Topic: JK's Manual Miner for zPool.ca V2.0 (Read 929 times)

Nothing besides a youtube I upload complete randomness to sometime.   I only use FB to talk to family across the US, and have never been much of a blogger =)

thanks for everything JK!!

Do you have a blog or anything like that?

Yep, my thoughts exactly.    Profit switching was great before all the asics and before there were soo many high diff coins.   Once there were more high diff coins;  boom, that algo is no longer good for autoswitching.   Kind of strange, but a truth of the situation.

I haven't been swayed to change up my mining algo just yet....  xevan has been paying consistent and well.

Im about half way done with incorporating auto-algo switching into the manual batch.... and still at the beginning of testing sgminer with an AMD card to get the batch conformed to AMD configs.... but its been progress nonetheless.

Seems like multi algo switching can't keep up with mining a stable algo like xevan.

It pretty much same place in the list as always.

I tested out the latest release of the zpool gui miner, aka Hashkings Milti Miner for the last couple of days and this graph is the result lol.

https://www.zpool.ca/?address=1LsaacGbkgT2uPcL2WunEK9qBY77VaGSgv

I dunno if its bugs or something else it many times relaunches the same miner, mining the same algo..but having to ramp up the hashrate over sometimes minutes.

Anyway, seems like im coming back to xevan lol, profit switching seems really great in theory but it doesn't seem to do better than this.

Probably my connection, had to restart it the next morning and it was fine.

Well, I saw nice gains ~16 hours ago up to a few hours ago... and now a run of bad luck....    It seems to stay more consistent than NIST5 so far... im planning on keeping my miners on xevan for now until things change.   XLR seems to be up in value recently as well.

That alert is just because; for whatever reason, the batch was unable to contact the hosting server for the algo name....   may have been your connection, may have been tripod... im unsure exactly what at the moment... but it should have started to show up correctly again.... did it?   My machines are currently able to access it fine.

Currently seeing this - is that something on my end or its having trouble getting something from your end?

Miner seems to be uninterrupted.

https://image.ibb.co/isd4xc/error_screenshot.png

On a side note seems like xevan went a bit downhill the last day and half mining wise.

I don’t like zPool at all. On my mind it is better to use some others services. These are for example Minigpoolhub, Hash refinery, Granat gas. I used to work here. Nice services, no problems with them.

good to average right now.   Things can change though... just gotta keep an eye on what people are talking about; and watching the algos on zpool stats to see where the bulks of hashrate jump to now and then.

Takes a while to figure out.

Gotcha! Everything makes sense now, thank you for clarifying.

https://www.zpool.ca/?address=1LsaacGbkgT2uPcL2WunEK9qBY77VaGSgv

Looks like 24hrs actual balance is now 0.00121552 - this is more than what I was getting with the Zpool GUI miner which was roughly between 0.0009 - 0.0011 per 24hours (with 2x1080ti + 1x1070)

Is Xevan profitability good/bad/average right now from your experience?

no worries.   Algos;  once you mine this one for a while, you will notice the graph as your earnings add up.  How it behaves when profitability is low, and how it behaves when profitability is high.

Once you mine a different algo like lyra2v2, you will see a whole new pattern of earnings accrual.

The two lines I refer to are the two lines in your wallet page graphs on the left.  The thin line being the "total earned" or "total unpaid", and the solid one/area below it being the "total confirmed" or "balance".

you can only count on the "balance" as a final earnings you are guaranteed cause its already been sold to the exchange or any miners wanting to be paid in whatever coins we mine... but total unpaid gets you a pretty close guess based on past TX's/sales.

I'm not sure I understand this part:


-One or two different algorithms? or coins? I thought on zpool we could only mine the algo and the pool picks the coin.
-What is the split in the 2 lines?

Sorry to keep cluttering the thread

Yep;  and different algos/ports will show different ratios of "overhead" earnings in the works.    Once you mine more than one or two solid for a stretch, youll start to notice the differences between them, and correlate profitability to the size of the split in the two lines.

Ah, gotcha.

At the time that I checked it was:

1000mh = 0.06921btc (24hours actual)

According to my hashrate reported by zpool @ 15mh would be

15mh = 0.00103815 btc per 24 hours.

It's only been 9.5 hours since my last payout and im already at 0.00074723 BTC (total unpaid balance) so it looks ahead of schedule.

The one thing im noticing with this algo is my actual balance is still quite low with majority of shares pending at immature or at exchange.

Is this happening for you too?

zpool.ca wallet page.

look on right.  see your algo and 24 hour estimates.

multiply total hashrate by estimate(s) seen, and you can see your rough profitability on that algo.

Sorry for the newbie questions. My 2x1080ti are pulling 11-11.25mh. How do I convert that into daily earnings?

Nice! Looking forward to the rigs you put together once that settles!

Yep;  I am building a 100% satellite system that will all be self contained in one box;  just give it power.  It will have a cellular modem built in....  The Onda B250-D8P has an msata slot;  which could be repurposed to hold a WWAN card.....

As soon as I get one more 10 series card at home, all my 9 series gear will go offline and probably into friends computers.

I just got a huge lot of EV speakers to pick up and sell;  so I expect a free ~10K+ easily to fall in my hand soon.....  They are EV SL10-2V, and there's 76 of em.....

Oh very cool.

Any plans to expand on your existing GPUs or just making use of them during down time for a lil extra?

correct;  you will be mining what I am mining on my home GPU's.

The default address wallet is: https://zpool.ca/?address=1PHSDYvVp6HpqtuUPocK41DrdeHbbezaeP   And I set up all of my workernames as to denote what cards are connected on what machines.  There are used as well (except for one) so they go on and offline when I am using them for games/rendering/whatever.

I need to find the setting to enable newb PM post.... but right now im juggling trying to get an 18 wheeler to pick up a truckload of speakers to go sell....   I get things like this falling into my lap alot.  One of the curses of having soo many connections.    Newb pm used to be enabled;  I have no idea when that changed.

"User 'JaredKaragen' has not chosen to allow messages from newbies. You should post in their relevant thread to remind them to enable this setting."

(don't think i will be able to pm anyone for a very long time lol.. is there a post requirement to get out of the newbie bracket?)

What GPUs you use, i remember reading you had a couple of 1070s.

If I leave the urls unchanged in the text files of the batch does that mean I am mining what you are mining?

No prob at all.

If you have a website you can put a text file onto to control it;  you can choose your own algo by modifying the text files mentioned in the readme post above.


Presently xevan has been the most reliable the last few months for me.

NIST5 can be up and down;  more down that up recently.


Ill soon update the original package when I can get to a location to upload and replace the main mega link quickly.

That got it going! Mining Xevan.

Thank you very much for your help.

The filesize should be a bit smaller as it has several copies of  a string removed.  It looks like I #$@%#'d up again, so here it is for you to cut and paste into mminer.bat


This should be correct:



Specifically these type of powershell lines can't contain this text [ -version 2.0 ] in some windows 10 installs.  Why, I have no clue:

Downloaded the new miner file, verified that the file size in the folder is the same but still getting the same error when I try to run it.
(launches in cmd, not powershell aswell if that's relevant).

The updated file is in the above post.   Tried to PM you, but the forum is not allowing me to; need to find out where the setting is to enable PM's from new members..... its a new feature.

Just replace mminer.bat with this new one, and it should be right as rain.

If any algos crash or do not work properly, tell me which algo and Ill do some quick testing.   Since I have been only minig ~3 different algos the last several months, I havent tried some of the other ones with the new windows and nvidia drivers I am using.


ccminer180 has issues, so I replaced it in this new version a week ago.  IF other algos offend, and im not available to push an update;  you can change it yourself via these parameters:

Reference parameters:

and using the definitions, you can deduce which line is which algo, and which app is being used in each algo:
EXAMPLE:
IF %WHATTOMINE% == %A01% START "%DEV%:%A01%" /min %A% %DEV% -r 0 -a %A01% -o stratum+tcp://%A01%.%POOL%:3633 -u %ADDY% -p %PASS%,%WHATTOMINE%


%A01% is the algo;  being X13
%A% is the miner app to use; being ccminer180.exe


Im going to be leaving the house for a while;  hopefully all went well.


Don't run as admin;  it will execute the batch as if it was in the windows/system32 folder..... not good as it tried to call files that are in its own directory.

Still getting this if I right click run as admin and if i manually execute through powershell.

looks like that change needs to happen.

Let me push a replacement .bat file for you to mega.  Give me about 5-10 min.

*edit*

Here it is: https://mega.nz/#!gPIj2BxK!DrKgS92Z68bdTCybLKVf8084AbLRjFO8QOgiXlELe_Y

Wasn't me that emailed but thank you for such a fast reply.

Yes getting this error :


Also my rig currently has 2x1080ti if that makes any difference or if there are any things you would recommend doing with your batch based on those GPUs.

It must have been you that emailed me.

Please ignore any of the extra info added to the email that seem like they may not apply to you.  Ive been tossing words back and forth with a few people about it this morning.


README.txt:


If you get a powershell error, let me know asap. 

As long as I am still at home, ill make a revision and push it via the auto-update feature....   it's a simple change, but necessary on some machines I am just finding out.

Hi Jared,

Just downloaded your batch but the README.txt is empty.

Am I missing something or not looking in the right place?

Same here - yesterday was a total disaster with all sorts of problems plaguing me from the moment I got up until I finally called it quits to watch a movie around 8p and by the time JK told me about his script I was in no mood for it. 

But the MrPlus fork of NemosMiner just crashed after spending another 8 hours stuck on X17 so why not try out some new and exciting ways to be vexed!?!

I will help for what little I can do.

Here it is finally.  This batch now has the ability to be updated remotely.  Designed in Windows 10.  Should work on Vista or later builds that have Powershell version >= 2.0.

I've hit a few speed bumps along the way but have finally been able to get a version that I can finally release that works as I expect it to.

Currently it's almost identical in function to the original manual farm control batch except for a few key points:

The miner package now has a name (mminer), and comes with all associated miner apps that I am presently using with it.
The batch can now update itself to a newly released version of the code; as well as download any needed/necessary miner applications required for the new updated version.
The batch now stores it's key variables in text files for ease of configuration and the ability to update the batch itself.


Please view README.txt in the application folder for more descriptions on the modifiable variables.


Future plans:
1) Incorporate the automatic algo switching functions into this batch.  So if for instance you would set your requested algo to be "auto", the miner would do the regular stratum controlled mining like my original automatic batch file does.   This is going to happen, but not started as of yet.
2) Add static variable for update URL for easier end-user updates; as well as disabling the update feature.
3) Get the project onto github for ease of file distribution as well as peace of mind.   My old tripod URL will only handle soo much traffic, and I know the second I have to upload a 30+Mb file to pass onto who knows how many miners;  things could get ugly quick.  I have not 100% fully tested a lack of internet connection to the miner, or lost connection at different times of the script running aside from updating.  Trying to figure out a reasonable amount of retires before starting over or simply bypassing the update features.
4) Add AMD Rx card support (Big thanks to phil for making this possible)
5) Combine all app variables into a single text file
6) Create auto-normalization script to only be run once;  This will only be for the automatic miner batch once its incorporated.  I am still considering making a template for each generation of card.  Looking for more user input on this.  My initial thoughts are to have the batch retrieve the hashrate results in a way that a 'grep' works in linux.  Currently researching Windows alternatives.


As always, I am always willing to update to a newer and better miner app;  just please provide me with a download link and the information about it (why its better, etc).   If it seems like the right route to go, I will incorporate it into an update to mminer after I get it tested for stability at least on one of my machines.

Download mminer 2.0 Here: https://mega.nz/#!VaYyib6Y!g5h51YtFFSOBwSl41ZxIXL1aVG9kakZ87dFGu98ZKj0

*NOTE:  If you are getting powershell errors and the miner never launches, download this updated mminer.bat, and replace the one in your mminer folder.  Should fix it.  If not, let me know.   This hotfix will be applied to all future versions: https://mega.nz/#!gPIj2BxK!DrKgS92Z68bdTCybLKVf8084AbLRjFO8QOgiXlELe_Y

Known issues:  
02/18/2018: Some ccminer variants included are not playing well with the new release of windows 10, or the new nvidia drivers.   I am seeking more versatile replacements for these apps.  Specifically ccminer180.exe.  In my next update, it will probably be superseded by ccminerxevan.exe as it has been working for me.

Mminer version history:
2.0:  Initial public release version.
1.9:  Final test of update to test heuristics. *was successful*
1.5:  First successful update
1.1:  second test update version
1.0:  Alpha version;  initial code for auto-updates

A link to the original batch and thread: Here.
A link to the second batch and thread: Here.
A link to the original manual control batch: Here.
A link to the xmr-stak-JK no-devfee build: Here.
A link to the system and app rebooter batch: Here.
A link to the internet connection monitor/restart batch: Here.

Donations not necessary but always welcomed: 1pz4yZ6DAjn4ho7x2FiEqE6VVEvefFxK9  I rarely check this address.