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Instructions for backing up the Siacoin wallet.

There is no backup option within the Siacoin walle that allows for backup of your Siacoin wallet and without securing this important information your Siacoin could be lost forever in the event that something happens to your data. So it’s worth taking a few minutes to backup and secure your wallet as described below.

Firstly Close the Siacoin wallet if is running.

Create a New Folder on your computers desktop or another place of your choice. Call the folder Siacoin Wallet Backup.

You should have a text file that you created when you first setup your wallet and it includes the wallet password, seed and a receiving address (if you setup using my guide). Copy this text file into your new Siacoin Backup folder.

Next we need to backup the actual files used for your wallet and they are saved in a hidden place on your computer.

Goto the folder located here C:/Users/(Computer Name)/AppData/Roaming/Sia-UI/sia/

Swap the Computer Name folder for your the name of your machine or your user name. In my case it’s Lee

C:/Users/Lee/AppData/Roaming/Sia-UI/sia

The AppData folder is a hidden folder so you might need to change your viewing options to reveal the folder.

Inside the Sia-UI folder you will see a folder called Wallet, copy this folder and it’s contents to the Siacoin backup folder you created.

siacoin-save-folder

You can now save your Siacoin Wallet Backup folder to a place of your choice such as USB Drive or Cloud storage, however you should note that this folder is not secured and anyone with access could restore your wallet and gain access to your funds.

To secure my wallet backups I use WinRar which compresses the folder into a single file but it can also be used to password protect the files and cannot be un-compressed without the password.

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After setting the password, click ok to create your Siacoin Wallet Backup.rar file. Once completed you can keep the .rar file and delete the source folder.

You now have a password protected Siacoin Wallet Backup.

 

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A video guide on how to start mining Siacoins using your computers graphics card. This mining guide is good for both AMD & Nvidia graphics cards and the software is compatible with 32/64bit versions of windows.

Marlin Siacoin GPU Miner Download Link
http://imineblocks.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/marlin-0.9.0-win32-IMineBlocks.zip

Siacoin Mining Pool
http://siamining.com

Text version of this guide
http://imineblocks.com/how-to-mine-siacoin-with-your-graphics-card/

Hardware used in this video

MSi GTX 970 4GB Armor
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Why not share some of your mining time by running the Start.bat with my Siacoin address: 002d16d5194043c76beb5cc7d2d9f04c9657ce38ee692c25471302974c3c4e42040328d0c555

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Instruction guide for mining Siacoins using your AMD or Nvidia Graphics Card (GPU Mining).

Step1. Get a Siacoin address (guide on wallet/address creation) or alternative you can use an exchange address to receive your siacoin rewards from the pool.

Step2. Download the Marlin Siacoin Miner which is currently the best and most compatible miner for GPU mining.

Step3. Unzip the miner files to a folder on your computer.

Step4. Edit the Start.bat file with notepad and update it with your details. There’s only two parts that need to be changed

SET address=002d16d5194043c76beb5cc7d2d9f04c9657ce38ee692c25471302974c3c4e42040328d0c555

Change this to your own address

SET worker=workerx

Change this to a nickname of your choice

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Here’s what our Start.bat file contains

:: Batch file sample for Marlin
:: Written by Xurious for SiaMining.com
:: Sia Address: 00091d9619f1e697ddf80e751b68baffc444e7b59eeb54e131f136711d84aebf3bc6e0b820af
:: Updated 2016-08-04
::
:: Your Payout Address.
SET address=002d16d5194043c76beb5cc7d2d9f04c9657ce38ee692c25471302974c3c4e42040328d0c555
:: Worker Name.
SET worker=workerx
:: Intensity. 21 is great for normal desktop usage. 28 is typical for mining.
SET intensity=21
::
marlin.exe -u %address%.%worker%” -I %intensity%

Save the file. Ensure it saves as .bat and not .bat.txt

Step5. Double click on the Start.bat icon to start the Siacoin Miner.

Here’s my results from two MSi R7 370 4GB = 939 MH/s

siacoin-marlin-miner

Step6. Check your stats on the Siamining.com pool by visiting the website and entering your Siacoin address.

I hope you found this guide to be helpful in your mining efforts. Any questions or comments please leave them below and I’ll respond as soon as I can.
Siacoin donations are appreciated or if you prefer you can share some of your mining time by running the Start.bat with my Siacoin address: 002d16d5194043c76beb5cc7d2d9f04c9657ce38ee692c25471302974c3c4e42040328d0c555

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How to use Siacoin to rent out the free space on your Hard Drive.

In this guide I explain everything you need to get started as a cloud storage provider. Rent out your free space and earn money from it.

Text & Image version of this video guide.
http://imineblocks.com/siacoin-renting-out-your-free-hard-drive-space/

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Instructions For Using Siacoin to Rent Out Your Free Hard Drive Space

In yesterdays post I went through the basics of getting your Siacoin wallet setup, if you’ve not done that already you need to start here

Once you have your wallet setup and synchronized, you need to fund the wallet with Siacoin before you can provide Hard Drive hosting on the network.

You need to have at least 50,000 Siacoin in your wallet to provide hosting, however I would add a little extra to cover transaction fee’s, announcement fees & collateral. I funded my wallet with 55,000 which is about 0.05 Bitcoin / $29 USD at today’s exchange rates.

Once your wallet is funded with the required Siacoin you can then setup the rental on your spare Hard Drive space.

sia-hosting

To rent out your space hard drive space (hosting) Click on the Hosting tab on the left side of the Siacoin wallet.

In the main window at the bottom you need to select a Storage location and confirm how much space you wish to rent out.

Click the text “Add Storage Folder”

A new window will open and ask you to choose a storage location. I made a new folder on drive D:\ called Siacoin Rental Space and selected this as the storage location.

You will then need to confirm how much space you want to provide for this rental contract, I set it 50GB and note that the minimum you can provide is 35GB. Click the save button.

siacoin-add-storage-folder

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Then I got an Error!

Error Adding Folder

symlink D:\Siacoin Rental Space

C:\Users\Lee\AppData\Roaming\Sia-UI\sia\host\storagemanager\03790881: A required privilege is not held by the client.

siacoin-folder-error

But not to worry, I’ve seen this before!

Close the Siacoin Wallet (ensure its not running in the system tray)

Reopen the Siacoin Wallet with Administrator Rights, once opened unlock your wallet and you’ll be able to create the hosting folder as described above normally.

siacoin-open-admin-rights

You should now have a folder setup and ready for hosting.

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We can now set the configuration options.

Max Duration (Weeks) – How long the hosting is provided to the renter.

Collateral per TB per Month (SC) – If you lose the renters data you’ll pay this amount as compensation.

Price per TB per Month (SC) – How much you want to charge per TB per month for your hard drive space. We have provided only 50GB in our example so we can earn 50 Siacoin per month.

Bandwidth Price (SC/TB) – How much you want to charge for the internet usage used when a person downloads files from you.

Accepting Contracts – Select Yes if you want to accept new contracts and provide hosting.

If you make any changes to the default settings ensure you click Save button. If you wish to go back to the default settings click the Reset button.

Here’s the settings I selected.

siacoin-hosting-configuration

With your settings selected & saved. You can now Announce your hosting contract to the Siacoin network and let them know your ready to receive data. Click the Announce button on the top right of the window to Announce this contract.

sia-announce-host

Leave your wallet Running & Unlocked. Over time you’ll see that you have some active contracts and by the end of the month you should have received your first Siacoins for the Hard Drive space you’ve rented out.

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