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information
Info	BFG	BitMinter	BTCMiner	cgminer	Diablo	EasyMiner	gMinor	MPBM	OSFPGABM	Phoenix	poclbm	Ufasoft
language	C	Scala	Java	C	Java		Python	Python	Tcl	Twisted	Python	C++
license	GPL-3	All rights reserved	GPL-3	GPL-3	GPL-3		PD	GPL-2+	GPL-3	MIT	PD	GPL-3
website	link	link	link	link	link	link		link	link	link	link	link
forum	link	link	link	link	link	link		link	link	link	link	link
related pool	Eligius	BitMinter
operating systems
OS	BFG	BitMinter	BTCMiner	cgminer	Diablo	EasyMiner	gMinor	MPBM	OSFPGABM	Phoenix	poclbm	Ufasoft
Debian	src	Java	jar	pkg	jar	No	py	py	?	py	py	src
Fedora	src	Java	jar	bin	jar	No	py	py	?	py	py	src
Gentoo	pkg	Java	jar	src	jar	No	py	py	?	py	py	src
Mac OS X	src	Java	jar		jar	No	py	py	?	py	py	src
Ubuntu	PPA	Java	jar	bin	jar	No	py	py	?	py	py	src
Windows (32-bit)	zip	Java	jar	zip	jar	Yes	Yes			Yes	Yes	Yes
Windows (64-bit)	zip	Java	jar	No	jar
mining devices (asic)
Device	BFG	BitMinter	BTCMiner	cgminer	Diablo	EasyMiner	gMinor	MPBM	OSFPGABM	Phoenix	poclbm	Ufasoft
ASICMiner USB	2.6.4	No	No	2.6.4	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Avalon	3.0.0	No	No	2.10.4	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
BitForce SC 5 Gh/s	3.0.0	1.4.0	No	3.1.0	No		No		No	No	No	No
BitForce SC xx Gh/s	git	No	No	Planned	No		No		No	No	No	No
BitForce SC 500 Gh/s	git	No	No	Planned	No		No		No	No	No	No
mining devices (fpga)
Device	BFG	BitMinter	BTCMiner	cgminer	Diablo	EasyMiner	gMinor	MPBM	OSFPGABM	Phoenix	poclbm	Ufasoft
Avnet LX150T Devkit	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
BitForce Single	2.2.0	1.2.0	No	2.2.0	No	Yes	No	Yes		No	git	Yes
BFL MiniRig	2.4.3	1.2.0	No	2.5.0	No	Yes	No	Yes		No	No
Cairnsmore1	2.6.4	No	No	2.6.4	No	No	No	Yes		No	No	No
Digilent Nexys 2 500K	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
Lancelot	2.6.4	No	No	2.6.4	No	No	No	Yes		No	No	No
ModMiner	2.4.3	No	No	2.4.3	No	No	No	Yes		No	No	No
Terasic DE2-115	No	No	No	No	No	No	No		Yes	No	No	No
X5000	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
ZTEX 1.15b	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No			No	No	No
ZTEX 1.15x	2.3.4	No	Yes	2.3.4	No	No	No	Yes		No	No	No
ZTEX 1.15y	2.4.1	No	Yes	2.4.1	No	No	No			No	No	No
mining devices (gpu)
Device	BFG	BitMinter	BTCMiner	cgminer	Diablo	EasyMiner	gMinor	MPBM	OSFPGABM	Phoenix	poclbm	Ufasoft
OpenCL (Mesa AMD)	3.0.1		No	No		No		No	No
OpenCL (Mesa NV)			No			No		No	No
OpenCL (AMD APP)	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
OpenCL (nvidia)	Yes	Yes	No	Yes		No		No	No
CUDA (nvidia)	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No		No	Yes
mining devices (cpu)
Device	BFG	BitMinter	BTCMiner	cgminer	Diablo	EasyMiner	gMinor	MPBM	OSFPGABM	Phoenix	poclbm	Ufasoft
SSE4 (x86_64)	Yes	No	No	2.x		No	No	No	No		No
SSE2 (x86_32)	Yes	No	No	2.x		No	No	No	No		No
SSE2 (x86_64)	Yes	No	No	2.x		No	No	No	No		No
Altivec (PPC)	Yes	No	No	2.x		No	No	No	No		No
VIA PadLock	Yes	No	No	2.x		No	No	No	No		No
Assembly (x86_32)	Yes	No	No	2.x		No	No	No	No		No
High-level CPU	Yes	Yes	No	2.x		No	No	No	No		No
miner protocols
Protocol	BFG	BitMinter	BTCMiner	cgminer	Diablo	EasyMiner	gMinor	MPBM	OSFPGABM	Phoenix	poclbm	Ufasoft
getblocktemplate	2.8.0	No	No	2.8.7^[1]	No		No	No	No	No		Yes
StratumMP	2.9.0	No	No	2.8.0	No	No	No	testing	No	No	Yes	Yes
getwork	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
BlkPrep	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
getwork extensions
Extension	BFG	BitMinter	BTCMiner	cgminer	Diablo	EasyMiner	gMinor	MPBM	OSFPGABM	Phoenix	poclbm	Ufasoft
hostlist	No	No	No	No	No		Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes
longpoll	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes	0.1	Yes^[2]	No^[1]	Yes^[2]	Yes
midstate	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No		Yes^[2]	0.1	No	Yes^[2]	Yes	Yes
noncerange	No	No	No	No	No			No	No	No	No	Yes
reject-reason	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes		No	0.0	No	Yes	Patch	Yes
rollntime	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes		Yes	0.1	No	No	Yes	No^[1]
expire=N	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes		Yes	0.1	No	No	No	No
submitold	Yes	Yes^[2]^[3]	Yes	Yes	No		No	0.0^[2]^[3]	No	No	No	No
switchto	No	No	No	No	Yes		Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes
getblocktemplate/BlkPrep functionality
Function	BFG	BitMinter	BTCMiner	cgminer	Diablo	EasyMiner	gMinor	MPBM	OSFPGABM	Phoenix	poclbm	Ufasoft
longpoll	Yes	n/a	n/a	Yes	n/a		n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a		Yes
noncerange	No	n/a	n/a	No	n/a		n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a		No
proposal	No	n/a	n/a	No	n/a		n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a		No
serverlist	No	n/a	n/a	No	n/a		n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a		No
getblocktemplate/BlkPrep variations
Variation	BFG	BitMinter	BTCMiner	cgminer	Diablo	EasyMiner	gMinor	MPBM	OSFPGABM	Phoenix	poclbm	Ufasoft
(fixed coinbase)	2.9.0	n/a	n/a	No	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
coinbase (set)	2.10.4^[4]	n/a	n/a	No	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
(full submit)	2.9.0	n/a	n/a	No	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
share/merkle	No	n/a	n/a	No	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
time/increment	2.9.0	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
txns/add	No	n/a	n/a	No	n/a		n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a		No
txns/remove	No	n/a	n/a	No	n/a		n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a		No
prevblock	No	n/a	n/a	No	n/a		n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a		No
stratum functionality
Function	BFG	BitMinter	BTCMiner	cgminer	Diablo	EasyMiner	gMinor	MPBM	OSFPGABM	Phoenix	poclbm	Ufasoft
set diff	2.9.0	n/a	n/a	2.8.0	n/a	n/a	n/a	testing	n/a	n/a	20121020	Yes
transparency	2.9.2	n/a	n/a	No	n/a	n/a	n/a		n/a	n/a	No	No
resume	3.0.0	n/a	n/a	2.11.0	n/a	n/a	n/a		n/a	n/a	No	No
reconnect	2.9.0	n/a	n/a	2.8.2	n/a	n/a	n/a		n/a	n/a	Yes	No
add peers	No	n/a	n/a	No	n/a	n/a	n/a	No	n/a	n/a	No	No
get ver	2.9.0	n/a	n/a	2.8.2	n/a	n/a	n/a		n/a	n/a	Yes	No
show msg	3.0.0	n/a	n/a	2.11.1	n/a	n/a	n/a		n/a	n/a	No	No
get hashrate	No	n/a	n/a	No	n/a	n/a	n/a	No	n/a	n/a	No	No
get temp	No	n/a	n/a	No	n/a	n/a	n/a	No	n/a	n/a	No	No

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Supported, but has bugs.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 ^2.5 Supported, but not advertised
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Not advertised, but generally doesn't discard shares.
↑ Older versions have serious bugs.

[broken2-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Supported, but has bugs.

[notadv-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 ^2.5 Supported, but not advertised

[doesntdiscard-3] 3.0 ^3.1 Not advertised, but generally doesn't discard shares.

[oldbugs-4] Older versions have serious bugs.

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