HowTo PoW Mine VeriBlock
See: PoW_vs_PoP_Mining
Contents
Pool Mining
Requirements
- Nvidia/AMD GPU with 8 GB of VRAM or more
- Miner software
- Wallet address
You can find the current list of active pool on https://miningpoolstats.stream/veriblock
If you don't want to use your own Node as a Wallet please use the Zelcore Wallet or SPV wallet. We do not recommend mining directly to an exchange wallet as you will risk losing your mining rewards.
- Run a full node, offline wallet or SPV to generate a wallet address - HowTo_Create_a_wallet
- Alternatively you can use ZelCore wallet - ZelCore
Note that you do NOT need a full NodeCore instance to PoW mine to a pool, only to solo mine.
Pool Mining with NVIDIA GPUs
All cards with over 8 GB vRAM are supported
- First Step is to download the newest version from the T-Rex miner: https://github.com/trexminer/T-Rex/releases
- extract the folder
- Right click on "VBK-luckypool.bat" and choose edit
- now change the veriblock.luckypool.io:9501 to the pool you prefer ( PoolURL:Port ) and the already filled in Wallet Address to yours.
t-rex.exe -a progpow-veriblock -o stratum+tcp://PoolURL:Port -u ADDRESS -p x -w rig0
- now save the file and rename it to "VBK.bat"
- Run VBK.bat to start the miner.
Note that windows anti-virus(Windows Defender) will often flag mining software as a virus and delete it. You may need to add an exception to Windows Defender to prevent this.
Pool Mining with AMD GPUs
All cards with over 8 GB vRAM are supported
- First Step is to download the newest version from the WildRig miner: https://github.com/andru-kun/wildrig-multi/releases
- extract the folder and edit the "start-vbk.bat" file.
- now change the veriblock.luckypool.io:9501 to the pool you prefer ( PoolURL:Port ) and the already filled in Wallet Address to yours.
wildrig.exe --print-full --algo vprogpow --url stratum+tcp://PoolURL:Port --user ADDRESS --pass x
- Now save this file
- Run "start-vbk.bat" to start the miner.
Note that windows anti-virus(Windows Defender) will often flag mining software as a virus and delete it. You may need to add an exception to Windows Defender to prevent this.
Solo Mining
A full node is required to solo mine.
Setup Nodecore
- download the latest Nodecore version: https://github.com/VeriBlock/nodecore-releases
- see: NodeCore_QuickStart
- Run the bootstrap downloader to sync the blockchain. This drastically reduces the time to sync the chain.
- now run nodecore.bat file and wait until it successfully cached up to the network.
Create a SoloPool
- run start_cli.bat and type "connect 127.0.0.1:10500"
- after a successful connection type "startsolopool"
- now your solo pool is ready to connect with your local miner
You can view all Pool stats under http://127.0.0.1:8500
Connect to your Solo Pool
- Use either T-Rex or WildRig miner listed above in pool mining instructions and replace pool URL with "127.0.0.1:8501".
- after saving the file you should be able to connect to your Pool and submit shares.
You can see if and when you found a Block on the Pool Website http://127.0.0.1:8500 ( The pool stats website will only display when the pool is running ).
The payouts are immediately to your Nodecore Wallet Address.
Useful Links
Community performance metrics - GPU_Performance
Video tutorial
Here the link to the video tutorial of How To PoW Mine VBK : https://youtu.be/Nqjrf9o6K20
