I got this working relatively problem free, though I had to hash out the last seed note from the Config.ini file, as shown below:
seed-node = 212.47.249.84:40696
seed-node = 52.4.250.181:39705
seed-node = 81.89.101.133:2001
seed-node = 192.99.4.226:2001
seed-node = 46.252.27.1:1337
#seed-node = seed.steemd.com:34191
I was getting multiple errors stacking up until it exited starting with this:
3110051ms th_a application.cpp:102 reset_p2p_node ] Adding seed node 46.252.27.1:1337
3110111ms th_a application.cpp:102 reset_p2p_node ] Adding seed node 162.213.199.171:34191
3110112ms th_a application.cpp:102 reset_p2p_node ] Adding seed node 162.213.199.171:34191
3110123ms th_a application.cpp:352 startup ] 90003 already_connected_to_requested_peer: already connected to requested peer
already connected to requested endpoint 162.213.199.171:34191
{"endpoint":"162.213.199.171:34191"}
p2p node.cpp:4565 connect_to_endpoint
Any ideas as to why this was the case? Also hashing that out is liable to cause any problems?
I also started out with a decent hash rate of about 35000/hps running off 16 cores, for some reason Ubuntu VM wouldn't allow me to configure all 24 in settings! Why?
But anyway, after around 20/30minues my hash rate gradually started dropping off, it is now only running at about 40/hps and drops with every new set of transactions on each new block. My cpu is also now doing almost nothing, it was running upto 70%, now it is idling at around 4% use.. What is the reason for such behaviour?
Thanks
The loss of hash power could possibly have been due to lack of space on the VM, though it did appear to have enough space, a low space warning was given when exiting. I increased the VM size to 30GB, up from 20GB. Have re-run mining of Steemit, and has maintained a consistent 35000ish/hps for over 2 hours.
Though is there a way to stop the mining and then restart it without just closing the Terminal window? As this always causes a replaying of the Blockchain when I restart it, which is a pretty slow process.
you can press ctrl-c to stop the miner. you can then just run ./steemd again to restart it. As for the space, i noticed 30GB is better for a VM arrangement. At 20GB I also run out of space
did you mean "./steemd"? ... "./steemit" isn't recognised, and to my knowledge there isn't anything named steemit.
./steemd doesn't work any better, as it just loads up and then replays the blockchain, percent by percent and lists the hard-forks, which takes 20mins+, and that was after using the Ctrl-C to shutdown mining cleanly
corrected it. Yup. It can take a little bit of time to replay the blockchain, but should start back up