Solo-Mining Pool

Prerequisites

In order to run the solo mining pool, you must already have:

• Aion node and external miner
• Python v2.7*

*Included by default with Ubuntu desktop, may need to be installed separately in Ubuntu server (see below):

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Python installation (if necessary):

1. Open terminal
2. Run the following commands:

Bash

sudo apt-get update 
sudo apt-get install build-essential make 
sudo apt-get install python2.7 python-dev

Update Configure File

You will have to modify the config.xml file in the aion directory (aion/config/config.xml) before running the mining pool. Update the following fields in the consensus section:

Example of an updated consensus section to enable external mining:

<consensus>
  <mining>false</mining>
  <miner-address>0xa0----------------your-account-address--------------------------</miner-address>
  <cpu-mine-threads>8</cpu-mine-threads>
  <extra-data>AION</extra-data>
<consensus>

In the APIs enabled section, verify that the "stratum" option is included.

<apis-enabled>web3,eth,personal,stratum</apis-enabled>

Install and Run

1. Download the latest prepackaged mining pool file aion-solo-pool-{version}.tar.gz from the aion_miner release page
2. Extract the file to the desired directory
3. Open terminal in aion-solo-pool-{VERSION} directory, run the command

./configure.sh

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Note

The configure.sh script may take several minutes to complete, and should only be run once.

4. Once the script completes, run:

./run_quickstart.sh

5. Launch the Aion kernel in a separate terminal (Navigate to the aion directory and run:

./aion.sh

If you now have the kernel, miner, and solo-mining-pool running, congrats! You're now mining on Aion.

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Check Balance

You can check your balance by inputting your address at the top of the Aion dashboard.