# How to mine with Zebra on testnet
## Important
`s-nomp` has not been updated for NU5, so you'll need the fixes in the branches below.
These fixes disable mining pool operator payments and miner payments: they just pay to the address configured for the node.
## Install, run, and sync Zebra
1. Configure `zebrad.toml`:
- change the `network.network` config to `Testnet`
- add your testnet transparent address in `mining.miner_address`, or you can use the ZF testnet address `t27eWDgjFYJGVXmzrXeVjnb5J3uXDM9xH9v`
- ensure that there is an `rpc.listen_addr` in the config to enable the RPC server
Example config:
```console
[consensus]
checkpoint_sync = true
[mempool]
eviction_memory_time = '1h'
tx_cost_limit = 80000000
[metrics]
[network]
crawl_new_peer_interval = '1m 1s'
initial_mainnet_peers = [
'dnsseed.z.cash:8233',
'dnsseed.str4d.xyz:8233',
'mainnet.seeder.zfnd.org:8233',
'mainnet.is.yolo.money:8233',
]
initial_testnet_peers = [
'dnsseed.testnet.z.cash:18233',
'testnet.seeder.zfnd.org:18233',
'testnet.is.yolo.money:18233',
]
listen_addr = '0.0.0.0:18233'
network = 'Testnet'
peerset_initial_target_size = 25
[rpc]
debug_force_finished_sync = false
parallel_cpu_threads = 1
listen_addr = '127.0.0.1:18232'
[state]
cache_dir = '/home/ar/.cache/zebra'
delete_old_database = true
ephemeral = false
[sync]
checkpoint_verify_concurrency_limit = 1000
download_concurrency_limit = 50
full_verify_concurrency_limit = 20
parallel_cpu_threads = 0
[tracing]
buffer_limit = 128000
force_use_color = false
use_color = true
use_journald = false
[mining]
miner_address = 't27eWDgjFYJGVXmzrXeVjnb5J3uXDM9xH9v'
```
2. [Run Zebra](https://zebra.zfnd.org/user/run.html) with the config you created:
```sh
zebrad -c zebrad.toml
```
3. Wait for Zebra to sync to the testnet tip. This takes 8-12 hours on testnet (or 2-3 days on mainnet) as of October 2023.
## Install `s-nomp`
General instructions with Debian/Ubuntu examples
#### Install dependencies
1. Install `redis` and run it on the default port:
```sh
sudo apt install lsb-release
curl -fsSL https://packages.redis.io/gpg | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /usr/share/keyrings/redis-archive-keyring.gpg
echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/redis-archive-keyring.gpg] https://packages.redis.io/deb $(lsb_release -cs) main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/redis.list
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install redis
redis-server
```
2. Install and activate a node version manager (e.g. [`nodenv`](https://github.com/nodenv/nodenv#installation) or [`nvm`](https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm#installing-and-updating))
3. Install `boost` and `libsodium` development libraries
```sh
sudo apt install libboost-all-dev
sudo apt install libsodium-dev
```
#### Install `s-nomp`
1. `git clone https://github.com/ZcashFoundation/s-nomp`
2. `cd s-nomp`
3. Use the Zebra fixes: `git checkout zebra-mining`
4. Use node 10:
```sh
nodenv install 10
nodenv local 10
```
or
```sh
nvm install 10
nvm use 10
```
5. Update dependencies and install:
```sh
export CXXFLAGS="-std=gnu++17"
npm update
npm install
```
Arch-specific instructions
#### Install `s-nomp`
1. Install Redis, and development libraries required by S-nomp
```sh
sudo pacman -S redis boost libsodium
```
2. Install `nvm`, Python 3.10 and `virtualenv`
```sh
paru -S python310 nvm
sudo pacman -S python-virtualenv
```
3. Start Redis
```sh
sudo systemctl start redis
```
4. Clone the repository
```sh
git clone https://github.com/ZcashFoundation/s-nomp && cd s-nomp
```
5. Use Node 10:
```sh
unset npm_config_prefix
source /usr/share/nvm/init-nvm.sh
nvm install 10
nvm use 10
```
6. Use Python 3.10
```sh
virtualenv -p 3.10 s-nomp
source s-nomp/bin/activate
```
7. Update dependencies and install:
```sh
npm update
npm install
```
General instructions
1. Install a statically compiled `boost` and `icu`.
2. Install `cmake`.
Arch-specific instructions
```sh
sudo pacman -S cmake boost icu
```