Topic: PXC(Phenixcoin) Mining guide. (Read 1431 times)

Thx.

Blockexplorer is up (http://explorer.phenixcoin.com) so you can still track your PXC transactions.
Latest Windows client can be found at Phenixcoin 6.4.11.zip.
Source is at Github: https://github.com/phenixcoin/Phenixcoin

Where can i download a proper wallet qt? Phenixcoin.com is not working and github master i dont know how to get the wallet run. Pls. help.

I need few days as i arrange some funds then I send you all details and trying to do long term work I think its better for me also

UPS would be best for one PC. But you need to tell me what strategy you are going to use. Long-term mining or per-day mining.

If you are going for per-day then it is not good anymore in Pakistan. Long-term mining is the only way to get succesful in cryptocoin world.

what is solutions for this I am thinking about solar system and have problem in December and in January so if you have any better idea then tell me

You are welcomed.   Well don't forget electricity breakdown problem. It effects the earning.

thanks now I read this all and if i have any problem I will send you message or post here thanks again for real good and useful help thanks mate

How about the block-explorer so miners can find out diff?

http://explorer.phenixcoin.com

Thanks I still see some information missing for complete noobs so will add it soon.

Excellent guide ! Very complete

That is really funny nawazish1   you crack me up sometimes  

Of course there should be some limits to it or PXC would forget where Earth was.

You want PXC to stay in this solar system? 

 

Even one PXC is a lot to me. Thanks for that. I want to see PXC reach the moon or even Mars.

I know, PXC is one of the only that actually has a team of very experienced developers, with a lot of money so you know it was never a pump and dump "well we know that now". PXC was the only coin that the devs wanted to stay off of cryptsy and successfully took it off after cryptsy put it up, unlike these other coins that celebrate getting on cryptsy and coins-e right away lol, what a joke.

 Also all the development they have put out, plus the community of PXC is better than other alts ive seen, I wish more people could see the potential here.

Thanks for appreciation. I do this because I love the whole PXC community.

Good job man, I think PXC is the only alt to mine other than LTC, but you do a good job with helping the devs throwing this stuff out there.

REASON BEHIND THE GUIDE:

Some people are asking question about how to start mining PXC . So I made a simple and step by step guide for them. This guide is also applicable for other altcoins based on Scrypt algo(Litecoin).

SOFTWARE AND DRIVERS YOU WILL NEED:

Here I assume that you have a fresh install of Windows. So download all these software before moving to step by step guide.

1) ATI Drivers 12.3 and SDK. (Download and install these before moving and further)

Drivers link
http://www.guru3d.com/files_categories/videocards_ati_catalyst_vista_win_7.html

SDK link
http://developer.amd.com/tools-and-sdks/heterogeneous-computing/amd-accelerated-parallel-processing-app-sdk/downloads/

2) PXC Wallet. (All the coins you will mine or buy will be stored here)

Wallet link
http://www.phenixcoin.com/phenixcoin-win-6.4.8.zip

3) CGminer. (This is the mining software, Download the latest version)

CGminer link
http://ck.kolivas.org/apps/cgminer/3.3/cgminer-3.3.0-windows.zip

4) CGwatcher. (This software makes sure that the mining software keeps running non-stop)

CGwatcher website link
http://manotechnology.blogspot.de/p/cgwatcher.html

Cgwatcher download link
https://www.dropbox.com/s/jb4dxi582183jah/CGWatcher-1.2.0.1.rar

5) Registeration in a pool where you will point your miner. You may find a list of pools at the end of this guide. Or to see the list now follow this link.

http://forum.phenixcoin.com/index.php/topic,11.0.html

STEP BY STEP GUIDE:

I have divided this guide in to four main steps.

• PXC Wallet installation.
• Pool Registration.
• CGminer Configuration.
• CGwatcher Configuration.

PXC Wallet:

1) Extract the PXC Wallet to a place you like.

2) Run the Wallet by double clicking on Phenixcoin.exe

3) Leave the Wallet running until it downlads the blockchain and syncs completely. This is necessary or you will not receive any coins.

4) while your wallet is synchronizing click on Receive Coins tab there you will see an Address consisting of lots of random alphabets and words. This is the Address you will use to receive coins from the pools or people you buy from.

Pool Registration:

1)You may find a pool list at the end of the guide or click the link below to see now. Select any pool you like. I am using Phenixmining.com

http://forum.phenixcoin.com/index.php/topic,11.0.html

2) Click on Register tab and fill in the form to get registered.

3) Login to the pool and click on My Account>Account Details.

4) Now you will see a new page put the Address you have in your wallet in the Payment Address field. You can also set some other parameters in this page.

5) Now click on  My Account> My Workers

6) Set the worker name and password as you like it should be simple and click on update user button. I recommend you to put 1 in both fields.

CGminer Configuration:

1) If you have Windows 7 open My Computer, click on Organize tab on the top left corner of explorer and goto Layout and select Menu Bar. If you are using Windows XP leave this step.

2) Open Windows explorer and click on tools drop down menu and then click folder options. A new window will appear click on View tab and uncheck Hide extension for known file types. Click Apply and OK. ( This step is necessary)

3) Now extract Cgminer to a folder you like.

4) Open the cgminer folder, Right click there and create a new text file. Rename the text file to CGminer.bat

5) Right click on the CGminer.bat file and select Edit.

6) Here is an example configuration. You will have to find your own config from the link in step 7.

setx GPU_MAX_ALLOC_PERCENT 100
setx GPU_USE_SYNC_OBJECTS
cgminer.exe --scrypt -o http://phenixmining.com:9500 -u your user name.1 -p 1 --shaders (somenumber) --gpu-engine (somenumber) --gpu-memclock (somenumber) --intensity 17 --worksize 256 -g 2 --thread-concurrency(somenumber) --gpu-threads 1 --vectors 1 --expiry 1 --queue 0 --api-listen --api-allow W:127.0.0.1

Somenumber = The numbers you will find in the link in step 7. Remove parentheses() while putting those numbers.

If your card is not listed in the link in step 7 then remove the bold lettered commands from CGminer.bat

You can find the pool address and port in the Getting started section of pools website.

7) Goto this link to find settings for your GPU.

http://litecoin.info/Mining_Hardware_Comparison#ATI_.28AMD.29_GPUs

CGwatcher Configuration:

1) Extract it to a place of your choice.

2) Run it by double clicking on CGWatcher.exe

3) Now click on Monitor tab and check all the options.

4) Click on Settings>Manage profiles and in the miner paths browse to the CGminer batch file you created and select it.

5) Click save and close.

6) You can also enable other options you may find useful in settings tab.

The Final step:

From now on when ever you want to run the miner you will just need to run CGwatcher and it will handle the rest. It will also control the temperature of your GPU so don't worry about temperature.

POOL LIST:

http://phoen01.phenixpool.com/  (Official pool)
http://amst01.phenixpool.com/  (Official pool)
http://phenixmining.com/ 
http://pxc.theblocksfactory.com/ 
http://pxc.epools.org/ 
http://pxc.scryptmining.com/ 
http://pxc.cryptominer.net/ 

To find some useful links about PXC go here.

http://forum.phenixcoin.com/index.php/topic,19.0.html

To know more about PXC and have a glimpse of PXC's history go here.

http://forum.phenixcoin.com/index.php/topic,53.0.html
or
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/pxcphenixcoin-the-coin-you-should-invest-in-246481

If you guys would like screen shots to be added do let me know. I didn't add them now because I don't think they are necessary.

Happy mining.