A brief guide to the basic arguments of FearMiner
FearMiner has no built-in overclocking — set your clocks with a system tool before you start. The flags below cover picking an algorithm, connecting to a pool and keeping the rig alive.
-a quantus — the algorithm. quantus mines Quantus (QTC) on the GPU; randomx and verushash are CPU-only.
-o stratum+ssl://qtc.kryptex.network:8049 — the pool. stratum+ssl:// is the TLS port, stratum+tcp://qtc.kryptex.network:7049 the plain one. Give -o twice to add a backup: the miner falls back when the first pool drops and returns to it as soon as it answers again.
-u <wallet>.MyFirstRig — your Quantus address, a dot, and this rig's name. The address is checked against the chain before the miner connects anywhere; a wrong one stops it with the reason instead of mining to nothing.
-p x — the pool password.
-d 0,2 — mine on GPUs 0 and 2 only. --list-devices prints the indices; -d "!1" uses every card except GPU 1.
-t 4 — add 4 CPU threads. Off by default on a rig with a GPU.
--temp-limit 90 --temp-resume 75 — pause a card at 90 °C and bring it back at 75 °C. On by default at these values; --temp-limit 0 turns the cut-off off.
--no-tui — a plain scrolling log instead of the cockpit, for a service or a screen session.
Put it all together:
fearminer -a quantus -o stratum+ssl://qtc.kryptex.network:8049 -u qzYourQuantusAddress.MyFirstRig -p x
This means: mine Quantus on the Kryptex pool over TLS, paying out to the given wallet, reporting as "MyFirstRig".
