How to run a miner
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Arweave Wallet already setup
You can download the chrome extension from here.
You need an Arweave wallet address in order to receive mining rewards.
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Download the .tar.gz
archive for your OS from the releases page.
Extract the contents of the archive.
It's recommended to unpack it inside a dedicated directory.
You can always move this directory around, but the miner may not work if you move only some of the files.
The weave data would, by default, be stored in this directory as well, but we recommend to override it using the data_dir
command-line argument.
If your OS/platform architecture is not in the list, check the source code repository README for how to build the miner from source.
It is also possible to set-up an Arweave mining environment on Windows using the âWindows Subsystem for Linuxâ or a virtual machine environment.
The number of available file descriptors affects the rate at which your node can process data.
As the default limit assigned to user processes on most operating systems is usually low, we recommend increasing it.
You can check the current limit by executing ulimit -n
On Linux, to set a bigger global limit, open /etc/sysctl.conf
and add the following line:
Execute sysctl -p
to make the changes take effect.
You may also need to set a proper limit for the particular user. To set a user-level limit, open /etc/security/limits.conf
and add the following line:
Open a new terminal session. To make sure the changes took effect, and the limit was increased, type ulimit -n
. You can also change the limit for the current session via ulimit -n 10000000
If the above does not work, set
in both /etc/systemd/user.conf
and /etc/systemd/system.conf
Now youâre ready to start the mining process by using the following command from the Arweave directory:
Note:
In order to protect your machine from material that may be illegal in your country, you should use a content policy when mining Arweave. Content policies can be generated using the Shepherd tool
. Shepherd allows you to create your own content policies for the content that you would like to store on your Arweave node, abiding by your moral and legal requirements.
In order to help you get started quickly, @ArweaveTeam provides an NSFW content filter which you can load by adding the following to your Arweave start command:
transaction_blacklist_url http://shepherd-v.com/nsfw.txt
Please replace YOUR-MINING-ADDRESS with the address of the wallet you would like to credit when you find a block!
If you would like to see a log of your minerâs activity, you can run ./bin/logs -f in the Arweave directory in a different terminal.
The mining console should eventually look like this:
When you mine a block, the console shows:
Approximately 20 minutes later, you should see
Note that occasionally your block won't be confirmed (the chain chooses a different fork).
To stop the miner, run ./bin/stop
or kill the OS process (kill -sigterm or pkill
). Sending a SIGKILL (kill -9
) is not recommended.
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