Ubuntu 16.04 Bismuth Mining Guide for the ACC Pool
Miner stats link https://bismuth.acc-pool.pw/miners.php?
Slack Invite https://cryptobismuth.herokuapp.com/
1. Install Ubuntu server and Bismuth Node/Wallet.
https://www.ubuntu.com/download
https://github.com/hclivess/Bismuth/releases/
2. You can mine as root or create a new user.
3. Install Dependencies
sudo apt-get install python-twisted
sudo apt-get install python-pip
sudo apt-get install python-pip --fix-missing
sudo apt-get install python-socks
sudo apt-get install unzip
4. Download miner zip file
wget "https://www.dropbox.com/s/ih9il49vu9yw7n9/Minerv2.zip?dl=0"
5. Unzip Miner file
unzip Minerv2.zip?dl=0
6. CD into miner file
cd Miner
7. Create text file to use for launching miner
touch startminer.bash
8. Edit startminer.bash for your address, worker name and threads
nano startminer.bash
startminer.bash default text
./miner fd3b75f8bc6d1c76f5cf9b080fead0ea627cfb1c80de057d335e805a rig1
^ $ &
(^=do not change) ($=your Bismuth address) (&=your rig name)
Save and exit. Press ctrl + o to save and press enter to write the file. Then press ctrl +x to exit.
9. chmod files to be executable
chmod +x startminer.bash
chmod +x miner
10. ( For VPS users) Local Machine Users skip to #11
If on a hosted VPS and you want the miner to keep running after closing the SSH session run this.
tmux
If not installed run
sudo apt-get install tmux
Then run.
./startminer.bash
Then press ctrl + b at the same time and then press d. You can then close the SSH session and the miner will keep running.
On reconnect to reopen to terminal window with the miner running use this command.
tmux attach
11. start miner using the startminer.bash file
./startminer.bash