miniZv2.3c Equihash144,5 125,4 210,9 150,5 192,7 Beam ProgPoW Ethash CFX KLS PYI

[miniZ]

So is there any connection issue with miniZ and Sparkpool again? Can someone confirm? I cannot connect my rigs to sparkpool mining BEAM.

Hi MineOrDie,
we've just tested and it runs fine.
Could you paste here the error? Which miniZ version are you using?
Cheers

It just cannot connect to Sparkpool and retries every 5 seconds. I'm using 1.5q6.

Hi MineOrDie,
is it possible you forgot to add ssl?

Command line should be something like:

Code:

miniZ.exe --url=ssl://YourWallet.Worker@beam-eu.sparkpool.com:2222  --log --extra

Cheers

[Kringel]

Does this error happens often? This looks like a bug on the pool side, we are working on a few possible workarounds for this.

That's definitely a Nicehash servers problem, sometimes they start to return authorization errors, which may last from seconds to hours; that happens irregularly, maybe once a week at average. However, a miner shouldn't handle the error like MiniZ currently does Thanks for scheduling a fix for this.

[miniZ]

Hi everyone,

Thank you for your feedback and for staying with us!

You can find the new miniZ version v1.5r here.

* Major performance improvement for 210,9, for all GPUs. Up to 7%, depending on GPU.
* Improved stability. (This was mostly affecting Beam mining)
* miniZ updates the hashrate when not mining. It drops to zero when mining stops.
* Better handling of “worker not autorized” error.

If you are tuning your cards, do not forget to use --oc1 or --oc2 options to match your OC settings!

For additional information check our Usage or FAQ pages.
Let us know how it goes!

Happy mining!

[Kringel]

The new version shows instantaneous hashrate instead of the average (so both shown values are identical), at least on Beam. Is this intended?
Also Beam seems to become slower (can't say with certainty since there is no visible average hashrate anymore), at least on 1070.

[miniZ]

The new version shows instantaneous hashrate instead of the average (so both shown values are identical), at least on Beam. Is this intended?
Also Beam seems to become slower (can't say with certainty since there is no visible average hashrate anymore), at least on 1070.

Hi Kringel,
thanks for your feedback.

In the new version you still have both short and long hashrate reports.
If you only run the miner for a couple of minutes it is likely that these values are identical.

Regardig Beam hashrate, it should be the same as previous version.
If you want to compare versions in a short run, it is best to compare the I/s values since these are stable in about 5 min (or less).

Also, if you have a recent nvidia driver, CUDA 10 version should be beneficial.

Cheers

[Kringel]

CUDA 10 version should be beneficial.

This was the cause, thanks. I somehow missed the CUDA 10 link and started to use the CUDA 8 version instead, probably because it has no clear "CUDA 8" designation neither in the URL nor in the program startup info.

Sorry for the false alarm

[miniZ]

CUDA 10 version should be beneficial.

This was the cause, thanks. I somehow missed the CUDA 10 link and started to use the CUDA 8 version instead, probably because it has no clear "CUDA 8" designation neither in the URL nor in the program startup info.

Sorry for the false alarm

Hi Kringel,
thank you for your messsage.
No problem, your feedback helps improving miniZ.

We made a few modifications to the Download table that may help to distinguish CUDA versions. It is likely that others are also downloading CUDA 8 by mistake

In the next version we will also add this information to the log.

Thanks again. Let us know if the new version solved your issue with nicehash.
Cheers

[Kringel]

Let us know if the new version solved your issue with nicehash.

So far, so good, no hangups caused by authorization errors (but actually I don't know if there were such errors these days). If the problem emerges again, I'll let you know. Thanks for the stable release.

[BigHarryArmsi]

Anyone try a GTX1650 yet?

[miniZ]

Anyone try a GTX1650 yet?

Hi BigHarryArmsi,
it seems that is not a popular GPU
We have not tried it either. We notice that the 4GB may limit performance for some algos, particularly on win10 .
If you have access to one let us know if you recommend it.
Cheers

[miniZ]

Hi everyone,

thanks for staying with us!

miniZ v1.5s is out! miniZ improved its performance for three algorithms!!!

 1. 150,5,3 - BeamHash II
 2. 125,4 - ZelHash
 3. 144,5 - ZHash

You can find miniZ version v1.5s @ Download page.

Changelog:
 * Speed improvement for ZelHash, BeamHash and ZHash. From 0.3% to 3% depending on algo and GPU.
 * Kepler support removed in this version, except for MinexCoin and Aion.
 * Flush console output on every line.

Few notes:
  * When adjusting your GPUs settings do not forget to test it with --oc1/oc2 since it may boost your performance a little. --oc1/oc2 changed for some GPUs and algos in the new version. For updated information read the specific topic on FAQ page.
  * We removed support for Kepler GPUs in this version. You can use older versions. Feel free to contact us if you need support on this.
  * On Download page you can find Cuda 10 and Cuda 8 versions (Linux and Windows). If you have RTX GPUs then you need to use Cuda 10.0 versions.

For additional information check our Usage or FAQ pages.
Let us know how it goes!

Happy mining!

[overclockerblg]

Hi everyone,

thanks for staying with us!

miniZ v1.5s is out! miniZ improved its performance for three algorithms!!!

 1. 150,5,3 - BeamHash II
 2. 125,4 - ZelHash
 3. 144,5 - ZHash

You can find miniZ version v1.5s @ Download page.

Changelog:
 * Speed improvement for ZelHash, BeamHash and ZHash. From 0.3% to 3% depending on algo and GPU.
 * Kepler support removed in this version, except for MinexCoin and Aion.
 * Flush console output on every line.

Few notes:
  * When adjusting your GPUs settings do not forget to test it with --oc1/oc2 since it may boost your performance a little. --oc1/oc2 changed for some GPUs and algos in the new version. For updated information read the specific topic on FAQ page.
  * We removed support for Kepler GPUs in this version. You can use older versions. Feel free to contact us if you need support on this.
  * On Download page you can find Cuda 10 and Cuda 8 versions (Linux and Windows). If you have RTX GPUs then you need to use Cuda 10.0 versions.

For additional information check our Usage or FAQ pages.
Let us know how it goes!

Happy mining!

I ran the miner on 2x1080Ti mining zero on pool.zerocurrency.io, but after 1 minute my first card hashrate drops to 15 and the other card mines with 57 sol/s constantly.

[miniZ]

I ran the miner on 2x1080Ti mining zero on pool.zerocurrency.io, but after 1 minute my first card hashrate drops to 15 and the other card mines with 57 sol/s constantly.

Hi overclockerblg,
we haven't change Zero (192,7) algorithm in the v1.5s release.
From what you describe the issue seems related to your OC values. Could you tweak them a bit and try again?
If the problem persists, could you paste here the start of console output and the log part when mining starts dropping?
Thanks for trying miniZ!
Cheers

[narousberg]

quick test of v1.5s
WIN10 pro, build 1909 activated, RAM 8GB 3000Mhz, i5-9400F
Rig: 8 x ASUS Rog Strix 2080 TI 11GB

BeamHashII ver1.5r 687,18 H/s, 1549 W (5 min ) ( P75 C150 M400 ) (--oc2 )
BeamHashII ver1.5s 690,91 H/s, 1549 W (5 min ) ( P75 C150 M400 ) (--oc2 )

Equihash 144,5 ver1.5r 975,99 H/s, 1548 W (5 min ) ( P75 C150 M400 ) (--oc2 )
Equihash 144,5 ver1.5s 995,08 H/s, 1550 W (5 min ) ( P75 C150 M400 ) (--oc2 )

Equihash 125,4  ver1.5r 643,77 H/s, 1548 W (5 min ) ( P75 C150 M0 ) (--oc2 )
Equihash 125,4  ver1.5s 662,42 H/s, 1547 W (5 min ) ( P75 C150 M0 ) (--oc2 )

confirm improvements.

[miniZ]

quick test of v1.5s
WIN10 pro, build 1909 activated, RAM 8GB 3000Mhz, i5-9400F
Rig: 8 x ASUS Rog Strix 2080 TI 11GB

BeamHashII ver1.5r 687,18 H/s, 1549 W (5 min ) ( P75 C150 M400 ) (--oc2 )
BeamHashII ver1.5s 690,91 H/s, 1549 W (5 min ) ( P75 C150 M400 ) (--oc2 )

Equihash 144,5 ver1.5r 975,99 H/s, 1548 W (5 min ) ( P75 C150 M400 ) (--oc2 )
Equihash 144,5 ver1.5s 995,08 H/s, 1550 W (5 min ) ( P75 C150 M400 ) (--oc2 )

Equihash 125,4  ver1.5r 643,77 H/s, 1548 W (5 min ) ( P75 C150 M0 ) (--oc2 )
Equihash 125,4  ver1.5s 662,42 H/s, 1547 W (5 min ) ( P75 C150 M0 ) (--oc2 )

confirm improvements.

Hi narousberg,
thank you for sharing your values!
We'll keep trying to improve miniZ.
Cheers

[Nel67]

Why in windows 7; 8.1-miner console in black and white format?

[miniZ]

Why in windows 7; 8.1-miner console in black and white format?

Hi Nel67,

If you are not using Windows 10, it is likely that the console output is not only black and white, but also a little messy and unreadable.
We suspect that this is what you are getting.

The reason is colors are only supported with Windows 10. To have an organized output, you can use the --nocolor argument when running miniZ.
This will help clean up the console. The downside is that you still get a black and white output.

If you like to have a more colorful output, you can install another console on Windows.
We tried ConEmu terminal emulator and it worked fine. There are others available, which should also work OK.

For additional information about miniZ check the FAQ and Usage pages.

In case you want to use miniZ GUI, note that there is a separate miniZ GUI for Windows 7. You can find it on Download page.

We hope this answers your question and helps you setting up a nicer output

Feel free to participate at any time and thanks for trying miniZ!
Cheers

[Nel67]

Ok, I'm sorry, I don’t know how to use another.

[miniZ]

Ok, I'm sorry, I don’t know how to use another.

Hi Nel67,
to install ConEmu you can read their Installation page.

We've just found this video that might be usefull https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYSJvRbGs2I
Check it out, the first 3-4 minutes show how to install it.

Let us know if this helps.
Cheers

[daPool]

Hello, I'm a pool operator.

I'd like to know how it should work automatic algo/pers detection. When I try mining a equihash 192,7 with ArrowPoW pers, the miner automatically resorts to 144,5 with BgoldPoW if no algo/pers are specified.

Thank you