-
Notifications
You must be signed in to change notification settings - Fork 595
lolMiner 1.0 and newer basic useage
This page describes to start basic mining parameters for lolMiner 1.0 and newer. For a detailed list of more lolMiner parameters you can check lolMiner -h.
--devices arg arg has to be devices number separated by commas like --devices 0,1,3,4 will select GPU 0,1,3,4 and skip 2 or AMD or NVIDIA
--tstop to stop any mining operation on a GPU at the given temperature. --tstop 75 Will stop mining that GPU at 75C
--tstart to allow a restart of the card below a lower temperature --tstart 50 Will restart mining that GPU at 50C
--tmode edge/junction/memory to apply the scheme to edge (chip), junction (hotspot) or memory temperature. If a GPU does not have the required sensors the chip temperature will be used as a back up - if no sensors are available at all the parameters will be ignored.
--statsformat extended it is a fast way to show a nice wall of stats
--dagdelay [=arg(=0)] (=-1) Delay between creating the DAG buffers for the GPUs. Negative values enable parallel generation (default).
--cclk arg (=*) The core clock used for the NVidia GPUs, cards are separated with a comma. "*" can be used to skip a card. Only for Nvidia Ampere and Turing
--watchdog off/exit/script The options are:
off this will do nothing except for printing a message. If only a single card did crash and not the whole driver this means the other cards will continue mining.
exit this will close the miner with a exit code of 42. This can be picked up by the .sh or .bat script that did start the miner (an example is provided in mine_eth.sh and mine_eth.bat) so the miner will restart after some seconds of pause. This is recommended option for Nvidia cards.
script With this option the miner will call an external script (default path is current working directory and there emergency.sh / .bat), which can be configured with --watchdogscript. The moment the script is called the miner itself will exit. The script needs to take care about rebooting the rig or informing the OS what to do. Since this was the default behavior in previous versions it also is the default. In case the script can not be found, an error will be printed and the miner will continue as with --watchdog off.
There are three things lolMiner needs in any case to know to start mining, namely
- the algorithm to mine
- the pool or solo node address to connect to
- the user / wallet name to mine for
There are two ways in lolMiner how to specify the algorithm you want to mine. You need to choose one of them to start mining.
The first option is --algo (-a) followed by one of the following algorithm names
| Parameter | Algorithm |
|---|---|
| AUTOLYKOS2 | Autolykos V2 |
| BEAM-I | BeamHash I |
| BEAM-II | BeamHash II |
| BEAM-III | BeamHash III |
| C29D | CuckarooD 29 |
| C29Z | CuckarooZ 29 |
| C30CTX | Cuckaroo 30 Cortex |
| C31 | Cuckatoo 31 |
| C32 | Cuckatoo 32 |
| EQUI144_5 | Equihash 144/5 |
| EQUI192_7 | Equihash 192/7 |
| EQUI210_9 | Equihash 210/9 |
| ZEL | ZelHash |
Note that you always can call lolMiner --list-algos to get a list of all supported algorithms as well as the fee height. Also the list will inform you if the algorithms supports / requires the personalization option (--pers) that is required for some of the Equihash algorithms.
The 2nd way to configure lolMiner is via the parameter --coin (-c). This parameter does set more detailed settings for selected profiles and allows special functions, e.g. algorithm switchers or combination of an algorithm with the right personalization.
Available entries for --coin are:
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| AION | Selecting Equihash 210/9 and right settings to mine Aion |
| AUTO144_5 | Mine Equihash 144/5 and allow the pool to select the personalization |
| AUTO192_7 | Mine Equihash 192/7 and allow the pool to select the personalization |
| BEAM | Mine Beam and switch algorithm on Beam Hash II / III fork height |
| BTCZ | Mine Equihash 144/5 with personalization for BitcoinZ |
| BTG | Mine Equihash 144/5 with personalization for Bitcoin Gold |
| CTXC | Select settings & stratum to mine Cortex Ai |
| EXCC | Select settings & stratum to mine Exchange Coin |
| GRIN-C29M | Select settings & stratum to mine Grin C29 |
| GRIN-C32 | Select settings & stratum to mine Grin C32 |
| MWC-C29D | Select settings & stratum to mine MWC C29 |
| MWC-C31 | Select settings & stratum to mine MWC C31 |
| XSG | Mine Equihash 144/5 with personalization for Snow Gem |
| YEC | Mine Equihash 192/7 with personalization for YCash |
| ZCL | Mine Equihash 192/7 with personalization for Zclassic |
| ZER | Mine Equihash 192/7 with personalization for Zero |
Note that you always can call lolMiner --list-coins to get a list of all supported coin configurations as well as the fee height.
The parameter to select the mining pool to connect to is given by --pool. Note that this option takes the address as well as the port in the format <pool address>:<pool port>.
The user name or wallet will be passed with the parameter --user. In case you pool requires a password to log in you can add the optional parameter --pass.
To configure fail-over pools the options --pool --user and --pass can be passed multiple times to the miner. They will be processed in order, so the first occurrence belongs to the primary connection, the second to the first fail-over and so on. When the miner looses connection to the primary pool too often (5 times in a short period of time), it will try to connect with the second set of credentials.
Start to mine Beam automatic Beam Hash II / III switcher on sunpool
lolMiner --coin BEAM --pool beam.sunpool.top:3334 --user 32f2e8765c2e8f5ea41becc5f397024c94d80cc5fc50ee917af23b260ecb3a5f.workerName
Start to mine Grin-C32 on 2Miners pool
lolMiner -a C32 --pool asia-grin.2miners.com:3030 --user 2aHR0cHM6Ly9ncmluLmJpdG1lc2guY29tL3d1Q3BLeW5kVllZanFQQm1ldHRCNWJjMjE2.workerName
or
lolMiner --coin GRIN-C32 --pool asia-grin.2miners.com:3030 --user 2aHR0cHM6Ly9ncmluLmJpdG1lc2guY29tL3d1Q3BLeW5kVllZanFQQm1ldHRCNWJjMjE2.workerName
Start mining BeamHash I with personalization for DEFIs on sunpool:
lolMiner -a BEAM-I --pers GrimmPOW --pool defis.sunpool.top:3334 --user 32f2e8765c2e8f5ea41becc5f397024c94d80cc5fc50ee917af23b260ecb3a5f.workerName