XMRStak - The-GNTL-Project/Documentation GitHub Wiki

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Description

XMR-Stak is a universal open source stratum pool miner. This miner supports CPUs, AMD and NVIDIA GPUs and can be used for mining various crypto currencies.

The paths used in these instructions are examples, so you need to substitute them for your ones:

Where you see COIN, substitute this to the coin's Ticker, e.g. gntl

Where you see URL, substitute this to the pools's URL, e.g. pool.gntl.uk

Where you see PORT, substitute this to the pool's port, e.g. 10007

Where you see WALLET_ADDRESS, substitute this to your wallet address for the coin you are mining.

Install and Run

Windows

Pre-requisites

These are all required before you proceed:

  1. Pool URL and Port, available on the PORT LIST page, on each COIN website, Pools Links are on https://pools.gntl.uk.
  2. Wallet Address for the COIN.
  3. A folder which has been excluded from your Anti-Virus software, because mining software will be flagged as malicious e.g. C:\Data\XMRStak.

Download and Extract

Let's now download and extract the required software:

  1. Download version 2.10.8 XMR-Stak from the XMR-Stak Github
  2. Extract XMR-Stak a suitable location, e.g. C:\Data\XMRStak.

Configure XMR-Stak

Let's configure XMR-Stak using the wizard. Follow this steps, and answer the prompts as shown:

  1. Run as Administrator: C:\Data\XMR-Stak\xmr-stak.exe.
Use simple setup method? (Y/n): y
Please enter the currency that you want to mine: COIN
Pool address: e.g. pool.example.com:3333: Pool URL:Port
Username (wallet address or pool login): WALLET_ADDRESS
Password (mostly empty or x): WORKDER_ID
Does this pool port support TLS/SSL? Use no if unknown. (y/N): y

e.g. - Wizard Questions and Answers to Mine Ryo Currency:

Use simple setup method? (Y/n): y
Please enter the currency that you want to mine: ryo
Pool address: e.g. pool.example.com:3333: ryo.gntl.uk:10007
Username (wallet address or pool login): RYoLshPDwcAb6HaangcoexZYZd1PEpqDNSsw8EdqSNHCSjFkwXGQrXs4nRxNwH5SrxgLCp5MjyRnrZ4Zg6a5jRgn6E2fJiH9Gxf
Password (mostly empty or x): GPU_RIG_01
Does this pool port support TLS/SSL? Use no if unknown. (y/N): y

e.g. - Answers Only to Mine Ryo Currency:

y
ryo
ryo.gntl.uk:10007
RYoLshPDwcAb6HaangcoexZYZd1PEpqDNSsw8EdqSNHCSjFkwXGQrXs4nRxNwH5SrxgLCp5MjyRnrZ4Zg6a5jRgn6E2fJiH9Gxf
GPU_RIG_01
y