diff --git a/resources/user-guides/index.md b/resources/user-guides/index.md index ea16a9c0..f9384128 100644 --- a/resources/user-guides/index.md +++ b/resources/user-guides/index.md @@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ title: "User Guides"
-User Guides for Mining coming soon. +[How to mine on a pool](mine-to-pool.html)
diff --git a/resources/user-guides/mine-to-pool.md b/resources/user-guides/mine-to-pool.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..4b31eaa1 --- /dev/null +++ b/resources/user-guides/mine-to-pool.md @@ -0,0 +1,114 @@ +--- +layout: static_page +title: How to mine on a pool +--- +# Selecting a pool + +There are many pools to choose from, a list is available at +[moneropools.com](https://moneropools.com). Mining on a larger pool could mean +more frequent payouts, but mining on a smaller pool helps to keep the network +decentralised. + +# Selecting a CPU miner + +Just like pools, there are a lot of miners to choose from. The one that you +should pick depends on the hardware you want to mine on. This guide will only +use a CPU miner, and will be using +[xmr-stak-cpu](https://github.com/fireice-uk/xmr-stak-cpu). + +## For Windows Systems + +If you are using a Windows system, the developer of xmr-stak-cpu provides +binaries to download on the +[GitHub release page](https://github.com/fireice-uk/xmr-stak-cpu/releases). + +Download `xmr-stak-cpu-win64.zip` and extract it somewhere you'll be able to +find it again. + +## For Other Operating Systems + +If you're not using Windows, you will have to compile xmr-stak-cpu for yourself, +luckily this isn't as hard as it sounds. Before you can compile the miner, you +will need to install some of its prerequisites. + +For Debian-based distros: + + sudo apt-get install libmicrohttpd-dev libssl-dev cmake build-essential + +For Red Hat based distros: + + sudo yum install openssl-devel cmake gcc-c++ libmicrohttpd-devel + + + +Following this, you just need to use cmake to generate the build files, run +make and copy the config file: + + mkdir build-$(gcc -dumpmachine) + cd $_ + cmake ../ + make -j$(nproc) + cp ../config.txt bin/ + cd bin + +Don't celebrate just yet, as the miner needs to be configured. Running the miner +now should give you a block of text to copy and paste: + +![image1](png/mine_to_pool/1.png) + +Open `config.txt` and *replace* the two `"cpu_threads_conf"` lines with the text +you just copied. It should look something like this afterwards: + +![image2](png/mine_to_pool/2.png) + +Scroll down in the file until you see the lines containing `"pool_address"`. +*Replace* the contents of the second set of quotes with the address and port of +the pool you chose earlier. You can find this information on the pool's website. + +Put your wallet address between the quotes on the wallet address. You may leave +the password blank unless the pool specifies otherwise. + +After this, your config should look something like this: + +![image3](png/mine_to_pool/3.png) + +# Running the miner + +**Save the config** file and run the miner! + +![image4](png/mine_to_pool/4.png) + +Some pools allow you to monitor your hashrate by pasting your address into their +website. You can also monitor your hashrate by pressing the `h` key. + +# Tuning the miner + +You might see nasty messages like this: + + [2017-07-09 12:04:02] : MEMORY ALLOC FAILED: mmap failed + +This means that you can get around a 20% hashrate boost by enabling large pages. + +## Large pages on Linux + +Firstly stop the miner (if it's running), run the following commands to enable +large pages and then start the miner as root: + + sudo sysctl -w vm.nr_hugepages=128 + sudo ./xmr-stak-cpu + +## Large pages on Windows + +Taken from `config.txt`: + +>By default we will try to allocate large pages. This means you need to "Run As Administrator" on Windows +You need to edit your system's group policies to enable locking large pages. Here are the steps from MSDN +1. On the Start menu, click Run. In the Open box, type gpedit.msc. +2. On the Local Group Policy Editor console, expand Computer Configuration, and then expand Windows Settings. +3. Expand Security Settings, and then expand Local Policies. +4. Select the User Rights Assignment folder. +5. The policies will be displayed in the details pane. +6. In the pane, double-click Lock pages in memory. +7. In the Local Security Setting – Lock pages in memory dialog box, click Add User or Group. +8. In the Select Users, Service Accounts, or Groups dialog box, add an account that you will run the miner on +9. 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