claymore mining software

Claymore Miner software was launched in 2014 and working since 2016. It was known miner for Ethereum and Ethereum classic coin since its launch.

If you had mined coins in the past or mining right now then you might hear of them at least once.

Claymore miner or Claymore dual miner works well with AMD and NVIDIA GPU. For both Windows x64 and Linux x64 OS. You can also mine other coins as well as stated on their thread or git hub page.

Things You Need Before Start Mining

Definitely, you don’t just need software to mine any cryptocurrency. You need some other equipment as per your mining need.

• Ethereum wallet or supported coin wallet
• Mining application
• Mining Pool
• GPU with 4 GB RAM
• GPU drivers

Is Claymore Miner Is Dead?

Saying it is dead can be the wrong choice of word but calling them active miner software can be also wrong. Because the dev of software was the least active on 11th Nov 2019.

The last updated version was launched in Aug 2019, it is V15.0. It supports the #384 epoch (4 GB DAG size).

The software is performing well till now, so using them can’t create any problems for you. if you read their thread then you will find a good discussion about the software.

How To Use Claymore Miner

The Claymore miner setup is very easy and it is described well in their thread as well. If you want to get to know more technical words of mining then you can visit their announcement thread.

First, you have to download the software and unpack it on your PC anywhere. In the folder where the miner contains you have to create a .bat file. After creating a file choose “All Files” as a type of file.

Your .bat file should contain the following code.

setx GPU_FORCE_64BIT_PTR 0
setx GPU_MAX_HEAP_SIZE 100
setx GPU_USE_SYNC_OBJECTS 1
setx GPU_MAX_ALLOC_PERCENT 100
setx GPU_SINGLE_ALLOC_PERCENT 100
EthDcrMiner64.exe -epool eu1.ethermine.org:4444 -eworker YOUR_RIG_NAME -ewal YOUR_WALLET ADDRESS -epsw x

Note: Add your ERC20 wallet address on “YOUR” that is before “_WALLET ADDRESS”. Save your Rig name in the place of Rig_Name.

To start Miner you just need to double-click on your bat file. But make sure you are using claymore miner’s latest version.

From Where To Download Claymore Dual Miner?

So how you can download claymore miner?

The claymore miner download can be possible through their official announcement thread or through a website called “https://claymoredualminer.com”. I suggest reading their announcement thread before using any file.

After you download the file you need the Claymore miner password open that file pass is “Claymore“.

The current Claymore miner fee is 1%.