rieMiner

rieMiner is a Riecoin miner supporting both solo and pooled mining, and can also be run standalone for prime constellation record attempts. Find the latest binaries here for Linux and Windows.

It was originally adapted and refactored from gatra's cpuminer-rminerd and dave-andersen's fastrie, though there is no remaining code from them anymore as everything has been rewritten in modern C++.

Download

Current version: 0.93a3 (2023-11-20)
Source code and advanced instructions: https://github.com/RiecoinTeam/rieMiner

Links to the latest version

Linux x64 + AVX2	https://riecoin.xyz/rieMiner/Download/Deb64AVX2
Windows x64 + AVX2	https://riecoin.xyz/rieMiner/Download/Win64AVX2
Linux x64	https://riecoin.xyz/rieMiner/Download/Deb64
Linux Arm64	https://riecoin.xyz/rieMiner/Download/Arm64
Windows x64	https://riecoin.xyz/rieMiner/Download/Win64

HiveOS package
Alternate HiveOS archive by MinerNinja: https://github.com/Miner-Ninja/riecoin-hiveos-custom-miner/raw/main/rieMiner-0.93HOS.tar

Notes

• When using Windows and making the rieMiner.conf file, make sure that you did not make one named rieMiner.conf.txt instead since Windows has the bad idea to hide extensions by default. If creating with NotePad, set "Save as type" to "All files".
• Using directly exchange addresses for payouts is highly frowned upon by exchange owners, and neither the Riecoin Project nor the Pools are responsible for any trouble like missing deposits in case you decide to directy send Pool payouts to an exchange address or use one for Solo Mining Rewards. So, we advise you to first accumulate coins on your own address, then send large batches from your address to exchanges.

Pooled Mining Guide

First, you need to choose a Riecoin Mining Pool. The Riecoin website currently lists them on the Home Page. To prevent centralization, please choose a pool that does not already have a large part of the mining power.
You may need to create an account there.

Once you have chosen your pool and created an account there if needed, make sure that you have an username and its password (some Pools might not require the latter), the pool mining URL and port. Sometimes, the username includes a worker name, making the username look like username.worker. Also note that the mining URL is not always the same as the pool's web interface URL!

You must now create a configuration file: create a rieMiner.conf next to the rieMiner binary and use the following template.

Mode = Pool
Host = mining.example.com
Port = 5000
Username = username
Password = password

Read the tuning guide if you want to tune your miner for the best performance, or the README.md to see more options for the configuration file.

You can now earn Riecoins! Monitor the pool interface to see your earnings, and do not forget to set things there if you have an account, like the payout address and other auto payout options. Often, the Pool will also have its own guide, and it is worth to check it as well. Happy Mining!

Solo Mining Guide

In order to mine RIC in solo, you first need to set up Riecoin Core and configure it for Solo Mining. All this is explained in the given link, come back here once the instructions have been followed. Do not confuse the riecoin.conf configuration file with the rieMiner.conf one!

Now, make sure that you have a RPC username (Riecoin Core's rpcuser option) and its password (rpcpassword), the IP of the computer running the wallet and the RPC port (rpcport), and a Bech32 payout address.

You must now create a configuration file: create a rieMiner.conf next to the rieMiner binary and use the following template.

Mode = Solo
Host = 127.0.0.1
Port = 28332
Username = username
Password = password
PayoutAddress = ric1pstellap55ue6keg3ta2qwlxr0h58g66fd7y4ea78hzkj3r4lstrsk4clvn

Read the tuning guide if you want to tune your miner for the best performance, or the README.md to see more options for the configuration file.

You can now earn Riecoins, Happy Mining!
If you mine on Testnet, you may find blocks so fast that many of them are rejected, this is normal (often, the error message will be inconclusive).

More Guides

• Benchmarking and Tuning
• Searching for a Record
• The Stella PoW
• The Mining Algorithm, how Prime Constellations are found by rieMiner