Connecting to SlushPool

In this section you will see how to connect to SlushPool. There are many mining pools to choose from and the basic concepts covered here should be roughly the same for any pool you choose.

Antminer

In the Antminer web interface, navigate to Settings in the left-hand menu, this will bring you to the configuration page where you can add the pool URLs.

Whatsminer

In the Whatsminer web interface, from the top bar menu, select Configuration > Miner Configuration. This will bring you to the configuration page where the pool URLs can be added.

Antminer

In the Antminer configuration page, you can change all the variables and then click on Save at the end prior to reboot.

Whatsminer

In the Whatsminer configuration page it is important to click on Save & Apply in between each change you make. Then at the end, after all the changes have been made, the ASIC gets a reboot and the changes are applied. If you don't click Save & Apply between each change then those changes will be lost prior to the reboot.

Antminer & Whatsminer

In another tab on your web browser, log into your SlushPool account if you haven't already. Then navigate to the Workers tab in the left-hand side menu and click on Connect Workers +.

This will bring up a page where you can choose the SlushPool server that is closest to your geographic location. Choosing a server that is far from you can introduce latency which reduces mining rewards. For the Whatsminers, make sure you have Stratum V1 selected. Only use Stratum V2 if you have done the BraiinsOS firmware upgrade on your Antminer. You will also notice that SlushPool suggests that you name your ASIC username.worker1 in your ASIC configuration page. So in this example, the SlushPool username is alice123 therefore the ASIC configuration will be setup so that the ASIC is named alice123.worker1. If you are running multiple ASICs then just keep appending the "worker" flag sequentially. For example, alice123.worker1 for the first ASIC. Then alice123.worker2 in the second ASIC's configuration page, and so on.

Also of note is that the password in the configuration page can be anything such as 1234, there is no security precaution with this password, it is used as a way to prevent the mining pool servers from getting spammed.

Antminer

Copy/paste the first nearest SlushPool server into your ASIC configuration page by navigating to the Pool 1 dialog box and placing the SlushPool URL there.

Whatsminer

Copy/paste the first nearest SlushPool server into your ASIC configuration file by navigating to the Pool 1 drop down menu and selecting -- Custom -- and then pasting the SlushPool URL there. Then click on Save & Apply before making any other changes.

Antminer

Name your ASIC using your SlushPool username followed by .worker1 for example, alice123.worker1.

Whatsminer

Name your ASIC using your SlushPool username followed by .worker1 for example, alice123.worker1. Then click on Save & Apply before making any other changes.

Antminer

You can use any password such as 1234. Then click on Save.

Whatsminer

You can leave the default password as 1234.

Antminer & Whatsminer

Repeat this process for the other two failover servers, picking a different server for each. Keep the worker name and password the same for each. Make sure you save your setting changes prior to reboot.

Antminer

The ASIC needs to be rebooted in order for these changes to take effect. Click on Restart Miner in the lower right-hand corner, then again in the pop-up promt. You should hear the fans spool down and back up again.

Whatsminer

The ASIC needs to be rebooted in order for these changes to take effect. Navigate to System > Reboot then click on the Perform reboot button. You will be logged out of the interface and the ASIC will reboot. You will hear the fans spool up and down a couple times. Then you can log back into the ASIC interface.

Antminer & Whatsminer

After a few minutes and as long as 90 minutes, you should start to see activity showing up in your SlushPool dashboard. Do not be alarmed if the hash rate is low or if the worker is showing as Offline or Disabled, it can take a long time for everything to connect and settle down.

At this point, simply monitor both your SlushPool dashboard and the ASIC web interface to ensure that the amount of hash being generated at the interface is reaching the dashboard.

Keep in mind that the prominently displayed hash rate score on the SlushPool interface is your scoring rate which is made of averages. During initial startup do not be surprised if this number is significantly lower than the hash rate reading you get from the web interface on your ASIC. A more accurate metric to watch is in the upper right-hand corner of your SlushPool dashboard, the 5 minute, 1 hour, and 24 hour averages.