Tuesday, January 30, 2018

How to convert old laptop to Chromebook

Tired of your old laptops or having old laptops that are way to slow and not getting good price to seller. Well! I've a better options for you .How about re-using you old laptop(Technically, Most of the laptop) by converting it to chromebook.

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A few heads-up before you install

This won’t work on all computers. While CloudReady should work on most Windows and Mac laptops and desktops made since 2007, it’s impossible to guarantee it will work on everything. You can check out a list of tested hardware, as well as basic system requirements here. Chromium OS is generally designed to run on light hardware, so even if you have an old machine with dull specs, this may breathe new life into older hardware.

This will wipe your system. At the moment, there is no way to dual-boot CloudReady’s Chromium OS with another operating system, like Windows. Make sure you’re installing this on a device that you can fully erase. Don’t install this on your primary machine. Be sure to back up any data you want to keep before continuing.
    
This isn’t perfect Chrome OS. While Chromium OS is mostly identical to Chrome OS, there are still a couple key differences. Most importantly, you won’t get regular, automatic updates or any official support. It also doesn’t come with Flash built in, but CloudReady will give you instructions on how to install it manually the first time you boot.

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Things you needed before you start off

1.Old Laptop

2.An 8GB or 16GB USB stick: Yes, only those two. According to CloudReady, any size larger or smaller than this could cause problems.
3.The CloudReady .bin file: You’ll need to download CloudReady before you begin. You can find the free application here. Click “Download CloudReady” at the top of the screen and save it to your computer.
4.Chromebook Recovery Utility: This tool allows you to create a USB install stick using the CloudReady software. You can find it here and install it on any computer.

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To create the USB installation stick, follow these steps:

    1.Launch the Chromebook Recovery Utility.
     2.Click the Settings gear icon in the top-right corner of the app once it opens.
     3.Select “Use local image.”
     4.Choose the CloudReady .bin file you downloaded from Neverware.
     5.Insert the USB stick into your computer.
     6.Select your USB stick on the left side of the Chrome Recovery Utility app screen.

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Monday, January 29, 2018

How to shred all you phone data effectively

Since we are in the age of electronics where  every single day a new mobile is getting released.Many a times we are so tempted on the new features the gadget support and we need to buy them.Some of them sell the phone in exchange , some tend to sell it to outsider and Others try it have for them.This article intends on focusing people who choose to exchange or sell it to outsider.How to prevent your data been misused.

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The solution is very simple.

1.Remove your memory card

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On the Home screen, tap Apps → Settings → Storage → Unmount SD card. To remove the memory card, follow these steps: Step 1: Insert the ejection pin into the hole on the memory card tray to loosen the tray. Step 2: Pull out the memory card tray gently from the memory card tray slot.

2.Factory Reset Your Phone.

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1.Tap the Settings icon from your home screen or app drawer.
2.Swipe up to scroll down to the bottom of the settings menu.
3.Tap Backup & reset.
4.Tap Factory data reset.
5.Tap Reset phone.
6.Tap Erase everything

Samsung Galaxy S7
1.Tap the Settings icon from your home screen or app drawer
2.Swipe up to scroll down to the bottom of the settings menu.
3.Tap Backup and reset.
4.Swipe up to scroll down
5.Tap Factory data reset.
6.Tap Reset phone.
7.Tap Erase everything.

Xiaomi Phones
1.Turn your phone on and unlock it.
2.Go to the Settings app.
3.Head to Backup & reset.
4.Tap on Factory data reset.
5.Select Reset device.
6.Tap on Erase everything.
7.Confirm by pressing OK.

Sunday, January 28, 2018

How to mine Crypto currency Using a Mobile phone

If you cannot afford a high hardware price to start mining , you can always start mining with something which is less expensive like your old Android mobile phone which you hand thrown away for sometime.However they may not be generating much of revenue ,but its always to good to get something from nothing isn't it.It would be really good if you had 2 or more old android phones to start with.

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CPU mining is an exclusive for Cryptonote algorithm because it does not use ASIC computers and in some cases it does not use GPU, so mining is easier and you can do it on any PC, Mac, Linux, Android Tablet or Android Smartphone.

To do this you need to install the app from the following link on Google Play here.Before that you need to sign up In MinerGate

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The app is designed to choose three mining difficulties that range from the lowest to the highest and this implies more or less energy consumption. The app can be used on any Android device.

The Highlight Features

    1.You can mine from your mobile device.
     2.Check connected devices and balances.
     3.Chat with other miners at MinerGate in your language.
     4.Connect to your MinerGate account.
     5.Withdraw coins from your account.
     6.Check cryptocurrencies prices
     7.Buy and control your Cloud Mining contracts.
    
For test run, I ran this app with my Old Moto G3 Mobile phone and was able to get a hash rate of 12-15 H/s.With my latest One plus 5T I was able to run upto 20-28 H/s.But what I also saw that the battery started to drain faster because of the CPU Utilization.So I suggest you the connect a Charger if you are planning to run non-stop.


Here are the options available:

    log in to your MinerGate account
     choose the currency to mine by clicking on the coin’s name
     start mining


We can have it installed and monitor the activity for the mining operations doing in other PC or mobile or Tablets through one account in your mobile phone.

The community is so large that you can find chat rooms for every language you need. It has supports from Spanish, English, Russian, Italian and more.

MinerGate app has a calculator that can help you to get an idea of how much H/s you need to see the reward in each of the coins you want. As well as the current prices of each of the currencies graphically. This is a necessary tool to evaluate the competitiveness of each currency.One of the advantages of the app, that many of the community of miners in the world like is the reward by recommendation program.

The mechanic of this program is if you share a link with your family or friends and they register through that link you can receive rewards.

The tool that I liked the most is the status bar of unconfirmed, it is a graphical way to know your goals in the short term, so you can focus more on one currency versus another currency that needs more time to undermine it. This bar is only available in the app. The desktop version only shows “pending to confirm” number.

It´s an effective way to control and monitor your miners remotely, either using the MinerGate platform or other console mining platforms like CPUMiner-Multi, Yam miner, ccminer-cryptonight.

Last but not least is the support of languages available in English, Portuguese, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Indian and Russian. Everything including menus in the language you need.

“The future is now and you are living the birth of a new monetary system based on technology. Discover it!”

Hardware and Software guide for Cryptocurrency Mining

What is cryptocurrency mining?

People who are running software and hardware aimed at confirming transactions to the digital ledger are cryptocurrency miners. Solving cryptographic puzzles (via software) to add transactions to the ledger (the block chain) in the hope of getting coins as a reward is cryptocurrency mining.


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How do I start mining Cryptocurrency?
Well its quite simple, you need to have the following things for you to start mining

NOTE:Mining Bitcoin/Ethereum is way to expensive since the difficulty is way more than it used to be few years back, I would suggest other ALT-Coins like Monero,Litecoin,Z-cash etc.


1.Hardware
Which may vary from a normal PC to Mining RIG(Purely depends on what and how you would want to start).We can start mining with normal PC with a simple CPU and if possible GPU(If you want earn something) or if you able to afford to build a Rig , which would simply mean investing from 200$ to maybe 5000$ you can build a rig.But the more you invest the more you have the chances to get back the money you invested sooner.

If in case you are up for building Rig these are my suggestion


Best CPU for CPU Mining
Intel based
1.Intel Pentium G4400 Skylake Dual-Core 3.3GHz Desktop Processor

2.Intel G3900 Dual Core - LGA1151 - 51watt Low TDP Processor

3.Intel Core i3-6100 6th Gen LGA 1151 Processor

AMD Based

4.AMD Ryzen 5 1600

5.AMD RYZEN 7 SERIES OCTA CORE PROCESSOR 1700

6.AMD Ryzen 7 1800X Processor


Best GPU for Mining

I've listed out some of the Best GPU for Mining, there may be many more models

AMD GPU

1.ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 560 4GB

2.Sapphire Radeon R5 230 Graphic card 1GB DDR3

3.Gigabyte AMD Radeon R7 240 2GB DDR3

4.ASUS Radeon RX 560 4GB GDDR5

5.Sapphire Radeon RX 460 4GB

6. Radeon NITRO+ RX 570 4GB

7.RX VEGA 56 8G – Latest and Best


NVIDA GPU

1.Zotac GT 710 2GB DDR3

2.MSI GeForce GTX 1050 2GT

3.Gigabyte Geforce GTX 1050 Ti G1 Gaming 4G

4.ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1050 Ti mini, 4GB GDDR5

5.Zotac Amp Edition GeForce GTX 1060 6GB

6.ASUS Geforce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB Phoenix Fan Edition

7.ZOTAC GeForce GTX 1070 ZT-P10700B-10P 8GB DDR3


Best Mother boards for mining

1.GIGABYTE GA-H110-D3A

2.ASUS LGA1151 DDR4 HDMI B250

3.ASRock H81 PRO BTC R2.0 LGA 1150


What should be my power supply for mining rig ?
You can use any Power supply unit ranging from 450 Watt to 1200 Watt, The more power supply more number of GPU you can support

1.Corsair VS450 450-Watt Power Supply

2.Corsair RM Series RM550 550W

3.Corsair VS Series VS650 650 Watt

4.Corsair RMx Series RM750x 750W

5. CORSAIR RMx RM1000X 1000W

6.CORSAIR HX Series™ HX1200-1200 Watt


ASIC Mining using Ant Miner
All of the below listed are the only hardware that you may get back your money back.
1.S9 AntMiner-Bitcoin Miner(BTC)
2.DragonMint 16T(BTC)
3.T9 Antminer(BTC)
4.AntMiner R3 (BTC)
5.ANtMiner U3(BTC)
6.D3 AntMiner -DASH coin Miner


If you are  looking for Mining Combo then the below pick for starters

1.Entry Level Mining Combo - Asrock H81 Pro BTC Mining Board + G1840 Processor + 8GB DDR3 Memory + 64GB SSD + Pack of Six Riser Cables


Softwares used for Mining

Mining Pool
1.Single Mining -Command prompt (Nanopool is my personal Favourite )

2.GUI based -

1.Nice hash
2.MinerGate
3.WinMiner


Wallets
Wallets for Investing as well as receiving CryptoCurrency
International users
1.Coinbase - You would free 10$ once you join. 


Indian user
2.Zebay - You would get free 100 Rs once you sign Up.
3.Koinex - You would get free 100 Rs once you sign Up.

Only for Deposit and wallet
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Apart from this we do have Other Pools also , but make sure which  one would be better before you join Other Pools Details

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Saturday, January 27, 2018

La Tomatina :The Tomato Festival

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Where is La Tomatina held?

La Tomatina tomato fight festival, Buñol, Spain. La Tomatina is a food fight festival held on the last Wednesday of August each year in the town of Buñol in the Valencia region of Spain. Tens of metric tons of over-ripe tomatoes are thrown in the streets in exactly one hour.

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When is La Tomatina Celebrated in Spain?

La Tomatina is celebrated on the last Wednesday in August in the small town of Bunol in eastern Spain. This year the festival takes place on August 27th, 2014. The festival began way back in 1944 but there is no known religious or political basis for it.

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What is the History of La Tomatina Festival?

La Tomatina started on the last Wednesday of August in 1945 (29th August 1945) when some young people went to the town square to attend the Giants and Big-Head figures parade. They decided to join the parade with a musician. The group's excitement caused a person to fall from the float. The participant flew into a fit of rage and started to hit everything in his path. There was a market stall of vegetables that fell victim to what soon became a furious crowd. People started to pelt each other with tomatoes until local law enforcement ended the battle.

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The following year the young people deliberately repeated the fight on the last Wednesday of August, only this time they brought their own tomatoes from home. They were again dispersed by the police. The food fight became an annual event. In 1950, the town allowed the tomato hurl to take place, but the next year it was stopped again. Many young people were imprisoned but Buñol residents forced authorities to let them go. The festival gained popularity with more and more participants every year. In subsequent years it was banned again with threats of serious penalties. In the year 1957, some young people celebrated "the tomato's funeral", with singers, musicians, and comedies. The main attraction however, was a big tomato in a coffin carried around while a band played funeral marches. In 1957, demand for the popular festival led to its becoming official, with certain rules and restrictions. These rules have gone through many modifications over the years.

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Another important landmark in the history of this festival is the year 1975. From this year on wards, "Los Clavarios de San Luis Bertrán" (San Luis Bertrán is the patron of the town of Buñol) organized the whole festival and brought in the tomatoes, which had previously been brought by the local people. Soon after this, in 1980, the town council took over responsibility for organizing the festival.

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Since then, the number of participants has increased year after year as well as the excitement about La Tomatina Festival. In 2002, in the month of August La Tomatina of Buñol was declared a Festivity of International Tourist Interest by the Secretary Department of Tourism due to its success. In 2013, town officials introduced an entry fee and limited the number of participants, citing concerns over safety.

The city council follows a short list of instructions for the safety of the participants and the festival:

  1. The tomatoes have to be squashed before throwing to avoid injuries.
  2. No other projectiles except tomatoes are allowed.
  3. Participants have to make way for trucks and lorries.
  4. After the second shot indicative of ending the tomato hurl, no tomatoes should be thrown.

Friday, January 26, 2018

A Beginners Guide in Cryptocurreny and Bitcoin Mining


The hot topics for past 6 months is what is Bitcoin and how to mine or invest in bitcoin.By the way in order to under stand what a Bitcoin is we need under,certain of terminology on Cryptocurrency is really important.Since this would a big topic which I'm splitting into multiple posts.
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What is Cryptocurrency?
Cryptocurrency is roughly the equivalent of using PayPal or a Debit Card, except the numbers on the screen represent cryptocurrency instead of a fiat currency like a dollar. Cryptocurrencies are classified as a subset of digital currencies and are also classified as a subset of alternative currencies and virtual currencies. Cryptocurrencies use decentralized control as opposed to centralized electronic money and central banking systems. The decentralized control of each cryptocurrency works through a blockchain, which is a public transaction database, functioning as a distributed ledger.

In this Bitcoin is one of the type of Cryptocurrency and any currency apart from Bitcoin is termed as "ALT-Coins" or Alternative coins.

Bitcoin — The first ever cryptocurrency that started it all.

To List some of famous ALT-Coins
1.Ethereum — A Turing-complete programmable currency that lets developers build different distributed apps and technologies that wouldn’t work with Bitcoin.
2.Ripple — Unlike most cryptocurrencies, it doesn’t use a Blockchain in order to reach a network-wide consensus for transactions. Instead, an iterative consensus process is implemented, which makes it faster than Bitcoin but also makes it vulnerable to hacker attacks.
3.Bitcoin Cash — A fork of Bitcoin that is supported by the biggest Bitcoin mining company and a manufacturer of ASICs Bitcoin mining chips. It has only existed for a couple of months but has already soared to the top five cryptocurrencies in terms of market cap.
4.NEM — Unlike most other cryptocurrencies that utilize a Proof of Work algorithm, it uses Proof of Importance, which requires users to already possess certain amounts of coins in order to be able to get new ones. It encourages users to spend their funds and tracks the transactions to determine how important a particular user is to the overall NEM network.
5.Litecoin — A cryptocurrency that was created with an intention to be the ‘digital silver’ compared to Bitcoin’s ‘digital gold.’ It is also a fork of Bitcoin, but unlike its predecessor, it can generate blocks four times faster and have four times the maximum number of coins at 84 mln.
6.IOTA — This cryptocurrency’s breakthrough ledger technology is called ‘Tangle’ and it requires the sender in a transaction to do a Proof of Work that approves two transactions. Thus, IOTA has removed dedicated miners from the process.
7.NEO — It’s a smart contract network that allows for all kinds of financial contracts and third-party distributed apps to be developed on top of it. It has many of the same goals as Ethereum, but it’s developed in China, which can potentially give it some advantages due to improved relationship with Chinese regulators and local businesses.
8.Dash — It’s a two-tier network. The first tier is miners that secure the network and record transactions, while the second one consists of ‘masternodes’ that relay transactions and enable InstantSend and PrivateSend type of transaction. The former is significantly faster than Bitcoin, whereas the latter is completely anonymous.
9.Qtum — It’s a merger of Bitcoin’s and Ethereum’s technologies targeting business applications. The network boasts Bitcoin’s reliability, while allowing for the use of smart contracts and distributed applications, much how it works within the Ethereum network.
10.Monero — A cryptocurrency with private transactions capabilities and one of the most active communities, which is due to its open and privacy-focused ideals.
11.Ethereum Classic — An original version of Ethereum. The split happened after a decentralized autonomous organization built on top of the original Ethereum was hacked.
12.Z-cash -The first open, permissionless financial system employing zero-knowledge security.
13.TRON -TRON is a decentralized open-source cryptocurrency that was founded by TRON Foundation. TRON is an application intended to allow content creators to be compensated for sharing their content.

How is Cryptocurrency Generated?
With  Cryptocurrency miner use special software to solve mathematical problem, and they are usually paid in terms of fraction of the cryptocurrency for the share of the problem they share in achieving the solution.And each time this solution is solved a the difficulty of this mathematical problem increases depended on how fast the problem is solved.In early days the problem was solved using the normal PC -CPU(Central Processing Unit), but later the miner found that any mathematical problems can be solved using GPU even faster than normal CPU mining.Anyways the drawback of this GPU mining was that it was getting way expensive for a GPU/Video card , consumes very high power and generated a lot of heat.
Later in order to mine any crypto currency ,ASIC(Application specific Integrated circuits) chipset was produced in order to solve this problem more effective, with low power consumer increasing the potential to mine more with less power supply.ASIC is very effective only for Bitcoin mining operations.
AS the popularity of Cryptocurrency increased more , and more miner started to mine making it difficult for individual miner to mine enough and so a mining pool was started to over come this problem.
A mining pool would simply have a group Miners working on solving problem , sharing the Hardware capabilities to solve the problem.And share the transaction values based on the share a individual was able to solve a problem.
What is BLOCK Chain
A blockchain, is a continuously growing list of records, called blocks, which are linked and secured using cryptography. Each block typically contains a hash pointer as a link to a previous block, a timestamp and transaction data. When a peer-to-peer cryptocurrency transaction is made, that transaction is sent out to all users with “full node” wallets. Specific types of users called miners then try to solve a cryptographic puzzle (using software) which lets them add a “block” of transactions to the ledger. Whoever solves the puzzle first gets a few “newly mined” coins as a reward. Sometimes miners pool computing power and share the new coins. The algorithm relies on consensus. If the majority of users trying to solve the puzzle all submit the same transaction data, then it confirms that the transactions are correct.
Your next question would be , I would I get paid for If I had solved their problem.Well you need to create a WALLET, to save all the confirmed amounts and each and every Cryptocurrency
has its own wallet or you would have generic/common wallet that you can use.This I would be talking to you on next set of articles.

How does a transaction in Cryptocurrency Work.
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A transfer of funds between two digital wallets is called a transaction. That transaction gets submitted to a public ledger and awaits confirmation. When a transaction is made, wallets use an encrypted electronic signature (an encrypted piece of data called a cryptographic signature) to provide a mathematical proof that the transaction is coming from the owner of the wallet. The confirmation process takes a bit of time (ten minutes for bitcoin) while “miners” mine. Mining confirms the transactions and adds them to the public ledger.