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Linux (NVIDIA)

Solo Mining in Ubuntu (NVIDIA)​

Step 1: Synchronize the Daemon​

Open a terminal in the directory with zanod, and run it: 1

./zanod

Allow the daemon to synchronize, while we complete other steps.

Step 2: Install TT-Miner​

Open another terminal within the same director, and download TT-Miner application:

wget https://github.com/TrailingStop/TT-Miner-release/releases/download/2023.1.0/TT-Miner-2023.1.0.tar.gz

Extract and then remove the original .tar file:

tar -xf TT-Miner-2023.1.0.tar.gz
rm TT-Miner-2023.1.0.tar.gz

Enter the new TT-Miner directory, and open ZANO-SOLO.shusing Nano (or other text editor):

cd TT-Miner
nano ZANO-SOLO.sh

Note the contents. They provide the basic instructions for setting up TT-Miner (though they will require slight modifications):

rem Your call to start the ZANO stratrum should look like this. You have to replace <YOUR_WALLET_ID> rem with the address of your ZANO-Wallet

rem zanod.exe --stratum --stratum-miner-address=<YOUR_WALLET_ID> --stratum-bind-port=11555

rem TT commandline ./TT-Miner -luck -coin ZANO -P <YOUR_WORKER_NAME>@127.0.0.1:11555 pause

Exit Nano (ctl+x), but leave the terminal and directory open; we'll return to it soon.

Step 3: Nvidia Driver Installation​

Since Ubuntu uses all open source drivers, you may need to install the proper proprietary Nvidia driver (for use with Cuda below). To determine which FOSS driver you may have, and which proprietary driver is recommended, give the command:

sudo ubuntu-drivers devices

You should see something like the following:

If you already have proprietary drivers, you can skip the next three sub-steps.

If you need to upgrade, do so to the suggested driver:

sudo ubuntu-drivers autoinstall

You will now need to reboot your system for these changes to be made (if so, remember to stop the daemon and close all open terminals).

Unless you already have Cuda Advanced Libraries installed on your Linux machine, we have one additional installation before running TT-Miner: 2

sudo apt install nvidia-cuda-toolkit

If you wish to check on the installation, give:

nvcc --version

Step 4: Starting TT-Miner​

Once your node is fully synced, stop it (ctl+c). In the same terminal, restart zanod with the following flags, taken from the above ZANO-SOLO.sh file:

./zanod --stratum --stratum-miner-address=<YOUR_WALLET_ID> --stratum-bind-port=11555

Note the above has two important adjustments from what is given in ZANO-SOLO.SH:

  • You must account for Linux, substituing zanod.exe with ./zanod.

  • You must replace <YOUR_WALLET_ID>, with your wallet's receive address (note this is neither your rig nor wallet name).

If you do not place your receive address there, you may get an error such as the following:

But if there are no other problems, the daemon should start, eventually confiming synchronization:

We're ready to run TT-Miner. Open a new terminal in the same directory as both ZANO-SOLO.sh and TT-Miner .

Give the command: 

./TT-Miner -luck -coin ZANO -u miner -o 127.0.0.1:11555

The miner should start, displaying your statistics:

And if you switch to the terminal with your daemon running, you should now see this:

Congratulations, you're solo mining Zano!

  1. This guide assumes you've already installed, and can use, a CLI wallet and its daemon. If you haven't, see those guides here and here, respectively. ↩
  2. If you get the following error, you'll need to install Cuda: ./TT-Miner: error while loading shared libraries: libcuda.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory.↩