bcmob / gominer

GPU miner for siacoin in go

gominer

GPU miner for siacoin in go

All available opencl capable GPU's are detected and used in parallel.

Installation from source

Prerequisites

• go version 1.4.2 or above (earlier version might work or not), check with go version
• opencl libraries on the library path
• gcc

go get github.com/robvanmieghem/gominer

Run

gominer

Usage:

  -H string
    	siad host and port (default "localhost:9980")
  -I int
    	Intensity (default 28)
  -cpu
    	If set, also use the CPU for mining, only GPU's are used by default
  -v	Show version and exit

See what intensity gives you the best hashrate.

FAQ

• Is there a windows executable download?

  No: https://github.com/robvanmieghem/gominer/issues/

• ERROR fetching work - Get http://localhost:9980/miner/headerforwork: dial tcp 127.0.0.1:9980: connection refused

  Make sure siad is running

• What is siad?

  Check the sia documentation

• I don't know how to set up siad or the sia UI wallet, how do I do that?

  Check the sia documentation.

• You have to help me set up mining SIA

  No I don't

• Can you log in on my machine to configure my mining setup?

  No

• I don't know how to get it working, can you help me?

  I get this question at least once a day. Seriously, you can not expect me to set up and support everyone's mining equipment.

• I don't know how to get it working, can you help me please please please ?

  Everyone has his price, make me an offer I can't refuse so I don't have to continue answering no to this question.

Support development

If you really want to, you can support the gominer development:

SIA: 79b9089439218734192db7016f07dc5a0e2a95e873992dd782a1e1306b2c44e116e1d8ded910

BTC: 3QrmVRLU2JZKHiLdATud2vvL9b376wbmKU