rig/CHANGELOG.md

v2.6.0-beta1

• #476 Added Cryptonight-Heavy support for Sumokoin ASIC resistance fork.
• HTTP server now runs in main loop, it make possible easy extend API without worry about thread synchronization.
• Added initial graceful reload support, miner will reload configuration if config file changed, disabled by default until it will be fully implemented and tested.
• Added API endpoint PUT /1/config to update current config.
• Added API endpoint GET /1/config to get current active config.
• Added API endpoint GET /1/threads to get current active threads configuration.
• API endpoint GET / now deprecated, use GET /1/summary instead.
• Added --api-no-ipv6 and similar config option to disable IPv6 support for HTTP API.
• Added --api-no-restricted to enable full access to api, this option has no effect if --api-access-token not specified.

v2.5.2

• #448 Fixed broken reconnect.

v2.5.1

• #454 Fixed build with libmicrohttpd version below v0.9.35.
• #456 Verbose errors related to donation pool was not fully silenced.
• #459 Fixed regression (version 2.5.0 affected) with connection to xmr.f2pool.com.

v2.5.0

• #434 Added support for Monero v7 PoW, scheduled on April 6.
• Added full IPv6 support.
• Added protocol extension, when use the miner with xmrig-proxy 2.5+ no more need manually specify nicehash option.
• #123 Fixed regression (all versions since 2.4 affected) fragmented responses from pool/proxy was parsed incorrectly.
• #428 Fixed regression (version 2.4.5 affected) with CPU cache size detection.

v2.4.5

• #324 Fixed build without libmicrohttpd (CMake cache issue).
• #341 Fixed wrong exit code and added command line option --dry-run.
• #385 Up to 20% performance increase for non-AES CPU and fixed Intel Core 2 cache detection.

v2.4.4

• Added libmicrohttpd version to --version output.
• Fixed bug in singal handler, in some cases miner wasn't shutdown properly.
• Fixed recent MSVC 2017 version detection.
• #279 Fixed build on some macOS versions.

v2.4.3

• #94 #216 Added ARMv8 and ARMv7 support. Hardware AES supported, thanks Imran Yusuff.
• #157 #196 Fixed Linux compile issues.
• #184 Fixed cache size detection for CPUs with disabled Hyper-Threading.
• #200 In some cases miner was doesn't write log to stdout.

v2.4.2

• #60 Added FreeBSD support, thanks vcambur.
• #153 Fixed issues with dwarfpool.com.

v2.4.1

• #147 Fixed comparability with monero-stratum.

v2.4.0

• Added HTTP API.
• Added comments support in config file.
• libjansson replaced to rapidjson.
• #98 Ignore keepalive option with minergate.com and nicehash.com.
• #101 Fixed MSVC 2017 (15.3) compile time version detection.
• #108 Silently ignore invalid values for donate-level option.
• #111 Fixed build without AEON support.

v2.3.1

• #68 Fixed compatibility with Docker containers, was nothing print on console.

v2.3.0

• Added --cpu-priority option (0 idle, 2 normal to 5 highest).
• Added --user-agent option, to set custom user-agent string for pool. For example cpuminer-multi/0.1.
• Added --no-huge-pages option, to disable huge pages support.
• #62 Don't send the login to the dev pool.
• Force reconnect if pool block miner IP address. helps switch to backup pool.
• Fixed: failed open default config file if path contains non English characters.
• Fixed: error occurred if try use unavailable stdin or stdout, regression since version 2.2.0.
• Fixed: message about huge pages support successfully enabled on Windows was not shown in release builds.

v2.2.1

• Fixed terminal issues after exit on Linux and OS X.

v2.2.0

• #46 Restored config file support. Now possible use multiple config files and combine with command line options also added support for default config.
• Improved colors support on Windows, now used uv_tty, legacy code removed.
• QuickEdit Mode now disabled on Windows.
• Added interactive commands in console window:: hashrate, pause, resume.
• Fixed autoconf mode for AMD FX CPUs.

v2.1.0

• #40 Improved miner shutdown, fixed crash on exit for Linux and OS X.
• Fixed, login request was contain malformed JSON if username or password has some special characters for example \.
• #220 Better support for Round Robin DNS, IP address now always chosen randomly instead of stuck on first one.
• Changed donation address, new xmrig-proxy is coming soon.

v2.0.2

• Better deal with possible duplicate jobs from pool, show warning and ignore duplicates.
• For Windows builds libuv updated to version 1.13.1 and gcc to 7.1.0.

v2.0.1

• #27 Fixed possibility crash on 32bit systems.

v2.0.0

• Option --backup-url removed, instead now possibility specify multiple pools for example: -o example1.com:3333 -u user1 -p password1 -k -o example2.com:5555 -u user2 -o example3.com:4444 -u user3
• #15 Added option -l, --log-file=FILE to write log to file.
• #15 Added option -S, --syslog to use syslog for logging, Linux only.
• #18 Added nice messages for accepted/rejected shares with diff and network latency.
• #20 Fixed --cpu-affinity for more than 32 threads.
• Fixed Windows XP support.
• Fixed regression, option --no-color was not fully disable colored output.
• Show resolved pool IP address in miner output.

v1.0.1

• Fix broken software AES implementation, app has crashed if CPU not support AES-NI, only version 1.0.0 affected.

v1.0.0

• Miner complete rewritten in C++ with libuv.
• This version should be fully compatible (except config file) with previos versions, many new nice features will come in next versions.
• This is still beta. If you found regression, stability or perfomance issues or have an idea for new feature please fell free to open new issue.
• Added new option --print-time=N, print hashrate report every N seconds.
• New hashrate reports, by default every 60 secons.
• Added Microsoft Visual C++ 2015 and 2017 support.
• Removed dependency on libcurl.
• To compile this version from source please switch to dev branch.

v0.8.2

• Fixed L2 cache size detection for AMD CPUs (Bulldozer/Piledriver/Steamroller/Excavator architecture).

v0.8.2

• Fixed L2 cache size detection for AMD CPUs (Bulldozer/Piledriver/Steamroller/Excavator architecture).
• Fixed gcc 7.1 support.

v0.8.1

• Added nicehash support, detects automaticaly by pool URL, for example cryptonight.eu.nicehash.com:3355 or manually via option --nicehash.

v0.8.0

• Added double hash mode, also known as lower power mode. --av=2 and --av=4.
• Added smart automatic CPU configuration. Default threads count now depends on size of the L3 cache of CPU.
• Added CryptoNight-Lite support for AEON -a cryptonight-lite.
• Added --max-cpu-usage option for auto CPU configuration mode.
• Added --safe option for adjust threads and algorithm variations to current CPU.
• No more manual steps to enable huge pages on Windows. XMRig will do it automatically.
• Removed BMI2 algorithm variation.
• Removed default pool URL.

v0.6.0

• Added automatic cryptonight self test.
• New software AES algorithm variation. Will be automatically selected if cpu not support AES-NI.
• Added 32 bit builds.
• Documented algorithm variations.

v0.5.0

• Initial public release.