[SWARM] Profit Switching Mining For HiveOS/SMOS/Unix & Windows- 2.8.6

[MaynardVII]

https://github.com/MaynardMiner/SWARM/releases/tag/v2.4.2

  SWARM 2.4.2

  NOTE: This release fixes issues with 2.4.1 for AMD linux.
  Everything else works fine in 2.4.1 if you have already updated.
  It is a patch to fix issue with grin-miner, which would freeze SWARM.

   GUIDED HELP
   * There are four different ways to start guided help:
     * run command ``swarm_help`` after SWARM has started in HiveOS/Windows
     * [Linux] Run sudo ./help.sh (will install SWARM first, then run help)
     * [Windows] Run Help.bat
     * [ALL] opening either SWARM.bat or ./swarm, and adding ``-help``
   * Will allow users to set up a basic configuration
   * After basic config is created, will allow users to modify advanced settings.
   * Everything is guided, and additional information beyond help.txt is supplied.
   * Guided help will save your configuration to newarguments.json, as well as
     provide a copy/paste of arguments for flightsheets/configs.

    -Critical fix for AMD Linux miners
    -Fixes SWARM freeze at "waiting for port" for grin miner
    -Fixes grin-miner API
    -Fixes grin-miner launch.

    -Gminer updated to 1.46 beta (zelcash added)

[MaynardVII]

is switching mining rly profitable?
I heard about the swarm 1.4.5 version
but that doesn'thave an impact

Generally speaking, you usually make what www.whattomine.com says you will make. Its usually very close to that figure. Whatever is top of the list at that time, I mean.

SWARM is not a 'miracle' software that somehow cheats the system to make you all kinds of profit. The largest drawback is that there is costs associated with automatically exchanging currency. That is where the biggest losses are...But it would be no different if you did the process yourself on the spot as you mined and hit rewards.

SWARM is meant to be convenient, and as profitable as such a strategy can be, and I try my best to provide users with as many settings/options possible to make it profitable.

[MaynardVII]

https://github.com/MaynardMiner/SWARM/releases/tag/v2.4.3

## SWARM 2.4.3

NOTE: Powershell 7.0.0 has issues with the command invoke-restmethod in linux.
Do not use it!

## GUIDED HELP
* There are four different ways to start guided help:
  * run command swarm_help after SWARM has started in HiveOS/Windows
  * [Linux] Run sudo ./help.sh (will install SWARM first, then run help)
  * [Windows] Run Help.bat
  * [ALL] opening either SWARM.bat or ./swarm, and adding -help
* Will allow users to set up a basic configuration
* After basic config is created, will allow users to modify advanced settings.
* Everything is guided, and additional information beyond help.txt is supplied.
* Guided help will save your configuration to newarguments.json, as well as
  provide a copy/paste of arguments for flighsheets/configs.

## NEW FEATURES!

-Windows: Hashrate Watchdog in HiveOS now works!
 * LA reboot is not working- coming soon.
   
-Windows: Push Interval works on HiveOS.

-Windows: GPU watchdog works on HiveOS.
  * If a GPU shows a temperature of 0,
    SWARM reboots computer

-Windows: Miner Delay works on HiveOS.
  * SWARM starts, but goes to sleep.

-HiveOS: Auto-Upgrade of pwsh to 6.2.0

-SWARM will now save version of miner to
 swarm-version.txt in bin folder of miner.
 * If version in swarm-version.txt and update.json
   are a mismatch- SWARM will download miner to
   latest version.
 * Version checking is useful for users cloning
   SWARM rather than downloading new version.
   
-Wildrig updated
-gminer updated

See Release for Fixes

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# SWARM 2.4.4

NOTE: Wallet.json has changed, because of this- your old wallets.json will
not transfer on update. You will have to fill out new wallet.json.

## GUIDED HELP (beta)
* There are four different ways to start guided help:
  * run command swarm_help after SWARM has started in HiveOS/Windows
  * [Linux] Run sudo ./help.sh (will install SWARM first, then run help)
  * [Windows] Run Windows_Help.bat
  * [ALL] opening either SWARM.bat or ./swarm, and adding -help
* Will allow users to set up a basic configuration
* After basic config is created, will allow users to modify advanced settings.
* Everything is guided, and additional information beyond help.txt is supplied.
* Guided help will save your configuration to newarguments.json, as well as
  provide a copy/paste of arguments for flighsheets/configs.

## New features!
* Windows: Added -Hive_Hash to Windows_Help.bat
* SWARM will close miners before updating new version
  (mainly fixes windows "file is in use" potential error).
* If user has nicehash as only pool- Donate pool becomes nicehash.
* SWARM will remove optional miners when not specified.
* Lyraz330 algorithm added
* Windows: SWARM will show .json sent to HiveOS for stats.
* NEW wallet.json
   * easier to understand.
   * allows solo mining settings.
   * allows auto-exchange settings with solo mining.
   * admin wallet settings added
   * note: As before- All arguments have a higher precedence.
     * If you set -Admin_fee, SWARM will ignore admin in .json
     * If you set -Altwallet1, SWARM will ignore all altwallet settings.
     * This is so you can remotely force "remove" settings if need be.

## NEW arguments!
* -Admin_Fee (Manage other's rigs- Get paid doing it!)
    [0-50] Percentage
    Admin_Fee allows users to set a separate wallet, and specify
    a certain percentage of time mined on that wallet a day. Admin
    Mode is done first, and then normal mode begins. Every 24 hours-
    Admin_Mode starts again, mining % of day specified by this parameter.
    If SWARM enters donation mode, time is either added to Admin_Fee, or
    removed, to encompass an even distribution between admin mode and user mode.
    Simple timestamp of when last Admin ran occurred will be
    placed in ".\admin" folder for reference. They will be transferred on update.
    -Admin must be specified if using -Admin_Fee
* -Admin
     Admin Wallet for -Admin_Fee Parameter
* -Admin_Pass Password symbol for -Admin
     Default is "BTC"

## FIXES:
* oc tuning between website and local is fixed- OC tuning can now
   interchange between website and local oc.
   * note: HiveOS can only do group 1 (AMD1/NVIDIA1)
   * SWARM can do all device groups, so you can combine both, but
      it will skip over group 1 if it is was done already through site.
        * You can set SWARM oc to use as a backup in case website oc fails.
        * At least the default oc, so you don't crash cards because web oc failed.
* get ocshows hiveOS oc as well.
* SWARM will stop miners before updating miner if new version
  is detected in update.json. This prevents access-denied errors.
* Added internal parameters to $(vars) parameter for modules.
* Fixed issues in which SWARM did not stats fans/temps/power in
  Windows version (HiveOS agent).
* Weird parsing of wallets happening with -Coin argument. Was fixed.

## UPDATES:
* Wildrig updated
* cc-mtp updated
* cpuminer updated
* Lyraz330 added
* t-rex updated
* cc-mtp updated

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https://github.com/MaynardMiner/SWARM/releases/tag/v2.4.6

SWARM 2.4.6

## NEW FEATURES
* If NVIDIA NVSMI folder is missing- SWARM will
  try to self-install.
* SWARM will now catch and list exceptions when if fails to
  contact HiveOS for troubleshooting.
* Timeout system improved
   * Shows number of timeouts on miner in past hour.
   * Clears count of bad benchmarks on miner after hour
      of it working fine.
   * Ban for Miner to HiveOS now shows Miner:Type.

## FIXES
* Exit Reason 1 error: Fixed.
* Fixed linux version query
* Fixed nvidia-smi.exe issue for Windows.
  * SWARM will install it.
* HiveOS changed web methods, causing issues
   in Windows with single GPU rigs- Fixed.

## Updates
* Cpuminer-opt/sugarchain updated to 3.9.5.2
* Cryptodredge updated
* gminer updated

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https://github.com/MaynardMiner/SWARM/releases/tag/v2.4.8

# SWARM.2.4.8

## FEATURES
* Nicehash v2 api/methods added. SWARM will connect to new platform.
   This is BETA- Please report issues (if any).
* If -Startup is "Yes" (Default is "Yes") SWARM will migrate backup stats
   from backup folder to stats folder, and restart rig. After 10 intervals of
  "No Miner Found!", In case of data corruption.

## Fixes
* Fixed iDictionary error for Device Groups.
* Fixed "Name" missing for All_Altwallets
   * solo mining can now work again.

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# SWARM 2.5.0

## New Features!
* Added more to GUI
  * every minute:
    * Active Miner
    * Rejections & Shares
    * Command to view screen
    * Arguments (excluding -d parameter, added at runtime)
  * will add color to make output easier to read later.

## Fixes
* Corrected zpool currencies statistics. (Algo was fine).

## Updates
* lolminer updated
* gminer updated
* cpuminer-opt/sugarchain updated

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# SWARM 2.5.8

## GUIDED HELP
* There are four different ways to start guided help:
  * run command swarm_help after SWARM has started in HiveOS/Windows
  * [Linux] Run sudo ./help.sh (will install SWARM first, then run help)
  * [Windows] Run Windows_Help.bat
  * [ALL] opening either SWARM.bat or ./swarm, and adding -help
* Will allow users to set up a basic configuration
* After basic config is created, will allow users to modify advanced settings.
* Everything is guided, and additional information beyond help.txt is supplied.
* Guided help will save your configuration to newarguments.json, as well as
   provide a copy/paste of arguments for flight sheets/configs.

## Note:
* Cuckaroo29 will likely timeout.
This is due to miners switching to 29d fork.
You can prevent needless benchmarking by using
``-Bans`` argument, or you can downgrade miner to
an older version using ``version update`` command.
I will work on splitting miners for each algo.

## NEW FEATURES!
* Fan control now works for RTX cards in
  Windows- Program created by me. (beta).
  * Will control dual fan-control GPUS.

## Updates
* TeamRedMiner updated
* SWARM-MINER updated
  * New windows version
  * improved performance on bmw512
* TT-Miner updated
  * Did not do linux yet.
    Read api specs may have changed.
    Need to test further.
* Swarm help programs/commands updated.

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https://github.com/MaynardMiner/SWARM/releases/tag/v2.6.0

# SWARM 2.6.0

## GUIDED HELP
* There are four different ways to start guided help:
  * run command swarm_help after SWARM has started in HiveOS/Windows
  * [Linux] Run sudo ./help.sh (will install SWARM first, then run help)
  * [Windows] Run Windows_Help.bat
  * [ALL] opening either SWARM.bat or ./swarm, and adding -help
* Will allow users to set up a basic configuration
* After basic config is created, will allow users to modify advanced settings.
* Everything is guided, and additional information beyond help.txt is supplied.
* Guided help will save your configuration to newarguments.json, as well as
   provide a copy/paste of arguments for flight sheets/configs.

## Changes
* wallets.json has changed. "solo" has
  become "params"
* `-Coin_Params argument has changed.
   [symbol]:[address]:[params]:[exchange]
* See SWARM_help.txt and wallets.json
  for info - Allows party mining as well.

## Updates
* bminer updated
* lolminer updated
* beamv2 on nicehash added

## Fixes
* Adjusted -Stat_Algo Day & -Stat_Coin Day
to allow full values.
* Fixed new get stats lite table

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# SWARM 2.6.1

## GUIDED HELP
* There are four different ways to start guided help:
  * run command swarm_help after SWARM has started in HiveOS/Windows
  * [Linux] Run sudo ./help.sh (will install SWARM first, then run help)
  * [Windows] Run Windows_Help.bat
  * [ALL] opening either SWARM.bat or ./swarm, and adding -help
* Will allow users to set up a basic configuration
* After basic config is created, will allow users to modify advanced settings.
* Everything is guided, and additional information beyond help.txt is supplied.
* Guided help will save your configuration to newarguments.json, as well as
   provide a copy/paste of arguments for flight sheets/configs.

## New features
* get stats will show daily profit for rig.
* hiveos version creates a newarguments.json
  like windows version.
* Slight improvemnt to pool load times

## Updates
* TT-Updated
* Gminer Updated
* Updated get help

## Fixes
* Fixed -coin_param params value
* Fixed gminer equihash_150/5
* Removed "Waiting for all miners to launch"
  * It can cause issues with hiveos oc settings.

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# SWARM 2.6.2

## GUIDED HELP
* There are four different ways to start guided help:
  * run command swarm_help after SWARM has started in HiveOS/Windows
  * [Linux] Run sudo ./help.sh (will install SWARM first, then run help)
  * [Windows] Run Windows_Help.bat
  * [ALL] opening either SWARM.bat or ./swarm, and adding -help
* Will allow users to set up a basic configuration
* After basic config is created, will allow users to modify advanced settings.
* Everything is guided, and additional information beyond help.txt is supplied.
* Guided help will save your configuration to newarguments.json, as well as
   provide a copy/paste of arguments for flight sheets/configs.

## CRITICAL UPDATE
* Restores Nicehash Pool
  From Last Release's
  changes with pool.

## Updates
* Updates Gminer Windows

[MaynardVII]

https://github.com/MaynardMiner/SWARM/releases/tag/v2.6.7

# SWARM 2.6.7

## Improvements
* Heavily cleaned up web methods for
  Windows HiveOS. Simplified codebase.
* Added ``swarm_batch`` command to Windows.
  * Already in HiveOS version.
  * Allows you to send command to one rig,
    which will execute that command on all
    rigs in that farm running SWARM.
    * Example:
      * ``swarm_batch get stats``
         All rigs running SWARM in your
        farm will all simultaneously
        run ``get stats``
      * This should work with most native
        HiveOS commands as well, but will
        only run on rigs running SWARM. I
        can't grantee or support this- Just
        SWARM specific commands.
  * Requires using ``-API_Key`` argument

* created ``miner stop|start|restart|log``
  commands that can run locally on Windows
  version. (Note- ``miner stop`` does not
  close agent, just stops SWARM), so you
  can still communicate with HiveOS

[MaynardVII]

https://github.com/MaynardMiner/SWARM/releases/tag/v2.6.8

Note: This is 1 of 2 new upcoming beta releases
to test new Experimental features.

Most of the features HiveOS now offers should work in Windows Version.
This version should fix some of the minor issues in the HiveOS interface
in Windows as well. Report issues, and I usually track them down and
repair them right away. This is a HUGE project- From profit control to
GPU control in linux and windows. I do my best to track them down.

2.6.8 Beta 1

## New Features!
* Autofan for HiveOS now works in Windows!
  * This is a experimental beta implementation
    please notify if you have issues.
* AMD Memtweak settings from HiveOS added
  to OC in Windows.
* swarm_batch can accept -windows or -linux
    to specify specific OS.
    * example:
      * swarm_batch get stats -linux
        * Will only run get stats in linux rigs.

## Updates
* Gminer - added 125/4 for AMD.
* Bminer

## Fixes
* Made it so you don't have to enters
  Hive_Hash every time you run swarm_help.
* Fixed typo in nvidia oc, which caused an issue
  if you set a singular value for one oc, but multiple
  values for another in HiveOS.
* Fixed/updated install.ps1/install.sh
  * wolfamdctrl symlink error fix.
  * ./help.sh guided help start fix. (path moved).
  * typo with $dir path in one of the install transfers.
* Adjusted nvidia oc Pl to work as watts, not % in Windows
  * This means it matches HiveOS's website interface.

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# SWARM 2.7.0

https://github.com/MaynardMiner/SWARM/releases/tag/v2.7.0

Take advantage of the Wiki!

https://github.com/MaynardMiner/SWARM/wiki

## Guided Help
* Windows: Run SWARM.bat
* Linux: Run ./swarm (as root, so it can setup)
* HiveOS: Specify SWARM as custom miner
  * extra config arguments no longer mandatory.
* SWARM should now run guided help
on first launch if no arguments
are specified. Simply answer the
very simple questions, and you
are mining!

## Updates
* gminer 1.66
* tt-miner moved from optional to
  regular miner in linux.
* tt-miner updated
* teamredminer updated
* z-enemy updated
* t-rex updated
* SWARM is x16rv2 ready
* xmrig (cpu) updated.

## Fixes
* Found bug regarding auto-restart
  after 10 bad intervals- It was
  resolved. Should migrate backups,
  clear, bans, and automatically restart
  if 10 consecutive bad intervals of no hash.
* Some mismatched algo names in teamredminer config.
  Is now fixed.

## What's New?
* Shortened "cryptonight" to "cnight" to
  help with fitting stats on screen.
* ``get stats`` will sort device groups by name.
* nlpool divisor is no correct on some algos-
  manually adjusted them until fixed.
* SWARM will run --help by default if no arguments
  are specified or parameter files found.

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https://github.com/MaynardMiner/SWARM/releases/tag/v2.7.3

# SWARM 2.7.3

## Guided Help
* Windows: Run SWARM.bat
* Linux: Run ./swarm
* HiveOS: Specify SWARM as custom miner
  * extra config arguments no longer mandatory.
* SWARM should now run guided help
on first launch if no arguments
are specified. Simply answer the
very simple questions, and you
are mining!

# What's New?
* benchmark command has been changed to
  bench. Wiki will be updated soon to
  reflect this.
* bench timeout is now bench bans.

## Updates
* tt-miner was updated.
   (note- may have issues with -d parameter)

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https://github.com/MaynardMiner/SWARM/releases/tag/v2.7.7

# SWARM 2.7.7

## A Note On Windows Version:
It was found that the auto-detection of -Type argument is not working
correctly in Windows. If using SWARM in windows, be sure to use
-Type argument in your preferred way to setup SWARM.
This will be fixed next release.

## Guided Help
* Windows: Run SWARM.bat
* Linux: Run ./swarm
* HiveOS: Specify SWARM as custom miner
  * extra config arguments no longer mandatory.
* SWARM should now run guided help
on first launch if no arguments
are specified. Simply answer the
very simple questions, and you
are mining!

## What's New?
* Added x12 algorithm to SWARM-MINER and
  SWARM.
* Improved AI to make better miner choices
  when multiple bans start occurring.
* Removed miner_hashtable variable - previous
  optimization made feature no longer needed.
* Set Claymore argument -eres to 0 to help
  with Windows mining. You can change in
  respective claymore and claymore-amd.ps1
  files in the "Arguments=" line.
* AMD no longer requires voltages to be set
  for overclocking in windows, and vice-versa
  in HiveOS. (still need to change in local
  SWARM oc if used, and it requires both voltages
  and clock speed)
* -Coin Parameter behaves differently now.
  * Auto_Coin set to "No", you will direct mine
    the coin (c=-PasswordCurrency1) in pool.
  * Auto_Coin set to Yes, you will auto-exchange
    coin. (c=-PasswordCurrency1,mc=-Coin)
  * Examples of both:
    -Algorithm x16rv2 -Auto_Coin No -Coin RVN -Wallet1 [RAVEN ADDRESS] -PasswordCurrency1 RVN
      You will mine RVN to RVN wallet.
    -Algorithm x16rv2 -Auto_Coin Yes -Coin RVN -Wallet1 [BTC ADDRESS] -PasswordCurrency1 BTC
      You will mine RVN and auto-exchange to BTC wallet.
    -Algorithm mtp,x16rv2 -Auto_Coin Yes -Coin RVN,XZC -Wallet1 [BTC ADDRESS] -PasswordCurrency1 BTC
      You will mine either RVN and XZC (which ever one is more profitable), and auto-exchange to BTC
* Remember: -Auto_Coin on works on pools with mc= argument. If you add other pools, SWARM
   will default auto-algo switch with them instead using algorithms in -Algorithm argument.

## Updates
* z-enemy updated
* cryptodredge updated
* tt-miner updated
* nbminer updated

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https://github.com/MaynardMiner/SWARM/releases/tag/v2.7.8

## Updates
* Removed cuckaroo29 from gminer (but d29 still available)
* updated gminer
* updated t-rex
* updated nbminer
* updated wildrig-multi
* updated phoenix miner
* updated tt-miner

## Fixes
* EU users were having issues with nicehash.
  its "-new" stratum. Changed to original stratum,
  and seemed to resolved.
* Fixed issues with auto-detection of -type if not
  specified.

## Notes
* It has been confirmed that cuckaroo29 dredge has issues
  in hashrate API.
* It has been confirmed that lower end cards have issues
  with ethash in Windows for most miners that mine it.
* If you have issues with miners, consider changing
  driver, older drivers have been reporting to work
  better.

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# SWARM 2.7.9

## Updating
* Windows
   * -Update Yes should be in arguments
   *  Run remote command get update
* HiveOS
   * Insert New Link Into Flight Sheet.
   * Make sure -Update Yes is in arguments

## Guided Help
* Windows: Run SWARM.bat
* Linux: Run ./swarm
* HiveOS: Specify SWARM as custom miner
  * extra config arguments no longer mandatory.
* SWARM should now run guided help
on first launch if no arguments
are specified. Simply answer the
very simple questions, and you
are mining!
* running command swarm_help
in command prompt or through ssh
will pull your saved config, and allow
you to edit. get help shows all
commands for SWARM.

## What's New?
* Blockmasters added mc= to pool.
* Added Blockmasters to auto_coin
  switching: BETA
* Enabled Blockmasters for party
  mining: BETA
* -Bans Algorithm:Coin should now work: BETA

## Updates
* nanominer updated.
* gminer updated.
* wildrig updated.
 * mtp added
* miniz updated.
* tt-miner updated.

## Fixes
* Removed "True" output for stray
  miner detection.
* Remove process info from API,
  was occasionally causing issues
  with agent detecting new miner
  switch.

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https://github.com/MaynardMiner/SWARM/releases/tag/v2.8.0

# SWARM 2.8.0

## Updating
* Windows
   * -Update Yes should be in arguments
   *  Run remote command get update
* HiveOS
   * Insert New Link Into Flight Sheet.
   * Make sure -Update Yes is in arguments
* Others
  * There is currently no way to remote update
    for other OS's.

## Guided Help
* Windows: Run SWARM.bat
* Linux: Run ./swarm
* HiveOS: Specify SWARM as custom miner
  * extra config arguments no longer mandatory.
* SWARM should now run guided help
on first launch if no arguments
are specified. Simply answer the
very simple questions, and you
are mining!
* running command swarm_help
in command prompt or through ssh
will pull your saved config, and allow
you to edit. get help shows all
commands for SWARM.

## What's New?
* Added new nicehash API for wallet data
  get wallets
  * Will only work for external wallets.
    -NiceHash_Wallet will be skipped over.
* Added ethash for gminer (NVIDIA).
* -PoolBanCount is no longer in affect if
  user is using only 1 pool. If they are using
  only one pool, there is no reason to create
  a pool ban if there are no other pools to mine
  to.

## Improvements
* System.Diagnostic.Data is not recorded in
  ban information to prevent .json conversion.
* Small typo fix for ASIC.

## Updates
* Gminer updated.
* Tt-miner updated.
* Wildrig updated.

[MaynardVII]

https://github.com/MaynardMiner/SWARM/releases/tag/v2.8.6

New Release.

I was able to add the ability to lock stats, for the known issues between what miner reports and pool reports for hashrates, so you can manually set it- And it won't change.

If I hear of no issues, I will make a command so you can do this remotely.

See release notes for other changes, and explanation of how locking stats work. I will add it to wiki once I make a command to execute.