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MultiPoolMiner - created by aaronsace 
LINK: https://github.com/aaronsace/MultiPoolMiner/

Licensed under the GNU General Public License v3.0
Permissions of this strong copyleft license are conditioned on making available complete source code of licensed works and modifications, which include larger works using a licensed work, under the same license. Copyright and license notices must be preserved. Contributors provide an express grant of patent rights. https://github.com/aaronsace/MultiPoolMiner/blob/master/LICENSE

README.txt - updated on 17/09/2017 - v1.13a

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FEATURE SUMMARY:

- Monitors crypto mining pools and coins in real-time and finds the most profitable for your machine
- Controls any miner that is available via command line
- Supports benchmarking
- Multi-chip support (AMD, NVIDIA and CPU)

Any bitcoin donations are greatly appreciated: 1MsrCoAt8qM53HUMsUxvy9gMj3QVbHLazH 


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IMPORTANT NOTES:

- It is not recommended but to upgrade from a previous version of MultiPoolMiner, you may simply copy the 'Stats' folder.
- If you are using Windows 7, please update PowerShell: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=50395
- CCMiner (NVIDIA cards only) may need 'MSVCR120.dll' if you don't already have it: https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/download/details.aspx?id=40784
- CCMiner (NVIDIA cards only) may need 'VCRUNTIME140.DLL' if you don't already have it: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=48145
- You may need 'excavator.exe' if you don't already have it: https://github.com/nicehash/excavator/releases
- It is highly recommended to set Virtual Memory size in Windows to at least 16 GB in multi-GPU systems: Computer Properties -> Advanced System Settings -> Performance -> Advanced -> Virtual Memory
- Please see the FAQ section on the bottom of this page before submitting bugs and feature requests on Github. https://github.com/aaronsace/MultiPoolMiner/issues 
- Logs and Stats are produced in text format; use them when submitting issues.
- Currently mining with upto 6 GPUs is fully supported. Where required advanced users can create additional miner files to support mining with more than 6 graphics cards.

	
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COMMAND LINE OPTIONS (not case-sensitive, see Sample Usage section below for an example):

-region [Europe/US/Asia]
	Choose your region or the region closest to you.

-poolname [miningpoolhub,miningpoolhubcoins,zpool,nicehash]
	The following pools are currently supported: 
	MiningPoolHub https://miningpoolhub.com/ 
	Zpool http://www.zpool.ca/ 
	Nicehash https://www.nicehash.com/
	Selecting multiple pools is allowed and will be used as failovers. A registered account is required when mining on MiningPoolHub.

-username 
	Your username you use to login to MiningPoolHub.

-workername
	To identify your mining rig.

-wallet
	Your Bitcoin payout address. Required when mining on Zpool and Nicehash.
	
-SSL
	Secure connection option.

-type [AMD,NVIDIA,CPU]
	Choose the relevant GPU(s) and/or CPU mining.

-algorithm
	The following algorithms are currently supported: 
	Bitcore, Blakecoin, Blake2s, BlakeVanilla, C11, CryptoNight, Ethash, X11, Decred, Equihash, Groestl, HMQ1725, JHA, Keccak, Lbry, Lyra2RE2, Lyra2z, MyriadGroestl, NeoScrypt, Nist5, Pascal, Quark, Qubit, Scrypt, SHA256, Sia, Sib, Skunk, Skein, Timetravel, Tribus, BlakeVanilla, Veltor, X11, X11evo, X17, Yescrypt
	Note that the pool used also has to support the required algorithm(s).
	
-currency [BTC,USD,EUR,ETH ...]
	Choose the default currency or currencies your profit stats will be shown in.

-interval
	MultiPoolMiner's update interval in seconds. Default is 60.

-donate
	Donation of mining time in minutes per day to aaronsace. Default is 10. The downloaded miner software can have their own donation system built in. Check the readme file of the respective miner used for more details.

	
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SAMPLE USAGE (check "start.bat" file in root folder):

setx GPU_FORCE_64BIT_PTR 1
setx GPU_MAX_HEAP_SIZE 100
setx GPU_USE_SYNC_OBJECTS 1
setx GPU_MAX_ALLOC_PERCENT 100
setx GPU_SINGLE_ALLOC_PERCENT 100

powershell -version 5.0 -noexit -executionpolicy bypass -windowstyle maximized -command "&.\multipoolminer.ps1 -wallet 1Q24z7gHPDbedkaWDTFqhMF8g7iHMehsCb -username aaronsace -workername multipoolminer -ssl -region europe -currency btc,usd,eur -type amd,nvidia,cpu -poolname miningpoolhub,miningpoolhubcoins,zpool,nicehash -algorithm cryptonight,decred,decrednicehash,ethash,ethash2gb,equihash,groestl,lbry,lyra2z,neoscrypt,pascal,sia,siaclaymore,sianicehash,sib -donate 10"


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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS:

Q1. How do I start using MultiPoolMiner?
A1. The 'start.bat' file is an example that shows how to run the script without prompting for a username. Amend it with your username/address/workername and other relevant details such as region. Ensure it is run as Administrator to prevent errors.

Q2. A miner crashes my computer or does not work correctly. I want to exclude it from mining/benchmarking. What should I do?
A2. Simply locate the configuration file for that particular miner in the /Miners folder and delete the file or exclude that algorithm entirely (see Q3 below). These have either .txt or .ps1 file extensions. Please note that some of the miners have multiple config files and/or can mine multiple coins/algorithms. (Planned enhancement for V3)

Q3. Miner says CL device is missing (or not found). How do I resolve this issue?
A3. You most likely have NVIDIA cards in your rig. Open the start.bat in a text editor and look for ‘-type amd,nvidia,cpu’ and change it to ‘-type nvidia,cpu’. This will disable the AMD exclusive miners and save you plenty of time when benchmarking. You can also exclude the cpu option if you don’t want to mine with your processor.

Q4. I only want to mine certain algorithms even if they are not the most profitable. I want to exclude algorithms. How do I do that?
A4. Open the start.bat in a text editor and look for ‘-algorithm cryptonight,ethash,equihash,groestl,lyra2z,neoscrypt,pascal,sia’. Delete the algorithms you don't want to mine. This can save you some time when benchmarking. For a full list of supported algorithms, check the Algorithms.txt. You can include any of these or even all of them if you please.

Q5. MultiPoolMiner is XX% more profitable. What does this mean?
A5. It is showing you the stat for MultiPoolMiner vs the one miner. It means that the calculated earnings of MultiPoolMiner switching to different algorithms would be that much more profitable than if it had just mined that one particular algorithm the whole time. The number is still only an estimate of your earnings on the pool and may not directly reflect what you actually get paid. On MiningPoolHub and other multiple algorithm pools, coins have fluctuating values and MultiPoolMiner switches to the one that is the most profitable at that time. Because each pool has different delays in exchange and payout, the amount you actually earn my be very different. If there is a significant difference in percentage, you might want to reset the profitability stats by running the ResetProfit.bat file. Your actual (but still estimated) earning is shown in the second row.

Q6. I want to re-run the benchmarks (changed OC settings, added new cards, etc.)
A6. Simply run 'ResetBenchmark.bat' This deletes all files in the /Stats folder. This will force MultiPoolMiner to run the benchmarks again. If you only want to re-run a single benchmark for a coin or algorithm, locate the appropriate stat file for that particular coin or algorithm and delete it. Please note some of the miners can do multiple algorithms therefore have multiple stat files for the same miner and some of them create multiple stat files for the different configuration files they use.

Q7. How long does benchmarking take to finish?
A7. This is greatly dependant on the amount of selected algorithms and the number of device types chosen in the start.bat file. By default, each benchmark takes one minute. You can speed up benchmarking significantly by omitting unused device types. For example if you have a rig with AMD cards, you can tell MPM not to even launch the NVIDIA or CPU specific miner applications by removing these after the -type parameter in the start.bat file.

Q8. Is it possible to choose how many GPUs we want to allocate to mining or restrict mining on certain GPUs?
A8. This feature will possibly be implemented in the future (planned enhancement for MultiPoolMiner V3) but not yet supported by MultiPoolMiner.

Q9. MultiPoolMiner says it cannot find excavator.exe
A9. Excavator is developed by Nicehash and their EULA does not permit redistribution of their software which means you need to download Excavator yourself from https://github.com/nicehash/excavator/releases and place it in /Bin/Excavator/ (create the folder if does not exist). This is the permitted use of Excavator. Another solution is to delete the Excavator configuration file from the /Miners folder if you don't plan to use this miner.

Q10. MultiPoolMiner is taking up too much space on my drive
A10. Simply run 'RemoveLogs.bat' This will delete all unnecessary and/or old log files that can indeed take up a lot of space of your storage device. It is perfectly safe to do so if space is required.

Q11. What does 'ResetProfit.bat' do?
A11. This will reset your profit statistics and deletes all coin profibility data accumulated since MultiPoolMiner was first launched. This can be helpful when your predicted income stats (calculated average results) are broken which can happen when ie. an existing coin is added to a new exchange and the price falsely skyrockets due to low volume and liquidity. Bear in mind MultiPoolMiner becomes more accurate over time at calculating your profitability and running this scrypt will delete all that recorded data.

Q12. Why does MultiPoolMiner open multiple miners of the same type?
A12. Not all miners support multiple GPUs and this is a workaround to resolve this issue. MultiPoolMiner will try to open upto 6 instances of some of the miners to support systems with upto 6 GPUs or to overcome other problems found while testing. Doing so makes no difference in performance and donation amount to the miner sw developer (if applicable) will be the same percentage as if it was a single instance run for multiple GPUs ie. if one instance is run for five cards or five instances, one for each of the the five cards, that is still the same 1% donation NOT 5x1%.

Q13. MultiPoolMiner does not close miners properly (2 or more instances of the same miner accumulate over time)
A13. This is due to miner failure most likely caused by too much OVERCLOCKING. When miner fails it tries to recover which usually means restarting itself in the same window. This causes issues with the API connection to the miner and MultiPoolMiner thinks miner quit and launches another instance as a result. Due to default API port still being used by the first launched but failed miner, MPM can launch many instances of the same miner over time. This behaviour will be improved upon in the future but can only be completely solved by the user by lowering overclock to keep miners and the system stable.