This tutorial will explain how to get a nimiq node up and running very quick and start mining.

Furthermore I will send you up to 1000 NIM if you sign up for a server with my reflink.

In order to claim your reward please PM me on Twitter (@darnuxx) or Telegram (@darnux) or use this form. Proof of reward will be posted here with TX on the Nimiq blockchain.

I am also willing to help you get your miner running if you are not familiar with Linux, systemd, SSH, nodejs and so on.

Step 1 — Order a dedicated server at Webtropia

Use the following reflink to signup at webtropia.com

In order to receive the highest hashrate possible based on costs per KH/s I would suggest to order the product “Ryzen Pro” under the dedicated server section which comes with a AMD Ryzen Pro 1700x CPU and can reach about 52 KH/s hasrate as we will see later on in this tutorial.

Please do not consider other server types than dedicated servers for mining any cryptocurrency due to the fact that this may not be allowed according to their terms of service!

In order to receive a 20€ discount for the first payment period use this coupon code during checkout (valid until July 2018):

AF-5K4DF03f14-165

The harwardware configuration (HDD / SSD) does not effect the hashrate so choose it according to your needs. Further important environment settings you will be asked during the checkout process:

Operating System: Ubuntu 16.04

Architecture: 64 Bit

Software-RAID: Yes

Configuration Tool: No Admintool

Language: English

RAID-Level: RAID 1 (Mirroring)

The next step in the checkout will lead to account creation.

Attention: In order to claim your 1000 NIM afterwards make sure that you reached the website with my reflink or fill out “Referred by” with this customer ID: 3014269

Step 2 — Get your NIMIQ wallet

If you do not have a wallet yet go ahead and create one here:

This proccess should be very self explaining and intuitive.

Step 3 — Setup Nimiq Miner

After your order has been completed and proccesed by Webtropia you will receive your SSH credentials which can be accessed within their customer area.

Login you your server using SSH now.

Side note regarding mining pools: In this tutorial we are going to join the mining pool from https://pool.nimiqchain.info/ in order to encourage fair distribution of hash power across the network.

At the time of writing the two major pools with a majority of more than 70% (combined) are beeppool and skypool.

This will change overtime as new miners start joining other pools.

You can check out which pools are currently running at: https://nimiq.community/pools/

Okay, lets go on with the setup.

Just run the following shell script which will do the setup for you including:

User creation

Preparation of the mining pool client

Service Management via systemd

Automatic restart on failure

Start mining

Here comes the magic:

During the execution of the shell script you will be asked for your NIMIQ wallet address which you should have created in step 2.

If you do not have a NIMIQ wallet yet go ahead and create one at: https://safe.nimiq.com/

Once you have finished the installation process you should be able to see your miner trying to reach out for consensus (synchronizing the NIMIQ blockchain).

You can check the status of the miner like this

systemctl status nimiq-miner

Step 4— Claim your reward

Please PM me on Twitter (@darnuxx) or Telegram (@darnux) with your customer ID (Webtropia) and your NIM public address or use this form and receive your reward.

Rewards will be distributed with a first come first served principle:

1st — 5th reward: 1000 NIM

6th — 10th reward: 500 NIM

11th — N th: 50 NIM

1st reward distributed:

https://nimiq.watch/#fc92adcf17c7614f59a893ba8a68408aa7ddc4fa8539037488cac2d9d15ce604

2nd reward distributed:

https://nimiq.watch/#36e93d12e4267f29e83c2960e2cae1a3b2c8da1ceb06313b63bb5b76a8874fcf

3rd reward distributed:

https://nimiq.watch/#88566f8039ec88abb57e95f5576973e52fa5e94a107cb173757de68859bfb71d

4th reward distributed:

https://nimiq.watch/#a37b43ad8022fd8834b9ec472bade3ca35afd5004a1a5c78dbcbe66ebe7782df

5th reward distributed:

https://nimiq.watch/#2e84f501e95c64582aa245f5bc221c9aeccc4904ee4008aa80107e444facfcae