Game Development Reference
In-Depth Information
Installing CGMiner
CGMiner is one of the first mining software that was used to mine Bitcoins. It is
actively updated, and more support for new devices and other cyrptocurrencies
is added frequently.
It is best to compile CGMiner with settings to enable the Icarus protocol used for
ASICMiner and disable the GPU mining. At the time of writing this, there is no
known way to use the Raspberry Pi GPU to aid in computational power.
Compiling does not take long and ensures that CGMiner is stable. At the time of
writing, the latest version was 3.6.4, and it is recommended to always use the most
recent version for the best stability. The following command-line snippet will help
you to install CGMiner:
sudo apt-get install git autoconf libtool libcurl4-openssl-dev
libncurses5-dev pkg-config yasm make libusb-1.0-0-dev libusb-1.0-0
libudev-dev
cd ~
sudo git clone git://github.com/ckolivas/cgminer.git cgminer
cd cgminer
sudo ./autogen.sh
export LIBCURL_CFLAGS='-I/usr/include/curl'
export LIBCURL_LIBS='-L/usr/lib -lcurl'
sudo ./configure --enable-bflsc --enable-icarus --disable-opencl
sudo make
You will now have a compiled and executable binary called
cgminer
, which you can
run from within this directory, which should be
/home/pi/cgminer
or
/home/root/
cgminer
, if you logged in as
root.Connecting
to a pool.
There are many pools available with different settings. The most important thing
to look for in a pool is security. You do not want your coins to get stolen because a
site is not secure. Even the biggest and the best are under constant attack and the
slightest vulnerability will be used against them. 50 BTC is a very well kept site, but
there was a situation in October 2013 where they were hacked into and all funds
were stolen and never reimbursed.
