Bladebit GPU plotter - beta

Chia Plotting
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Download the alpha 3 version and unpack the file:
https://downloads.chia.net/bladebit/current/

then open a terminal in the directory where the unpacked bladebit is located and run the command:

./bladebit_cuda -f [farmer public key] -c [pool contract address] -n [number of plots to make] --compress [compression level 1-7] cudaplot [destination directory]

example:
./bladebit_cuda -f xch123 -c xch123 -n 1 --compress 1 cudaplot /media/user/plotdisk

  • To make uncompressed plots, just leave out the --compress option (or use --compress 0)
  • Need 8 GB GPU memory, and 256 GB system RAM
  • Installing Nvidia driver version 530 is required in some cases (sudo apt install nvidia-driver-530)
  • If you make only one plot, it will take a long time because it first has to allocate the memory, so recommended to make more than one plot in a row.

:rofl:

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I knew you would like that!!!
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Where are the Beta’s???

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thank you very much.

Yes buffer allocation takes time.

After that I got error
CUDA error: 13 (0xd ) cudaErrorInvalidSymbol : invalid device symbol

Where to get 530 driver?
I did sudo apt install nvidia-driver-530

It says
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
nvidia-driver-530 : Depends: nvidia-dkms-530 (= 530.30.02-0ubuntu1) but it is not going to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

Hardware works for Gigahorse
Z620 older model, E5-2630 V1 CPU, 256GB DDR3, 1080 8GB GPU.

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Yeah that error is the nvidia driver error.

Maybe try sudo apt update first and then try again to install the nvidia driver

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I just remembered that I had a similar problem trying to install the nvidia driver and had to first uninstall everything.

sudo apt-get remove --purge '^nvidia-.*'
sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop

Then try the 530 driver install again, or follow below instructions which is what I did.

(this is for ubuntu 22.04)

Then restart

Using Ubuntu has taught me this: Windows ain’t that bad after all :rofl:

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I will wipe the OS hard drive and start from the beginning. Thanks!

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The error 13 was resolved by reinstalling the nvidia drivers & cuda:

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I have 22 Ryzen9 with 128 GB … can’t do anything.
But i choose to plot gigahorse

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The best DRIVER for Bladebit Plotting + farming after…

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DRIVER NVIDIA 530 pt 22.04. - Pt PLOTTING + Farming.

wget https://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/repos/ubuntu2204/x86_64/cuda-ubuntu2204.pinsudo mv cuda-ubuntu2204.pin /etc/apt/preferences.d/cuda-repository-pin-600

wget https://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/12.1.0/local_installers/cuda-repo-ubuntu2204-12-1-local_12.1.0-530.30.02-1_amd64.deb

sudo dpkg -i cuda-repo-ubuntu2204-12-1-local_12.1.0-530.30.02-1_amd64.deb

sudo cp /var/cuda-repo-ubuntu2204-12-1-local/cuda-*-keyring.gpg /usr/share/keyrings/

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get -y install cuda

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so 128Gb of memory isn’t enough for plotting?

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With BLADEBIT – 128 GB – NO

Only 256 GB + GPU or 419 GB w or w/ GPU

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I thinked to do it, but, chia ui do not recognize gigahorse plotted plots…

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Not yet, True!

but I splitted my entire farm in 2, and half of it I m replotting on Gigahorse plots and farming with flexfamer

https://farmer.flexpool.io/ - go and read about it.

its a very small script, turns your harvester into a farmer standalone connnected to flexpool.

be carefull about C8 level. It eats good Watts

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is it in plans to make it possible?

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Whats is ur question?

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are there any prospects on making it work with 128Gb? 64Gb?

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128GB support will come in phase4, they are currently starting phase 3 (GPU farming).
So it will take a few months…

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i see thank you very much

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I am a little bit lost where we stand, can I use GPU with the current alpha farmer or is it only CPU at this point?

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Which current beta? Chia only has an alpha 3 out, I’m waiting for the beta to hit the shelf

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