i was playing around with bloody steem mining ;)
i was stuck. stuck at how to engage over here and find my flow. you know, when you get on a new platform you want to bring value and so i'm always wondering about entry point. i can write my little blog posts about what pops into my mind but i'd rather build on some relationships from here. i'm at that age and position in life that if i'm going to make some of these ideas happen it's gonna take more than me to pull them off.
i've never done any kind of 'coin mining and i felt today would be an interesting way to set something up and maybe have that running in the background, making some steem power (not that i know what it really does anyway) and i would learn something new, how to setup a daemon and grab the a blockchain etc etc. turns out, we are still stuck in irc land. i guess certain things will always be a bit difficult and geeky - after all, do you want everyone mining? probably not. probably makes more sense for people to be active and making content here.
i tried getting it working on my mac.
using a docker installation.
ubuntu via aws. lots of different ways.
i tried lots of tutorials and i just ended up stuck.
the usual to be honest, new versions of code that no longer compile yada yada. it's been like this for decades. to be cutting edge on these things means frustration, understanding the errors and trying to find work arounds. sounds like i'd be constantly admin on it anyway as the code is in fairly constant change anyway. kinda feels like moving packets of data around rather than building in decentralized empowerment. the notion of what it delivers while true and judge makes me think that once the power goes off then what? :)
so yeah, feel like i've lost a day.
i could have done more work on my courses today but it never turned out like that. i had a terrible night sleep anyway so i guess i was never truly going to salvage this day right? i think i got like four hours in the end. i'll try a different approach tomorrow, i've got to get recording anyway.
pay day arrives on the 16th from course making and i want to get everything out of the way so i can really spend some time writing and relaxing over the end of the december period before christmas.
