Would you like to learn how to do Bitcoin Gold GPU mining? In this tutorial, we are going to show you how to GPU mine Bitcoin Gold using the software BTG-nVidia.miner and a Nvidia GTX 1080 GPU on a computer running Ubuntu Linux.
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Tutorial – Bitcoin Gold 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 commands to install the required packages:
# apt-get update
# apt-get install unzip
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 -icuda-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
As our last step, download and extract the Bitcoin Gold miner software.
# cd /downloads
# wget https://github.com/poolgold/ewbf-miner-btg-edition/releases/download/v0.3.4b-BTG/BTG-nVidia.miner.0.3.4b.Linux.Bin.zip
# unzip BTG-nVidia.miner.0.3.4b.Linux.Bin.zip
# cd BTG-nVidia.miner.0.3.4b.Linux.Bin
To start the Bitcoin Gold GPU mining use the following command, as an example:
# ./miner –server btg.pool.minergate.com –user virtualcoin.videos@gmail.com –pass x –port 3257
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.
