Windows - miner tutorial

Install from binary

#install_guide
# Download the latest (experimental CPU only) binary version from:
https://github.com/xel-software/xel_miner_releases/files/1933994/xel_miner-0.9.6.zip

After you unzip the archive, go into the folder xel_miner-0.9.6/xel_miner. There, you will find the xel_miner.exe executable. You can test if it’s functioning properly by running:

#run
xel_miner.exe --test-vm examples\SHA256_BTC.epl

If you encounter any errors, the reason may be that you already have a MinGW installation on your system and in your PATH. In this case, try to clean the PATH variable by doing a simple

#run
set PATH=

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