ETH Mining Guide

Introduction
ETH Ethereum 
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Ethereum, founded by Vitalik Buterin, created an alternative protocol for building decentralized applications, by establishing what is essentially the ultimate abstract foundational layer: a blockchain with a built-in Turing-complete programming language, allowing anyone to write smart contracts and decentralized applications where they can create their own arbitrary rules for ownership, transaction formats, and state transition functions. 


Applicable Miners
NVIDA and AMD Graphic Cards are both available. 


Payment methods and Mining modes
Choose a payment method in ViaBTC (What are PPS+, PPLNS and SOLO?)


Mining Setup

Method 1: Claymore 
1. Notes
1). You can use ViaBTC username or ETH deposit address of ViaBTC pool as your mining username when applying ETH mining software(e.g. ETH-miner/Claymore) or other softwares.
2). Please make sure your deposit address of ViaBTC pool is correct when filling username, otherwise, your username will not be identifiable, resulting in mining failure. 

2. Download Software
URL: https://github.com/Claymore-Dual/Claymore-Dual-Miner

There are two versions. Linux version, starts with "Linux" and the other one is Windows version. Please download the mining software accordingly. 

3. Configure Software
1)  Enter the username in your main account/sub account in www.viabtc.com. Unzip it to a separate folder and find "start.bat". Open it with TextPad or any applicable editor and re-edit the file:
EthDcrMiner64.exe -epool ethereum.viabtc.com:443 -ewal username -allpools 1 -epsw x -eworker worker1 -mode 1 -retrydelay 3 -mport 3333 -dbg -1

Find epools.txt and open it with TextPad or any applicable editor to re-edit the file from the first line:
POOL: ethereum.viabtc.com:443, WALLET: username, WORKER: worker1, PSW: x
POOL: ethereum.viabtc.com:25, WALLET: username, WORKER: worker1, PSW: x 

Note: Please change the username into the one used for your main/sub account in ViaBTC, change worker1 into your miner name (%computername% can be optional).

Click "Save" to save your current settings. 

2) Enter the ETH deposit address in www.viabtc.com as the wallet address. 
Find start.bat and open it with TextPad or any applicable editor to re-edit the file:
EthDcrMiner64.exe -epool ethereum.viabtc.com:443 -ewal wallet address -allpools 1 -epsw x -eworker worker1 -mode 1 -retrydelay 3 -mport 3333 -dbg -1

Find epools.txt and open it with TextPad or any applicable editor to re-edit the file from the first line:
POOL: ethereum.viabtc.com:443, WALLET: wallet address, WORKER: worker1, PSW: x
POOL: ethereum.viabtc.com:25, WALLET: wallet address, WORKER: worker1, PSW: x

Note: Please change the wallet address to the ETH deposit address in pool.viabtc.com, worker1 as miners name. (%computername% can be optional).

Click "Save" to save your current settings. 

4. Deploy Mining 
Double click "start.bat" to start mining.

Method 2: ETH-Miner
1. Notes
1). You can use ViaBTC username or ETH deposit address of ViaBTC pool as your mining username when applying ETH mining software(eg: ETH-miner/Claymore) or other softwares.
2). Please make sure your deposit address of ViaBTC pool is correct when filling username, otherwise, your username will not be identifiable, resulting in mining failure. 
3). Unlike Bitcoin using ASIC miners, ETH use GPU miners for mining.

2. Preparations
1) To begin with, you'll need a Windows(Linux) PC to run the mining software for applicable GPU types. 
2) Mining software: Mining proxy software (eth-proxy.exe), Mining software (start-eth-miner.bat). Download it from here: http://download.viabtc.com/viabtc-eth-miner.zip
3) GPU Mining: Install graphic cards on your PC and start ETH mining. 

Note: Find eth-proxy and eth-miner in the folder for your operation system (Windows or Linux compatible).

3. Set mining proxy 
1) Locate eth-proxy.conf in the eth-proxy folder and open it with TextPad or any applicable editor to re-edit the file:
WALLET = “username"  #username must be entered here
2) Double click eth-proxy.exe in the eth-proxy download folder after setting to run the mining software.

Note: Enter the username in your main account/sub account or ETH deposit address in www.viabtc.com. You can leave other options by default.

4. Configure mining software
1) Locate "start-eth-miner.bat" in the [eth-miner] folder.
2) Find the line written with “http://eth-proxyLANaddress:8080/workID”, change “eth-proxyLANaddress” to the IP address of PC running [eth-proxy], e.g.127.0.0.1. Meanwhile, you're recommended to change workerID to numbers only, e.g. the first mining rig can be named as 001, second one as 002 and etc. In this way, it's easier to manage your miners on the Miners' Interface. 

5. Deploy mining 
Double click "start-eth-miner.bat" to run the mining software. 


Monitoring & Earnings
After the miner has been stabilized for around 10-15 mins , you can check operation status and profits via Workers and Earnings page. You can also download ViaPool to view the related data at any time.


Payout
Auto Withdrawal      (ZERO fee and unified payment everyday, recommended!)
Normal Transfer       (Transfer anytime but fee is required)
Inter-user Transfer   (ZERO confirmation and fee)
Transfer to CoinEx    (ZERO confirmation and fee)


Why do I need to set multiple ports?
We recommend that users set multiple ports to ensure stable and sustainable mining. Should one of them is inactive, the miner will switch to the next one automatically.


If my miner is disconnected, how to fix it?
The status will become active after the miner keep running for around 10 to 20 minutes.  
If the worker keeps producing invalid shares, please check your settings on the dashboard.
If the issue remains unresolved after checking, feel free to send us a ticket.