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Version 1.4.2 alpha NVIDIA

30 Jan 15:56
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Version 1.4.2 alpha NVIDIA Pre-release
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  • bug fixes & improvements
  • speed improvements for neoscrypt

Note: NVIDIA drivers 387.xx or more recent are required.

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Version 1.4.1 alpha NVIDIA

22 Jan 10:28
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Version 1.4.1 alpha NVIDIA Pre-release
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  • fixed reconnect issues on Equihash, DaggerHashimoto and CryptoNight

Note: CUDA 9.1 binaries require a NVIDIA driver 387.xx or more recent.

Excavator compiled with CUDA 9.1 outperforms the one compiled with CUDA 8.0 on some algorithms.

Benchmark results (difference between CUDA 9.1 vs CUDA 8.0 hashrates in percentage)*:

algo 1080 Ti 1080 1070 1060 6GB 1060 3GB 1050 Ti
blake2s 1.6 0.8 2.2 0.0 1.3 1.4
cryptonight 2.4 5.6 4.5 0.5 0.0 0.0
dagger -1.5 -0.2 1.1 0.6 0.2 1.7
decred 0.0 -0.6 -0.3 0.0 0.6 -1.0
equihash 0.2 0.8 0.1 -0.2 0.1 -1.9
lbry 0.2 0.2 -1.1 0.8 0.0 -0.1
lyra 1.8 1.7 1.7 1.6 1.4 1.8
neoscrypt 5.3 8.7 -8.2 -3.7 2.9 5.0
nist5 5.0 2.3 2.9 5.9 7.8 5.8
pascal 8.5 7.6 11.0 9.4 9.7 8.2
keccak 5.2 6.0 6.6 8.3 7.0 6.1
sia 0.0 -0.4 0.0 -0.8 0.0 -1.2

* Windows 10, driver version 390.65, stock settings
** A positive value means CUDA 9.1 version works better.

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Version 1.4.0 alpha NVIDIA

19 Jan 07:32
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v1.4.0a
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  • neoscrypt bug fixes & improvements
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Version 1.3.9 alpha NVIDIA

15 Jan 16:17
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v1.3.9a
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Version 1.3.9 alpha NVIDIA Pre-release
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  • bug fixes & improvements
  • added algorithm Nist5
  • speed improvements for NeoScrypt
  • added '-wl' command line parameter to specify path to index.html

Note on NeoScrypt:
This version of Excavator includes speed improvements for NeoScrypt, the issue with 'CUDA out of memory' hasn't been addressed yet. If you're using NiceHash Miner we suggest you to disable NeoScrypt on the primary card to avoid potential crashes. Same goes for standalone Excavator, don't run NeoScrypt on the primary card if you encounter out of memory issues (third party applications that are GPU consuming could crash the primary card as well).

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Version 1.3.8 alpha NVIDIA

24 Nov 13:37
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  • added algorithm neoscrypt
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Version 1.3.7 alpha NVIDIA

17 Nov 13:38
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v1.3.7a
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Version 1.3.7 alpha NVIDIA Pre-release
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  • bug fixes & improvements
  • fixed high CPU loads
  • support for GTX 1070 Ti and GTX 970

Notes for Linux Users: The Linux version of excavator is compatible only with Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, and it requires NVIDIA Display Driver 387 or later. All you need to do for installation on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS is to install a compatible NVIDIA driver and to run:

wget https://github.com/nicehash/excavator/releases/download/v1.3.7a/excavator_1.3.7a-xenial0_amd64.deb
sudo apt install ./excavator_1.3.7a-xenial0_amd64.deb

On Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-toolchain-r/test
sudo apt-get update
wget https://github.com/nicehash/excavator/releases/download/v1.3.7a/excavator_1.3.7a-trusty0_amd64.deb
sudo dpkg -i excavator_1.3.7a-trusty0_amd64.deb
sudo apt-get install -f

Everything will be installed under /opt/excavator, and you can test excavator with:

excavator-run

If you would like to mine to your Bitcoin address:

excavator-run -u [your Bitcoin address] -a [algorithm]

You can run a complete set of benchmarks with:

excavator-benchmark

For further details, please refer to the manpage for excavator(1).

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Version 1.3.6 alpha NVIDIA

03 Nov 19:55
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Version 1.3.6 alpha NVIDIA Pre-release
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  • cryptonight bug fixes & improvements

Notes for Linux Users: The Linux version of excavator is compatible only with Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, and it requires NVIDIA Display Driver 387 or later. All you need to do for installation on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS is to install a compatible NVIDIA driver and to run:

wget https://github.com/nicehash/excavator/releases/download/v1.3.6a/excavator_1.3.6a-xenial0_amd64.deb
sudo apt install ./excavator_1.3.6a-xenial0_amd64.deb

On Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-toolchain-r/test
sudo apt-get update
wget https://github.com/nicehash/excavator/releases/download/v1.3.6a/excavator_1.3.6a-trusty0_amd64.deb
sudo dpkg -i excavator_1.3.6a-trusty0_amd64.deb
sudo apt-get install -f

Everything will be installed under /opt/excavator, and you can test excavator with:

excavator-run

If you would like to mine to your Bitcoin address:

excavator-run -u [your Bitcoin address] -a [algorithm]

You can run a complete set of benchmarks with:

excavator-benchmark

For further details, please refer to the manpage for excavator(1).

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Version 1.3.5 alpha NVIDIA

03 Nov 09:46
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v1.3.5a
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Version 1.3.5 alpha NVIDIA Pre-release
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  • cryptonight bug fixes & improvements
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Version 1.3.4 alpha NVIDIA

25 Oct 13:20
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v1.3.4a
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Version 1.3.4 alpha NVIDIA Pre-release
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  • bug fixes & improvements
  • speed improvements for equihash
  • speed improvements for keccak
  • speed improvements for lyra2rev2

Notes for Linux Users: The Linux version of excavator is compatible only with Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, and it requires NVIDIA Display Driver 387 or later. All you need to do for installation on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS is to install a compatible NVIDIA driver and to run:

wget https://github.com/nicehash/excavator/releases/download/v1.3.4a/excavator_1.3.4a-xenial0_amd64.deb
sudo apt install ./excavator_1.3.4a-xenial0_amd64.deb

On Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-toolchain-r/test
sudo apt-get update
wget https://github.com/nicehash/excavator/releases/download/v1.3.4a/excavator_1.3.4a-trusty0_amd64.deb
sudo dpkg -i excavator_1.3.4a-trusty0_amd64.deb
sudo apt-get install -f

Everything will be installed under /opt/excavator, and you can test excavator with:

excavator -c /opt/excavator/etc/default_command_file.json

There is no man page yet, but it should be ready for the next version.

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Version 1.3.3 alpha NVIDIA

13 Oct 07:10
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v1.3.3a
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Version 1.3.3 alpha NVIDIA Pre-release
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  • bug fixes & improvements
  • added algorithm cryptonight
  • added algorithm keccak

Notes for Linux Users: The Linux version of excavator is compatible only with Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. All you need to do for installation on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS is to run:

wget https://github.com/nicehash/excavator/releases/download/v1.3.2a/excavator_1.3.2a-xenial0_amd64.deb
sudo apt install ./excavator_1.3.2a-xenial0_amd64.deb

On Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-toolchain-r/test
sudo apt-get update
wget https://github.com/nicehash/excavator/releases/download/v1.3.2a/excavator_1.3.2a-trusty0_amd64.deb
sudo dpkg -i excavator_1.3.2a-trusty0_amd64.deb
sudo apt-get install -f

Everything will be installed under /opt/excavator, and you can test excavator with:

excavator -c /opt/excavator/etc/default_command_file.json

There is no man page yet, but it should be ready for the next version.

Assets 5
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