From 937f71fdc300858c0206ea79e03a42911023a3b6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: cheapbrokenghost <106210967+cheapbrokenghost@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2026 01:33:42 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Update mwc_mining_guide.md Reverted some mistakenly find/replaced "grin"s that made sense in the guide's context. Updated to reflect current state of mining i.e ASICs. Fixed incorrect links. --- doc/mwc_mining_guide.md | 18 +++++++++--------- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/mwc_mining_guide.md b/doc/mwc_mining_guide.md index f2f9869fd..a676bca7c 100644 --- a/doc/mwc_mining_guide.md +++ b/doc/mwc_mining_guide.md @@ -1,21 +1,21 @@ # Overview # -This page is intended to be the mining guide for MWC. Since MWC is a fork of [Mwc](https://github.com/mwcproject/mwc-node), -[Mwc Miner](https://github.com/mwcproject/mwc-node-miner) can be used to mine MWC. Mwc miner must be pointed at an -[MWC full node](https://github.com/mwcproject/mwc-node). Mwc supports two mining algorithms: C29 (ASIC resistant) and C31+ +This page is intended to be the mining guide for MWC. [MWC Miner](https://github.com/mwcproject/mwc-miner) can be used to mine MWC. +MWC miner must be pointed at an [MWC full node](https://github.com/mwcproject/mwc-node). Since MWC is a fork of Grin, grin-miner +also works for MWC mining. Historically, Grin supported two mining algorithms: C29 (ASIC resistant) and C31+ (ASIC friendly). MWC supports both of those algorithms as well, but on launch, we will support C29d (a variant of the C29 -algorithm). Mwc's mining algorithm allows for 90% of the block rewards to go to C29 miners initially and then gradually go +algorithm). Grin's mining algorithm allows for 90% of the block rewards to go to C29 miners initially and then gradually go down to 0% C29 two years after its launch. Since we are launching one year later, we will start at 45% C29d and gradually go -to 0% one year after launch. This is intended to keep us inline with Mwc. Mwc launched with the intent of doing a hard fork +to 0% one year after launch. This is intended to keep us inline with Grin. Grin launched with the intent of doing a hard fork every 6 months. We want to avoid doing that so we are likely to keep the C29d algorithm for the duration of the year that C29 is supported. We do reserve the right to do a hard fork should asics become a problem, but 6 months after launch C29 will only account for less than 25% of the network so we hope to avoid hard forks all together. # Procedure to mine # -1.) Setup and install a mwc miner: [Mwc Miner](https://github.com/mwcproject/mwc-node-miner). You will need a GPU that has -at least 5.5 GB of VRAM to effectively mine on the network. There are many discussions about which miners are best for Mwc +1.) Setup and install a MWC miner: [MWC Miner](https://github.com/mwcproject/mwc-miner). You will need a GPU that has +at least 5.5 GB of VRAM to effectively mine on the network. There are many discussions about which miners are best for Grin and they all apply equally to MWC since we use the same mining algorithm. Nvidia RTX 2070 Ti is a good GPU for mining C29d -and Nvidia RTX 2080 Ti is a good GPU for mining C31+, but there are many other options and C31 ASICs are on the horizon. +and Nvidia RTX 2080 Ti is a good GPU for mining C31+. Most miners uses C31 ASICs, notably the Ipollo G1 and G1 mini. 2.) Setup an MWC full node and wallet: [MWC full node](https://github.com/mwcproject/mwc-node) and [mwc-wallet](https://github.com/mwcproject/mwc-wallet). @@ -52,6 +52,6 @@ curl -d '{"id":1,"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"build_coinbase","params":{"block_fees # Reward Schedule # -MWC has a different reward schedule from mwc. Mwc's block reward subsidy is 60 mwcs per block indefinitely. MWC's +MWC has a different reward schedule from grin. Grin's block reward subsidy is 60 grins per block indefinitely. MWC's block reward subsidy starts at 2.380952380 MWC per block and has a halving every 4 years. After 32 halvings, the reward subsidy is 0 MWC.