This documentation is how to start solo mining Hush with an Innosilicon A9 (ASIC) Miner and be your own "Hush Solo".
## Overview
For this setup we will have our computer running hushd and we will have our ASIC Miner. In this write-up we are using a Linux computer. This might work on Windows or Mac, but that is beyond the scope of this document. If you do successfully test with these surveillance operating systems, then feel free to do a pull request to add your input in here.
For this setup we will have our computer running hushd and we will have our ASIC Miner connecting to it. In this write-up we are using a Linux computer. This might work on Windows or Mac, but that is beyond the scope of this document. If you do successfully test with these surveillance operating systems, then feel free to do a pull request to add your input in here.
### Pre-setup
1. Make sure you know the IP address of your ASIC miner. If you're not sure how to figure that out then do a [Startpage search](https://startpage.com) to learn how. It is outside the scope of this document.
1. Follow compilation or installation of the [Hush daemon](https://git.hush.is/hush/hush3/), which is outside of the scope of this document. It needs to be on your desktop computer before you continue with the Hush blockchain downloaded.
1. Make sure you know your desktop computer's IP address.
1. Follow compilation or installation of the [Hush daemon](https://git.hush.is/hush/hush3/) onto your desktop computer, which is outside of the scope of this document.
### Desktop computer setup
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1. Open your HUSH3.conf, which should be located in your home directory at ~/.komodo/HUSH3/HUSH3.conf.
1. Make sure you add the IP address of your ASIC miner into the conf file. The following is an example using 192.168.33.66 as the ASIC miner's IP:
```
rpcuser=make-this-unique-username
rpcpassword=MAKE-THIS-UNIQUE-PASSWORD
rpcport=18031
server=1
txindex=1
rpcworkqueue=256
rpcallowip=127.0.0.1
rpcallowip=192.168.33.66
rpcbind=127.0.0.1
```
If you had more than 1 ASIC, then each one would get it's own rpcallowip line item.
1. Then start ```hushd``` at the command line. Once this is running, then continue.
```
rpcuser=user-choose-your-own
rpcpassword=PASSWORD0123456-make-it-custom
rpcport=18031
server=1
txindex=1
rpcworkqueue=256
rpcallowip=127.0.0.1
rpcallowip=192.168.33.66
rpcbind=127.0.0.1
```
Change the ```rpcuser``` and ```rpcpassword``` above to something unique as it will be used later.
Note: If you had more than 1 ASIC, then each one would get it's own rpcallowip line item.
1. Then start ```hushd``` at the command line. It needs to be on your desktop computer with the Hush blockchain completely downloaded before you continue. You can check its status with the following command ```hush-cli getinfo | grep synced``` and you want the value to be true before continuing.
### Setup a NOMP
This section needs to be written still...
I didn't know what NOMP meant, so I looked it up and it stands for Node Open Mining Protocol. This software will let our ASIC miner connect to the hushd running on our computer, so here we go...
1. We'll use [KNOMP](https://github.com/webworker01/knomp), which is a NOMP based stratum for Komodo based Equihash coins like Hush.
1. We git clone it and change to the ```knomp``` directory.
```
mkdir ~/hushsolo
cd ~/hushsolo
git clone https://github.com/webworker01/knomp
cd knomp
```
1. Then copy an example config file to be used by us.
```
cp config_example.json config.json
```
1. Then edit config.json and save it.
```
only things changed from default were
"forks": "auto"
"stratumHost": "stratum.hush.puppy"
```
1. Next we create a "coin" config for Hush. Change to the ```coins``` directory, create "hush.json", and configure as follows:
```
{
"name": "hush",
"symbol": "hush",
"algorithm": "equihash",
"peerMagic": "f9eee48d",
"txfee": 0.0001,
"privateChain": true,
"burnFees": true,
"sapling": true
}
```
1. Then copy the poolconfig template into the ```knomp\pool_configs``` directory
1. Also check the status of 192.168.33.101:8080 in your web browser and click around to see that it is working!
## To-Do Items to Clarify
* Not sure if the address & tAddress are the same t-address in the pool_config file.
* Not sure if the ASIC miner "leaving" and "re-joining" the pool constantly is normal or a setting that needs to be changed.
* Have to test this further...
## Mining support
Join us in our Hush mining channel on Telegram, which can [be found here](https://t.me/minersgonnamine).
Join us in our Hush mining channel on Telegram, which can [be found here](https://t.me/minersgonnamine). Most miners are not rocking "Hush Solo" style, so make sure you mention that too.
##### Credits
Hush puppies like giving credit when it's due,
1. [This resource](https://github.com/zone117x/node-open-mining-portal) was a great help with writing this as it had in-depth explanation of each option in all of the config files we configured. If you need any other info on certain options, then take a look thru their write-up.
1. [This repository](https://github.com/z-classic/z-nomp/tree/master/pool_configs) is an old Z-NOMP with pool configurations, so these were helpful to see other options, like those special _comments.
