# Native Mac Miner Release v4 (new GPU BETA) **URL:** \ **Category:** Mining\ **Created:** [November 3, 2016, 9:47pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/native-mac-miner-release-v4-new-gpu-beta/6965 "2016-11-03T21:47:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![justvanbloom](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/user_avatar/forum.zcashcommunity.com/justvanbloom/32/1169_2.png) [@justvanbloom](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/justvanbloom)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2016, 9:47pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/native-mac-miner-release-v4-new-gpu-beta/6965/1 "2016-11-03T21:47:44Z")
# zcash\_mac\_nheqminer go straight to Release section: [click here](https://github.com/justvanbloom/zcash_mac_nheqminer/releases) Mining Zcash on Mac the easy way. * * * #### Mining on Mac: ![Zcash Miner Screenshot](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/uploads/default/original/2X/d/d53f5a0150908ca1c688b044f446c9da53fd5630.png) Mining with pools: Set your worker Set pool adress Start mining. Mining with Nicehash: 1. mining on equhash algoritm while being paid in Bitcoins ([NiceHash - Leading Cryptocurrency Platform for Mining and Trading](https://www.nicehash.com/index.jsp?p=gstarted#seller)), you _NEED_ Bitcoin address for this 2. mining Zcash directly and being paid in Zcash ([https://zcash.nicehash.com/getting\_started](https://zcash.nicehash.com/getting_started)), you _NEED_ Zcash address for this * * * # Acknowledgments and credits ## Acknowledgements This miner is based on Equihash Miner for NiceHash Thanks to Zcash developers for providing most of the code Special thanks to tromp for providing optimized CPU equihash solver Special thanks to xenoncat for providing assembly optimized CPU equihash solver Special thanks to [Zcash Community on Slack](https://zcashcommunity.slack.com) ## Credits Author of this miner: Kost Author of Mac GUI for this miner: JustVanBlooM ## Donations If you feel this project is useful to you. Feel free to donate. ``` BTC address: 1GaGRtcCjb7ThaDgDLjgVwV8fctzEf12ct ``` ---
**Author:** ![dlehenky](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/user_avatar/forum.zcashcommunity.com/dlehenky/32/1751_2.png) [@dlehenky](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/dlehenky)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2016, 12:47am UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/native-mac-miner-release-v4-new-gpu-beta/6965/2 "2016-11-04T00:47:17Z")
That’s great! But your “Mac Version Download” button goes to an empty folder. I’d like to run it, but I don’t have an opensource dev environment on my Mac, as I do dev work on Ubuntu (separate system). Thanks for your work on this! ---
**Author:** ![capataz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@capataz](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/capataz)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2016, 1:44am UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/native-mac-miner-release-v4-new-gpu-beta/6965/3 "2016-11-04T01:44:27Z")
> [@dlehenky](#): > > opensource dev environment on my Mac cam you help me instal one of thous?i never mined form my mac air. it will be funny to show to the cloud mining companies 😆 i what to test is…thanks @justvanbloom good work! ---
**Author:** ![justvanbloom](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/user_avatar/forum.zcashcommunity.com/justvanbloom/32/1169_2.png) [@justvanbloom](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/justvanbloom)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2016, 1:54am UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/native-mac-miner-release-v4-new-gpu-beta/6965/4 "2016-11-04T01:54:22Z")
I’m fixing it right now. ---
**Author:** ![dlehenky](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/user_avatar/forum.zcashcommunity.com/dlehenky/32/1751_2.png) [@dlehenky](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/dlehenky)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2016, 2:30am UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/native-mac-miner-release-v4-new-gpu-beta/6965/5 "2016-11-04T02:30:52Z")
Great! Btw, I have the same MBP you are running. Man, the new ones are pricey! ---
**Author:** ![dlehenky](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/user_avatar/forum.zcashcommunity.com/dlehenky/32/1751_2.png) [@dlehenky](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/dlehenky)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2016, 2:34am UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/native-mac-miner-release-v4-new-gpu-beta/6965/6 "2016-11-04T02:34:32Z")
How many threads do you run, without killing it for normal stuff? Thanks! Edit: I’m getting 11.5+ with 3 threads. That’s just 1 less than my 3.6 GHz i3 with the same number of threads! Wow! ---
**Author:** ![justvanbloom](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/user_avatar/forum.zcashcommunity.com/justvanbloom/32/1169_2.png) [@justvanbloom](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/justvanbloom)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2016, 3:06am UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/native-mac-miner-release-v4-new-gpu-beta/6965/7 "2016-11-04T03:06:35Z")
Fixed now. Also Readme added. Direct to zip: [https://github.com/justvanbloom/nheqminer/raw/kost/mac/nheqminer.zip](https://github.com/justvanbloom/nheqminer/raw/kost/mac/nheqminer.zip) ---
**Author:** ![justvanbloom](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/user_avatar/forum.zcashcommunity.com/justvanbloom/32/1169_2.png) [@justvanbloom](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/justvanbloom)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2016, 3:09am UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/native-mac-miner-release-v4-new-gpu-beta/6965/8 "2016-11-04T03:09:35Z")
Nice. You can run 75% threads to Cores. Eg. if you have a i5 4 core cpu with threading its 8 so 6 is the perfect number and you can also do normal work on it. but keep an eye on the temps. ---
**Author:** ![justvanbloom](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/user_avatar/forum.zcashcommunity.com/justvanbloom/32/1169_2.png) [@justvanbloom](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/justvanbloom)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2016, 3:11am UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/native-mac-miner-release-v4-new-gpu-beta/6965/9 "2016-11-04T03:11:53Z")
fixed. Download: [https://github.com/justvanbloom/nheqminer/raw/kost/mac/nheqminer.zip](https://github.com/justvanbloom/nheqminer/raw/kost/mac/nheqminer.zip) Please read the Readme, change start.sh to your needs and open terminal, drop the start.sh and let it hash away! ---
**Author:** ![dlehenky](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/user_avatar/forum.zcashcommunity.com/dlehenky/32/1751_2.png) [@dlehenky](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/dlehenky)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2016, 3:12am UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/native-mac-miner-release-v4-new-gpu-beta/6965/10 "2016-11-04T03:12:18Z")
It’s a 4 core i7 2.3 GHz. I’ve got 15 sols/s with 4 threads. Thank you very much for your effort. I greatly appreciate it. Have a great day! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![justvanbloom](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/user_avatar/forum.zcashcommunity.com/justvanbloom/32/1169_2.png) [@justvanbloom](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/justvanbloom)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2016, 3:22am UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/native-mac-miner-release-v4-new-gpu-beta/6965/11 "2016-11-04T03:22:26Z")
For the start script, params to configure: Parameters: -h Print this help and quit -l [location] Stratum server:port -u [username] Username (pool worker) -x [enginenum] Engine (-1=auto,0=tromp,1=AVX1,2=AVX2) -p [password] Password (default: x) -t [num\_thrds] Number of threads (default: number of sys cores) -d [level] Debug print level (0 = print all, 5 = fatal only, default: 2) -b [hashes] Run in benchmark mode (default: 100 hashes) -a [port] Local API port (default: 0 = do not bind) ---
**Author:** ![justvanbloom](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/user_avatar/forum.zcashcommunity.com/justvanbloom/32/1169_2.png) [@justvanbloom](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/justvanbloom)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2016, 2:44pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/native-mac-miner-release-v4-new-gpu-beta/6965/12 "2016-11-04T14:44:48Z")
Updates: working on a gui for mac osx now. ---
**Author:** ![aza](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4491bb/32.png) [@aza](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/aza)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2016, 4:08pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/native-mac-miner-release-v4-new-gpu-beta/6965/13 "2016-11-04T16:08:54Z")
Okay, where can I try it? Can you please link it for download? I have tried native CLI from you git - cant run it cause “no such file as nheqminer” said mac terminal. I did everything you post in readme: get reverse git clone, compile everything (with some errors but successful) and cant run it - feels like stupid one… Please tell me HOW to do this and I hope GUI-version will be more userfriendly… Thanks anyway, someone I believe could run it and uses. ---
**Author:** ![justvanbloom](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/user_avatar/forum.zcashcommunity.com/justvanbloom/32/1169_2.png) [@justvanbloom](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/justvanbloom)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2016, 5:00pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/native-mac-miner-release-v4-new-gpu-beta/6965/14 "2016-11-04T17:00:09Z")
GUI Version is comming in a few hours. Stay tuned. ---
**Author:** ![freshfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c77e96/32.png) [@freshfish](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/freshfish)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2016, 5:00pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/native-mac-miner-release-v4-new-gpu-beta/6965/15 "2016-11-04T17:00:32Z")
Thanks…I have an i5 iMac 2016 but had to try this ASAP and tried it on a 2009 iMac with core 2 duo 3ghz…I pulled a blazing .9 sol/s 🙂 Update: It just broke 1 sol/s woo! I will let you guys know tomorrow what I get on a newer iMac 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![matrix961](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90db22/32.png) [@matrix961](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/matrix961)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2016, 5:11pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/native-mac-miner-release-v4-new-gpu-beta/6965/16 "2016-11-04T17:11:26Z")
I have a late 2015 iMac with a core i5. I’m getting 16 sol/s mining on three cores with this miner. Works great, thank you for this. ---
**Author:** ![Thimomol](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc8723/32.png) [@Thimomol](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/Thimomol)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2016, 6:11pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/native-mac-miner-release-v4-new-gpu-beta/6965/17 "2016-11-04T18:11:07Z")
When I change the start.sh and drag it in to terminal it says ‘/Users/thimomol/Downloads/nheqminer/start.sh: line 1: ./nheqminer: No such file or directory’ How to change that? ---
**Author:** ![aza](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4491bb/32.png) [@aza](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/aza)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2016, 6:20pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/native-mac-miner-release-v4-new-gpu-beta/6965/18 "2016-11-04T18:20:09Z")
Yea, same shit 🙂 waiting for new release - gui version for mac. ---
**Author:** ![pietronegro](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/user_avatar/forum.zcashcommunity.com/pietronegro/32/1997_2.png) [@pietronegro](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/pietronegro)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2016, 6:32pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/native-mac-miner-release-v4-new-gpu-beta/6965/19 "2016-11-04T18:32:50Z")
I cant change parameters in config file - when I changein it will not affect on mining - allways run on defaults. ---
**Author:** ![pietronegro](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/user_avatar/forum.zcashcommunity.com/pietronegro/32/1997_2.png) [@pietronegro](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/pietronegro)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2016, 7:02pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/native-mac-miner-release-v4-new-gpu-beta/6965/20 "2016-11-04T19:02:19Z")
I cant setup my own settings - allways is default ian its mining for admin: ZCASH CPU Miner - [GitHub - justvanbloom/nheqminer: Currently fastest public CPU Equihash/zcash/zec miner](https://github.com/justvanbloom/nheqminer) jvb\_nheqminer/0.3.9 Thanks to Zcash developers and community, nicehash, tromp, kost and xenoncat. Donate! BTC:1GaGRtcCjb7ThaDgDLjgVwV8fctzEf12ct Setting log level to 2 [19:59:57][0x000070000b61a000] stratum | Connecting to stratum server [equihash.eu.nicehash.com:3357](http://equihash.eu.nicehash.com:3357) [19:59:57][0x000070000b61a000] stratum | Connected! [19:59:57][0x000070000b61a000] stratum | Starting miner [19:59:57][0x000070000b92c000] miner#5 | Using Xenoncat’s AVX2 solver. [19:59:57][0x000070000b720000] miner#1 | Using Xenoncat’s AVX2 solver. [19:59:57][0x000070000b69d000] miner#0 | Using Xenoncat’s AVX2 solver. [19:59:57][0x000070000b826000] miner#3 | Using Xenoncat’s AVX2 solver. [19:59:57][0x000070000b69d000] miner#0 | Starting thread #0 [19:59:57][0x000070000b92c000] miner#5 | Starting thread #5 [19:59:57][0x000070000b720000] miner#1 | Starting thread #1 [19:59:57][0x000070000b7a3000] miner#2 | Using Xenoncat’s AVX2 solver. [19:59:57][0x000070000b8a9000] miner#4 | Using Xenoncat’s AVX2 solver. [19:59:57][0x000070000b7a3000] miner#2 | Starting thread #2 [19:59:57][0x000070000b8a9000] miner#4 | Starting thread #4 [19:59:57][0x000070000b826000] miner#3 | Starting thread #3 [19:59:57][0x000070000b61a000] stratum | Subscribed to stratum server [19:59:57][0x000070000b61a000] miner | Extranonce is 200046fa4c [19:59:57][0x000070000b61a000] stratum | Authorized worker 1GaGRtcCjb7ThaDgDLjgVwV8fctzEf12ct [Next page](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/native-mac-miner-release-v4-new-gpu-beta/6965.md?page=2)