PhoenixMiner 2.9e: fastest Ethereum/Ethash miner with lowest devfee (Windows)

Changes in version 2.9e (since 2.8c):
Substantial improvements in the kernels for AMD GPUs, providing higher hashrate, lower percentage of stale shares, and slightly lower power consumption. The new kernels are used by default for AMD GPUs. You can still revert to using the old kernels with -clnew 0
Note that the optimal -gt values for the new AMD kernels may be different than before (but should be in the same ballpark)
Added alternative (-clkernel 2) kernels for AMD RX550, RX460/560, and 285/380. Just like the alternative kernels for Polaris (RX470/480/570/580), sometimes these can give you higher hashrate than then default (-clkernel 1) kernels.
Added optimized kernels for AMD RX550, based on the Baffin kernels (but we can’t test them as our RX550 turned out to use Baffin cores, so please let us know if they work for you)
New Nvidia kernels, providing higher hashrate and much lower percentage of stale shares. You can still revert to using the old CUDA kernels with -nvnew 0. The mining intensity (-mi) is by default 12 when using the new Nvidia kernels and 10 for the old kernels
New -clf parameter to control how often the OpenCL (AMD) kernels will sync (0 - never, 1 - sometimes (default), 2 - always). Try this if you have unstable hashrate on AMD GPU but in general, it is best to leave it alone
New -nvf parameter to control Nvidia kernel sync frequency (it is similar to the -clf parameter for AMD cards). Try -nvf 2 if you have permanent hashrate drops after pausing and resuming mining on Nvidia cards
Added -logfile parameter to be able to set the name of the logfile. If you place an asterisk (*) in the logfile name, it will be replaced by the current date/time to create a unique name every time PhoenixMiner is started. If there is no asterisk in the logfile name, the new log entries will be added to the same file. If you want to use the same logfile but the contents to be overwritten every time when you start the miner, put a dollar sign ($) character in the logfile name (e.g. -logfile my_log.txt$).
Added -logdir parameter to specify different folder for the logfiles
Added -logsmaxsize parameter to specify the max size of the log files (200 MB by default, 0 to turn off the automatic removal of oldest log files)
Added detection of AMD Compute mode in the supported drivers and GPUs. The detection is performed when the miner starts and if the Compute mode is off on some of the GPUs, you will get warning messages.
Added console command ‘y’ to turn on the AMD Compute mode if it is not turned on on some of the cards.
Fixed a problem with miner restart on some CUDA errors with Nvidia cards when the miner crashes instead of restarting.
Many small fixes and changes

PhoenixMiner is fast (arguably the fastest) Ethash (ETH, ETC, Muiscoin, EXP, UBQ, etc.) miner that supports
both AMD and Nvidia cards (including in mixed mining rigs). It runs under Windows x64
and has a developer fee of 0.65% (the lowest in the industry). This means that every 90
minutes the miner will mine for us, its developers, for 35 seconds.

The speed is generally faster than Claymore’s Ethereum miner in eth only mode
(we have measured about 0.4-1.3% speed improvement but your results may be slightly lower or
higher depending on the GPUs). To achieve highest possible speed on AMD cards it may be needed
to manually adjust the GPU tune factor (a number from 8 to about 400, which can be changed
interactively with the + and - keys while the miner is running).

If you have used Claymore’s Dual Ethereum miner, you can switch to PhoenixMiner with
minimal hassle as we support most of Claymore’s command-line options and confirguration
files with the notable exception of the dual mining feature (yet).

Please note that PhoenixMiner is extensively tested on many mining rigs but this is the
first public release and there still may be some bugs. Additionally, we are actively working on
bringing many new features in the future releases. If you encounter any problems or have
feature requests, please post them here (in this thread). We will do our best to answer in timely
fashion.

Screenshot:

  1. Quick start

You can download PhoenixMiner 2.9e from here:

https://mega.nz/#F!vCAw2KqJ!PWvStE0HJRucEc-OqzNK8Q (MEGA)

If you want to check the integrity of the downloaded file, please use the following hashes:
Code:
File: PhoenixMiner_2.9e.zip
SHA-1: e2b9c72e561ac0fdb4e3c9ebddd7d703a35da36c
SHA-256: 9817c89623025cf392a4e800a41cff96a87eee02e241d9f08d62dc43e0975e96
SHA-512: 33c78a73a53791c01bbfff2ad830ffd40d4007f69ca329300815ab1c189f744aafdc6683033cfcb0315db7f322e6dee44181b9dff2922b1fb408b0f04dba163b

Here are the command line parameters for some of the more popular pools and coins:

ethermine.org (ETH):
PhoenixMiner.exe -pool eu1.ethermine.org:4444 -pool2 us1.ethermine.org:4444 -wal YourEthWalletAddress.WorkerName -proto 3
ethermine.org (ETH, secure connection):
PhoenixMiner.exe -pool ssl://eu1.ethermine.org:5555 -pool2 ssl://us1.ethermine.org:5555 -wal YourEthWalletAddress.WorkerName -proto 3
ethpool.org (ETH):
PhoenixMiner.exe -pool eu1.ethpool.org:3333 -pool2 us1.ethpool.org:3333 -wal YourEthWalletAddress.WorkerName -proto 3
dwarfpool.com (ETH):
PhoenixMiner.exe -pool eth-eu.dwarfpool.com:8008 -wal YourEthWalletAddress/WorkerName -pass x
nanopool.org (ETH):
PhoenixMiner.exe -pool eu1.nanopool.org:9999 -wal YourEthWalletAddress/WorkerName -pass x
nicehash (ethash):
PhoenixMiner.exe -pool stratum+tcp://daggerhashimoto.eu.nicehash.com:3353 -wal YourBtcWalletAddress -pass x -proto 4 -stales 0
f2pool (ETH):
PhoenixMiner.exe -epool eth.f2pool.com:8008 -ewal YourEthWalletAddress -pass x -worker WorkerName
miningpoolhub (ETH):
PhoenixMiner.exe -pool us-east.ethash-hub.miningpoolhub.com:20535 -wal YourLoginName.WorkerName -pass x -proto 1
coinotron.com (ETH):
PhoenixMiner.exe -pool coinotron.com:3344 -wal YourLoginName.WorkerName -pass x -proto 1
ethermine.org (ETC):
PhoenixMiner.exe -pool eu1-etc.ethermine.org:4444 -wal YourEtcWalletAddress.WorkerName
dwarfpool.com (EXP):
PhoenixMiner.exe -pool exp-eu.dwarfpool.com:8018 -wal YourExpWalletAddress/WorkerName
miningpoolhub (MUSIC):
PhoenixMiner.exe -pool europe.ethash-hub.miningpoolhub.com:20585 -wal YourLoginName.WorkerName -pass x -proto 1
ubiqpool (UBIQ):
PhoenixMiner.exe -pool stratum+tcp://eu.ubiqpool.io:8008 -wal YourUbiqWalletAddress -pass x -worker WorkerName
minerpool.net (PIRL):
PhoenixMiner.exe -pool pirl.minerpool.net:8002 -wal YourPirlWalletAddress -pass x -worker WorkerName
dodopool.com (Metaverse ETP):
PhoenixMiner.exe -pool etp.dodopool.com:8008 -wal YourMetaverseETPWalletAddress -worker Rig1 -pass x
minerpool.net (Ellaism):
PhoenixMiner.exe -pool ella.minerpool.net:8002 -wal YourEllaismWalletAddress -worker Rig1 -pass x
etherdig.net (ETH PPS):
PhoenixMiner.exe -pool etherdig.net:4444 -wal YourEthWalletAddress.WorkerName -proto 4 -pass x
etherdig.net (ETH HVPPS):
PhoenixMiner.exe -pool etherdig.net:3333 -wal YourEthWalletAddress.WorkerName -proto 4 -pass x

  1. Features, requirements, and limitations
  • Supports AMD Vega, 580/570/480/470, 460/560, Fury, 390/290 and older AMD GPUs with enough VRAM
  • Supports Nvidia 10x0 and 9x0 series as well as older cards with enough VRAM
  • Highly optimized OpenCL and CUDA cores for maximum ethash mining speed
  • Lowest developer fee of 0.65% (35 seconds defvee mining per each 90 minutes)
  • Advanced statistics: actual difficulty of each share as well as effective hashrate at the pool
  • DAG file generation in the GPU for faster start-up and DAG epoch switches
  • Supports all ethash mining pools and stratum protocols
  • Supports secure pool connections (e.g. ssl://eu1.ethermine.org:5555) to prevent IP hijacking attacks
  • Detailed statistics, including the individual cards hashrate, shares, temperature and fan speed
  • Unlimited number of fail-over pools in epools.txt configuration file (or two on the command line)
  • GPU tuning for the AMD GPUs to achieve maximum performance with your rig
  • Supports devfee on alternative ethash currencies like ETC, EXP, Music, UBQ, Pirl, Ellaism, and Metaverse ETP. This allows you to use older cards with small VRAM or low hashate on current DAG epochs (e.g. GTX970).
  • Full compatibility with the industry standard Claymore’s Dual Ethereum miner, including most of command-line options, configuration files, and remote monitoring and management.
  • More features coming soon!

PhoenixMiner requires Windows x64 (Windows 7, Windows 10, etc.). We are planning a Linux version in
the future but it may take some time.

PhenixMiner does not support dual mining. However we are working on this feature and will introduce it
soon. Solo mining is supported since version 2.7c.

While the miner is running, you can use some interactive commands. Press the key ‘h’ while the
miner’s console window has the keyboard focus to see the list of the available commands. The
interactive commands are also listed at the end of the following section.

It’s always nice to have another miner developer around, @oplono2, but you should bear in mind that on these fora, you’ve come to an Equihash-dominant land.

Do you also develop an Equihash miner for AMD?

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do u plan do the some equihash miner for us as well ?

Is it opensource? Because that could be a major concern.

Im not but!
I always glad to share with friend miners with new stuff, such as miner software of some tips!