Would you like to learn how to do Bytecoin GPU mining? In this tutorial, we are going to show you how to GPU mine Bytecoin using the software CCMINER and a Nvidia GTX 1080 GPU on a computer running Ubuntu Linux.
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Tutorial – Bytecoin GPU Mining GTX 1080
Create a new account on the Minergate website to become a member of the mining pool
On the Linux console, use the following command to update the package database.
# apt-get update
Download and install the Nvidia GTX 1080 GPU driver.
# mkdir /downloads/driver –p
# cd /downloads/driver
# wget https://developer.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/9.1/Prod/local_installers/cuda-repo-ubuntu1704-9-1-local_9.1.85-1_amd64
# dpkg -i cuda-repo-ubuntu1704-9-1-local_9.1.85-1_amd64
# apt-key add /var/cuda-repo-9-1-local/7fa2af80.pub
Download and install the most recent Nvidia GTX 1080 patch.
# cd /downloads/driver
# wget https://developer.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/9.1/Prod/patches/1/cuda-repo-ubuntu1704-9-1-local-cublas-performance-update-1_1.0-1_amd64
# dpkg -i cuda-repo-ubuntu1704-9-1-local-cublas-performance-update-1_1.0-1_amd64
Update the APT-GET database and install the CUDA package.
# apt-get update
# apt-get install cuda
Edit the .bashrc file from the root user and add the following lines at its end.
# vi /root/.bashrc
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/cuda-9.1/lib64:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
export PATH=/usr/local/cuda-9.1/bin:$PATH
Now, you need to reboot your computer.
# reboot
Install the required packages and configure the system to use an older version of GCC as default.
# apt-get install libcurl4-openssl-dev libssl-dev libjansson-dev automake autotools-dev build-essential
# apt-get install gcc-5 g++-5
# update-alternatives –install /usr/bin/gcc gcc /usr/bin/gcc-5 1
As our last step, download, compile and install the CCMINER software.
# cd /downloads
# git clone https://github.com/tpruvot/ccminer
# cd ccminer
# ./build.sh
# install -sv ccminer /usr/local/bin/
To start the Bytecoin GPU mining use the following command, as an example:
# ccminer -a cryptonight -o stratum+tcp://bcn.pool.minergate.com:45550 -u virtualcoin.videos@gmail.com -p x
As a requirement, you need to change the username virtualcoin.videos@gmail.com from the command above to your username.
Keep in mind that the username virtualcoin.videos@gmail.com was used only as an example.
The computer was able to obtain the following hashrate: 506.12 H/s