Internal Miner

Internal Mining Guide

Internal mining is configured by modifying the config.xml file located within [aion_folder]/config. An example configuration enabling internal mining is shown below:

<consensus>
    <mining>true</mining>
    <miner-address>0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000111</miner-address>
    <cpu-mine-threads>2</cpu-mine-threads>
    <extra-data>MyAion</extra-data>
</consensus>

In order to ensure the kernel is mining the following fields must be configured:

• mining: true to enable mining, false to disable it
• miner-address: The wallet address that will collect AION for mining blocks

To create a new wallet, run ./aion.sh -a create. To import an existing wallet, please refer to Importing Accounts.

• cpu-mine-threads: 1 OR up to 75% of your max CPU logical cores

  The number of logical cores may be seen in either task manager (Windows) or system monitor (Ubuntu). It is not recommended to go above 75% of the total logical cores.

Optional field:

• extraData: any hex string up to 32 bytes

Once the config file has been setup the kernel should pick up the mining settings next time it is started.

Mining is normally delayed 10s to allow time for the kernel to fully start.