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* [[poclbm-gui]] GUI frontend
* [[poclbm-gui]] GUI frontend
* [[Why a GPU mines faster than a CPU]]


==External Links==
==External Links==

Revision as of 10:11, 2 March 2011

Poclbm (PyOpenCL bitcoin miner) is a python GPU bitcoin miner that uses the OpenCL framework to quickly perform the hashing computations. Works with AMD - 4xxx and up, Nvidia - 8xxx and up, video cards.

Download

Latest miner.

Sources.

Flags to Use

ATI/AMD Radeon HD 5xxx cards (for example, HD 5770): use '-v -w128'

If you find the desktop laggy while mining, use '-f60'. This may decrease performance slightly.

Please update this section if you find better settings, or good settings for a card not listed here.

FAQ

Introductory post FAQ.

Founder

m0mchil

Guides

Windows

How to get started using your GPU to mine for Bitcoins on Windows

Ubuntu

Easy Ubuntu python OpenCL mining setup

License

Open source, but no mention of which open source license was found.

See Also

External Links