Bitminter client (Windows/Linux/Mac)

[DrHaribo]

I am planning for buying radeao GPUs to start mining. I hope you know that rig will contains with the 6 graphics cards with the one raiser. Will it good mine bitcoin with the bitminter client. Currently not affordable for buying high cost ASIC miner bro. Need your suggestion!

You can't mine bitcoin with that. Maybe an altcoin.

To mine bitcoin you need a modern ASIC miner. Forget graphics cards or old USB-based ASICs.

[DrHaribo]

I have some problem with this client. Is it still support for Win 10? I can install this client .

It is signed with an old certificate which has expired. You may need to reduce the security settings in Java and add https://bitminter.com to the security exception list (whitelist) in java control panel.

[andrewscm]

DrHaribo, is the list of BitMinter supported devices in the first post on the first page up to date? I currently just have an AntMiner U2 from years ago, but I'm wanting to get something beefier by today's standards without switching clients unless I have to.

[bigc0in]

So just starting now today with the Bitminter client. I didn't read the whole forum here, because too much is outdated.

1. How can I setup the Bitminter Client that he starts up in the background when a computer starts and is still in the login screen (Windows 10).
2. Is Bitminter client detectable through the Network? Does it use alot of network ressource? I want to stay under the radar.

[thoughtytwo42]

How do I run this on Ubuntu 20.04. I've literally been trying to figure out how to get it to find my CPU and GPU which are obviously installed but nothing shows up. I'm on Ubuntu 20.04.

This is my error output:
2020.10.09 [14:24] BitMinter Client v1.6.1 started
2020.10.09 [14:24] No OpenCL-compatible GPUs detected
2020.10.09 [14:24] Probing all ports for external devices
2020.10.09 [14:24]  Probe failed: No serial ports found
2020.10.09 [14:24] Your platform does not provide complete low-level API for accessing direct buffers reliably. Unless explicitly requested, heap buffer will always be preferred to avoid potential system unstability.
2020.10.09 [14:24]  No devices to start! Please connect mining hardware to USB port(s) and use devices menu to probe for them.
2020.10.09 [14:24]  Uncaught exception in thread AWT-EventQueue-1 scala.runtime.NonLocalReturnControl$mcV$sp 
2020.10.09 [14:24] No external devices detected.
2020.10.09 [14:24]  Probe failed: No serial ports found
2020.10.09 [14:24] No external devices detected.

When replying to this message try to remember that not everyone knows what you're talking about when you describe Linux Functions. I'm sick of all the gated jaded Linux mogul speak. Make your language simple, as if a child were reading it with explanations please, otherwise people will never understand you.

[DrHaribo]

Bitminter mining pool shut down, so you have to find a different mining pool.

How do I run this on Ubuntu 20.04. I've literally been trying to figure out how to get it to find my CPU and GPU which are obviously installed but nothing shows up. I'm on Ubuntu 20.04.

You can't mine bitcoin with CPU or GPU anymore. If you want to mine bitcoin then you need to buy a modern bitcoin ASIC miner. Check out the bitcoin mining hardware section of bitcointalk: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=76.0

You can still mine some altcoins with GPU/CPU. If you want to try that, look in the altcoin mining section of bitcointalk: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=160.0

2020.10.09 [14:24] No OpenCL-compatible GPUs detected

To mine with your GPU you'll need OpenCL working. If you have an AMD or Nvidia graphics card then you probably just need to install a driver from AMD/Nvidia. Someone who knows Ubuntu 20.04 better can correct me. But I think the default driver is an open source driver which does not support OpenCL which mining needs.