Usage

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To start miniZ Equihash miner on Linux: open a console window and type

1	./miniZ --url=username@server:port

On Windows: start CMD shell (CMD.exe) and type

1	miniZ.exe --url=username@server:port

Substitute username by your pool username. This is usually your wallet address, depends on the pool.
Substitute server:port by the pool address and the port number.
- Ex. to mine BTG in 2miners: --url=walletaddress.worker@btg.2miners.com:4040
- Ex. to mine BTG in suprnova: --url=username.worker@btg.suprnova.cc:8866

Usage examples are written for Linux console, in case you’re using Windows shell just substitute ./miniZ by miniZ.exe .

Help

For details on parameters

1	./miniZ --help

1	./miniZ -h

Command line arguments

Arguments	Description	Default	Required
General information
--version (-v)	Print miniZ version information.	-	N
--help (-h)	List these command line arguments on screen.	-	-
--cuda-info (-ci)	List all available CUDA devices (GPUs) information on screen.	-	N
Device options
--cuda-devices= (-cd) [devices]	Enable CUDA mining on specific devices. If none is specified, miniZ will mine with all available devices. Ex. --cuda-devices=0,2,3	All available	N
--cuda-exclude= (-cde) [devices]	Include all devices except the ones specified, space separated.	-	N
--tempunits=[Temperature unit]	Shows temperature in Celsius (C) or Fahrenheit (F).	C	N
--templimit=[Temperature value]	Temperature limit at which mining will suspend for one minute. You can specify temperature in Celsius (C) or Fahrenheit (F).	90 C / 194 F	N
Mining pool connection
--user= (-u) [username]	Username	-	Y
--server= (-l) [server]	Server address	-	Y
--port= [port]	Port number	-	Y
--url= [user@server:port]	Alternative way to specify all the three previous arguments: username + server + port	-	-
--pass= (-p) [password]	Password	x	N
--cleanjobs	Only accept clean jobs.	-	-
--jobtimeout=[n]	If miner does not get new jobs for n time (in seconds), it will disconnect from pool. Decreasing n below 80-100 may cause instabilities, depends also on the pool.	300	-
--retries=[n]	Number of times to retry connection to an unavailable pool.	3	-
--retrydelay=[n]	Time between consecutive reconnections to an unvailable pool.	5	-
Algorithm options
--par=[parameters]	Equihash algorithm parameters. Ex. --par=144,5	144,5	N
--pers= [pers_string]	Coin personalised string. auto for automatic personalization string. Ex.Bitcoin Gold (BTG) --pers=BgoldPoW BitcoinZ (BTCZ) --pers BitcoinZ	BgoldPoW	N
--smart-pers	Writing this parameter tells miniZ to use personalization string 'auto' if available, otherwise uses specified pers. Use for compatibility with Mining Rig Rentals.	-	N
Display options
--nocolor	Remove colors from console.	-	N
--gpu-line	Lists each GPU information in a different line (default output if running > 1 GPUs). Omission will print information in the same line.	-	N
--telemetry= (-a) [port]	Local API port (to disable set port to 0). Ex. --telemetry=0.0.0.0:20000	20000	N
--show-solratio	Show number of solutions per iteration.	-	N
--show-pers	Show personalization string. Good for pers. string check.	-	N
--latency	Show current server ping latency.	-	N
--shares-detail	Show accepted/rejected shares per GPU, instead of accepted share efficiency.	Accepted share efficiency	N
--all-shares	Include fee shares on statistics.	-	N
--show-server	Shows the server address.	-
--show-shares	Shows submitted shares/rejected shares.	-	N
--server-share	Lists percentage time connected to each server (yours and fee's)	-	N
--extra	Alternative way to specify all the three previous arguments. This will show: shares + server address + server share	-	N
--localtime=[n]	[0-4] will show runtime or formatted local time. [11-14] will show both runtime and formatted local time.	Run time	-
Logging options
--log	Copy program output to miniZ.log	miniZ.log	N
--logfile [filename]	Copy program output to filename	-	N
--log-period	Define the time interval (in seconds) between periodic writes to the log/output file.	10 s	N
--log-delay	Define the time to wait (in seconds) before starting periodic writes to the log/output file.	10 s	N
--stat-int=[interval]	Interval [seconds] while reading statistics.	10 s	N
--nonvml	Disable GPU monitoring.	-	N
--csv=[filename]	Save all statistics to [filename] in CSV format.	-	N
Configuration file
--read-config [filename]	Read configuration from [filename] (default: miniZ.conf). If not specified, miniZ will always run miniZ-master.conf if this file exists.	miniZ.conf	N
--write-config [filename]	Write configuration to [filename] (default: miniZ.conf).	miniZ.conf	N
Optimisation options
--oc1	Combine this option with power saving to mine faster. Can be defined per GPU. Ex. --oc1=1,4 applies oc1 to GPU 1 and to GPU 4 (numbering as in --cuda-devices). If GPU is not specified applies to all GPUs.	-	N
--oc2	Combine this option with OC to mine faster. Can be defined per GPU. Ex. --oc2=2,4 applies oc2 to GPU 2 and to GPU 4 (numbering as in --cuda-devices). If GPU is not specified applies to all GPUs.	-	N
--f11=[n]	Force tuning feature 11 level [0-3]. Usually at low power --f11=0 produces better efficiency, but feel free to try different values with your overclock settings. Ex. --f11=1	Best for stock settings	N
--intensity= [number 1-100]	Specify miner running intensity, per GPU. Ex. --intensity=20,40 applies --intensity=20 to the first selcted GPU and --intensity=40 to the second selected GPU.	100	N
--donate= [n]	Adds n% to 2% fee. Thank you for your donation! 🙂	-	N

Examples

To mine BTG with all GPUs, in btgpool, port 3857, wallet address GdkQGJmbdvx2UBRhomUAXwdUbKJySXzubo, worker worker, no password. Note that for BTG there is no need to specify the algorithm parameters:

1	./miniZ --url=GdkQGJmbdvx2UBRhomUAXwdUbKJySXzubo.worker@eu.btgpool.pro:3857

To mine BTG with GPU 0 and 2, in 2miners, port 4040, wallet address GdkQGJmbdvx2UBRhomUAXwdUbKJySXzubo, worker worker:

1	./miniZ -cd 0 2 --url=GdkQGJmbdvx2UBRhomUAXwdUbKJySXzubo.worker@btg.2miners.com:4040

Same as previous, but specifying a second pool+user+port:

1	./miniZ -cd 0 2 --url=GdkQGJmbdvx2UBRhomUAXwdUbKJySXzubo.worker@btg.2miners.com:4040 --url=myuser.worker@btg.suprnova.cc:8866

To mine BTCZ with GPU 0, 1 and 2, in equipool, with SSL, worker worker:

1	./miniZ -cd 0 1 2 --url=ssl://YourWalletAddress.worker@mine-btcz-euro.equipool.1ds.us:50066

Same as previous but with alternative command line arguments:

1	./miniZ -cd 0 1 2 --user YourWalletAddress.worker --server ssl://mine-btcz-euro.equipool.1ds.us --port 50066

To mine BTCZ in 2miners, port 2020, and BTG in suprnova, port 8817, with GPU 0 and 2:

1	./miniZ -cd 0 2 --url=t1appvYQcvaiLh9k45btNKXPognVhYcM1Br.worker@btcz.2miners.com:2020 --url=myuser.worker@btg.suprnova.cc:8866

To mine MNX with GPU 2, choosing two pools – solopool, port 2020, and minexpool, port 3333:

1	./miniZ -cd 2 --par=96,5 --url=YourWalletAddress.worker@s4.solopool.org:8002 --url=YourWalletAddress.worker@eu.minexpool.eu:3333

Console output

Because it is important to have feedback while miniZ is running, some information (speed, GPU temperature…) will be presented on the console window¹.

First, you’ll see a header listing the command line parameter values. Although miniZ will give warning for common mistakes, it is good to confirm that all is correct.

Usage - miniZ equihash miner console window output header.

After the header the following information will show:

Usage - miniZ equihash miner console window output.

If ––extra was specified in the command line, you will see the following instead since more information will be added to the line info:

Usage - miniZ equihash miner console window output. Example output for --extra option.

If ––gpu-line was specified you will see the GPU information displayed per line (this shows core and memory clocks). In the following example the ––latency option was additionally used:

Usage - Console output. GPU information displayed per line. Usage of --gpu-line and --latency options.

As stated elsewhere, the fee is set up to 2% of the total mining time. When looking at server share percentage values it is possible that your pool share is >98%, this means that the program will soon switch for the fee pool. Similarly, when the fee pool share is >2% the program will soon switch for your pool. In the beginning these percentage values will show less balanced, this is only because the total running time is, at that moment, too short (Ex. 10 s is about 8% of a running time of 2 min).

Check the command line arguments table for more information about the display options.

For additional output information check the Telemetry page here.

¹On Windows: If you are not using Windows 10, the console may not show the colors properly. However, you can use another console. We tried ConEmu terminal emulator and it worked fine. There are others available, which should also work OK.