lolMiner is a mining software for a large number of cryptocurrency algorithms on video cards, including for Ethash, Etchash, Beam, as well as for the most popular variants of Cuckoo Cycle and Equihash.
lolMiner is based on OpenCL and was originally focused on mining with AMD graphics cards, but now it also supports mining with Nvidia, as well as mining with mixed AMD and Nvidia configurations. The key advantages of lolMiner are: wide compatibility with video cards of various types and brands, fair display of the hash rate and prompt online support.
Basic parameters in command line
Configure the algorithm to mine
There are two ways in lolMiner how to specify the algorithm you want to mine. You need to choose one of them to start mining.
The first option is –algo (-a) followed by one of the following algorithm names
| Parameter | Algorithm |
|---|---|
| BEAM-I | BeamHash I |
| BEAM-II | BeamHash II |
| BEAM-III | BeamHash III |
| C29AE | Cuckoo 29 |
| C29D | CuckarooD 29 |
| C29M | CuckarooM 29 |
| C30CTX | Cuckaroo 30 Cortex |
| C31 | Cuckatoo 31 |
| C32 | Cuckatoo 32 |
| CR29-32 | Cuckaroo 29-32 |
| CR29-40 | Cuckaroo 29-40 |
| CR29-48 | Cuckaroo 29-48 |
| EQUI144_5 | Equihash 144/5 |
| EQUI192_7 | Equihash 192/7 |
| EQUI210_9 | Equihash 210/9 |
| ETCHASH | Etchash |
| ETHASH | Ethash |
| ZEL | ZelHash |
Note that you always can call lolMiner --list-algos to get a list of all supported algorithms as well as the fee height. Also the list will inform you if the algorithms supports / requires the personalization option (–pers) that is required for some of the Equihash algorithms.
The 2nd way to configure lolMiner is via the parameter –coin (-c). This parameter does set more detailed settings for selected profiles and allows special functions, e.g. algorithm switchers or combination of an algorithm with the right personalization.
Available entries for –coin are:
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| AION | Selecting Equihash 210/9 and right settings to mine Aion |
| AUTO144_5 | Mine Equihash 144/5 and allow the pool to select the personalization |
| AUTO192_7 | Mine Equihash 192/7 and allow the pool to select the personalization |
| BEAM | Mine Beam and switch algorithm on Beam Hash II / III fork height |
| BTCZ | Mine Equihash 144/5 with personalization for BitcoinZ |
| BTG | Mine Equihash 144/5 with personalization for Bitcoin Gold |
| ETC | Select settings & stratum to mine Ethereum Classic |
| ETH | Select settings & stratum to mine Ethereum |
| CTXC | Select settings & stratum to mine Cortex Ai |
| EXCC | Select settings & stratum to mine Exchange Coin |
| GRIN-C29M | Select settings & stratum to mine Grin C29 |
| GRIN-C32 | Select settings & stratum to mine Grin C32 |
| MWC-C29D | Select settings & stratum to mine MWC C29 |
| MWC-C31 | Select settings & stratum to mine MWC C31 |
| XSG | Mine Equihash 144/5 with personalization for Snow Gem |
| YEC | Mine Equihash 192/7 with personalization for YCash |
| ZCL | Mine Equihash 192/7 with personalization for Zclassic |
| ZEL | Mine Zelhash & stratum to mine FLUX (ZEL) |
| ZER | Mine Equihash 192/7 with personalization for Zero |
Note that you always can call lolMiner --list-coins to get a list of all supported coin configurations as well as the fee height.
Give the pool address, port and user name / wallet to mine on.
The parameter to select the mining pool to connect to is given by –pool. Note that this option takes the address as well as the port in the format <pool address>:<pool port>.
The user name or wallet will be passed with the parameter –user. In case you pool requires a password to log in you can add the optional parameter –pass.
To configure fail-over pools the options –pool –user and –pass can be passed multiple times to the miner. They will be processed in order, so the first occurrence belongs to the primary connection, the second to the first fail-over and so on. When the miner looses connection to the primary pool too often (5 times in a short period of time), it will try to connect with the second set of credentials.
One line examples
Start to mine ETH on 2miners pool:
lolMiner --algo ETHASH --pool eth.2miners.com:2020 --user 0x155da78b788ab54bea1340c10a5422a8ae88142f.WorkerName
Start to mine ETC on 2miners pool:
lolMiner --algo ETCHASH --pool etc.2miners.com:1010 --user 0x155da78b788ab54bea1340c10a5422a8ae88142f.WorkerName
Start to mine Beam automatic Beam Hash II / III switcher on sunpool
lolMiner --coin BEAM --pool beam.sunpool.top:3334 --user 32f2e8765c2e8f5ea41becc5f397024c94d80cc5fc50ee917af23b260ecb3a5f.workerName
Start to mine Grin-C32 on 2Miners pool
lolMiner -a C32 --pool asia-grin.2miners.com:3030 --user 2aHR0cHM6Ly9ncmluLmJpdG1lc2guY29tL3d1Q3BLeW5kVllZanFQQm1ldHRCNWJjMjE2.workerName
or
lolMiner --coin GRIN-C32 --pool asia-grin.2miners.com:3030 --user 2aHR0cHM6Ly9ncmluLmJpdG1lc2guY29tL3d1Q3BLeW5kVllZanFQQm1ldHRCNWJjMjE2.workerName
Start mining BeamHash I with personalization for DEFIs on sunpool:
lolMiner -a BEAM-I --pers GrimmPOW --pool defis.sunpool.top:3334 --user 32f2e8765c2e8f5ea41becc5f397024c94d80cc5fc50ee917af23b260ecb3a5f.workerName
List of Supported Algorithms
The miner supports several algorithms. We list them and at the same time indicate the recommended amount of video card memory.
| Algorithm | Memory Size |
| Ethash | 4G+ |
| Beam Hash I | 3G / 4G |
| Beam Hash II | 3G / 4G |
| Beam Hash III | 3G / 4G |
| Cuckatoo-31 | 4G / 8G / 16G |
| Cuckatoo-32 | 4G / 8G / 16G |
| Cuckaroo-30CTX | 8G |
| Cuckaroo-29 | 6G |
| Cuckoo-29 | 6G |
| CuckarooD-29 | 4G / 6G |
| CuckarooM-29 | 6G / 8G |
| ZelHash | 3G / 4G |
| Equihash 144/5 | 2G |
| Equihash 192/7 | 3G / 4G |
| Equihash 210/9 | 2G |