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Vminer is a graphical Windows mining client for PRL (Pearl), QTC (Quantus) and XTM (Tari), working on both NVIDIA and AMD GPUs. Download, paste your wallet, pick a pool and click Run — no command line needed.

PRL “mining” has your GPU run large AI matrix multiplications, proven on-chain with a zero-knowledge proof, so a card's matrix throughput decides its hashrate. NVIDIA cards are currently the most efficient.

QTC uses the quantus (Poseidon2) post-quantum hash. In Vminer you mine it with SRBMiner or PeakMiner on Kryptex or LuckyPool.

No. Vminer is a native Windows app — extract and double-click.

No. The first time a mining kernel is needed, Vminer downloads and verifies it automatically.

Windows 10/11 64-bit plus one discrete GPU (NVIDIA or AMD). Stronger GPUs mine more.

See the GPU hashrate table: medians from real rigs that are mining right now, with measured power, hashrate per watt and estimated PRL per day, refreshed hourly. Actual hashrate depends on power limit, clocks, driver and cooling.

Look at hashrate per watt, not just hashrate — electricity is the long-term cost. The GPU hashrate table has a per-watt column; newer generations are clearly more efficient, and laptop GPUs often do well per watt thanks to their lower power limits.

Pools differ in minimum payout, payout schedule and real yield. Compare them on the pool ranking & 7-day yield page, then switch pools from the dropdown in Vminer.

PRL: LuckyPool, Kryptex, HeroMiners, PearlHash, PEARLSKI and PearlFortune. QTC: Kryptex and LuckyPool. XTM: Kryptex. More are added over time — switch from the dropdown.

SRBMiner, PeakMiner, WildRig, TW-Pearl-Miner, the PEARLSKI miner, lolMiner and more. After you pick a pool, Vminer only lists kernels that work with that pool and your GPU.

Vminer is free to download. No extra fees — Vminer only takes the kernel's 2%.

Yes — the “中 | EN” switch in the title bar changes the whole interface.

Not to mine. You only need an account for Fleet Control (managing many rigs from your phone).

No — Vminer picks a nearby route automatically.

Generate one with the coin's official wallet. For PRL we recommend the official Pearl desktop wallet (linked under Links in the client). On Kryptex you can also use your Kryptex username.

Either. With a username, earnings go to your Kryptex account.

The pool pays your wallet by its own rules (minimum payout, schedule). The Pool card and the Pool site link in the client both show balance and paid amount.

Yours — Vminer never touches your funds.

The coins are on-chain; the wallet just isn't reading them. Check that the wallet is on mainnet, update it to the latest version, confirm it's showing the same address you mine to, then restart it to refresh.

That's normal. The client shows live local data, while the pool uses its own window and difficulty with some delay; rejected and stale shares add to the gap. Earnings are settled by the pool.

Pools take 10–30 minutes to show a new rig, and on high-difficulty pools such as PearlHash a small rig may need about an hour before the numbers settle. First confirm accepted shares are rising in the client and that the wallet and worker name are correct.

Yes, but it's the pool's feature: bind your NOCK wallet at the pool once (Vminer has no such setting). On PearlHash, mine briefly with a kernel using yourPRLaddress@nock=yourNOCKaddress as the user, and while it runs bind your NOCK address on the PearlHash settings page. After that, mine PRL in Vminer as usual. Only put the PRL address in Vminer's wallet field — never the @nock= part.

The official wallet is a command-line tool built on Linux. For a graphical wallet, Iris Wallet (by NockBox) is a browser extension that can import the CLI wallet's seed phrase. Keep your seed phrase to yourself.

The big button at the top left of Single Mode: “Tap to run” starts, “Running, tap to stop” stops.

Settings lock while mining so a running config isn't disturbed. Stop, change, then run again.

A few rejects (network jitter, shares submitted during a job switch) are normal. If the reject rate stays high, try another kernel version or check your network.

The kernel needs to warm up and hashrate is a moving average — it settles within a few minutes.

The displayed hashrate is the last reported value and may not drop to zero immediately when a pool stalls. Judge by GPU power and core clock and whether shares are increasing. If it's stuck, stop and run again, or switch pools.

Set “GPU” to all. Each card shows its own hashrate, temperature and power on the home page.

Enter card indices starting from 0, e.g. 0 or 0,1,2.

Yes. Set power and fan per card under Per-GPU.

Beginners should pick “Auto (latest)”. If a version is unstable on your machine, try another version or another kernel.

Vminer only lists miners that work with your chosen pool and your GPU, so you can't pick one that won't work.

It tells rigs apart on the pool site and in Fleet Control. Empty means the PC name; you can add a prefix or random suffix.

Yes, and they're often more efficient per watt than desktop cards. Watch cooling under sustained load; lower the power limit or enable thermal linkage.

Yes. PRL and QTC via SRBMiner on Kryptex, HeroMiners or LuckyPool, and XTM too. AMD status is shown, but clock tuning isn't supported yet.

A machine mines one coin at a time on its GPUs; switch coins in Single Settings or Fleet Control. Merged mining (e.g. PRL plus NOCK) is a pool feature — see the dual-mining question above.

Not easily. Vminer reconnects automatically; the log shows “Auto-reconnecting” then “Reconnected”.

Usually the pool itself is having trouble (its backend is unreachable or it stops sending new jobs), which hits everyone on that pool at once. Wait a few minutes or temporarily switch to another pool.

The GPU touched memory it shouldn't during computation — most often an unstable overclock, especially memory clock. Reset core and memory clocks to default first; if it still crashes, update the GPU driver; if that fails, switch to another mining kernel.

A real case: an overclocked high-end card on WildRig 0.51.3 hit “an illegal memory access was encountered” within a minute of starting. Running WildRig yourself, adding --intensity 6 to the command line lowers the per-batch load and made it stable, at a small hashrate cost. In Vminer, switch to SRBMiner or PeakMiner, or reset the memory overclock to default.

Normal. SRBMiner only prints its hashrate about every 90 seconds and shows “-” while warming up. Wait 1–2 minutes and judge by whether accepted shares are rising.

A display issue only — mining is fine. Older versions couldn't read some kernels' output formats (for example a column printed as “-”); current versions handle it. Judge by rising shares and keep Vminer up to date.

No. The algorithms differ, so the scales differ: PRL is in TH/s and QTC in MH/s. They can't be compared directly.

They count differently: some pools weight shares by difficulty (counting many more early on while difficulty is low), while the client counts accepted submissions. Trust the pool's earnings and hashrate rather than matching share counts.

PearlHash shares are sparse — around 100 TH/s finds roughly one every 9 minutes, and the pool's estimated hashrate reads 0 until enough arrive. Watch for at least an hour.

PearlHash doesn't publish share statistics. It's normal and doesn't affect mining or earnings.

Generic kernels can't read this pool's difficulty, so it needs the PEARLSKI miner. Choose the PEARLSKI kernel (or Auto) for this pool.

The wallet address is invalid. HeroMiners checks the format — make sure the full prl1… address is pasted with no spaces.

Kryptex doesn't publish username-account balances; log in to the Kryptex website to see them. If shares and online workers show up, mining is fine.

When a pool is slow to send jobs, the kernel reconnects and may idle for a few minutes while the screen still shows the old hashrate. Check GPU power and core clock; keep Vminer running — current versions wait longer before reconnecting.

Another program is using the GPU — video playback or AI image tools such as ComfyUI. Close them while mining.

Integrated graphics can't mine PRL, so only the discrete card mines and it may be GPU 1. That's normal — pick the NVIDIA card or just use all.

Always compare at the same power. Others often test at full power; our table reports real fleet rigs at their power limits, and at equal power the numbers match.

No. In Avoid or Smart mode the GPU is handed over the moment a game starts; with auto power on, power returns to 100% while yielding.

Pure rigs: Full power. A fixed game list: Avoid games. Most internet cafés: Smart + Standard.

Launch the game → Edit avoid list → Add from running programs → select, name, add → Save.

With Smart + Standard it keeps mining; only Sensitive yields for video too.

It runs in the background with no window or tray icon. Press the hotkey (default Ctrl+Alt+V) to show it.

Another app probably uses it. Pick a different hotkey on the Netbar page and save.

In Netbar mode Vminer restarts itself.

Set up one machine → put the whole Vminer folder into the master image → every PC is ready on boot. Keep the master image running and it updates itself, so client PCs boot the latest version.

Yes. Configure pool, wallet and Netbar mode there, then the same folder mines on PCs with GPUs.

Yes. The login lives in the Vminer folder; each clone appears as its own rig in Fleet Control.

No, pick one. Netbar mode has its own auto power limit.

Client PCs restore to the master image on every boot, so the master is the source of settings and version. Configure it there (including the overclock switch), keep Vminer running on the master so it updates itself, then clone.

By design — unattended modes don't allow direct connections, to avoid getting stuck. Turn off silent mode to change it.

That's how Manual mode works: hidden and idle until you wake it from Fleet Control or locally, then it mines until shutdown or you stop it. Use another mode to mine on boot.

Usually not. At 70–80% power, hashrate drops only slightly while temperature and power bill fall noticeably.

Changing the power limit needs Administrator rights (right-click Vminer → Run as administrator). Fans don't.

Every clock change has a 10-minute trial; a dropped card, driver reset, zero hashrate or overheating reverts it automatically. You can also click Restore all defaults any time.

Use only one. Turn off “Enable overclocking” and Vminer won't touch the GPU at all.

When a card passes your temperature line, power steps down and fans step up; they step back as it cools.

Core and memory clocks only apply to the card they were tuned on; another PC or card gets factory clocks. Power and fan settings do carry over.

AMD cards show live status (temperature, power and so on), but clocks can't be changed yet.

Long full load demands good cooling and power delivery. Lower power to 70–80%, enable thermal linkage, keep the case ventilated and avoid running hot for long periods.

Power limits persist until reboot, but fans must be re-applied at every start, and older versions didn't save the master switch. Update, turn the switch on once and it's remembered.

An old-version bug — update to fix it.

The master image carries another PC's clock offsets, re-applied on every restore. Don't enable advanced clock offsets on a diskless master image, and update — offsets now only apply to the card they were set on.

Open app.vminers.com on a phone, tablet or PC to see every rig's status, hashrate, temperature and power, and to start / stop, restart kernels, switch pool / kernel / coin / wallet, tune power and fans, rename, reboot or shut down — one rig or many.

Sign in to your account in Vminer on that machine and it joins your fleet.

No. Shutdown works remotely; power-on needs someone on site.

No — they queue and run when the rig comes back.

Rigs offline for more than 20 minutes are hidden from the list (the page shows how many); they reappear when back online.

Yes. It's optional; not signing in or losing the connection doesn't affect mining.

4–20 letters, digits or underscores — not a wallet address. Bind receiving wallets separately under My account → Receiving wallet.

Click Recover password and use the 6-digit code sent to your email (valid 180 s). Check spam if it doesn't arrive.

Register a new account and sign in on each machine; the rigs move to the new account.

Sign in with the new account on that machine. Just signing out leaves it on the old account.

No. Other devices and the web need to sign in again; mining continues.

The form splits by coin and leaves blank coins unchanged. Changing a wallet changes where earnings go — double-check before saving.

Yes — use the “中 / EN” switch at the top right.

No. Auto-update is on by default; with seamless updates on, a verified update restarts and applies itself.

No. Settings and login are kept.

In the Vminer folder. Copy the folder and the settings move with it.

Exit Vminer and delete the whole folder (turn off Start with Windows first if you enabled it).

It doesn't bundle mining kernels; they download the first time they're needed.

Install the Microsoft Visual C++ 2015–2022 x64 runtime and check whether antivirus removed files. Stripped or “Ghost” Windows builds may lack components — use an official Windows image.

This PC → Properties → Advanced system settings → Performance Settings → Advanced → Virtual memory → Change. Untick automatic management and set a custom size of at least the total VRAM of all GPUs + 4 GB, then reboot. Memory-allocation errors on multi-GPU rigs are usually a too-small page file.

Yes. If the clock is far off, verification and encrypted connections reject the PC — you'll see connection failures, verification drops and zero shares. Go to Settings → Time & language, turn on automatic time and the right time zone, click Sync now, then restart Vminer.

They can. Global proxies, virtual adapters (TUN mode) or traffic inspectors rewrite encrypted connections and break pool or verification links. Exclude Vminer from the proxy or turn it off and retry.

Mining software is often flagged by heuristics. In System Settings click One-click allow Vminer, confirm the Vminer folder is in Windows Security's exclusions, and add it to the trust list of third-party antivirus too. Only download from the official site.

Windows Tamper Protection can't be changed by any program by design. Adding the Vminer folder to exclusions is the lasting fix, and one-click allow walks you through it.

Open Windows Security → App & browser control, turn off Smart App Control, then reopen Vminer.

Only download from the official links on www.vminers.com — never third-party re-uploads.

Another mining program is running. Choose Yes to end it, or close the other miner first.

That's the antivirus self-repair: it found files removed by antivirus, adds Vminer to the allow-list and restores them — it doesn't turn off Windows Security. Approve it, or follow the antivirus guide in System Settings.

Third-party antivirus (360, Huorong, Kaspersky…) must allow the whole Vminer folder in its own settings. In Windows Security, adding the Vminer folder as an exclusion is the lasting fix — no protection needs to be turned off.

The local service didn't start. Fully exit and reopen Vminer; if it persists, add the Vminer folder to your antivirus trust list.

Almost always antivirus. Use One-click allow Vminer in System Settings.

Usually the GPU driver, Windows or the kernel itself. Try: ① another kernel version or kernel; ② a different GPU driver version, then reboot; ③ an official Windows image if you're on a stripped build.

Check your network; if an accelerator or global proxy (especially TUN mode) is on, exclude Vminer or turn it off; also make sure the PC clock is correct.

A temporary server connection drop — mining continues and it recovers on its own.

“Enable overclocking” is off or Netbar mode is on. Turn on the switch or turn off Netbar mode.

Mining settings are incomplete or overclocking is on. Finish wallet and pool, then turn off overclocking.

The pool or price API is briefly down — mining isn't affected and it retries automatically.

The card wasn't detected or its driver crashed. Reboot, check the driver, risers and power cables; you can enable automatic reboot on driver crash.

Fleet Control is briefly unreachable — mining isn't affected and it retries.

Another account claimed it. Sign in with your account on that machine to take it back.

The crash log is at %APPDATA%\Vminer\crash.log. Report on Discord with it, plus your Vminer version, GPU model, coin / pool / kernel and a log screenshot.

An old version had a GPU-card display bug that crashed when mining started, unrelated to Windows or drivers. Update to the latest version; if it still happens, send %APPDATA%\Vminer\crash.log on Discord.

Older versions didn't always end every kernel process. Update to the latest version, and for now end leftover SRBMiner-MULTI, peakminer or wildrig processes in Task Manager, or reboot.

Two kernels are fighting over the same GPU. End the extra process or reboot, and keep Vminer up to date — it cleans up leftovers automatically.

A previous kernel process is still holding the lock. End the leftover pearlski-miner process or reboot, then start again.

Your network can't reach the pool directly. Switch the connection mode to Encrypted proxy in settings and start again.

That's the start-up self-check, which deliberately doesn't retry forever. Work through it: GPU driver → antivirus allow-list → switch to Encrypted proxy.

Your Vminer is too old: it can see a new pool or coin but can't mine it yet. Update to the latest version.

That pool has been retired. Pick another pool or the default.

Some old versions cleared the cached pool list during update. Update to the latest version; if it's still empty, download the full package from the official site again.

With VPN or Clash virtual adapters (or some antivirus) running, older versions could re-identify the machine. Update, and try disabling VPN / TUN adapters.

In real cases switching kernel versions didn't help — the machine's GPU driver was broken or mismatched. Fully uninstall the driver (DDU helps), install the latest NVIDIA driver and reboot.

Usually the GPU driver crashing in kernel mode. Lower the power limit, then update or reinstall the GPU driver.

Only a UI data refresh (pool list or coin price) failed once. Mining isn't affected and it recovers; newer versions no longer show it.

Rising shares mean mining is fine. Older versions timed out on a slow first connection; current ones wait longer and retry quickly.

Two common causes: Clash / Mihomo TUN mode hijacking the connection, or a temporary home-broadband route problem. Turn off TUN or bypass Vminer; for route issues, wait or try another network.

Almost always the PC time or time zone is wrong (often a wrong zone with the clock set by hand to look right). Fix the time zone, enable automatic time, click Sync now and restart Vminer. Switching pools or kernels won't help.

Usually not a version problem: the PC clock is off, or a proxy or antivirus HTTPS scanning is rewriting certificates. Fix the time, turn off proxy TUN, then disable antivirus HTTPS scanning.

An encoding issue in older versions. Update to the latest version.

With the monitor on integrated graphics while the GPU mines, older versions' transparency and animations rendered slowly. Newer versions removed them — update.

Older versions filtered pools by kernel. Now you pick the pool first and kernels follow — update, then choose the pool before the kernel.

Update — the latest version brings it back on-screen automatically.

When a download source drops, Vminer moves to the next one automatically. That's normal — just wait.

No, they're the Pearl desktop wallet's update files and cache. Before emptying, check your wallet and make sure your seed phrase is backed up.

Mining login identity is invalid. Check whether the selected pool requires a wallet address or an account username.

The pool rejected the login. Check the wallet/username format and worker name.

The pool rejected login. Check that the wallet address is correct (format, no extra spaces).

The wallet address is invalid. Copy the full wallet address again.

The Quantus node rejected the login. Check your QTC wallet address.

The selected miner requires a newer Vminer client. Update Vminer before starting.

The mining core download failed. Check network connectivity and retry.

The mining core is missing. Download it again; if it keeps disappearing, check Windows Security quarantine. See System Settings → "Antivirus is deleting the miner": click "One-click allow Vminer" and follow the guide.

Mining-core verification failed. Delete the downloaded core and let Vminer download it again; also check security-software quarantine. See System Settings → "Antivirus is deleting the miner": click "One-click allow Vminer" and follow the guide.

Windows Security or another security product blocked the mining core. Review quarantine and allow Vminer via System Settings → "Antivirus is deleting the miner".

Another mining-core process is still running. Close the old process, then start again.

The local service port is already in use, probably by another running Vminer. Close extra Vminer windows (including the tray icon) or restart the PC.

The local port is reserved by Windows or blocked by security software. Restart the PC; if it persists, disable Hyper-V/WSL/emulators or the security suite's network shield. See System Settings → "Antivirus is deleting the miner": click "One-click allow Vminer" and follow the guide.

Secure connection check failed, usually because the PC date/time is wrong. Turn on automatic time sync in Windows and check the year, then retry.

Certificate not trusted, usually because a proxy or antivirus intercepts HTTPS. Close Clash/VPN and antivirus HTTPS scanning, then retry.

Results aren't reaching the pool; the connection may be blocked. Check firewall/router or disable VPN/accelerator.

The PC is offline or the network is unreachable. Check cable/Wi-Fi and router and confirm internet access.

The diskless/network drive disconnected. Check the cable or run Vminer from a local disk.

No compatible GPU is available. Check the graphics driver and the selected mining core.

The NVIDIA driver is too old. Install the latest driver from nvidia.com and reboot.

This mining core does not support your GPU model. Choose another core or check whether the card is too old.

The GPU driver install is broken or mismatched. Reinstall the latest NVIDIA driver (clean install).

The NVIDIA driver isn't working. Restart the PC; if it persists, clean-reinstall the GPU driver with DDU.

The GPU is held by another program. Close other miners or games and retry; reboot if needed.

A GPU cannot be reached. Check risers, PCIe cables and power, then reboot.

The GPU's power cables are not properly connected: power off and check them.

A GPU dropped off the bus. Restart the PC; if it keeps happening, lower/clear the overclock and check power and PCIe risers.

The GPU hit a compute error, usually from too much overclock. Lower the overclock (especially memory) and retry.

The GPU keeps producing wrong results, almost always unstable overclock: lower or remove it.

The GPU produced a wrong result, possibly overclock or hardware trouble. Reset clocks to default and watch.

The GPU needs a reset: reboot the PC and lower the overclock.

The display driver crashed and recovered. Lower/clear the overclock; if it repeats, clean-reinstall the driver with DDU.

The GPU task timed out and was stopped by Windows. Lower the overclock and avoid gaming/video on this card meanwhile.

The GPU memory reported a hardware error. Lower memory OC; if it repeats, the card may be faulty.

An AMD overclock crashed the system and was reset to default. Use a milder overclock.

The mining core could not allocate GPU memory (usually Windows virtual memory is too small). Increase the page file: System Properties → Advanced → Performance Settings → Advanced → Virtual memory → Change, uncheck automatic, set a custom size of at least the total VRAM of all GPUs + 4 GB (e.g. two 8 GB cards → 20480 MB), then restart the PC.

This GPU failed to allocate memory and was disabled. Increase Windows virtual memory, lower memory OC, restart.

Vminer ran out of memory and crashed. Enlarge virtual memory, close other large programs and reopen Vminer.

GPU reached a critical temperature and mining was stopped. Check fans and cooling before restarting.

GPU too hot; this card was paused/stopped. Improve cooling, clean dust, raise fan speed or lower power limit.

Windows Smart App Control blocked Vminer. Turn it off in Windows Security > App & browser control > Smart App Control, then reopen Vminer.

A required file is missing. Install the Visual C++ 2015-2022 x64 Redistributable and check antivirus did not delete files. See System Settings → "Antivirus is deleting the miner": click "One-click allow Vminer" and follow the guide.

This PC's CPU is too old to run this miner. Choose another miner.

The pool's job format is newer than this miner supports. Update the miner or change pool.