plotman VS chia-blockchain-gui

Yes, see https://github.com/madMAx43v3r/chia-plotter for plotting with a ramdisk and https://github.com/ericaltendorf/plotman to automate everything.

Plotman is what you want. You can plot on multiple drives (tmp), then cache the completed plots on destination drives/directories (dst). Then the archive function can rsync them to an array of archive drives. Very easy to modify the config .yaml file then run "plotman plot" and "plotman archive". https://github.com/ericaltendorf/plotman

Plotman: v0.5.1

Yeah. Plotman config guide shows you how to set it up for madmax. Its as easy as changing the "type" variable in the config file from "chia" to "madmax" and then changing your other plotting variables to what they should be be for madmax.

Madmax plotter, Swar plot manager, and Plotman plot manager all support portable plots for pools now. Others probably do, but I'm not as familiar with them. Update to the latest versions for the best results, and double-check your configuration files as some settings may have changed since your last update. And you can also use plot managers with Madmax these days, if you want to take advantage of workflow management (multiple destination drives, parallel plotting on bigger plotters, less scrolly logs, etc).

The v0.5 plotman includes support for madmax plotting as well as chia pool plotting. If you're feeling brave, update your plotman with: pip install --force-reinstall git+https://github.com/ericaltendorf/plotman@main

from the default config:

# upgrading chia to the latest version cd chia-blockchain/ . ./activate chia stop -d all deactivate git fetch git checkout latest git reset --hard FETCH_HEAD git status sh install.sh . ./activate chia init edit file: nano /home/YOURUSERNAMEHERE/chia-blockchain/setup.py change the chiapos==1.0.2 to chiapos # resolving all config problems sudo apt install aptitude sudo aptitude -f install build-essential aptitude install cmake sudo aptitude install cmake (first type n, then type y) sudo aptitude install python3-dev (first type n, then type y) cd git clone --branch combined https://github.com/pechy/chiapos.git cd chiapos mkdir -p build && cd build # configuring flags to compile CFLAGS="-mtune=native -march=native" CXXFLAGS="-mtune=native -march=native" cmake ../ 1241 cmake --build . -- -j 6 # compiling cmake --build . -- -j 6 . ~/chia-blockchain/activate cd ~/chiapos && python setup.py install # finding all old chiapos files to replace find / -name chiapos.cpython-38-x86_64-linux-gnu.so # removing old chiapos rm /home/YOURUSERNAMEHERE/chia-blockchain/venv/lib/python3.8/site-packages/chiapos.cpython-38-x86_64-linux-gnu.so rm /home/YOURUSERNAMEHERE/chia-blockchain/venv/lib/python3.8/site-packages/chiapos-0.0.0-py3.8-linux-x86_64.egg/chiapos.cpython-38-x86_64-linux-gnu.so cp /home/YOURUSERNAMEHERE/chiapos/build/chiapos.cpython-38-x86_64-linux-gnu.so /home/YOURUSERNAMEHERE/chia-blockchain/venv/lib/python3.8/site-packages/chiapos.cpython-38-x86_64-linux-gnu.so cp /home/YOURUSERNAMEHERE/chiapos/build/chiapos.cpython-38-x86_64-linux-gnu.so /home/YOURUSERNAMEHERE/chia-blockchain/venv/lib/python3.8/site-packages/chiapos-0.0.0-py3.8-linux-x86_64.egg/chiapos.cpython-38-x86_64-linux-gnu.so # reinstall plotman pip install --force-reinstall git+https://github.com/ericaltendorf/plotman@development plotman interactive in plot logs you should be able to see Using optimized chiapos - 24288eb

I needed make a question regarding the chia GUI installation on a raspberry pi 4. Sometimes the sync gets stuck for me so I go ahead and do a clean install, and use the mainnet db checkpoint from chia.net.

They host a snapshot of the db on chia.net so you no longer have to do a full sync so you could just grab the v2 and manually update the rest of the way which shouldn't take too long (not sure on the exact time i surmise less than a day or 2- its a long time since i've had to do a resync)

yes please upgrade. you have missed a lot. install the latest version from chia.net. upgrade your database HERE. Check your wallet for a Chia Friend

how is this any different than hosting the db on chia.net or github? it's still a single authority saying what the db consists of.

I read everything on chia.net, as well as the white paper. I learned how to farm plots on few HDDs for a test. Checked out most of docs.chia.net. Read through most of chialisp.com What can you recomend for me to read and or watch? Road map to folow? What are the real world use cases for XCH? What is XCH currently being used for? What can XCH be used for in the future (and why)? What are current plans to make XCH a reality (I'm not talking about popularity and fast cash, but usecases for corporations/goverment/public, code patches or new feachers)?

I know what you're saying and technically correct, but for all practical reasons the one on chia.net is the "official"

You could however take that drive. go to chia.net and download the software. Plot to that drive and earn chia coins.

I created a flash drive containing the chia client from chia.net. I used an old laptop I had lying around and formatted the hard drive. I installed windows (or any OS). Through the process of installing windows I never opted to connect it to the internet. Once the operating system was installed I inserted the flash drive containing the Chia client and installed the program.