mkxminer: Fast Lyra2Z/Lyra2rev2 miner for AMD GPU (ZCoin, GINcoin, VERT, MONA...

[winmkx]

This is a locked thread! Please use new thread: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5058058 for fastest Lyra2Z miner.
If you are here for lyra2rev2 miner, then links are still here. But be warned that Lyra2rev2 is now dominated by ASICs and is no longer profitable to mine.



mkxminer: Assembler-optimized Lyra2rev2/Lyra2Z miner for AMD GPUs (ZCoin, GINcoin, Vertcoin, Monacoin, Verge)

screenshot: https://i.imgur.com/yXYbzc1.png

mkxminer: Assembler-optimized Lyra2rev2/Lyra2Z miner for AMD GPUs (ZCoin, GINcoin, Vertcoin, Monacoin, Verge)

!!! Only works with AMD videocards. No NVidia, Intel, CPU or ASICs !!!


=== List of Lyra2rev2 coins
Vertcoin [VTC] - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=404364.0
Mona [MONA] - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=392436.0
Verge [XVG] - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1365894.0
Straks [STAK] - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2433318.0
Shieldcoin [XSH] - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2234453.0
RACE - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2848766.0
KREDS - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2886837.0

=== List of Lyra2Z coins
ZCoin [XZC] - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1638450.0
GINcoin [GIN] - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2998031.0
Gentarium [GTM] - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=4707019.0
ZCore - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3188172.0
MANO - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=4328146.0
MCT - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=4315891.0




=== List of recommended pools (with BTC payouts)
https://zpool.ca
https://www.nicehash.com


=== Usage (Windows)
Try running example.cmd (change -u option value to your login and -p option to your password).
If it works ok, then try running best.cmd (it uses assembler kernels).
If it is working, then you may want to tweak some settings, see Options section below.

If you are getting errors about unsupported videocard or if you have an Intel CPU and AMD GPUs, try running example2platforms.cmd.

You can also check out bestfarm.cmd for a useful script, which will name your miners according to their local IP address.

Press 'q' to exit the app.



=== Usage (Linux)
!!! TODO: mkxminer is 64bit since version 4.0. The readme below will change once Linux bins are released !!!

It is recommended to use mkxminer under Windows. But if you have to use Linux, then ./example.sh is your starting point.
Command line parameters are the same for Linux and Windows.

Note: mkxminer is a 32-bit application. So if you are using a 64 bit application, like Ubuntu 16.04 x64, then you need
to install some some required libraries. Execute these commands in a terminal in case you're on Ubuntu x64:
sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install libc6:i386 libstdc++6:i386

If you execute ./mkxminer and it just closes without printing anything, then you don't have 32 bit support (see above).

Error: ./mkxminer: error while loading shared libraries: libOpenCL.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Reason: You don't have 32bit OpenCL installed. If you added 32 bit support (like written above), you may need to reinstall AMD drivers.

Error: Frontend phase failed compilation.
Error: Compilation from LLVMIR binary to IL text failed!
Reason: the AMD driver is not compatible with mkxminer. Try another driver. You can see AMD GPU-PRO version by executing:
dpkg -l amdgpu-pro

For example, amdgpu-pro-17.40-492261.tar.xz and amdgpu-pro-17.40-483984.tar.xz show this problem on RX480, but work fine on R9 390.

If you have some problems - please report via PM in bitcointalk.

Known issue: once you quit mkxminer, the current terminal window becomes unusable. Close terminal and open a new one.

Press 'q' to exit the app. Do NOT press Ctrl+C or you'll get a zombie process.



=== Options
--algorithm or -a - Selected mining algorithm. Two options: lyra2rev2 or lyra2z
-o or --url - URL of the stratum server (ex: stratum+tls://stak.suprnova.cc:7710)
    You can currently only specify one pool, no backups supported.
-u or --user - Username for stratum server
-p or --pass -  Password for stratum server
-d or --device - Select device to use, one value, range and/or comma separated (e.g. 0-2,4) default: all
-I or --intensity - Intensity of GPU scanning (23 for high end cards, 20 for low end)
--exitsick - Exit miner if one of GPUs becomes sick (so that you can create a script to restart app / reboot PC)
--asm - Will enable ASM kernels for supported GPUs (Vega, Fiji, Ellesmere, Tonga, Hawaii, Tahiti, Oland currently)
    for about 10% extra speed. Note: this may crash your miner, especially on some Ellesmere cards.
    Recommended 16.10.3 driver or latest AMD / beta blockchain driver.

--platform - Select OpenCL platform ID to use for GPU mining. Default is autodetect.
--engine - GPU engine (over)clock range in Mhz - one value, range and/or comma separated list (e.g. 1050-1100,900,750-850)
--fan - GPU fan percentage range - one value, range and/or comma separated list (e.g. 0-85,100,100). Fan 100% recommended for pro mining.
--map - Map OpenCL to ADL device order manually, paired CSV (e.g. 1:0,2:1 maps OpenCL 1 to ADL 0, 2 to 1)
--memclock - Set the GPU memory (over)clock in Mhz - one value for all or separate by commas for per card
--powertune - Set the GPU powertune percentage - one value for all or separate by commas for per card
--reorder - Attempt to reorder GPU devices according to PCI Bus ID
--vddc - Set the GPU voltage in Volts - one value for all or separate by commas for per card

--auto-fan - Automatically adjust all GPU fan speeds to maintain a target temperature
--auto-gpu - Automatically adjust all GPU engine clock speeds to maintain a target temperature
--temp-cutoff - Temperature which a device will be automatically disabled at, one value or comma separated list
--temp-overheat - Temperature which a device will be throttled at while automanaging fan and/or GPU, one value or comma separated list
--temp-target - Temperature which a device should stay at while automanaging fan and/or GPU, one value or comma separated list


=== Speeds Lyra2rev2 (no overclocking)
Radeon Pro Duo: 84.8MHs (42.4 + 42.4)
Fiji: 55MHs
Vega56: 53MHs
RX 580: 39MHs
RX 480: 36MHs
R9 390: 32MHs
R9 380X: 26MHs
R9 280X: 26MHs

=== Speeds Lyra2z (no overclocking)
Vega64: 7.4MHs
RX 580: 3.7MHs
RX 480: 3.5MHs
R9 390: 1.8MHs


* Note: the actual mining speed is a bit higher as some of the hashrate is used as devfee. The above values are what you (the miner) gets.
Other miners with devfee show you the total hashrate and then you have to reduce it by devfee: for example,
if you have 30MHs with 5% devfee, then effectively it is 28.5MHs for you (30 * (1.0 - 0.05)).
This miner shows you exactly the MHs that you earn, so devfee value is irrelevant.

You do not have to use this miner. For a free open-source option, please use https://miner.nicehash.com/ or https://github.com/sgminer-dev/sgminer.


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Note regarding mkxminer:

- Please use beta blockchain driver. Link: https://support.amd.com/en-us/kb-articles/Pages/Radeon-Software-Crimson-ReLive-Edition-Beta-for-Blockchain-Compute-Release-Notes.aspx

I use it myself on RX580 and Vega. Running absolutely rock solid.

There are reports, that latest 18.x drivers don't work properly.

- Do not use lyra2rev2 anymore, it is not profitable. Lyra2Z is much better.

- New version will have higher mining speed and Linux support. ETA: This month (October).

- There will be no more Lyra2rev2 support (does not make any sense, because of ASICs).

PS: If you need any comments from me, please send PM. Unfortunately, I don't have time to constantly monitor this forum.
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=== Tweaking
There are pretty much only two things to tweak:
1) Increase GPU frequency. Memory frequency is not important.
2) Increase intensity. 23 is recommended for 4GB+ videocards on Lyra2rev2 (or 18 for Lyra2Z).



=== Version history
v1.0.0: 11 November 2017 - Initial nicehash version.
v1.0.1: 12 November 2017 - Added missing DLL and fixed gfx901 problem.
v2.0.0: 5 December 2017 - Rewritten + tls pools supported.
v2.0.1: 12 December 2017 - Added VTC pool, AMD platform autodetection.
v3.0.0: 23 December 2017 - stratum+tcp pools are now supported.
v3.0.1: 9 January 2018 - Fixed problem with pools not supporting extranonce, 'q' to exit, Linux port, cleaned up dlls.
v3.1.0: 8 February 2018 - Better Linux compatibility and non-TLS/SSL pools supported. Fixed some pool disconnections.
v3.1.0: 12 February 2018 - Added optimised Vega kernel. Combined Windows+Linux packaging.

v4.0 beta: 9 September 2018
    - Added Lyra2z
    - Now 64 bit binaries only, no more 32 bit
    - Now only asm optimized kernels (removed --asm parameter)
    - Removed support for legacy Cards (prior to R9 290)
    - Reduced distribution size
    - Beta release: only windows and only lyra2z (linux and lyra2rev2 with some optimizations will be available in full release)

v4.1: 27 October 2018
    - Linux build + Windows build
    - About 5% speed increase

* Coming soon *
    - API support



=== Latest version 4.1.0 (Linux + Windows)
MD5: 23f309f5a041ec43120dfbd0ee8162cc
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=== OLD versions
[lyra2Z only] Version 4.0.0 BETA Windows
MD5: 6708c7c02f6d29b92bb4f17c86f8203d
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[lyra2rev2 only] Latest version 3.1.0 Windows
MD5: 546f89ef835aa5a6af74b12e016dca55
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[lyra2rev2 only] Previous version 3.0.1 Windows
MD5: 83db821ce8de0cbd0766a69560635574
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Windows version 3.0.0 and later work with any stratum+tcp pools. For example: mkxminer.exe --exitsick --asm -o stratum+tcp://lyra2.easymine.online:5000 -u Vjjhnmiy2HAfWBq4n7mn7NmUPVki12unyi -p x -I 23

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[lyra2rev2 only] version 3.1.0 Linux
MD5: 906e456c1cd8112dfe0a357f6f151f79
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[NameTaken]

Sgminer is licensed under GPLv3 and from GPL FAQ:

If I use a piece of software that has been obtained under the GNU GPL, am I allowed to modify the original code into a new program, then distribute and sell that new program commercially? (#GPLCommercially)
You are allowed to sell copies of the modified program commercially, but only under the terms of the GNU GPL. Thus, for instance, you must make the source code available to the users of the program as described in the GPL, and they must be allowed to redistribute and modify it as described in the GPL.

These requirements are the condition for including the GPL-covered code you received in a program of your own.

[rednoW]

2 WinMKX
Yes, the GPL-nature of sgminer is the problem if you want to release proprietary miner with devfee.
Also, don't forget Vega - it will need extra attention and work but should give best results. It is most advanced and compute powerful card from AMD

[gregfromo]

so a rx580 has same speed as gtx1070 at this algo? sounds fantastic, can't wait to test it.

[splat1]

Would love to test this for you.  Have a few Vega 64s that I'd like to put to work on vert.

[phuocduong]

about rx 470, who tested?

[epayfiles]

Speeds (no overclocking):
Radeon Pro Duo (on screenshot): 84.8MHs (42.4 + 42.4)
Fiji:55MHs
Vega56: 47MHs (on screenshot) - can be optimised further, just need some time and incentive
RX580: 39MHs
RX480: 36MHs
R9 390: 32MHs
R9 380X: 26MHs
R9 280X: 26MHs

[aimsml]

Dear Dev. you can add asm for r7 370 ?
Thank you

[sabercrypto]

this looks promising. i hope rx480 can improved more if possible.

[winmkx]

Version 1.0.0 nicehash for Windows uploaded. You can now test it. Thanks!

[Aureliusy]

Nice finally can get to mine Vertcoin  with my gaming AMD rig.

[themiilkman005]

hello, I just tested this with the following specs:

cpu: intel Celeron G3900
motherboard: asus prime Z270-P
ram: crucial 2133 mhz ddr4 4gb
6x rfx 580 8gb hynix memory graphic cards bios oc'ed
OS win 10 pro /w mining optimizations (16gb virtual memory, best performance settings no updates etc)
*edit I have win10 64bit version

running example2platforms worked, example.cmd and best.cmd gave me pause screens.  At first I was getting msvcr120.dll missing errors, this was solved by installing x86 version of visual redis 2013

I got 26 mhs ~ per card after running for 5 minutes no overclocks or undervoltages, 26.5 ~ mhs overclocked with settings -118 cpu core voltage 1150 coreclock 1290 memory clock.  I also tried setting intensity to 23 and then setting priority to realtime in task manager with results of same hashrate.
*edit after putting --asm and running with default settings I got 32 mhs while running example2platform cmd.  after increasing gpu clock to 1250 i got 33.6 mhs.  settings were still with intensity 23

for comparison this rig runs 30 mhs on claymore dual miners per card with optimizations

hope this helped and maybe this can be solved.  would be insane to mine vertcoin with 580s at 40+ mhs

[MatthewLilley]

Not working with Vega 64

Device not supported: "gfx901". Only AMD GCN devices are supported currently. Please double check that you ha
ve AMD videocards.

[Bwtmn7]

when do you plan to add support for pools outside nicehash? also the fiji hashrate is the same for both GPUs? Fiji PRO has 512SP less

[quicksilv3r]

i too could only run "example2platforms.cmd"
currently only getting 24MH/s on 1 single RX480 with increase intensity to "I 23"

[winmkx]

when do you plan to add support for pools outside nicehash?

nicehash has 4TH of lyra2rev2 power. You can mine there and buy hashpower to direct to your favourite pool.
Please understand, that nicehash is not a usual pool. It's more like a proxy.
When you mine on nicehash, you're actually mining on one of the buyer's pools (whoever is paying more).
This gives you most rewards as a miner.
They also have multiple stratums.

For example, if you like Vertcoin... It usually is more profitable to mine MONA or VERGE and then use the mined BTC to buy VTC and in the end, you'll get more.

[winmkx]

Not working with Vega 64

Device not supported: "gfx901". Only AMD GCN devices are supported currently. Please double check that you ha
ve AMD videocards.

Yes, sorry about this. I know what the problem is. Will release version 1.0.1 with a fix in a few hours.
Also the missing msvcr120.dll will be added.

[winmkx]

Great

Please try version 1.0.1 and let me know if problem still exists. Thanks!

[sproceniram]

Very nice! I used this and was able to get 21-23 Mh/s on a MSI R9 380. Whereas every other miner has only put me in the 127 Kh range.  It was showing me mining btc making $50/yr. LOL! My question is, how do I get it to mine vert or xvg on nichehash? (yes--noob) I've scoured their website and I can find compatible pools but the miner does not work there. I would like to mine these coins and hodl the coins. Mining btc is not what I'm looking for.

[Temporel]

I mine more profitable coins with my AMD cards then sell them to buy VTC .

You should all do the same instead of wasting your time.