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Introduction

Zilliqa has developed a new way of mining compared to regular methods we all know of. POW is every 2-3 hours. That's right 2-3 hours. In that POW time, your miners only mine for 1 minute. I kid you not. This is to help the planet go green with mining but I am greedy and would like to use all the rest of time to mine something.

Dual Mining Zilliqa
Zilliqa miner already has a function to allow dual mining. For Zilliqa, dual mining is Mining on own coin (eth, jesus coin, grin, etc) while waiting for POW for Zilliqa. When POW is close, zilminer will stop your mining operations of eth (or any other coin you are mining) and begin to mine Zilliqa for one minute. After the minute has passed, it continues to mine your eth.

Problem

Although dual mining Zilliqa is great, it never works out the way you expect. Unexpected issues like zilminer crashing, your eth miner crashing, heck your pc crashing have been an issue from day one. Read Solution below.

Introducing Zilliqa-Switcher

Instead of your miners crashing, I offer you a solution to mine any other coin with any other miner while still making it in time to mine Zilliqa. This is a work in progress but it works well.

Download Link
https://mega.nz/#F!y8lRXAJD!fRRxM9aWiAsN2CbMEeaq7A (https://mega.nz/#F!y8lRXAJD!fRRxM9aWiAsN2CbMEeaq7A)


Instructions

Miner Numbers :
Custom Scripts = 0
Phoenix Miner = 1
Claymore = 2
SRBMiner = 3
SGMiner = 4
BMiner = 5
Gminer = 6
NiceHashMinerLegacy = 7
CCMiner = 8
TT-Miner = 9
ewbf_144 = 10
NBminer = 11
Team Red Miner = 12
Xmr-Stak = 13
MinerStat = 14 (and other miner. Eg. MinerStat + Claymore = 142, MinerStat + Phoenix = 141)
LoLMiner = 15
NiceHash Miner = 16
T-Rex = 17
SeroMiner = 18
KawPowMiner = 19
NanoMiner = 20
XMrig = 21
MiniZ = 22

Command Line


-m or --miner    This is required to let the script miner you would like to dual mine Zilliqa with. Below are the parameters to choose from. Example, -m 15 uses LolMiner + Zil.

Custom Script = 0 ,Phoenix Miner = 1 Claymore = 2, SRBMiner = 3, SGMiner = 4, BMiner = 5, GMiner = 6, NiceHash Miner Legacy = 7, CCMiner = 8, TT-Miner = 9, ewbf_144 = 10, NBminer = 11, Team Red Miner = 12, Xmr-Stak = 13, MinerStat = 14, LolMiner = 15, NiceHash Miner = 16, T-Rex = 17, SeroMiner = 18


-r or --run   This is required to start your Miner (chosen with -m). Not required for custom scripts option. Either use an exe or bat. Example -r PhoenixMiner.exe  or -r start.bat

-a or --address    This is required to mine Zilliqa to your correct address. New or old format works. Example  -a 0xe511b07b68681d4501665De40cf6A734f05da94f

-w or --worker   This is your miner name for mining Zilliqa. This is optional. If left empty, it uses your PC Name


Custom Script Explanation

This is for users that would like to use their own scripts to open and close their miner of choice.

-r or --run   Is not to be used for this.

-s or --start   Used to stop your miner. This should be a bat file.  Example  -s stop.bat

-e or --end    Used to start your miner. Example -e ewbf_144.exe  or --end start.bat

But... I used the old format to run this script

We have you covered, we have added backward compatibility. When you update to the newest version, you old scripts should work (PM @kidkid1 if you have issues or PM me here)


Examples

Example #1: zil_switcher.exe  -m 1 -r miner.bat  -a 0xe511b07b68681d4501665De40cf6A734f05da94f

Example #2: zil_switcher.exe -m 2 -r EthDcrMiner64.exe  -a zil1u5gmq7mgdqw52qtxthjqea48xnc9m22067k4gf

Example #3: zil_switcher.exe -m 2  -r EthDcrMiner64.exe -a zil1u5gmq7mgdqw52qtxthjqea48xnc9m22067k4gf -w miner1

Example #4: zil_switcher.exe -m 1  -r start.bat -a 0xe511b07b68681d4501665De40cf6A734f05da94f -w win_miner

Example #5: zil_switcher.exe -m 0 -a 0xe511b07b68681d4501665De40cf6A734f05da94f -s stop.bat -e start.bat


Run outside of Command Line

Download Zilminer, Download your other miner (let's say Claymore), Download Zilliqa-Switcher
Extract all files from all three downloaded packages in the same folder.
Optional: Create an eth.bat script if you need to.
Run Zilliqa-Switcher
First option, choose your miner
Second option, choose how you run your miner, either using only exe or using a bat file (created in step 3)
Third option if you chose bat file, enter the name of the bat file, (eth.bat , grin.bat)
Forth option, enter your Zilliqa Address. This can be the old formart Zil address or New Format Zil Address
That's it :)

For Awesome Miner

First, be sure that API is activated in Awesomeminer.
 
Screenshot

https://prnt.sc/pmgzdn (https://prnt.sc/pmgzdn)
 
Zil_Switcher start commandline:
 
Zil_Switcher.exe -m 0 --wallet ******** --worker ****** -s stop.bat -e start.bat
 
Wallet and Worker not really needed, but you need it that the Zilswitcher start.
 
 
Now the 2 scripts to stop the main miner and start the Zilminer
 
start.bat
 
curl -i -d POST http://[IP_AWESOMEMINER_MAIN_PC]:17790/api/miners/[MINERID]?action=stop       #stop main miner in Awesomeminer(miniZ,Gminer,lolminer etc)
 
curl -i -d POST http://[IP_AWESOMEMINER_MAIN_PC]:17790/api/miners/[MINERID]?action=start #start zilliqa miner in Awesomeminer  
 
stop.bat
 
curl -i -d POST http://[IP_AWESOMEMINER_MAIN_PC]:17790/api/miners/[MINERID]?action=stop   #stop zilliqa miner in Awesomeminer  
 
curl -i -d POST http://[IP_AWESOMEMINER_MAIN_PC]:17790/api/miners/[MINERID]?action=start #start main miner in Awesomeminer(miniZ,Gminer,lolminer etc)

 
MinerID can found in Awesomeminer summary tab

Screenshot

https://prnt.sc/pmgzi2 (https://prnt.sc/pmgzi2)

Example:
 
start.bat curl -i -d POST http://192.168.2.113:17790/api/miners/37?action=stop curl -i -d POST http://192.168.2.113:17790/api/miners/48?action=start
 
stop.bat curl -i -d POST http://192.168.2.113:17790/api/miners/48?action=stop curl -i -d POST http://192.168.2.113:17790/api/miners/37?action=start
 
Another way where you only need one miner in Awesomemine, is to change the template via API.  If needed i make a documentation.
 
I am sure, now there are so many ways. Find your own way or ask me :)
 
If your windows doesn´t have curl, then you find it online as portable version.

Documentation Created by sxemini https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=2021959 (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=2021959)


Tested

All versions are tested for 24 hours before release.

FAQ

I use HIVE OS.

Message @kidkid1 in telegram for scripts

My Command Prompt screen no longer crashed/stopped doing anything.

This is an issue with Command Prompt. Right click at the top of the command prompt, choose Properties, Disable Quick Edit. To permanently fix this, choose Default instead of Properties then Disable Quick Edit.

My miner is not on the list.
This project is a work in progress. If you do not see your miner of choice, please create an issue here and I will quickly add support for it.

Are there any fees to use this?
There are no fees attached.

Can I donate?
Sure

BTC: 347DrMsEhPaxVQjvrYFRoiAHb5NQoNGV7R
ETH: 0x374817E3F8adDBa6A03B7872f7CBeD0ce8C6AE8E
ZIL: 0xe511b07b68681d4501665De40cf6A734f05da94f

Version

Changes in version:

v1.1.1 December 7.2019

Added support for SeroMiner

v1.1.0 December 2.2019

Added Logging

v1.0.7 November 22.2019

Fixed bug that would stop program over a long period of time.

v1.0.6 October 27.2019

Bug Fixes
Removed -coin from config file

v1 October 22.2019

New command line options
Backward Compatibility with older options
Fixes to stopping miners
Added Custom Script option

0.9.3.6 September 20.2019

Minor Fixes

0.9.3.5 September 07.2019

Added T-Rex Miner
Minor Fixes

0.9.3.4 August 16.2019

Major Bug Fixes
Better POW Checks

0.9.3.3 August 13.2019

Upgrade Stratum Version.
Added Sooner DAG Creation

0.9.3.1 August 02.2019

Change Stratum Version.
Facilitates how long Claymore Miner takes to start.

0.9.1 July 30.2019

Upgraded to Stratum Basic and added better timings.


0.9 July 26.2019

More retry times to find miner process.
Users have said that there should be retries to find process if process is slow.

0.8.3 July 18.2019

• Zilliqa Blocktime has changed. I have made a fix to permanently solve this issue. No matter what Zilliqa does with the blocktime, the script should function properly..

0.8.2 July 16.2019

• Fixed Pow Timings.

0.8.0 July 14.2019

• Added Support to use MinerStat (Please see instructions above to use properly)
• Added Support to use LOLMiner
• Claymore and Phoenix now uses your config.txt
• Fixes for CCminer

0.7.0 July 11.2019

• Added Support to use Claymore Miner to Mine Zilliqa

0.6.0 July 2.2019

• Added Support to use Phoenix Miner to Mine Zilliqa
• Added more Files in package for newer users

0.5.4 Jun 30.2019

• Minor Fixes

0.5 Jun 26.2019

• Added NiceHashMinerLegacy, CCminer, TT-Miner, ewbf_144, NBminer, Team Red Miner, Xmr-Stak

0.4.4.1 Jun 24.2019

• Minor Fix

0.4.4 Jun 24.2019

• Optimized Timings for POW
• Report Hashrate by default

0.4.3 Jun 23.2019

• Minor Fixes
• More Information Shown in Command Screen and Better Error handling

0.4.2 Jun 22.2019

• Minor Fixes

0.4.1  Jun 20.2019

• Added Option to name your miner in Command Line

0.4   Jun.20.2019

• Added GMiner Support
• Added Command Line Version

0.3   Jun.18.2019

• Minor Fix to API Connection

0.2   Jun.17.2019

• Added support for Bminer and Sgminer
• Better communication to Zilliqa API
• Fix minor issues

Awesome job, I would ask this possibility on your pool thread but you already did before I ask ;D Thank you very much.
I think this is the most profitable way for amd rigs.

PW for download?

Anyone has the benchmarks for mining Zilliqa  ?

Benchmark? What do you mean with benchmark?
You looking for a calculator maybe?

Yes, you can use on our https://pool.zil.farm (https://pool.zil.farm).

It's the most profitable way for sure. We have scripts for HiveOS and Simple Mining OS.

You can download either on Mega link provided on our github page. Both will be updated as the devs work on it.

Ok I saw that Zilliqa has developed a new way of mining compared to regular methods we all know of.  But is someoni mining now? Not for sure.

That's cool nice job. I'll try it out. Just curious how you make any money on this (like developer fee) or really just offering it out there for all the random zil miners :)

I feel like Zil mining hasn't really resulted in much 'green' mining since most people just swap over every couple of hours like you said!

There is no fee here. Yes, this definitely kills the "green" mining that Zilliqa wanted in the beginning. They may move to POS in the far future.

Yes, there are a lot miners on it. I have been mining since the start of main net (Feb 1st) to now with no regrets especially since the dual mining is available.

Hi everybody i'm new here and i would like to mine zilliqa on my laptop.
I have a HP probook 450 G5 with Intel® Core™ i5-8250U CPU @ 1.60GHz × 8 and intel® UHD Graphics 620 (Kabylake GT2) graphic card, 64 bit...
my OS is Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS...how do i start this up, is this a difficult proces?
Thx for replying to my post.

Hey. You can follow the instructions on https://pool.zil.farm (https://pool.zil.farm) to get started. If you have any questions or need further help, you can contact support via telegram on the site.

Any plans for nicehash support?

For the app? It can be done. Is that something you want?

Awesome, noticed you updated your title to flag that there is no fee.

Yeah they probably will have to move to PoS down the track. The whole green thing doesn't work if it just distracts some miners for a few minutes each day!

And again. PW for download? LOL

My mistake. I changed the link. Download like is as follows https://mega.nz/#F!y8lRXAJD!fRRxM9aWiAsN2CbMEeaq7A (https://mega.nz/#F!y8lRXAJD!fRRxM9aWiAsN2CbMEeaq7A)

Yes

Updated the program to v0.3.1 Most Stable Version. If anyone has any issues please let me know. More updates are coming :)

Any chance to run it in full command line mode ?

We are working on that for the next release. Expect it either tomorrow or the next day.

will this work with amd 19.x.x drivers?

Yes It will.

Updated for Command Line Input in v0.4.1
Also added GMiner

Run in Command Line

There are 3 parameters needed for this to work and an optional 4th.

First Parameter miner number Phoenix Miner = 1 Claymore = 2, SRBMiner = 3, SGMiner = 4, BMiner = 5, GMiner = 6

Second Parameter exe or bat file name PhoenixMiner.exe

Third Parameter Zilliqa Address (new or old format) 0xe511b07b68681d4501665De40cf6A734f05da94f

Fourth Parameter Miner Name zil_windows

Example #1: zil_switcher.exe 1 miner.bat 0xe511b07b68681d4501665De40cf6A734f05da94f

Example #2: zil_switcher.exe 2 EthDcrMiner64.exe zil1u5gmq7mgdqw52qtxthjqea48xnc9m22067k4gf

Example #3: zil_switcher.exe 2 EthDcrMiner64.exe zil1u5gmq7mgdqw52qtxthjqea48xnc9m22067k4gf miner1

Example #4: zil_switcher.exe 1 start.bat 0xe511b07b68681d4501665De40cf6A734f05da94f win_miner

Updated to v0.4.3


Minor Fixes
More Information Shown in Command Screen and Better Error handling

Updated to v0.4.4

Optimize Timings for POW
Report Hashrate by Default

can i use ethos?

In Ethos, you can dual mine with Zilliqa. I believe it is built into ethos to use zilminer + another miner.

Thank you very much, I am using nicehash and it worked nicely. Zil is a nice coin to hodl, now I can mine as usual and on the side acumulate zilliqa.

I am happy to hear everything works well.  ;)

Updated to 0.5.4

Minor Bug Fixes.

Next update will be huge! Some interesting additions.

Is there a command to tell zilminer which gpu's to use?
Like in Claymore you can say: -di 0  to only mine with the first gpu.

What? How?

Just have Phoenix Miner in the same folder as Zil Switcher, it would use phoenix miner instead.

Updated 0.6.2

Fix connection to API

Fantastic miner, thank you for the development. Will give it a try out kn my rigs and report back.

Not yet but if you need it, I can implement it.

If it is not too much trouble it could be great.

I have 1 righ with 5 cards, 4 mining ethereum and one low power 1050ti to mine small/new coins (usually with ccminer). I tried zilswitcher on this rig and when POW for ZIL is done it closes zilminer and crashed the graphics driver (because ccminer was never killed and was still running like i want it).

In this rig i would like to mine ETH and ZIL with only cards 0-3 and card 4 to do its own thing  ;)

Thanks for the feedback, I will make a fix for ccminer and look into making that feature for you also.

Updated 0.7

Added Claymore Miner.

If you have Claymore Miner or Phoenix Miner in the same folder with zil_switcher, it will use which everyone it finds to mine Zilliqa. More hashes , more $  ;)

Ive used claymore for the last few days now but it seems that after one round of zilliqa mining every next round is unsuccesfull. Ive looked in the log of claymore miner and the log ends with setting dag epoch and than ends. No mining is done.

Any idea's why?

Can you PM me the logs. That is interesting. I know users that use the claymore but have no problems. Also, try our newest version

New Update:

0.8.0 July 14.2019

Added Support to use MinerStat (Please see instructions above to use properly)
Added Support to use LOLMiner
Claymore and Phoenix now uses your config.txt
Fixes for CCminer

New Update:

0.8.2 July 16.2019

Fixed Pow Timings.

You can add this requirement in your config.txt file for claymore. The zil-switcher would use that to mine with that one GPU you would like to mine with only.

I cant send you a pm since im a newbie :)

Trying 0.8.2 now (released today!).

Does zil_switcher prefer the config file or the .bat file? (i always use .bat file for claymore and my config file is empty).

I suggest you put the configs in the config file, will get your preferred configs that way.

Seems the block time has changed. I am updating the script for a more permanent solution to this.

New Update:

0.8.3 July 18.2019

Zilliqa Blocktime has changed. I have made a fix to permanently solve this issue. No matter what Zilliqa does with the blocktime, the script should function properly.

New Update:

0.9 July 26.2019

More retry times to find miner process.

Users have said that there should be retries to find process if process is slow.

New Update:

0.9.1 July 30.2019

Upgraded to Stratum Basic and added better timings.

Updated my rigs to 0.9.2 (highest version available on mega). Was running 0.9.0 for a few days and showed good results. Stable and reliable ;)

When added to awesomeminer

Great to hear. There is another update!!

Just have awesomeminer monitor your miner, not control it. Have Zil_Switcher control it. Everything should work fine from there.

0.9.3.1 August 02.2019

Change Stratum Version.
Facilitates how long Claymore Miner takes to start.

How do I run this in hiveos

Please PM @kidkid1

0.9.3.2 August 12.2019

Explicitly disabled Quick Edit Mode pow checks begins.
This fixes the issues of miners not mining because Command Prompt got stuck.

0.9.3.3 August 13.2019

Upgrade Stratum Version.
Added Sooner DAG Creation

Please share it here, thanks!

The instructions are custom made for each user thus the reason to PM the dev.

Can't pm you or find him.

What's your telegram @ name?

What changes would you guys like to see or features?

0.9.3.4 running smoothly and stable for 3 days now. No extra wishes :)

few months ago when I tried running this with just 1 card it wasnt enough to get any hashrate on the pool side. Has that been fixed or do you still need multiple cards to get hash to show on poolside?

I need this in hiveOS

PM @kidkid1 for HiveOS

0.9.3.5 September 07.2019

Added T-Rex Miner
Minor Fixes

Suggestion: since ZIL mining uses such short mining windows, make it so we can enter
GT value into phoenix miner so that cards don't spend precious time autotuning that value

The share difficulty is much lower than some weeks ago (not sure when it was lowered). I remember it was on 76 Gh/s and for a few weks I see it on 4 Gh/s. It seems to me that a single card (ofcourse a recent nvidia or amd gpu that is also able to mine ether) will be able to produce hashrate now. Previously the share difficulty was probably to high to get shares (=hashrate on poolside).

Maybe @Swaggadan can confirm my thoughts.

The config file is currently available for you to make your own tuning.

Yes, it has been decreased for almost 2-3 months now to 4Ghs. This allows miners with smaller hashpower to get shares.

But if there is low hashrate now, it's probably because there is no more profit to do ?

Not necessarily. Zilliqa is still new and the company hasn't done their best with marketing. Heck they have done little and still continue to drag their feet. They are attempting to make their blockchain rich in features and lack of bugs.
Normally, mining Zilliqa is almost 4x-5x more $ than mining ETH or mostly any other coin. Most miners don't understand how mining Zilliqa works and you can't blame them, Zilliqa is the first to implement it and lacks proper marketing for it.

You Mine Zilliqa for 1 minute every 2-3 hours thus having your miners on for 24 hours would mean you mined zil 10-11 times for the day only (1 minute of mining each). With that being said, the rewards for mining Zilliqa compared to mining any other coin for 10-11 minutes is far greater.
If more miners knew this, they would jump on board.

The small loss in time mining for example ethereum to mine zilliqa is definately worth it. Ususually for this time you can make 4 times in zil than you can make in ether.
Im making around $ 0,16 in zil in the same time I would have mined $ 0,04 in ether.

0.9.3.6 September 20.2019

Minor Fixes

This is correct. You make much more mining zilliqa than any other coin. The scripts here do a great job of that.

Any way to integrate it with Awsomeminer?

For Awsomeminer, you must use External Miner option.

Did the pool the switcher uses pack up shop and shut down?

No, it's still in operation. What problem are you having?

I didn't receive any rewards and I haven't been able to look at the pool stats site.

I get it, but I actually get around 50% of what pool site says...it claims almost 6 coins in 24h for
my 42MHs hashrate, but I get 3 on average

I was finally able to log in and see miners stats page... All 0's for my almost 200 mhs.

Either you have to wait for a while before stats show, or you made some configuration mistake
If your config is not OK you should contact admin in telegram, he's helpful

I've been doing it for the past two weeks, seems like it just started having issues within the past 36 hours.

This is strange, please PM @kidkid1

No you can start and stop miners via api. I have 1 rig with zilliqa miner. If zil pow starts, the miner starts a cmd file with api´s to stop all primary miners in awesomeminer.

Can you add the option to start cmd files at start and the end of the pow? I don´t need killing the miner process.

I only need this:

1. CMD
curl -i -d POST http://192.168.2.113:17790/api/miners/[MinerID]?action=stop

2. CMD
curl -i -d POST http://192.168.2.113:17790/api/miners/[MinerID]?action=start

Please PM @kidkid1 to properly explain this so we can work on it.

Working fine for me, getting on average 20 coins per day with 230 mh/s (valued roughly 4 times more than i would have gotten mining ethereum).

dont you still mine etherum and just switch to ziliqua on AMD anyways

Yes, it would very helpful for so many people.

Someone tried to use phönixminer or claymore to mine zilliqa?

The script is made so you mine ethereum most of the time. When its time to mine Zilliqa (1 minute roughly every 2,5 hours) the sript stops the miner that mines Ethereum and starts mining Zilliqa. When that 1 minute window is done it will switch back to mine Ethereum. So when i wrote i make about 20 coins per day this is mined during 9-10 minutes per day on Zilliqa. The rest of the day i mine Ethereum.

If only mining Zilliqa 24/7 was available with these profits :)

Yes i use Claymore 15.0 to mine Ethereum and Zilliqa. Put the zil_switcher.exe file and your .bat file in the same folder as Claymore and the script will find Claymore and use it. Easy peasy ;)

I don´t need to put everthing in the same folder dude  ;)

I need the switcher only for my non ethash rigs, to switch to zilliqa.
All ethash rigs mining on rustpool, on rustpool you don´t need a switcher, the pool switch for you  ;)  you can mine every ethash coin + zilliqa

But i contact kidkid1 that we can update the zil switcher for awesomeminer.

With zil_switcher, you can mine any coin with zil, not just ethash. I saw your pm, will look into it.

Yes i know, but i find the concept on this pool interesting and a nice idea. Makes it so easy to mine zil+every ethash coin running only one miner app.

I will use zilswitcher for my non ethash rigs. So let us work on a solution  :D

Thanks for working with us. We will have a new version soon.

New version (latest from mega) won't start even with arguments from example: "zil_switcher.exe -m 1 -r miner.bat -a 0xe511b07b68681d4501665De40cf6A734f05da94f". It tells that an int argument parsing failed.

Last version work fine for me with scripts

Same for me, the first command box opens listing the arguments from the .bat file and than nothing happens.
The old switcher stopped working around 10:55 cet this morning.

Just updated to v1.0.1. Can you try that?

Can you pm @kidkid1 also

Just put version 1.0.2 on one rig and now it starts like before, ill keep an eye on the next zil mining round and see if all goes well.
Thanks for the update!

I'm using v1.0.3 now and launch issue solved, thank you.

Im trying 1.0.3 now since 1.0.2 didnt give me any shares all night long.

For me all fine.

1.0.3 work fine, like the previous versions.

Somehow it doesnt work with the new version. With the following command line (bat file) Zil_Switcher.exe -m 2 -r start-ether.bat -a myziladress -w miner2 . Here is the log:

31:886   19dc   ÉÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ»
12:14:31:887   19dc   º                Claymore's Dual GPU Miner - v15.0               º
12:14:31:887   19dc   º              ETH + DCR/SIA/LBC/PASC/BLAKE2S/KECCAK             º
12:14:31:888   19dc   º                       Supercharged Edition                     º
12:14:31:889   19dc   ÈÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍͼ
12:14:31:889   19dc   
12:14:31:890   19dc   b755
12:14:32:091   19dc   ETH: 1 pool is specified
12:14:32:092   19dc   Main Ethereum pool is pool.zil.farm:3333
12:14:32:093   19dc   DCR: 0 pool is specified
12:14:32:781   19dc   OpenCL platform: AMD Accelerated Parallel Processing
12:14:32:782   19dc   OpenCL initializing...

12:14:32:783   19dc   AMD Cards available: 5
12:14:32:783   19dc   GPU #0: Ellesmere (Radeon RX 570 Series), 4096 MB available, 32 compute units (pci bus 1:0:0)
12:14:32:784   19dc   gpu 0 max alloc size is 3840 MB
12:14:32:784   19dc   GPU #0 recognized as Radeon RX 470/570
12:14:32:785   19dc   GPU #1: Ellesmere (Radeon RX 570 Series), 4096 MB available, 32 compute units (pci bus 2:0:0)
12:14:32:785   19dc   gpu 1 max alloc size is 3840 MB
12:14:32:786   19dc   GPU #1 recognized as Radeon RX 470/570
12:14:32:786   19dc   GPU #2: Ellesmere (Radeon RX 570 Series), 4096 MB available, 32 compute units (pci bus 3:0:0)
12:14:32:787   19dc   gpu 2 max alloc size is 3840 MB
12:14:32:787   19dc   GPU #2 recognized as Radeon RX 470/570
12:14:32:788   19dc   GPU #3: Ellesmere (Radeon RX 570 Series), 4096 MB available, 32 compute units (pci bus 4:0:0)
12:14:32:788   19dc   gpu 3 max alloc size is 3840 MB
12:14:32:789   19dc   GPU #3 recognized as Radeon RX 470/570
12:14:32:789   19dc   GPU #4: Ellesmere (Radeon RX 570 Series), 4096 MB available, 32 compute units (pci bus 5:0:0)
12:14:32:789   19dc   gpu 4 max alloc size is 3840 MB
12:14:32:790   19dc   GPU #4 recognized as Radeon RX 470/570
12:14:32:790   19dc   POOL/SOLO version
12:14:32:791   19dc   Platform: Windows
12:14:32:846   19dc   start building OpenCL program for GPU 0...
12:14:33:134   19dc   done
12:14:33:339   19dc   start building OpenCL program for GPU 1...
12:14:33:623   19dc   done
12:14:33:829   19dc   start building OpenCL program for GPU 2...
12:14:34:111   19dc   done
12:14:34:316   19dc   start building OpenCL program for GPU 3...
12:14:34:599   19dc   done
12:14:34:805   19dc   start building OpenCL program for GPU 4...
12:14:35:088   19dc   done
12:14:35:324   19dc   GPU #0: algorithm ASM 1
12:14:35:361   19dc   GPU #1: algorithm ASM 1
12:14:35:397   19dc   GPU #2: algorithm ASM 1
12:17:37:706   23b0   Check and remove old log files...
12:17:37:714   23b0   args: -dbg 1 -esm 2 -retrydelay 1 -logfile zilminer.log -allpools 1 -allcoins 1 -epool pool.zil.farm:3333 -ewal myziladress.miner2

Firstly, Update to 1.0.5. Secondly, please pm @kidkid1 so we can figure out the issue and fix it quickly

We have updated to version 1.0.5 now. This should fix all the minor bugs and issues users were having. Please let us know if you have any problems.

Using 1.0.5 and everything is working again, zil's are coming to my adress again ;)

Sorry for hiccups! We have another small update but it wouldnt make much of a difference for anyone.

Updated to v1.0.6

Removes -coin option in config files.
Minor Fixes for pow timings.

Any other miner you guys would like to see integrated?

Hi, have this error on two rigs on last version 1.0.6.
http://www.picshare.ru/uploads/191109/S1wf22848f.jpg (http://www.picshare.ru/view/10345794/)
today on 5 rigs((, if i see this error switcher not work.

interesting problem, can you pm @kidkid1 on telegram. Can you also try it again, tell me if it works now?

So, i'm install old version. I'm try 1.0.6 two day, and this problem view again and again. My miners phoenix, claymore and TRM, in all rigs this problem. Win10x64.

where get old version? 1.0.5 or other?

Do you have telegram? If so, please share your name with me and we will contact you to fix the problem.

Hi.

Works with srbminer-multi?

I have to select option3 like with normal srbminer?

Hi

Yes choose option 3. If you have any problems, please let us know. You can PM @kidkid1

Updated to v1.0.7

Fixed bug that would stop program over a long period of time.

Updated to v1.0.8

Fixed bug that could eventually crash the program.

Updated to v1.0.9

Adding support for logging. Next update, this should be completed.

Updated to v1.1.0

Logging Enabled. zil_switcher.txt

How to disable logging?

Never thought of it, I can make that an option in the next build. Thanks for the idea. But the file should clear itself every 5 MBs.

Can't run zilswitcher under Win 7. The console opens but then nothing happens.

Can you PM @kidkid1 on telegram. Also ensure you have the latest .Net Framework installed.

After .Net Framework 4.8 has been installed Zilswitcher works fine!

One more question. Can i manually set pow start and pow end values?

do you mean run your own scripts?

I mean use zilminer.exe with my own arguments

Not at the moment but we can look into that. I suggest you use phoeinx or claymore for mining zil instead of zilminer, its very buggy.

Phoenix works well, thanks! But on one rig i need to use all cards except one to mine Zillliqa. Now it is impossible :(

Maybe it's the overclocking settings, can you pm kid from telegram so we can figure it out?

Updated to v1.1.1


Added support for SeroMiner

Are there any features, requests that you guys would like to see in this?

@swaggadan

Last 24h i didnt receive any payment. The gap between total rewards and total paid is growing every mining round. Can you have a look on the pool?

update1:
Looks like payments caught up and now total rewards and total paid are equal again.

update2:
both rigs no longer mine zilliqa, the timer stays on 8599 and doesnt count down. I have the latest version 1.1.2 of the switcher so no clue what i can do more.

After waking up i noticed it was mining again, looks like it was out most of the night though.

Back to business as usual :)

Out of curiosity, how much ZIL you get per, lets say, 100MH/s per day?

On average around 13 ZIL per day per 100 MH/S

With around 950mh i get 70 - 140 zil every day. It varies greatly

@swaggadan  doyou have an update on the work done to renew the website/servers?
I saw the message before the website went down and its been 24h now.
Is it only affecting frontend or backend aswell? (do we still get paid for the work done in last 24h)

I missed the newspost on the mainpage because i always go directly to the minerstats page. For those who didnt read it: the website and minerstats page have been moved to shardpool.io

Im receiving payments again so looks like all is working just fine , as usual ;)

Appologies on the late reply, the team has made updates to the server. Now they are on shardpool.io (http://shardpool.io). I am making updates to the scripts now for the new changes but the old scripts should work.

Besides moving to another environment has anything else changed? Im getting a lot less shares (50% from before) and a lot less ZIL (35% from before) per day with the same hash.

I will look into this but should be the same or more. I believe the DAY rewards has a bug on it.

Unfortunately day shares and paid ZIL is down so much i stopped mining since this weekend. Before i stopped it i had some days where i would see 10-15 hours without any share on and  with a combined dayshares of around 35. Before the switch i was doing 80-90 dayshares combined. Has the difficulty per share been increased?
I noticed in the new script im now mining on an eu server instead of the us server, does this have any influence? (i am from eu so i have lower ping now).

Yes, it does have an influence. Message https://t.me/kidkid1 (https://t.me/kidkid1)on telegram. There may be a solution.

Test now. Should be fixed.

Are you using phoenix miner or claymore?

Turning machines back on ;) I use Claymore.

First test didnt do much better, i stopped for a little bit and now going to run another 24h to see if it improves.

New Version is out

Updated to v1.2.1

Bug Fixes

How many time mining ZIL once(one session)? 1min or 5 min?

After updating to 1.2.1 my rigs are performing like normal again.

@AwesomeZS a mining round now lasts 5 minutes.

Thank you, but 5 mins - its normal? No find info about its time.

What is the problem? What will you know? Please right sentence and the problem you have or what else  ::)

Should give more rewards than regular.

Just a reminder, the pool has changed its name and address to shardpool.io

New Version is out

Updated to v1.2.2

New Miner for Raven Coin kawpowminer

There is a dual mining guide on the site https://shardpool.io (https://shardpool.io) if you are mining Ethash coins. This Program (Zil Switcher) works with many miners and many coins.

Anymore miner additions you guys would like?

We are planning to get Miniz Miner in the Program.

Hello....I was wondering what all I would need to do to add this in smos. I plan on mining Raven/zil using teamredminer and claymore. I spoke with kid in telegram but I didn't get very far. Also, if you could explain how to set this up with other miners as well that would be great. Thanks!

For smos, it is difficult. There was a program made for it previously but is no longer around. What other miners do you want to be added?

A while back, 1 card wasnt enough to get results mining zil. Was this fixed? is it possible to auto switch with just 1 card now?

Would you add support for Zealot/Enemy (Z-Enemy) miner?

And how about starting custom Zil mining bat as I don't want the phoenixminer to spend time tuning my AMD cards

Yes we can add it

That function  is already there

Or add the -gt values to the phönixminer startbat lol. you only run phönixminer tuning only 1 time and than you can add the -gt values and it the cards mining at full speed without tuning.

New Version is out

Updated to v1.2.3

Fixed few bugs in zilminer

New Version is out

Updated to v1.2.4

Bug Fixes
Zilminer updates.
SSL/TLS updates

Insert Quote
New Version is out

Updated to v1.2.5

Major bug fix to zilminer config

Hi! Is it possible to run Zilliqa Autoswitcher (when pointed to shardpool) with my own claymore tuning commands - memstraps, powerlimits and fan controls etc.... ?

Make config.txt in the Clay folder and write:

-pool zil.shardpool.io:5000
-wal xxx.worker
-command that you need

Hey appologies for the late reply . yes you can. Add all your configs in config.txt , zil switcher will use that to mine zil

 ;D :)

New Version is out

Updated to v1.2.6

You can Now use TeamRedMiner to Mine Zilliqa. All you need to do is add teamredminer.exe in the same folder you have zil_switcher.

Ensure phoenix miner and claymore isnt in the folder.

The newest version doesn't work for me:

[00:03:43 INF] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[00:03:46 ERR] An exception occurred during a Ping request.

[08:56:11 INF] Zil Active
[08:56:17 INF] Zil Active
[08:56:23 INF] Zil Active
[08:56:29 INF] Zil Active
[08:56:35 INF] Zil Active
[08:56:42 INF] Zil Active
[08:56:42 INF] Mining Completed, Killing/Puasing PhoenixMiner.exe Now
[08:56:42 INF] PhoenixMiner.exe Exited Correctly
[08:56:52 INF] Restarting Miners.
[08:56:52 INF] Wait 1 minute.
[08:57:56 INF] Wait 8 mins
[09:06:20 INF] Almost Time To Mine Zilliqa
[09:06:20 INF] Killing bminer
[09:06:20 INF] Killing bminer
[09:06:22 INF] Starting Miner for Zilliqa
[09:16:23 INF] Zil Active
[09:16:23 INF] Mining Completed, Killing/Puasing PhoenixMiner.exe Now
[09:16:23 INF] PhoenixMiner.exe Exited Correctly
[09:16:33 INF] Restarting Miners.
[09:16:33 INF] Wait 1 minute.
[09:17:37 INF] Wait 8 mins

Again same thing. Zil switcher incorrect start Zil mining.

Support for miniz miner pls  ;D

Is this still happening?

This happened because of a DNS issue on cloudflare a few days ago. This should be working now

I had the same problem and after about 12h everything was back to normal.
So its confirmed working again ;)

solve

Did you do something to solve the problem?

miniZ miner support would be really great

tyia

i restarted the autoswitcher.

Will look into this

New Version is out

Updated to v1.2.8

Added XMRig
Added MiniZ

New Version is out

Updated to v1.2.9

Added Gminer to Mine Zilliqa

How run minimized window miner on zil?

made it

Anyone need any new integrations.?

is it possible on hiveos to mine ethereum to ethermine and zil to the default zil pool ? I tried setting ethermine as the first address and zil as the second. It still mines eth to the default pool.

Is it possible to do this kind of mining using a VPS?

Try it!!!!!!!!!!

You mean zil + eth . Yes. Visit https://shardpool.io/#start

Yes but i don't think it would be profitable.

Just to clarify: the zilswitcher didn't ask for any pool, so, am I mining at shardpool.io ?

Yes, but if you are using Awesomeminer, you can mine on other pools, i made a description.

If you want mine etc+zil or eth(every coin with ethash)+zil than no switcher is needed. Maybe lollidieb update his miner for mining (example) beam+zil without switcher, because his miner can hold 2 pool connection at the same time, at the moment only for eth(every coin with ethash)+zil and etc+zil

I'm a little lost.
I'm mining with a small rig of 550 2gb Haven with Srbminer in criptonight with a run.bat
the tentative command line is:
zil_switcher .exe run.bat -a ziladdress

it report start/end option must not be empty

zil_switcher is located in the srbminer directory

do I have to point to a different ethash miner like phoenix for the etash part?
can you post an example with xmrig that is also supported but doesn't have ethash?

I'm liking what you have done here and would like to try mining some Zil. I ran it for a bit last night but it has me mining on the EU pool and I live in the US. Is there a way to specify the US pool?  I'm using teamredminer but I do not mine an ethash product.  

**Edit**

I think I may have figured it out...hopefully. We'll see in about 1000 seconds :P

**2nd edit**

Nope..for some reason it keeps wanting to mine to the EU server, it isn't pulling my info from this command

zil_switcher.exe -m 0 zilminerteamred.bat -a zil1maff8t0qhsqyvl0rhh7np2w84tem3ngzcgu5ee -w stainedcrypto.570 -s stop.bat -e rvn-minermore-teamred.bat

everything operates correctly except that zilminerteamred.bat doesn't get started...it starts teamredminer and mines to the EU server but if I shut that down and launch the zilminerteamred.bat it uses the correct info and custom settings

I mine RVN with a rig and I use Teamredminer but yes you will have to use a miner that supports ethash.

my bat file looks like this...

zil_switcher.exe -m 0 zilminerteamred.bat (or whichever miner you want to min Zil with) -a (your Zil address) -w (workername) -s stop.bat (this stops your current miner so make sure it points to that miner you want to stop) -e rvn-minermore-teamred.bat (this is the miner you want to resume after Zil does its thing)

soo zil_switcher.exe -m 0 zilminerteamred.bat -a ziladdress -w whatever -s stop.bat -e rvn-minermore-teamred.bat

Good, I will try this way. Thanks.
AS you are using it, how much time off it really take for mining 1 minute of Zil ?

sometimes it mines for about 1 1/2 minutes or so. Its really not that long. Its not long enough that my other pool I mine to resets and I lose my shares that I've been working on so that is a plus  ;D

just remember you will have to create all your .bat files and commands and such

I told ya wrong....if you are going to use the custom scripts option it should look like this

zil_switcher.exe -m 0 -a (address) -w (workername) -s stop.bat(script to stop current miner) -e rvn-minermore-teamred.bat(miner you want to resume after mining zil)


Didn't need to have the extra script in front of the address as shown before.

Is there any way to change location for Shardpool? I live in EU but always get US or AS servers (whatever AS is) and always have over 250ms. I'm worried that it'll eventually lower my income (so far, no rejected shares though, but 250ms is a lot).

Same here, I'm from EU and always get connected to as1 server...thats Asia I guess

AS for Asia makes sense of course. It seems to be random for me, though I'm not sure if it's random every time or just every time I start Zil_Switcher, I think it's the latter.

I've been getting a "lot" of shares that the miners see as accepted, but the pools see as stale, and I'm pretty sure it's happened at least a few times when mining ZIL as well. Miner says they're accepted, but due to high latency they could be stale.

Something i want to know about and dont see anywhere... whats the minimum payout?

1 ZIL or something like it.

The program suppose to check the best location based on ping to all pool servers, then assign it . We plan to redo the program from the ground up. We will include an option for choosing your location.

I am using teamredminer for mining eth on the 8GB card and CN on the 4 gb cards
I need to select which GPUs to use in a mixed rig and I am suppose to use -d command line.
Everything its fine running two instances.
Problems come when trying to dula mine zil
TRM doesn't   have a config.txt like phoenix.
Before copying the phoenix miner into the trm directory......
there is another solution to select which GPU will double mine  and which not?

hello can someone help me a bit? i am confused  ???

i am currently mining cfx with rtx3060 and t-rex on nanopool. Please can someone help me with bat file for zilswitcher...?

i created cfxzil.bat:
zil_switcher.exe -m 17  -r CFX-nanopool.bat -a myzillwallet -w myworker

- however seems zilminer doesnt work due of cuda 11 or something? is there other soft for nvidia whch can mine ZIL?
- i am from EU and it connected to asia1...

UPDATE:
maybe i can use trex to mine zil? is that possible?
- if yes how should bat file look like?
- how will ten custom bat file look like? is it correct below

zil_switcher.exe -m 0 -a myzilladress -w myworker -s zill.bat(the question is what should i put in the bat file to mine with trex?) -e CFX-nanopool.bat

Its not possible to simply past a wallet address and mine ZIL. You are forced to hand over the secret codes of your wallet. So take care of your codes. Never hand over your private key.
Want to take that risk? It's fine to me but I quit mining now. Never received ZIL in my wallet.

FIRST YOU DON`T NEED YOU PRIVATE KEY FOR THIS SWTICHER AND IT NEVER ASK FOR YOU PRIVATE KEY. DON`T TALK SHIT!!!!!!

Thats your fault dude, maybe you ask what the problem is and we can help you out but don´t spread bad vibes if you make a failure.
This software work fine and swaggadon is owner of shardpool, and he build a custom version of this switcher for me in the past and it work fine for me.

And by the way there are miners out for mining zil+eth or zil+erg without this switcher.

Trying to get ahold of @kidkid1 for Hiveos integration. Don't have telegram. Any other way?

Then install telegram, it is used by many guys for giving support and so on. But i don´t think that hiveos will integrate this, zilliqa is not so important for many other.

Check out the thread description / title. It states it will work with HiveOS and simplemining OS etc

Hi, is there a way to pass the --mt 5 to the gminer and to change the pool where gminer mine zilliqa, because i have a 1080 (--mt 5 to go from 20 to 34 mh) and im in argentina, so the pool in asia is giving my high pings.
Or a config file like the claymore and phoenix miner??
Thanks for the great work

Please add support for VerthashMiner.

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hello, I have an issue where if I leave Zil switcher alone and come back, it has opened multiple windows of the regular miner. in my case I am using Gminer and when I come back to the computer after several hours it has 5 gminer windows open. Another one of my friends has the same thing happen. not all the time, just an intermittent glitch. Any solutions? Thanks

Quit the pause at the end of file of the bat of gminer

Hey gang, testing this out now. Interesting.

Could you look into adding SRBMiner-MULTI

Thanks!
 ;)

Why?

I have it working fine for SRBMiner-CN but it will not work with MULTI?

Apparently Option #3 only works with the CN. Miner??

Any suggestions?

I thought Srbminer already has built in not dual, but quad mining?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiIfu0H2ElQ

Ya that is for dual eth/zil from within SRB. I am using the Auto Switcher to mine Ergo and or Haven. Switcher does not recognize the SRBMiner-MULTI. Only SRBMiner-CN.
But thanks for that vid link. May come in handy down the road  ;)

Haven + ZIL:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNCuYWcFufE

Ergo + ZIL:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6Pt_5WMcng

Hey I did get the latest SRBMiner. It does work. Mining Ergo and then switching over to Ezil.me to mine ZIL. Which is pretty much the same as directly mining on Ezil for ETH or ETC. My goal was to use the Auto Switcher along with the ZIlMiner itself, and see how it goes that way. Which it does work, but of course does not with SRB MULTI. Which I still would like to test out using ZILMiner and see if it makes direct ZIL reward payouts and not have to use EZIL or any other pool that mines ZIL, and then their minimum payouts. Which in Ezil is 30 ZIL. But I am mining Ergo now and snagging the Zil on Ezil but still the same circumstance I had while mining there for ETH and ETC.

Thank you for pointing out the newer version of SRB MULTI that has the switching built in for Ergo. I was using an older Version of MULTI.  ::)

PS: + 10 merit points for ya! lol  ;)

Last three hours Zil_Switcher has been switching too often (about twice an hour), and staying in zil mining for tens of minutes, instead of a minute or two. This is happening on two rigs.
Anyone else experience this? Any idea what could be wrong? It's been working well for a few weeks now, and I did not change anything.

I would guess this is a dead thread/solution but figured I would try anyway. I am attempting to dual mine Ravencoin and ZIL w/ TeamRedMiner on HiveOS platform. I read something about a script for using this on HiveOS. I found then downloaded an EXE file which would do me no help on a Linux OS. Plus I would be warry running an executable file without seeing the source code first.

If this is still supported and there is a solution for my configuration or if there is a comparable solution that will accomplish something similar. I'm trying to increase my revenue since the shutdown of ETH POW mining on the 15th of last month and Ravencoin is the highest paying crypto I've tried so far but still isn't cutting it.

I thought about doing dual mining with TON but TON is a power hog for what little it adds to daily revenue and I am already maxed out on power usage. Plus it puts a lot of strain on the GPUs ie added heat and overall load.

I've tried VERT, ETHW, ETC and RVN with RVN being slightly more profitable out of what I've tried. It's possible my GPU's weren't tuned optimally for those other Algos. I have all AMD GPUs 28x RX 580s 8GB from various manufacturers plus 1x RX 480 8GB, 1x RX 570 8GB and 1x 5700xt 8GB. If I was paying for the power I would be running at a huge loss luckily it is included in my rent but I am maxed out using 80amps on a 100amp main. I'm running all 240v PDUs/PSUs to get the most possible power since there is a 10% power gain due to the increased efficiency of 240v vs 120v.

I know I could do ETHW and ZIL dual mining without any additional software/scripts or wtv. I guess that could be worth a try but I made about 10%-20% less mining ETHW vs RVN. So RVN plus ZIL would be most profitable but depending on what ZIL added to the ETHW profitability it might hedge out just RVN alone.

If anyone knows of a more profitable form of GPU mining using the equipment I have I am all ears.

For any help or advice to point me in the right direction would be most greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!

ERG+ZIL+KAS is more profitable - depends on electricity. ERG use less power than ETHW.

ERG+ZIL = Teamredminer native support
RVN+ZIL = Teamredminer native support
VTC+ZIL = Teamredminer native support

Ethash+ZIL+KAS is also an option with lolminer - or wait some days Teamredminer is working on it - release will come in the next few days

By the way - mining RVN+ETHW together makes no sense - RVN is core and mem intensive - ETHW mem intensive - so both together will give you less hashrates for both algos.

For those who want to mine 1 minute of ZIL and that's it...and not mine for 59 minutes :) :)
teamredminer.exe -a etchash -o stratum+tcp://incorrectserver:port -u etcwallet.workername -p x --zil -o stratum+tcp://eu.ezil.me:4444 -u etcwallet.zilwallet.workername -p x --zil_end
https://t.me/koliamainer/8258

i think this switcher works better and fine

https://github.com/Pashnov/zil_switcher (https://github.com/Pashnov/zil_switcher)

but here there is still no profitability with a regular flow of electricity, right?