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IMAGE 2.25.2: RELEASED 2021-02-01
Changelog from 2.24.0:
Added gputool and mining support for NVIDIA 3xxx series GPUs
Updated all system packages, miners, and applications to latest as of 20210126
Updated CUDA to 11.2 and added cuda 11.1 libs for backward compatibility
Updated nvidia drivers to 460
Updated discord to 0.0.13 and fixed bug preventing running the discord client as root
Re-image note:
To update the PIMP IMAGE you must re-image your SSD with the new .img file and re-configure. pimpup only can update miner.farm agent, pimp software, and miners at this time.
Download links are on your miner.farm account page: https://miner.farm/account
Thanks team for your support and diligent testing!
@bkwgJLb27V4 said in Verthash additional setup in cpuminer-opt:
Hi all,
I'm new to PiMP and so far I'm pretty happy with the results. My old PC is happily whirring away farming Monero, and everything works great. However, when I tried to give Vertcoin a shot, I noticed that cpuminer-opt says you'll have to get a .dat file to support mining the Verthash algorithm.
I know PiMP is supposed to be highly optimized, so I've been trying not to treat it like a normal Ubuntu build. Is there any downside to me just... downloading arbitrary programs and running them (as I'd need to do to build that file)? Is there some kind of threshold I should be concerned about?
Similarly, is there anywhere on the OS I should know about that is safe from being overwritten by updates?
Then, once I have the file, where are the miners actually located on the OS so I can symlink the data file in? I can always go exploring, but I thought it might be simpler to just ask, especially if there are special folders that should/shouldn't be modified.
Thanks!
Hi, miner updates are delivered each Miner.farm Monday. Your 4/8 release of cpuminer-opt 3.16.2 was delivered and made available to pimpup the following monday, 4/12.
If you use the commands as they are documented in the guides and videos, it works exactly as you see. If you need to add files to, say, /opt/miners/cpuminer-opt to add a .dat file in, you can, but if you then run pimpup to download a new version of the miner, predictably, it overwrites your changes.
Likewise with the conf files.... With /opt/confs, if you use pimp --edit (or edit) as recommended, it will unlink your edited pcfg files from the default so your changes persist.
You're off to a good start with pimp. 😁😉
I personally use phoenixminer.. its a great miner with really good controls for tuning, and a low dev fee. The dev team are always working on updates and improvements too.
Lots of pools out there, but I'm a big fan of ethermine. Stable and consistent.
Happy mining mate. 🥳🍻
To get your Watts showing more accurately, there are some things you can adjust yourself.
By adding Watts to the fields below manually, you can get it to match the power usage AT THE WALL (if you have a meter of course). I have mine set to “compact view” to show me all the goodies. 😉
For example…
Your main MinerFarm “view” screen.
There are two baseline power fields. One on the miner and one for the rig/actual PC or system.
Miner View Baseline Power is only used for miners that do not report their power usage.
If you know you GPU is using 100w of power but your chosen miner is not reporting and thus showing 0’s or nothing, this is where you would enter 100. If you have 6 x GPU’s, and you know each is using 100w, enter 600 in here.
For example…
When you click on one of your miners (above image, 3rd line down, Production Rig 1) you’ll see something like the below. Down the bottom right is where you add this. It’s worth mentioning that the Watts displayed on this screen are the Watts used by the device/s for mining. In my case below, the Watts that the GPU’s are using.
The Host Power Baseline is for the rig's overhead power (CPU/MB/RAM/SSD/PSU/Riser Cards) (i.e. Things not reported via a miner.)
For example…
When you click on “Admin” on the left navigation tabs you will see something like the below.
Then click on the Agent you wish to amend from the above ie, I’ll stick with my Production Rig 1 on the 2nd line, and again, see below screenshot, down the bottom right you would add your base watts here for that Rig/PC/System.
Now your Watts aka power usage should be pretty right.
As always.. if anyone needs assistance.. please jump on the chat in Discord and a friendly fellow PiMP will be glad to help out.
Happy mining all. 😊
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Hello pimps I am sharing some talks we had about this in discord, hope it helps someone:
pimp currently supports many usb asic andsoon monitor network asic too
ASIC:
4x GekkoScience 2Pac
1x NF1 Nanofury
1x Futurebit Moonlander 2
here is what it looks like on the rig
[/root/bbb/extras]:# pimp --add asic
Profile list filtered by "asic":
ID Name
5101 (asic) bfgminer: for usb gridseed/asics [bfg.gsd.conf]
5102 (asic) bfgminer: for usb zeus/asics [bfg.zeus.conf]
5151 (asic) bfgminer: for usb futurebit asics [bfg.futurebit.conf]
5211 (asic) cgminer-dmaxl: for usb gridseed asics [cgminer.gsd.conf]
5221 (asic) cgminer-dmaxl: for usb zeus asics [cgminer.zeus.conf]
5301 (asic) cgminer-gekko: for usb gekkoscience 2pac asics [cgminer.gekko.conf]
5321 (asic) cgminer-ckolivas: for usb nanofury SHA-256 asics [cgminer.nanofury.conf]
Usage: pimp --add [Profile ID]
those are the miners designed for asic use (cgminer and bfgminer) and the clones of them, and they build those cgminer versions specially for some hardware to get good hashrates, i think too
For the complete list of PiMP Profiles, miners and confs, and how to use them, check out this post: https://forum.getpimp.org/topic/10/setting-up-miner-profiles
Q: Any to avoid? I saw some USED on ebay. I wasn't aware of an after-market for ASICs. I went with GPU mining as I can and do sell used for
asics are usually semi profitable the sooner you get them but as more asic released for a coin then the diff goes up because everyone mines with so used asic usually for fun, learning, and if you have cheap power, a little more. mostly if you are a believer that the coins will go up then you value them even if take a slight loss due to electrics yes there are several SHA-256 algorithm coins
also great for fun & learning. For $50 you could play with one or two.
TLDR: if you look at the ones that use cgminer / bfg miner you will be in good shape
some of the team have androids and other miners that are being picked up by miner.farm - coming soon
Happy mining pimps!
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