⚒️ How to Participate as a Miner

Miners are the backbone of Dogelayer, providing real-world DOGE/LTC hashpower.

This guide covers everything from setup → configuration → running your miner → earning rewards.

🏗️ Miner Installation & Connection Process

Full Workflow

flowchart TD
  A[Create Bittensor Wallet] --> B[Install Dependencies & Project]
  B --> C[Configure Environment / Optional Redis]
  C --> D[Copy & Edit .env.miner]
  D --> E[Start Miner Node]
  E --> F[Configure Physical Miner Pool Address]
  F --> G[Hashpower Measurement]
  G --> H[Automatic Pool Allocation & Subnet Reporting]

🔧 Example Miner Run Command

python dogelayer/miner/braiins.py run \\
  --wallet.name <YOUR_WALLET_NAME> \\
  --wallet.hotkey <YOUR_HOTKEY_NAME> \\
  --netuid 14 \\
  --subtensor.network finney \\
  --storage_type redis \\
  --allocation.type stake_based \\
  --proxy_port 3333 \\
  --logging.info

🧰 System Requirements

Miner Requirements

To run a miner with DogeLayer rewards, you will need:

A Bittensor wallet with coldkey and hotkey
Scrypt mining hardware (ASICs for LTC/DOGE) OR access to remote hashrate
Python 3.9 or higher
The most recent release of Bittensor SDK

Related Bittensor Documentation: