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Minerstat Merch
Added three new designs to our collection.
 https://minerstat.com/merch

msOS Miner Update
 phoenix-eth v5.4b
 srbminer-multi v0.5.9

Windows Miner Update
 phoenix-eth v5.4b
 srbminer-multi v0.5.9

phoenix-eth: New kernels for AMD Vega and Navi GPUs that are slightly faster when the DAG buffer is approaching or passing 4GB in size (the current ETH DAG is close to 4GB). To use these new kernels, you need to use drivers 20.5.1 or later under Win10, or 20.10.x or later under Linux. Added support for the latest AMD Windows 10 drivers 20.12.1 and 20.11.3. Other small fixes and improvements.
srbminer-multi: Fixed a bug on RandomX algorithm that could cause miners to create invalid shares for some jobs and other bug fixes.

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msOS Update
 Updated mrecovery/netrecovery to work better in certain regions.
 Checking host file health periodically.
 Improved method to apply ClockTune upon boot.
 New Power Cycle option to power off the rig and boot it back after 30 seconds. This can help with multi PSU setups when GPUs are not getting properly recognized by the motherboard. If action is not supported by your motherboard then the machine will just reboot.
 Resolved a bug in the agent that could cause an Idle state in poor network conditions.

Bios Flasher
 Previously you were able to download bios .rom backups from the worker's profile, but now backups can also be downloaded directly from the bios flasher page.
 Allowing to flash same BIOS without force method. (Bypassing Flash already programmed message). This reduces the risk to flash non-suitable or invalid bios. Only use force flash if you are aware of what you are doing.

msOS Miner Update
 trex 0.19.4
 gminer 2.34

Windows Miner Update
 trex 0.19.4
 gminer 2.34

trex: Miner not starting with various TREX: xxxx (base64 encoded) errors. Other Bug fixes and improvements.
gminer: Improved compatibility with Ethash pools. added DAG check after generation for Ethash and ProgPoW/KAWPOW algorithms, this feature helps to detect overclock issues. Improved compatibility with AMD GPUs under Windows, now miner display temperature and power consumption for newest AMD cards. Decreased stale share percentage on ProgPoW/KAWPOW algorithms. When DAG generation failed on some GPU client will not just stop.

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msOS Miner Update
 teamredminer v0.7.20

Windows Miner Update
 teamredminer v0.7.20

teamredminer: Added default capped DAG allocation for 4GBs at 4072MB (--eth_4g_max_alloc). Resolved an issue with crashes using --eth_dag_cache on 4GB gpus.

Triggers
Added GPU count drop trigger. Also introduced Power cycle option to use with it.

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Profit switch

Added new automated feature: Update on the go
When you enable this feature on your profit switch page then system will regularly and automatically update your hashrate and power consumption values in regard to your latest data as reported in your hashrate and power charts.

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msOS Miner Update
 nbminer v35.0

Windows Miner Update
 nbminer v35.0

nbminer: Removed limitation of not running under Virtual Machine. Added statistics for health of AMD GPUs. Reduced CPU usage.

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Diagnostic
Added Driver version check under Misc. Missing/undetected drivers will show an error and how to fix it.
You have to redo the diag to get latest update.

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Eth epoch #382
 Dag size is approaching 4GB on ETH. At this moment it's 3.98GB so it's expected to see reduced hash rates (1-4%) with the current epoch even with more than 4GB VRAM GPUs.
Some miners will stop working around 25th Dec 2020 and hash rate will further be reduced. Make sure to use recently updated miners such as: teamredminer, lolminer with 4GB GPUs and nbminer, trex, phoenix-eth with above 4GB GPUs.

msOS Miner Update
 lolminer v1.17
 gminer v2.35

Windows Miner Update
 lolminer v1.17
 gminer v2.35

lolminer: Significantly reduced Ethash power draw on Navi GPUs and slightly improved performance of 6800 (XT) / 6900. Reduced number of stale shares on Cortex algorithm. Added parameter --singlethread to work with Ethash and Equihash algorithm. Several other performance improvements and bug fixes.
gminer: Removed algorithms: Eaglesong, Handshake, Kadena, BeamHashI, BeamHashII, Grimm, Cuckaroo29, Cuckaroom29, Equihash 96,5. Significantly reduced binary size. Bug fixes and other improvements.

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msOS Miner Update
 teamredminer v0.7.21

Windows Miner Update
 teamredminer v0.7.21

teamredminer: Improved probability for high (4078-4080MB) Ethash 4GB capped allocation. Improves situations where Ethash with capped DAG on 4GBs would crash after 5-10 mins when running at 4078-4080MB.

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msOS Miner Update
 phoenix-eth v5.4c

Windows Miner Update
 phoenix-eth v5.4c

phoenix-eth: Added support for DAG epochs up to 500. Resolved a crash on Windows when using the latest Nvidia drivers 460.79 and 460.89. Added new kernels to allow mining on AMD Hawaii cards. Note that the AMD Windows drivers do not supports compute mode for Hawaii cards, therefore the hashrate will be low (14-15 MH/s with the current ETH DAG epoch). You can get the full 29-30 MH/s speed out of the Hawaii cards on Linux.

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Bulk commands

We have added Send command option to Workers list.
You can now send bulk console command (msOS and also general Linux commands) directly to multiple rigs without the need to log in to the console. This is useful for driver updates or similar actions that would otherwise require a lot of time to do it.

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msOS Update
 Updated mhelp command. More detailed and more structured now.
 New experimental command rmpci to auto-remove all audio devices and selected PCIe devices from the system.
 Support for OCTOMINER and MINERDUDE motherboard and chassis. Including updating the mini display, consumption, chassis fan control, discovery blue light, error led lights, and reboot/shutdown integration to watchdog and system scripts.
 Boot process no longer attaching to agent screen instead of showing detected GPUs and short version of mhelp. On future, msOS repacks this will be the defaulted option, currently newly flashed rigs still going to show mining until the first reboot.
 Resolved a rare issue with ClockTune and internal GPU when clocks were not applied if only one AMD GPU were available in the system.

msOS Miner Update
 gminer v2.36

Windows Miner Update
 gminer v2.36

gminer: Added support for extra nonce length up to 6 bytes for Ethash/KAWPOW algorithms (now miner will works on f2pool, miningpoolhub and other pools). Fixed a bug with stale job logic on beam and cortex (it will increase hashrate on pool side). Ethash devfee is now 0.65%.

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msOS Update
 Improved periodical instance check for Ethpill to make sure running if enabled.

msOS Miner Update
 nbminer v35.1
 trex v0.19.5

Windows Miner Update
 trex v0.19.5

nbminer: Ethash is now more stable on high OC for Nvidia GPUs, Octopus  hashrate improvements (1-3%) for 16, 20, 30 Nvidia GPUs.
trex: Octopus up to 20% performance improvements on most 20xx and 30xx series GPUs with low Power limit on Nvidias. Solo mining support for Octopus algorithm.

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msOS Update
 "System message" in your 24h logs or worker's latest activity denotes the rig's last response to manual or automatic reboot, shut down, and power cycle commands.

msOS Miner Update
 bminer v16.4.0
 gminer v2.37
 nbminer v35.2
 teamredminer v0.7.22

Windows Miner Update
 bminer v16.4.0
 gminer v2.37
 nbminer v35.2
 teamredminer v0.7.22

bminer: Support mining ETH on AMD 4G cards via the -ethash-allocation parameter.
gminer: Fixed mining on KAWPOW algorithm with intensity and lowered fee to 1%. Fixed bug with '--proto stratum' for Ethash mining.
nbminer: Ethash is now more stable under high OC for Nvidia 16, 20, 30 series GPUs. Improved hashrate for Octopus (1-3%) for 16, 20, 30 Nvidia GPUs. Ethash DAG verification after creation, if miner shows: Verification failed, invalid 2.0%, please consider lowering your GPU OC.
teamredminer: New Navi kernel. The main feature is lower power consumption, hashrate will remain about the same but depends on your clocks.

Global statistics
We have extended the metrics displayed in the global statistics.
 Coins' estimated profitabilities are now included in the global profitability chart.
 Hashrate per coin chart now also includes information about power consumption and power consumption efficiency in the tooltips. Below the chart there is a short summary with uptime, average hashrate, and amount of time the coin was being mined for today, yesterday, last 7 days, this month, and last 30 days.
 New chart power consumption per coin which also includes information about hashrate and power consumption efficiency in the tooltips. Below the chart there is a short summary with total average power consumption and average power consumption per coin for today, yesterday, last 7 days, this month, and last 30 days.
 New chart power efficiency per coin which also includes information about hashrate and power consumption in the tooltips. Below the chart there is a short summary with uptime and average power efficiency per coin for today, yesterday, last 7 days, this month, and last 30 days.

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ClockTune
Added option to select memory state for AMD GPUs (currently for Polaris only).

Windows Miner Update
gminer v2.38

gminer: Fixed performance issues on Ethash under Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 miner launch specific kernels on specific devices, you can forcibly enable this kernels on GPU use --oc1 flag (also you can use --oc flag to enable option per GPU).

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Balance monitoring
Added ZIL and ETHO.

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If you are still learning about cryptocurrency mining, we have prepared this beginner’s guide which will answer all the questions you have or should have about mining.

https://medium.com/minerstat/beginners-guide-cryptocurrency-mining-e2529fb32e1d

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msOS Update
 - Support for the latest Nvidia 460.27.04 Beta driver. Available trough nvidia-update CLI tool. (CUDA 11.2 libs will be added once the final version releases.)
 - Resolved an issue when the Nvidia driver version was not displayed in the worker page Specs menu.
 - Flasher tool now displays failed message if initial verification fails. ( e.g: Missing P/N number) Those roms only can be flashed with force option. Never use the forced method if you are not aware of what you are doing.

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Latest activity log
Added full console output log on all captured console errors. So you can now exactly see what was happening at the time of the error.

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msOS Miner Update
 bminer v16.4.2
 gminer v2.39
 nbminer v36.0
 srbminer-multi v0.6.1

Windows Miner Update
 bminer v16.4.2
 gminer v2.39
 nbminer v36.0
 srbminer-multi v0.6.1

bminer: Resolved crashing issues with NVIDIA ETH miner.
gminer: Added kernel auto-tuning for KAWPOW algorithm, this feature improves hashrate (up to 4% on some cards).
nbminer: Resolved KAWPOW crash on some GPUs. Removed support for eaglesong, eaglesong_ethash, trb, trb_ethash, hns, hns_ethash, sipc, cuckaroo, cuckaroo_swap algorithms.
srbminer-multi: Experimental support for RX 6000 series GPUs. Removed tellor and rainforestv2 algorithms.