Nimble is building the first-ever decentralized AI framework.
Miners execute AI operations and provide computation power to the Network.
Click on the following link for more information about Nimble and its technology > https://www.nimble.technology/

These are the system specifications to run the Nimble Miner
Recommended:

RTX 3080+ GPU
Core i7 13700
16GB RAM
256 GB disk space

Minimum

RTX 2080+ GPU (Linux/Windows), or M1/M2/M3 Mac chips
Core i5 7400
16GB RAM
256 GB disk space

This guide will helps you to install the Nimble Miner.

Execute the following commands to install GO.
Verify the last version here

# Download the GO last version
wget https://go.dev/dl/go1.22.1.linux-amd64.tar.gz

# Delete existing folder and extract the binaries
rm -rf /usr/local/go && tar -C /usr/local -xzf go1.22.1.linux-amd64.tar.gz

# Add Go binary path to your system's PATH
export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin

Verify the Go install and its version.

go version

It should display the go version

Execute the following commands to install the Nimble’s Wallet CLI

# Create and go to your nimble folder
mkdir $HOME/nimble && cd $HOME/nimble

# Clone the Nimble's Wallet CLI repository
git clone https://github.com/nimble-technology/wallet-public.git

# Go to the wallet folder
cd wallet-public

# Install
make install

# Go to the nimble-networkd's folder
cd $HOME/go/bin

# Generate a wallet (replace <wallet_name> by the wallet name you want)
./nimble-networkd keys add <wallet_name>

After you've entered your passphrase, your wallet shoud be successfully created and the “address: nimblexxxx” output can confirm that!
Copy the generated Nimble address and save your wallet information in a safe place.

Note: python3.9 (or above) and pip3 are required for the remaining steps.
Prepare Python Environment (Linux/Windows Only).

# Install venv for Linux
sudo apt update
sudo apt install python3-venv

Install the Nimble Miner

cd $HOME/nimble
git clone https://github.com/nimble-technology/nimble-miner-public.git
cd nimble-miner-public
make install

Activate the nimenv_localminers virtual environment

source ./nimenv_localminers/bin/activate

Replace the <wallet_address> by your Nimble wallet address (“nimblexxx”) on the command below.

make run addr=<wallet_address>

Congratulations ! You are now mining $NIM !

You can stop the miner by pressing CTRL+C
To resume mining, re-run the command.

Screen is a powerful utility for creating and managing multiple virtual terminal sessions, enabling users to run processes in the background.
Utilize Screen to run the Nimble Miner while simultaneously maintaining access to your main session.
Execute the following command to install Screen

# Install Screen
sudo apt install screen

Create a new Screen session (you can replace “NimbleMinerSession“ with your desired session name)

screen -S NimbleMinerSession

Start mining on your Screen session

make run addr=<wallet_address>

Congratulations ! The Nimble Miner is now running on your Screen Session.
Press CTRL+a+d to detach from your Screen session and return to your main session.
Execute “screen -r“ from your main session if you want to return to your Nimble mining session.