nheqminer (Zcash miner)
This version of nheqminer is a continuation of the development effort, with the hope of making this a better ZEC mining tool.
For the time being, Windows builds should be pulled from the original release, by NiceHash.
Available here: https://github.com/nicehash/nheqminer/releases
Download and install:
Open nheqminer.sln under nheqminer/nheqminer.sln and build. You will have to build ReleaseSSE2 cpu_tromp project first, then Release 7.5 cuda_tromp project, then select Release and build all.
If you don’t want to build with all solvers you can go to nheqminer Properties > C/C++ > Preprocessor > Preprocessor Definitions and remove the solver you don’t need.
Working solvers CPU_TROMP, CPU_XENONCAT, CUDA_TROMP, CUDA_DJEZO
NVIDIA CUDA, refer to installation instructions via URL:
http://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/9.2/Prod/docs/sidebar/CUDA_Installation_Guide_Linux.pdf
The CUDA Toolkit can be downloaded from URL: https://developer.nvidia.com/cuda-downloads
Get the latest nheqminer repository:
git clone https://github.com/dwymi02/nheqminer.git
Configure and build:
NVIDIA CUDA toolkit.
Please refer to the build section which provides the reference material for installing the NVIDIA CUDA toolkit
For the time being the NVIDA CUDA toolkit is required even if you only wish to CPU mine ZEC coin.
Development is working on providing a a CPU miner without the NVIDIA CUDA dependencies
Parameters:-l [location] Stratum server:port-u [username] Username (wallet address)-a [port] Local API port (default: 0 = do not bind)-d [level] Debug print level (0 = print all, 5 = fatal only, default: 2)-b [hashes] Run in benchmark mode (default: 200 iterations)-h Print this help and quitCPU settings-t [num_thrds] Number of CPU threads-e [ext] Force CPU ext (0 = SSE2, 1 = AVX, 2 = AVX2)NVIDIA CUDA settings-ci CUDA info-cd [devices] Enable CUDA mining on spec. devices-cb [blocks] Number of blocks-ct [tpb] Number of threads per block
Example: -cd 0 2 -cb 12 16 -ct 64 128
When nheqminer is run without parameters, miner will utilize 75% of available logical CPU cores.
To see available parameters for nheqminer, from your command prompt enter the following command:
nheqminer -h
Example to run benchmark on your CPU:
nheqminer -b
Example to CPU mine, using your own wallet and worker id, on NiceHash USA server:
nheqminer -l equihash.usa.nicehash.com:3357 -u YOUR_WALLET.YOUR_WORKER
Example to CPU mine, using your own wallet and worker id, on EU server, using 6 threads:
nheqminer -l equihash.eu.nicehash.com:3357 -u YOUR_WALLET.YOUR_WORKER -t 6
Example to CPU mine, using your own wallet and worker id, on nanopool USA server:
nheqminer -l zec-us-east1.nanopool.org:16666 -u YOUR_WALLET/YOUR_WORKER/YOUR_EMAIL@PROVIDER.com -p x -t [num_thrds]
Additional information about mining ZEC on nanopool please refer to https://zec.nanopool.org/help
Additional mining pools for your consideration available @ https://investoon.com/mining_pools/zec
Note: if you have a 4-core CPU with hyper threading enabled (total 8 threads) it is best to run with only 6 threads (experimental benchmarks shows that best results are achieved with 75% threads utilized)
Example to mine on your CPU as well on your CUDA GPUs with your own BTC address and worker1 on EU server, using 6 CPU threads and 2 CUDA GPUs:
nheqminer -l equihash.eu.nicehash.com:3357 -u YOUR_WALLET.YOUR_WORKER -t 6 -cd 0 1
1HcQHQfhjmdTVBW6mYdsBP9esw3zns4S4u0xef5aa02df61f419d5bf0d75bd5cf6ff3a3d83269t1PrZg5dBhcm7MfC21dcrRMxpD9tfzJiqAD46NX5s3K6ZX7cv4tF8C8moTUm3QpwNjjjarXfqUNsibxGc9aas6bSdmZCMDRgG9BWcPwoQrhJfGRCK6PAJTtBKT8Lpxct8F