Solo mining

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Dassus edited this page Apr 10, 2019 · 7 revisions

Installing Solidum

For prerequisites and detailed build instructions please read the Installation instructions.

Running geth

geth --rpc --mine --etherbase="0x742d35Cc6634C0532925a3b844Bc454e4438f44e" console

Replace 0x742d35Cc6634C0532925a3b844Bc454e4438f44e with your Solidum address.
Wait for the node to be fully in sync with the chain.

Mining with ethminer

Grab the latest version of Ethminer with OpenCL, CUDA and stratum support from https://github.com/hackmod/ethminer/releases.
Building from source instructions can be found at https://github.com/ethereum-mining/ethminer/blob/master/docs/BUILD.md.

cd bin

Create a start.bat batch file.

@echo off

setx GPU_FORCE_64BIT_PTR 1
setx GPU_MAX_HEAP_SIZE 100
setx GPU_MAX_USE_SYNC_OBJECTS 1
setx GPU_MAX_ALLOC_PERCENT 100
setx GPU_MAX_SINGLE_ALLOC_PERCENT 100

:loop
ethminer.exe -U -P http://127.0.0.1:8545
echo restart miner...

Run start.bat.

Checking your account balances

Using Geth

web3.fromWei(eth.getBalance(eth.coinbase), "ether")

Using the Explorer

Head to https://explorer.solidum.network.
In the search bar, enter your Solidum address.

Using MyCrypto

Follow the guide at https://support.mycrypto.com/developers/run-your-own-node-with-mycrypto.

If you have any questions please contact us on one of the Discord channels and we'll be more than happy to answer any questions you may have.