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Altcoin GPU Mining

GPU Mining — Tutorial

GPU mining uses your graphics card to mine. For Scrypt-based coins, the classic GPU miner is SGMiner. SGMiner is explicitly a “Scrypt GPU miner” and is based on cgminer/cpuminer lineage. Important: Only download miners from official sources of SGMiner. Avoid random “miner packs” and unknown mirrors.

What you need:

Steps

Step 1 — Get an Altcoin wallet address

Download and Install the official Altcoin wallet (desktop / linux) and create a receiving address: open the wallet → Receive → generate/copy a new address. Save that wallet address.

Step 2 — Download GPUminer - SGMiner

  • SGMiner is a multi-threaded multi-pool GPU miner designed for Scrypt-based cryptocurrency.
    Download from Official repo: sgminer-dev/sgminer.

    • Step 3 — Install GPU drivers

    Make sure your GPU drivers are installed and up to date. SGMiner is historically strongest with AMD/OpenCL-style setups, but the key concept is: your system must have working GPU compute drivers installed before mining will work.

    Step 4 — Create a simple config file

  • Download from the official Releases page (above), extract into a folder like: C:\Altcoin\miners\sgminer\ or ~/altcoin/miners/sgminer/
  • In the SGMiner folder, create a file named sgminer.conf and paste this template
    (edit POOL + USER): 

    • {
  "pools": [
    {
      "url": "stratum+tcp://POOL_HOST:POOL_PORT",
      "user": "YOUR_ALTCOIN_WALLET_ADDRESS",
      "pass": "x"
    }
  ],
  "kernel": "scrypt",
  "intensity": "13",
  "worksize": "256",
  "thread-concurrency": "0"
}
    Warning: Beginner tip: If you’re not sure what intensity/worksize means, keep the defaults above. You can tune later once you confirm it runs.

    Step 5 — Start SGMiner

  • Windows: 
    sgminer.exe --config sgminer.conf
  • Linux: 
    ./sgminer --config sgminer.conf

    • ---

    GPU Pool Mining - CGMiner command template

    • Example: 
      cgminer -o stratum+tcp://POOL_HOST:POOL_PORT -u YOUR_ALTCOIN_WALLET_ADDRESS -p x --scrypt
    • Expected behavior: the miner opens, connects to the pool, and shows GPU hashrate. If it fails to detect GPU or crashes, that’s usually a driver / OpenCL compatibility issue (common on modern systems).

    GPU Safety & Troubleshooting

    • Heat & power: GPU mining can pull significant power and generate heat; monitor temps.
    • Driver issues: Most GPU mining failures are driver/OpenCL problems.
    • Start conservative: If it’s unstable, lower intensity or stop and fix cooling/driver first.

    This guide is provided for educational purposes. Mining involves costs and risks (hardware wear, heat, electricity use). Always download software from official sources and keep your node’s RPC access private.

    Last updated: 2025-11-29