Mining software
| information | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Info | BFG | BitMinter | BTCMiner | cgminer | Diablo | EasyMiner | gMinor | MPBM | OSFPGABM | Phoenix | poclbm | Ufasoft | MacMiner |
| language | C | Scala | Java | C | Java | Python | Python | Tcl | Twisted | Python | C++ | Obj-C | |
| license | GPL-3 | All rights reserved | GPL-3 | GPL-3 | GPL-3 | PD | GPL-2+ | GPL-3 | MIT | PD | GPL-3 | ||
| website | link | link | link | link | link | link | link | link | link | link | link | link | |
| forum | link | link | link | link | link | link | link | link | link | link | link | link | |
| related pool | Eligius | BitMinter | |||||||||||
| operating systems | |||||||||||||
| OS | BFG | BitMinter | BTCMiner | cgminer | Diablo | EasyMiner | gMinor | MPBM | OSFPGABM | Phoenix | poclbm | Ufasoft | MacMiner |
| Debian | src | Java | jar | pkg | jar | No | py | py | ? | py | py | src | No |
| Fedora | src | Java | jar | bin | jar | No | py | py | ? | py | py | src | No |
| Gentoo | pkg | Java | jar | src | jar | No | py | py | ? | py | py | src | No |
| Mac OS X | src | Java | jar | src | jar | No | py | py | ? | py | py | src | zip |
| Raspbian | src | Java | jar | bin | No | No | py | py | py | py | No | No | |
| Ubuntu | PPA | Java | jar | bin | jar | No | py | py | ? | py | py | src | No |
| Windows (32-bit) | zip | Java | jar | zip | jar | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ||
| Windows (64-bit)[1] | zip | Java | jar | W32[1] | jar | ||||||||
| mining devices (asic) | |||||||||||||
| Device | BFG | BitMinter | BTCMiner | cgminer | Diablo | EasyMiner | gMinor | MPBM | OSFPGABM | Phoenix | poclbm | Ufasoft | MacMiner |
| ASICMiner USB | 2.6.4 | No | No | 2.6.4 | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes |
| Avalon | 3.0.0 | No | No | 2.10.4 | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes |
| BitForce SC 5 Gh/s | 3.0.0 | 1.4.0 | No | 3.1.0 | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | ||
| BitForce SC 25 Gh/s | git | No | No | git | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | ||
| BitForce SC 50 Gh/s | 3.1.0 | No | No | git | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | ||
| BitForce SC 500 Gh/s | git | No | No | Planned | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | ||
| mining devices (fpga) | |||||||||||||
| Device | BFG | BitMinter | BTCMiner | cgminer | Diablo | EasyMiner | gMinor | MPBM | OSFPGABM | Phoenix | poclbm | Ufasoft | MacMiner |
| Avnet LX150T Devkit | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| BitForce Single | 2.2.0 | 1.2.0 | No | 2.2.0 | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | git | Yes | Yes | |
| BFL MiniRig | 2.4.3 | 1.2.0 | No | 2.5.0 | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | |
| Cairnsmore1 | 2.6.4 | No | No | 2.6.4 | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | |
| Digilent Nexys 2 500K | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | ||
| Icarus | 2.2.7 | 1.3.0 | No | 2.2.7 | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | |
| Lancelot | 2.6.4 | No | No | 2.6.4 | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | |
| ModMiner | 2.4.3 | No | No | 2.4.3 | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | |
| Terasic DE2-115 | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | |
| X5000 | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | |
| X6500 | 2.9.0 | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | |
| ZTEX 1.15b | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | ||
| ZTEX 1.15x | 2.3.4 | No | Yes | 2.3.4 | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | |
| ZTEX 1.15y | 2.4.1 | No | Yes | 2.4.1 | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | ||
| mining devices (gpu) | |||||||||||||
| Device | BFG | BitMinter | BTCMiner | cgminer | Diablo | EasyMiner | gMinor | MPBM | OSFPGABM | Phoenix | poclbm | Ufasoft | MacMiner |
| OpenCL (Mesa AMD) | 3.0.1 | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | ||||||
| OpenCL (Mesa NV) | No | No | No | No | |||||||||
| OpenCL (AMD APP) | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| OpenCL (nvidia) | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | |||||
| CUDA (nvidia) | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | |
| mining devices (cpu) | |||||||||||||
| Device | BFG | BitMinter | BTCMiner | cgminer | Diablo | EasyMiner | gMinor | MPBM | OSFPGABM | Phoenix | poclbm | Ufasoft | MacMiner |
| SSE4 (x86_64) | Yes | No | No | 2.x | No | No | No | No | No | ||||
| SSE2 (x86_32) | Yes | No | No | 2.x | No | No | No | No | No | ||||
| SSE2 (x86_64) | Yes | No | No | 2.x | No | No | No | No | No | ||||
| Altivec (PPC) | Yes | No | No | 2.x | No | No | No | No | No | ||||
| VIA PadLock | Yes | No | No | 2.x | No | No | No | No | No | ||||
| Assembly (x86_32) | Yes | No | No | 2.x | No | No | No | No | No | ||||
| High-level CPU | Yes | Yes | No | 2.x | No | No | No | No | No | ||||
| miner protocols | |||||||||||||
| Protocol | BFG | BitMinter | BTCMiner | cgminer | Diablo | EasyMiner | gMinor | MPBM | OSFPGABM | Phoenix | poclbm | Ufasoft | MacMiner |
| getblocktemplate | 2.8.0 | No | No | 2.10.5 | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | ||
| StratumMP | 2.9.0 | No | No | 2.8.0 | No | No | No | testing | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| getwork | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| BlkPrep | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| UBBP | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| getwork extensions | |||||||||||||
| Extension | BFG | BitMinter | BTCMiner | cgminer | Diablo | EasyMiner | gMinor | MPBM | OSFPGABM | Phoenix | poclbm | Ufasoft | MacMiner |
| hostlist | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | |
| longpoll | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 0.1 | Yes[2] | No[3] | Yes[2] | Yes | Yes | |
| midstate | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes[2] | 0.1 | No | Yes[2] | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| noncerange | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | ||
| reject-reason | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | 0.0 | No | Yes | Patch | Yes | Yes | |
| rollntime | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | 0.1 | No | No | Yes | No[3] | Yes | |
| expire=N | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | 0.1 | No | No | No | No | Yes | |
| submitold | Yes | Yes[2][4] | Yes | Yes | No | No | 0.0[2][4] | No | No | No | No | Yes | |
| switchto | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | |
| getblocktemplate/BlkPrep functionality | |||||||||||||
| Function | BFG | BitMinter | BTCMiner | cgminer | Diablo | EasyMiner | gMinor | MPBM | OSFPGABM | Phoenix | poclbm | Ufasoft | MacMiner |
| longpoll | Yes | n/a | n/a | Yes | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | Yes | Yes | ||
| noncerange | No | n/a | n/a | No | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | No | No | ||
| proposal | No | n/a | n/a | No | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | No | No | ||
| serverlist | No | n/a | n/a | No | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | No | No | ||
| getblocktemplate/BlkPrep variations | |||||||||||||
| Variation | BFG | BitMinter | BTCMiner | cgminer | Diablo | EasyMiner | gMinor | MPBM | OSFPGABM | Phoenix | poclbm | Ufasoft | MacMiner |
| (fixed coinbase) | 2.9.0 | n/a | n/a | No | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | Yes | |||
| coinbase/append | 2.9.0 | n/a | n/a | 2.8.7 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | Required | Yes | ||
| coinbase (set) | 2.10.4[5] | n/a | n/a | No | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | Yes | |||
| generation | 2.9.0 | n/a | n/a | No | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | Yes | |||
| (full submit) | 2.9.0 | n/a | n/a | No | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | Yes | |||
| share/coinbase | 2.9.0 | n/a | n/a | 2.8.7 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | Yes | |||
| share/merkle | No | n/a | n/a | No | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | No | |||
| share/truncate | 2.9.0 | n/a | n/a | No | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | Yes | |||
| time/increment | 2.9.0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | Yes | ||||
| time/decrement | 2.9.0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | Yes | ||||
| txns/add | No | n/a | n/a | No | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | No | No | ||
| txns/remove | No | n/a | n/a | No | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | No | No | ||
| prevblock | No | n/a | n/a | No | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | No | No | ||
| stratum functionality | |||||||||||||
| Function | BFG | BitMinter | BTCMiner | cgminer | Diablo | EasyMiner | gMinor | MPBM | OSFPGABM | Phoenix | poclbm | Ufasoft | MacMiner |
| set diff | 2.9.0 | n/a | n/a | 2.8.0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | testing | n/a | n/a | 20121020 | Yes | Yes |
| transparency | 2.9.2 | n/a | n/a | No | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | No | No | Yes | |
| resume | 3.0.0 | n/a | n/a | 2.11.0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | No | No | Yes | |
| reconnect | 2.9.0 | n/a | n/a | 2.8.2 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | Yes | No | Yes | |
| add peers | No | n/a | n/a | No | n/a | n/a | n/a | No | n/a | n/a | No | No | Yes |
| get ver | 2.9.0 | n/a | n/a | 2.8.2 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | Yes | No | Yes | |
| show msg | 3.0.0 | n/a | n/a | 2.11.1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | No | No | Yes | |
| get hashrate | No | n/a | n/a | No | n/a | n/a | n/a | No | n/a | n/a | No | No | No |
| get temp | No | n/a | n/a | No | n/a | n/a | n/a | No | n/a | n/a | No | No | No |
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Windows includes (usually installed by default) the WoW64 subsystem which enables running 32-bit Windows applications, with low performance impact.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Supported, but not advertised
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Supported, but has bugs.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Not advertised, but generally doesn't discard shares.
- ↑ Older versions have serious bugs.
