What is Myning Node?Myning Node is a lean, mean multi-algo, multi-pool firmware for your GPU rig.
- Stand-alone multi-miner firmware ("mining distro") for dedicated rigs.
- Installs and runs off a USB stick.
- Modern web interface for configuration and monitoring.
- Includes a selection of GPU miners, such as suprminer, several ccminer variants, and Claymore's eth miner (mode 1 only atm).
- Supports several multipools: ZPool, NiceHash, AHashPool and Mining Pool Hub.
- Support for all relevant NVIDIA GPUs (and some less relevant ones), in any combination of models. Franken-rigs happily supported.
- Easy overclocking of each GPU (dependent on NVIDIA's Linux driver supporting it).
- Per-GPU mining assignments. Rather than grouping all GPUs into a single entity, each card is benchmarked and assigned individually to ensure it runs the most profitable algo.
- Built-in stratum proxies. No more running into the situation where you try to switch to a more profitable algo, only to lose minutes or more trying to connect to an unreachable stratum server. Myning Node only switches algo once the stratum proxy has successfully connected to the stratum, leaving the miners on the previous algo in the meantime.
- No "phone home" functionality, and no reliance on "cloud services" for its operation (other than the mining pools!).
- Easy overview of what each pool is paying for each algo.
- Historical graphs of performance, pool estimates, etc.
- Profit estimates displayed on the dashboard, taking your electricity cost into account.
- Options to lock particular miners to certain GPUs. E.g. always mine Eth on two of your 1070s, but let the rest algo switch.
- Built from scratch, doesn't run any unnecessary services. No need to worry about disabling Print Servers or Windows Networking Support on your mining distro.
- Easy and safe firmware upgrade procedure. The custom boot loader ensures an upgrade either succeeds, or is automatically rolled back to the previous version.
- Signed firmware images, to significantly reduce risk of getting dodgy firmware onto your rigs.
- Under active development.
Okay, that sounds cool, but what are the downsides?It depends on what you're after to a large degree, but assuming you're after a standalone solution for dedicated rigs (which is what
Myning Node aims to be), these items are the mains ones I think:
- Myning Node is currently in Open Beta - there are probably still some bugs lurking around. Bug reports welcome (use the email address listed on the site please).
- Currently only supporting NVIDIA GPUs. Support for AMD/Radeon is on the roadmap.
- The selection of supported pools is a bit limited. Happy to add others over time though.
- There's a 0.7% dev fee. No free lunch this time either.
- Currently doesn't handle rigs with more than 10 GPUs due to ccminer limitations. Fixing that is high on the roadmap.
- Running multiple rigs off a single controller is still under development, so if you run many rigs Myning Node might not be ideal for you yet.
- It doesn't cook you bacon.
Why did you create Myning Node?Myning Node was created because I wasn't satisfied with the existing options. Between a lack of features, lack of visibility/insight, bloated software, and not wanting to rely on somebody else's magic cloud platform, nothing seemed to hit the "sweet spot" as far as I was concerned. Encouraged by close friends to do something other than just complain about it,
Myning Node slowly came into existence. Had I known just how much time I would have to spend on this project I probably would've stuck to complaining, but done is done as they say.
Why should I trust you? You're posting on a new account and all...Great question! You really shouldn't trust me since you don't know me. You should do your own risk assessment and decide for yourself whether you want to take
Myning Node for a spin. I'd point to mitigating factors such as it being a standalone firmware, and that if you want to play it really safe you can disconnect any hard drives, and connect the rig to your guest network. I'm also not trying to hide behind a pseudonym - I take pride in my work and would prefer to get the recognition for it, so it's in my best interest to play it fair.
Anything else?You can find screenshots, the step-by-step installation guide, download links, and the FAQ on the
Myning Node website. I'll do my best to respond to bug reports promptly, but for all you US folks, be aware that I'm in Australia so our time zones have terrible overlap.
