[How To] FREE invites + GPU mining of MERIT coin (Windows / Linux)
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0.000 HBD[How To] FREE invites + GPU mining of MERIT coin (Windows / Linux)
 One week ago I was intrigued by this post [Free Invites to the Merit Community!!](/@berniesanders/free-invites-to-the-merit-community) from @berniesanders, it talked about how to obtain an invitation to mine the MERIT coin. I gone on https://www.merit.me/ for a quick peek and a better knowledge of MERIT because never hearing about this coin before. A quick explain (45 sec) of MERIT: <center>https://youtu.be/AP_JuO3LA7s</center> ***A crypto working only on invite?*** Hahaha, I need one! Most seriously, on the paper few functionalities look like interesting as sending link by Email, SMS, WhatsApp, Telegram whether recipients are on the network or not. [see more features](https://www.merit.me/feature-comparison/) ## How to obtain an invite? Easy, I give you! ***Priority to people who want mining*** (have a limited quantity of invites) - Go to https://wallet.merit.me - Click on ***I received an invite to Merit by someone I know*** - in *invite code* fill with ***imtase*** (same my 2nd steemit account @imtase) ##### Or faster follow this link https://wallet.merit.me/?invite=imtase - Choose a ***username*** and follow the instructions! <div class="pull-left">  </div> <div class="pull-right">  </div> <small>*As all crypto take care to put in safety place your passphrase, better if you not loose it :)*</small> ***When finished to validate your request make a comment on this post with the username you created.*** ## How to MERIT mining To help you to not lose too much time, not as me, to start mining I made a little how to ;) Algorithm used by MERIT : ***cuckoo cycle*** You have 2 possibilities for mining, by the ***cold wallet***, can download on Github here: [meritlabs releases](https://github.com/meritlabs/merit/releases/) or with the miner only. ### Mining with the Cold Wallet In this case, when it will be installed you will need to download the full blockchain. Have 2 possibilities to do it, one fast (half hour) and another one very long (more than 1 day). When done, just go to ***Mining*** menu and select ***Start Mining*** <center></center> ***Disadvantage*** : Not really a good view on what you mining! ### Mining with the miner light way with more information of what your miner do. #### Mining on Windows (GPU) **Prerequisites** : driver Nvidia up to date and [CUDA Toolkit](https://developer.nvidia.com/cuda-downloads?) Ok, start with the most easy! Download the miner : [merit-minerd-0.2](https://www.merit.me/uploads/2018/desktop/merit-minerd-0.2.exe) (Nvidia only, sorry AMD owners they not release a version for you yet) To launch the miner it's really easy and common way. Make a bat file with: ``` merit-minerd-0.2.exe --url stratum+tcp://pool.merit.me:3333 --address MTSd79pTqZAvSfGpjs3eZfvXXYyH1Z3Qsx --gpu 0 --cores 6 ``` Where ***address*** is your wallet address, ***gpu*** ID of your(s) GPU and ***cores*** the number of cores of your cpu that you want to allocate to the mining. You will obtain a cmd window like this where the ***cycles/s*** is the hashrate. <center></center> for ***help*** you can run the command ***merit-minerd-0.2.exe --help*** #### Mining on Debian/Ubuntu (GPU) ***Prerequisites*** : I suggest you to install these packages: ``` sudo apt-get install cmake libblkid-dev e2fslibs-dev libboost-all-dev libaudit-dev ``` it prevent errors like *Boost header files* or *Imported targets not available for Boost version* ;) As windows miner you will need to have driver Nvidia up to date and [CUDA Toolkit](https://developer.nvidia.com/cuda-downloads?) Clone the git repository of the miner library and install it ``` git clone https://github.com/meritlabs/libmeritminer.git mkdir build cd build cmake .. make sudo make install ``` Have also a node wrapper in case you want (I not tested yet) here: https://github.com/meritlabs/merit-miner-node When done left to run it (you can create a bash file)! ``` merit-minerd --url stratum+tcp://pool.merit.me:3333 --address MTSd79pTqZAvSfGpjs3eZfvXXYyH1Z3Qsx --gpu 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 --cores 0 ``` Where ***address*** is your wallet address, ***gpu*** ID of your(s) GPU and ***cores*** the number of cores of your cpu that you want to allocate to the mining. You will obtain the same information than the windows version. ### Tools and useful information #### Mining Pool address: https://pool.merit.me/ You will find usual information of a mining pool. If you click on the worker you will see the active worker list where you will see your worker (if you use more than one machine/rig you will have same number of line). Tips: replace username with your in this link for a payment detail for your account: https://pool.merit.me/account/username/ ***Warning*** : Since this week have a new pool at [parachute.merit.me](https://parachute.merit.me/) who give you invites, depends of the number of share you mined on the period. More information on the <small>*[Discord](https://discordapp.com/invite/X3v3n3b)*</small>  #### Mining calculator and Network address: http://blockstats.merit.me You will find on all stats about the network (Difficulty included) and a tool to calculate how many MERIT you can earn on average (just put the total of cycles/s for your mining).  #### Market place Since this morning a market place to exchange MERIT wit BTC is available (better than the Discord way) at the address https://market.merit.me/dashboard it made the price of MERIT go down but the coin stay a good coin to mine ;)  #### Discord You can access the Discord of MERIT [here](https://discordapp.com/invite/X3v3n3b) will have always someone to answer your question (have a lot of users) ## To conclude With few days we can make a global idea of whet is MERIT but certainly not an idea who serve of base for a certitude. I will invite you to continue your learning about this coin and make your own opinion about it. I saw interesting things, ok, but it's not enough! it's time to investigate more and cross all informations to sure about this project. <center>[](https://www.merit.me/feature-comparison/)</center> <center>  If you liked this post *Not hesitate to tell me with an* **[ Upvote | Resteem | Comment ]** THANKS :) @french-tech  This post in French: [[TUTO] MERIT coin où le MINAGE par INVITATION (incluse dans ce post)](/@french-tech/tuto-merit-coin-ou-le-minage-par-invitation-incluse-dans-ce-post) </center>
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