![]() Library/Application Support/Bitcoin and dropped it in there. For me, I alt/option clicked the Go option in Finder and went to Now, create that text file and put it in the appropriate folder. Make them up and use them in a few minutes. You’re telling Bitcoin QT what the userID and password is for the connection you’re going to make using CGminer. I’m using a super simple file with just these lines, nothing else.Ībout those “youmakethisup” - seriously, make it up and remember it. This file needs to be a plain text file with the. Add a nf that your Bitcoin QT app will reference upon opening to tell it how to act. There you’ll find a long string of characters - get that and save it for later.ĭownload the full package and install it.ģ. To get this, act like you’re asking for money by clicking the receive button and then button. Once you get your Bitcoin Wallet setup, you’ll need a target Bitcoin address to have your blocks sent to. Apparently this would have sped thing up for me. One thing I didn’t do, but ran across a tip in my travels here, was to Command+I click (get info) on the Bitcoin app in the app folder and select the option to “prevent app nap” under General. It took a solid 1.5 days for my system to download the data to make it come alive. Once you have your hardware, let’s get your software in order.Ĭhoose Bitcoin Core and be part of the network. I picked this one up for $36 w/ free Prime shipping. The Antminer runs about 1.6GH/s which seems decent. I tried the GPU with my fancy Retina video card and it heated-up quick, so I bailed on that. I’m going to provide a step-by-step guide for someone with a similar setup to the one I’m using to get started.Īssuming you have a Bitmain Antminer U2 (probably a U1 as well), that’s all the hardware you need. The purpose of this post is to give back to everyone that helped everyone else - which in turn got me here. It wasn’t easy and the bits and pieces that I needed are out there, but seemed to be spread about in various spots. To get to this stage, I had to do some research about Bitcoins, pools, tools, software, hardware - all that. Maybe it’ll be next Tuesday as I’m working I’ll get that magical hit that’ll get me 25 Bitcoins! I get the math and that it’s likely to take years for me to find a block, but it’s that likely word that gets me. That’s what I’m in it for - the lottery aspect. It didn’t come easy, but now at least I know I’m in the lottery for around $12k every 10 minutes or so. ![]() Wooo hoo! I just got my Mac solo mining Bitcoin for me. ![]() ![]() Sorta Complete Nube’s Guide to Solo Mining Bitcoin on a Macbook Pro running Mavericks with an Antminer U2 ![]()
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