Cast XMR - Highspeed CryptoNight (Monero/Aeon/Electroneum/Bytecoin) Miner for Radeon RX Vega and RX 470/480/570/580 GPUs


Features

- Full support for:
CryptoNightV7
Monero (XMR)
Graft (GRFT)
Intense (ITNS)
Electroneum (ETN)
CryptoNight (Classic)
Bytecoin (BCN)
DigitalNote (XDN)
LeviarCoin (XLC)
Karbo (KRB)
CryptoNightXTL
Stellite (XTL)
CryptoNight-Heavy
Loki (LOKI)
Saronite (XRN)
CryptoNightXHV-Heavy
Haven (XHV)
CryptoNightV7-Lite
Aeon (AEON)
Turtlecoin (TRTL)
CryptoNightIPBC-Lite
BitTube (TUBE) (former IPBC)

- Fastest miner for AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 GPUs
about 2000 CryptoNight Hashes/s
about 1450 CryptoNight-Heavy Hashes/s
about 4250 CryptoNight-Lite Hashes/s
- Fastest miner for AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 GPUslist]
more then 2000 CryptoNight Hashes/s
about 1550 CryptoNight-Heavy Hashes/s
about 4100 CryptoNight-Lite Hashes/s
- Fastest miner for AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition GPUs
about 2100 CryptoNight Hashes/s
about 2110 CryptoNight-Heavy Hashes/s
about 4250 CryptoNight-Lite Hashes/s
- Optimized cores for Vega and Polaris based GPUs
- Automatic driver version detection and setup recommendations
- Multiple GPU support for upto 24 Vega GPUs
- Monitor temperature and fan speed of each GPU
- Full pool support
- Nicehash support
- Fast Job Switch option to minimize outdated shares
- Rate Watchdog to monitor each GPU performance
- Includes command line tool to restart GPUs, switch on/off HBCC, Compute Mode and Large Pages
- Remote http access for statistics in JSON format
- only 1.5% dev fee

Requirements

- Windows 8/8.1/10 64 bit
- AMD Radeon RX Vega 56/64 GPU with at least 8GB RAM
- or AMD Radeon RX Vega Frontier Edition with 16GB RAM
- or AMD Radeon RX 470/RX 480/RX 570/RX 580 GPU with a least 4GB RAM
- For about 50% higher hash rates.

Version History

Cast XMR Version 1.2.0 (2018/6/12)
- Fix for "unauthenticated shares" pool error
- Support for the upcoming (XHV) V3 update. In case you are mining Haven set --algo=7 now. Cast will then automatically switch to CryptoNightXHV-Heavy when the network update is happening.

Cast XMR Version 1.1.5 (2018/6/7)
- Fix for mixed up device order
- Support for Stellite(XTL) V4 Update. Add --algo=6 in case you are mining Stellite. It will automatically switch to CryptoNightXTL when the network update is happening.
- Stability fixes

Cast XMR Version 1.1.0 (2018/6/1)
- All new --intensity option to specify the memory allocation in the range of 0 to 10, upto 12 for Vega Frontier Edition. The default setting will correspond with the settings of version 1.0 and are displayed at startup.
- Vega Frontier 'Large Pages' support added, up to 30% higher hash rates for CryptoNight-Heavy, 5% increase for CryptoNight
- Includes the command line tool to restart GPUs, switch on/off HBCC, Compute Mode and Large Pages
- Nicehash supports now up to 24 GPUs
- --maxmem option is deprecated, will now be mapped to an corresponding intensity setting
- --forcecompute is deprecated, 'Compute Mode' of Polaris GPUs will be automatically detected. To overwrite use the --intensity option
- Default mining algo changed to CryptoNightV7, to still mine CryptoNight Classic add --algo=0
- Tested with Radeon Adrenalin Driver 18.4.1

Cast XMR Version 1.0.0 (2018/4/24)
- Support for Aeon (AEON) CryptoNight Lite variant set --algo=3 to mine
- Support for Turtlecoin (TRTL) CryptoNightV7 Lite variant set --algo=4 to mine
- Support for Interplanetary Broadcast Coin (IPBC) CryptoNight Lite IPBC variation set --algo=5 to mine
- Up to 3% performance improvement with new option --maxmem to allocate the maximum memory of the card. For Vega cards the "HBCC Memory Segment" has to be disabled in the Radeon Settings to use the option. Disadvantage is a higher risk of hash rate drops when the --maxmem option is used.

Cast XMR Version 0.9.6 (2018/04/17)
- CryptoNight-Heavy fix for very low hash rates when HBCC Memory Segment is enabled
- HBCC Memory Segment performance hint for Vega64 when mining CryptoNightV7
- Improvement for 4GB versions of RX 470/480/570/580 when mining CryptoNightV7

Cast XMR Version 0.9.5 (2018/04/14)
- 0.5% performance improvement for the CryptoNightV7 kernel
- support for CryptoNight Heavy set --algo=2 to mine:
- Sumokoin (SUMO)
- Haven (XHV)

Cast XMR Version 0.9.2 (2018/03/29)
- Improvements for RX Vegas that achieve 99% the performance of the Blockchain Compute Beta driver with the latest standard driver.

Cast XMR Version 0.9.1 (2018/03/22)
- 0.5% overall performance improvement for Vega based GPUs
- --ratewatchdog experimental option to monitor the hash rate, in case an occasional happening drop of the hash rate is detected the kernel will be resetted to restore the optimal hash rate
- fully tested CryptoNight variant (CryptoNightV7) for the Monero V7 Network Upgrade PoW Change which is now scheduled for the 6th April/
- In case you want to mine the graft coin use the --algo=0 option, an automatic detection of the used CryptoNight variant is not possible for this coin. For all other known CryptoNight coins the hash variant seems to be detected correct
- In case you are mining with Nicehash or any other automatic coin switching pool that has the Graft coin in the mix the --algo=0 option is advised to prevent invalid shares on the Graft coin. Be aware to remove the option when the Monero V7 network upgrade is happpening otherwise it then will clash with mining Monero!

Cast XMR Version 0.9.0 (2018/03/08)
- support for the Monero V7 network upgrade.
- the Monero PoW switch will be automatically detected, no restart of cast XMR is required. Only make sure to update cast XMR before the network upgrade is happening and that the used Monero pool supports the network upgrade
- no decrase in hash rate for other currencies was introduced by the change
- CryptoNightV7 will run at the same hash rate as CryptoNight
- for any case there is the new --algo option to force which CryptoNight variant to use:
- -1 = autodetect (default)
- 0 = CryptoNight
- 1 = CryptoNightV7 (Monero V7 network upgrade)

Cast XMR Version 0.8.5 (2018/02/07)
- 1% performance gain for Vega Frontier Edition with Blockchain driver (fastest GPU around)
- 1% performance improvement with current stock driver (18.1.1) for RX Vega 56/64 (40% to go to reach Blockchain driver performance)
- fix for random blocking console output
- GPU now always logs with its device id not the order they are listed in the -G argument
- --log option to log console output to a file
- remote access includes CORS support in HTTP header

Cast XMR Version 0.8 (2017/12/14)

- kernel optimizations result in subtle performance improvements
- --fastjobswitch option (experimental) to force fast switching to new jobs. When enabled the GPUs will switch to the new job within less then 100ms. This improves the effective hash rate by 1 to 5% as nearly no GPU performance will be wasted on calculating outdated shares anymore. The drawback is a slightly lower displayed hashrate as while switching no hashes are calculated.
- improved support for more then 8 GPUs
- support for Radeon RX 470/RX 570 (Polaris) added
- --forcecompute option to force kernel for compute mode on Polaris (RX470/570/480/580) GPUs. In the Radeon Settings GPU Workload has to be switched to 'Compute'. This option is available in Crimson 17.10.2 (or later) driver and reaches nearly the same performance on Polaris based GPUs as with the Blockchain driver.
- openCL platform is auto detected if --opencl is not specified
- --nonicehash option to disable nicehash support
- nicehash support will automatically disabled if more then 8 GPUs are used. Otherwise search space could be exhausted to early and the GPUs search in overlapping nonce ranges.

Cast XMR Version 0.7 (2017/11/29)

- network and job status added to current statistics
- remote access to get current status at 127.0.0.1:7777 in JSON format (enable with --remoteaccess)
- command line option to specify number of reconnects to pool (default 100) before giving up (set with --reconnects n)
- fix for nicehash to support upto 8 GPUs (before only 4 were possible)

Cast XMR Version 0.6 (2017/10/27)

- improved queue sync which results in an 0.1% higher average hash rate
- experimental support for Radeon RX 480/580 GPUs added
- pessing 's' key prints the current statistics
- count outdated and invalid shares separate
- fixed random crash when quitting app
- bugfix: invalid command line arguments did hang app

Cast XMR Version 0.5 (2017/10/19)

- support for multiple Vega GPUs. Specify multiple GPUs comma separated with the -G switch like "-G 0,1,2,3"
- monitor temperature and fan speed for each GPU
- subtle performance improvements in core

Cast XMR Version 0.4 (2017/10/13)

- performance optimizations result in 1 - 2% higher hash rates
- reduced dev fee to 1.5%

Cast XMR Version 0.3 (2017/10/10)

- performance optimizations result in 5 - 10% higher hash rates
- breaking the 2 KHashes/s barrier with working overclocking settings for RX Vega 64 and RX Vega 56

Cast XMR Version 0.2 (2017/09/27)

- performance improvement result in 1% higher hashrates
- Improved support for RX Vega 56 (now goes faster then a Vega 64 !?)
- Detection if Blockchain driver is installed
- Fix for Sikka and Intense pools

Cast XMR Version 0.1 (2017/09/22)

- Initial Release

How To

cast_xmr has a command line interface. For a minimal configuration run:

cast_xmr -S [pool server] -u [username or wallet address]

For a complete list of configuration options run:

cast_xmr --help

Download:
https://mega.nz/#!DaJlySAZ!Cdytww-uBbiOlCfiwjy4Dg0Ot9eJwhGTHqeRpGjLHdY

Overview

CryptoDredge is a simple in use and highly optimized cryptocurrency mining software. It takes full advantage of modern NVIDIA graphics cards through the use of unique optimization techniques. We have also devoted great attention to stable power consumption. These benefits, along with the very small DevFee, make our product one of the best publicly available miners.

Supported algorithms

Allium
Lyra2REv2
Lyra2z
NeoScrypt
PHI1612
Phi2

Direct links
https://mega.nz/#!2KZkASBZ!0LKpF_abK7X94MjZkmBH_e7OfzBXdlhZHjUnqosb64A

System Requirements
Windows 7/8.1/10 (64-bit versions)
NVIDIA GPUs with Compute Capability 5.0 or above (Maxwell and Pascal)
2GB of RAM (4GB recommended). Some algorithms such as NeoScrypt require the virtual memory (swap file) with the same size as all of the GPU's memory.
Internet connection

Quickstart

The current version of CryptoDredge is a (portable) console application. Unpack the downloaded archive and edit one of the sample .bat files or provide the necessary command line arguments.

Sample Command Line
Code:
CryptoDredge -a phi1612 -o yiimp.eu:8333 -u LapBsHKkooPRzdXpGVfqvWAyNK3hUrrYVS

Command-Line Arguments

-v, --version Display version information
-a, --algo Specify the hash algorithm to use
allium
blake2s
lyra2v2
lyra2z
neoscrypt
phi1612
phi2
skein
skunkhash

-d, --device List of device IDs to use for mining
-h, --help Display help information
-i, --intensity Mining intensity. In opposite to some other tools (ccminer), we use a small range of intensity - 0..6
-o, --pool URL of mining pool
-p, --pass Password/Options for mining pool
-u, --user Username for mining pool
--log Log output to file
--no-color Force color off

Features

DevFee is 1%

Changes in version 3.0c (since 2.9e):
Implemented auto-tune function which will find the best GT value for each GPU. You can activate it by either omitting the -gt parameter in the command line, or by pressing 'z' in the console. Note that auto-tune process takes about 3 to 5 minutes on average and during this time the hashrate will be lower and will go up and down. You can abort the auto-tuning by pressing the 'g' key in the console window.
Added support for 'x' key in console window. This will allow you to select a single GPU for manual or automatic GT tuning.
Added support for direct mining (without DAG switching for DevFee) of the following coins: Nekonium (NUKO), MIX, EtherGem (EGEM), AURA, Hotelbyte Coin (HBC), Genom (GEN), EtherZero (ETZ), Callisto (CLO). See the -coin option documentation below for details how to specify the coin you are mining.
Added support for on-the-fly reload of config.txt file and applying the new options by pressing the key 'c' in the console window. Note that most options require restart in order to change. Currently the follwing options can be changed without restarting: -mi, -gt, -clf, -nvf, and all hardware control parameters (-tt, -fanmin, -fanmax, -powlim, -tmax, -cclock, -cvddc, -mclock, -mvddc). This allows more convenient adjustment and fine-tuning of the mining rigs
Added -cdmrs option to reload the settings if config.txt is edited/uploaded by a remote manager. This allows you to change and reload the config.txt options via remote manager without access to the console window of the miner.
Small improvements in AMD kernels
Added -nvf 3 setting that could solve some problems with unstable Nvidia cards (but may affect hashrate negatively)
Added option -acm to turn on AMD compute mode on the supported GPUs. This is equivalent of pressing 'y' in the miner console.
Added option -retrydelay that sets the pause between the reconnection attempts in seconds (min value 0, default value: 20)
Added option -resetoc to reset the HW overclocking setting on startup to their default values
Added option -gpureset, which forces full reset of the GPU when the miner is paused (or before DAG generation when switching DAG epochs). This is designed to avoid problems like the hashrate drop of GeForce GTX1080 Ti after pause/resume. This option can be specified per GPU and is turned on by default for GTX1080 Ti.
Added option -gser for serializing of DAG creation if your PSU(s) can't take all GPUs generating DAG simultaneously.
Graceful shutdown when closed by the close button of the console window (including reseting OC settings to defaults)
Added option -gsi to set the speed stats interval (5-30 seconds, default 5; 0 turns off the speed stats). The detailed stats are still shown every 45 seconds and aren't affected by the -gsi value
Fixed crashing with Vega cards with AMD drivers 18.4.1 and newer
Many small fixes and changes

PhoenixMiner is fast (arguably the fastest) Ethash (ETH, ETC, Muiscoin, EXP, UBQ, etc.) miner that supports
both AMD and Nvidia cards (including in mixed mining rigs). It runs under Windows x64
and has a developer fee of 0.65% (the lowest in the industry). This means that every 90
minutes the miner will mine for us, its developers, for 35 seconds.

The speed is generally faster than Claymore's Ethereum miner in eth only mode
(we have measured about 0.4-1.3% speed improvement but your results may be slightly lower or
higher depending on the GPUs). To achieve highest possible speed on AMD cards it may be needed
to manually adjust the GPU tune factor (a number from 8 to about 400, which can be changed
interactively with the + and - keys while the miner is running).

If you have used Claymore's Dual Ethereum miner, you can switch to PhoenixMiner with
minimal hassle as we support most of Claymore's command-line options and confirguration
files with the notable exception of the dual mining feature (yet).

Please note that PhoenixMiner is extensively tested on many mining rigs but this is the
first public release and there still may be some bugs. Additionally, we are actively working on
bringing many new features in the future releases. If you encounter any problems or have
feature requests, please post them here (in this thread). We will do our best to answer in timely
fashion.

1. Quick start

You can download PhoenixMiner 3.0c from here:

https://mega.nz/#!DXpnUYaZ!1mQXPjK0ZtJKFvNFUT6riUocRglyX0boLuTzhzol4NQ

Here are the command line parameters for some of the more popular pools and coins:

ethermine org (ETH):
PhoenixMiner.exe -pool eu1.ethermine org:4444 -pool2 us1.ethermine org:4444 -wal YourEthWalletAddress.WorkerName -proto 3
ethermine org (ETH, secure connection):
PhoenixMiner.exe -pool ssl://eu1 ethermine org:5555 -pool2 ssl://us1.ethermine org:5555 -wal YourEthWalletAddress.WorkerName -proto 3
ethpool org (ETH):
PhoenixMiner.exe -pool eu1 ethpool org:3333 -pool2 us1 ethpool org:3333 -wal YourEthWalletAddress.WorkerName -proto 3
dwarfpool.com (ETH):
PhoenixMiner.exe -pool eth-eu dwarfpool com:8008 -wal YourEthWalletAddress/WorkerName -pass x
nanopool org (ETH):
PhoenixMiner.exe -pool eu1 nanopool org:9999 -wal YourEthWalletAddress/WorkerName -pass x
nicehash (ethash):
PhoenixMiner.exe -pool stratum+tcp://daggerhashimoto eu nicehash com:3353 -wal YourBtcWalletAddress -pass x -proto 4 -stales 0
f2pool (ETH):
PhoenixMiner.exe -epool eth.f2pool com:8008 -ewal YourEthWalletAddress -pass x -worker WorkerName
miningpoolhub (ETH):
PhoenixMiner.exe -pool us-east.ethash-hub miningpoolhub com:20535 -wal YourLoginName.WorkerName -pass x -proto 1
coinotron.com (ETH):
PhoenixMiner.exe -pool coinotron com:3344 -wal YourLoginName.WorkerName -pass x -proto 1
ethermine org (ETC):
PhoenixMiner.exe -pool eu1-etc ethermine org:4444 -wal YourEtcWalletAddress.WorkerName
dwarfpool com (EXP):
PhoenixMiner.exe -pool exp-eu dwarfpool com:8018 -wal YourExpWalletAddress/WorkerName
miningpoolhub (MUSIC):
PhoenixMiner.exe -pool europe.ethash-hub miningpoolhub com:20585 -wal YourLoginName.WorkerName -pass x -proto 1
ubiqpool (UBIQ):
PhoenixMiner.exe -pool stratum+tcp://eu ubiqpool io:8008 -wal YourUbiqWalletAddress -pass x -worker WorkerName
minerpool.net (PIRL):
PhoenixMiner.exe -pool pirl minerpool net:8002 -wal YourPirlWalletAddress -pass x -worker WorkerName
dodopool com (Metaverse ETP):
PhoenixMiner.exe -pool etp.dodopool com:8008 -wal YourMetaverseETPWalletAddress -worker Rig1 -pass x
minerpool net (Ellaism):
PhoenixMiner.exe -pool ella minerpool net:8002 -wal YourEllaismWalletAddress -worker Rig1 -pass x
etherdig net (ETH PPS):
PhoenixMiner.exe -pool etherdig net:4444 -wal YourEthWalletAddress.WorkerName -proto 4 -pass x
etherdig net (ETH HVPPS):
PhoenixMiner.exe -pool etherdig net:3333 -wal YourEthWalletAddress.WorkerName -proto 4 -pass x

2. Features, requirements, and limitations

* Supports AMD Vega, 580/570/480/470, 460/560, Fury, 390/290 and older AMD GPUs with enough VRAM
* Supports Nvidia 10x0 and 9x0 series as well as older cards with enough VRAM
* Highly optimized OpenCL and CUDA cores for maximum ethash mining speed
* Lowest developer fee of 0.65% (35 seconds defvee mining per each 90 minutes)
* Advanced statistics: actual difficulty of each share as well as effective hashrate at the pool
* DAG file generation in the GPU for faster start-up and DAG epoch switches
* Supports all ethash mining pools and stratum protocols
* Supports secure pool connections (e.g. ssl://eu1 ethermine org:5555) to prevent IP hijacking attacks
* Detailed statistics, including the individual cards hashrate, shares, temperature and fan speed
* Unlimited number of fail-over pools in epools.txt configuration file (or two on the command line)
* GPU tuning for the AMD GPUs to achieve maximum performance with your rig
* Supports devfee on alternative ethash currencies like ETC, EXP, Music, UBQ, Pirl, Ellaism, and Metaverse ETP. This allows you to use older cards with small VRAM or low hashate on current DAG epochs (e.g. GTX970).
* Full compatibility with the industry standard Claymore's Dual Ethereum miner, including most of command-line options, configuration files, and remote monitoring and management.
* More features coming soon!

PhoenixMiner requires Windows x64 (Windows 7, Windows 10, etc.). We are planning a Linux version in
the future but it may take some time.

PhenixMiner does not support dual mining. However we are working on this feature and will introduce it
soon. Solo mining is supported since version 2.7c.

While the miner is running, you can use some interactive commands. Press the key 'h' while the
miner's console window has the keyboard focus to see the list of the available commands. The
interactive commands are also listed at the end of the following section.

3. Command-line arguments

Note that PhoenixMiner supports most of the command-line options of Claymore's dual Ethereum miner
so you can use the same command line options as the ones you would have used with Claymore's miner.

Pool options:
-pool <host:port> Ethash pool address (prepend the host name with ssl:// for SSL pool, or http:// for solo mining)
-wal <wallet> Ethash wallet (some pools require appending of user name and/or worker)
-pass <password> Ethash password (most pools don't require it, use 'x' as password if unsure)
-worker <name> Ethash worker name (most pools accept it as part of wallet)
-proto <n> Selects the kind of stratum protocol for the ethash pool:
1: miner-proxy stratum spec (e.g. coinotron)
2: eth-proxy (e.g. dwarfpool, nanopool) - this is the default, works for most pools
3: qtminer (e.g. ethpool)
4: EthereumStratum/1.0.0 (e.g. nicehash)
-coin <coin> Ethash coin to use for devfee to avoid switching DAGs:
auto: Try to determine from the pool address (default)
eth: Ethereum
etc: Ethereum Classic
exp: Expanse
music: Musicoin
ubq: UBIQ
pirl: Pirl
ella: Ellaism
etp: Metaverse ETP
pgc: Pegascoin
akroma: Akroma
whale: WhaleCoin
vic: Victorium
nuko: Nekonium
mix: Mix
egem: EtherGem
aura: Aura
hbc: Hotelbyte Coin
gen: Genom
etz: EtherZero
clo: Callisto

MinerPro for Nicehash - control system for local or remote instance

Download latest version https://mega.nz/#!3fxR1J6I!LbMv5jIkDpxjWspKQ6THt0HW-5ysi0KAEOYSNlzpwes - Last version 10.1.0.24!


You must download and run the Excavator yourself on your farms. The application does not start the excavator, it controls local or remote instances of the miner.

Features
- The calculation of profits is made taking into account the cost of electricity. Including different cost of electricity during the day.
- Individual overclocking GPUs for each algorithm.
- Fine-tuning the parameters of algorithms.
- Ability to change parameters of the overclocking during operation.
- Fast, less than one second, switch between algorithms.
- Failover - switching to other locations when the stratum server fails.
- Caching Nicehash SMA data.
- Supported currency USD, CHF, HRK, MXN, ZAR, INR, CNY, THB, AUD, ILS, KRW, JPY, PLN, GBP, IDR, HUF, PHP, TRY, RUB, HKD, ISK, EUR, DKK, CAD, MYR, BGN, NOK, RON, SGD, CZK, SEK, NZD, BRL.
- Added integration with android application Nicehash Statistic. Now you will receive push-notifications about stopping rigs. Also in the mobile application you can watch MinerPro logs
- Dev fee 0.8% (one minute in two hours).