Official Electromine.fr FAQ
Beggining a journey in the cryptocurrency world can always be difficult, and beggining with etn can be even harder. First of all if words like “mining, shares, blockchain” does not ring a bell, I definitely reccomand you to check out this begginer’s guide to cryptocurrency mining : https://itsblockchain.com/cryptocurrency-mining-the-ultimate-beginners-guide-by-itsblockchain/
Now that you know everything about cryptocurrency, and you are ready to jump in, let’s talk electroneum.
On the telegram chat of electromine.fr we often see the same questions, so we decided to make a FAQ to help you or other if you are in trouble.
Now let’s begin !
How do I create a Wallet ? For that, we have tutorial, just follow it and you’ll be all set ! https://medium.com/@xikimay_33996/how-to-create-an-electroneum-wallet-and-how-to-use-it-b00b787d5bd7
How do I import my paper wallet to my cli-wallet ? We have a tutorial for that to, just follow it and you’ll be good. https://medium.com/@xikimay_33996/importing-your-paper-wallet-to-your-cli-wallet-9e788be08a1a
Why am I not being paid ? This question must be the most asked of all, and there can be many reasons. The first one is that you did not reach the minimum payout of the pool (For example, 20 etn on electromine.fr). This means that if you have not mined at least 20 etn, you will not be paid because the system will skip you. The second one is that you did not wait long enough. Payment are made once the block that you have participated in is unlocked. But this payment is for the pool first. Every hour the pool system send your part to your wallet. So you will have to wait at maximum one hour. The third reason is a bit trickier. Sometimes, you have more than 20 etn and you have waited for more than 1 hour, but you did not get paid anyway. This is often caused by the electroneum payment system which tries to give you amount that are not unlocked yet. It’s very rare and just know, that you will be paid eventually.
I have been paid, but my wallet balance is not updated. Most of the time this is caused by a wallet that is not synced, so you’ll need to sync it to see your balance. However this can also be caused by a mistake that you have maid when entering your wallet address in the mining program. So be sure that it’s the right one !
The website is down, is the pool still working ? Sometimes, the website crashes but the pool is always alive. If you have any doubt you can always ask on the Telegram chat.
Can I use my cryptopia wallet address to mine ? No absolutely not.
Do I need to buy hardwawre to mine with great capacity ? No, you are not obligated to buy hardware, you can always use NiceHash which is a marketplace where you can buy computing power. You can learn more about NiceHash on this tutorial :https://keepingstock.net/how-to-mined-electroneum-with-huge-benefits-8af8669ebcdd
My hashrate is not the same on my console and on the electromine.fr, why is that ? The hashrate that is shown on your console is the hashrate that you provide at a given time. However, sometimes some sahres can be rejected because of bad internet connexion, or just server lag. So you may lose hashrate on the road. And it’s important to note that on the website, you will see an average of your hashrate, as it’s impossible to update that much stats.
What is that luck percentage on the block’s stats? If you find a block earlier than you statistically should on average you are lucky if it takes longer, you are unlucky. It does not really mean anything, and can not be controlled. However, if you ever find a pool with 100% of bad luck, you should change pool.
What is a NiceHash Happy hour or NiceHash Party ? Sometimes, the pool will organize a NiceHash Party. A NiceHash party is a period of time (usually between 1 and 2 hours) when everyone put about 2–5 mh/s on nicehash to make the pool bigger. The goal is to obtain more than 50% of the global network, so that the pool can find every single block. On electromine.fr, we do them oncce in awhile and we are always talking about it on telegram chat.
But with more miners and hashrate, we will have less revenue right ? Well, per single block, you will have less revenue, because you will most likely share with other people that have the same hashrate as you, but as the pool will find a block very often, you will, in the end, participate in more blocks, and therefore, earn more.
We will add more as times goes on.
If you want more help, you can always ask the community or an admin on the telegram chat : https://t.me/electrominepools
