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

[cTnko]

Hi guys, since couple of users requested to have the startup parameters configurable in the GUI, i am creating a settings section in the GUI to handle this.

So far it looks like this:


Is there anything critical that people would like to see here, or is it "good enough" for now?

[sandinthebones]

cool miner, waiting for linux version.

[Ginru]

Hi for all. I'm trying to mining ETH with excavator on Ethermine or nanopool but then I push to "Start job" I get " Net error: JSON member missing: "error" ". May be I'm doing something wrong?

[Kayfolom]

Hi for all. I'm trying to mining ETH with excavator on Ethermine or nanopool but then I push to "Start job" I get JSON errors. May be I'm doing something wrong?

Ethermine and nanopool not supported stratum protocol Excavator. Only NiceHash and Suprnova.cc.

[Subw]

cool miner, waiting for linux version.

i DEMAND linux version

[Ginru]

Hi for all. I'm trying to mining ETH with excavator on Ethermine or nanopool but then I push to "Start job" I get JSON errors. May be I'm doing something wrong?

Ethermine and nanopool not supported stratum protocol Excavator. Only NiceHash and Suprnova.cc.

hmmm and how it must be configured for supernova.cc? where I have to write Worker ID and PW?

[cTnko]

Hi for all. I'm trying to mining ETH with excavator on Ethermine or nanopool but then I push to "Start job" I get JSON errors. May be I'm doing something wrong?

Ethermine and nanopool not supported stratum protocol Excavator. Only NiceHash and Suprnova.cc.

hmmm and how it must be configured for supernova.cc? where I have to write Worker ID and PW?

you use job identifier as worker ID and you can set password in pools section
the next version of the GUI will have some of those fields renamed for easier setup for suprnova

I hope this screenshot helps a little

[Ginru]

Hi for all. I'm trying to mining ETH with excavator on Ethermine or nanopool but then I push to "Start job" I get JSON errors. May be I'm doing something wrong?

Ethermine and nanopool not supported stratum protocol Excavator. Only NiceHash and Suprnova.cc.

hmmm and how it must be configured for supernova.cc? where I have to write Worker ID and PW?

you use job identifier as worker ID and you can set password in pools section
the next version of the GUI will have some of those fields renamed for easier setup for suprnova

I hope this screenshot helps a little
https://i.imgur.com/2D6AYDR.png

ok, thx its work. So its work only on nicehash and suprnova?

[cTnko]

Hi for all. I'm trying to mining ETH with excavator on Ethermine or nanopool but then I push to "Start job" I get JSON errors. May be I'm doing something wrong?

Ethermine and nanopool not supported stratum protocol Excavator. Only NiceHash and Suprnova.cc.

hmmm and how it must be configured for supernova.cc? where I have to write Worker ID and PW?

you use job identifier as worker ID and you can set password in pools section
the next version of the GUI will have some of those fields renamed for easier setup for suprnova

I hope this screenshot helps a little

ok, thx its work. So its work only on nicehash and suprnova?

I think it mostly depends on the algorithm that you are using, are you running daggerhashimoto?

[fr4nkthetank]

no offense, but maybe you should open a new thread for your GUI support

[cTnko]

no offense, but maybe you should open a new thread for your GUI support

Sure, i left the conversation here as i thought i could help both people with GUI and without GUI at the same place, but if its becoming too extensive for the official thread, i will definitely create my own thread.
Sorry for any inconvenience/spam caused

[fr4nkthetank]

no its not spam, I was implying its gained enough traction to warrant its own thread.  its like a compliment in a way 

[chaxshet]

Hi,
I'm new in using excavator. Im just curious if there is a settings in increasing/decreasing intensity of algo when dual mining?(in claymore +/-)
I'm using only one GTX 1060 for this.
Because when Im doing dual with ETH-SIA, eth hashrate drops from 22.xxMH/s in solo into 10.xx MH/s.
My current config in dual mining:

Code:

[
	{"time":0,"commands":[		
		{"id":1,"method":"algorithm.add","params":["daggerhashimoto","daggerhashimoto.eu.nicehash.com:3353","3Pxy58DuUHYsCvUAKkA8Lg7CiYmtmo3Yns.gpurig1"]},
		{"id":2,"method":"algorithm.add","params":["sia","sia.eu.nicehash.com:3360","3Pxy58DuUHYsCvUAKkA8Lg7CiYmtmo3Yns.gpurig1"]}
	]},
	{"time":3,"commands":[
		{"id":1,"method":"worker.add","params":["0","0"]},
		{"id":1,"method":"worker.add","params":["1","0"]}
	]},
	{"time":10,"loop":10,"commands":[
		{"id":1,"method":"algorithm.print.speeds","params":[]}
	]}
]

Another thing, how can you see your projected daily proifit? Because in using NH miner, there's an indication there.

Thanks!

[Ginru]

Hi for all. I'm trying to mining ETH with excavator on Ethermine or nanopool but then I push to "Start job" I get JSON errors. May be I'm doing something wrong?

Ethermine and nanopool not supported stratum protocol Excavator. Only NiceHash and Suprnova.cc.

hmmm and how it must be configured for supernova.cc? where I have to write Worker ID and PW?

you use job identifier as worker ID and you can set password in pools section
the next version of the GUI will have some of those fields renamed for easier setup for suprnova

I hope this screenshot helps a little
https://i.imgur.com/2D6AYDR.png

ok, thx its work. So its work only on nicehash and suprnova?

I think it mostly depends on the algorithm that you are using, are you running daggerhashimoto?

can you tell me pools for daggerhashimoto and Equihash?

[sandinthebones]

cool miner, waiting for linux version.

i DEMAND linux version

+1

and now with crowd - linux linux linux !!!

[cTnko]

no its not spam, I was implying its gained enough traction to warrant its own thread.  its like a compliment in a way  

Thank you, that's very sweet to say :-)

@Ginru
For daggerhashimoto only nicehash and suprnova are supported (for now).
For equihash i think all pools are supported (i personally use zcash.flypool.org) and it has been working very well for me.

Edit:
I created a thread that will cover just the Excavator GUI - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2009353
This should free up this thread from GUI related questions.

I also released a new version of the GUI (again, most changes were requested by either users here or through github ticket system).
Enjoy!

Code:

08.07.2017 @ 0.4
- Added Settings section
- Added "Start Excavator GUI on Windows Startup" functionality (disabled by default)
- Excavator console & file logging levels are now configurable in the GUI
- Excavator AMD support is now configurable in the GUI (disabled by default)
- Backup Pool threshold is now configurable (15-300 seconds)
- Job share counters will now reset only when necessary
- AMD Support disabled by default (Can be enabled in Settings section)
- Adjusted some input fields to allow more clearer setup for suprnova

[Subw]

cool miner, waiting for linux version.

i DEMAND linux version

+1

and now with crowd - linux linux linux !!!

it's ridiculous how things changed over last years, once free open source miners now replaced with closed, fee based miners released for windows and on top of it now we should beg for linux releases. sad...

[laik2]

cool miner, waiting for linux version.

i DEMAND linux version

+1

and now with crowd - linux linux linux !!!

it's ridiculous how things changed over last years, once free open source miners now replaced with closed, fee based miners released for windows and on top of it now we should beg for linux releases. sad...

Sad part here is not that, sad part is that we as miners make no contributions to open source developers and they prefer to write closed source miners or work for big companies who pay them to do so. The saddest part is actually even worse, even if someone tries to do something for the OSS community other developers who already switched to the "dark side" will either not help or will mislead the development process...

[cTnko]

@Subw
@laik2

Guys, please don't take this the wrong way, i mean this in the nicest way possible and this is just my 50 cents on the matter.

Have you done any long time open source or closed source development? I have done decent amounts of both.
And while i do really enjoy open source software, have you ever considered the downside of it?

When it comes to miners that are OSS, shady people like to create malicious builds that are distributed as malware (that's why so many miners are flagged as malicious in a lot of antiviruses).
Most OSS licenses allow devs to do pretty much anything they want with the code, which is prone to hostile forks of the code and development take-overs.
Imagine you were working actively on your OSS project for couple of months, you earn "funny" amount of funds every month from the donations (since people very rarely donate), then someone forks your code, add couple of features that you simply refuse to have for whatever reason unethical/malicious/dangerous.. etc, suddenly no one cares about your project even though you did all the heavy lifting.
This is also the primary reason so many miners have an 1-2% dev fee (from statistical standpoint this is usually within a margin of error), if you are an active developer creating quality software, you will never get paid enough from donations, "that's why" so many developers are either hired by a company that values their skill and time, or the devs close the source and apply a fee to compensate.
Unless we are talking about a hobby project (which mining software usually isn't) you can't expect for the dev/s to invest hours and hours of development into a project and get "nothing" in return.

For example Excavator, is it the fastest miner currently out there? For some algorithms yes, for some not, but i still use it since all the features it packs outweigh the couple missed hashes.
Does it bother me that it is closed source? Not at all, it does what i need it to do and it does it well.

I would never bash a project for being closed source, are there OSS alternatives? Yes!
You can use whichever software you prefer, just don't expect for the code to magically appear, compile, test and get released, time is the most valuable thing you have and that's what every software has in its heart, a lof of man-hours.

Like i said, this is my 50 cents on the matter, both OSS and closed source development has its positives and negatives, for me personally, its the quality that matters the most.

[zawawa]

I have been bombarded with bug reports and requests for a Linux port...
I will get back to Linux as soon as I take care of critical bugs. I promise!