excavator by NiceHash - multi-algorithm NVIDIA GPU miner [1.5.6a]

[PcChip]

To everyone asking when some new protocol will be added to Excavator. The answer is NEVER.

But pools are welcome to update their protocols. Here are documentations.

For SIA: https://siamining.com/stratum

For EthereumStratum: https://github.com/nicehash/Specifications/blob/master/EthereumStratum_NiceHash_v1.0.0.txt

Contrary to their implementations, we actually make documentation, everything is well explained and there are examples.

surely I'm misunderstanding, but are you saying you don't want to interface with existing pool/stratum protocols and instead made your own , and expect everyone else to adapt to you?

[nevermind41]

To everyone asking when some new protocol will be added to Excavator. The answer is NEVER.

But pools are welcome to update their protocols. Here are documentations.

For SIA: https://siamining.com/stratum

For EthereumStratum: https://github.com/nicehash/Specifications/blob/master/EthereumStratum_NiceHash_v1.0.0.txt

Contrary to their implementations, we actually make documentation, everything is well explained and there are examples.

surely I'm misunderstanding, but are you saying you don't want to interface with existing pool/stratum protocols and instead made your own , and expect everyone else to adapt to you?

The main purpose is directing people to specific pools like suprnova and nicehash.

[cTnko]

Many people like me couldn't configure the miner properly. There is no proper explanation and limited stratum support. I think much better way  using claymore and ewbf.

What kind of configuration issues are you running into?
I personally find the provided documentation on github more than sufficient, granted its little bit more complex but its definitely more robust when it comes to features.
You can also use the GUI utilities provided by Nicehash or me to do the configuration (if you don't want to fiddle with the command/config files).

[nevermind41]

Many people like me couldn't configure the miner properly. There is no proper explanation and limited stratum support. I think much better way  using claymore and ewbf.

What kind of configuration issues are you running into?
I personally find the provided documentation on github more than sufficient, granted its little bit more complex but its definitely more robust when it comes to features.
You can also use the GUI utilities provided by Nicehash or me to do the configuration (if you don't want to fiddle with the command/config files).

If I want to give fee for some extra features, there are some miners that have been already made.  If there is a point that makes you to create something for this miner, it isn't good enough like others.

[TigTex]

To everyone asking when some new protocol will be added to Excavator. The answer is NEVER.

But pools are welcome to update their protocols. Here are documentations.

For SIA: https://siamining.com/stratum

For EthereumStratum: https://github.com/nicehash/Specifications/blob/master/EthereumStratum_NiceHash_v1.0.0.txt

Contrary to their implementations, we actually make documentation, everything is well explained and there are examples.

surely I'm misunderstanding, but are you saying you don't want to interface with existing pool/stratum protocols and instead made your own , and expect everyone else to adapt to you?

The main purpose is directing people to specific pools like suprnova and nicehash.

Nope. The main purpose is security. Most pools have a bad implementation of the stratum protocol.

[cTnko]

Hi, i also made a video showing how to mine zcash and ethereum with excavator and the new gui, hopefully it can help some new miners get started.

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

[Kayfolom]

Hi everyone, i am very happy to announce that my GUI for Excavator is finally ready!   

Few screenshots so you would have an idea how it looks



To anyone that would be willing to try it, you can find the GUI with instructions on how to use it over here: https://github.com/cTn-dev/Excavator-GUI

Currently it has only been tested on Nvidia cards (sadly i don't own an AMD gpu).
If people will like the GUI, ill try to save up some funds to buy one AMD card to properly implement and test everything on AMD side aswell.

If you have any questions, please let me know, happy mining! :-)

It is a pity that this is just a "local executor". I expected that you would create a full-fledged tool for remote control of the excavator. It could not be started because it requires the executable excavator file in the application folder.

I was waiting for your application, but my hopes did not justify :-(

[zorvalth]

Hi everyone, i am very happy to announce that my GUI for Excavator is finally ready!   

Few screenshots so you would have an idea how it looks

To anyone that would be willing to try it, you can find the GUI with instructions on how to use it over here: https://github.com/cTn-dev/Excavator-GUI

Currently it has only been tested on Nvidia cards (sadly i don't own an AMD gpu).
If people will like the GUI, ill try to save up some funds to buy one AMD card to properly implement and test everything on AMD side aswell.

If you have any questions, please let me know, happy mining! :-)

It is a pity that this is just a "local executor". I expected that you would create a full-fledged tool for remote control of the excavator. It could not be started because it requires the executable excavator file in the application folder.

I was waiting for your application, but my hopes did not justify :-(

Point me a link to your gui? The one with remote monitoring and remote control? I want to test it! Its first release for god sake.

[zorvalth]

To everyone asking when some new protocol will be added to Excavator. The answer is NEVER.

But pools are welcome to update their protocols. Here are documentations.

For SIA: https://siamining.com/stratum

For EthereumStratum: https://github.com/nicehash/Specifications/blob/master/EthereumStratum_NiceHash_v1.0.0.txt

Contrary to their implementations, we actually make documentation, everything is well explained and there are examples.

surely I'm misunderstanding, but are you saying you don't want to interface with existing pool/stratum protocols and instead made your own , and expect everyone else to adapt to you?

The main purpose is directing people to specific pools like suprnova and nicehash.

Nope. The main purpose is security. Most pools have a bad implementation of the stratum protocol.

Come oon:) suprnova got less than 0.09% of the hash and nicehash got less then 0.005%, so either no one cares for security or either 99.9% are stupid. Either way whats the point of having 0.01% secured? Honestly I really like the flexibility of excavator I would use if i had an option to choose where to mine even if there is a dev fee. I'm sure i'm not alone.

[jimmykl]

To everyone asking when some new protocol will be added to Excavator. The answer is NEVER.

But pools are welcome to update their protocols. Here are documentations.

For SIA: https://siamining.com/stratum

For EthereumStratum: https://github.com/nicehash/Specifications/blob/master/EthereumStratum_NiceHash_v1.0.0.txt

Contrary to their implementations, we actually make documentation, everything is well explained and there are examples.

surely I'm misunderstanding, but are you saying you don't want to interface with existing pool/stratum protocols and instead made your own , and expect everyone else to adapt to you?

The main purpose is directing people to specific pools like suprnova and nicehash.

Nope. The main purpose is security. Most pools have a bad implementation of the stratum protocol.

Come oon:) suprnova got less than 0.09% of the hash and nicehash got less then 0.005%, so either no one cares for security or either 99.9% are stupid. Either way whats the point of having 0.01% secured? Honestly I really like the flexibility of excavator I would use if i had an option to choose where to mine even if there is a dev fee. I'm sure i'm not alone.

You're not alone but I don't think any number of us are going to change the developer's mind unfortunately.

[zawawa]

djeZo actually has a pretty good reason to promote his own protocol: It is simply more efficient with a reduced number of duplicates. I would love to support other protocols, but I don't think I would be able to convince him to adopt what he perceives to be technically inferior solutions...

[zawawa]

I have been busy rewriting hardware acceleration for quite some time as there were some horrendous bugs, but I'm almost done. With the next version, hardware acceleration will be fully customizable. I'll keep you updated.

[jpouza]

Using the new Nicehash 2.0.0.7 Alpha miner here, excavator got a nice boost on Equihash algorithm, from 610-620 H/s in the previous version to 640-670 H/s on my GP-102-A card with 80% TDP.

[cTnko]

Hi everyone, i am very happy to announce that my GUI for Excavator is finally ready!   

Few screenshots so you would have an idea how it looks



To anyone that would be willing to try it, you can find the GUI with instructions on how to use it over here: https://github.com/cTn-dev/Excavator-GUI

Currently it has only been tested on Nvidia cards (sadly i don't own an AMD gpu).
If people will like the GUI, ill try to save up some funds to buy one AMD card to properly implement and test everything on AMD side aswell.

If you have any questions, please let me know, happy mining! :-)

It is a pity that this is just a "local executor". I expected that you would create a full-fledged tool for remote control of the excavator. It could not be started because it requires the executable excavator file in the application folder.

I was waiting for your application, but my hopes did not justify :-(

Hi, i never said that i was working on remote monitoring GUI, also no one said that feature like this won't be coming to the GUI, i released the first version for people to get a taste of how the GUI looks and how it works and to get feedback from people, as without people like you i wouldn't know on which new feature i should focus.

From your message i gather that you would like to have a monitoring/control support for "all" of your miners on your local network, is that correct ?

[polymer_city]

@ cTnko

Im testing your GUI now, very pleased with it!

Can you give a quick description on how to setup Dual Mining?

Possible bug;
Setting manual fan speed (nVidia) - Keeps resetting to Auto?
Fan speed is saved, but when you go to Hardware tab, the previous value is not stored in textbox

[cTnko]

@ cTnko

Im testing your GUI now, very pleased with it!

Can you give a quick description on how to setup Dual Mining?

Possible bug;
Setting manual fan speed (nVidia) - Keeps resetting to Auto?
Fan speed is saved, but when you go to Hardware tab, the previous value is not stored in textbox

I am glad you like it!

When it comes to dual mining, simply add a second job for the currency that you would like to mine, in other words "have 2 jobs running at the same time".
Obviously you need to find out which 2 currencies work "nice" together, for example running equihash and daggerhashimoto on the same card would be a disaster.

Regarding the fan speed, yes you are indeed right (its a bug), thanks for spotting this.
I already fixed it in my development build, i would like to implement the delete dialogs today, if i can get them ready i will release a new build in the evening.

[zorvalth]

Maybe attaching different overclocking profiles to different jobs would be a good idea. Pretty much every algo has different optimal clocks.

[cTnko]

Maybe attaching different overclocking profiles to different jobs would be a good idea. Pretty much every algo has different optimal clocks.

Yeah that sounds like a good idea, i will put it on the todo list.

[polymer_city]

Maybe attaching different overclocking profiles to different jobs would be a good idea. Pretty much every algo has different optimal clocks.

Yeah that sounds like a good idea, i will put it on the todo list.

Not sure what was happening on ETH & SIA when i tried to Dual Mine

SIA was getting about 80% of each card and ETH the rest

800mh/s each card on SIA and 12mh/s on ETH...?


Could you possibly add Global OC settings for GPU's?

Well done, works great!

[cTnko]

Maybe attaching different overclocking profiles to different jobs would be a good idea. Pretty much every algo has different optimal clocks.

Yeah that sounds like a good idea, i will put it on the todo list.

Not sure what was happening on ETH & SIA when i tried to Dual Mine

SIA was getting about 80% of each card and ETH the rest

800mh/s each card on SIA and 12mh/s on ETH...?


Could you possibly add Global OC settings for GPU's?

Well done, works great!

Currently the "hardware" section is acting like a global OC profile, when i will start working on the new OC stuff i was thinking of having one global profile, and then the user could create as many OC profiles as he would like and assign them to specific jobs, for now its just an idea.

Regarding the dual mining, i honestly wouldn't know, probably someone on the forum or the devs could tell you which algorithms work well together, i guess tweaking worker parameters would help when it comes to dual mining, but right now there is very little info about that (GUI doesn't support worker parameters for now, when setting them becomes critical, i will definitely look into it).