Algorithm-specific ports coming tonight

[Steve Sokolowski]

Tonight, we'll be issuing a new mining server release that will enable the use of algorithm-specific ports. Algorithm-specific ports allow miners to connect to the mining server without needing to use the "a=" password argument. The feature is required for ETH and XMR mining, because the stratum protocol for those two algorithms is so different than that used by the other coins.

However, algorithm-specific ports are also useful for another reason: they allow customers to connect without an initial difficulty for scrypt being sent to the miner. The stratum protocol is poorly designed in that it allows users to connect to a server and subscribe to receive work before they have even authenticated themselves. That means that pools need to send an initial difficulty and initial work to the miner before the "a=" password argument is received. Some mining software won't wait for the second difficulty to be received, and will disconnect the miner for being too easy or too difficult.

If you're having trouble connecting to the system, try using one of the algorithm-specific ports, as listed in the documentation, once they are released tonight. The release will require a two-minute restart.

[Steve Sokolowski]

This feature was released successfully. If you had trouble with connectivity in the past, try using an algorithm-specific port and let us know how it goes!

[djliss]

I can confirm DSTM miner now works on the equihash port of 3336 using comma separated password arguments without using mrr as a proxy.

Happy days!!

Well done steve, since i have been mining here (november last year) i have seen improvement after improvement, keep up the good work guys!!

[JonSmith]

I can confirm x11 port 3334 is working. Also seems like I'm getting a better connection and a little more H/s rate, Cheers!

[djliss]

NHEQMINER also works on the equihash port for CPU mining