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Solo Mining Zent Cash

Solo mining Zent Cash means that you, alone, try to find the next block.
It is extremely hard, and not recommended - try our other guides if you want a more steady flow of ZTC.
Solo mining is limited to only your CPU.

If you're sure you want to solo mine, let's continue.

Setup and Running​

  1. Make sure you have Zentd and miner, both can be found in the latest release.

    Note: If they aren't there, you'll have to compile it yourself:

  2. Ensure Zentd is running and fully synced.

  3. Go to your folder that has miner.exe in it and start a cmd prompt.

    • This can easily be done by moving to the Zentd directory in Windows Explorer, then typing cmd in the search bar and hitting enter:

  4. When it opens, type:
    miner.exe --address Ze.. --threads 4 --scan-time 1 --log-level 3

    Repace Ze.. with your Zent Cash public address.
    We recommend setting the --threads option to half of how many you have. So if you have 8 threads in your CPU, set it to 4.

    Example:

    miner.exe --address  Ze4artgLD3pXn4YY1m4HREYsG5ZPE5dew5kxmuY6WtRa3tdAhnGgbqD6dtmX6wkidnX9uRgdtQsf1bvYoFhZjsvp1fUWd9Pqh --threads 4 --scan-time 1 --log-level 3

Congratulations, you are now solo mining Zent Cash from your CPU.

Notes​

  • Zentd must stay running for the miner to mine Zent Cash.
  • Be patient. Finding a block may happen within the first few hours of mining. It also may take a week. Or it may never happen.
  • If you accidently close out Zentd you can restart the miner by hitting Ctrl+C on your keyboard, then re-entering the miner command given above.
  • You may have to adjust the amount of threads based on your PC's capabilities(half of how many your CPU has is recommended).