+++++ NOTE !!! +++++ This miner will not mine HNT for you. Actual mining requires hardware keys to be available on your gateway that are only available on actual helium miner gateway hardware ! Without such hardware it will run, but not generate HNT.
If you are running on an actual HNT Gateway, please edit the {key, ...} entry in /var/snap/helium-miner/common/config/sys.config to make it talk to the i2c slot holding the key.
For more detail visit https://docs.helium.com/mine-hnt/ +++++ NOTE !!! +++++
Miner for the helium blockchain. This snap requires multiple interfaces to be connected before the miner daemon can start.
snap connect helium-miner:log-observe
snap connect helium-miner:hardware-observe
snap connect helium-miner:network-control
After connecting these interfaces the miner daemon will automatically start. All variable data and log files are stored under /var/snap/helium-miner/common
If you run this snap on an officially approved helium hotspot, you can allow access to an i2c attached key via
snap connect helium-miner:i2c pi:i2c-1
To talk directly to the miner daemon you can use the shipped helium-miner command like below.
helium-miner info summary
The genesis blockchain api can be found in /var/snap/helium-miner/common/miner/update/genesis You can use the "helium-miner genesis load ..." command pointing to that directory to load and update the blockchain api.
The miner daemon registers as com.helium.Miner to the system dbus of the host
Snaps are applications packaged with all their dependencies to run on all popular Linux distributions from a single build. They update automatically and roll back gracefully.
Snaps are discoverable and installable from the Snap Store, an app store with an audience of millions.
On a Raspberry Pi running the latest version of Raspbian snap can be installed directly from the command line:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install snapd
You will also need to reboot your device:
sudo reboot
After this, install the snapd snap in order to get the latest snapd:
sudo snap install snapd
To install helium-miner, simply use the following command:
sudo snap install helium-miner --edge
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