[ANN]Bminer: a fast Equihash/Ethash/Cuckaroo29z miner for AMD/NVIDIA GPUs 16.4.9

[Stuarta]

Was using this for several weeks without problems and good hashrates but came home from work yesterday to find it apparently mining for someone else. Checked batch file and relaunched several times but pool showed no login from my account and no shares found.

Back to dstm for me.

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[GaryH]

Was using this for several weeks without problems and good hashrates but came home from work yesterday to find it apparently mining for someone else. Checked batch file and relaunched several times but pool showed no login from my account and no shares found.

Back to dstm for me.

I'm sure you have screenshots and info to back up your claims?   

[NameTaken]

Miner reports my hashrate at 4.6Ksol/s but Flypool averages 4.2Ksol/s. That is 10% less.

[realbminer]

Miner reports my hashrate at 4.6Ksol/s but Flypool averages 4.2Ksol/s. That is 10% less.

Can you please try nanopool? I got fairly consistent results on nanopool for an extended period.

Several users report that the hashrate is inconsistent on flypool. Will have to look into what is happening

[realbminer]

Recently tested Bminer: agree, the performance is just amazing. More than 15% faster than EWBF on the same cards. Up to stable 320 Sol/s for 1060 3GB and 600 Sol/s for G1 1080.

But before mass moving to Bminer I have two questions:
1. What the "firmware.bin" file is for? Does Bminer reflash your video cards? Can this affect guarantee?
2. Why it keeps connections not only to the specified pool but two more hosts nowhere mentioned?

Good questions. Would also like to know an answer to those before mass moving to bminer.

I don't think these questions have actually been definitely answered? I see speculation on #2, and nothing on #1. Thanks.

1. It contains runtime and licensing information. It does not flash the video card and will not affect the warranty.
2. They are related to devfee.

[sir_blacks]

Recently tested Bminer: agree, the performance is just amazing. More than 15% faster than EWBF on the same cards. Up to stable 320 Sol/s for 1060 3GB and 600 Sol/s for G1 1080.

But before mass moving to Bminer I have two questions:
1. What the "firmware.bin" file is for? Does Bminer reflash your video cards? Can this affect guarantee?
2. Why it keeps connections not only to the specified pool but two more hosts nowhere mentioned?

Good questions. Would also like to know an answer to those before mass moving to bminer.

I don't think these questions have actually been definitely answered? I see speculation on #2, and nothing on #1. Thanks.

1. It contains runtime and licensing information. It does not flash the video card and will not affect the warranty.
2. They are related to devfee.

If your bminer need 2 constant connection to get dev fee then sorry you do it wrong!!! way not do same thing like claymore in his program aka connect to pool what you want use only when dev fee it meant to be collect not to keep 100% extra connection in your case after 4.0 ver x2    & that was make me to say pass but nop thx ... special ip what was there was very let say strange ...

Tcpview done by sysinternals it reveal easy all network connection use

about speed your bminer it do same speed like dtms but it push power with extra 2W more that it suppose to be in stead 86 it make to be 88 or 88 to be 90 & that i seen in more heat to, other way is very stable, same amount of reject like dtms from time to time 1% very rare ...

cheers

[cervajz]

Hi, i now testing compare with dstm, and it seems this miner is a few percent faster like others said. But on some rigs i have problem, that some GPUs are not load at full.

example, rig with 3x1070 with dstm all GPUs are on 99-100%, but with Bminer, only GPU 0 and 2 are on this. GPU1 is only 94% load
On rig with 4x1070 GPU 0,1 and 3 at full load, but GPU2 again only 94%

Like i said, with dstm or ewbf are all gpus at full load, no other change.

p.s. on 1070ti... this is awesome, where i had 480 with dstm, with bminer i have 500sols, awesome. But again, on rig with 4x1070ti+2x1060 I have problem, that some gpus are not at full load and all rig is slower compare with dstm wgich is ok.

I have no idea where can be problem.

[realbminer]

Hi, i now testing compare with dstm, and it seems this miner is a few percent faster like others said. But on some rigs i have problem, that some GPUs are not load at full.

example, rig with 3x1070 with dstm all GPUs are on 99-100%, but with Bminer, only GPU 0 and 2 are on this. GPU1 is only 94% load
On rig with 4x1070 GPU 0,1 and 3 at full load, but GPU2 again only 94%

Like i said, with dstm or ewbf are all gpus at full load, no other change.

p.s. on 1070ti... this is awesome, where i had 480 with dstm, with bminer i have 500sols, awesome. But again, on rig with 4x1070ti+2x1060 I have problem, that some gpus are not at full load and all rig is slower compare with dstm wgich is ok.

I have no idea where can be problem.

My guess is that the temperature might be too high --- can you please share some screenshots of the UI and the results of nvidia-smi?

[lankyman]

Not sure i agree with best speed, but its close.
I get better results with ZM and my machine graphics refresh doesnt hang as much.

Machine specifications?

Does anybody want to work this out with me?

[cervajz]

Hi, i now testing compare with dstm, and it seems this miner is a few percent faster like others said. But on some rigs i have problem, that some GPUs are not load at full.

example, rig with 3x1070 with dstm all GPUs are on 99-100%, but with Bminer, only GPU 0 and 2 are on this. GPU1 is only 94% load
On rig with 4x1070 GPU 0,1 and 3 at full load, but GPU2 again only 94%

Like i said, with dstm or ewbf are all gpus at full load, no other change.

p.s. on 1070ti... this is awesome, where i had 480 with dstm, with bminer i have 500sols, awesome. But again, on rig with 4x1070ti+2x1060 I have problem, that some gpus are not at full load and all rig is slower compare with dstm wgich is ok.

I have no idea where can be problem.

My guess is that the temperature might be too high --- can you please share some screenshots of the UI and the results of nvidia-smi?

I dont think there is a problem with temperature, because other miner havent this problem with same settings, here si screen.

https://ibb.co/g20shG
https://ibb.co/jiGnGb


and rig with 3x1070ti + 1x1070 + 2x1060 3GB

DSTM http://ibb.co/gaTqmb
Bminer http://ibb.co/khbMsG

[Dx!]

Some pools ask email for settings/notifications.

Code:

excavator -a equihash -s zec-eu1.nanopool.org:6666 -u YOUR_WALLET_ADDRESS/YOUR_WORKER/YOUR_EMAIL

Code:

miner.exe --server zec-eu1.nanopool.org --user YOUR_WALLET_ADDRESS.YOUR_WORKER_NAME/YOUR_EMAIL

Can you add this function, so bminer will send YOUR_EMAIL?

Or it is already can be done?

[wetblanket]

But before mass moving to Bminer I have two questions:
1. What the "firmware.bin" file is for? Does Bminer reflash your video cards? Can this affect guarantee?
2. Why it keeps connections not only to the specified pool but two more hosts nowhere mentioned?

Good questions. Would also like to know an answer to those before mass moving to bminer.

I don't think these questions have actually been definitely answered? I see speculation on #2, and nothing on #1. Thanks.

1. It contains runtime and licensing information. It does not flash the video card and will not affect the warranty.
2. They are related to devfee.

Thanks! I appreciate the response.

[stash2coin]

Some pools ask email for settings/notifications.

Code:

excavator -a equihash -s zec-eu1.nanopool.org:6666 -u YOUR_WALLET_ADDRESS/YOUR_WORKER/YOUR_EMAIL

Code:

miner.exe --server zec-eu1.nanopool.org --user YOUR_WALLET_ADDRESS.YOUR_WORKER_NAME/YOUR_EMAIL

Can you add this function, so bminer will send YOUR_EMAIL?

Or it is already can be done?

I made a note to the dev back in the thread about this, that some pools require email as argument. Last time i checked bminer cant parse email addresses as argument.

Hi, i now testing compare with dstm, and it seems this miner is a few percent faster like others said. But on some rigs i have problem, that some GPUs are not load at full.

example, rig with 3x1070 with dstm all GPUs are on 99-100%, but with Bminer, only GPU 0 and 2 are on this. GPU1 is only 94% load
On rig with 4x1070 GPU 0,1 and 3 at full load, but GPU2 again only 94%

Like i said, with dstm or ewbf are all gpus at full load, no other change.

p.s. on 1070ti... this is awesome, where i had 480 with dstm, with bminer i have 500sols, awesome. But again, on rig with 4x1070ti+2x1060 I have problem, that some gpus are not at full load and all rig is slower compare with dstm wgich is ok.

I have no idea where can be problem.

My guess is that the temperature might be too high --- can you please share some screenshots of the UI and the results of nvidia-smi?

I have a mixed rig 1060 6Gb with 1070Ti , what i noticed that 1070Ti gpu load reported from GPUZ, Msi afterburner is 93% at the same time 1060 GPU loads are 96%, this doesn't correlate with the GPU overclock or temperature

[Riko87]

Hi, i now testing compare with dstm, and it seems this miner is a few percent faster like others said. But on some rigs i have problem, that some GPUs are not load at full.

example, rig with 3x1070 with dstm all GPUs are on 99-100%, but with Bminer, only GPU 0 and 2 are on this. GPU1 is only 94% load
On rig with 4x1070 GPU 0,1 and 3 at full load, but GPU2 again only 94%

Like i said, with dstm or ewbf are all gpus at full load, no other change.

p.s. on 1070ti... this is awesome, where i had 480 with dstm, with bminer i have 500sols, awesome. But again, on rig with 4x1070ti+2x1060 I have problem, that some gpus are not at full load and all rig is slower compare with dstm wgich is ok.

I have no idea where can be problem.

My guess is that the temperature might be too high --- can you please share some screenshots of the UI and the results of nvidia-smi?

I dont think there is a problem with temperature, because other miner havent this problem with same settings, here si screen.

https://ibb.co/g20shG
https://ibb.co/jiGnGb


and rig with 3x1070ti + 1x1070 + 2x1060 3GB

DSTM http://ibb.co/gaTqmb
Bminer http://ibb.co/khbMsG

Same problem with 3 1080ti

First GPU says 99% Utilization, other only 90%
Screen: https://ibb.co/ntmipw

[MagicSmoker]

As a contrasting data point: I have (2) GTX 1060 on the machine running bminer and GPU-Z reports 99% GPU load for both cards.

[stash2coin]

The situation under Linux is better for me, nvidia-smi is reporting 100% GPUs utilization. Cant test the 1070Ti under Linux will be interesting to see.

https://ibb.co/iXRa2G

[linkxxx]

Some pools ask email for settings/notifications.

Code:

excavator -a equihash -s zec-eu1.nanopool.org:6666 -u YOUR_WALLET_ADDRESS/YOUR_WORKER/YOUR_EMAIL

Code:

miner.exe --server zec-eu1.nanopool.org --user YOUR_WALLET_ADDRESS.YOUR_WORKER_NAME/YOUR_EMAIL

Can you add this function, so bminer will send YOUR_EMAIL?

Or it is already can be done?

I had a workaround with email for current version, what you can do is to escaped "/" + your email address,
which means change '/' to '%2F' and '@' to '%40'.
for example, to add your email foobar@gmail.com:

Code:

bminer -uri stratum+ssl://<your wallet address>.worker%2Ffoobar%40gmail.com:x@zec-eu1.nanopool.org:6633

[realbminer]

Hi, i now testing compare with dstm, and it seems this miner is a few percent faster like others said. But on some rigs i have problem, that some GPUs are not load at full.

example, rig with 3x1070 with dstm all GPUs are on 99-100%, but with Bminer, only GPU 0 and 2 are on this. GPU1 is only 94% load
On rig with 4x1070 GPU 0,1 and 3 at full load, but GPU2 again only 94%

Like i said, with dstm or ewbf are all gpus at full load, no other change.

p.s. on 1070ti... this is awesome, where i had 480 with dstm, with bminer i have 500sols, awesome. But again, on rig with 4x1070ti+2x1060 I have problem, that some gpus are not at full load and all rig is slower compare with dstm wgich is ok.

I have no idea where can be problem.

My guess is that the temperature might be too high --- can you please share some screenshots of the UI and the results of nvidia-smi?

I dont think there is a problem with temperature, because other miner havent this problem with same settings, here si screen.

https://ibb.co/g20shG
https://ibb.co/jiGnGb


and rig with 3x1070ti + 1x1070 + 2x1060 3GB

DSTM http://ibb.co/gaTqmb
Bminer http://ibb.co/khbMsG

Same problem with 3 1080ti

First GPU says 99% Utilization, other only 90%
Screen: https://ibb.co/ntmipw

May I know which versions of Windows are you using?

There are some combinations of driver versions and Windows 10 that will slow down the GPU commands. It is not happening on every configuration but I'm trying to mitigate the issue.

The Linux version does not have this problem.

[cervajz]

Hi, i now testing compare with dstm, and it seems this miner is a few percent faster like others said. But on some rigs i have problem, that some GPUs are not load at full.

example, rig with 3x1070 with dstm all GPUs are on 99-100%, but with Bminer, only GPU 0 and 2 are on this. GPU1 is only 94% load
On rig with 4x1070 GPU 0,1 and 3 at full load, but GPU2 again only 94%

Like i said, with dstm or ewbf are all gpus at full load, no other change.

p.s. on 1070ti... this is awesome, where i had 480 with dstm, with bminer i have 500sols, awesome. But again, on rig with 4x1070ti+2x1060 I have problem, that some gpus are not at full load and all rig is slower compare with dstm wgich is ok.

I have no idea where can be problem.

My guess is that the temperature might be too high --- can you please share some screenshots of the UI and the results of nvidia-smi?

I dont think there is a problem with temperature, because other miner havent this problem with same settings, here si screen.

https://ibb.co/g20shG
https://ibb.co/jiGnGb


and rig with 3x1070ti + 1x1070 + 2x1060 3GB

DSTM http://ibb.co/gaTqmb
Bminer http://ibb.co/khbMsG

Same problem with 3 1080ti

First GPU says 99% Utilization, other only 90%
Screen: https://ibb.co/ntmipw

May I know which versions of Windows are you using?

There are some combinations of driver versions and Windows 10 that will slow down the GPU commands. It is not happening on every configuration but I'm trying to mitigate the issue.

The Linux version does not have this problem.

Windows 10 Pro x64 1709, latest updatest. Drivers on some rigs - 388.13, 388.59. 388.71. I tried clean install of driver, no changes, problem is only with bminer, others are 99-100% load on gpu.
HW is different, Asus Z270p + Celeron G3930, or Gigabyte B250-HD3P+Pentium G4560 and other

[Riko87]

Windows 10 Pro Version 1703 x64
Intel Celeron CPU G3900 @2.80GHz
NVIDIA Driver: 23.21.13.8813