xmrig/doc/CHANGELOG_OLD.md

v4.6.2-beta

• #1274 Added --cuda-devices command line option.
• #1277 Fixed function names for clang on Apple.

v4.6.1-beta

• #1272 Optimized hashrate calculation.
• #1273 Fixed crash when use GET /2/backends API endpoint with disabled CUDA.

v4.6.0-beta

• #1263 Added new option dataset_host for NVIDIA GPUs with less than 4 GB memory (RandomX only).

v4.5.0-beta

• Added NVIDIA CUDA support via external CUDA plugun. XMRig now is unified 3 in 1 miner.

v4.4.0-beta

• #1068 Added support for self-select stratum protocol extension.
• #1240 Sync with the latest RandomX code.
• #1241 Fixed regression with colors on old Windows systems.
• #1243 Fixed incorrect OpenCL memory size detection in some cases.
• #1247 Fixed ARM64 RandomX code alignment.
• #1248 Fixed RandomX code cache cleanup on iOS/Darwin.

v4.3.1-beta

• Fixed regression in v4.3.0, miner didn't create cn mining profile with default config example.

v4.3.0-beta

• #1227 Added new algorithm rx/arq, RandomX variant for upcoming ArQmA fork.
• #808 Added experimental support for persistent memory for CPU mining threads.
• #1221 Improved RandomX dataset memory usage and initialization speed for NUMA machines.

v4.2.1-beta

• #1150 Fixed build on FreeBSD.
• #1175 Fixed support for systems where total count of NUMA nodes not equal usable nodes count.
• #1199 Fixed excessive memory allocation for OpenCL threads with low intensity.
• #1212 Fixed low RandomX performance after fast algorithm switching.

v4.2.0-beta

• #1202 Fixed algorithm verification in donate strategy.
• Added per pool option coin with single possible value monero for pools without algorithm negotiation, for upcoming Monero fork.
• Added config option cpu/max-threads-hint and command line option --cpu-max-threads-hint.

v4.1.0-beta

• OpenCL backend disabled by default..
• #1183 Fixed compatibility with systemd.
• #1185 Added JIT compiler for RandomX on ARMv8.
• Improved API endpoint GET /2/backends and added support for this endpoint to workers.xmrig.info.
• Added command line option --no-cpu to disable CPU backend.
• Added OpenCL specific command line options: --opencl, --opencl-devices, --opencl-platform, --opencl-loader and --opencl-no-cache.
• Removed command line option --http-enabled, HTTP API enabled automatically if any other --http-* option provided.

v4.0.1-beta

• #1177 Fixed compatibility with old AMD drivers.
• #1180 Fixed possible duplicated shares after algorithm switching.
• Added support for case if not all backend threads successfully started.
• Fixed wrong config file permissions after write (only gcc builds on recent Windows 10 affected).

v4.0.0-beta

• #1172 Added OpenCL mining backend.
  • #268 #270 #271 #273 #274 #1171 Added RandomX support for OpenCL, thanks @SChernykh.
• Algorithm cn/wow removed, as no longer alive.

v3.2.0

• Added per pool option coin with single possible value monero for pools without algorithm negotiation, for upcoming Monero fork.
• #1183 Fixed compatibility with systemd.

v3.1.3

• #1180 Fixed possible duplicated shares after algorithm switching.
• Fixed wrong config file permissions after write (only gcc builds on recent Windows 10 affected).

v3.1.2

• Many RandomX optimizations and fixes.
  • #1132 Fixed build on CentOS 7.
  • #1163 Optimized soft AES code, up to +30% hashrate on CPU without AES support and other optimizations.
  • #1166 Fixed crash when initialize dataset with big threads count (eg 272).
  • #1168 Optimized loading from scratchpad.
• #1128 Fixed CMake 2.8 compatibility.

v3.1.1

• #1133 Fixed syslog regression.
• #1138 Fixed multiple network bugs.
• #1141 Fixed log in background mode.
• #1142 RandomX hashrate improved by 0.5-1.5% depending on variant and CPU.
• #1146 Fixed race condition in RandomX thread init.
• #1148 Fixed, on Linux linker marking entire executable as having an executable stack.
• Fixed, for Argon2 algorithms command line options like --threads was ignored.
• Fixed command line options for single pool, free order allowed again.

v3.1.0

• #1107 Added Argon2 algorithm family: argon2/chukwa and argon2/wrkz.

v3.0.0

• #1111 Added RandomX (rx/test) algorithm for testing and benchmarking.
• #1036 Added RandomWOW (rx/wow) algorithm for Wownero.
• #1050 Added RandomXL (rx/loki) algorithm for Loki.
• #1077 Added NUMA support via hwloc.
• Added flexible multi algorithm configuration.
• Added unlimited switching between incompatible algorithms, all mining options can be changed in runtime.
• #257 New logging subsystem, file and syslog now always without colors.
• #314 Added donate over proxy feature.
• #1007 Old HTTP API backend based on libmicrohttpd, replaced to custom HTTP server (libuv + http_parser).
• #1010 Added daemon support (solo mining).
• #1066 Added error message if pool not ready for RandomX.
• #1105 Improved auto configuration for cn-pico algorithm.
• Added commands pause and resume via JSON RPC 2.0 API (POST /json_rpc).
• Added command line option --export-topology for export hwloc topology to a XML file.
• Breaked backward compatibility with previous configs and command line, variant option replaced to algo, global option algo removed, all CPU related settings moved to cpu object.
• Options av, safe and max-cpu-usage removed.
• Algorithm cn/msr renamed to cn/fast.
• Algorithm cn/xtl removed.
• API endpoint GET /1/threads replaced to GET /2/backends.
• Added global uptime and extended connection information in API.
• API now return current algorithm.

v2.99.6-beta

• Added commands pause and resume via JSON RPC 2.0 API (POST /json_rpc).
• Fixed autoconfig regression (since 2.99.5), mostly rx/wow was affected by this bug.
• Fixed user job recovery after donation round.
• Information about AVX2 CPU feature how hidden in miner summary.

v2.99.5-beta

• #1066 Fixed crash and added error message if pool not ready for RandomX.
• #1092 Fixed crash if wrong CPU affinity used.
• #1103 Improved auto configuration for RandomX for CPUs where L2 cache is limiting factor.
• #1105 Improved auto configuration for cn-pico algorithm.
• #1106 Fixed hugepages field in summary API.
• Added alternative short format for CPU threads.
• Changed format for CPU threads with intensity above 1.
• Name for reference RandomX configuration changed to rx/test to avoid potential conflicts in future.

v2.99.4-beta

• #1062 Fixed 32 bit support. 32 bit is slow and deprecated.
• #1088 Fixed macOS compilation.
• #1095 Fixed compatibility with hwloc 1.10.x.
• Optimized RandomX initialization and switching, fixed rare crash when re-initialize dataset.
• Fixed ARM build with hwloc.

v2.99.3-beta

• #1082 Fixed hwloc auto configuration on AMD FX CPUs.
• Added command line option --export-topology for export hwloc topology to a XML file.

v2.99.2-beta

• #1077 Added NUMA support via hwloc.
• Fixed miner freeze when switch between RandomX variants.
• Fixed dataset initialization speed on Linux if thread affinity was used.

v2.99.1-beta

• #1072 Fixed RandomX seed_hash re-initialization.

v2.99.0-beta

• #1050 Added RandomXL algorithm for Loki, algorithm name used by miner is randomx/loki or rx/loki.
• Added flexible multi algorithm configuration.
• Added unlimited switching between incompatible algorithms, all mining options can be changed in runtime.
• Breaked backward compatibility with previous configs and command line, variant option replaced to algo, global option algo removed, all CPU related settings moved to cpu object.
• Options av, safe and max-cpu-usage removed.
• Algorithm cn/msr renamed to cn/fast.
• Algorithm cn/xtl removed.
• API endpoint GET /1/threads replaced to GET /2/backends.

v2.16.0-beta

• #1036 Added RandomWOW (RandomX with different preferences) algorithm support for Wownero.
  • Algorithm name used by miner is randomx/wow or rx/wow.
  • Currently runtime algorithm switching NOT supported with other algorithms.

v2.15.4-beta

• Added global uptime and extended connection information in API.
• API now return current algorithm instead of global algorithm specified in config.
• This version also include all changes from stable version v2.14.4.

v2.15.3-beta

• #1014 Fixed regression, default value for algo option was not applied.

v2.15.2-beta

• #1010 Added daemon support (solo mining).
• #1012 Fixed compatibility with clang 9.
• Config subsystem was rewritten, internally JSON is primary format now.
• Fixed regression, big HTTP responses was truncated.

v2.15.1-beta

• #1007 Old HTTP API backend based on libmicrohttpd, replaced to custom HTTP server (libuv + http_parser).
• #257 New logging subsystem, file and syslog now always without colors.

v2.15.0-beta

• #314 Added donate over proxy feature.
  • Added new option donate-over-proxy.
  • Added real graceful exit.

v2.14.4

• #992 Fixed compilation with Clang 3.5.
• #1012 Fixed compilation with Clang 9.0.
• In HTTP API for unknown hashrate now used null instead of 0.0.
• Fixed MSVC 2019 version detection.
• Removed obsolete automatic variants.

v2.14.1

• #975 Fixed crash on Linux if double thread mode used.

v2.14.0

• #969 Added new algorithm cryptonight/rwz, short alias cn/rwz (also known as CryptoNight ReverseWaltz), for upcoming Graft fork.
• #931 Added new algorithm cryptonight/zls, short alias cn/zls for Zelerius Network fork.
• #940 Added new algorithm cryptonight/double, short alias cn/double (also known as CryptoNight HeavyX), for X-CASH.
• #951 Fixed crash if AVX was disabled on OS level.
• #952 Fixed compile error on some Linux.
• #957 Added support for embedded config.
• #958 Fixed incorrect user agent on ARM platforms.
• #968 Optimized cn/r algorithm performance.

v2.13.1

• #946 Optimized software AES implementations for CPUs without hardware AES support. cn/r, cn/wow up to 2.6 times faster, 4-9% improvements for other algorithms.

v2.13.0

• #938 Added support for new algorithm cryptonight/r, short alias cn/r (also known as CryptoNightR or CryptoNight variant 4), for upcoming Monero fork on March 9, thanks @SChernykh.
• #939 Added support for dynamic (runtime) pools reload.
• #932 Fixed cn-pico hashrate drop, regression since v2.11.0.

v2.12.0

• #929 Added support for new algorithm cryptonight/wow, short alias cn/wow (also known as CryptonightR), for upcoming Wownero fork on February 14.

v2.11.0

• #928 Added support for new algorithm cryptonight/gpu, short alias cn/gpu (original name cryptonight-gpu), for upcoming Ryo currency fork on February 14.
• #749 Added support for detect hardware AES in runtime on ARMv8 platforms.
• #292 Fixed build on ARMv8 platforms if compiler not support hardware AES.

v2.10.0

• #904 Added new algorithm cn-pico/trtl (aliases cryptonight-turtle, cn-trtl) for upcoming TurtleCoin (TRTL) fork.
• Default value for option max-cpu-usage changed to 100 also this option now deprecated.

v2.9.4

• #913 Fixed Masari (MSR) support (this update required for upcoming fork).
• #915 Improved security, JIT memory now read-only after patching.

v2.9.3

• #909 Fixed compile errors on FreeBSD.
• #912 Fixed, C++ implementation of cn/half was produce up to 13% of invalid hashes.

v2.9.2

• #907 Fixed crash on Linux.

v2.9.1

• Restored compatibility with https://stellite.hashvault.pro.

v2.9.0

• #899 Added support for new algorithm cn/half for Masari and Stellite forks.
• #834 Added ASM optimized code for AMD Bulldozer.
• #839 Fixed FreeBSD compile.
• #857 Fixed impossible to build for macOS without clang.

v2.8.3

• #813 Fixed critical bug with Minergate pool and variant 2.

v2.8.1

• #768 Fixed build with Visual Studio 2015.
• #769 Fixed regression, some ANSI escape sequences was in log with disabled colors.
• #777 Better report about pool connection issues.
• Simplified checks for ASM auto detection, only AES support necessary.
• Added missing options to --help output.

v2.8.0

• #753 Added new algorithm CryptoNight variant 2 for Monero fork, thanks @SChernykh.
  • Added global and per thread option "asm" and and command line equivalent.
• #758 Added SSL/TLS support for secure connections to pools.
  • Added per pool options "tls" and "tls-fingerprint" and command line equivalents.
• #767 Added config autosave feature, same with GPU miners.
• #245 Fixed API ID collision when run multiple miners on same machine.
• #757 Fixed send buffer overflow.

v2.6.4

• #700 cryptonight-lite/ipbc replaced to cryptonight-heavy/tube for Bittube (TUBE).
• Added cryptonight/rto (cryptonight variant 1 with IPBC/TUBE mod) variant for Arto (RTO) coin.
• Added cryptonight/xao (original cryptonight with bigger iteration count) variant for Alloy (XAO) coin.
• Better variant detection for nicehash.com and minergate.com.
• #692 Added support for specify both algorithm and variant via single algo option.

v2.6.3

• Added support for new cryptonight-heavy variant xhv (cn-heavy/xhv) for upcoming Haven Protocol fork.
• Added support for new cryptonight variant msr (cn/msr) also known as cryptonight-fast for upcoming Masari fork.
• Added new detailed hashrate report.
• #446 Likely fixed SIGBUS error on 32 bit ARM CPUs.
• #551 Fixed cn-heavy algorithm on ARMv8.
• #614 Fixed display issue with huge pages percentage when colors disabled.
• #615 Fixed build without libcpuid.
• #629 Fixed file logging with non-seekable files.
• #672 Reverted back cryptonight-light and exit if no valid algorithm specified.

v2.6.2

• #607 Fixed donation bug.
• #610 Fixed ARM build.

v2.6.1

• #168 Added support for mining algorithm negotiation.
• Added IPBC coin support, base algorithm cn-lite variant ipbc.
• #581 Added support for upcoming Stellite (XTL) fork, base algorithm cn variant xtl, variant can set now, no need do it after fork.
• Added support for rig-id stratum protocol extensions, compatible with xmr-stak.
• Changed behavior for option variant=-1 for cryptonight, now variant is 1 by default, if you mine old coins need change variant to 0.
• A lot of small fixes and better unification with proxy code.

v2.6.0-beta3

• #563 Added advanced threads mode, now possible configure each thread individually.
• #255 Low power mode extended to triple, quard and penta modes.
• #519 Fixed high donation levels, improved donation start time randomization.
• #554 Fixed regression with print-time option.

v2.6.0-beta2

• Improved performance for cryptonight v7 especially in double hash mode.
• #499 IPv6 disabled for internal HTTP API by default, was causing issues on some systems.
• Added short aliases for algorithm names: cn, cn-lite and cn-heavy.
• Fixed regressions (v2.6.0-beta1 affected)
  • #494 Command line option --donate-level was broken.
  • #502 Build without libmicrohttpd was broken.
  • Fixed nonce calculation for --av 4 (software AES, double hash) was causing reduction of effective hashrate and rejected shares on nicehash.

v2.6.0-beta1

• #476 Added Cryptonight-Heavy support for Sumokoin ASIC resistance fork.
• HTTP server now runs in main loop, it make possible easy extend API without worry about thread synchronization.
• Added initial graceful reload support, miner will reload configuration if config file changed, disabled by default until it will be fully implemented and tested.
• Added API endpoint PUT /1/config to update current config.
• Added API endpoint GET /1/config to get current active config.
• Added API endpoint GET /1/threads to get current active threads configuration.
• API endpoint GET / now deprecated, use GET /1/summary instead.
• Added --api-no-ipv6 and similar config option to disable IPv6 support for HTTP API.
• Added --api-no-restricted to enable full access to api, this option has no effect if --api-access-token not specified.

v2.5.3

• Fixed critical bug, in some cases miner was can't recovery connection and switch to failover pool, version 2.5.2 affected. If you use v2.6.0-beta3 this issue doesn't concern you.
• #499 IPv6 support disabled for internal HTTP API.
• Added workaround for nicehash.com if you use cryptonightv7.<region>.nicehash.com option variant=1 will be set automatically.

v2.5.2

• #448 Fixed broken reconnect.

v2.5.1

• #454 Fixed build with libmicrohttpd version below v0.9.35.
• #456 Verbose errors related to donation pool was not fully silenced.
• #459 Fixed regression (version 2.5.0 affected) with connection to xmr.f2pool.com.

v2.5.0

• #434 Added support for Monero v7 PoW, scheduled on April 6.
• Added full IPv6 support.
• Added protocol extension, when use the miner with xmrig-proxy 2.5+ no more need manually specify nicehash option.
• #123 Fixed regression (all versions since 2.4 affected) fragmented responses from pool/proxy was parsed incorrectly.
• #428 Fixed regression (version 2.4.5 affected) with CPU cache size detection.

v2.4.5

• #324 Fixed build without libmicrohttpd (CMake cache issue).
• #341 Fixed wrong exit code and added command line option --dry-run.
• #385 Up to 20% performance increase for non-AES CPU and fixed Intel Core 2 cache detection.

v2.4.4

• Added libmicrohttpd version to --version output.
• Fixed bug in singal handler, in some cases miner wasn't shutdown properly.
• Fixed recent MSVC 2017 version detection.
• #279 Fixed build on some macOS versions.

v2.4.3

• #94 #216 Added ARMv8 and ARMv7 support. Hardware AES supported, thanks Imran Yusuff.
• #157 #196 Fixed Linux compile issues.
• #184 Fixed cache size detection for CPUs with disabled Hyper-Threading.
• #200 In some cases miner was doesn't write log to stdout.

v2.4.2

• #60 Added FreeBSD support, thanks vcambur.
• #153 Fixed issues with dwarfpool.com.

v2.4.1

• #147 Fixed comparability with monero-stratum.

v2.4.0

• Added HTTP API.
• Added comments support in config file.
• libjansson replaced to rapidjson.
• #98 Ignore keepalive option with minergate.com and nicehash.com.
• #101 Fixed MSVC 2017 (15.3) compile time version detection.
• #108 Silently ignore invalid values for donate-level option.
• #111 Fixed build without AEON support.

v2.3.1

• #68 Fixed compatibility with Docker containers, was nothing print on console.

v2.3.0

• Added --cpu-priority option (0 idle, 2 normal to 5 highest).
• Added --user-agent option, to set custom user-agent string for pool. For example cpuminer-multi/0.1.
• Added --no-huge-pages option, to disable huge pages support.
• #62 Don't send the login to the dev pool.
• Force reconnect if pool block miner IP address. helps switch to backup pool.
• Fixed: failed open default config file if path contains non English characters.
• Fixed: error occurred if try use unavailable stdin or stdout, regression since version 2.2.0.
• Fixed: message about huge pages support successfully enabled on Windows was not shown in release builds.

v2.2.1

• Fixed terminal issues after exit on Linux and OS X.

v2.2.0

• #46 Restored config file support. Now possible use multiple config files and combine with command line options also added support for default config.
• Improved colors support on Windows, now used uv_tty, legacy code removed.
• QuickEdit Mode now disabled on Windows.
• Added interactive commands in console window:: hashrate, pause, resume.
• Fixed autoconf mode for AMD FX CPUs.

v2.1.0

• #40 Improved miner shutdown, fixed crash on exit for Linux and OS X.
• Fixed, login request was contain malformed JSON if username or password has some special characters for example \.
• #220 Better support for Round Robin DNS, IP address now always chosen randomly instead of stuck on first one.
• Changed donation address, new xmrig-proxy is coming soon.

v2.0.2

• Better deal with possible duplicate jobs from pool, show warning and ignore duplicates.
• For Windows builds libuv updated to version 1.13.1 and gcc to 7.1.0.

v2.0.1

• #27 Fixed possibility crash on 32bit systems.

v2.0.0

• Option --backup-url removed, instead now possibility specify multiple pools for example: -o example1.com:3333 -u user1 -p password1 -k -o example2.com:5555 -u user2 -o example3.com:4444 -u user3
• #15 Added option -l, --log-file=FILE to write log to file.
• #15 Added option -S, --syslog to use syslog for logging, Linux only.
• #18 Added nice messages for accepted/rejected shares with diff and network latency.
• #20 Fixed --cpu-affinity for more than 32 threads.
• Fixed Windows XP support.
• Fixed regression, option --no-color was not fully disable colored output.
• Show resolved pool IP address in miner output.

v1.0.1

• Fix broken software AES implementation, app has crashed if CPU not support AES-NI, only version 1.0.0 affected.

v1.0.0

• Miner complete rewritten in C++ with libuv.
• This version should be fully compatible (except config file) with previos versions, many new nice features will come in next versions.
• This is still beta. If you found regression, stability or perfomance issues or have an idea for new feature please fell free to open new issue.
• Added new option --print-time=N, print hashrate report every N seconds.
• New hashrate reports, by default every 60 secons.
• Added Microsoft Visual C++ 2015 and 2017 support.
• Removed dependency on libcurl.
• To compile this version from source please switch to dev branch.

v0.8.2

• Fixed L2 cache size detection for AMD CPUs (Bulldozer/Piledriver/Steamroller/Excavator architecture).

v0.8.2

• Fixed L2 cache size detection for AMD CPUs (Bulldozer/Piledriver/Steamroller/Excavator architecture).
• Fixed gcc 7.1 support.

v0.8.1

• Added nicehash support, detects automaticaly by pool URL, for example cryptonight.eu.nicehash.com:3355 or manually via option --nicehash.

v0.8.0

• Added double hash mode, also known as lower power mode. --av=2 and --av=4.
• Added smart automatic CPU configuration. Default threads count now depends on size of the L3 cache of CPU.
• Added CryptoNight-Lite support for AEON -a cryptonight-lite.
• Added --max-cpu-usage option for auto CPU configuration mode.
• Added --safe option for adjust threads and algorithm variations to current CPU.
• No more manual steps to enable huge pages on Windows. XMRig will do it automatically.
• Removed BMI2 algorithm variation.
• Removed default pool URL.

v0.6.0

• Added automatic cryptonight self test.
• New software AES algorithm variation. Will be automatically selected if cpu not support AES-NI.
• Added 32 bit builds.
• Documented algorithm variations.

v0.5.0

• Initial public release.