<p>I was getting this error. Like the above answer states, I checked my password, saw that it was longer than it should have been and changed it, then quit getting the error. At least for me, it was a wrong username/password.</p>

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2017-11-11T11:57:39.443Z
2017-11-11T11:57:39.443Z
Trench Wolfhound
<p>I am giving this a try to see if I can do bitcoin mining. I took a Windows laptop and installed GUIMiner on it. I then connected to bitminter pool on <a href="http://mint.bitminter.com:8332" rel="nofollow">http://mint.bitminter.com:8332</a> using my ID. When I click to start Mining, I get this message "ValueError: need more than 1 value to unpack". The summary then says "connection problems".</p>

<p>What am I doing wrong?</p>

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2013-04-09T01:51:00.220Z
Could you post a screenshot of the error message?
Nick ODell
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2013-04-09T13:35:39.333Z
I got exact same issue with GUIMiner. Only I tried to use it with btcguild instead of bitminer. Installing AMD-APP-SDK-v2.8-Windows-32.exe and rebooting PC helped (AMD-APP-SDK-v2.8-Windows-32.exe is for ATI graphic cards - there's some counterpart for nVidia, but I don't know it). My guess is that issue comes from missing DLLs.
MarcinWolny
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2013-04-09T13:41:31.047Z
I think I'm going to give up on Bitcoin mining. I probably don't even have the hardware powerful enough to make a dent. From what I hear, the only way to make money is by purchasing a ButterflyLabs Bitcoin Miner device. And an alternative to mining is buy/sell trading with dollar cost averaging.
Volomike
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2013-04-10T13:45:01.700Z
Could be a problem with username or password
Roy
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2016-04-24T12:39:04.957Z
I've reopened this question, because at 10,000 views, it doesn't appear to be too localized. related: [GUIMiner gives "ValueError: need more than 1 value to unpack"](http://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/q/19269/5406)
Murch
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ValueError: need more than 1 value to unpack
Volomike
# ValueError: need more than 1 value to unpack

(Asked by: username_0 on 2013-04-09)

I am giving this a try to see if I can do bitcoin mining. I took a Windows laptop and installed GUIMiner on it. I then connected to bitminter pool on <http://mint.bitminter.com:8332> using my ID. When I click to start Mining, I get this message "ValueError: need more than 1 value to unpack". The summary then says "connection problems".

What am I doing wrong?

**Tags:** mining-pools, miner-configuration, guiminer

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Could you post a screenshot of the error message?  
> **username_2**: I got exact same issue with GUIMiner. Only I tried to use it with btcguild instead of bitminer. Installing AMD-APP-SDK-v2.8-Windows-32.exe and rebooting PC helped (AMD-APP-SDK-v2.8-Windows-32.exe is for ATI graphic cards - there's some counterpart for nVidia, but I don't know it). My guess is that issue comes from missing DLLs.  
> **username_0**: I think I'm going to give up on Bitcoin mining. I probably don't even have the hardware powerful enough to make a dent. From what I hear, the only way to make money is by purchasing a ButterflyLabs Bitcoin Miner device. And an alternative to mining is buy/sell trading with dollar cost averaging.  
> **username_3**: Could be a problem with username or password  
> **username_4**: I've reopened this question, because at 10,000 views, it doesn't appear to be too localized. related: [GUIMiner gives "ValueError: need more than 1 value to unpack"](http://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/q/19269/5406)  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_5 on 2017-11-11. Score: 2 | Accepted answer

I was getting this error. Like the above answer states, I checked my password, saw that it was longer than it should have been and changed it, then quit getting the error. At least for me, it was a wrong username/password.


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