{"id":18407,"date":"2025-12-22T07:44:45","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T04:44:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crypto-mining.blog\/?p=18407"},"modified":"2025-12-22T07:44:48","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T04:44:48","slug":"kaspaminer-%f0%9f%9a%80-how-to-download-and-configure-windows-linux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crypto-mining.blog\/en\/user-manuals\/kaspaminer-%f0%9f%9a%80-how-to-download-and-configure-windows-linux\/","title":{"rendered":"\u202fKaspaMiner 🚀 How to download and configure (Windows, Linux)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A complete guide to downloading, installing, and configuring the official KaspaMiner (Windows and Linux). Step-by-step instructions, NVIDIA\/AMD driver tips, and solutions to common Kaspa mining errors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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🚀 What is KaspaMiner and why is it needed?<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

\u202fKaspa is a decentralized, first-level cryptocurrency with an innovative DAG block architecture, ensuring high transaction processing speeds. Kaspa’s network uses the kHeavyHash algorithm (a modification of HeavyHash), optimized for GPUs. The official KaspaMiner (also known as the “community” miner) is an open-source GPU\/CPU miner developed by the Kaspa developers. It can be used to mine KAS coins on Nvidia\/AMD graphics cards or CPUs. Below, we’ll cover how to download and configure KaspaMiner on Windows and Linux.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

🖥️ Downloading and installing KaspaMiner on Windows<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Download the latest Windows version of KaspaMiner from GitHub (KaspaMiner releases page). Unzip the ZIP archive to a convenient folder. Inside, find the file mine.bat<\/code>. Right-click it and edit it: replace the example wallet address (the line with kaspa:...<\/code>) with your own Kaspa wallet address. Save the changes and double-click mine.bat<\/code>\u2013 the miner will launch and begin mining to your address.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before launching, make sure you have the latest GPU drivers installed on your computer. NVIDIA cards on Windows require driver version 495 or higher (CUDA 11.5+). If using AMD graphics cards, install the official AMD drivers with OpenCL support. If the miner displays CUDA or OpenCL errors after launch, update the corresponding drivers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

🐧 Downloading and installing KaspaMiner on Linux<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

For Linux, also download the KaspaMiner release from the same GitHub<\/a><\/noindex> page \/ wiki.kaspa.org<\/a><\/noindex> .<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unzip the archive to a folder on your PC. Then create a file in that folder mine.sh<\/code>with the following contents (example):<\/p>\n\n\n\n

while true; do .\/kaspa-miner* -a kaspa:<\u0432\u0430\u0448_\u0430\u0434\u0440\u0435\u0441> -s n.seeder1.kaspad.net; done\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Replace <\u0432\u0430\u0448_\u0430\u0434\u0440\u0435\u0441><\/code><address> with your Kaspa wallet address. Grant the script execution permissions ( chmod +x mine.sh<\/code>), then run it with the command .\/mine.sh<\/code>. This script automatically restarts the miner if it crashes. This option -s n.seeder1.kaspad.net<\/code>specifies the address of the public Kaspa “seeder” \u2013 this is how the miner connects to a working network node if you don’t have a local node running.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also, on Linux, make sure the required CUDA\/OpenCL libraries are installed. NVIDIA GPUs require drivers that support CUDA 11.2+ (on Linux, at least v460.32.03). For AMD, install ocl-icd<\/code>the AMDGPU-Pro or ROCm packages and drivers, which include OpenCL. Without the correct drivers, the miner won’t detect your GPU.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
⚙️ Miner setup and launch nuances<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
After unpacking and configuring the files, launch the Kaspa node ( kaspad<\/code>) and wait for it to sync with the Kaspa network. By default, KaspaMiner attempts to connect to a local node ( 127.0.0.1:16110<\/code>), so the node must be running and up-to-date with the blockchain. If you prefer pool mining, KaspaMiner supports Stratum mode: add the option -s stratum+tcp:\/\/<\u0430\u0434\u0440\u0435\u0441_\u043f\u0443\u043b\u0430>:<\u043f\u043e\u0440\u0442><\/code> <\/a><\/noindex>. For example, these parameters -a kaspa:\u0412\u0410\u0428\u0410\u0414\u0420\u0415\u0421 -s stratum+tcp:\/\/kaspa-pool.org:4444<\/code>will allow you to connect to a Kaspa pool.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In addition to the wallet address ( -a<\/code>or --mining-address<\/code>), you can set the number of CPU threads ( --threads<\/code>), disable CUDA\/AMD usage using the --cuda-disable<\/code>or flags --opencl-amd-disable<\/code>, adjust the GPU and memory frequencies, and more (for more details, see the GitHub documentation). However, in most cases, the basic settings are sufficient to get started.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
❌ Common mistakes and their solutions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n