Title: bfgminer - Bitmain Antminer U2 & Raspberry Pi Model 3 B+ - solo mining setup Post by: MarkSierra on March 07, 2022, 09:25:32 AM ***bfgminer - Bitmain Antminer U2 & Raspberry Pi Model 3 B+ - solo mining setup***
*using Raspberry Pi Model 3 B+ *using Bitmain Antminer U2 *using Raspberry Pi OS Lite (64 bit) *using solo.ckpool.org *using bfgminer *NOTE: Instead of 'BITCOIN_ADDRESS' insert your own Bitcoin Address. *Go to the main directory: cd *Update the Raspberry Pi: sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get upgrade *Install dependencies: sudo apt-get install git build-essential autoconf automake libtool libgcrypt20-dev pkg-config libcurl4-gnutls-dev libjansson-dev uthash-dev libncurses5-dev libudev-dev libusb-1.0-0-dev libusb-1.0-0 libevent-dev libmicrohttpd-dev libhidapi-dev *Clone bfgminer: git clone https://github.com/luke-jr/bfgminer.git *Edit .gitmodules cd bfgminer sudo nano .gitmodules *In this file you have to replace every „git://“ with „https://“ *Exit and save the file (Exit with ‚CTRL X‘ and confirm changes by pressing ‚Y‘ and pressing ‚Enter‘) *Configure and compile bfgminer: sudo ./autogen.sh sudo ./configure sudo make *Start bfgminer (while in 'bfgminer' directory): sudo ./bfgminer -o stratum+tcp://solo.ckpool.org:3333 -u BITCOIN_ADDRESS -p btc -S all **Autostart bfgminer in a screen session when Raspberry Pi is powered on - optional** *Go to the main directory: cd *Install screen: sudo apt-get install screen *Open this file: sudo nano /etc/rc.local *Add this just above 'exit 0': cd /home/pi/bfgminer sudo screen -dmS bfg ./bfgminer -o stratum+tcp://solo.ckpool.org:3333 -u BITCOIN_ADDRESS -p btc -S all *Exit with 'CTRL X' and confirm changes by pressing 'Y' and pressing 'Enter' **Using screen - basics** *Attach bfg screen session after Raspberry Pi startup: sudo screen -x bfg *Detach bfg screen session Press 'CTRL A' thereafter 'D' (while session is attached) *Kill bfg screen session Press 'CTRL A' thereafter 'K', confirm by pressing 'Y' (while session is attached) |