How to mine with Nbminer

Bminer Mining Software

In this tutorial, you will know how to set up and use the mining software Nbminer to mine cryptocurrencies on Cruxpool.

Table of contents

What is Nbminer

Nbminer is a multi-coin mining software allowing you to mine Ravencoin, Beam or even Ergo

Nbminer is a command-line program. This means you launch it either from a Windows command prompt or Linux console or create shortcuts to predefined command lines using a Linux Bash script or Windows bat file.

Download the software

First, you have to download the software through this link. Make sure you choose the right file for your OS. If you are on Linux, take the file in .tar.gz, if you are on Windows, take the file in .zip.

Set up your mining

Software development fee

In case you didn’t know, mining softwares are taking fees from your mining as a source of revenue. The percentage of fees taken by Nbminer: 2% for Ravencoin, Ergo and Beam.

Nbminer commands

The mining software uses a large number of commands, some are unavoidable for your mining operation, others are additional and can be out of interest for basic use.

–algo or shortly -a : You have to put the mining algorithm you want to use.

–server or shortly –s : You have to put the mining pool address, for example, ‘eth.cruxpool.com’.

–port or shortly -n : You have to put your mining pool port, for example, ‘5555’.

–user : You have to put your wallet address and the name of your worker. These values must be separated by a dot, for example, ‘wallet.RIG01’.

–pass or shortly -p : Mining pool password. By default, the value is ‘x’.

Once you made that, you have to choose the correct script file depending on the algorithm you want to use for your mining. Then, edit the mining file and fill it with your wallet address, worker name and Cruxpool mining URL. You can also use our command line generator and copy and paste the generated command-line.  After that, save as a bash file – .sh – if you are on Linux or a batch file – .bat – if you are on Windows.

Command-line generator

You can generate a personalized mining command-line thanks to our command-line generator that is available on our homepage. Click on the button below to access it.