An Introduction to Miner Agent Server

Why should I deploy my miner agent server?

In large mining farms with a massive number of miners, directly connecting all miners to the pool address may lead to a higher rejection rate due to unstable network conditions. Especially during task switching, if the network is not stable enough, miners may continue working on outdated tasks that have already been replaced by the pool, resulting in wasted hashrate.

By deploying a miner agent server, tasks from the pool will first be sent to the server, which then distributes them to miners. Similarly, mining results are first submitted to the miner agent server before being passed to the pool. This setup consolidates communications, reduces latency, ensures miners always receive the latest tasks, avoids processing expired tasks, and minimizes failures caused by network congestion — thereby improving effective hashrate and mining profitability.

If you are operating a large-scale mining farm with significant hashrate and managing many miners, it is worth considering setting up your own miner agent server.

What are the benefits of setting up a miner agent server?

1. The agent server is dedicated to delivering and submitting tasks, allowing miners to focus on stable mining.

2. By consolidating connections from multiple miners, it reduces bandwidth usage and frees up network resources for both the mining pool and the mining farm.

3. Improves mining stability and effective hashrate, reducing waste caused by unstable network connections.

Note: The miner agent server currently supports only BTC and LTC.

What should I prepare before installation?

Before deploying the miner agent server, please make the following preparations:

1. A computer (Windows or Ubuntu system) with internet access to run the miner agent server.

2. The computer and miners should be within the same local area network (LAN).

Note: After configuration, this computer will serve as your miner agent server and must remain running for long periods.

Deployment Guide for Linux and Windows Versions

For more detailed steps, please refer to: https://github.com/viabtc/mineragent/tree/master