The mining dream is real and ready for you! In this guide we will go through all the necessary steps required to get mining.

In short, there are 5 things needed to start mining UBQ; A wallet, mining hardware, operating system, mining program and a pool unless you a brave enough to solo mine. We will briefly talk about each topic but if you want to skip the details scroll right down to the“Putting it all together” section.

Creating wallet address:

There are many type of wallets that can be used with UBQ (Pyrus, Fusion, Gubiq and Nano Ledger S). You will need to choose a wallet of your preference. There are always pros and cons to different kinds of wallets but we tend to use official wallets in whatever coin we are interested in.

For some this feels like a daunting and confusing task so we have decided to write the blog using Pyrus wallet as in our view is the easiest to get started. Pyrus wallet is an official light weight wallet which runs in your browser and is very easy to use. Essentially Pyrus is a fork of “MyEtherWallet” a popular Ethereum wallet but better. So if you have used this wallet for Ehereum it will look identical.

Screenshot of PYRUS wallet

Pyrus also has a Google Chrome extension (Pyrus CX) which allows easy access to your wallet. If there is still confusion when creating a wallet there are many videos online which explain how they work.In the end you would will have a wallet address which looks like the sample.

Sample wallet address with barcode

You can also mine directly into an exchange wallet like Bittrex however this is NOT ADVISED as you are not in full control of these wallets so use them with caution!

Creating a Pyrus wallet video (UBQKings are not affiliated to the author of this video)

Tips: Your wallet address is perfectly fine to share with people but DO NOT share your private key!

Mining hardware:

Hardware plays an extremely important role in mining. This is what generates the raw hashing power… It’s what makes money grow on trees.! The higher the hash output generally means the more you earn over a span of time. To mine UBQ you will need the help of capable GPUs — graphics cards. Some examples of these would be AMD- RX570/580 Vega 54/64 and Nvidia GTX 1060–1080Ti. When selecting hardware I would honestly pick already proven makes and models. If you have any issues there is a plethora of information on the internet on how to troubleshoot. Don’t waste time on hardware selection when others have done the hard work.

Tips: When powering a mining rig always remember to follow safe practices. Powering your rig correctly is one of the most important things to get right when creating a safe/stable and efficient rig.

Operating system + mining program:

Picking an operating system (OS) for your mining operation no matter how big or small can really make or break your mining experience. There are many options which can be used and we would say they are all very competitive. All have there own use cases. Some examples of OS’s are Windows, Linux, SimpleMining OS, EthOS and HiveOS to name a few. We have used all of the operating systems mentioned and all work well. We specifically use HiveOS since it has a rich feature set. However if you are starting out and you are using a single GPU or a gaming rig Windows works great! For remainder of this help guide we will stick with Windows to keep consistent.

Picking a mining program is also personal preference. For the most part we’d say use Claymore or Phoenix Miner since they work best for an ethash crypto algorithm (by best I mean it’s well supported, commonly used and stable!!!). You can download a miner of your choice and install it on windows and use our Connection Wizard on our site to create your connection string for the miner program. It’s really that easy.

Tips: Before you even think about obtaining maximum hash on your rig etc get things stable first :)

Pool:

Mining pools are a common thing. When you join a pool you all work together to solve blocks. Since you are probably bringing a small amount of hash to the table it is highly recommend to be apart of a pool. You can mine solo but its a little more complicated and you only get paid out when you solve a block and this could take a long time and can become stressful.

In our mind if you are mining UBQ this is a no brainer. We would highly recommend using UBQKings.com. Wink wink :) We offer some really neat features compared to other pools and we are continuously developing our interface.

To see what we offer versus our competitors take a look here

Putting it all together:

Once you have met all prerequisite criteria you need to wrap everything up and start mining. All the little things you have done in the prior topic groups have now lead you to the point where you are about to just double click your miner and have it make some UBQ for you. Follow these specific steps to get mining immediately:

1: In Windows download and extract either Phoenix Miner or Claymore Miner. FYI - most Anti Virus programs will block the .exe file.

Phoenix Miner Extracted Example.

2: User our Connection Wizard and fill in all the details required.

3: Copy and paste the output from the config wizard into the bottom your .bat file located in your miner software folder (Remember to save your .bat file with the changes). To edit the “Start_miner.bat” file simply “Right Click” → select “edit”.

Edit “start_miner.bat”

Paste the UBQkings.com wizard output string

4: Finally ! Double click the bat file and let the computer mine.

Your start_miner.bat file should look something like this.

5: Check out your address by visiting our site https://ubqkings.com and click the “Address” button and enter your wallet address.

Please note the payout threshold on UBQkings.com is set to 5 UBQ by default but this can be changed by clicking on the settings tab when you are looking at your miner on UBQkings.com.

Follow up:

If you are apart of our UBQ mining community and you are having issues we will be glad to help. Come join us on our Discord Chat server and meet the team and community. We always recommend getting a basic setup working before you modify any miner settings at a later date. This is best practice.

Other Resources:

For those who want to try HiveOS here is a Quick Start Video (UBQKings are not affiliated to the author of this video)

Happy Mining Fellow UBQkings.