NiceHash easy to use CPU&GPU Miner
NiceHash Miner is an easy to use CPU & GPU cryptocurrency miner for Windows. With a simple an intuitive graphical user interface it allows you to quickly turn your PC, workstation or server into money-making cryptocurrency mining machine. Why leave your computer idle, whereas it could earn you Bitcoins with just a few clicks?
Please follow us on Twitter @NiceHashMining for updates on new versions and other important information.
NiceHash Miner is essentially the only tool a miner needs. No need to go through tons of configuration files, various mining software versions, configuration tuning or cryptocurrency coins market analysis. Auto-tuning for best performance and efficiency, automatic selection and runtime automatic switching to most profitable cryptocurrency algorithm are all integrated into NiceHash Miner and will enable you seamless, joyful and profitable mining experience.
All you have to do is download, extract and run the miner (no installation needed), choose the server location that is the closest to your location, run built-in benchmark and enter your Bitcoin wallet address where you want to get your coins sent at - and you are ready to start mining and maximizing your profit.
Note: .NET Framework 2.0 or higher and Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable 2013 is required. No additional installations should be needed if you use Windows 7 or later. However, if you encounter any issues when starting application (application would fail to start or errors/warnings about missing DLL files are displayed) you should download and install Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 and Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable 2013 (vcredist_x64.exe) (after installation a reboot might be required).
Detailed instructions:
WARNING: Due to specific requirements of the supporting back-end program "sgminer", you can not run NiceHash Miner through Windows RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol) if you are using AMD GPUs. If you still wish to use remote access to your computer while running NiceHash Miner we suggest you to use TeamViewer: https://www.teamviewer.com.
As a back-end NiceHash Miner relies on the NiceHash.com service. By running NiceHash Miner you're essentially selling the hashing power of your CPUs & GPUs to hashing power buyers. Those are using the hashing power to mine various cryptocurrency coins and support decentralized blockchain networks - similar to cloud computing - only that by running NiceHash Miner you're actually being a provider for the cryptocurrency mining hashing power. You are being part of a global compute power network, empowering decentralized digital currencies.
Profitability of mining can go up and down that may be unprofitable to mine especially places with high electricity cost. By using the "MinimumProfit" settings, NiceHashMiner will stop mining if the current profits are below the minimum amount (in USD). This will help you mine during "profitable" times only.
Click 'Settings' button. NiceHash Miner will be relaunched with the ability to modify configs. Alternatively, you can manually modify \configs\General.json for general settings and \configs\benchmark_XXX.json (XXX is your device UUID) files for device benchmark settings (close NiceHash Miner first).
| Parameter | Range | Description |
|---|---|---|
| ConfigFileVersion | Version | This is to identify which version of NiceHashMiner did the config file is made from. |
| Language | number | Language selection for NiceHashMiner GUI. |
| DisplayCurrency | valid 3 letter code | Converts to selected currency via http://fixer.io valid options are any supported via fixer. |
| DebugConsole | true or false | When set to true, it displays debug console. |
| BitcoinAddress | valid BTC address | The address that NiceHashMiner will mine to. |
| WorkerName | text | To identify the computer on NiceHash web UI. |
| ServiceLocation | number | Used to select the location of the mining server. |
| HideMiningWindows | true or false | When set to true, sgminer, ccminer and cpuminer console windows will be hidden. |
| MinimizeToTray | true or false | When set to true, NiceHashMiner will minimize to the system tray. |
| ForceCPUExtension | 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4 | Force certain CPU extension miner. 0 is automatic, 1 for AVX2, 2 for AVX, 3 for AES and 4 for SSE2. |
| SwitchMinSecondsFixed | number | Fixed part of minimal time (in seconds) before miner switches algorithm. Total time is SwitchMinSecondsFixed + SwitchMinSecondsDynamic. |
| SwitchMinSecondsDynamic | number | Random part of minimal time (in seconds) before miner switches algorithm. Total time is SwitchMinSecondsFixed + SwitchMinSecondsDynamic. Random part is used to prevent all world-wide NiceHash Miner users to have the exact same switching pattern. |
| SwitchMinSecondsAMD | number | Fixed part of minimal time (in seconds) before miner switches algorithm (additional time for AMD GPUs). Total time is SwitchMinSecondsFixed + SwitchMinSecondsAMD + SwitchMinSecondsDynamic. |
| MinerAPIQueryInterval | number | Amount of time between each API call to get the latest stats from miner. |
| MinerRestartDelayMS | number | Amount of time to delay before trying to restart the miner. |
| BenchmarkTimeLimits\CPU | numbers | List of benchmarking time (in seconds). The first one is for "Quick benchmark", second one is for "Standard benchmark" and third one is for "Precise benchmark". |
| BenchmarkTimeLimits\NVIDIA | numbers | List of benchmarking time (in seconds). The first one is for "Quick benchmark", second one is for "Standard benchmark" and third one is for "Precise benchmark". |
| BenchmarkTimeLimits\AMD | numbers | List of benchmarking time (in seconds). The first one is for "Quick benchmark", second one is for "Standard benchmark" and third one is for "Precise benchmark". |
| DeviceDetection\DisableDetectionNVidia6X | true or false | Set it to true if you would like to skip the detection of NVidia6.X GPUs. |
| DeviceDetection\DisableDetectionNVidia5X | true or false | Set it to true if you would like to skip the detection of NVidia5.X GPUs. |
| DeviceDetection\DisableDetectionNVidia3X | true or false | Set it to true if you would like to skip the detection of NVidia3.X GPUs. |
| DeviceDetection\DisableDetectionNVidia2X | true or false | Set it to true if you would like to skip the detection of NVidia2.X GPUs. |
| DeviceDetection\DisableDetectionAMD | true or false | Set it to true if you would like to skip the detection of AMD GPUs. |
| AutoScaleBTCValues | true or false | Set it to true if you wish to see the BTC values autoscale to the appropriate scale. |
| StartMiningWhenIdle | true or false | Automatically start mining when computer is idle and stop mining when computer is being used. |
| MinIdleSeconds | number | When StartMiningWhenIdle is set to true, MinIdleSeconds tells how many seconds computer has to be idle before mining starts. |
| LogToFile | true or false | Set it to true if you would like NiceHashMiner to log to a file. |
| LogMaxFileSize | number | The maximum size (in bytes) of the log file before roll over. |
| ShowDriverVersionWarning | true or false | Set to true if you would like to get a warning if less than ideal driver for mining is detected. |
| DisableWindowsErrorReporting | true or false | Set it to true if you would like to disable windows error reporting. This will allow NiceHashMiner to restart the miner in the case of the miner crashes. |
| UseNewSettingsPage | true or false | Set to true if you would like to use the new Settings form. |
| NVIDIAP0State | true or false | When set to true, NiceHashMiner would change all supported NVidia GPUs to P0 state. This will increase some performance on certain algorithms. |
| ethminerDefaultBlockHeight | number | A fallback number that will be used if API call fails. This is only used for benchmarking. |
| EthminerDagGenerationType | 0, 1, 2, 3 | Set ethminer DAG mode generation 0 - SingleKeep, 1 - Single, 2 - Sequential, 3 - Parallel. |
| ApiBindPortPoolStart | number | Set the starting value (default is 5100) for miners API ports. When a new miner is created it will use an avaliable API port starting from the ApiBindPortPoolStart and higher. |
| MinimumProfit | number | If set to any value more than 0 (USD), NiceHashMiner will stop mining if the calculated profit falls below the set amount. |
| LastDevicesSettup | device settup list | This list is used for setting if a device is enabled or disabled. |
| LastDevicesSettup\Enabled | true or false | Set to false if you would like to disable this device for benchmarking and mining by NiceHashMiner. |
| LastDevicesSettup\UUID | text | Used for unique identification purposes in the config file (DO NOT EDIT) |
| LastDevicesSettup\Name | text | Used for identification purposes in the config file (DO NOT EDIT) |
| Parameter | Range | Description |
|---|---|---|
| DeviceUUID | text | Used for unique identification purposes in the config file (DO NOT EDIT) |
| DeviceName | text | Used for identification purposes in the config file (DO NOT EDIT) |
| AlgorithmSettings | dictionary {key: text, value: Algorithm } | Key value paired dictionary with avaliable device algorithms settings. Keys should not be edited only Algorithm data. |
| AlgorithmSettings\Algorithm\NiceHashID | number | Algorithm ID (DO NOT EDIT) |
| AlgorithmSettings\Algorithm\MinerName | text | specific miner name setting (DO NOT EDIT) |
| AlgorithmSettings\Algorithm\BenchmarkSpeed | number | Fine tune algorithm ratios by manually setting benchmark speeds for each algorithm. |
| A |
No open issues yet, or sync has not completed.