Topic: New miner needs help (Read 1385 times)
im going to try to run off my gpu. i've got an ATI Radeon 5870. I dont know how to run it off that though, found a blog here http://www.newslobster.com/random/how-to-get-started-using-your-gpu-to-mine-for-bitcoins-on-windows but its a little hard to follow
for cpu's ufasoft miner is the best
Find a pool you want to join. New pools are posted here regularly, and there's also an article on the wiki with a few:
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Pooled_mining
When you've joined a pool you'll have received a username, password, hostname and port number. Use the standard bitcoin program something like this to do work:
or get poclbm or cpuminer or some other client that may be able to work more efficiently.
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Pooled_mining
When you've joined a pool you'll have received a username, password, hostname and port number. Use the standard bitcoin program something like this to do work:
Code:
bitcoin --get --rpcuser= --rpcpassword= --rpcconnect= --rpcport=
or get poclbm or cpuminer or some other client that may be able to work more efficiently.
just reading up on pools now. how do i get into a pool though?
Find a pool to join, for sure.
Hey, just downloaded the software there and im wondering whats the best way to start mining? any tips or links to useful freeware etc?
Thanks
Thanks
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