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<p>I am new in peercoin and trying first time mining of any currency just to see how it works.
I installed cgminer but there's an error </p>

<blockquote>
  <p>Probing for an alive pool Network diff set to 91.5</p>
</blockquote>

<p>like that but I am confused that is that are errors or not because its also saying </p>

<blockquote>
  <p>stratum from pool 0 detect new block</p>
</blockquote>

<p>can anyone explain me what's its going I mean working or not if not then why this error is coming if its working then meaning of these messages.</p>

<p>Thanks</p>

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2014-04-03T12:33:17.150Z
What hardware do you want to use to mine? Cgminer hasn't GPU support from the 3.7.2 version
Riccardo Casatta
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2014-04-03T12:34:24.987Z
Not using any hardware just using my computer I just want to see how it works
Mohit Bumb
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2014-04-03T12:38:04.820Z
i think cgminer decide not use your cpu because it's not efficent for sha (the algorithm behind peercoin). For seeing how it works i think you can try cpuminer
Riccardo Casatta
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2014-04-03T12:39:36.093Z
I think its for litecoin and bitcoin only
Mohit Bumb
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2014-04-03T13:48:29.903Z
no, it isn't. bitcoin and peercoin share the same mining algorithm which is sha
Riccardo Casatta
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2014-04-04T12:37:35.603Z
If you have a graphics card you can use previous versoins of cgminer and have it mine with your GPU
Joe Pineda
<mining-pools><miner-configuration><cgminer><peercoin>
I am new with peercoin and confused is it mining or not [screenshot]
Mohit Bumb
# I am new with peercoin and confused is it mining or not [screenshot]

(Asked by: username_0 on 2014-04-03)

![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/YPsny.png)

I am new in peercoin and trying first time mining of any currency just to see how it works.
I installed cgminer but there's an error

> Probing for an alive pool Network diff set to 91.5

like that but I am confused that is that are errors or not because its also saying

> stratum from pool 0 detect new block

can anyone explain me what's its going I mean working or not if not then why this error is coming if its working then meaning of these messages.

Thanks

**Tags:** mining-pools, miner-configuration, cgminer, peercoin

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: What hardware do you want to use to mine? Cgminer hasn't GPU support from the 3.7.2 version  
> **username_0**: Not using any hardware just using my computer I just want to see how it works  
> **username_1**: i think cgminer decide not use your cpu because it's not efficent for sha (the algorithm behind peercoin). For seeing how it works i think you can try cpuminer  
> **username_0**: I think its for litecoin and bitcoin only  
> **username_1**: no, it isn't. bitcoin and peercoin share the same mining algorithm which is sha  
> **username_2**: If you have a graphics card you can use previous versoins of cgminer and have it mine with your GPU  

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