user9164: I bought an ASIC miner but the wallet just cannot get synched. I am trying for days now and i am still 18 weeks back. Can i run my ASIC miner on a pool, while my wallet isn't fully synched and the blockchain isn't fully downloaded?

user6256: Yes you should be running something like cgminer or bfgminer which can join a pool and mine while your client is still downloading the blockchain.  You only need your own blockchain to do solo mining, and unless you are running a lot of very fast asics you will want to continue mining in the pool.

9164: <p>I bought an ASIC miner but the wallet just cannot get synched. I am trying for days now and i am still 18 weeks back. Can i run my ASIC miner on a pool, while my wallet isn't fully synched and the blockchain isn't fully downloaded?</p>
 6256: <p>Yes you should be running something like <a href="https://github.com/ckolivas/cgminer" rel="nofollow">cgminer</a> or <a href="https://github.com/luke-jr/bfgminer" rel="nofollow">bfgminer</a> which can join a pool and mine while your client is still downloading the blockchain.  You only need your own blockchain to do solo mining, and unless you are running a lot of very fast asics you will want to continue mining in the pool.</p>
