PhoenixMiner 6.2c: fastest Ethereum/Ethash miner with lowest devfee (Win/Linux)

[Yellow_donkey]

Hello, have an issue, working great since few days, after a reboot when i try to launch it my win10 just freez.

Have already disable quick edit mode, enable it too, same thing, always freezing.

Any help will be wonderfull here...
thx

@PhoenixMiner
Still have this issue, any help?

when asking for help be helpful... post your setup, your command line for starting the phoenix miner... without that only Nostradamus can help you

Yep sorry
Have 6 GTX 1070 8gb / Asrock H81 BTC R2.0 working great with claymore, and with phoenix few days ago...
There is my command line:

setx GPU_FORCE_64BIT_PTR 0
setx GPU_MAX_HEAP_SIZE 100
setx GPU_USE_SYNC_OBJECTS 1
setx GPU_MAX_ALLOC_PERCENT 100
setx GPU_SINGLE_ALLOC_PERCENT 100

PhoenixMiner.exe -pool eu1-etc.ethermine.org:14444 -pool2 eu1-etc.ethermine.org:4444 -wal 0xxxxx.Rig01 -coin etc -ftimeout 150

PAUSE

The window pop up, stay a few sec, then nothing, my windows always crashing when i try to open this start.bat

last line add the word PAUSE, this will keep window open and you can read what the issue is, why its closing on you.

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[Yellow_donkey]

As the work on the hardware control options is taking longer than expected, here is a beta version with the other new features: PhoenixMiner 2.7a. It can be downloaded from here:
  https://mega.nz/#F!zUFTyIrC!OSlA4BMlUvFq4HDbkK-AIg

  Here are the checksums to verify the download:

Code:

    File: PhoenixMiner_2.7a.zip
   SHA-1: fd967e62d05adec1c9d6126c347d711ac7028688
 SHA-256: 237d6f3f781d9a4a718559c956d2da0bf81e82c374e7ce6dca44e397bcd404ff
 SHA-512: 13584ac2a99073e3ea53ecc308ee19422bd26f85e585313740f9e275d0318a7cfa7151f0a63292d97c1736b8d072ea4b8d3743e97927f83979b6d93348b71d18

   Note that this is not an official release and the hardware control and solo mining features are not included in it (they will be included in the final 2.7 release). The changes are:

• Improvements in switching between normal mode and devfee mode to avoid some GPUs "losing" their overcloking/undervolting settings
• Increase the frequency of getWork requests to lower the probability of stale shares
• Added support for direct mining of Akroma, WhaleCoin, and Victorium without DevFee switching (use akroma, whale, or vic in the -coin parameter)
• Show warning messages and more detailed error messages when the virtual memory is low, or GPU memory is not enough for DAG allocation
• Other small improvements and changes

I just tried it and no go.  Please confirm that solo mining/direct mining to geth or parity remains a non-feature with 2.7a.  Thanks.

from the developer earlier

PhenixMiner does not support dual mining. However we are working on this feature and will introduce it
soon. Solo mining is not supported too as we feel that it is not very practical with the current
mining difficulty.

Hey Janding, I happened to re-read this looking for something else and I now see what you mean.  You were correct, I apologize I missed that and mis-read your comment.  The Dev did state that solo was not active in 2.7a, sorry for shooting you down you were right, I was wrong.  Thanks alot for the help pointing it out!

[janding]

from the developer earlier

PhenixMiner does not support dual mining. However we are working on this feature and will introduce it
soon. Solo mining is not supported too as we feel that it is not very practical with the current
mining difficulty.

[/quote]

Hey Janding, I happened to re-read this looking for something else and I now see what you mean.  You were correct, I apologize I missed that and mis-read your comment.  The Dev did state that solo was not active in 2.7a, sorry for shooting you down you were right, I was wrong.  Thanks alot for the help pointing it out!
[/quote]

Hey, no problem.
As the pages get more and more it's easy to miss something.
Good luck, hope we all benefit from these guys work. They seem to listen to the miners and are working
hard to develop a good product.
I like it a lot so far.

[crisfranp]

Hi. the miner presents me with an error when trying to start it and then closes. GPU1: clCreateCommandQueue (-6)
17582:23:49:48.206: wdog Thread(s) not responding. Restarting.

17582:23:49:40.989: main No CUDA driver found
17582:23:49:41.152: main Available GPUs for mining:
17582:23:49:41.152: main GPU1: Radeon RX 580 Series (pcie 1), OpenCL 1.2, 3 GB VRAM, 36 CUs
17582:23:49:41.167: main ADL library initialized
17582:23:49:41.874: main Listening for CDM remote manager at port 3333 in read-only mode
17582:23:49:41.903: main Eth: the pool list contains 4 pools
17582:23:49:41.903: main Eth: primary pool: eu1.ethermine.org:4444
17582:23:49:41.903: main Eth: Connecting to ethash pool eu1.ethermine.org:4444
17582:23:49:42.098: eths Eth: Connected to ethash pool eu1.ethermine.org:4444 (51.255.64.43)
17582:23:49:42.098: eths Eth: Starting GPU mining
17582:23:49:42.098: eths Matched GPU1 to ADL adapter index 0 (method 1)
17582:23:49:42.120: eths Created ADL monitor for adapter 0; overdrive version: 7
17582:23:49:42.121: wdog Starting watchdog thread
17582:23:49:42.121: eths Eth: Send: {"id":1,"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_login","params":["0x270DA433c8cc09A3598E59fD4D0949904a228b62","x"]}

17582:23:49:42.308: eths Eth: Received: {"id":1,"jsonrpc":"2.0","result":true}
17582:23:49:42.308: eths Eth: Send: {"id":5,"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_getWork","params":[]}

17582:23:49:42.494: eths Eth: Received: {"id":5,"jsonrpc":"2.0","result":["0xa4713ba480b047963f3d98dbea2df7912424511f8291cef60337df9dc6239d21","0x4e99a30e99712c8c6e292fe7ba6b27a37c7ced12e2ec7862f31fb676724cb404","0x0112e0be826d694b2e62d01511f12a6061fbaec8bc02357593e70e52ba","0x4e3fc6"]}
17582:23:49:42.494: eths Eth: New job #a4713ba4 from eu1.ethermine.org:4444; diff: 4000MH
17582:23:49:42.495: GPU1 GPU1: Starting up...
17582:23:49:42.495: GPU1 Eth: Generating light cache for epoch #170
17582:23:49:45.241: eths Eth: Received: {"id":0,"jsonrpc":"2.0","result":["0x48b87b55f5a71ee497c99db45db1da4b1ca02c4f62024779b587c75ce5f1d68b","0x4e99a30e99712c8c6e292fe7ba6b27a37c7ced12e2ec7862f31fb676724cb404","0x0112e0be826d694b2e62d01511f12a6061fbaec8bc02357593e70e52ba","0x4e3fc6"]}
17582:23:49:45.241: eths Eth: New job #48b87b55 from eu1.ethermine.org:4444; diff: 4000MH
17582:23:49:47.086: main Eth speed: 0.000 MH/s, shares: 0/0/0, time: 0:00
17582:23:49:48.084: GPU1 GPU1: clCreateCommandQueue (-6)
17582:23:49:48.206: wdog Thread(s) not responding. Restarting.
17582:23:49:48.230: eths Eth: Received: {"id":0,"jsonrpc":"2.0","result":["0xb9305c3383c709ec3a26564862f9540c4b8113206a851fde2da0060e9c3686ab","0x4e99a30e99712c8c6e292fe7ba6b27a37c7ced12e2ec7862f31fb676724cb404","0x0112e0be826d694b2e62d01511f12a6061fbaec8bc02357593e70e52ba","0x4e3fc7"]}
17582:23:49:48.230: eths Eth: New job #b9305c33 from eu1.ethermine.org:4444; diff: 4000MH
17582:23:49:48.237: GPU1 GPU1: Starting up...

[cdrx]

The new PhoenixMiner version to come will have option to undervolt clock and memory ? That's the only thing that miss for me to be the best for single mining ETH algo.

[flatounet]

The new PhoenixMiner version to come will have option to undervolt clock and memory ? That's the only thing that miss for me to be the best for single mining ETH algo.

why u need it on miner ?
you dont have OC tool from Nvidia or radeon ? .....

[Johnny__H]

am i the only one that gets lower Eth mined with phoneix...i am mining with 1 card 1070 strix 8gb and i get more shares with claymore /day....plus the effective speed with phoenix is lower
am i doing something wrong or what ?

[rockk]

using 2.7a my pc restarted first time in 1 month.
back to 2.6

[Rewqpro]

Could you please add screenshots of actual hashrate with your miner?

Would be very convenient.

[cdrx]

The new PhoenixMiner version to come will have option to undervolt clock and memory ? That's the only thing that miss for me to be the best for single mining ETH algo.

why u need it on miner ?
you dont have OC tool from Nvidia or radeon ? .....

You say it like "why using PhoenixMiner when you have Claymore".

I want undervolt for RX cards to work, like Claymore does, to be 100% happy with PhoenixMiner. Now I am 90% because can't undervolt.

@PhoenixMiner do you consider adding undervolt for rx cards in the next version ?

[nitrobg]

I want undervolt for RX cards to work, like Claymore does, to be 100% happy with PhoenixMiner. Now I am 90% because can't undervolt.

@PhoenixMiner do you consider adding undervolt for rx cards in the next version ?

You know that OverdriveNTool does a perfect job at overclocking, right?

[Branko]

using 2.7a my pc restarted first time in 1 month.
back to 2.6

Where did you find that version, and whats new?

[Tranzius]

using 2.7a my pc restarted first time in 1 month.
back to 2.6

Where did you find that version, and whats new?

Search for PhoenixMiner posts..he posted link for version 2.7a few pages ago..

There are some minor fixes like improved DevFee switching and reseting of card voltages during DevFee session. I confirm that this was fixed.

[Iamtutut]

The new PhoenixMiner version to come will have option to undervolt clock and memory ? That's the only thing that miss for me to be the best for single mining ETH algo.

why u need it on miner ?
you dont have OC tool from Nvidia or radeon ? .....

You say it like "why using PhoenixMiner when you have Claymore".

I want undervolt for RX cards to work, like Claymore does, to be 100% happy with PhoenixMiner. Now I am 90% because can't undervolt.

@PhoenixMiner do you consider adding undervolt for rx cards in the next version ?

I undervolt with MSI afterburner, very conveniant and stable.

[Teress]

am i the only one that gets lower Eth mined with phoneix...i am mining with 1 card 1070 strix 8gb and i get more shares with claymore /day....plus the effective speed with phoenix is lower
am i doing something wrong or what ?

I have the same expierence. Don't know of it is specific for NVIDIA gpus, but definatelly with Claymore I get more hashes and shares then with Phoenix.

[mxl86]

I have no issues with shares with PhoenixMiner, my two 6-gpu NVIDIA rigs are doing fine.

[Haruderty]

Is this miner also faster for the AMD R9 390?

[Iamtutut]

am i the only one that gets lower Eth mined with phoneix...i am mining with 1 card 1070 strix 8gb and i get more shares with claymore /day....plus the effective speed with phoenix is lower
am i doing something wrong or what ?

I have the same expierence. Don't know of it is specific for NVIDIA gpus, but definatelly with Claymore I get more hashes and shares then with Phoenix.

Check your hashes directly from your pool, claymore doesn't report stale shares, phoenix does.

[janding]

There are a lot of different opinions on which miner is fastest. No doubt we all want to know.

IMO, there is really only one way to solve this riddle for each person’s mining rigs.
Due to differences in rigs, internet speed, clocks and voltages that will drift, board types, difficulties that change at
random and many other things that we have no control over, this can't be done in a few hours accurately.

Here is the test I believe will help us solve this issue.
I plan doing this same test starting after my next payout.
Maybe if many of us do this we can compare notes.

After your next payout start PhoenixMiner, let it run without changes until your next payout.
Record the hours/minutes it took to get your payout.

Change to the next miner you want to compare against. Probably Claymore as that seems to be the
competition. Do the same, wait until you get your next payout. Record that time.
Faster miner to the payout wins.

Remember you can’t change anything during these tests.

This could take anywhere between 2 to 10 days for each test depending on your setup.
It’s time consuming but it will reveal what miner is getting you to the money in the shortest
amount of time. Anything else is not getting us a firm answer.

Suggestions?

[PhoenixMiner]

any particular reason i cant seen to pull stats from the miner's api?

my code sample:

Code:

using (var socket = new Socket(AddressFamily.InterNetwork, SocketType.Stream, ProtocolType.Tcp))
            {
                socket.Connect("localhost", 3333);
                socket.Send(Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes("{\"id\":0,\"jsonrpc\":\"2.0\",\"method\":\"miner_getstat1\"}"));
                socket.Receive(receiveBytes, receiveBytes.Length, SocketFlags.None);
            }
            var resp = Encoding.ASCII.GetString(receiveBytes);

my code works flawlessly for claymore but fails for phoenix's api... socket.Receive just hangs forever.. any tips?

   Please try to add a newline character (\n) at the end of your request.

Hi. the miner presents me with an error when trying to start it and then closes. GPU1: clCreateCommandQueue (-6)
....
17582:23:49:41.152: main GPU1: Radeon RX 580 Series (pcie 1), OpenCL 1.2, 3 GB VRAM, 36 CUs
....

   This seems like a driver issue -  RX580 must show OpenCL 2.0 support and at least 4 GB VRAM. Please check/reinstall your drivers.

Hello, have an issue, working great since few days, after a reboot when i try to launch it my win10 just freez.

Have already disable quick edit mode, enable it too, same thing, always freezing.

Any help will be wonderfull here...
thx

@PhoenixMiner
Still have this issue, any help?

   Without any error messages it's very hard to give you any useful information. Windows hanging seems like overclocking or undervolting issues. Reset your clocks/voltages to defaults and prevent your OC program from reapplying them on Windows startup (e.g. MSI Afterburner does that) then try again and see if the issue remains.

The new PhoenixMiner version to come will have option to undervolt clock and memory ? That's the only thing that miss for me to be the best for single mining ETH algo.

   Yes, this is the major new feature in 2.7b. It is almost complete and we are testing it on all our test rigs, fixing all remaining bugs. We are also working on solo mining but it may have to wait for the final 2.7 release.

There are a lot of different opinions on which miner is fastest. No doubt we all want to know.

IMO, there is really only one way to solve this riddle for each person’s mining rigs.
Due to differences in rigs, internet speed, clocks and voltages that will drift, board types, difficulties that change at
random and many other things that we have no control over, this can't be done in a few hours accurately.

Here is the test I believe will help us solve this issue.
I plan doing this same test starting after my next payout.
Maybe if many of us do this we can compare notes.

After your next payout start PhoenixMiner, let it run without changes until your next payout.
Record the hours/minutes it took to get your payout.

Change to the next miner you want to compare against. Probably Claymore as that seems to be the
competition. Do the same, wait until you get your next payout. Record that time.
Faster miner to the payout wins.

Remember you can’t change anything during these tests.

This could take anywhere between 2 to 10 days for each test depending on your setup.
It’s time consuming but it will reveal what miner is getting you to the money in the shortest
amount of time. Anything else is not getting us a firm answer.

Suggestions?

   A lot of valid points but there is some variables you can't account for in this way: pool luck and current network difficulty.