The purpose of this guide is to provide instructions on how to GPU mine Radiant (RAD) Blockchain.
Setting up a node is out of scope of this guide, instead a sample URL is provided.
- Bitcoin/Radiant wallet address and private keys (ex: https://bitaddress.org - use at own risk!)
- Vast.ai account; or
- Computer with OpenCL/CUDA 11.2+ compatible GPU
Login and add some credit to your account. Most miners we are using cost between $0.20 to $0.35 per hour (ex: RTX 3090)
The latest prebuilt docker image can be pulled from https://hub.docker.com/repository/docker/radiantblockchain/rad-bfgminer
Follow the instructions in vast.ai to specify the image radiantblockchain/rad-bfgminer:latest
Select 'Edit Image & Configure':
Select a template slot:
Specify radiantblockchain/rad-bfgminer:latest as the docker image to pull. Make sure to select Run interactive shell server. SSH. Once
finished press 'Select'. Now the docker image is prepared in your configuration to choose a GPU system to rent.
Please note: at the time of writing there is a bug in the vast.ai user interface that prevents removing the null: tag. Type something into
the text box and then enter the full radiantblockchain/rad-bfgminer:latest and then remove any excess characters at the beginning.
Select 'Rent' for a GPU to begin loading the image
Navigate to the 'Instances' tab in the UI and once the docker image is loaded (after about 2 to 5 minutes) you will see a 'Connect' button.
The SSH connect command is displayed. Please note, you may need to create a local SSH key first and it will prompt you to specify one.
Use the following guide to create one: https://docs.github.com/en/authentication/connecting-to-github-with-ssh/generating-a-new-ssh-key-and-adding-it-to-the-ssh-agent
After that key is provided, now you can securely connect via SSH to the vast.ai host:
After that key is provided, now you can securely connect via SSH to the vast.ai host. Once connected, proceed to the next step below.
Navigate to the rad-bfgminer directory and execute the following command. Please note you MUST specify your own --generate-to address (Ex: https://bitaddress.org for example, use at own risk) in the command below:
cd rad-bfgminer
Run the miner with all options to enable GPU, URL endpoint to an existing node (Ex: master.radiantblockchain.org:7332 can be replaced with your own node URL if you wish or leave it as is)
/root/rad-bfgminer/bfgminer -S opencl:auto -o http://master.radiantblockchain.org:7332 -u raduser -p radpass --set-device OCL:kernel=poclbm --coinbase-sig hello-miner --generate-to <your address>
EX: replace <your address> with your public address and replace hello-miner with your miner id (keep it short, no spaces allowed)
You can use the public blockchain explorer at https://explorer.radiantblockchain.org to browse existing blocks and find your address to see which blocks you mined.
Clicking on any block will bring up details about that block, transactions included and the miner information.
Show details for an address by clicking on the coinbase output address to see balances and activity for the address.
To mine Radiant (RAD) with a non-hosted system, simply follow the build instructions the normal way to build bfgminer.
It may be helpful to consult the Dockerfile for more examples
Clone and build the repo (tested on Ubuntu 18.04 and Ubuntu 20.04). Expected to work on all supported OS.
git clone https://github.com/radiantblockchain/rad-bfgminer.git
cd rad-bfgminer
# Replace the github paths or the ./autogen.sh script fails since it checks out git submodules that can hang socket timeout
git config --global url.https://github.com/.insteadOf git://github.com/
./autogen.sh
./configure --enable-opencl
make
Single GPU example:
./bfgminer -S opencl:auto -o http://master.radiantblockchain.org:7332 -u raduser -p radpass --set-device OCL:kernel=poclbm --coinbase-sig rad-bfgminer-misc --generate-to <your address>
./bfgminer -S opencl:auto -o http://master.radiantblockchain.org:7332 -u raduser -p radpass --set-device OCL:kernel=poclbm --coinbase-sig rad-bfgminer-misc --generate-to <your address>
4x GPU example:
./bfgminer -S opencl:auto -o http://master.radiantblockchain.org:7332 -u raduser -p radpass --set-device OCL0:kernel=poclbm --set-device OCL1:kernel=poclbm --set-device OCL2:kernel=poclbm --set-device OCL3:kernel=poclbm --coinbase-sig rad-bfgminer-misc --generate-to <your address>
Note: Ensure you replace rad-bfgminer-misc with your miner id and also the --generate-to address to the public address you generated with bitaddress.org (Use at your own risk!)