BTC/BCH Mining Tutorial

A detailed tutorial to mine BTC/BCH with AntMiner (S7, S9,S9i,T9,T9+,V9)

Bitcoin is mined using a cryptographic algorithm called SHA-256. Using S9 as an example, we will demonstrate the operational process of mining BTC/BCH with our AntMiner.

1.   ANTPOOL account registration and configuration

For more details, please refer to " FAQ——Account Registration"

2.   Install the miner, connect miner with a network cable and turn on the power (the voltage needs to be around 210v-230v; 1M bandwidth can carry about 200 machines; the local network should be stable) 

3.   Retrieve miner’s IP

1)    To download miner IP reporter software, please click on the link:

https://service.bitmain.com/support/download?product=IP-reporter

2)   Click on “Worker IP Configuration Tools V1.0” to download. Requirement: Miner must be connected with a network cable and powered on; your computer and your miner needs to be in the same IP range (For example, miner’s IP is 192.168.0.2; computer’s IP is 192.168.0.67 is considered being in the same IP range). For more information please refer to https://support.bitmain.com/hc/en-us/articles/360009263654-Where-and-how-to-use-IP-Reporter

4.   Set static IP for miners

1) If you own more than three miners, we would like to recommend that you set static IP for your miners to better manage them.

2) Static IP setting software and manual please click on the link:

https://support.bitmain.com/hc/en-us/articles/222647908-How-to-set-a-static-IP-address-

3)   Click on “Worker IP Configuration Tools V1.0” to download. Follow the manual for detailed operation process (Note: If a warning pops up during downloading, please turn off your anti-virus software on the computer. This software is completely safe.)

5.   Log in to miner backend

1）After you have retrieve your miner IP address using IP reporter tool, open the browser on your computer (Chrome or Firefox is preferred, and the computer needs to be in the same IP range), enter the found IP into the address bar of the browser, and proceed to login using root for both the username and password:

6.   Connect to ANTPOOL and set up miners

1)    stratum server address: (Can be found in the bottom right corner of ANTPOOL homepage. Note: BTC and BCH shares the same server address)

stratum+tcp://ss.antpool.com:3333 

stratum+tcp://ss.antpool.com:443 

stratum+tcp://ss.antpool.com:25

2)    Set up miners and connect to ANTPOOL (worker name is sub-account name + suffix, 

for example, sub-account: always; the first miner is named: always.01, the second miner: always.02... and so on)

3)    Fill in the three stratum server addresses in miner backend (recommended to enter only one miner name for the three server addresses, password can be 123). Click “Save & Apply” to run the miner.

4)  Keep miner running for about 10 minutes; check miner hashrate, temperature and other parameters under miner status from miner backend.

(Note: As long as one of the three stratum server addresses is live, the connection would be ok. If the primary server is offline, miner will automatically switch to the second address and this does not impact your earnings.)

Parameters under Miner Status:

A: Operation time          

B: Miner hash rate

C: Pool connection status, “Alive” means connected

D: Error rate, normally lower than 0.03%

E: Number of Hash boards     

F: Number of chips detected in the chain

G: ASIC frequency setting

H: Hash rate of each hash board  

I: Hash board temperature  

J: ASIC temperature

K: ASIC status, “O” indicates OK; “X” indicates error; “-” indicates dead  

L: Fan speed

7.  Keep miner running for about 10 minutes, check hash rate on ANTPOOL (If you are mining BCH, do not forget to switch coin type on the page before checking)

8.  Earnings and payment

1)    ANTPOOL provides daily payouts. Once your earning reaches the minimum payment amount, payouts will be sent to your wallet automatically. (BTC default minimum payout amount is 0.005, BCH is 0.01. This amount can be managed by you.)

2)    Payment will be sent to the wallet you set up on ANTPOOL. You can check the payment in your wallet or view your payment history under “Dashboard”– “Payment History” on ANTPOOL. (Paying: payment is being process; Paid: payment completed, tokens sent to your wallet)

(If you have chosen to mine BCH, payment will be sent to your BCH wallet. If you did not set up a wallet address, your earnings will be kept in your account balance.)

9. Now that we have gone through all the processes of account registration, miner configuration, and connecting to ANTPOOL, we hope you have a great time mining with us!