What exactly is minerstat?

Minerstat is a mining monitoring and management platform that provides a variety of software and monitoring options for any mining device. For one GPU rig or ASIC, it is free. Minerstat is suitable for both small mining operations and farms, as it comes with all of the necessary software and features to meet any specific requirements.

BEGINNERS GUIDE

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Minerstat is not a cloud mining company or an intermediary; you will mine on the pool(s) you choose, and the pool will pay you for the coins you mine.

Mining with graphics processing units

For AMD and Nvidia rigs, you can use a Linux-based mining OS and/or Windows mining software. For mining on more than 100 algorithms, our GPU mining software supports more than 40 different GPUs and more than 40 different mining clients.

Mining and monitoring with ASICs

ASIC Hub is available in two versions for ASIC monitoring. It's installed on a separate computer that acts as a server, keeping track of all ASICs on the local network. ASIC Hub is compatible with a wide range of Antminer, Whatsminer, Innosilicon, Dayun, Spondoolies, StrongU, and Avalon miners.

Dashboard

The minerstat dashboard has a lot of different options.

Management of the workers

Oversight and general monitoring of your employees;
Page with information about the worker;
Workers list page with all details, filtering options for faster troubleshooting, and bulk actions;
Control room, which can be used as a heat map, to organise workers to fit their actual establishment.
To save your pools and wallets in one place, use the address editor.
ClockTune allows you to remotely overclock and undervolt your AMD and Nvidia GPUs on Windows and msOS.
Change the worker's groups, change mining clients with a simple or advanced editor, add electricity costs for the worker, set temperature limits, and more on the worker's configuration page.
When you want to quickly switch between different options (directly from the workers' list page), use config templates.

Analyses of workers

Hashrates, temperature, efficiency, overall profitability, per worker profitability, per coin profitability, and other historical charts;
All workers' logs are kept for 24 hours;
A diagnostic tool that shows you how your mining operation is improving.

Automation of workers

Profit switch with advanced options for switching between coins and multi-algo pools;
Adjustable settings and alerts for individual workers or groups of workers;
Triggers for individual workers or groups of workers, as well as settings that can be adjusted;
Benchmarking tool for your own pools and wallets that allows you to do a simple and quick benchmark as well as an advanced benchmark.
Use the scheduler to plan your mining operation or as a fee controller for your manager.

Finance

Market capitalization with price, 24 hour volume, and 24 hour change for the top 1,000 coins;
More than 500 coins and multi-algo pools are supported by this mining calculator.
There are over 500 coins and multi-algo pools on this list.

Other features and tools

Custom mining client integrations with import and export capabilities;
For msOS, AMD Memory Tweak;
BIOS flashing software;
Users management, which aids in the organisation of your team and customers;
The ability to make a public profile;
Brand the public profile or move it to your own domain with a white label solution.

What exactly is a worker?

The term "worker" refers to a mining machine that will be monitored and managed via the minerstat dashboard. Each worker is a slot on your minerstat dashboard to which your mining machine can be connected.

A worker can be linked to one or more of the following:

One machine with up to 16 AMD GPUs, one machine with up to 16 Nvidia GPUs, or one machine with up to 16 ASIC GPUs
Keep in mind that a single worker can only monitor and manage one machine, which means:
ultiple workers can't use the same machine, and one worker can't use multiple machines.

Where do I begin?

To mine with minerstat, follow these steps:

You must have mining hardware: ASIC machine or GPU rig
You must first decide which coin you want to mine.
You must have a wallet address that you will use to mine on the pool of your choice.

Minerstat is compatible with all major pools as well as a variety of mining clients.

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By registering a new account, you can begin using the minerstat monitoring and management system if you own at least one GPU mining rig or one ASIC machine. This will generate a new, free plan for you to test the system with just one worker. If you'd like to test a larger mining operation, please contact us and we'll set up your free trial.

You can either follow the steps outlined in our first minerstat mining tutorial or watch the introduction video after you've created a new account.

Mining with graphics processing units (GPUs)

On the workers page, add a new worker;
You'll see a button to download software along with installation instructions.
After you've installed it, you'll be able to mine to the DEMO address.
In the address editor, change the DEMO address and add your pools and wallets;
Select the default mining client in the worker's config and update the client's configuration by using tags from the address editor or directly entering the config content;
Changes should be saved.
When your rig is mining, you can use the minerstat dashboard to explore all of the other features.

ASICs

On the workers page, add a new worker;
You'll see a button that will take you to ASIC Hub installation instructions.
Your ASIC worker will appear online once the software is installed.
After your ASIC has been successfully monitored, you can explore the rest of the minerstat dashboard's features.

What is the location of the pool address?

We'll go over how to locate a complete pool stratum address, add it to your address editor, and then select it in the miner options in the worker's config in this article.

How do I locate a mining pool?

We'll use Ethereum as an example, but the procedure is the same for other coins.

NOTE

This section assumes you're looking for a specific coin's pool address. The Pools page can be used to quickly set filters for pools, view the coins mineable on a specific pool, and so on.

To begin from the beginning, we must first determine which coin we intend to add a stratum address to.
To get started, go to the minerstat coins page.
We can either use the suggested popular options or search from here. Let's say we started with ETH.
On the top of the page, select the Pools tab.
We must now locate the pool that we wish to use. For some coins, there are only a few options available, while for others, there are many. If you need some assistance, check out this pool selection guide.
Once we've located the pool we want to mine in, click on its name.
The pool's page will appear after that. Let's pretend we've just launched Ezil.
Locate the pool website button in the bottom-left corner of the page. In our case, we're talking about the Ezil website.

The next steps will vary by pool, but we've included some examples below. The plan is to find a guide that explains how to start mining the coin we want on a specific pool and copy the address closest to our location from there.

Examples

For the simplest setup, use non-SSL (often referred to as TCP or Stratum) ports and addresses. Additional steps are required if SSL connections are to be used.

Ezil

To open the detailed guide with pool addresses for Ezil, press Start mining and select Minerstat. Alternatively, we can use the main or backup addresses by pressing all available ports, then finding the location and coin combination.

Ethermine is a mineral that is found in the earth (Flypool, etc.)

Press Start mining on the top-right of the page for Ethermine and other pools like Flypool, then find the required location and select the port. The port should be added to the address in the address editor, and the server address and port should be separated by a : symbol. asia2.ethermine.org:14444 is an example.

2Miners

Scroll down the page for 2Miners and click on the coin you'd like to join a pool for. Then, on the opened page, click Quick Start and copy the address from the Server column — if multiple options are available, use the one with the closest location to you. For instance, https://eth.2miners.com:2020

F2Pool

Scroll down the page to see the supported coins for F2Pool. Enter the coin ticker (short name) into the right-hand lookup bar and select the result. Then, under the Mining Address header, copy the address. You can use any of the addresses if you are given more than one. eth.f2pool.com:6688 is an example.

Nanopool

Click Overview under the coin for which you want to create a pool in Nanopool. Scroll down the page a little, then locate the required location and select the Stratum port. The port should be added to the address in the address editor, and the server address and port should be separated by a : symbol. eth-eu1.nanopool.org:9999 is an example.

Suprnova

Find the coin you want to pool for in Suprnova and click Start mining next to it. If multiple addresses are presented, choose the one that best fits your needs — closest location, VaryDiff / GPU / ASIC, etc. rvn.suprnova.cc:8888 is an example.

Pools of import partners

The Download (JSON) button can be used to save all of the pool addresses for a given minerstat partner pool found on the Partners page. After you've saved the file, go to the Address Editor - Pools section and press the top right import button. Select and upload the saved file. All of the pools will be loaded and usable, just like the ones that were previously added.