Setting up a Darkcoin Miner

Win: http://darkcoin.io/downloads/darkcoin-qt.exe - save to a folder of your choosing

Open your wallet and let it synconize (the bottom will show the progress)

Win CPU Miner - http://download.darkcoin.fr/darkCoin-cpuminer-1.3-avx-aes-windows-binaries.zip

Win GPU Miner - https://mega.co.nz/#!XAYgiDbT!8dQtGr2H5C5JKbH9ljUn7oHzB9ij3If7HFCKmSEFw48 (this is the sph version of spminer, the miner available on the darkcoin.io page would not run properly for me)

Open your synchronized wallet and encrypt it: Settings -> Encrypt Wallet

Once Encrypted create a receiving address for each miner you will use (ie one for CPU and one for GPU if you want to mine with both). To do this click on the "Receiving" tab. There should be one receiving address already, you can add more by clicking the "+ New Address" button in the bottom left

You will use the receiving address as your "username" when you create your .bat files in step #4.

CPU Miner:

1. Extract your CPU Miner to a folder of your choice

2. Read the "ReadMe" file and identify which version you will use based on your processor.

3. Pick a node to mine from, from this list:

4. Set up your execute file... open notepad and use the following:​ 1. Extract your CPU Miner to a folder of your choice2. Read the "ReadMe" file and identify which version you will use based on your processor.3. Pick a node to mine from, from this list: http://darckcoin.mine.nu/ (choose one with low latency)4. Set up your execute file... open notepad and use the following:​

Code: programidentifiedfromreadme.exe -a X11 stratum+tcp://nodeofchoiceURL -u yourreceivingaddresshere -p x --quiet

Example:​

Code: minerd-corei7-avx.exe -a X11 -o stratum+tcp://213.229.88.102:7903 -u XfyWeaucC3pFdcbxEGCn1yUyhRezXeKFEv -p x --quiet

5. Save the file as "filenameofyourchoice.bat" it's important that you save it as a .bat file and not a .txt file. In the "Save as" window change "Save as type" to "All Files". Then simply type "filenameofyourchoice.bat" for the "file name" and save it in the same folder as your CPU miner.​



6. Double click the "filenameofyourchoice.bat" file.... it should begin mining​

For reference: "-u" is "username" and "-p" is password. in this case password is not used so a simple "x" will suffice.​

GPU Miner:

1. Extract your GPU Miner to a folder of your choice

2. Pick TWO nodes to mine from, from this list:

4. Set up your execute file... open notepad and use the following:​ 1. Extract your GPU Miner to a folder of your choice2. Pick TWO nodes to mine from, from this list: http://darckcoin.mine.nu/ (choose two with low latency)4. Set up your execute file... open notepad and use the following:​

Code: setx GPU_MAX_ALLOC_PERCENT 100 setx GPU_USE_SYNC_OBJECTS 1 sgminer.exe -k darkcoin -o stratum+tcp://FIRSTnodeofchoiceURL-u yourreceivingaddresshere -p x --failover-only -o stratum+tcp://SecondnodeofchoiceURL-u yourreceivingaddresshere -p x --xintensity 100 --gpu-threads 1 --no-submit-stale

Example:​

Code: setx GPU_MAX_ALLOC_PERCENT 100 setx GPU_USE_SYNC_OBJECTS 1 sgminer.exe -k darkcoin -o stratum+tcp://62.141.39.175:7903 -u XfyWeaucC3pFdcbxEGCn1yUyhRezXeKFEv -p x --failover-only -o stratum+tcp://213.229.88.102:7903 -u XfyWeaucC3pFdcbxEGCn1yUyhRezXeKFEv -p x --xintensity 100 --gpu-threads 2 --no-submit-stale

5. Save the file as "filenameofyourchoice.bat" it's important that you save it as a .bat file and not a .txt file. In the "Save as" window change "Save as type" to "All Files". Then simply type "filenameofyourchoice.bat" for the "file name" and save it in the same folder as your GPU miner.​



6. Double click the "filenameofyourchoice.bat" file.... it should begin mining​

For reference: "-u" is "username" and "-p" is password. in this case password is not used so a simple "x" will suffice.​

After you get comfortable mining, read this: http://www.overclock.net/t/1461916/tutorial-ultimate-guide-to-tweaking-amd-cgminer-3-7-2-kalroth-edition-sgminer-instructions-included-aswell-get-the-most-hash-out-of-your-gpu and tweak your settings to maximize your potential. You may wish to add a .conf file for tweaking.​

The miners will run and payments will automatically be sent to your "receiving address"/username. \o/​





2. Save the zlib1.dll file to the same folder as your miner (JUST THE zlib1.dll FILE, not the whole zip).

- Alternatively LIB1.DLL could be copied to the SYSTEM or the SYSTEM32 folders, should work the same)​ 1. Download the zlib 1 file here: http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/libpng/zlib123-dll.zip?download 2. Save the zlib1.dll file to the same folder as your miner (JUST THE zlib1.dll FILE, not the whole zip). - If the GPU miner fails to run you may need to add the zlib1.dll file (I had to)- Note: If you want to see the "per thread" speed along with the total speed of your CPU Miner, simply remove "--quiet" from the end of the string in the .bat file.​

I taught myself to mine a week or so ago, and there's very few proper walklthroughs. People expect you to already have the knowledge and they simply throw node addresses at you and say "hyg, start mining". So... for the beginners:(you can run both at the same time if you like)Here is what successful mining looks like:The top is CPU Mining, The bottom is GPU Mining.