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i have ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS. i want to learn how to mine bitcoins. when i execute the file i don't know the OPTIONS.

./minerd

./minerd: no URL supplied Try `minerd --help' for more information.

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    it's impossible to mine bitcoins with that guide since it's made for doggecoin! – Alvar Sep 04 '14 at 15:46
  • I reccomend you to read the documentation of that command you are using (you can start with minerd --help), as this issue is not ubuntu-specific and neither ubuntu-related - you probably need to add some command line arguments when launching that program. – Rafał Cieślak Sep 04 '14 at 16:13

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The miner daemon called minerd (part of pooler's cpuminer) supports only virtual currencies based on scrypt or SHA-256d. It will work with Litecoin or with some special pools for indirect Bitcoin mining.
You can use the following syntax:

  • HTTP mining pool:

    minerd --url=http://example.com:9332 --userpass=workerid:password

  • STRATUM mining pool:

    minerd --url=stratum+tcp://example.com:3333 --userpass=workerid:password

The first parameter is the mining pool's URI with the corresponding port; you will obtain that information in the pool's website.
The second parameter is an optional user/pass combination: the worker ID is the unique name of an active miner daemon in the pool (chosen by you or assigned randomly from the pool's web portal) and the pass is a pass for the relative remote account.
Please note:

  • Use mining software only on your computer.
    Do not try to use it on remote machines (for example VPS) because you will get banned for extreme bandwidth/resource consumption.

  • It can be seen as a false positive by any antivirus, because some malware use it as a payload.

I suggest to mine alternative coins like Litecoin, because Bitcoin requires specialized hardware to be remunerative.
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Have a nice day.

Lorenzo Ancora
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