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Mining LOKI with RX 480 Nitro 8GB Cards on Ubuntu 18.04

Quick How-To Guide

This guide assumes that you have Ubuntu 18.04 setup fresh.

On another computer, download the AMD drivers from the vendor’s website

Use winscp and move them to the computer

On the Mining Rig, login, and from the command line you will want to navigate to the directory you copied your AMD Drivers to….most likely it will be your home directory (/home/username/)

sudo bash

apt-get update && apt-get upgrade

ls

Look for those AMD Drivers

tar -xJvf amdgpu-pro-18.50-756341-ubuntu-18.04.tar.xz

cd amdgpu-pro-18.50-756341-ubuntu-18.04/

sudo dpkg –add-architecture i386

./amdgpu-pro-install -y –opencl=legacy

mkdir /miner && cd /miner

apt install clinfo -y

apt-get install git build-essential cmake libuv1-dev libmicrohttpd-dev

apt-get install libssl-dev

git clone https://github.com/xmrig/xmrig-amd.git

mkdir xmrig-amd/build

cd xmrig-amd/build

cmake ..

make

apt install mesa-opencl-icd -y

nano loki.sh

@echo off
./xmrig-amd -a cryptonight-ultralite –donate-level 1 -o loki.miner.rocks:4005 -u LChtjHqr29p5FojLdMtcUW5ApLWyQHH5j4366V78YECEjUkgK99Y7uLDVLpHjXpYM3UcZ39FFL5Gvd4debF95mcJHbnx5ke -p w=rx480 -k -o ca.loki.miner.rocks:4005 -u LChtjHqr29p5FojLdMtcUW5ApLWyQHH5j4366V78YECEjUkgK99Y7uLDVLpHjXpYM3UcZ39FFL5Gvd4debF95mcJHbnx5ke -p w=rx480 -k
pause

Save the file and Exit

chmod +x loki.sh

./loki.sh

And your rig will begin to mine

Loki Wallet 3.0.2 & 2.0.2 Crashing in Windows 10

How to update and fix the issue above

For weeks I have been fighting with the Loki wallet on my Windows 10 VM. I even went out and built a fresh laptop with a fresh install of Windows 10, only to have LOKI crash once I put in my password.

If you are experiencing these issues too, you are not alone.

To fix this issue, I had completely wiped LOKI off of my computer. Searched the C: drive for *loki* and wiped everything. The only reason I could do this is because I had my keys backed up along with my personal seed. IF YOUR KEYS AND SEED ARE NOT BACKED UP, DO NOT DELETE ANYTHING!

So, with a fresh computer, free of loki, I downloaded the new GUI wallet from:

https://github.com/loki-project/loki-electron-gui-wallet/releases

Once the app is downloaded, install it as usual and then launch the app.

On the first time it runs, you will want to set it up to download the blockchain locally. Do not select the remote options. Then you will want to input your wallet seed. Make sure you backup the keys. Setup your wallet password, and let it sync with the blockchain. You will FINALLY see a working version of LOKI! Finally!

I am not sure what ruined their Festive Freya or Summer Sigyn, but thankfully that bug doesn’t affect their Electron wallet.

LOKI Wallet – Windows Installation

How-To guide for installing the LOKI Desktop Wallet

This is a guide to installing the Windows version of the Loki Desktop Wallet.  Save your Wallet Seed and Password in a secure place.  Do NOT keep them on the same computer as your wallet.

Download the Loki-Gui-Win64 wallet from

https://github.com/loki-project/

Unzip/Extract the zipped folder loki-gui-win64 to your Desktop

Navigate to the Desktop of your computer

Open the new loki-gui-win64 folder

Double click on the start-low-graphics-mode.bat file

Loki will start

Select your Language

Click Create a New Wallet

Copy down your wallet seed.  DO NOT LOSE THIS

Click the next Arrow

Create a strong Password.  DO NOT LOSE THIS

Click the next Arrow

Click the next Arrow again

Click Use LOKI

Your wallet is now installed

To find out your wallet address, click Receive.  Once you have that, you can use that in your miners to receive payments

 

 

Installing XMR-STAK on Ubuntu with NVidia 1080TI

How-To guide for installing XMR-STAK on Ubuntu 16.04.04 for Mining LOKI

I prefer linux (more specifically Ubuntu) for mining, and have preferred linux since I began mining in 2012/2013.  I was finally fed up with Windows 10 mining of Loki after the most recent set of Windows updates broke several of my rigs.  So I used a small ubuntu rig that I used for testing, and was able to install the XMR-STAK app onto it.  As happy as ever to be able to mine Loki now with Ubuntu, I thought I should put together this quick guide and hope that it may be beneficial to others.  Some of the steps are from github, some are from other sites, some I had found myself.  This is a central place to get you up and running without having to look too far.

For this guide I am assuming you already have a mining rig built with the following:

Ubuntu 16.04.04

NVidia 1080TI Cards

Loki Wallet already downloaded, installed, and the wallet address ready

I am going to run the commands logged in as sudo to make this quick and easy

Now, onto the guide:

sudo bash

apt-get install libmicrohttpd-dev libssl-dev cmake build-essential libhwloc-dev screen

mkdir /miner && mkdir /miner/drivers

git clone https://github.com/fireice-uk/xmr-stak.git

mkdir xmr-stak/build

cd xmr-stak/build

cmake ..

make install

cd /miner/drivers/xmr-stak/build/bin/

./xmr-stak

You will need to insert a port for monitoring the progress.  I use port 30131 and press Enter

Next type in cryptonight_heavy and press Enter

For the pool address, I use loki.ingest.cryptoknight.cc:7733  press Enter

Your username will be your wallet address, for example

LChtjHqr29p5FojLdMtcUW5ApLWyQHH5j4366V78YECEjUkgK99Y7uLDVLpHjXpYM3UcZ39FFL5Gvd4debF95mcJHbnx5ke

The password will be your worker name.  For example mine is Miner23

Your Rig Identifier can be empty, so just press Enter

Input N for TLS and press Enter

Insert N for Nicehash and press Enter

Input N for multiple pools and press Enter

Select Yes when prompted

Mining will begin!

Once you see it mining properly, hit CTRL + C to cancel the mining.  You will want to run it in screen, so you can disconnect from the terminal and the miner will continue to run. To do that run:

screen ./xmr-stak

It will run and you can now disconnect from your putty session or whatever way you are logged in.  If you want to reconnect to your terminal at any time, run the following and you can see your miner running

screen -r

That’s it!  Thanks for reading!

The hardware that I used in this guide:
Gigabyte AORUS GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (QTY 6):
https://amzn.to/2JqvXC8

Motherboard (QTY 1): 
https://amzn.to/2JqGJZ7

CPU (QTY 1): 
https://amzn.to/3qevp2X

Memory (QTY 1): 
https://amzn.to/2JqHn8Z

Hard Drive (QTY 1):  
https://amzn.to/3lic3X5

Risers (QTY 6):  
https://amzn.to/33rIgVE

Power Supplies (QTY 2):
https://amzn.to/3fTRpLR

Add2PSU (QTY 1):
https://amzn.to/39s4URY

Power Switch (QTY 1):  
https://amzn.to/3ljmNVk

XMR-STAK Error using NVidia 1080TI Cards

How-To fix NVidia 1080TI – XMR-STAK Thread Error

I have been seeing the following error pop-up when you run XMR-STAK for the first time while using NVidia 1080TI cards

[CUDA] Error gpu 1: <C:/xmr-stak/xmrstak/backend/nvidia/nvcc_code/cuda_extra.cu>:312
**suggestion: Try to reduce the value of the attribute ‘threads’ in the NVIDIA config file.**

There is a simple way to resolve this error.  Open up the directory that you used to launch xmr-stak.exe 

if you are mining with NVidia cards, open up the nvidia.txt file.

[AMD steps are similar to this.  You would just open the amd.txt file instead]

For each of the GPUs listed within the txt file, you will need to Lower the number of Threads on this line:

“threads” : 26, “blocks” : 84,

I would recommend lowering them in half for all of your GPUs

“threads” : 13, “blocks” : 84,

Save the file

Re-Launch xmr-stak.exe and try to mine with it.

If it works you will then incrementally raise the threads to the level which your mining rig can support.

That’s it!  Thanks for reading

6 GPU NVidia 1080TI / CUDA 10 / NVidia-410 Drivers / Hashcat 5.0.0 / Ubuntu 18.04

#hashcat -b

hashcat (v5.0.0-84-geec1fba4) starting in benchmark mode…

Benchmarking uses hand-optimized kernel code by default.
You can use it in your cracking session by setting the -O option.
Note: Using optimized kernel code limits the maximum supported password length.
To disable the optimized kernel code in benchmark mode, use the -w option.

OpenCL Platform #1: NVIDIA Corporation
======================================
* Device #1: GeForce GTX 1080 Ti, 2793/11175 MB allocatable, 28MCU
* Device #2: GeForce GTX 1080 Ti, 2794/11178 MB allocatable, 28MCU
* Device #3: GeForce GTX 1080 Ti, 2794/11178 MB allocatable, 28MCU
* Device #4: GeForce GTX 1080 Ti, 2794/11178 MB allocatable, 28MCU
* Device #5: GeForce GTX 1080 Ti, 2794/11178 MB allocatable, 28MCU
* Device #6: GeForce GTX 1080 Ti, 2794/11178 MB allocatable, 28MCU

Benchmark relevant options:
===========================
* –optimized-kernel-enable

Hashmode: 0 – MD5

Speed.#1………: 30812.1 MH/s (27.70ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:1024 Thr:256 Vec:4
Speed.#2………: 32529.5 MH/s (27.50ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:1024 Thr:256 Vec:4
Speed.#3………: 32031.3 MH/s (27.21ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:1024 Thr:256 Vec:4
Speed.#4………: 30324.8 MH/s (27.46ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:1024 Thr:256 Vec:4
Speed.#5………: 30532.0 MH/s (26.94ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:1024 Thr:256 Vec:4
Speed.#6………: 31141.3 MH/s (27.54ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:1024 Thr:256 Vec:4
Speed.#*………: 187.4 GH/s

Hashmode: 100 – SHA1

Speed.#1………: 11321.3 MH/s (80.12ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:1024 Thr:256 Vec:2
Speed.#2………: 11374.7 MH/s (79.01ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:1024 Thr:256 Vec:2
Speed.#3………: 11301.7 MH/s (79.01ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:1024 Thr:256 Vec:2
Speed.#4………: 11375.1 MH/s (79.39ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:1024 Thr:256 Vec:2
Speed.#5………: 11430.5 MH/s (78.09ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:1024 Thr:256 Vec:2
Speed.#6………: 11400.4 MH/s (79.69ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:1024 Thr:256 Vec:2
Speed.#*………: 68203.7 MH/s

Hashmode: 1400 – SHA2-256

Speed.#1………: 3965.3 MH/s (55.34ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:256 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#2………: 4097.7 MH/s (54.66ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:256 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#3………: 4069.8 MH/s (54.48ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:256 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#4………: 3984.1 MH/s (54.84ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:256 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#5………: 4082.5 MH/s (53.61ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:256 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#6………: 4072.4 MH/s (55.04ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:256 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#*………: 24271.7 MH/s

Hashmode: 1700 – SHA2-512

Speed.#1………: 1401.6 MH/s (81.58ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:128 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#2………: 1366.3 MH/s (80.19ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:128 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#3………: 1404.8 MH/s (80.03ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:128 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#4………: 1402.7 MH/s (80.86ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:128 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#5………: 1428.6 MH/s (79.17ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:128 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#6………: 1408.5 MH/s (81.21ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:128 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#*………: 8412.5 MH/s

Hashmode: 2500 – WPA-EAPOL-PBKDF2 (Iterations: 4096)

Speed.#1………: 503.9 kH/s (53.02ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:128 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#2………: 498.2 kH/s (52.76ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:128 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#3………: 500.2 kH/s (52.08ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:128 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#4………: 496.9 kH/s (52.66ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:128 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#5………: 510.6 kH/s (51.44ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:128 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#6………: 506.1 kH/s (52.54ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:128 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#*………: 3015.9 kH/s

Hashmode: 1000 – NTLM

Speed.#1………: 42210.1 MH/s (16.76ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:1024 Thr:256 Vec:2
Speed.#2………: 46847.2 MH/s (17.00ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:1024 Thr:256 Vec:2
Speed.#3………: 47071.9 MH/s (16.70ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:1024 Thr:256 Vec:2
Speed.#4………: 42154.1 MH/s (16.63ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:1024 Thr:256 Vec:2
Speed.#5………: 47066.0 MH/s (16.47ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:1024 Thr:256 Vec:2
Speed.#6………: 46836.9 MH/s (16.82ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:1024 Thr:256 Vec:2
Speed.#*………: 272.2 GH/s

Hashmode: 3000 – LM

Speed.#1………: 26691.9 MH/s (32.25ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:1024 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#2………: 26740.0 MH/s (32.49ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:1024 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#3………: 27078.6 MH/s (31.96ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:1024 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#4………: 25743.8 MH/s (32.08ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:1024 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#5………: 26966.5 MH/s (31.62ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:1024 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#6………: 26687.1 MH/s (32.04ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:1024 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#*………: 159.9 GH/s

Hashmode: 5500 – NetNTLMv1 / NetNTLMv1+ESS

Speed.#1………: 28072.5 MH/s (30.73ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:1024 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#2………: 28575.4 MH/s (30.93ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:1024 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#3………: 27606.5 MH/s (30.54ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:1024 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#4………: 27665.4 MH/s (30.57ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:1024 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#5………: 27995.9 MH/s (29.94ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:1024 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#6………: 27669.8 MH/s (30.52ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:1024 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#*………: 167.6 GH/s

Hashmode: 5600 – NetNTLMv2

Speed.#1………: 2184.6 MH/s (51.10ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:128 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#2………: 2196.9 MH/s (51.24ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:128 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#3………: 2162.2 MH/s (50.72ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:128 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#4………: 2227.9 MH/s (50.85ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:128 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#5………: 2251.7 MH/s (49.91ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:128 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#6………: 2234.8 MH/s (50.79ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:128 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#*………: 13257.9 MH/s

Hashmode: 1500 – descrypt, DES (Unix), Traditional DES

Speed.#1………: 1221.5 MH/s (93.28ms) @ Accel:16 Loops:1024 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#2………: 1216.4 MH/s (92.77ms) @ Accel:16 Loops:1024 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#3………: 1248.8 MH/s (92.56ms) @ Accel:16 Loops:1024 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#4………: 1228.6 MH/s (92.82ms) @ Accel:16 Loops:1024 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#5………: 1246.9 MH/s (91.64ms) @ Accel:16 Loops:1024 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#6………: 1222.7 MH/s (92.94ms) @ Accel:16 Loops:1024 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#*………: 7384.9 MH/s

Hashmode: 500 – md5crypt, MD5 (Unix), Cisco-IOS $1$ (MD5) (Iterations: 1000)

Speed.#1………: 11748.5 kH/s (62.83ms) @ Accel:1024 Loops:1000 Thr:32 Vec:1
Speed.#2………: 11433.8 kH/s (62.29ms) @ Accel:1024 Loops:1000 Thr:32 Vec:1
Speed.#3………: 9552.9 kH/s (61.38ms) @ Accel:1024 Loops:1000 Thr:32 Vec:1
Speed.#4………: 10466.3 kH/s (63.17ms) @ Accel:1024 Loops:1000 Thr:32 Vec:1
Speed.#5………: 11531.4 kH/s (59.97ms) @ Accel:1024 Loops:1000 Thr:32 Vec:1
Speed.#6………: 11995.0 kH/s (61.08ms) @ Accel:1024 Loops:1000 Thr:32 Vec:1
Speed.#*………: 66727.9 kH/s

Hashmode: 3200 – bcrypt $2*$, Blowfish (Unix) (Iterations: 32)

Speed.#1………: 21696 H/s (40.33ms) @ Accel:16 Loops:8 Thr:8 Vec:1
Speed.#2………: 21736 H/s (39.83ms) @ Accel:16 Loops:8 Thr:8 Vec:1
Speed.#3………: 20255 H/s (39.84ms) @ Accel:16 Loops:8 Thr:8 Vec:1
Speed.#4………: 17433 H/s (40.37ms) @ Accel:16 Loops:8 Thr:8 Vec:1
Speed.#5………: 20955 H/s (39.30ms) @ Accel:16 Loops:8 Thr:8 Vec:1
Speed.#6………: 19016 H/s (39.66ms) @ Accel:16 Loops:8 Thr:8 Vec:1
Speed.#*………: 121.1 kH/s

Hashmode: 1800 – sha512crypt $6$, SHA512 (Unix) (Iterations: 5000)

Speed.#1………: 195.2 kH/s (55.51ms) @ Accel:512 Loops:128 Thr:32 Vec:1
Speed.#2………: 194.7 kH/s (55.46ms) @ Accel:512 Loops:128 Thr:32 Vec:1
Speed.#3………: 196.3 kH/s (55.18ms) @ Accel:512 Loops:128 Thr:32 Vec:1
Speed.#4………: 190.7 kH/s (55.33ms) @ Accel:512 Loops:128 Thr:32 Vec:1
Speed.#5………: 194.9 kH/s (54.52ms) @ Accel:512 Loops:128 Thr:32 Vec:1
Speed.#6………: 193.5 kH/s (55.34ms) @ Accel:512 Loops:128 Thr:32 Vec:1
Speed.#*………: 1165.3 kH/s

Hashmode: 7500 – Kerberos 5 AS-REQ Pre-Auth etype 23

Speed.#1………: 409.9 MH/s (69.32ms) @ Accel:256 Loops:64 Thr:64 Vec:1
Speed.#2………: 418.1 MH/s (68.41ms) @ Accel:256 Loops:64 Thr:64 Vec:1
Speed.#3………: 416.4 MH/s (68.45ms) @ Accel:256 Loops:64 Thr:64 Vec:1
Speed.#4………: 414.2 MH/s (68.99ms) @ Accel:256 Loops:64 Thr:64 Vec:1
Speed.#5………: 419.6 MH/s (67.45ms) @ Accel:256 Loops:64 Thr:64 Vec:1
Speed.#6………: 424.2 MH/s (67.68ms) @ Accel:256 Loops:64 Thr:64 Vec:1
Speed.#*………: 2502.4 MH/s

Hashmode: 13100 – Kerberos 5 TGS-REP etype 23

Speed.#1………: 413.7 MH/s (69.08ms) @ Accel:256 Loops:64 Thr:64 Vec:1
Speed.#2………: 420.9 MH/s (68.00ms) @ Accel:256 Loops:64 Thr:64 Vec:1
Speed.#3………: 426.6 MH/s (67.45ms) @ Accel:256 Loops:64 Thr:64 Vec:1
Speed.#4………: 404.5 MH/s (68.06ms) @ Accel:256 Loops:64 Thr:64 Vec:1
Speed.#5………: 409.0 MH/s (66.63ms) @ Accel:256 Loops:64 Thr:64 Vec:1
Speed.#6………: 423.6 MH/s (67.36ms) @ Accel:256 Loops:64 Thr:64 Vec:1
Speed.#*………: 2498.3 MH/s

Hashmode: 15300 – DPAPI masterkey file v1 (Iterations: 23999)

Speed.#1………: 90607 H/s (51.98ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:128 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#2………: 89260 H/s (51.98ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:128 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#3………: 87394 H/s (51.33ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:128 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#4………: 90018 H/s (51.68ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:128 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#5………: 89189 H/s (50.61ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:128 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#6………: 90973 H/s (51.82ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:128 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#*………: 537.4 kH/s

Hashmode: 15900 – DPAPI masterkey file v2 (Iterations: 7999)

Speed.#1………: 53882 H/s (64.77ms) @ Accel:256 Loops:128 Thr:32 Vec:1
Speed.#2………: 55701 H/s (63.65ms) @ Accel:256 Loops:128 Thr:32 Vec:1
Speed.#3………: 55610 H/s (63.81ms) @ Accel:256 Loops:128 Thr:32 Vec:1
Speed.#4………: 53128 H/s (64.05ms) @ Accel:256 Loops:128 Thr:32 Vec:1
Speed.#5………: 55293 H/s (62.36ms) @ Accel:256 Loops:128 Thr:32 Vec:1
Speed.#6………: 56658 H/s (62.97ms) @ Accel:256 Loops:128 Thr:32 Vec:1
Speed.#*………: 330.3 kH/s

Hashmode: 7100 – macOS v10.8+ (PBKDF2-SHA512) (Iterations: 35000)

Speed.#1………: 15860 H/s (50.87ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:32 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#2………: 15165 H/s (50.54ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:32 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#3………: 15540 H/s (50.43ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:32 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#4………: 15610 H/s (50.56ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:32 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#5………: 16109 H/s (49.56ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:32 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#6………: 15675 H/s (50.66ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:32 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#*………: 93959 H/s

Hashmode: 11600 – 7-Zip (Iterations: 524288)

Speed.#1………: 11549 H/s (75.36ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:512 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#2………: 11675 H/s (74.94ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:512 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#3………: 11777 H/s (73.82ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:512 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#4………: 11403 H/s (74.86ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:512 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#5………: 11705 H/s (72.68ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:512 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#6………: 11608 H/s (74.24ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:512 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#*………: 69718 H/s

Hashmode: 12500 – RAR3-hp (Iterations: 262144)

Speed.#1………: 49474 H/s (69.97ms) @ Accel:8 Loops:16384 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#2………: 49584 H/s (70.95ms) @ Accel:8 Loops:16384 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#3………: 49425 H/s (70.62ms) @ Accel:8 Loops:16384 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#4………: 46549 H/s (75.75ms) @ Accel:8 Loops:16384 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#5………: 45534 H/s (75.60ms) @ Accel:8 Loops:16384 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#6………: 45352 H/s (75.66ms) @ Accel:8 Loops:16384 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#*………: 285.9 kH/s

Hashmode: 13000 – RAR5 (Iterations: 32767)

Speed.#1………: 49120 H/s (69.11ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:128 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#2………: 49563 H/s (68.76ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:128 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#3………: 50303 H/s (68.43ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:128 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#4………: 49116 H/s (68.85ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:128 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#5………: 51149 H/s (67.84ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:128 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#6………: 49402 H/s (68.68ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:128 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#*………: 298.7 kH/s

Hashmode: 6211 – TrueCrypt PBKDF2-HMAC-RIPEMD160 + XTS 512 bit (Iterations: 2000)

Speed.#1………: 389.0 kH/s (70.13ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:64 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#2………: 387.5 kH/s (69.35ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:64 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#3………: 395.3 kH/s (68.65ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:64 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#4………: 389.9 kH/s (69.61ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:64 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#5………: 399.8 kH/s (67.99ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:64 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#6………: 387.1 kH/s (68.89ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:64 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#*………: 2348.6 kH/s

Hashmode: 13400 – KeePass 1 (AES/Twofish) and KeePass 2 (AES) (Iterations: 6000)

Speed.#1………: 184.2 kH/s (99.94ms) @ Accel:512 Loops:256 Thr:32 Vec:1
Speed.#2………: 185.0 kH/s (99.64ms) @ Accel:512 Loops:256 Thr:32 Vec:1
Speed.#3………: 185.0 kH/s (99.25ms) @ Accel:512 Loops:256 Thr:32 Vec:1
Speed.#4………: 183.3 kH/s (101.08ms) @ Accel:512 Loops:256 Thr:32 Vec:1
Speed.#5………: 178.9 kH/s (100.66ms) @ Accel:512 Loops:256 Thr:32 Vec:1
Speed.#6………: 185.2 kH/s (101.18ms) @ Accel:512 Loops:256 Thr:32 Vec:1
Speed.#*………: 1101.6 kH/s

Hashmode: 6800 – LastPass + LastPass sniffed (Iterations: 500)

Speed.#1………: 3094.3 kH/s (66.77ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:125 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#2………: 2945.4 kH/s (67.14ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:125 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#3………: 2898.4 kH/s (67.05ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:125 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#4………: 2703.0 kH/s (66.63ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:125 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#5………: 2924.7 kH/s (65.91ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:125 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#6………: 2901.5 kH/s (66.43ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:125 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#*………: 17467.4 kH/s

Hashmode: 11300 – Bitcoin/Litecoin wallet.dat (Iterations: 199999)

Speed.#1………: 5931 H/s (96.58ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:128 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#2………: 5947 H/s (96.14ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:128 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#3………: 5935 H/s (95.93ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:128 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#4………: 5908 H/s (96.08ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:128 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#5………: 6076 H/s (94.35ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:128 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#6………: 5867 H/s (96.40ms) @ Accel:128 Loops:128 Thr:256 Vec:1
Speed.#*………: 35664 H/s

Started: Sat Nov 17 18:24:13 2018
Stopped: Sat Nov 17 18:37:12 2018

The hardware that I used in this guide:
Gigabyte AORUS GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (QTY 6):
https://amzn.to/2JqvXC8

Motherboard (QTY 1): 
https://amzn.to/2JqGJZ7

CPU (QTY 1): 
https://amzn.to/3qevp2X

Memory (QTY 1): 
https://amzn.to/2JqHn8Z

Hard Drive (QTY 1):
https://amzn.to/3nZ5pH4

Risers (QTY 6):  
https://amzn.to/33rIgVE

Power Supplies (QTY 2):
https://amzn.to/3fTRpLR

Add2PSU (QTY 1):
https://amzn.to/39s4URY

Power Switch (QTY 1):  
https://amzn.to/3ljmNVk

VCRUNTIME140.DLL Error When Running XMR-STAK

How-To fix the VCRUNTIME140.DLL error

The VCRUNTIME140.DLL error seems all too common when mining on Windows 10 computers.  I recently came across it on a system that I manage.  I was trying to install, configure, and run XMR-STAK so we could mine LOKI with it and figured that if it is affecting me, it is probably affecting others.

So here is the fix….

Download and install the Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable package from here :

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/2977003/the-latest-supported-visual-c-downloads

And you can now run and install XMR-STAK

Mining LOKI on Windows 10 with NVidia 1080TI Cards

How-to Guide for Mining LOKI

Quick rundown on how to mine a new crypto named LOKI or LOK as some of you may know it as.  I mine it with both NVidia and AMD series cards.  This guide will walk you through mining it with NVidia Series cards.  You will find that the guide is a mirror of the AMD guide, except for how you fine tune it at the end.

The mining software will throw errors with your AV program.  You will need to whitelist the files when they are downloaded, or disable Realtime Protection..  Personally, I only use Windows Defender on my mining rigs, so I can keep the costs down, plus it is easy to wipe and reinstall the OS if need be.

For Windows Defender, you will need to open the program up, and disable Realtime Protection

If you are using Chrome as your Browser, you will also need to allow the download there as well.  To do this:

Open up Chrome

In your address bar type in chrome://settings and press Enter

Scroll to the bottom and select Advanced

De-Select “Protect your device from dangerous sites” 

Now you can download the software

Open up another chrome tab and download XMR-STAK to your Windows 10 computer from here:

https://github.com/fireice-uk/xmr-stak/releases

Once you have it downloaded, go ahead and unzip the file to your Desktop

Navigate to the unpacked files

Double click on xmr-stak and Run the file

You will need to insert a port for monitoring the progress.  I use port 30131 and press Enter

Next type in cryptonight_heavy and press Enter

For the pool address, I use loki.ingest.cryptoknight.cc:7733  press Enter

Your username will be your wallet address, for example

LChtjHqr29p5FojLdMtcUW5ApLWyQHH5j4366V78YECEjUkgK99Y7uLDVLpHjXpYM3UcZ39FFL5Gvd4debF95mcJHbnx5ke

Your password will be your worker name.  For example mine is Miner6

Your Rig Identifier can be empty, so just press Enter

Input N for TLS and press Enter

Insert N for Nicehash and press Enter

Input N for multiple pools and press Enter

Select Yes when prompted

and your miner will begin!

Now you can use the ipaddress:port/h of your miner to keep an eye on it’s progress from anywhere in the network.  For example, navigate to

Once you are mining, you can open up the nvidia.txt file in the same directory as your xmr-stak executable.  Within the nvidia.txt file, you will be able to modify your settings.  I have found that changing the threads setting it will yield the most results.  Each series of card can act differently, so spend some time, and fine tune this settings.  It will be worth the time invested.

Happy Mining!

The hardware that I used in this guide:
Gigabyte AORUS GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (QTY 6):
https://amzn.to/2JqvXC8

Motherboard (QTY 1): 
https://amzn.to/2JqGJZ7

CPU (QTY 1): 
https://amzn.to/3qevp2X

Memory (QTY 1): 
https://amzn.to/2JqHn8Z

Hard Drive (QTY 1):
https://amzn.to/3nZ5pH4

Risers (QTY 6):  
https://amzn.to/33rIgVE

Power Supplies (QTY 2):
https://amzn.to/3fTRpLR

Add2PSU (QTY 1):
https://amzn.to/39s4URY

Power Switch (QTY 1):  
https://amzn.to/3ljmNVk

Mining LOKI on Windows 10 with AMD RX Cards

How-to Guide for Mining LOKI

Quick rundown on how to mine a new crypto named LOKI or LOK as some of you may know it as.  I mine it with both NVidia and AMD series cards.  This guide will walk you through mining it with AMD RX Series cards

The mining software will throw errors with your AV program.  You will need to whitelist the files when they are downloaded, or disable Realtime Protection..  Personally, I only use Windows Defender on my mining rigs, so I can keep the costs down, plus it is easy to wipe and reinstall the OS if need be.

For Windows Defender, you will need to open the program up, and disable Realtime Protection

If you are using Chrome as your Browser, you will also need to allow the download there as well.  To do this:

Open up Chrome

In your address bar type in chrome://settings and press Enter

Scroll to the bottom and select Advanced

De-Select “Protect your device from dangerous sites” 

Now you can download the software

Open up another chrome tab and download XMR-STAK to your Windows 10 computer from here:

https://github.com/fireice-uk/xmr-stak/releases

Once you have it downloaded, go ahead and unzip the file to your Desktop

Navigate to the unpacked files

Double click on xmr-stak and Run the file

You will need to insert a port for monitoring the progress.  I use port 30131 and press Enter

Next type in cryptonight_heavy and press Enter

For the pool address, I use loki.ingest.cryptoknight.cc:7733  press Enter

Your username will be your wallet address, for example

LChtjHqr29p5FojLdMtcUW5ApLWyQHH5j4366V78YECEjUkgK99Y7uLDVLpHjXpYM3UcZ39FFL5Gvd4debF95mcJHbnx5ke

Your password will be your worker name.  For example mine is Miner6

Your Rig Identifier can be empty, so just press Enter

Input N for TLS and press Enter

Insert N for Nicehash and press Enter

Input N for multiple pools and press Enter

Select Yes when prompted

and your miner will begin!

Now you can use the ipaddress:port/h of your miner to keep an eye on it’s progress from anywhere in the network.  For example, navigate to

Once you are mining, you can open up the amd file in the same directory as your xmr-stak executable.  Within the amd file, you will be able to modify your settings.  I have found that changing the intensity setting and also the worksize will yield the most results.  Each series of card can act differently, so spend some time, and fine tune these settings.  It will be worth the time invested.

Happy Mining!