net/cgminer/. Once it's downloaded, you want to open up example.conf.

 

Delete everything until it looks something like this:

 

{

"pools" : [

{

"url" : "stratum+tcp://pool.dogepool.net:4444",

"user" : "login.worker",

"pass" : "password"

}

],

"scrypt" : true,

"kernel-path" : "/usr/local/bin"

}

 

Change "login.worker" to your login username.worker name. Change password to your worker's password. You can  also check to make sure that your using the proper URL. Head to Getting Started on the left sidebar.

 

When your done, rename the file to cgminer.conf.

 

STEP 4: Properly running cgminer

You need to Properly run cgminer, or else it won't know what to do. In notepad, create a new file called cgminer.bat and paste this into it:

 

setx GPU_MAX_ALLOC_PERCENT 100

setx GPU_USE_SYNC_OBJECTS 1

cgminer.exe

 

But it doesn't stop there. You need arguments (YAY!)

 

The first argument to use is --auto-fan this will allow cgminer to adjust fan speeds on your gpu. You can also use --gpu-fan for manual speed control.

 

Next is --temp-target. This is the point where your gpu can get up to specified temp before cgminer will start trying to cool it. Most gpu run best when this is set to 70-80.

 

Next is --temp-overheat. This is the point where cgminer will start throttling it's load on you gpu to maintain stable temperatures. I recommand setting this between 85 and 90 degrees.

 

Next is --temp-cutoff. This is the point where cgminer will shut down completely to save you components. Set this is 95.

 

Next is -w and -g. -w will adjust your maximum workload size. Most people set this to 265. -g is how many of those workloads to handle at once. I recommend 2.

 

The second to last argument is -I (Capital i). This adjust intensity. You can set this from 1 up to 20, but I recommend 10-16.

 

--thread-concurrency is the last argument. It can be set from 2 to 25000. It's recommended that you set somewhere between 15000 to 25000. Adjust it as necessary.

 

If you found this guide helpful, please drop a like and if you want more information about this, go to http://www.minedogecoin.com/an-advanced-guide-to-mining-dogecoin-with-cgminer/

[Oshino Shinobu]

Is Dogecoin still a thing? 

[Askew]

10k doge is worth like $2

[BonBon Scott]

10k doge is worth like $2

 

I'm pretty sure you can get at least a stick of liquorice for that much.

[Askew]

I'm pretty sure you can get at least a stick of liquorice for that much.

 

I have a feeling we'd get on IRL, only caveat would be that I'd have to keep showing you gifs on a tablet or something otherwise I'd explode.

 

This thread shall not be derailed, I am terrible for doing that.

[AK0490]

Nice guide, but it's far to late. Scrypt mining on GPUs is over. I could get the same output from my 50 GPU farm as I can with a $750 asic.

 

Mining itself is still alive and well, just not scrypt on GPU.

[RuecanOnRails]

Is Dogecoin still a thing? 

 

Doesn't matter what the state of dogecoin is. This is a scrypt mining guide. It applies to all scrypt based coins. There are other, more profitable scrypt coins to mine than doge http://www.coinwarz.com/cryptocurrency Other algorithms can offer higher profits.

[Guest]

Nice guide, but it's far to late. Scrypt mining on GPUs is over. I could get the same output from my 50 GPU farm as I can with a $750 asic.

 

Mining itself is still alive and well, just not scrypt on GPU.

Too*

[RuecanOnRails]

In regards to the OP, consider using Sgminer, it's based off cgminer but a continuation of scrypt, and other algorithm support. There's also the option to running PiMP  (Portable Instant Mining Platform) you might find better performance from your miners when using a dedicated OS.

[ShadowCaptain]

Wow, such coin. I had no idea people still mined doge

 

Is it even remotely profitable or worth it? It seems to have almost 0 value right now

 

 

I am terrible

 

True Dat 

[Karumu]

Nice guide, but it's far to late. Scrypt mining on GPUs is over. I could get the same output from my 50 GPU farm as I can with a $750 asic.

 

Mining itself is still alive and well, just not scrypt on GPU.

well this is just something for funsies i guess, people who leave their PC's on overnight etc and they want to give it something to do. not everyone wants to spend $750 on something that can only perform 1 task

[AK0490]

well this is just something for funsies i guess, people who leave their PC's on overnight etc and they want to give it something to do. not everyone wants to spend $750 on something that can only perform 1 task

To be clear, nobody needs to spend a certain amount of money to be able to mine, that just related to my personal setup. You might as well switch to other algorithms or just run Folding@home as opposed to mining doge  on GPUs. I can't even give doge away apparently LOL.

[DIV1D3]

Imo Scrypt and SHA-256 is gone for even a huge amount of GPUs, the only decent algos atm imo are X11 and Scrypt-N.