cpuminer is a multi-threaded, highly optimized CPU miner for Litecoin, Bitcoin, and other cryptocurrencies. Currently supported algorithms are SHA-256d and scrypt(N, 1, 1).

It supports the getblocktemplate mining protocol as well as the Stratum mining protocol, and can be used for both solo and pooled mining.

Notice: Please see here to understand why this package is recognized as a threat by some antivirus software: https://github.com/pooler/cpuminer/issues/13

Features

  • Highly optimized for x86, x86-64 and ARM architectures
  • Automatically uses SSE2, AVX and AVX2 instructions where available
  • Supports the Stratum mining protocol
  • Lightweight, only depends on libcurl and jansson
  • Tested on a wide variety of operating systems, including Windows, Linux, OS X, a few BSDs, Solaris and AIX

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License

GNU General Public License version 2.0 (GPLv2)

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User Reviews

  • all i get are work restarts, so for me this is not working very well.
    1 user found this review helpful.
  • Anyone think this is virus, It is NOT! Most cryptominers are seen as viruses because the antivirus thinks they are not paying you but just the developer. Plus it mines great! Most CPU miners cannot mine to Stratum URLs but CPUminer can!
  • Bagus
  • Its an great product. Like to download it. biggboss8.in
  • Was great until I upgraded my machines to Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2 which use the same underlying engine code. Running Minerd.exe 64 bit results in a crash in under a minute. Machines just shutdown. If you plan to continue to run stay on Windows 7 or 8 until developer releases a fix.
    5 users found this review helpful.
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Operating Systems

BSD, Linux, Windows

User Interface

Command-line

Programming Language

Assembly, C

Related Categories

Assembly Cryptocurrency Software, Assembly Crypto Mining Software, C Cryptocurrency Software, C Crypto Mining Software

Registered

2013-04-05