VerusCoin (VRSC) CLI mining
You want to mine some VerusCoin but you feel lost on how to do it? Do not worry, this article will explain to you how you can easily setup your own mining server.
What is VerusCoin
For those who don’t know, VerusCoin is a new coin built on the top of Komodo. You can find more information on the project here: https://veruscoin.io
What do you need to mine
In order to start mining, you need a spare machine. It can be a physical or a virtual system or even in the cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP, etc). This tutorial will guide you through the deployment of an Ubuntu Server 18.04 LTS instance.
Installation
Once your system is installed, the first thing to do is to check if it’s fully updated:
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
Once the system is updated, you can install the dependencies:
sudo apt-get install screen build-essential pkg-config libc6-dev m4 g++-multilib autoconf libtool ncurses-dev unzip git python zlib1g-dev wget libcurl4-openssl-dev bsdmainutils automake curl
Then you can pull the latest sources from the team’s repository. In this tutorial, we will deploy it in the home folder, feel free to update the commands to your need.
rm -rf VerusCoin && git clone https://github.com/VerusCoin/VerusCoin.git
Alternatively, if you like to be on the bleeding edge, you can clone the dev repo:
rm -rf ~/VerusCoin && git clone -b dev https://github.com/VerusCoin/VerusCoin.git
Now you are ready to build the project:
cd ~/VerusCoin && ./zcutil/fetch-params.sh && ./zcutil/build.sh
For the expert user, you can set the number of thread to use to build the project, depending on your system this can greatly reduce the build time:
cd VerusCoin && ./zcutil/fetch-params.sh && ./zcutil/build.sh -jxx
You just need to replace “-jxx” per the number of thread (ie -j8 or -j32).
Now go and grab a coffee or a tea as the build time can last for up to thirty to forty minutes. Again this can vary depending on your system and the number of threads allocated.
Configuration
Before we can start the mining we need to setup the config file so you can use the CLI later.
nano ~/.komodo/komodo.conf
Then fill it with the following config
rpcuser=ChangeMe!
rpcpassword=ChangeMe!
txindex=1
addnode=5.9.102.210
addnode=78.47.196.146
addnode=178.63.69.164
addnode=88.198.65.74
addnode=5.9.122.241
addnode=144.76.94.38
addnode=89.248.166.91
Now, create the VRSC config as follow:
nano ~/.komodo/VRSC/VRSC.conf
Then fill it with the following config
rpcuser=ChangeMe!
rpcpassword=ChangeMe!
txindex=1
bind=0.0.0.0
rpcbind=0.0.0.0
rpcallowip=127.0.0.1
addnode=5.9.102.210
addnode=78.47.196.146
addnode=178.63.69.164
addnode=88.198.65.74
addnode=5.9.122.241
addnode=144.76.94.38
addnode=89.248.166.91
You can now launch the daemon to mine:
screen -dmS komodod ~/VerusCoin/src/komodod -ac_name=VRSC -ac_algo=verushash -ac_cc=1 -ac_veruspos=50 -ac_supply=0 -ac_eras=3 -ac_reward=0,38400000000,2400000000 -ac_halving=1,43200,1051920 -ac_decay=100000000,0,0 -ac_end=10080,226080,0 -ac_timelockgte=19200000000 -ac_timeunlockfrom=129600 -ac_timeunlockto=1180800 -addnode=185.25.48.72 -addnode=185.25.48.236 -addnode=185.64.105.111 -gen -genproclimit=XX -notary
Please update the argument -genproclimit=XX and specify the number of thread you wish to use to mine.
Optionally, you can specify a public key by adding -pubkey=XX in the parameters
This command will start the mining daemon inside a screen session. You can attach to this screen using the command
screen -r komodod
inside the screen session, you can either stop the daemon with crtl+C or detach from the screen using the combination ctrl+a, ctrl+d
Once launched, the daemon will create a wallet that you can find (and backup!) at ~/.komodo/VRSC/wallet.dat
You can review the activity of the daemon with the following command:
tail -f 1000 ~/.komodo/VRSC/debug.log
At first launch, the daemon will synchronize with the network. Mining will start once the synchronization is finished.
And voila, your server is mining VersuCoins!
Full script and useful commands:
Build script
cd ~ && \
sudo apt-get -y update && \
sudo apt-get -y upgrade && \
sudo apt-get -y install screen build-essential pkg-config libc6-dev m4 g++-multilib autoconf libtool ncurses-dev unzip git python zlib1g-dev wget libcurl4-openssl-dev bsdmainutils automake curl && \rm -rf ~/VerusCoin && \
git clone https://github.com/VerusCoin/VerusCoin.git ~/VerusCoin && \cd ~/VerusCoin && \
./zcutil/fetch-params.sh && \
./zcutil/build.sh
Get mining info:
~/VerusCoin/src/komodo-cli -rpcuser=ChangeMe! -rpcpassword=ChangeMe! getmininginfo
Get wallet info:
~/VerusCoin/src/komodo-cli -rpcuser=ChangeMe! -rpcpassword=ChangeMe! getwalletinfo
Get general info:
~/VerusCoin/src/komodo-cli -rpcuser=ChangeMe! -rpcpassword=ChangeMe! getinfo
View the daemon:
screen -r komodod
Leave the daemon:
Once on screen, each with “CTRL + A and then CRTL + D”
Stop the daemon:
On the screen session, just CRTL + C to stop the daemon and close the screen session
Review the daemon log:
tail -1000f ~/.komodo/VRSC/debug.log
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