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legendary
Activity: 1988
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CLEAN non GPL infringing code made in Rust lang
December 21, 2022, 12:42:55 PM
#15
cgminer name is fine, it supports a massive amount of devices and has an amazing track record.

If you're looking for changing a name, then your software might be renamed to Antminer:

Supported models: S19, S19 Pro, S19j, S19j Pro, T19, S17, S17 Pro, S17+, S17e, T17, T17+, T17e & S9 [i, j]

That would soon™ make no sense. Besides its called bosminer as in Braiins OS miner.

cgminer literally means Cpu Gpu miner, so it is a very valid question made by BitcoinSoloMiner. The remaining maintainer that did a fork since he was kicked from it; has stated that it no longer supports cpus or gpus, yet it remains in the name causing unnecessary confusion and it is a defacto fork anyway, so its the perfect chance to rename it.

Now you can't simply talk about cgminer because you don't know if its the one kano keeps changing or the previous one, again adding to confusion. So people need to say kano's cgminer or such, is that better for you? I did suggest the name kanominer in the past...

You are also welcome to add even more hardware support to cgminer. Oh which cgminer? Naturally Kano's, what he would say if you were to do it to the other one? oh no no no...

See? Sticking to an old meaningless name makes no sense, but sure, feel free to keep it, not like it matters. Remember: Cpu Gpu Miner (Kano's edition) neither supports CPUs or GPUs. Got it? Easy! not...
hero member
Activity: 952
Merit: 938
December 21, 2022, 10:53:47 AM
#14
~snip~
I still think you should rename it, The "cg" in cgminer stands for cpu gpu miner... aminer? asicminer?

cgminer name is fine, it supports a massive amount of devices and has an amazing track record.

If you're looking for changing a name, then your software might be renamed to Antminer:

Supported models: S19, S19 Pro, S19j, S19j Pro, T19, S17, S17 Pro, S17+, S17e, T17, T17+, T17e & S9 [i, j]
legendary
Activity: 1988
Merit: 1561
CLEAN non GPL infringing code made in Rust lang
December 21, 2022, 09:10:32 AM
#13
... and CPU/GPU mining was removed from cgminer long ago because it is an abhorrent waste of energy.
Mining with a GPU on Bitcoin it utter stupidity.
I still think you should rename it, The "cg" in cgminer stands for cpu gpu miner... aminer? asicminer?
legendary
Activity: 4466
Merit: 1798
Linux since 1997 RedHat 4
December 21, 2022, 06:20:31 AM
#12
cgminer and bfgminer have not been updated in years

ck stopped developing cgminer some years ago, but kano continued developing it.

For example, the GekkoScience Compac F was released in 2021, and support for it was added in cgminer by kano.

You can see that there's also recent activity in that repo: https://github.com/kanoi/cgminer

bfgminer doesn't seem to be as active, but still there are some changes from last year: https://github.com/luke-jr/bfgminer
... and CPU/GPU mining was removed from cgminer long ago because it is an abhorrent waste of energy.
Mining with a GPU on Bitcoin it utter stupidity.
member
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Merit: 16
December 20, 2022, 08:12:45 PM
#11
cgminer and bfgminer have not been updated in years

ck stopped developing cgminer some years ago, but kano continued developing it.

For example, the GekkoScience Compac F was released in 2021, and support for it was added in cgminer by kano.

You can see that there's also recent activity in that repo: https://github.com/kanoi/cgminer

bfgminer doesn't seem to be as active, but still there are some changes from last year: https://github.com/luke-jr/bfgminer

Do you have a new miner that can do CPU/GPU mining?
hero member
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December 20, 2022, 08:05:41 PM
#10
cgminer and bfgminer have not been updated in years

ck stopped developing cgminer some years ago, but kano continued developing it.

For example, the GekkoScience Compac F was released in 2021, and support for it was added in cgminer by kano.

You can see that there's also recent activity in that repo: https://github.com/kanoi/cgminer

bfgminer doesn't seem to be as active, but still there are some changes from last year: https://github.com/luke-jr/bfgminer
member
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December 20, 2022, 03:10:56 PM
#9
cgminer and bfgminer have not been updated in years
sr. member
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December 18, 2022, 11:56:32 AM
#8
because i read about Linux and that Linux have a very big chance to found blocks and bigger hash-rates if compared with windows,so what the best mining software for mine Bitcoin

Here I have something to give you but I am not sure if it is still okay for linux mate one of these is Cgminer, Multi miner and Bfg miner. But try to do some research before you get into this kind of thing.

Although there are pros and cons to what I mentioned, but it's up to you if you like something there mate, good luck.
legendary
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June 27, 2022, 02:48:58 PM
#7
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BFGMiner is more or less the same as CGMiner. The only major difference is that it doesn't focus on GPUs like CGMiner but instead it is designed specifically for ASICs.
Wrong.
The 'cg' originally stood for CPU GPU but code for using those was removed long long ago by -ck and Kano back when they still collaborated. While cgminer still does support some FPGA's, it has been primarily geared for ASICS for many many years now.
legendary
Activity: 3234
Merit: 2943
Block halving is coming.
June 27, 2022, 09:58:11 AM
#6
Nice hash

This bitcoin mining software offers cloud mining services, it provides mining software to bitcoin persons who can get you GPU/CPU and you will start earning bitcoins.

Take note that Nicehash is not mining Bitcoin the software only mines altcoin through CPU/GPU and Nicehash pays Bitcoin and Nicehash sells your hashrate to buyers/renting.

Unless you have an ASIC machine you can also mine on their Nicehash pool with SHA256 algo that pays Bitcoin but still they sell your hashrate to buyers(People who want to rent your hashrate).
newbie
Activity: 18
Merit: 0
June 27, 2022, 12:03:24 AM
#5
CGMiner

CGMiner is the most famous out of these all. It is based on the CPU miner.

BFGMiner
BFGMiner is more or less the same as CGMiner. The only major difference is that it doesn't focus on GPUs like CGMiner but instead it is designed specifically for ASICs.

Nice hash

This bitcoin mining software offers cloud mining services, it provides mining software to bitcoin persons who can get you GPU/CPU and you will start earning bitcoins.
legendary
Activity: 4466
Merit: 1798
Linux since 1997 RedHat 4
April 23, 2022, 12:12:54 PM
#4
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The best open source Bitcoin miner software currently available in my mind is the cgminer fork of kano: https://github.com/kanoi/cgminer

That one supports the GekkoScience Compac F miners.

If you have some older FPGAs, then probably you'll be able to use them with luke-jr's bfgminer: https://github.com/luke-jr/bfgminer
The older FPGAs were implemented in cgminer first, some by me. They are still there.
Though I wouldn't suggest anyone mine with them, they use way too much power and way too tiny hash rate.
hero member
Activity: 952
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April 14, 2022, 11:06:08 PM
#3
because i read about Linux and that Linux have a very big chance to found blocks and bigger hash-rates if compared with windows,so what the best mining software for mine Bitcoin

The best is always dependent on the criteria you use.

The best open source Bitcoin miner software currently available in my mind is the cgminer fork of kano: https://github.com/kanoi/cgminer

That one supports the GekkoScience Compac F miners.

If you have some older FPGAs, then probably you'll be able to use them with luke-jr's bfgminer: https://github.com/luke-jr/bfgminer
legendary
Activity: 3612
Merit: 2506
Evil beware: We have waffles!
January 21, 2022, 08:19:27 PM
#2
For mining Bitcoin just CPU or GPU's: None. Perhaps read this pinned msg as to why...
Mainly point-3

Now as for running cgminer as a front end to say Sidehack's newest USB stick miners -- use Linux. I initially ran that stick under Win10 and later moved it to a RasPi3B: at same clock speed using Raspian gave a 10% increase in hash rate and allowed the stick be remain stable almost 150MHz faster than it did under Winbloze.
newbie
Activity: 14
Merit: 0
January 21, 2022, 04:56:28 PM
#1
because i read about Linux and that Linux have a very big chance to found blocks and bigger hash-rates if compared with windows,so what the best mining software for mine Bitcoin
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