How To: Mine To Remote RPC

Difficulty Level: Professional

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Mining over LAN or over the internet to a remote RPC allows you to run a single node and leverage that node to direct all your hashpower to the the mining work of your mining farm.

The R5 Miner is still under alpha testing, and might present bugs and problems. Please use it at your own risk.

Start Your Master Node

First, start your master node, connect and sync to the network. For more instructions on how to deploy your node, you can check the tutorial below.

How To: Deploy a Node

Ensure that you configure your node.ini file to enable both rpc and miner:

[R5 Node Relayer]
network = default
rpc = true
mode = default
miner = true
miner_coinbase = 0xABC...XYZ
miner_threads = 0
genesis = default
config = default

Open Your Ports

Once you get your node running, make sure you open your 30337 and your 8545ports, otherwise your miners won't be able to connect.

Download & Configure Your Miner

Download your miner and configure your miner.ini file with your master node's IP address. You can do it over LAN or use your public IP address and mine over the internet:

[Miner]
pool_url = http://192.168.XX.XX:8545
account = 0x000000000000000000000000000000000000dead
cpu_threads = 12
worker_name = r5miner_worker

Start Mining

Once you have everything configured and setup, just start your miner normally. If you have any connection issues, you should see an error message on your miner console, and if it connects successfully, you will see the progress in the miner's console while it gets the work, generates the cache, and starts to mine.

IMPORTANT: Right now, the account and worker_name fields aren't being used by the miner. It will mine to the wallet you have configured in your master node's node.ini file. These are there for future iteration and support for actual mining pools.

A checklist for everything to work:

• Port 8545 needs to be open in the master node.

• You must ensure you have rpc and miner enabled in the master node.

• You must ensure you use the correct IP address in your miner's config file.