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There are many different types of Bitcoin mining software available. These tables should help you find what will work best for your mining.
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! colspan='12' | information
! colspan='15' | information
|-
|-
! Info      !! BFG         !! BitMinter !! BTCMiner !! cg    !! Diablo !! gMinor !! MPBM  !! OSFPGABM !! Phoenix !! poclbm !! Ufasoft
! Info      !! BFG   !! BitMinter !! BTCMiner !! cgminer !! Diablo !! EasyMiner !! gMinor !! MPBM  !! OSFPGABM !! Phoenix !! poclbm !! Ufasoft !! ScalaMiner
|-
|-
| language  ||  C         || Java      || Java    || C     || Java  || Python || Python || Tcl      || Twisted || Python || C++
| language  ||  C   || Scala    || Java    || C       || Java  ||          || Python || Python || Tcl      || Twisted || Python || C++ || Scala
|-
|-
| license  || GPL-3       ||           || GPL-3    || GPL-3 ||GPL-3||Public Domain||GPL-2+|| GPL-3    || MIT||Public Domain|| GPL-3
| license  || GPL-3 || All rights reserved
|                                   GPL-3    || GPL-3   || GPL-3 ||          || PD    || GPL-2+ || GPL-3    || MIT     || PD    || GPL-3 || GPL-3
|-
|-
| website
| website
| [https://github.com/luke-jr/bfgminer link]
| [https://github.com/luke-jr/bfgminer link]
|
| [https://bitminter.com link]
| [http://www.ztex.de/btcminer/ link]
| [http://www.ztex.de/btcminer/ link]
| [https://github.com/ckolivas/cgminer link]
| [https://github.com/ckolivas/cgminer link]
| [https://github.com/Diablo-D3/DiabloMiner link]
| [https://github.com/Diablo-D3/DiabloMiner link]
| [http://butterflylabs.com/drivers/ link]
|
|
| [https://github.com/TheSeven/Modular-Python-Bitcoin-Miner link]
| [https://github.com/TheSeven/Modular-Python-Bitcoin-Miner link]
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| [https://github.com/m0mchil/poclbm link]
| [https://github.com/m0mchil/poclbm link]
| [http://ufasoft.com/coin/ link]
| [http://ufasoft.com/coin/ link]
| [https://github.com/colinrgodsey/scalaminer link]
|-
|-
| forum
| forum
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| [https://bitcointalk.org/?topic=28402 link]
| [https://bitcointalk.org/?topic=28402 link]
| [https://bitcointalk.org/?topic=1721 link]
| [https://bitcointalk.org/?topic=1721 link]
| [https://forums.butterflylabs.com/easyminer-support/ link]
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| [https://bitcointalk.org/?topic=62823 link]
| [https://bitcointalk.org/?topic=62823 link]
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| [https://bitcointalk.org/?topic=1334 link]
| [https://bitcointalk.org/?topic=1334 link]
| [https://bitcointalk.org/?topic=3486 link]
| [https://bitcointalk.org/?topic=3486 link]
|
|-
| related pool || [[Eligius]] || [[BitMinter]] || || [[Ckpool]] || || || || || || || ||
|-
! colspan='15' | operating systems
|-
! OS              !! BFG        !! BitMinter  !! BTCMiner    !! cgminer !! Diablo  !! EasyMiner !! gMinor  !!  MPBM  !! OSFPGABM!! Phoenix !! poclbm  !! Ufasoft !! ScalaMiner
|-
| Arch            ||{{Yes|pkg}}  ||            ||          ||{{Patch|src,ARM bin}}||    ||          ||        ||        ||        ||        ||        || ||{{Yes|Java}}
|-
| Debian          ||{{Yes|pkg}}||{{Yes|Java}}||{{Patch|jar}}||{{Yes|pkg}}
|                                                                        {{Patch|jar}}||{{No}}||{{Patch|py}}||{{Patch|py}}||{{Patch|?}}||{{Patch|py}}||{{Patch|py}}||{{Patch|src}}||{{Yes|Java}}
|-
| Fedora          ||{{Yes|pkg}}  ||{{Yes|Java}}||{{Patch|jar}}||{{Patch|bin}}||{{Patch|jar}}||{{No}}||{{Patch|py}}||{{Patch|py}}||{{Patch|?}}||{{Patch|py}}||{{Patch|py}}||{{Patch|src}}||{{Yes|Java}}
|-
| Gentoo          ||{{Yes|pkg}}  ||{{Yes|Java}}||{{Patch|jar}}||{{Yes|pkg}}||{{Patch|jar}}||{{No}}||{{Patch|py}}||{{Patch|py}}||{{Patch|?}}||{{Patch|py}}||{{Patch|py}}||{{Patch|src}}||{{Yes|Java}}
|-
| Mac OS X        ||{{Yes|hmbrw}}||{{Yes|Java}}||{{Patch|jar}}||{{Patch|src}}||{{Patch|jar}}||{{No}}||{{Patch|py}}||{{Patch|py}}||{{Patch|?}}||{{Patch|py}}||{{Patch|py}}||{{Patch|src}}||{{Yes|Java}}
|-
| OpenWrt          ||{{Yes|pkg}}  ||            ||        ||{{Patch|bin}}||        || {{No}}    ||        ||        ||        ||        ||        || ||
|-
| Raspbian        ||{{Yes|pkg}}||{{Yes|Java}}||{{Patch|jar}}||{{Patch|bin}}||{{No}}||{{No}}||{{Patch|py}}||{{Patch|py}}||    ||{{Patch|py}}||{{Patch|py}}||||{{Yes|Java}}
|-
| Ubuntu          ||{{Yes|pkg}}  ||{{Yes|Java}}||{{Patch|jar}}||{{Yes|pkg}}||{{Patch|jar}}||{{No}}||{{Patch|py}}||{{Patch|py}}
|                                                                                                              {{Patch|?}}||{{Patch|py}}||{{Patch|py}}||{{Patch|src}}||{{Yes|Java}}
|-
| Windows (32-bit) ||{{Yes|zip}}  ||{{Yes|Java}}||{{Yes|jar}}  ||{{Yes|zip}}  || {{Yes|jar}} || {{Yes}}  || {{Yes}} ||        ||        || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}}||{{Yes|Java}}
|-
| Windows (64-bit)<ref name="win64">Windows includes (usually installed by default) the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WoW64 WoW64 subsystem] which enables running 32-bit Windows applications, with low performance impact.</ref>
                    |{{Yes|zip}}  ||{{Yes|Java}}||{{Yes|jar}}  ||{{Patch|W32<ref name="win64"/>}}
                                                                          | {{Yes|jar}}||          ||        ||        ||        ||        ||        || ||{{Yes|Java}}
|-
! colspan='15' | mining devices (virtual)
|-
! Virtual device    !! BFG        !!BitMinter!! BTCMiner!! cgminer !! Diablo  !! EasyMiner !! gMinor  !!  MPBM  !! OSFPGABM!! Phoenix !! poclbm  !! Ufasoft !! ScalaMiner
|-
| getwork server    ||{{Yes|3.2.0}}||{{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}    || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || || {{Yes}}
|-
| stratum server    ||{{Yes|3.3.0}}||{{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}    || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || || {{No}}
|-
! colspan='15' | mining devices (asic)
|-
! Device            !!BFG          !!BitMinter!! BTCMiner!! cgminer !! Diablo  !! EasyMiner !! gMinor  !!  MPBM  !! OSFPGABM!! Phoenix !! poclbm  !! Ufasoft !! ScalaMiner
|-
| AntMiner S1        ||{{Yes|5.4.0}}||{{No}}  ||{{No}}||{{Yes|4.1.0}}||{{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}
|-
| AntMiner S2        ||{{Yes|5.4.0}}||{{No}}  ||{{No}}||{{Yes|4.3.5}}||{{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}
|-
| AntMiner S3/S3+    ||{{Yes|5.4.0}}||{{No}}  || {{No}}||{{Yes}}||{{No}} || {{No}}    || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || || {{No}}
|-
| AntMiner S4        ||{{Yes|5.4.0}}||{{No}}  || {{No}}||{{Yes}}||{{No}} || {{No}}    || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || || {{No}}
|-
| AntMiner S5        ||{{Yes|5.4.0}}||{{No}}  || {{No}}||{{Patch}}||{{No}} || {{No}}    || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || || {{No}}
|-
| AntMiner S5+        || ||{{No}}  || {{No}}||{{Patch}}||{{No}} || {{No}}    || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || || {{No}}
|-
| AntMiner S7        || ||{{No}}  || {{No}}||{{Patch}}||{{No}} || {{No}}    || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || || {{No}}
|-
| AntMiner U1/U2 ||{{Yes|3.10.0}}||{{Yes}}||{{No}}||{{Yes|3.12.0}}||{{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{Yes|0.2}}
|-
| AntMiner U3 ||{{Yes|5.2.0}}|| ||{{No}}||{{Yes}}||{{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{Yes|0.2}}
|-
| Avalon            ||{{Yes|3.0.0}}||{{No}}  ||{{No}}||{{Yes|2.10.4}}||{{No}} || {{No}}    || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}
|-
| Avalon Gen2/Gen3 ||{{Yes|3.6.0}} ||{{No}}  ||{{No}}||{{Yes}}||{{No}} || {{No}}    || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}
|-
| Avalon Nano ||{{Yes}} ||{{No}}  ||{{No}}|| {{Yes}} ||{{No}} || {{No}}    || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}
|-
| BFx2 Bitfury USB || {{Yes|4.0.0}} || {{No}} || {{No}} || {{Yes|4.1.0}} || {{No}} || {{No}} || {{No}} || {{No}} || {{No}} || {{No}} || {{No}}  ||  || {{No}}
|-
| Bi*Fury            ||{{Yes|3.7.0}}||        || {{No}}||{{Yes|3.8.2}}||{{No}} || {{No}}    || {{No}}  ||        ||        || {{No}}  || {{No}}  ||  || {{No}}
|-
| BitBurner          ||{{No}}      ||{{No}}  ||{{No}}||{{Yes|3.3.2}}|| {{No}} || {{No}}    || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}
|-
| BitForce SC 5 Gh/s ||{{Yes|3.0.0}}||{{Yes}}||{{No}}||{{Yes|3.1.0}}||{{No}}||        || {{No}}  ||        || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{Yes}}
|-
| BitForce SC 25 Gh/s||{{Yes|3.1.1}}||{{Yes}}  ||{{No}}||{{Yes|3.3.1}}||  {{No}}||          || {{No}}  ||        || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{Yes}}
|-
| BitForce SC 50 Gh/s||{{Yes|3.1.0}}||{{Yes}}  ||{{No}}||{{Yes|3.3.1}}|| {{No}} ||          || {{No}}  ||        || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{Yes}}
|-
| BitFury GPIO      ||{{Yes|3.3.0}}||{{No}}  || {{No}}  ||{{Yes|3.8.0}}|| {{No}}  || {{No}}    || {{No}}  ||        ||        || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || || {{No}}
|-
| Bitfury S.B.      ||{{Yes|3.3.0}}||{{No}}  || {{No}}  ||{{Yes|3.11.0}}|| {{No}}  || {{No}}    || {{No}}  ||        ||        || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || || {{No}}
|-
| BitMine A1        ||{{No}}||{{No}}  ||{{No}}||{{Yes|4.0.0}}||{{No}}  || {{No}}    || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}} || {{No}}
|-
| BlackArrow Prospero X1||{{Yes|5.0.0}}||{{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{Yes}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}    || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}
|-
| BlackArrow Prospero X3|| ||{{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{Yes}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}    || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}
|-
| Block Erupter Blade||{{Yes|3.2.0}}||{{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}    || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{Yes}}
|-
| Block Erupter USB  ||{{Yes|2.6.4}}||{{Yes}}  ||{{No}}||{{Yes|2.6.4}}||{{No}}  || {{No}}    || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}} || {{Yes|0.2}}
|-
| CoinTerra          ||{{Yes|3.8.0}}||{{No}}  ||{{No}}||{{Yes|3.12.1}}||{{No}}  || {{No}}    || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}} || {{No}}
|-
| Compac            ||{{Yes|5.3.0}}||{{No}}  ||{{No}}||{{Patch}}    ||{{No}}  || {{No}}    || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}} || {{No}}
|-
| Drillbit          ||{{Yes|3.10.0}}||{{No}}  ||{{No}}||{{Yes|3.9.0}}||{{No}}  || {{No}}    || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}} || {{No}}
|-
| DualMiner          ||{{Yes|4.0.0}}||{{No}}  ||{{No}}||{{No}}||{{No}}  || {{No}}    || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}} || {{Yes}}
|-
| HashBuster Alpha  ||{{Yes|4.0.0}}||{{No}}  || {{No}}  ||{{Patch}}|| {{No}}  || {{No}}    || {{No}}  ||        ||        || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || || {{No}}
|-
| HashBuster Micro  ||{{Yes|3.8.0}}||{{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}    || {{No}}  ||        ||        || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || || {{No}}
|-
| HashBuster Nano    ||{{Yes|3.5.0}}||{{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}    || {{No}}  ||        ||        || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || || {{No}}
|-
| HashFast          ||{{Yes|3.10.0}}||{{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{Yes|3.5.0}} || {{No}}  || {{No}}    || {{No}}  ||        ||        || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || || {{No}}
|-
| Hex•Fury          ||{{Yes|4.0.0}} || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{Yes|4.2.3}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  ||        ||        || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || || {{No}}
|-
| JingTian          ||{{Yes|4.4.0}}||{{No}}  || {{No}}  ||{{Patch}}|| {{No}}  || {{No}}    || {{No}}  ||        ||        || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || || {{No}}
|-
| Klondike          ||{{Yes|3.6.0}}||{{No}}  ||{{No}}||{{Yes|3.6.0}}||{{No}}  || {{No}}    || {{No}}  ||        ||        ||        ||        || || {{No}}
|-
| KnCMiner 28nm      ||{{Yes|3.4.0}}||{{No}}  || {{No}}||{{Yes|3.7.0}}||{{No}} || {{No}}    || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || || {{No}}
|-
| KnCMiner Neptune  ||{{Yes|5.0.0}}||{{No}}  || {{No}}||{{Patch}}||{{No}} || {{No}}    || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || || {{No}}
|-
| LittleFury        ||{{Yes|3.5.0}}||{{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}    || {{No}}  ||        ||        || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || || {{No}}
|-
| Metabank BitFury  ||{{Yes|3.3.0}}||{{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}    || {{No}}  ||        ||        || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || || {{No}}
|-
| Monarch PCI-e/Linux||{{Yes|4.3.0}}||{{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}    || {{No}}  ||        ||        || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || || {{No}}
|-
| Monarch PCI-e/Win  ||{{Yes|4.5.0}}||{{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}    || {{No}}  ||        ||        || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || || {{No}}
|-
| Monarch USB        ||{{Yes|4.3.0}}||{{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{Yes}} || {{No}}  || {{No}}    || {{No}}  ||        ||        || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || || {{No}}
|-
| NanoFury / IceFury ||{{Yes|3.4.0}}||        || {{No}}  || {{Yes|3.10.0}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}    || {{No}}  ||        ||        || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || || {{No}}
|-
| NanoFury NF2      ||{{Yes|4.0.0}}||        || {{No}}  || {{Yes|4.3.1}} || {{No}}  || {{No}}    || {{No}}  ||        ||        || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || || {{No}}
|-
| NanoFury NF6      ||{{Yes|4.0.0}}||        || {{No}}  || {{Yes|4.3.1}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}    || {{No}}  ||        ||        || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || || {{No}}
|-
| OneStringMiner    ||{{Yes|4.0.0}}|| {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{Yes|3.8.2}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  ||  {{No}}
|-
| Red/BlueFury      ||{{Yes|3.3.0}}||{{Yes}}  ||{{No}}||{{Yes|3.5.0}}|| {{No}} || {{No}}    || {{No}}  ||        ||        || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || || {{No}}
|-
| Rockminer R-Box    ||{{Yes|4.2.0}}||{{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{Yes|4.3.5}}|| {{No}}  || {{No}}    || {{No}}  ||        ||        || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || || {{No}}
|-
| Spondoolies SP10 ||{{Yes|4.7.0}}||{{No}}  ||{{No}}||{{Yes|4.2.3}}||{{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}} || {{No}}
|-
| Spondoolies SP30 ||{{Yes|4.10.0}}||{{No}}  ||{{No}}||{{Yes}}||{{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}} || {{No}}
|-
| T1/Tube            ||{{Yes|3.3.0}}||{{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{Yes}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}    || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}
|-
| Twinfury          ||{{Yes|3.7.0}}||        || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}    || {{No}}  ||        ||        || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || || {{No}}
|-
! colspan='15' | mining devices (fpga)
|-
! Device                !! BFG        !!BitMinter!! BTCMiner!! cgminer !! Diablo  !! EasyMiner !! gMinor  !!  MPBM  !! OSFPGABM!! Phoenix !! poclbm  !! Ufasoft !! ScalaMiner
|-
| Avnet LX150T Devkit  ||{{No}}      ||{{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}    || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{Yes}} || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}
|-
| BitForce Single      ||{{Yes|2.2.0}}||{{Yes|1.2.0}}||{{No}}||{{Yes|2.2.0}}||{{No}}||{{Yes}}  || {{No}}  || {{Yes}} ||        || {{No}}||{{Patch|git}}||{{Yes}}  || {{No}}
|-
| BFL MiniRig          ||{{Yes|2.4.3}}||{{Yes|1.2.0}}||{{No}} ||{{Yes|2.5.0}}||{{No}}||{{Yes}} || {{No}}  || {{Yes}} ||        || {{No}}  || {{No}}  ||  || {{No}}
|-
| Cairnsmore1          ||{{Yes|2.6.4}}||{{No}}  || {{No}}  ||{{Yes|2.6.4}}||{{No}}||  {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{Yes}} ||        || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}
|-
| Digilent Nexys 2 500K ||{{No}}      ||{{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}    || {{No}}  ||        ||        || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}
|-
|-
| related pool || [[Eligius]] || [[BitMinter]] || || || || || || || || ||
| Icarus                ||{{Yes|2.2.7}}||{{Yes|1.3.0}}||{{No}}||{{Yes|2.2.7}}||{{No}}|| {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{Yes}} ||         || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}
|-
|-
! colspan='12' | mining devices (asic)
| Lancelot              ||{{Yes|2.6.4}}||{{No}}  ||{{No}}||{{Yes|2.6.4}}||{{No}}  || {{No}}    || {{No}}  || {{Yes}} ||        || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}
|-
|-
! Device                !! BFG    !!BitMinter!! BTCMiner!!   cg  !! Diablo !! gMinor !!  MPBM !! OSFPGABM!! Phoenix !! poclbm !! Ufasoft
| ModMiner              ||{{Yes|2.4.3}}||{{No}}  ||{{No}} ||{{Yes|2.4.3}}||{{No}} || {{No}}   || {{No}} || {{Yes}} ||        || {{No}} || {{No}} || {{No}} || {{No}}
|-
|-
| ASICMiner        ||{{No|Planned}}|| {{No}} || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}} || {{No}}  || {{No}} || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}
| Terasic DE2-115      || {{No}}      ||{{No}}   ||{{No}}   || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}   || {{No}}  ||        || {{Yes}} || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}
|-
|-
| Avalon      ||{{Patch|untested}}|| {{No}} || {{No}}  ||{{Patch}}|| {{No}} || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}
| X5000                || {{No}}      ||{{No}}   ||{{No}}   || {{No}}  || {{No}} || {{No}}   || {{No}}  || {{No}}  ||        || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}
|-
|-
| BitForce SC      ||{{Yes|3.0.0}}|| {{No}}  || {{No}}  ||         || {{No}} || {{No}}  ||        || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}
| X6500                ||{{Yes|2.9.0}}||{{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}   || {{No}}  || {{Yes}} ||        || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}
|-
|-
| BitForce SC MiniRig ||{{Yes|3.0.0}}||{{No}} || {{No}}  ||         || {{No}} || {{No}}  ||        || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}
| ZTEX 1.15b            || {{No}}      ||{{No}}   || {{Yes}} || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}   || {{No}}  ||        ||        || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}
|-
|-
| Deepbit              || {{No}} || {{No}} || {{No}} || {{No}}  || {{No}} || {{No}}  || {{No}} || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}
| ZTEX 1.15x            ||{{Yes|2.3.4}}||{{No}}   ||{{Yes}}||{{No|3.5.0}}||{{No}}  || {{No}}   || {{No}}  || {{Yes}} ||        || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}
|-
|-
! colspan='12' | mining devices (fpga)
| ZTEX 1.15y            ||{{Yes|2.4.1}}||{{No}}  ||{{Yes}}||{{No|3.5.0}}||{{No}}  || {{No}}    || {{No}}  ||        ||        || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}
|-
|-
! Device                !! BFG    !!BitMinter!! BTCMiner!!    cg  !! Diablo  !! gMinor  !!  MPBM  !! OSFPGABM!! Phoenix !! poclbm  !! Ufasoft
! colspan='15' | mining devices (gpu)
|-
|-
| Avnet LX150T          || {{No}}  ||         || {{No}} || {{No}} || {{No}}  || {{No}}  ||        ||        || {{No}} || {{No}} ||
! Device                !! BFG         !!BitMinter!! BTCMiner!! cgminer !! Diablo !! EasyMiner !! gMinor !!  MPBM !! OSFPGABM!! Phoenix !! poclbm !! Ufasoft !! ScalaMiner
|-
|-
| BitForce Single      ||{{Yes|2.2.0}}||     ||{{No}}||{{Yes|2.2.0}}||{{No}}  || {{No}} ||        ||        || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{Yes}}
| OpenCL (Mesa AMD)    ||{{Yes|3.0.1}}||         || {{No}} || {{No}} ||         || {{No}}   ||        || {{No}}  || {{No}}  ||        ||        ||  || {{No}}
|-
|-
| BFL MiniRig          ||{{Yes|2.4.3}}||    ||{{No}}||{{Yes|2.5.0}}||{{No}}  || {{No}}  ||        ||        || {{No}} || {{No}} ||
| OpenCL (Mesa NV)      ||            ||        || {{No}} || {{No}} ||        || {{No}}   ||        || {{No}}  || {{No}}  ||        ||        ||  || {{No}}
|-
|-
| Digilent Nexys 2 500K || {{No}}  ||         || {{No}} || {{No}} || {{No}}  || {{No}}  ||         ||         || {{No}}  || {{No}} ||
| OpenCL (AMD APP)      || {{Yes}}    || {{Yes}} || {{No}}  || {{No|3.7.2}} || {{Yes}} || {{No}}   || {{Yes}} || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}}  || {{No}}
|-
|-
| Icarus                ||{{Yes|2.2.7}}||     ||{{No}}||{{Yes|2.2.7}}||{{No}}  || {{No}}  ||        ||        || {{No}} || {{No}} ||
| OpenCL (nvidia)      || {{Yes}}     || {{Yes}} || {{No}} || {{No|3.7.2}} ||        || {{No}}    ||        || {{No}}  || {{No}}  ||        ||        ||  || {{No}}
|-
|-
| Lancelot              || {{Yes}} ||         || {{No}}  || {{Yes}} || {{No}}  || {{No}}  ||         ||        || {{No}}  || {{No}}  ||
| CUDA (nvidia)        || {{No}}      || {{No}}  || {{No}} || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}   || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  ||        || {{No}}  || {{Yes}}  || {{No}}
|-
|-
| ModMiner              ||{{Yes|2.4.3}}||    ||{{No}}||{{Yes|2.4.3}}||{{No}}  || {{No}}  ||        ||        || {{No}}  || {{No}}  ||
! colspan='15' | mining devices (cpu)
|-
|-
| Terasic DE2-115      || {{No}} ||        || {{No}} || {{No}} || {{No}} || {{No}}  ||        ||        || {{No}}  || {{No}}  ||
! Device                !! BFG    !!BitMinter!! BTCMiner!! cgminer !! Diablo !! EasyMiner !! gMinor !!  MPBM !! OSFPGABM!! Phoenix !! poclbm !! Ufasoft !! ScalaMiner
|-
|-
| X5000                || {{No}}  ||         || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  ||         ||         || {{No}}  || {{No}}  ||
| Intel SHA256          || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}    || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}
|-
|-
| X6500                ||{{Yes|2.9.0}}||     || {{No}} || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  ||        ||        || {{No}}  || {{No}} ||
| SSE4 (x86_64)        || {{Yes}} || {{No}}  || {{No}} ||{{No|2.x}}||         || {{No}}   || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  ||        || {{No}} || || {{No}}
|-
|-
| ZTEX 1.15b            || {{Yes}} ||         || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{No}}  || {{No}}  ||         ||        || {{No}}  || {{No}} ||
| SSE2 (x86_32)        || {{Yes}} || {{No}}  || {{No}} ||{{No|2.x}}||        || {{No}}   || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  ||        || {{No}} || || {{No}}
|-
|-
| ZTEX 1.15x            ||{{Yes|2.3.4}}||   ||{{Yes}}||{{Yes|2.3.4}}||{{No}}  || {{No}}  ||         ||        || {{No}}  || {{No}} ||
| SSE2 (x86_64)        || {{Yes}} || {{No}}  || {{No}} ||{{No|2.x}}||        || {{No}}   || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  ||        || {{No}} || || {{No}}
|-
|-
| ZTEX 1.15y            || {{Yes}} ||         || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{No}}  || {{No}}  ||         ||        || {{No}}  || {{No}} ||
| Altivec (PPC)        || {{Yes}} || {{No}}  || {{No}} ||{{No|2.x}}||        || {{No}}   || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  ||        || {{No}} || || {{No}}
|-
|-
! colspan='12' | mining devices (gpu)
| VIA PadLock          || {{Yes}} || {{No}}  || {{No}} ||{{No|2.x}}||        || {{No}}    || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  ||        || {{No}}  ||  || {{No}}
|-
|-
! Device                !! BFG     !!BitMinter!! BTCMiner!!   cg  !! Diablo !! gMinor !!  MPBM !! OSFPGABM!! Phoenix !! poclbm !! Ufasoft
| Assembly (x86_32)     || {{Yes}} || {{No}}  || {{No}} ||{{No|2.x}}||        || {{No}}   || {{No}}  || {{No}} || {{No}} ||        || {{No}} || || {{No}}
|-
|-
| OpenCL (ATi/AMD)      || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{No}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}}
| High-level CPU        || {{Yes}} || {{No}} || {{No}} ||{{No|2.x}}||        || {{No}}   || {{No}} || {{No}}  || {{No}}  ||        || {{No}} || || {{No}}
|-
|-
| OpenCL (nvidia)       || {{Yes}} ||         || {{No}}  || {{Yes}} ||         ||         || {{No}}  || {{No}}  ||         ||         ||
| NEON (ARM)           || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}} || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}   || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}
|-
|-
| CUDA (nvidia)        || {{No}}  ||        || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  ||        || {{No}}  || {{Yes}}
! colspan='15' | miner protocols
|-
|-
! colspan='12' | mining devices (cpu)
! Protocol              !! BFG        !!BitMinter!! BTCMiner!! cgminer !! Diablo  !! EasyMiner !! gMinor  !!  MPBM  !! OSFPGABM!! Phoenix !! poclbm  !! Ufasoft !! ScalaMiner
|-
|-
! Device                !! BFG    !!BitMinter!! BTCMiner!!    cg  !! Diablo !! gMinor !!  MPBM !! OSFPGABM!! Phoenix !! poclbm !! Ufasoft
| [[getblocktemplate]] ||{{Yes|2.8.0}}|| {{No}} || {{No}} || {{Yes|2.10.5}}
|                                                                          {{No}} ||          || {{No}} || {{No}} || {{No}}  || {{No}}  ||        || {{Yes}}  || {{No}}
|-
|-
| SSE4 (x86_64)        || {{Yes}} ||         || {{No}}  || {{Yes}} ||         || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  ||         || {{No}} ||
| [[Stratum]]          ||{{Yes|2.9.0}}|| {{Yes}} || {{No}}  ||{{Yes|2.8.0}}||{{No}} || {{No}}  || {{No}}  ||{{Patch|testing}}||{{No}}||{{No}}  || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}}
|-
|-
| SSE2 (x86_32)        || {{Yes}} ||         || {{No}}  || {{Yes}} ||         || {{No}} || {{No}} || {{No}} ||         || {{No}} ||
| [[getwork]]          || {{Yes}}     || {{No}}  || {{Yes}} || {{No}}  || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}}  || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{No}}
|-
|-
| SSE2 (x86_64)        || {{Yes}} ||         || {{No}}  || {{Yes}} ||         || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  ||         || {{No}}  ||
| [[BlkPrep]]          || {{No}}     || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}} || {{No}}  || {{No}}    || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}
|-
|-
| Altivec (PPC)        || {{Yes}} ||         || {{No}}  || {{Yes}} ||         || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  ||         || {{No}}  ||
| [[UBBP]]            || {{No}}     || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}} || {{No}}  || {{No}}    || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}
|-
|-
| VIA PadLock          || {{Yes}} ||        || {{No}}  || {{Yes}} ||        || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  ||        || {{No}}  ||
! colspan='15' | getwork extensions
|-
|-
| Assembly (x86_32)     || {{Yes}} ||        || {{No}}  || {{Yes}} ||        || {{No}} || {{No}} || {{No}} ||        || {{No}} ||
! Extension     !! BFG    !!BitMinter!! BTCMiner!! cgminer !! Diablo !! EasyMiner !! gMinor !!  MPBM !! OSFPGABM!! Phoenix !! poclbm !! Ufasoft !! ScalaMiner
|-
|-
| High-level CPU        || {{Yes}} ||         || {{No}}  || {{Yes}} ||         || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  ||        || {{No}} ||
| hostlist      || {{No}}  || {{No}} || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}} ||          || {{Yes}} || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}}         || {{No}}
|-
|-
! colspan='12' | miner protocols
| longpoll      || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{No}}  || {{Yes}} ||          || {{Yes}} ||{{Yes|0.1}}||{{NotAdv}}||{{No}}<ref name='broken2'>Supported, but has bugs.</ref>||{{NotAdv}}||{{Yes}}        || {{No}}
|-
|-
! Protocol              !! BFG    !!BitMinter!! BTCMiner!!    cg  !! Diablo !! gMinor !!  MPBM  !! OSFPGABM!! Phoenix !! poclbm  !! Ufasoft
| midstate      || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{No}} || {{No}} ||          ||{{NotAdv}}||{{Yes|0.1}}||{{No}}||{{NotAdv}}|| {{Yes}} || {{Yes}}        || {{Yes}}
|-
|-
| [[getblocktemplate]] ||{{Yes|2.8.0}}||     || {{No}}||{{Yes|2.9.0}}||{{No}} || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  ||        || {{Yes}}
| noncerange    || {{No}} || {{No}}  || {{No}} || {{No}} || {{No}} ||          ||        || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{Yes}}         || {{Yes}}
|-
|-
| [[Stratum|StratumMP]]||{{Yes|2.9.0}}||     || {{No}}||{{Yes|2.8.0}}||{{No}}||{{No}}||{{Patch|testing}}||{{No}}||{{No}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}}
| reject-reason || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{No}} || {{Yes}} ||          || {{No}} ||{{Yes|0.0}}||{{No}} || {{Yes}} ||{{Patch}}|| {{Yes}}         || {{No}}
|-
|-
| [[getwork]]          || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}}
| rollntime    || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{No}}  || {{No}} || {{Yes}} ||          || {{Yes}} ||{{Yes|0.1}}||{{No}} || {{No}} || {{Yes}} || {{No}}<ref name="broken2"/>        || {{Yes}}
|-
|-
| [[BlkPrep]]          || {{No}} || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}} || {{No}} || {{No}} || {{No}} || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}} || {{No}}
| expire=N      || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{Yes}} ||          || {{Yes}} ||{{Yes|0.1}}|| {{No}} || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}         || {{No}}
|-
|-
| [[UBBP]]              || {{No}} || {{No}} || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}} || {{No}} || {{No}} || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}} || {{No}}
| submitold    || {{Yes}} || {{NotAdv}}<ref name='doesntdiscard'>Not advertised, but generally doesn't discard shares.</ref>
                                      | {{Yes}} || {{No}}  || {{No}}  ||          || {{No}}   || {{NotAdv|0.0}}<ref name='doesntdiscard'/>
                                                                                                                          | {{No}} || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}         || {{No}}
|-
|-
! colspan='12' | getwork extensions
| switchto      || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{Yes}} ||          || {{Yes}} || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{Yes}}        || {{No}}
|-
|-
! Extension    !! BFG    !!BitMinter!! BTCMiner!!    cg  !! Diablo  !! gMinor  !!  MPBM  !! OSFPGABM!! Phoenix !! poclbm  !! Ufasoft
! colspan='15' | getblocktemplate/BlkPrep functionality
|-
|-
| hostlist      || {{No}} || {{No}} || {{No}} || {{No}} || {{No}}  || {{Yes}} || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}}
! Function  !! BFG    !!BitMinter!! BTCMiner!! cgminer !! Diablo !! EasyMiner !! gMinor !!  MPBM !! OSFPGABM!! Phoenix !! poclbm !! Ufasoft !! ScalaMiner
|-
|-
| longpoll     || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} ||{{Yes|0.1}}||{{NotAdv}}||{{No}}<ref name='broken2'>Supported, but has bugs.</ref>||{{NotAdv}}||{{Yes}}
| longpoll   || {{Yes}} || n/a    || n/a    || {{Yes}} ||   n/a  ||           ||   n/a  || n/a    || n/a    || n/a    ||         || {{Yes}} || n/a
|-
|-
| midstate      || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{No}} ||{{NotAdv}}||{{Yes|0.1}}||{{No}}||{{NotAdv}}|| {{Yes}} || {{Yes}}
| noncerange || {{No}} || n/a    || n/a    || {{No}} ||   n/a  ||           ||   n/a  || n/a    || n/a    || n/a    ||         || {{No}} || n/a
|-
|-
| noncerange    || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  ||         || {{No}} || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{Yes}}
| proposal  || {{No}}  || n/a    || n/a    || {{No}}  ||   n/a  ||           ||   n/a  ||  n/a    || n/a    || n/a    ||         || {{No}}  || n/a
|-
|-
| reject-reason || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{No}} ||{{Yes|0.0}}||{{No}}  || {{Yes}} ||{{Patch}}|| {{Yes}}
| serverlist || {{No}} || n/a    || n/a    || {{No}} ||   n/a  ||           ||   n/a  || n/a    || n/a    || n/a    ||         || {{No}} || n/a
|-
|-
| rollntime    || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{No}}  || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}}||{{Yes|0.1}}||{{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{Yes}} || {{No}}<ref name="broken2"/>
! colspan='15' | getblocktemplate/BlkPrep variations
|-
|-
| expire=N      || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{No}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}}||{{Yes|0.1}}|| {{No}} || {{No}} || {{No}} || {{No}}
! Variation      !! BFG        !!BitMinter!! BTCMiner!! cgminer !! Diablo !! EasyMiner !! gMinor !!  MPBM !! OSFPGABM!! Phoenix !! poclbm  !! Ufasoft !! ScalaMiner
|-
|-
| submitold    || {{Yes}}
| (fixed coinbase)||{{Yes|2.9.0}}|| n/a    || n/a    || {{No}}  || n/a    ||          ||   n/a  |n/a    || n/a    || n/a    ||        ||  || n/a
| {{NotAdv}}<ref name='doesntdiscard'>Not advertised, but generally doesn't discard shares.</ref>
|                                       {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{No}}  || {{No}}
| {{NotAdv|0.0}}<ref name='doesntdiscard'>Not advertised, but generally doesn't discard shares.</ref>
|                                                                                               {{No}} || {{No}}  || {{No}} || {{No}}
|-
|-
| switchto      || {{No}} || {{No}}  || {{No}} || {{No}}  || {{Yes}} || {{Yes}} || {{No}} || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{Yes}}
| coinbase/append ||{{Yes|2.9.0}}|| n/a    || n/a ||{{Yes|2.8.7}}|| n/a    ||           ||   n/a  ||  n/a    || n/a    || n/a    ||         || {{Yes|Required}}  || n/a
|-
|-
! colspan='12' | getblocktemplate/BlkPrep functionality
| coinbase (set)  ||{{Yes|2.10.4}}<ref name="oldbugs">Older versions have serious bugs.</ref>
|                                  n/a    || n/a    || {{No}}  ||  n/a  ||          ||  n/a  || n/a      ||  n/a    || n/a    ||        ||  || n/a
|-
|-
! Function   !! BFG    !!BitMinter!! BTCMiner!!    cg   !! Diablo  !! gMinor  !!   MPBM !! OSFPGABM!! Phoenix !! poclbm !! Ufasoft
| generation      ||{{Yes|2.9.0}}|| n/a    || n/a    || {{No}}  ||  n/a   ||          ||   n/a   || n/a    || n/a    || n/a    ||        || || n/a
|-
|-
| longpoll   || {{Yes}} ||         || n/a    || {{Yes}} ||  n/a  ||  n/a  ||  n/a    || n/a    || n/a    ||        || {{Yes}}
| (full submit)   ||{{Yes|2.9.0}}|| n/a    || n/a    || {{No}} ||  n/a  ||          ||  n/a  ||  n/a    || n/a    || n/a    ||        || || n/a
|-
|-
| noncerange || {{No}} ||         || n/a     || {{No}} ||   n/a  ||  n/a  ||  n/a    || n/a    || n/a    ||        || {{No}}
| share/coinbase  ||{{Yes|2.9.0}}|| n/a    || n/a ||{{Yes|2.8.7}}|| n/a  ||          ||  n/a  ||  n/a    || n/a    || n/a    ||        || || n/a
|-
|-
| proposal  || {{No}} ||         || n/a    || {{No}}  ||  n/a  ||  n/a  ||  n/a    || n/a    || n/a    ||        || {{No}}
| share/merkle    || {{No}}     || n/a    || n/a    || {{No}}  ||  n/a  ||          ||  n/a  ||  n/a    || n/a    || n/a    ||        || || n/a
|-
|-
| serverlist || {{No}} ||         || n/a    || {{No}}  ||  n/a  ||  n/a  ||  n/a    || n/a    || n/a    ||        || {{No}}
| share/truncate  ||{{Yes|2.9.0}}|| n/a    || n/a    || {{No}}  ||  n/a  ||          ||  n/a  ||  n/a    || n/a    || n/a    ||        || || n/a
|-
|-
! colspan='12' | getblocktemplate/BlkPrep variations
| time/increment  ||{{Yes|2.9.0}}|| n/a    || n/a    ||        ||  n/a  ||          ||  n/a  ||  n/a    || n/a    || n/a    ||        ||  || n/a
|-
|-
! Variation      !! BFG     !!BitMinter!! BTCMiner!!    cg   !! Diablo  !! gMinor  !!   MPBM !! OSFPGABM!! Phoenix !! poclbm !! Ufasoft
| time/decrement  ||{{Yes|2.9.0}}|| n/a     || n/a    ||        ||  n/a  ||          ||   n/a   || n/a    || n/a    || n/a    ||        || || n/a
|-
|-
| coinbase/append || {{Yes}} ||         || n/a||{{Yes|Required}}|| n/a  ||  n/a  ||  n/a    || n/a    || n/a    ||        || {{Yes|Required}}
| txns/add        || {{No}}     || n/a    || n/a     || {{No}} ||   n/a  ||          ||  n/a  ||  n/a    || n/a    || n/a    ||        || {{No}} || n/a
|-
|-
| coinbase (set)  || {{Yes}} ||         || n/a    || {{No}}  ||  n/a  ||  n/a  ||  n/a    || n/a    || n/a    ||        ||
| txns/remove    || {{No}}     || n/a    || n/a    || {{No}}  ||  n/a  ||          ||  n/a  ||  n/a    || n/a    || n/a    ||        || {{No}}  || n/a
|-
|-
| generation      || {{Yes}} ||         || n/a    || {{No}}  ||  n/a  ||  n/a  ||  n/a    || n/a    || n/a    ||        ||
| prevblock      || {{No}}     || n/a    || n/a    || {{No}}  ||  n/a  ||          ||  n/a  ||  n/a    || n/a    || n/a    ||        || {{No}}  || n/a
|-
|-
| share/coinbase  || {{Yes}} ||         || n/a||{{Yes|Required}}|| n/a  ||  n/a  ||  n/a    || n/a    || n/a    ||        ||
| solo to bitcoind || {{Yes}}     || n/a    || n/a     || {{Yes}} ||   n/a  ||          ||  n/a  ||  n/a    || n/a    || n/a    ||        || || n/a
|-
|-
| share/merkle    || {{No}}  ||        || n/a    || {{No}}  ||  n/a  ||  n/a  ||  n/a    || n/a    || n/a    ||        ||
! colspan='14' | Stratum functionality
|-
|-
| share/truncate || {{Yes}} ||        || n/a    || {{No}} ||   n/a  ||  n/a  || n/a    || n/a    || n/a    ||        ||
! Function      !! BFG        !!BitMinter!!BTCMiner!! cgminer !! Diablo !! EasyMiner !! gMinor !!   MPBM  !! OSFPGABM!! Phoenix !! poclbm !! Ufasoft !! ScalaMiner
|-
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| time/increment  || {{Yes}} ||         || n/a     ||         ||   n/a  ||   n/a   || n/a   || n/a    || n/a    ||         ||
| resume        ||{{Yes|3.0.0}}|| {{No}}    || n/a ||{{Yes|2.11.0}}|| n/a  || n/a       || n/a     ||        || n/a    || n/a    || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}
|-
|-
| time/decrement  || {{Yes}} ||         || n/a     ||         ||   n/a   ||   n/a   || n/a   || n/a    || n/a    ||         ||
| reconnect    ||{{Yes|2.9.0}}|| {{Yes}}    || n/a ||{{Yes|2.8.2}}|| n/a   || n/a       || n/a     ||        || n/a    || n/a    || {{Yes}} || {{No}}  || {{No}}
|-
|-
| txns/add       || {{No}} ||         || n/a     || {{No}}  ||   n/a   ||   n/a   || n/a   || n/a    || n/a    ||         || {{No}}
| add peers    || {{No}}     || {{No}}    || n/a   || {{No}}  || n/a     || n/a       || n/a     || {{No}}  || n/a    || n/a    || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}
|-
|-
| txns/remove    || {{No}} ||         || n/a     || {{No}} ||   n/a   ||   n/a   || n/a   || n/a     || n/a     ||         || {{No}}
| set diff      ||{{Yes|2.9.0}}|| {{Yes}}    || n/a ||{{Yes|2.8.0}}|| n/a   || n/a       || n/a     ||{{Patch|testing}}||n/a || n/a ||{{Yes|20121020}}||{{Yes}}  || {{No}}
|-
|-
| prevblock      || {{No}} ||         || n/a     || {{No}} ||   n/a   ||   n/a   || n/a   || n/a    || n/a    ||         || {{No}}
| suggest target||{{Yes|3.2.0}}<ref name="suggest-target">Uses precise string target, implemented Aug 12, 2013 [https://github.com/luke-jr/bfgminer/commit/4a12eaebe60e4a085e5707ce4b4a3c67edb494dd commit 4a12eae]</ref>|| {{No}}    || n/a   || {{No}} || n/a     || n/a       || n/a     || {{No}}  || n/a    || n/a    || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}
|-
|-
! colspan='12' | stratum functionality
| suggest difficulty||{{Yes|5.4.0}}|| {{No}}    || n/a    || {{Yes}}<ref name="suggest-difficulty">Uses difficulty integer, implemented Oct 20, 2014 [https://github.com/ckolivas/cgminer/commits/4a83f2c8f6410e19d5781d75a4964ebb3a44a0ef commit 4a83f2c] as per the [https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=108533.msg1543341#msg1543341 stratum designers suggested implementation] Feb 20, 2013</ref> || n/a    || n/a      || n/a    || {{No}}  || n/a    || n/a    || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}
|-
|-
! Function     !! BFG    !!BitMinter!! BTCMiner!!   cg  !! Diablo !! gMinor !!  MPBM !! OSFPGABM!! Phoenix !! poclbm !! Ufasoft
| transparency  ||{{Patch|partial}}|| {{No}}     || n/a   || {{No}} || n/a    || n/a      || n/a    ||        || n/a    || n/a    || {{No}} || {{No}} || {{No}}
|-
|-
| set diff    ||{{Yes|2.9.0}}||    || n/a     ||{{Yes|2.8.0}}|| n/a || n/a||{{Patch|testing}}||n/a   ||n/a||{{Yes|20121020}}||{{Yes}}
| get ver      ||{{Yes|2.9.0}}|| {{Yes}}     || n/a   ||{{Yes|2.8.2}}|| n/a || n/a       || n/a    ||         || n/a     || n/a     || {{Yes}} || {{No}} || {{No}}
|-
|-
| transparency ||{{Yes|2.9.2}}||    || n/a     || {{No}} || n/a   || n/a    ||        || n/a    || n/a    || {{No}}  || {{No}}
| show msg      ||{{Yes|3.0.0}}|| {{Yes}}     || n/a   ||{{Yes|2.11.1}}|| n/a || n/a      || n/a    ||        || n/a    || n/a    || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}
|-
|-
| resume      ||{{Patch|3.0.0 alpha2}}|| ||n/a||{{Yes|2.11.0}}|| n/a || n/a    ||         || n/a    || n/a    || {{No}}  || {{No}}
| get hashrate  || {{No}}     || {{No}}    || n/a   || {{No}} || n/a     || n/a      || n/a    || {{No}}  || n/a    || n/a    || {{No}}  || {{No}}  || {{No}}
|-
|-
| reconnect    ||{{Yes|2.9.0}}||    || n/a     ||{{Yes|2.8.2}}|| n/a || n/a    ||         || n/a    || n/a    || {{Yes}} || {{No}}
| get temp      || {{No}}     || {{No}}     || n/a   || {{No}} || n/a     || n/a      || n/a    || {{No}}  || n/a    || n/a    || {{No}}  || {{No}} || {{No}}
|-
|-
| add peers   || {{No}} || {{No}} || n/a     || {{No}} || n/a    || n/a    || {{No}}  || n/a    || n/a    || {{No}} || {{No}}
| roll ntime   ||{{Yes|3.1.4}}|| {{Yes}}     || n/a   ||{{No}}   || n/a    || n/a      || n/a    ||         || n/a    || n/a    ||         || || {{Yes}}
|-
|-
| get ver      ||{{Yes|2.9.0}}||    || n/a     ||{{Yes|2.8.2}}|| n/a || n/a    ||         || n/a    || n/a    || {{Yes}} || {{No}}
| extranonce subscribe || {{Yes|4.7.0}}|| {{No}}     || n/a   || {{No}} || n/a    || n/a       || n/a    || {{No}}  || n/a    || n/a    || {{No}}  || {{No}} || {{No}}
|-
|-
| show msg    ||{{Patch|git}}||    || n/a    ||{{Yes|2.11.1}}|| n/a || n/a    ||         || n/a    || n/a    || {{No}}  || {{No}}
| block unsafe reconnect ||{{Yes|4.0.0}}|| {{No}}     || n/a    || {{Yes|4.3.1}} || n/a     || n/a      || n/a    || {{No}}  || n/a    || n/a    || {{No}}  || {{No}} ||
|-
|-
| get hashrate || {{No}} || {{No}} || n/a     || {{No}}  || n/a    || n/a    || {{No}}  || n/a    || n/a    || {{No}}  || {{No}}
| unauth TLS    ||{{Yes|4.0.0}}|| {{No}}     || n/a   || {{No}}  || n/a    || n/a      || n/a    || {{No}}  || n/a    || n/a    || {{No}}  || {{No}} ||
|-
|-
| get temp    || {{No}} || {{No}} || n/a     || {{No}}  || n/a    || n/a    || {{No}}  || n/a    || n/a    || {{No}}  || {{No}}
| mining goals  ||{{Yes|5.0.0}}|| {{No}}     || n/a   || {{No}}  || n/a    || n/a      || n/a    || {{No}}  || n/a    || n/a    || {{No}}  || {{No}} ||
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There are many different types of Bitcoin mining software available. These tables should help you find what will work best for your mining.

information
Info BFG BitMinter BTCMiner cgminer Diablo EasyMiner gMinor MPBM OSFPGABM Phoenix poclbm Ufasoft ScalaMiner
language C Scala Java C Java Python Python Tcl Twisted Python C++ Scala
license GPL-3 All rights reserved GPL-3 GPL-3 GPL-3 PD GPL-2+ GPL-3 MIT PD GPL-3 GPL-3
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related pool Eligius BitMinter Ckpool
operating systems
OS BFG BitMinter BTCMiner cgminer Diablo EasyMiner gMinor MPBM OSFPGABM Phoenix poclbm Ufasoft ScalaMiner
Arch pkg src,ARM bin Java
Debian pkg Java jar pkg jar No py py ? py py src Java
Fedora pkg Java jar bin jar No py py ? py py src Java
Gentoo pkg Java jar pkg jar No py py ? py py src Java
Mac OS X hmbrw Java jar src jar No py py ? py py src Java
OpenWrt pkg bin No
Raspbian pkg Java jar bin No No py py py py Java
Ubuntu pkg Java jar pkg jar No py py ? py py src Java
Windows (32-bit) zip Java jar zip jar Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Java
Windows (64-bit)[1] zip Java jar W32[1] jar Java
mining devices (virtual)
Virtual device BFG BitMinter BTCMiner cgminer Diablo EasyMiner gMinor MPBM OSFPGABM Phoenix poclbm Ufasoft ScalaMiner
getwork server 3.2.0 No No No No No No No No No No Yes
stratum server 3.3.0 No No No No No No No No No No No
mining devices (asic)
Device BFG BitMinter BTCMiner cgminer Diablo EasyMiner gMinor MPBM OSFPGABM Phoenix poclbm Ufasoft ScalaMiner
AntMiner S1 5.4.0 No No 4.1.0 No No No No No No No No No
AntMiner S2 5.4.0 No No 4.3.5 No No No No No No No No No
AntMiner S3/S3+ 5.4.0 No No Yes No No No No No No No No
AntMiner S4 5.4.0 No No Yes No No No No No No No No
AntMiner S5 5.4.0 No No Patch No No No No No No No No
AntMiner S5+ No No Patch No No No No No No No No
AntMiner S7 No No Patch No No No No No No No No
AntMiner U1/U2 3.10.0 Yes No 3.12.0 No No No No No No No No 0.2
AntMiner U3 5.2.0 No Yes No No No No No No No No 0.2
Avalon 3.0.0 No No 2.10.4 No No No No No No No No No
Avalon Gen2/Gen3 3.6.0 No No Yes No No No No No No No No No
Avalon Nano Yes No No Yes No No No No No No No No No
BFx2 Bitfury USB 4.0.0 No No 4.1.0 No No No No No No No No
Bi*Fury 3.7.0 No 3.8.2 No No No No No No
BitBurner No No No 3.3.2 No No No No No No No No No
BitForce SC 5 Gh/s 3.0.0 Yes No 3.1.0 No No No No No No Yes
BitForce SC 25 Gh/s 3.1.1 Yes No 3.3.1 No No No No No No Yes
BitForce SC 50 Gh/s 3.1.0 Yes No 3.3.1 No No No No No No Yes
BitFury GPIO 3.3.0 No No 3.8.0 No No No No No No
Bitfury S.B. 3.3.0 No No 3.11.0 No No No No No No
BitMine A1 No No No 4.0.0 No No No No No No No No No
BlackArrow Prospero X1 5.0.0 No No Yes No No No No No No No No No
BlackArrow Prospero X3 No No Yes No No No No No No No No No
Block Erupter Blade 3.2.0 No No No No No No No No No No No Yes
Block Erupter USB 2.6.4 Yes No 2.6.4 No No No No No No No No 0.2
CoinTerra 3.8.0 No No 3.12.1 No No No No No No No No No
Compac 5.3.0 No No Patch No No No No No No No No No
Drillbit 3.10.0 No No 3.9.0 No No No No No No No No No
DualMiner 4.0.0 No No No No No No No No No No No Yes
HashBuster Alpha 4.0.0 No No Patch No No No No No No
HashBuster Micro 3.8.0 No No No No No No No No No
HashBuster Nano 3.5.0 No No No No No No No No No
HashFast 3.10.0 No No 3.5.0 No No No No No No
Hex•Fury 4.0.0 No No 4.2.3 No No No No No No
JingTian 4.4.0 No No Patch No No No No No No
Klondike 3.6.0 No No 3.6.0 No No No No
KnCMiner 28nm 3.4.0 No No 3.7.0 No No No No No No No No
KnCMiner Neptune 5.0.0 No No Patch No No No No No No No No
LittleFury 3.5.0 No No No No No No No No No
Metabank BitFury 3.3.0 No No No No No No No No No
Monarch PCI-e/Linux 4.3.0 No No No No No No No No No
Monarch PCI-e/Win 4.5.0 No No No No No No No No No
Monarch USB 4.3.0 No No Yes No No No No No No
NanoFury / IceFury 3.4.0 No 3.10.0 No No No No No No
NanoFury NF2 4.0.0 No 4.3.1 No No No No No No
NanoFury NF6 4.0.0 No 4.3.1 No No No No No No
OneStringMiner 4.0.0 No No 3.8.2 No No No No No No No No No
Red/BlueFury 3.3.0 Yes No 3.5.0 No No No No No No
Rockminer R-Box 4.2.0 No No 4.3.5 No No No No No No
Spondoolies SP10 4.7.0 No No 4.2.3 No No No No No No No No No
Spondoolies SP30 4.10.0 No No Yes No No No No No No No No No
T1/Tube 3.3.0 No No Yes No No No No No No No No No
Twinfury 3.7.0 No No No No No No No No
mining devices (fpga)
Device BFG BitMinter BTCMiner cgminer Diablo EasyMiner gMinor MPBM OSFPGABM Phoenix poclbm Ufasoft ScalaMiner
Avnet LX150T Devkit No No No No No No No No Yes No No No No
BitForce Single 2.2.0 1.2.0 No 2.2.0 No Yes No Yes No git Yes No
BFL MiniRig 2.4.3 1.2.0 No 2.5.0 No Yes No Yes No No No
Cairnsmore1 2.6.4 No No 2.6.4 No No No Yes No No No No
Digilent Nexys 2 500K No No No No No No No No No No No
Icarus 2.2.7 1.3.0 No 2.2.7 No No No Yes No No No No
Lancelot 2.6.4 No No 2.6.4 No No No Yes No No No No
ModMiner 2.4.3 No No 2.4.3 No No No Yes No No No No
Terasic DE2-115 No No No No No No No Yes No No No No
X5000 No No No No No No No No No No No No
X6500 2.9.0 No No No No No No Yes No No No No
ZTEX 1.15b No No Yes No No No No No No No No
ZTEX 1.15x 2.3.4 No Yes 3.5.0 No No No Yes No No No No
ZTEX 1.15y 2.4.1 No Yes 3.5.0 No No No No No No No
mining devices (gpu)
Device BFG BitMinter BTCMiner cgminer Diablo EasyMiner gMinor MPBM OSFPGABM Phoenix poclbm Ufasoft ScalaMiner
OpenCL (Mesa AMD) 3.0.1 No No No No No No
OpenCL (Mesa NV) No No No No No No
OpenCL (AMD APP) Yes Yes No 3.7.2 Yes No Yes No No Yes Yes Yes No
OpenCL (nvidia) Yes Yes No 3.7.2 No No No No
CUDA (nvidia) No No No No No No No No No No Yes No
mining devices (cpu)
Device BFG BitMinter BTCMiner cgminer Diablo EasyMiner gMinor MPBM OSFPGABM Phoenix poclbm Ufasoft ScalaMiner
Intel SHA256 No No No No No No No No No No No No No
SSE4 (x86_64) Yes No No 2.x No No No No No No
SSE2 (x86_32) Yes No No 2.x No No No No No No
SSE2 (x86_64) Yes No No 2.x No No No No No No
Altivec (PPC) Yes No No 2.x No No No No No No
VIA PadLock Yes No No 2.x No No No No No No
Assembly (x86_32) Yes No No 2.x No No No No No No
High-level CPU Yes No No 2.x No No No No No No
NEON (ARM) No No No No No No No No No No No No No
miner protocols
Protocol BFG BitMinter BTCMiner cgminer Diablo EasyMiner gMinor MPBM OSFPGABM Phoenix poclbm Ufasoft ScalaMiner
getblocktemplate 2.8.0 No No 2.10.5 No No No No No Yes No
Stratum 2.9.0 Yes No 2.8.0 No No No testing No No Yes Yes Yes
getwork Yes No Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
BlkPrep No No No No No No No No No No No No No
UBBP No No No No No No No No No No No No No
getwork extensions
Extension BFG BitMinter BTCMiner cgminer Diablo EasyMiner gMinor MPBM OSFPGABM Phoenix poclbm Ufasoft ScalaMiner
hostlist No No No No No Yes No No No Yes Yes No
longpoll Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes 0.1 Yes[2] No[3] Yes[2] Yes No
midstate Yes Yes Yes No No Yes[2] 0.1 No Yes[2] Yes Yes Yes
noncerange No No No No No No No No No Yes Yes
reject-reason Yes Yes Yes No Yes No 0.0 No Yes Patch Yes No
rollntime Yes Yes No No Yes Yes 0.1 No No Yes No[3] Yes
expire=N Yes Yes No No Yes Yes 0.1 No No No No No
submitold Yes Yes[2][4] Yes No No No 0.0[2][4] No No No No No
switchto No No No No Yes Yes No No No No Yes No
getblocktemplate/BlkPrep functionality
Function BFG BitMinter BTCMiner cgminer Diablo EasyMiner gMinor MPBM OSFPGABM Phoenix poclbm Ufasoft ScalaMiner
longpoll Yes n/a n/a Yes n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Yes n/a
noncerange No n/a n/a No n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a No n/a
proposal No n/a n/a No n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a No n/a
serverlist No n/a n/a No n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a No n/a
getblocktemplate/BlkPrep variations
Variation BFG BitMinter BTCMiner cgminer Diablo EasyMiner gMinor MPBM OSFPGABM Phoenix poclbm Ufasoft ScalaMiner
(fixed coinbase) 2.9.0 n/a n/a No n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
coinbase/append 2.9.0 n/a n/a 2.8.7 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Required n/a
coinbase (set) 2.10.4[5] n/a n/a No n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
generation 2.9.0 n/a n/a No n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
(full submit) 2.9.0 n/a n/a No n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
share/coinbase 2.9.0 n/a n/a 2.8.7 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
share/merkle No n/a n/a No n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
share/truncate 2.9.0 n/a n/a No n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
time/increment 2.9.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
time/decrement 2.9.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
txns/add No n/a n/a No n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a No n/a
txns/remove No n/a n/a No n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a No n/a
prevblock No n/a n/a No n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a No n/a
solo to bitcoind Yes n/a n/a Yes n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Stratum functionality
Function BFG BitMinter BTCMiner cgminer Diablo EasyMiner gMinor MPBM OSFPGABM Phoenix poclbm Ufasoft ScalaMiner
resume 3.0.0 No n/a 2.11.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a No No No
reconnect 2.9.0 Yes n/a 2.8.2 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Yes No No
add peers No No n/a No n/a n/a n/a No n/a n/a No No No
set diff 2.9.0 Yes n/a 2.8.0 n/a n/a n/a testing n/a n/a 20121020 Yes No
suggest target 3.2.0[6] No n/a No n/a n/a n/a No n/a n/a No No No
suggest difficulty 5.4.0 No n/a Yes[7] n/a n/a n/a No n/a n/a No No No
transparency partial No n/a No n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a No No No
get ver 2.9.0 Yes n/a 2.8.2 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Yes No No
show msg 3.0.0 Yes n/a 2.11.1 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a No No No
get hashrate No No n/a No n/a n/a n/a No n/a n/a No No No
get temp No No n/a No n/a n/a n/a No n/a n/a No No No
roll ntime 3.1.4 Yes n/a No n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Yes
extranonce subscribe 4.7.0 No n/a No n/a n/a n/a No n/a n/a No No No
block unsafe reconnect 4.0.0 No n/a 4.3.1 n/a n/a n/a No n/a n/a No No
unauth TLS 4.0.0 No n/a No n/a n/a n/a No n/a n/a No No
mining goals 5.0.0 No n/a No n/a n/a n/a No n/a n/a No No
  1. 1.0 1.1 Windows includes (usually installed by default) the WoW64 subsystem which enables running 32-bit Windows applications, with low performance impact.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Supported, but not advertised
  3. 3.0 3.1 Supported, but has bugs.
  4. 4.0 4.1 Not advertised, but generally doesn't discard shares.
  5. Older versions have serious bugs.
  6. Uses precise string target, implemented Aug 12, 2013 commit 4a12eae
  7. Uses difficulty integer, implemented Oct 20, 2014 commit 4a83f2c as per the stratum designers suggested implementation Feb 20, 2013