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
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 namedrieMiner.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