Mining - Pools and Software - March 21st, 2011 (updated March 25th)
[Upated March 25th, 2011]
Pools:
BitPenny Status: Open - http://www.bitpenny.com http://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/BitPenny
DeepBit Status: Open, accepting new registrations Compensation: Proportional reward mode as well as fixed-rate Pay-Per-Share. Current pool strength: 62 Ghash/s [up from 56 on Mar 22nd] - http://www.deepbit.net http://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/DeepBit
Bitcoin Pooled Mining (aka Slush's pool) Status: Open. The pool now charges a flat 2% fee. Notice: Miners should support "keep alive", which the latest versions of the miner software supports. Current pool strength: 142 Ghash/s [Up from 127 on Mar 22nd] - http://mining.bitcoin.cz http://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Bitcoin_Pooled_Mining
BTCMine Status: Open, alpha testing Compensation: Shared block and pay per share payouts. - http://www.BTCMine.com http://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/BTCMine Current pool strength: 2 GHash/s [Up from 1 on Mar 22nd]
Bitcoin Pool Status: Open, beta testing Compensation: Shared block payouts. - http://www.BitcoinPool.com http://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Bitcoin_Pool Current pool strength: 10 GHash/s [Up from 4 on Mar 22nd]
Miners:
m0mchil's Python OpenCL GPU miner Latest release: v2011-03-25 [Updated Mar 25th] - http://www.bitcoin.org/smf/index.php?topic=1334.0 - http://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/OpenCL_miner Kiv's GUI Frontend Latest release: March 21, 2011 - http://github.com/downloads/Kiv/poclbm/poclbm-gui-20110321.exe
Diablo's Java OpenCL GPU Miner
Latest release: March 25, 2011 - http://www.bitcoin.org/smf/index.php?topic=1721.0 - http://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/DiabloMiner
jgarzik's CPU Miner Latest release: v0.8.2, March 22nd, 2011 [Updated March 22nd, 2011] - http://www.bitcoin.org/smf/index.php?topic=1925.0 - http://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Cpu_Miner
puddinpop's CPU/4way/CUDA/OpenCL Miner Latest release: 2011-02-27 - http://www.bitcoin.org/smf/index.php?topic=2444.0 - http://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Remote_miner
ufasoft's CPU Miner - http://www.bitcoin.org/smf/index.php?topic=3486.0 - http://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Ufasoft_miner
BitcoinPool's modified poclbm-mod GPU miner Latest release: v2011-03-24 - http://www.bitcoinpool.com/file.php?id=6 (win32 / source) - http://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Poclbm-mod
Guides
Introduction - http://www.weusecoins.com/mining-guide.php
Windows:
- Miner: http://www.newslobster.com/random/how-to-get-started-using-your-gpu-to-mine-for-bitcoins-on-windows - Pool: http://www.newslobster.com/bitcoin/how-to-set-up-pooled-bitcoin-mining-in-windows
Linux: - Ubuntu 10.10: - Miiner: http://www.bitcoin.org/smf/index.php?topic=3356.msg47489#msg47489 - Debian sid: - Miner: http://www.bitcoin.org/smf/index.php?topic=3502.0
Mac: http://www.bitcoin.org/smf/index.php?topic=1721.msg58074#msg58074 - Homebrew: http://www.bitcoin.org/smf/index.php?topic=3958.0
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