Mining X11 Darkcoin

How can I mine it?

On this guide, we will use http://www.guugll.eu:7903/static/ .

You also need to setup a miner, or mining software on your computer that you will be mining with. We will only show how to mine with some models of the latest AMD cards, which are usually the standard in mining. Some might have older GPUs, the settings will differ a lot. Also, those who use NVIDIA cards will

have to wait. Once you acquired the miner, and registered on a pool, you will need to configure your miner. We will cover that later.

Mining software

In order to mine X11 coins, you will need to use a compatible mining software. We recommend using sph-sgminer 4.1.0 and up, as it supports the darkcoin (x11) kernel. Here is a couple of links where you can grab SPH-SGMINER and download it to your PC:

Official Forum Thread: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=475795.0;all

Windows (SPH): https://mega.co.nz/#!XAYgiDbT!8dQtGr2H5C5JKbH9ljUn7oHzB9ij3If7HFCKmSEFw48

Windows (Regular) : http://www.sgminerwindows.com/

Linux Source (SPH): https://github.com/prettyhatemachine/sph-sgminer

Linux Source (Regular): https://github.com/sgminer-dev/sgminer

Configuring SGMINER

Extract the downloaded zip-file wherever you want on your computer. Once you have a sgminer folder, you can start preparing your BATCH file. This will start the miner along with your desired configuration proper to the mining hardware you are using.

Open NOTEPAD, and start creating your batch executable. Some fields will require modifications; we will cover that after this step.

Start by pasting the following:

setx GPU_MAX_ALLOC_PERCENT 100

setx GPU_USE_SYNC_OBJECTS 1

sgminer.exe –kernel darkcoin -o stratum+tcp://stratum1.suchpool.pw:3344 -u WALLET_ADDRESS -p 123 –thread-concurrency 8192 -I 13 –lookup-gap 2 –worksize 256 -g 1 –gpu-engine 1160 –gpu-memclock 1450

You will need to replace USERNAME.WORKERNAME with the username(wallet address for p2pool) and worker(not used at p2pool) you have setup earlier on the pool. Returning to our example, we would be entering “-u joeblow.123 -p pass1” The thread-concurrency, I, lookup-gap, workersize, g, gpu-engine and gpu-memclock settings will differ depending on the model of video card you are using for mining. Use the table below to find basic settings for different types of cards.

Save the .txt file as ”sgstart.bat” and make sure to save it in your SGMINER’s folder. You can create a shortcut from there to your desktop, but the BATCH file has to be in sgminer’s folder. Now that you are all set, you can start mining.

Once you get going, you can then further tweak your settings. The relevant ones are Intensity, Coreclock and Memclock settings. To make sure your miner is properly configured, you need to check in your miner if you are getting hardware errors. This can be seen as HW:0 in sgminer, which would be a good sign.

If you ever geat HW errors, you need to have somebody to look at your config and to help you tune it. Bad hardware will also produce those errors, but most of the time it’s related to configuration settings. *Note: A lot of people who paste their config settings from Scrypt-configs might experience a lot of HW

errors. You will need to lower down your memclock speed until you see it is stable. You then raise the Coreclock slowly upwards. Try to add small amounts at the time. If you fiddle with your settings enough, you might get decent hashpower gains out of it.

Compared to scrypt, x11 has increased hashrate so what you want to aim for is;

R9 290x ~ 2.7Mh/s

R9 290 ~ 2.5Mh/s

R9 280x/ HD7970 ~ 2.3Mh/s

R9 270x/HD7950 ~ 1.4Mh/s

What might get you confused is the low number of accepts. This is normal and your WU should be really low.

source: http://suchpool.pw/docs/gettingstartedX11.pdf

Mining X11 Darkcoin