
The rest is a command-line to run, namely the cgminer command pointing to a configuration file. This is great for system-level startup scripts like what we'll do in a minute. -d -m Starts the screen process in detached mode, creating a new session without attaching to it.-L turns on logging of output in each window.

Let's start with this command: screen -LdmS cgminer /usr/bin /cgminer -config /home /david/nf The screen application is normally meant to interactively to maintain multiple terminal sessions in one terminal window. cgminer in the background using screenįortunately there's a screwball way to proceed that's kind of ingenuous. But we want it to run 24 hours a day, dictating that it be a background process. The problem with using cgminer is that it's a CURSES based application and it doesn't fit well as a background process. I tried compiling from source with no luck. and the Orange Pi Zero2) the cgminer version did not support the Antminer U3. With the Debian version on the the hardware I tried (the C.H.I.P. I tried setting this up using ARM-based Linux Single Board Computers (e.g. If so, go through the instructions in the Github repository. It may be that your Bitcoin miner isn't supported with the pre-built binary for Ubuntu, and you'll instead have to compile from source. THe cgminer version available that way is modern enough to support the Antminer U3 out of the box.
Cgminer command line install#
On x86 Ubuntu you can install it from the package manager $ apt- cache search cgminerĬgminer - multi-threaded multi-pool Bitcoin miner If you want to install cgminer from source, go here: For the wallet address, go to the Settings area of the mining pool and enter the address in the appropriate place.
Cgminer command line free#
The address might look like 1MKQ2HaCU6SPT4aYqEv8tKeYpXdgjjanzG - Feel free to use that address if you like, since that's my wallet.įor now just record these parameters somewhere. That address is provided by your wallet provider. This is a Bitcoin address for your wallet. The next configuration is to set up a payment address. Please, feel free to connect your hardware to my account. But you will not get any economic benefit, I will. There's no password, and your hardware will connect and start computing hashes. If you like, feel free to connect to Slushpool using my username.
Cgminer command line password#
Slushpool doesn't care what password you use.


I lied, that's four pieces of configuration.

