Aion Mining Overview

What is "mining"?

A miner runs your system to solve a difficult mathematical problem by guessing the input value of a hash function. The difficulty of the problem is determined by network difficulty (which adjusts itself based on the network hash rate: higher hash rate results in greater difficulty). Miners that correctly solve these problems are rewarded with AION (on average once every 10 seconds).

This guide will take you through set-up of various modules. There are two types of miners that can work with the kernel:

• internal miner
• external miner

Internal Miner

Internal miner does not mine on the network, but rather on your local kernel. It could be used to test and run your own chain, as it has a shorter set-up time and adequate functionality to mine for AION on the Conquest Testnet (testnet setup here).

Internal mining does not require you to download additional files, provided that you already have the Aion node. Follow the guide to begin:

• Internal Miner

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Mining on the Testnet

Mining tokens on the testnet is for development purposes only. AION awarded on the testnet do not have trading value.

External Miner

If you wish to mine native AION coins, you will want to set up an external mining rig. It will connect your kernel to the network, and mine AION coins on the mainnet using either a solo or public mining pool.

We have provided all the software needed to begin mining, and it will require you to follow two modules (while running the Aion node):

• External Miner
• Mining Pools

Each of the above modules will need to be run simultaneously.

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Mining Algorithms

Aion leverages an enhanced Equihash algorithm for its Proof of Work (PoW). Details regarding changes to the algorithm may be found in the in wiki.