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

[minerx117]

Hi could you look into adding support for equihash125 (zel)

[strideynet2]

Less than 5000 blocks to Beam hardfork ( https://www.hardforks.info/coins/beam/ )

Are you sure you will release before the hardfork??

[realbminer]

Less than 5000 blocks to Beam hardfork ( https://www.hardforks.info/coins/beam/ )

Are you sure you will release before the hardfork??

still working on it, please stay tuned.

[realbminer]

what is the default value of -intensity on the Cuckaroo29d algorithm??? it’s not written either in the miner’s window or in the descriptions on the site....

The Bminer FAQ will be updated soon about it. thanks for the feedback.
please try setting -intensity 0.

[realbminer]

Hello I would like to try Bminer, but it fails to start, I get this message:

Failed to initialize the CUDA platform: CudaError: Could not initialize the NVML library. Miner died! It will be restarted soon. (etc)

I get this for every coin I try to mine.

I'm using Bminer v.15.7.6 (full version)

My configuration is:
Windows 10
2x NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 ti

cuda_10.1.168_425.25 installed

Does anybody know what can be the problem?

(other mining software, like the grin gold miner, doesn't have this problem)

Thanks!!

This ^^, altough I have only one 2080ti with CUDA 10.1 and regular 431.68 on it... It seems to fail initializing CUDA library...
Edit: Tried with 431.70 DCH driver, still same result-" Could not initialize the NVML library".

thanks for the information, this is a known issue, we are working on the fix, thanks for the detailed information which helped a lot.

[realbminer]

We're pleased to release Bminer 15.8.2.

The release provides:

* Fix the regression on the BeamHashII fails to start on GTX 2060.

Bminer 15.8.1 provides:

* Support for the BeamHashII algorithm.

Please see https://www.bminer.me/releases/ for more details.

Happy mining.

[UselessGuru]

Cannot mine beamhash2 with AMD:

Code:

bminer -devices amd:0 -uri beamhash2+ssl://3a13205ec464807c9400f0fde8d56ac49da03bb3812055f08844fe2eaf0b9166.worker@beam.sparkpool.com:2222
[INFO] [2019-08-15T17:23:24+02:00] Bminer: When Crypto-mining Made Fast (v15.8.2-7f347c7)
[INFO] [2019-08-15T17:23:35+02:00] Watchdog has started.
[INFO] [2019-08-15T17:23:35+02:00] Starting miner on 1 devices
[FATA] [2019-08-15T17:23:35+02:00] Undefined but requested solver: beamhash2
[WARN] [2019-08-15T17:23:36+02:00] Miner died! It will be restarted soon...

AMD Driver version is 19.7.1 [2906.8]

NVIDIA is fine:

Code:

bminer -uri beamhash2+ssl://3a13205ec464807c9400f0fde8d56ac49da03bb3812055f08844fe2eaf0b9166.worker@beam.sparkpool.com:2222
[INFO] [2019-08-15T17:25:37+02:00] Bminer: When Crypto-mining Made Fast (v15.8.2-7f347c7)
[INFO] [2019-08-15T17:25:37+02:00] Detecting platform
[INFO] [2019-08-15T17:25:49+02:00] Watchdog has started.
[INFO] [2019-08-15T17:25:49+02:00] Starting miner on 2 devices
[INFO] [2019-08-15T17:25:49+02:00] [D0] Selecting the generic solver
[INFO] [2019-08-15T17:25:49+02:00] Starting miner on device 0...
[INFO] [2019-08-15T17:25:49+02:00] Started miner on device 0
[INFO] [2019-08-15T17:25:49+02:00] [D1] Selecting the GP106 solver
[INFO] [2019-08-15T17:25:49+02:00] Starting miner on device 1...
[INFO] [2019-08-15T17:25:49+02:00] Started miner on device 1
[INFO] [2019-08-15T17:25:49+02:00] Connected to beam.sparkpool.com:2222
[INFO] [2019-08-15T17:25:49+02:00] Received new job 1565882740009
[INFO] [2019-08-15T17:25:49+02:00] Authorized to server

[realbminer]

Cannot mine beamhash2 with AMD:

Code:

bminer -devices amd:0 -uri beamhash2+ssl://3a13205ec464807c9400f0fde8d56ac49da03bb3812055f08844fe2eaf0b9166.worker@beam.sparkpool.com:2222
[INFO] [2019-08-15T17:23:24+02:00] Bminer: When Crypto-mining Made Fast (v15.8.2-7f347c7)
[INFO] [2019-08-15T17:23:35+02:00] Watchdog has started.
[INFO] [2019-08-15T17:23:35+02:00] Starting miner on 1 devices
[FATA] [2019-08-15T17:23:35+02:00] Undefined but requested solver: beamhash2
[WARN] [2019-08-15T17:23:36+02:00] Miner died! It will be restarted soon...

AMD Driver version is 19.7.1 [2906.8]

Thank you for your feedback, we will continue working on it.

[laik2]

Cannot mine beamhash2 with AMD:

Code:

bminer -devices amd:0 -uri beamhash2+ssl://3a13205ec464807c9400f0fde8d56ac49da03bb3812055f08844fe2eaf0b9166.worker@beam.sparkpool.com:2222
[INFO] [2019-08-15T17:23:24+02:00] Bminer: When Crypto-mining Made Fast (v15.8.2-7f347c7)
[INFO] [2019-08-15T17:23:35+02:00] Watchdog has started.
[INFO] [2019-08-15T17:23:35+02:00] Starting miner on 1 devices
[FATA] [2019-08-15T17:23:35+02:00] Undefined but requested solver: beamhash2
[WARN] [2019-08-15T17:23:36+02:00] Miner died! It will be restarted soon...

AMD Driver version is 19.7.1 [2906.8]

Thank you for your feedback, we will continue working on it.

Hello,
Old unanswered question remains...is it possible to run bminer with mixed amd/nv within single instance?

[Dr_Victor]

Can I mine Grin31 with Bminer on gtx 1070 (8Gb) / Win 10?

[casper77]

question about BEAM
here is usage sample from official site:

bminer -uri beamhash2+ssl://3a13205ec464807c9400f0fde8d56ac49da03bb3812055f08844fe2eaf0b9166.worker@beam.sparkpool.com:2222
bminer -uri beamhash2://1DQ4bZpFTDiSNk2CWLEFWK9K96rBFP2Hv@beam.usa.nicehash.com:3370

does it mean that should use long address with ssl only and short address without ssl ?

[UselessGuru]

Cannot mine beamhash2 with AMD:

Code:

bminer -devices amd:0 -uri beamhash2+ssl://3a13205ec464807c9400f0fde8d56ac49da03bb3812055f08844fe2eaf0b9166.worker@beam.sparkpool.com:2222
[INFO] [2019-08-15T17:23:24+02:00] Bminer: When Crypto-mining Made Fast (v15.8.2-7f347c7)
[INFO] [2019-08-15T17:23:35+02:00] Watchdog has started.
[INFO] [2019-08-15T17:23:35+02:00] Starting miner on 1 devices
[FATA] [2019-08-15T17:23:35+02:00] Undefined but requested solver: beamhash2
[WARN] [2019-08-15T17:23:36+02:00] Miner died! It will be restarted soon...

AMD Driver version is 19.7.1 [2906.8]

Thank you for your feedback, we will continue working on it.

Code:

bminer -devices amd:0 -uri beamhash2+ssl://3a13205ec464807c9400f0fde8d56ac49da03bb3812055f08844fe2eaf0b9166.worker@beam.sparkpool.com:2222
[INFO] [2019-08-20T08:39:24+02:00] Bminer: When Crypto-mining Made Fast (v15.8.3-fc8dae9)
[INFO] [2019-08-20T08:39:34+02:00] Watchdog has started.
[INFO] [2019-08-20T08:39:34+02:00] Starting miner on 1 devices
[FATA] [2019-08-20T08:39:34+02:00] Undefined but requested solver: beamhash2
[WARN] [2019-08-20T08:39:34+02:00] Miner died! It will be restarted soon...

BTW: Running on Windows 10

[realbminer]

We're pleased to release Bminer 15.8.3.

* Improve the performance of BeamHashII algorithm.

Please see https://www.bminer.me/releases/ for more details.

Happy mining.

[jasta more]

We're pleased to release Bminer 15.8.3.

* Improve the performance of BeamHashII algorithm.

Please see https://www.bminer.me/releases/ for more details.

Happy mining.

Any benchmarks?

[casper77]

We're pleased to release Bminer 15.8.3.

* Improve the performance of BeamHashII algorithm.

Please see https://www.bminer.me/releases/ for more details.

Happy mining.

Any benchmarks?

1080ti - 50-52
linux, 430, cuda 10.1

[kelpy]

We're pleased to release Bminer 15.8.3.

* Improve the performance of BeamHashII algorithm.

Please see https://www.bminer.me/releases/ for more details.

Happy mining.

Any benchmarks?

1080ti - 50-52
linux, 430, cuda 10.1

Power consumption?

[casper77]

We're pleased to release Bminer 15.8.3.

* Improve the performance of BeamHashII algorithm.

Please see https://www.bminer.me/releases/ for more details.

Happy mining.

Any benchmarks?

1080ti - 50-52
linux, 430, cuda 10.1

Power consumption?

pl parameter is default for 1080ti - 280
real consumption not measured by me

[senoy]

Cannot mine beamhash2 with AMD:

Code:

bminer -devices amd:0 -uri beamhash2+ssl://3a13205ec464807c9400f0fde8d56ac49da03bb3812055f08844fe2eaf0b9166.worker@beam.sparkpool.com:2222
[INFO] [2019-08-15T17:23:24+02:00] Bminer: When Crypto-mining Made Fast (v15.8.2-7f347c7)
[INFO] [2019-08-15T17:23:35+02:00] Watchdog has started.
[INFO] [2019-08-15T17:23:35+02:00] Starting miner on 1 devices
[FATA] [2019-08-15T17:23:35+02:00] Undefined but requested solver: beamhash2
[WARN] [2019-08-15T17:23:36+02:00] Miner died! It will be restarted soon...

AMD Driver version is 19.7.1 [2906.8]

Thank you for your feedback, we will continue working on it.

How can I enable a bminer (beam,BTG,ZEC............) with a mixed miner AMD and NVIDIA I am new so please be understanding. I work on ubuntu. HiveOS. for help thank you.

[dalibord]

Hello I would like to try Bminer, but it fails to start, I get this message:

Failed to initialize the CUDA platform: CudaError: Could not initialize the NVML library. Miner died! It will be restarted soon. (etc)

I get this for every coin I try to mine.

I'm using Bminer v.15.7.6 (full version)

My configuration is:
Windows 10
2x NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 ti

cuda_10.1.168_425.25 installed

Does anybody know what can be the problem?

(other mining software, like the grin gold miner, doesn't have this problem)

Thanks!!

This ^^, altough I have only one 2080ti with CUDA 10.1 and regular 431.68 on it... It seems to fail initializing CUDA library...
Edit: Tried with 431.70 DCH driver, still same result-" Could not initialize the NVML library".

thanks for the information, this is a known issue, we are working on the fix, thanks for the detailed information which helped a lot.

Found the work arround NVML, got a new problem...
Solution for NVML: https://forums.guru3d.com/threads/msi-afterburner-v4-6-0-beta-10-pascal-support-extended-sliders-more.424559/page-3#post-5622018

New problem to sort out:
CudaError: Unkown error: c:\windows\system32\vcruntime140.dll

I have all the MS visual C++ red. from 2010-2019 installed

[realbminer]

We're pleased to release Bminer 15.8.4.

* Improve the performance of BeamHashII algorithm on RTX cards.

Please see https://www.bminer.me/releases/ for more details.

Happy mining.