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A combined FPGA, GPU and CPU miner written in C, cross platform for Windows, Linux and OS X, based on the original CPU/GPU miner code [[CGMiner]].
A modular FPGA, GPU and CPU miner written in C, cross platform for Linux, Mac, and Windows including support for OpenWrt-capable routers.
 
==Features==
* A variety of device drivers for Bitcoin (SHA256d):
** [http://www.butterflylabs.com/product-details/ Butterfly Labs's BitForce Singles and MiniRigs]
** [http://www.enterpoint.co.uk/cairnsmore/cairnsmore1.html Enterpoint's Cairnsmore1 FPGA mining board]
** [http://fpgamining.com/products/x6500-rev3 FPGA Mining X6500]
** Qi Hardware's [http://en.qi-hardware.com/wiki/Icarus Icarus] and [http://en.qi-hardware.com/wiki/Lancelot Lancelot] FPGA mining boards
** [http://www.btcfpga.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=50 BTCFPGA's ModMiner Quad FPGA-based mining device]
** [http://www.ztex.de/ Ztex's FPGA boards]
** OpenCL GPUs, such as [http://www.amd.com/us/products/Pages/graphics.aspx AMD Radeons]
*** Kernels (including BFI_INT patching): Diablo, DiaKGCN, Phatk and poclbm
*** VECTOR support
*** Dynamic intensity that keeps desktop interactive under load and maximises throughput when desktop idle
*** Integrated overclocking and fan control (including automatic adjustment, if configured)
*** ADL device reordering by PCI bus ID
*** GCN (79x0) support
** CPU (not enabled by default nor included in Windows build)
** Coming soon:
*** [http://www.butterflylabs.com/bitforce-sc-release-notes/ Butterfly Labs's BitForce SC (ASIC) product line]
*** [https://bitcointalk.org/?topic=99497 ASICMINER ASICs]
*** ''any other device provided for development''
* Support for new [[Getblocktemplate|getblocktemplate decentralized mining protocol]]
* Scrypt mining support for both CPU and OpenCL (GPU)
* Very low overhead free C code for Linux and Windows with very low CPU usage
* Long poll support - will use longpoll from any pool if primary pool does not support it
* epoll support for interrupting FPGA waiting when new work is available without timeout-looping
* Self detection of new blocks with a mini-database for slow/failing longpoll scenarios, maximum work efficiency and minimum rejects
* Heavily threaded code hands out work retrieval and work submission to separate threads to not hinder devices working
* Caching of submissions during transient network outages
* Preemptive fetching of work prior to completion of current work
* Local generation of more valid work (rollntime) whenever possible, as supported on a per-work item basis
* Prevention of stale work submission on new block (submitold also supported)
* Automatically detects failing pools and disables them
* Multi-device support (all or discrete selection)
* Summarised and discrete device data statistics of requests, accepts, rejects, hw errors, efficiency and utility
* Watchdog thread to restart idle threads but not crash machine if they don't respond
* Summary displayed when quitting
* Supports multiple pools with multiple intelligent failover mechanisms
* On the fly menu based management of most settings
* Trickling of extra work to backup pools if primary pool is responding but slow
* On the fly enabling/disable/restarting of devices
* Device temperature monitoring (for devices that support it)
* Reuses persistent connections when possible
* RPC +/- JSON interface for remote control
* Ability to cope with slow routers
* X-Reject-Reason support
* Lots of other stuff I can't remember. See options.


==See Also==
==See Also==
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* [https://github.com/luke-jr/bfgminer bfgminer] project page on GitHub
* [https://github.com/luke-jr/bfgminer bfgminer] project page on GitHub
* [https://bitcointalk.org/?topic=78192 Project Thread]
* [http://luke.dashjr.org/programs/bitcoin/files/bfgminer/ Binaries and Source - All Versions]
* [http://luke.dashjr.org/programs/bitcoin/files/bfgminer/ Binaries and Source - All Versions]
* [https://bitcointalk.org/?topic=78192 BitcoinTalk forum thread]


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 00:18, 8 February 2013

A modular FPGA, GPU and CPU miner written in C, cross platform for Linux, Mac, and Windows including support for OpenWrt-capable routers.

Features

  • A variety of device drivers for Bitcoin (SHA256d):
  • Support for new getblocktemplate decentralized mining protocol
  • Scrypt mining support for both CPU and OpenCL (GPU)
  • Very low overhead free C code for Linux and Windows with very low CPU usage
  • Long poll support - will use longpoll from any pool if primary pool does not support it
  • epoll support for interrupting FPGA waiting when new work is available without timeout-looping
  • Self detection of new blocks with a mini-database for slow/failing longpoll scenarios, maximum work efficiency and minimum rejects
  • Heavily threaded code hands out work retrieval and work submission to separate threads to not hinder devices working
  • Caching of submissions during transient network outages
  • Preemptive fetching of work prior to completion of current work
  • Local generation of more valid work (rollntime) whenever possible, as supported on a per-work item basis
  • Prevention of stale work submission on new block (submitold also supported)
  • Automatically detects failing pools and disables them
  • Multi-device support (all or discrete selection)
  • Summarised and discrete device data statistics of requests, accepts, rejects, hw errors, efficiency and utility
  • Watchdog thread to restart idle threads but not crash machine if they don't respond
  • Summary displayed when quitting
  • Supports multiple pools with multiple intelligent failover mechanisms
  • On the fly menu based management of most settings
  • Trickling of extra work to backup pools if primary pool is responding but slow
  • On the fly enabling/disable/restarting of devices
  • Device temperature monitoring (for devices that support it)
  • Reuses persistent connections when possible
  • RPC +/- JSON interface for remote control
  • Ability to cope with slow routers
  • X-Reject-Reason support
  • Lots of other stuff I can't remember. See options.

See Also

External Links

References

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