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Custom NiceHash Miner Plugins

nhm-plugins

Custom NiceHash Miner Plugins

On February 17, 2022, NiceHash announced that they will no longer support unsigned and unverified miners (https://www.nicehash.com/blog/post/nicehash-miner-ceases-support-for-unsigned-and-unverified-miners). This is my attempt to create custom NHM plugins to replace popular miners like GMiner and T-Rex.

Instructions

1. Follow the NHM instructions to create a new empty user plugin: https://github.com/nicehash/NiceHashMiner/tree/master/doc/UserPlugins
   • Name your plugin the same as it is here (GMinerCustom, TRexCustom, etc). This isn't required but just for ease of use.
   • When editing the Devices.json file, make sure the miner_device_id matches correctly. This is not always the case when you have multiple GPUs. This will cause incorrect benchmarks, otherwise.
     • Enable Show GPU PCIe Bus IDs in NHM Advanced Settings to help verify.
   • STOP after editing the Devices.json file. The rest will be taken care of by this repo.
2. Copy the contents over for the appropriate miner plugin.
3. Update each miner's bins directory with the latest version of the miner (README in plugin folder has the download link).
4. Start NiceHash Miner.

Notes

• If getting "Unstable" miner statuses, try editing your General.json file with:

  "SwitchSmaTicksUnstable": {
    "Lower": 15,
    "Upper": 23
  },

Completed

• GMiner (https://github.com/develsoftware/GMinerRelease)
• T-Rex (https://github.com/trexminer/T-Rex)
• PhoenixMiner (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2647654.0)

TODO

• miniZ (https://github.com/miniZ-miner/miniZ) - is this useful??

References

• NHM Algorithm IDs: https://github.com/nicehash/NiceHashMiner/blob/master/src/NHM.Common/Enums/AlgorithmType.cs
• NHM GMiner code before removal: https://github.com/nicehash/NiceHashMiner/tree/0213790ad647e43ef89b7ee22457be9f3c586c2c/src/Miners/GMiner
• NHM TRex code before removal: https://github.com/nicehash/NiceHashMiner/tree/0213790ad647e43ef89b7ee22457be9f3c586c2c/src/Miners/TRex
• NHM Phoenix code before removal: https://github.com/nicehash/NiceHashMiner/tree/fd6d42a42d1ba79bcaa733c4ba3647c4f65f0c30/src/Miners/Phoenix
• Best Ethereum Miner: https://2miners.com/blog/best-ethereum-mining-software-for-nvidia-and-amd/