Mining software Jump to: navigation, search This article contains an overview of useful Litecoin (scrypt) mining tools.Software Author Version (Date) Win Linux Description sgminer veox 4.1.0 (07.02.2014) Yes Yes cgminer 3.7.2 fork, continues GPU/scrypt mining, AMD GPUs only, Win64 Build cgminer Con Kolivas 4.2.3 (03.04.2014) Yes Yes 3.7.2 is the last version to support GPU/scrypt mining cpuminer pooler 2.3.3 (27.02.2014) Yes Yes Fastest CPU miner cudaMiner Christian Buchner (28.02.2014) Yes Yes Fastest miner for NVIDIA GPUs GUIMiner-scrypt tacotime 0.05 (13.03.2014) Yes No Provides a GUI for cgminer and cudaMiner; not recommended due to lack of back end transparency.BFGMiner Luke-Jr 3.10.0 (15.01.2014) Yes Yes CPU and GPU miner MultiMiner nwoolls 2.6.2 (04.02.2014) Yes Yes Provides a GUI for BFGMiner ScryptMiner GUI Matoking r10 (23.02.2012) Yes Yes GUI for cgminer, no longer maintained, NOT recommended!

Reaper mtrlt 13 Beta 4 (13.04.2012) Yes Yes GPU miner, no longer maintained, NOT recommended!Litecoin BAMT - USB-bootable Linux distro designed specifically for scrypt mining SMOS Linux - USB-bootable Linux distro designed specifically for scrypt mining PiMP - USB-bootable Linux distro designed specifically for cryptocurrency mining CoinHub - USB-bootable Windows based OS Kopiemtu - 64-Bit Linux distro for Nvidia cards PHPMiner - Webinterface for cgminer/sgminer Linux PoolManager - Web based pool and miner manager for cgminer/sgminer CGWatcher - GUI/monitor for cgminer and BFGMinerFREE Bitcoin, LiteCoin & FeatherCoin (and other crypto coins) Daily!I came across this website, and it actually does give you FREE Bitcoin, FeatherCoin, InfiniteCoin, and LiteCoin!Free Bitcoin, Litecoin & FeatherCoin!All you have to do is create a free account on the above link, and you will receive free crypto coins daily!If you refer your friends, and they sign up, you will get BONUS coins daily!

Free Bitcoin, LiteCoin & FeatherCoin!It seems that the author of cgminer has removed the compiled Windows version of cgminer 3.7.2 from the official download location here and you may have a hard time finding it at a different safe location.The cgminer version 3.7.2 is the latest version of cgminer with GPU mining support, all newer versions are designed for use only with SHA-256 ASIC miners for Bitcoins and will not work on GPUs for scrypt mining.So if you are mining for Litecoin or other alternative scrypt crypto currency you would need to download cgminer 3.7.2 in order to be able to use your graphics cards with it.The official download location only offers Linux versions of the cgminer and that goes not only for version 3.7.2, but for most older versions that also support GPU mining.So if you need to download cgminer 3.7.2 for Windows you can do so from the link below.– You can download cgminer 3.7.2 with GPU mining support for Windows OS here…In my previous post on How to mine Bitcoin on your Mac I discussed how to mine crypto-gold on your Mac.

Before diving in, I wanted to lay down a framework on the basics of Bitcoin (BTC) and its easier-to-mine competitor, Litecoin (LTC).Since investing in dedicated Bitcoin mining hardware (ASICs) I've mostly ignored other competing crypto-currencies until now.Although Bitcoin is the media darling, Litecoin is a better option for the average user wanting to get into crypto-currency mining.valore bitcoin 2010As I mention in my mining post , Bitcoin mining isn't cost effective without expensive, dedicated mining hardware.litecoin wallet youtubeHowever Litecoin, the second largest crypto-currency by market cap, is exponentially easier to mine with the Mac that you're reading this on right now.bitcoin jak uzywacAnd at around US$30/LTC, it's more affordable to outright purchase too.fca and bitcoin

Before I get into Litecoin a brief history of Bitcoin (BTC) is in order.For background I recommend the original paper (PDF) by Satoshi Nakamoto proposing Bitcoin.Bitcoin was revolutionary when it was created.The idea behind "mining" coins as a way to validate transactions and at the same time reward early adopters was brilliant.It quickly strengthened the network and took care of distributing coins to interested parties.bitcoin dice gamblingMined coins on the network are distributed to whomever presents the solution first.beyond bitcoin las vegasAs soon as it got competitive, people started mining pools whereby the pool instead presents the winning solution to the network, receives the reward, and redistributes to everyone in the pool.Most people prefer this since they'll at least receive something.For Bitcoin mining, if your computer can do this calculation faster than anyone else, you represent a greater share of the work going towards each solution.

However, the rate of coins being distributed is roughly constant, so more people involved means less for everyone participating.(My Mac mining client of choice these days is Asteroid.It's lightweight, has a clean UI and MobileMiner support.More on Asteroid in a future post...The particular algorithm chosen by the bitcoin developers was SHA-256.First CPUs were used to calculate it.Then someone found a way to execute this algorithm faster on GPUs.Then eventually, someone designed an application-specific-integrated-circuit (ASIC) that takes a specific input, calculates it, and spits out the result, repeatedly and forever.The latter is of course the most efficient, and is where we stand today.A group of people saw this hardware race as detrimental, and sure enough we see the effects of it -- namely expensive/risky hardware on an quickly rising difficulty level.Thus it's very difficult to continue participating without large investments to stay ahead.This group of people proposed a new coin type -- Litecoin (LTC) -- that relied on an algorithm that would be resistant to a rapidly escalating hardware race, one that needed fast memory and lots of it.

These components are more expensive and present a serious barrier to entry for a Litecoin ASIC that would be economical.Update: The Fibonacci project is a Scrypt (Litecoin) ASIC project that's currently in development.It looks like Litecoin mining hardware is coming to market after all.Litecoin also has four times as coins scheduled to be mined (84 million versus bitcoin's 21 million), which may make it more accessible to future participants.Perhaps not though, as both coin types can be subdivided to eight decimal places.Litecoin also does not have much of a point-of-sale market, nor online market, yet, outside of exchanges.But that said, it will be easy to accept Litecoin in a world that also accepts Bitcoin (since the technologies are nearly identical), so the ending on how this all plays out certainly hasn't been written yet.Most Litecoiners interested in short-term gain will sell their coins on an exchange for BTC or USD.Long-term investors may be sitting on their coins for years before they consider spending them, to watch how/if their value changes and hoping for a Bitcoin-like rise.