cpuminer is a multi-threaded, highly optimized CPU miner for Litecoin, Bitcoin, and other cryptocurrencies. Currently supported algorithms are SHA-256d and scrypt(N, 1, 1).

It supports the getblocktemplate mining protocol as well as the Stratum mining protocol, and can be used for both solo and pooled mining.

Notice: Please see here to understand why this package is recognized as a threat by some antivirus software: https://github.com/pooler/cpuminer/issues/13

Features

  • Highly optimized for x86, x86-64 and ARM architectures
  • Automatically uses SSE2, AVX and AVX2 instructions where available
  • Supports the Stratum mining protocol
  • Lightweight, only depends on libcurl and jansson
  • Tested on a wide variety of operating systems, including Windows, Linux, OS X, a few BSDs, Solaris and AIX

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GNU General Public License version 2.0 (GPLv2)

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Operating Systems

Linux, BSD, Windows

User Interface

Command-line

Programming Language

Assembly, C

Related Categories

Assembly Cryptocurrency Software, Assembly Crypto Mining Software, C Cryptocurrency Software, C Crypto Mining Software

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2013-04-05