Mining/docs/FUTURE_IDEAS.md

Future Ideas

This document captures ideas for future enhancements identified during code review and architecture analysis.

Remote Monitoring Bot

Priority: High Effort: Medium

Create a Telegram or Discord bot for remote monitoring of mining operations.

Features

• Real-time hashrate alerts (drop below threshold)
• Share accepted/rejected notifications
• Daily summary reports
• Remote start/stop commands
• Multi-node aggregated stats

Implementation Notes

• Use existing EventHub WebSocket infrastructure
• Bot subscribes to miner events and forwards to chat
• Store bot token in settings (encrypted)
• Rate limit notifications to prevent spam

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Pool Auto-Discovery

Priority: Medium Effort: Low

Add pool auto-discovery with a community-maintained pools.json file.

Features

• Curated list of pools per algorithm/coin
• Pool health/latency checking
• Automatic failover suggestions
• Community contributions via PR

Implementation Notes

• Host pools.json on GitHub (or embed in binary)
• Include: name, url, ports, fees, minimum payout, regions
• UI dropdown to select from known pools
• Validate pool connectivity before saving

Example Structure

{
  "monero": [
    {
      "name": "SupportXMR",
      "url": "pool.supportxmr.com",
      "ports": {"stratum": 3333, "ssl": 443},
      "fee": 0.6,
      "minPayout": 0.1
    }
  ]
}

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Profitability Calculator

Priority: Medium Effort: Medium

Add real-time profitability calculations using CoinGecko API.

Features

• Fetch current coin prices (XMR, ETH, RVN, etc.)
• Calculate daily/weekly/monthly earnings based on hashrate
• Factor in electricity costs (user-configurable)
• Compare profitability across algorithms
• Historical profitability charts

Implementation Notes

• CoinGecko free tier: 10-50 calls/minute
• Cache prices for 5 minutes to reduce API calls
• Store electricity rate in settings ($/kWh)
• Formula: (hashrate / network_hashrate) * block_reward * price - electricity_cost

API Endpoints

• GET /api/v1/mining/profitability - Current estimates
• GET /api/v1/mining/profitability/history - Historical data

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One-Click Deploy Templates

Priority: Low Effort: Medium

Create deployment templates for popular self-hosting platforms.

Platforms

• Unraid - Community Applications template
• Proxmox - LXC/VM template with cloud-init
• DigitalOcean - 1-Click Droplet image
• Docker Compose - Production-ready compose file
• Kubernetes - Helm chart

Template Contents

• Pre-configured environment variables
• Volume mounts for persistence
• Health checks
• Resource limits
• Auto-update configuration

Files to Create

deploy/
├── docker-compose.prod.yml
├── unraid/
│   └── mining-dashboard.xml
├── proxmox/
│   └── mining-dashboard.yaml
├── kubernetes/
│   └── helm/
└── digitalocean/
    └── marketplace.yaml

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Community Visibility (Manual Tasks)

Submit to Awesome Lists

• awesome-monero
• awesome-selfhosted
• awesome-crypto

GitHub Repository Optimization

• Add topic tags: mining, monero, xmrig, cryptocurrency, dashboard, self-hosted, golang, angular
• Add social preview image
• Create demo GIF for README showcasing the dashboard UI
• Create GitHub Discussions for community Q&A
• Add "Used By" section in README

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Advanced API Authentication

Priority: Medium Effort: Medium

Expand beyond basic/digest auth with more robust authentication options.

Current Implementation

• HTTP Basic and Digest authentication (implemented)
• Enabled via environment variables: MINING_API_AUTH, MINING_API_USER, MINING_API_PASS

Future Options

JWT Tokens

• Stateless authentication with expiring tokens
• Refresh token support
• Scoped permissions (read-only, admin, etc.)

API Keys

• Generate/revoke API keys from dashboard
• Per-key permissions and rate limits
• Key rotation support

OAuth2/OIDC Integration

• Support external identity providers (Google, GitHub, Keycloak)
• SSO for enterprise deployments
• Useful for multi-user mining farms

mTLS (Mutual TLS)

• Certificate-based client authentication
• Strongest security for production deployments
• No passwords to manage

Implementation Notes

• Store credentials/keys in encrypted config file
• Add /api/v1/auth/token endpoint for JWT issuance
• Consider using golang-jwt/jwt for JWT implementation
• Add audit logging for authentication events

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Additional Ideas

GPU Temperature Monitoring

• Read GPU temps via NVML (NVIDIA) or ROCm (AMD)
• Alert on thermal throttling
• Auto-pause mining on overtemp

Mining Schedule

• Time-based mining schedules
• Pause during peak electricity hours
• Resume when rates are lower

Multi-Algorithm Auto-Switching

• Monitor profitability across algorithms
• Automatically switch to most profitable
• Configurable switch threshold (prevent thrashing)

Web Terminal

• Embedded terminal in dashboard
• Direct access to miner stdin/stdout
• Real-time log streaming with search/filter