How to Mine Karlsen (KLS)? Complete Beginner’s Guide

2 min readNov 28, 2023

What is Karlsen Network?

We are a fork of the kaspa network with ASIC resistance.
We are a community driven project.
No ICO
No premine

Why did we forked ?

Kaspa is a gem
We want to rely on small miners instead of big farm for a better decentralization.
Current kaspa ASICs are not compatible with Karlsen and we will enforce this resistance.
Our second motivation is to work tokens integration (erc-20 equivalent) on the network.
more in the incoming whitepaper

How to start ?

Get the windows and linux binaries : https://github.com/karlsen-network/karlsend/releases
Compile from sources : https://github.com/karlsen-network/karlsend

What is the roadmap ?

build the network and the community
optimize the hashing algorithm
work on token implementation

Now that we know the details about Karlsen, let’s get to mining some KLS!

Karlsen (KSL) Mining Pool: Those who have no idea about mining can easily start mining by watching this video.

Step 1 — Create Karlsen (KLS) Wallet Address

Before you Start Mining, you need a wallet address. There are various options for having an KLS wallet.

Online Wallet: https://wallet.karlsencoin.com/
Wallet:
Exchange Wallet: TradeOgre

Step 2 — Download Mining Software

There are many miner applications where you can mining Karlsen. Below we have explained in detail how to organize them.

Step 3 — Edit the bat File

SRBMiner-Multi v2.4.2+ (Windows, Linux, CPU, AMD, NVIDIA)

Open start-mining-karlsen.bat file and copy / paste example below.

setx GPU_MAX_HEAP_SIZE 100	
setx GPU_MAX_USE_SYNC_OBJECTS 1	
setx GPU_SINGLE_ALLOC_PERCENT 100	
setx GPU_MAX_ALLOC_PERCENT 100	
setx GPU_MAX_SINGLE_ALLOC_PERCENT 100	
setx GPU_ENABLE_LARGE_ALLOCATION 100
setx GPU_MAX_WORKGROUP_SIZE 1024

@echo off
cd %~dp0
cls
SRBMiner-MULTI.exe --disable-cpu --algorithm karlsenhash --pool de.karlsen.herominers.com:1195 --wallet YOUR_KARLSEN_WALLET_ADDRESS --password YOUR_WORKER_NAME
pause

lolMiner v1.78+ (Windows, Linux, AMD, NVIDIA)

Open mine_karlsen.bat file and copy / paste example below.

lolMiner.exe --algo KARLSEN --pool de.karlsen.herominers.com:1195 --user YOUR_KARLSEN_WALLET_ADDRESS.YOUR_WORKER_NAME
pause

Rigel v1.10.0+ (Windows, Linux, NVIDIA)

Open kls.bat file and copy / paste example below.

@echo off
@cd /d "%~dp0"
:: mine to herominers
rigel.exe -a karlsenhash -o stratum+tcp://de.karlsen.herominers.com:1195 -u YOUR_KARLSEN_WALLET_ADDRESS -w YOUR_WORKER_NAME --log-file logs/miner.log
pause