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== Get startedThis page provides guidance on mining Ravencoin with the KAWPOW algorithm. Keep yourself and your software up to date by [https: ==There's a number of useful videos on how //ravencoin.org/community/ joining the community.] Subscribe to mine the [https://ravencoin.org/updates/ RavencoinUpdates mailing list.] Join [https://discord. Possibly two of gg/jn6uhur the best areDiscord] or [https://t.me/RavencoinDev the Telegram server] and request mining help. Pass on your expertise where you can. This is your community too. The following information is current and accurate as of May 5th, 2020.

*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yg3ssmZfX4U Crypto Explorer - setting up wallet and starting mining]*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMpW1nehe54 BitsBeTripping - So what is x16r Algo, how can you mine it? Ravencoin Deep Dive]= Quick Start ===

=== Quick start ===# Download the latest Ravencoin wallet from [https://github.com/RavenProject/Ravencoin/releases Ravencoin github], install or [https://ravencoin.org/wallet/ Ravencoin official website]. Install it and get a receiving address, be . Be sure to [[FAQ#How_do_I_backup_my_wallet.dat_file.3F|Backup back up your wallet]]. Remember to check the '''[[Mining#Best_Practises Best_Practices | Best PractisesPractices]]''' page to keep your coins safe. Note: do not use special chars characters for our your passphrase when encrypting the wallet.# Select a pool from the '''[[Pools]]''' page - or find one on the [https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2752467.0 BitCoinTalk ANN] Small or Big pool does not matterBroadly speaking, it will your mining rewards should average out over time, whether you join a large pool or a small one. Help Please consider pointing your miner(s) at smaller pools so as to distribute the hashrate and improve network by spreading the hash to a small or medium poolhealth/security. Check pool sizes on You can [https://wwwravencoin.rvnstats.infonetwork/d/TcDzUYmmz/x16r-ravencoin-mining-pools check pool-statistics-v1-3 rvnstatssizes here]. Choosing a pool close to our miners can improve pool hashratenear your geographic location is suggested.# Download the a GPU miner from GitHub links below. There is a side by side test in our [[FAQ#Which_miner_is_best.3F|FAQ: Which Several are available, but for the purposes of this quick start guide, we are going to use '''official open-source miner is best]]. We need [https://www.microsoftgithub.com/en-usRavenCommunity/downloadkawpowminer/details.aspx?id=40784 VSredist2013releases kawpowminer](Nvidia+AMD)'''.# UnzipExtract the kawpowminer folder, there is no .bat file included, so we'll have to make one ourselves. Create a text-file, and edit config rename it to include the pool you want to mine on and your wallet address ....RVN.bat (make sure it'''go minings not RVN.''''''Additional info:'''# Remember starting out with power limit at 65% to 85% and stock settings on core and memorybat. x16r spikes in power draw, be sure txt - you may have to have headroom on your PSU and connect your [https://www.gpuminingresourceshowtogeek.com/p205086/psubeginner-how-to-make-windows-show-file-cables.html risers correctlyextensions/ disable "hide extensions for known file types"]# Ccminer(and forkson Windows) does not like to many cards in each instance, split up . Edit the cards with -d 0,1,2,3 in first newly created .bat (right click the file and select edit). kawpowminer -d 4,5,6,7 U -P stratum+tcp://<WALLET_ADDR><.WORKER><:PASSWORD>@HOSTNAME:PORT pause Replace values in next, <> with yours. Worker and so onpassword are optional. Some are successful with running 6 cards in each instance, but 4 cards seems to be stable in almost every scenarioFor AMD use -P instead of -U.# Sgminer (Use the hostname and forks) does not like 13 threads or more so if port that your pool provided you are using -g 2 keep this in mind.# Once stability is reached try raising core Double-click "RVN.bat" in +10 or +25 steps and recheck for stabilitythe kawpowminer folder. Memory OC does little on x16r After a brief delay, text should begin scrolling (and is commonly set to default or -500 for your GPU(s) will begin generating a bit more headroomof heat and noise). Keep If your configuration is correct, you will see your hashrate displayed in mind that ie +175core on pl 65% will not boost as high as +125core on pl 90% since [https://wwwMegahash per second (MHs).anandtech.com/show/10325/the-nvidia-geforce-gtx-1080-and-1070-founders-edition-review/15 Boost 3Otherwise,0] any errors will adjust according display and you may need to available power and tempreconfigure appropriately.# To get miner If you cannot resolve these issues through your own research/trial and error, consider reaching out to auto start the community of miners on reboot press ' win + r ' and type in ' shell:startup ' then copy shortcut of your bat file into startup folderour Discord or Telegram servers (linked above).

If it is not working try our ''Nvidia and AMD''*[[Mining#Troubleshooting | Troubleshoot]https://github.com/RavenCommunity/kawpowminer/releases kawpowminer]''' section or Official Raven open-source miner (no devfee)'''*[https://github.com/NebuTech/NBMiner/releases NBMiner] (2% devfee)*[#Avermore & Nevermore Wikis|Avermore & Nevermore Wikis]https://github.com/nanopool/nanominer/releases nanominer](2% devfee)

Please ''AMD only'DO NOT MINE''' with your payout address set to an exchange or mobile wallet*[https://github. The extra miner traffic is causing system issues for DEXscom/todxx/teamredminer/releases/ TeamRedMiner] (2% devfee)*[https://github.com/andru-kun/wildrig-multi/releases/ WildRig] (1% devfee)

''Optimization AMD (outdated)''*Memory: Stock or 1500*Voltage drop allowed: 800-p x password/options, on pools with registered users this 950. Seal recommends 850. Experiment to find what is your password field ie Suprnovastable for you.cc*Core: As high as possible. Pools Experiment for stability with wallet as user name, we can often set options her, like c=RVN specifies coin, d=16 sets stratum (start on some)difficulty, voltage and rigname. Separate the different options with a commaMhz. -p c=RVN,d=28,titanv*Power limit: stock (+0%)It is considered best practices to only use letters and numbers, no white space *Stock BIOS or special charsmem/voltage adjusted BIOS are recommended. Ethash BIO Swith low core voltage are ''not'' recommended.

== Nvidia cards ccminer flags ===== Nvidia miners ===*''Radeon Wattman'Nevermore''' [https://github.com/brian112358/nevermore-miner/releases brian112358] (Optimized '''25% faster''' version of original ccminer 2.2.5. Compiled version includes a 1% dev fee).*Suprminer [https://github.com/ocminer/suprminer/releases ocminer]. Fork of Nevermore, no devfee.*ccminer 2.2.5 [https://github.com/tpruvot/ccminer/releases tpruvot's main release]. An updated version with x16r included in tpruvot's main release.Legacy:*ccminer 2.2.5 [https://github.com/MSFTserver/ccminer/releases/tag/2.2.5-rvn hosted by MSFTserver]. This was the first full GPU miner for x16r, it is superseded by the miners above.

=== Example for nvidia cards ===Wallet is dev fund donation,updated ccminer -a x16r -o stratum+tcp://miningpanda.site:3636 -u RBjAZ4fgoXfMC1ujzs7XKreMxJAL1r9fhTSet P7 state as first and last.titanV -p c=RVN,titanv -i 20 -N 600=== Common ccminer flags === -N 600 , --statsavg number of samples used to display hashrate (default: 30) Gives a better display of average hashrate. -q , --quiet disable per-thread hashmeter output -r 5 , --retries=N number of times to retry if a network call fails (default: retry indefinitely) Needed for simple failover scriptKeep an eye on your temperatures. -i 20 , --intensity=N[,N] GPU threads per call 8-25 (2^N + F, default: 0=auto) Decimals and multiple values are allowed for fine tuningHigh heat will reduce performance. -d 0,1,2,3 , --devices gives a comma separated list of CUDA device IDs Try to operate on. Device IDs start counting from 0! Alternatively, give string names of your card like gtx780ti or gt640#2 (matching 2nd gt640 stay in the PC)65 degree range. -c, --config=FILE load a JSON-format configuration file can be from an url with the http:// prefix[https://githubYour mileage may vary.com/brian112358/nevermore-miner/blob/linux/README.txt All the flags for ccminer/nevermore]

or in a config file: { "_note": "Failover 2 pools", "pools": [{ "name": "Panda", "url": "stratum+tcp://miningpandaMake sure you're downloading software from trusted sources.site:3636", "user": "RBjAZ4fgoXfMC1ujzs7XKreMxJAL1r9fhT", "pass": "TeslaV100" }, { "name": "PickAxe", "url": "stratum+tcp://rvnThere have been reports of some miners possibly including malware.pickaxe.pro:3636", "user": "RBjAZ4fgoXfMC1ujzs7XKreMxJAL1r9fhT", "pass": "TeslaV100" } ], "algo": "x16r", "intensity": "19", "statsavg" : "600", "api-bind": "127.0Malware comes in different forms.0Be skeptical and vigilant.1", "api-remote": false }

Seal Clubber's [https://cdn=== Pool Provided Mining Guides===Many pools provide brief guides and example configuration files to mine Ravencoin with the kawpow algorithm on their pool.discordappSome examples follow.com/attachments/405866260379992064/421768350201544725/PoolFailover_V1.0.bat failover script]

==AMD X16R Wildrig Guide==*[https://medium.com/@bsodpool/how-to-mine-ravencoin-3463445fff1f BSOD.PW]*[https://minermore.com/docs/help/ravencoin_fork/ MinerMore]''By Seal Clubber#4158 (discord)''*[https://2miners.com/blog/how-to-mine-ravencoin/ 2miners] *[https://medium.com/@Woolypooly_com/how-to-mine-raven-rvn-69a873a4f304 WoolyPooly]* [https://bitcointalkrvn.orgsuprnova.cc/index.php?topicpage=5023676.0 WildRig Multi is available heregettingstarted Suprnova]* [https://wwwherominers.microsoftmedium.com/enhow-us/download/details.aspx?id=48145 Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2015 is needed to run WildRig-mine-ravencoin-rvn-complete-beginners-guide-e4c8f186207 HeroMiners]

===Miner settings=Setting up Ubuntu for NVIDIA mining ==[[Ubuntu Mining | A complete guide to set up Ubuntu 18.bat file 04 with NVIDIA CUDA drivers can be found here.]] (with amd only rigoutdated):

@echo off :loop wildrig.exe --algo x16r --opencl-platform=2 --opencl-threads 2 --opencl-launch 20x64 --url pool:port --user wallet --pass x timeout /t 5 goto loop ===Miner Optimization===Adjust the following flag: Wildrig.exe --opencl-launch '''YY'''x'''ZZ''' * '''YY''' is intensity (lower end cards need lower intensity where as high end cards can get away with higher. Highest does not mean that it is the best, do some testing).*'''ZZ''' is workload (you can work with (0 / 32 / 64 / 128 / 256, Higher than 64 is not recommended). Recommended settings:* RX460 / RX560: 18x0* RX470 / RX480 / RX570 / RX 580 / VEGA 64/56: between 20x0 and 20x64 == AMD cards sgminer flags ===== AMD miners ===*'''Avermore 1.0''' [https://github.com/brian112358/avermore-miner/releases Brianmct's Avermore] Avermore initial release. Initial tests show 10% speedup over ace's sgminer-gm-x16r. Optimized x16r / x16s kernels.*sgminer 5.5.5-gm-a [https://github.com/aceneun/sgminer-gm-x16r/releases acenine].*sgminer 5.5.6-brianmct [https://github.com/brian112358/sgminer-x16r/releases brian112358].  === Example for amd cards ===Wallet is dev fund donation sgminer -k x16r -o stratum+tcp://miningpanda.site:3636 -u RBjAZ4fgoXfMC1ujzs7XKreMxJAL1r9fhT.VegaFrontier -p C=RVN -X 256=== Common sgminer flags === --gpu-platform 1 , Sets GPU platform. --gpu-platform 2 for only amd cards. Try platform 0 if system has no IGPU. -X 256 , Argument: one value or a comma (,) delimited list GPU Xintensity between 1 and 9999. Shader based intensity of GPU scanning. Overridden by rawintensity and overrides intensity. Thanks to wolf0 for update on flags to use. With Polaris cards a good start value is -X 256 -g 2 , if not using -g 2 try -X 1024. -g 2 ,or --gpu-threads 2 , set threads pr gpu, can give higher hashrate if your cpu can handle it. Keep it under 13 threads total, or sgminer might crash on boot. default is 1. Argument: one value or (,) delimited list GPU threads. -w 256 , Sets worksize. Amount of work handled by GPUs per work request. Try different values on older cards,64, 128 or 256. -d 0,1,2,3 , Devices specify what cards to use. --config failover.conf load a config file.RX 4x0 and 5x0 series cards seems to run good with -X 256 to 384, some good reports on 512 as well. To high for the card and performance goes down. Outdated flags: --thread-concurrency 1024 , '''Outdated''', use -X instead. Number of concurrent threads per GPU for mining. One value or a comma (,) delimited list. -I N , Do NOT use, '''use -X instead'''. Intensity of GPU scanning. A lower value, will free up resources if you want to use your GPU for other tasks as well. [https://github.com/sgminer-dev/sgminer/blob/master/doc/configuration.md#config-file-and-cli-options Github has all the flags] [https://github.com/brian112358/avermore-miner/wiki/Optimizing-Hashrate Brianmct has a dedicated page for '''Optimization'''] BBT Carter shows us how to get RX 580s to 8 MH/s [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iWneKiCYMY BitsBeTrippin Youtube] (using "old" -I flag).  === Failover AMD ===Failover config, make a file named failover.conf in the same folder as the bat file, with the following format, remember to add ' --config failover.conf ' in bat file : { "pools": [ { "name": "Mining Panda", "nfactor": "10", "algorithm": "x16r", "quota": "1;stratum+tcp://miningpanda.site:3636", "user": "RBjAZ4fgoXfMC1ujzs7XKreMxJAL1r9fhT.VegaFrontier", "pass": "c=RVN,titanV" }, { "name": "Raven Yiimp", "nfactor": "10", "algorithm": "x16r", "quota": "1;stratum+tcp://yiimp.eu:3666", "user": "RBjAZ4fgoXfMC1ujzs7XKreMxJAL1r9fhT.VegaFrontier", "pass": "c=RVN,titanV" }, { "name": "Raven minepool", "nfactor": "10", "algorithm": "x16r", "quota": "1;stratum+tcp://minepool.com:3636", "user": "RBjAZ4fgoXfMC1ujzs7XKreMxJAL1r9fhT.VegaFrontier", "pass": "c=RVN,titanV" } ], "api-port": "4028", "failover-only": true }Example bat file with configured failover: sgminer --config failover.conf --gpu-platform 1 -g 2 -X 256 == Additional info ===== Avermore & Nevermore Wikis ===Brianmct has wiki pages on github for his miners.* Avermore [https://github.com/brian112358/avermore-miner/wiki wiki]* Avermore [https://github.com/brian112358/avermore-miner/wiki/Getting-Started Getting started]* Avermore [https://github.com/brian112358/avermore-miner/wiki/Optimizing-Hashrate Optimizing Hashrate]* Avermore [https://github.com/brian112358/avermore-miner/wiki/Troubleshooting Troubleshooting]* Nevermore [https://github.com/brian112358/nevermore-miner/wiki Nevermore-wiki]* Nevermore [https://github.com/brian112358/nevermore-miner/wiki/Nevermore-on-ethOS-Linux Nevermore on ethOS Linux]* How to solomine with Nevermore, available from version 0.2 [https://github.com/brian112358/nevermore-miner/wiki/Solo-mining Solo wiki] Network hash / your hash = average mins to find a block. Not recommended unless you have at least 0,5% of network hash. === Troubleshoot ===If it is not working try our '''[[Mining#Troubleshooting | Troubleshoot]]''' sectionreach out to the community of miners on our Discord or Telegram servers (linked above). Avermore [https://github.com/brian112358/avermore-miner/wiki/Troubleshooting Troubleshooting]

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMpW1nehe54 BitsBeTrippin - So what is x16r Algo, how can you mine it? [Explorers|Ravencoin Deep DiveExplorers]]

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wzwNix0f2E BitsBeTrippin - SGMiner for x16r Ravencoin RVN - Testing a RX Vega 64]= Donate ==Want to help fund the development?[httpsDonation Address:<code>RBjAZ4fgoXfMC1ujzs7XKreMxJAL1r9fhT<//www.rvnstats.info Ravencoin Stats]code>

== Donate Script ==Want to help fund the development? @echo off rem || User Options! set Pool=stratum+tcp://miningpanda.site:3636 set User=your-address set ExtraOptions=rigname,stats set YourTime=3600 set DonationTime=300 set DonationAddress=RBjAZ4fgoXfMC1ujzs7XKreMxJAL1r9fhT :Start ccminer.exe -a x16r -o %Pool% -u %User% -p %ExtraOptions% --time-limit %YourTime% ping localhost -n 2 >nul ccminer.exe -a x16r -o %Pool% -u %DonationAddress% -p %ExtraOptions% --time-limit %DonationTime% goto Start @pause == Best Practises Practices ==* Only run software from known reputable developers, preferably peer revived reviewed and audited code. * Download only from the links provided by the developer, preferably from the developers own siteor their own github repo.* The inherent danger of a malicious miner app is that by design it already has already all the tools needed to be very harmful, these include including upload and download capabilities, there will not necessarily be anything we can detect immediately, as a malicious miner app can be triggered by something as simple as a specific network block number being reached or other delayed mechanisms.* Any computer on our network(subnet) could be a potential treat threat towards our hot wallet.

Check the power limit for the cards, 65% - 85% is common. x16r algo spikes the power draw so we need headroom in available wattage. Remember that the TDP for a card is an average draw of the card and in short spikes the total draw can be much higher. This is why the GPU manufacturers recommends much higher watt PSU than the TDP listed wattage of the cards would otherwise suggest.

====Naming you Your Rig on the pool====On yiimp type Most pools you can use the password field usually set name by WALLET.rigname like: -p c=RVN,TitanV <code><USERNAME/WALLET_ADDR><.RIGNAME></code>,a A comma is used to separate arguments, do try not to use special character or spaces in your rig name. Other pools usually set If that doesn't work, check pool specific information about setting rig name by WALLET.rigname like: -u RT2r9oGxQxbVE1Ji5p5iPgrqpNQLfc8ksH.titanV

When troubleshooting it is helpfull helpful to have pause at the end of our bat file, so you can see the errors from console. ccminer kawpowminer -a x16r U -o P stratum+tcp://miningpandaRQZS8LBvv2VWuAEWF5BXoRikoG6MRp5asH.sitetest:3636 -u RBjAZ4fgoXfMC1ujzs7XKreMxJAL1r9fhT.titanV -p c=RVN,titanv -i 20 -N 600x@HOSTNAME:PORT

====Suprnova A certain pool gives error on launch====Check that you have created a worker on their webpage pool website and supplied a password.' -u LOGIN.worker -p x ',also check their getting started on rvn.suprnova.cc start page. ====Hash rate is changing/low====This is normal as the x16r algo is changing 16 times in each blockif required, determined by the last 16 bytes of the last block. We need to look at a 2-3 hour averages at least to get ask a better average hash rate question to compare, try adding ' -N 600 ' at the end support of your bat file, it increases the average reporting time (default is 30)that pool.