In order to make extra money, Julian, a 26-year-old IT analyst decided to start gpu mining ethereum using his computer running Ubuntu linux version 17, his graphic card RX 580 and the ethminer software.
In this post, I will show you how to mine ethereum using an RX 580 GPU, a computer running Ubuntu 17 and a software called ethminer.
- We are using Ubuntu server version 17. (64 bits)
- We are using the MINERGATE minig pool
- Minergate will charge you a small percentage of your mining profits, something like 1.5%
MINERGATE
Access the MINERGATE website and create an account.
DRIVER DOWNLOAD - RX 480 / RX 580
Access the AMD SUPPORT PAGE and download the file: amdgpu-pro-17.10-450821.tar.xz.
I will assume that you transferred the driver installation file to the /downloads directory of your linux computer.
GPU INSTALLATION - RX 480 / RX 580
Use the following commands to install the required packages to enable the RX 480 / RX 580 Graphic card on your linux computer.
# mkdir /downloads
# cd /downloads
# tar -Jxvf amdgpu-pro-17.10-450821.tar.xz
# cd amdgpu-pro-17.10-450821/
# ./amdgpu-pro-install
After finishing the installation, reboot the computer.
# reboot
ETHMINER INSTALLATION
Use the following commands to download, extract and install the ethminer software.
# mkdir /download/ethminer -p
# cd /downloads/ethminer
# wget https://github.com/ethereum-mining/ethminer/releases/download/v0.11.0/ethminer-0.11.0-Linux.tar.gz
# tar –zxvf ethminer-0.11.0-Linux.tar.gz
# cp bin/ethminer /usr/bin/
MINING ETHEREUM
In order to start mining ethereum, use the following command:
# ethminer -G -F http://eth.pool.minergate.com:55751/virtualcoin.videos@gmail.com
- You need to change the username virtualcoin.videos@gmail.com from the command above to the username that you created on the minergate website.
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