NBMiner Guide

Note: This article assumes you are on windows (should work similarly on linux though)

1. Create a mining folder

You should create a mining folder and place it on your desktop. You should then create an exception for that mining folder in your antivirus. The path will look something like this: C:\Users\[Your Username]\Desktop\Mining Folder

2. Download NBMiner

Download NBminer from nbminer.com. You should then set it up. There is a readme.txt file which you can look through for the commands, however the next section explains the basic ones you need to get set up.

3. Set it up

Note: There is a video at the bottom if you would rather use that. 

The commands you will want to use are: -a -o -u (and maybe -o1 and -u1 for a backup pool). Here is an example where I am mining Ethereum on ethermine with Prohashing as the backup:

:loop
NBminer -a ethash -o stratum+tcp://eu1.ethermine.org:4444 -u 0x6382bfeadef450040e45602315e31de68fc09e86.MainPC -o1 stratum+tcp://prohashing.com:3339 -u1 ThisCatLikesCrypto.MainPC:a=ethash
goto loop

The 'NBminer' bit tells the cmd (command prompt) to run NBminer.

The -a tells NBminer to run ethash (Ethereum algo).

The -o to connect to ethermine, the -u tells ethermine who to reward and the '.' tells it what to call the worker.

The -u1 and -o1 are the same as -o and -u but the ('1') tells NBminer that this is the backup pool. On this, there is also a colon followed by 'a=ethash'.

Anything after the colon is the password, however this is not required by most pools, and is only there for me to tell Prohashing that I want to mine Ethereum (it is something pool-side, not on most pools).

Finally, the ':loop' and 'goto loop' is just there to keep NBminer going in case it closes for some reason.

Video if you didn't read the past bit: