VTC (VertCoin) Mining Tutorial

VertCoin, referred to as VTC, uses the Lyra2REv3 algorithm to prevent ASIC miners, so as to allow more people to participate in mining and achieve better decentralization.

This algorithm supports GPU mining (supports N cards and A cards), both Windows and Linux.

【 VTC official website 】                     【 VTC Block Explorer 】        

1. Mining equipment and mining environment

Mining equipment: GPU, mainstream graphics card (N card, A card) are all acceptable.

Operating system: Windows, Linux, Mac is not currently supported.

Mining software: Ccminer (NVIDIA), CryptoDredge (NIVDIA), Sgminer (AMD).

2. Get the wallet address

The VTC wallet address can be obtained from the following channels.

Full Node Wallet ( Windows & MacOS & Linux ) :

https://vertcoin.org/download/

App (Android & iOS):

Coinomi  

Exchange:

Bittrex ; Poloniex ; CryptoBridge .

Note: Different countries have different regulatory policies on exchanges, and the relevant risks are borne by the miners themselves.

3. Get mining software

The mining software can be obtained through the following link.

F2Pool Version (NVIDIA & AMD):

【Baidu Netdisk】 【Mega Cloud Disk】

The F2Pool version has created a batch file for miners. The default mining pool is F2Pool. You only need to replace the wallet address in the configuration parameters with your own VTC wallet address and save the settings.

Original miner software:

Ccminer original link: https://github.com/tpruvot/ccminer/releases/

CryptoDredge original link: https://github.com/technobyl/CryptoDredge/releases

Sgminer original link: https://github.com/fancyIX/sgminer-phi2-branch/releases

The original miner software requires miners to create batch files by themselves and configure them according to the following parameters.

4. Set mining parameters and start mining

4.1 Ccminer mining software settings (support N card)

Download the Ccminer mining software, select "Extract files to the current folder", and find the "start.bat" file, as shown in the figure below:

Right-click "start.bat" and select "Edit". In the start.bat file, set the parameters as follows:

ccminer-x64.exe -a lyra2v3 -o stratum+tcp://vtc.f2pool.com:5810 – wallet_address . worker_name -px

As shown in the figure below. Set the VTC mining pool address, and set the miner's own VTC receiving address (wallet_address) and miner number (worker_name). If there are multiple machines, setting the miner number can be used to distinguish the machines. The wallet address and miner number are separated by an English period ".". When modifying, only modify the corresponding characters, and do not add or subtract spaces or punctuation.

After setting the mining parameters, save and run the "start.bat" file to start mining.

4.2 CryptoDredge mining software settings (support N card)

After obtaining the mining software, decompress it to the current folder and find the "start.bat" file.

Right-click "start.bat", select Edit, open the file, and set the mining parameters as follows:

CryptoDredge -a lyra2v3 -o stratum+tcp://vtc.f2pool.com:5810 -u wallet_address . worker_name -px

As shown in the figure below, set the VTC mining pool address and port number, and set your own VTC receiving address (wallet_address) and miner number (worker_name). The wallet address and miner number are separated by an English period ".". When modifying, only modify the corresponding characters, and do not add or reduce spaces or punctuation.

Then, save and run the "start.bat" file to start mining.

4.3 Sgminer mining software settings (support A card)

After obtaining the mining software, decompress it to the current folder and find the "start.bat" file.

Right-click "start.bat", select Edit, open the file, and set the mining parameters as follows:

setx GPU_FORCE_64BIT_PTR 1
setx GPU_USE_SYNC_OBJECTS 1
setx GPU_MAX_ALLOC_PERCENT 95
setx GPU_SINGLE_ALLOC_PERCENT 95
setx GPU_MAX_HEAP_SIZE 95

.\sgminer.exe -k lyra2Rev3 -o stratum+tcp://vtc.f2pool.com:5810 -u wallet_address . worker_name -w 256 -I 24 -px

As shown in the figure below, set the VTC mining pool address and port number, and set your own VTC receiving address (wallet_address) and miner number (worker_name). The wallet address and miner number are separated by an English period ".". When modifying, only modify the corresponding characters, and do not add or reduce spaces or punctuation.

Then, save and run the "start.bat" file to start mining.

5. Mining machine monitoring and profit viewing

1. After the machine runs for a while and submits data to the mining pool, you can check the operating status and income of the mining machine. You can visit the official website of F2Pool ( https://www.f2pool.com ), enter the wallet address in the search bar in the upper right corner, and click View to view the mining machine status and income.

2. You can also log in through the F2Pool App ( click to download ), select "Quick View" in the lower right corner of the login page, and enter the VTC wallet address set in the mining software to log in.

3. If you have any questions about VTC mining and need help, you can add the QQ group, F2pool official VTC exchange group: 663446499.