{"id":3001,"date":"2013-04-27T03:01:09","date_gmt":"2013-04-27T03:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gubatron.com\/blog\/?p=3001"},"modified":"2013-04-27T03:36:37","modified_gmt":"2013-04-27T03:36:37","slug":"how-to-gpu-mine-bitcoins-on-a-macbook-pro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gubatron.com\/blog\/how-to-gpu-mine-bitcoins-on-a-macbook-pro\/","title":{"rendered":"How to GPU-mine BitCoins on a MacBook Pro"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve just gotten started into BitCoin a little late in the game (April 2013) and if you’re reading this you’re probably on the same boat.<\/p>\n

This post details the steps I took to start mining BitCoins with GPU on a MacBook Pro<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\"4195093260_78f080cab0_z\"<\/a><\/p>\n

1.<\/strong>\u00a0Get DiabloMiner<\/strong>. You will need to have installed git and a jdk (Java Development Kit) to build it.
\nClone the source code from the github repository into your computer. From the command line<\/p>\n

git clone\u00a0https:\/\/github.com\/Diablo-D3\/DiabloMiner<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

after it downloads you will have to build it, invoke<\/p>\n

cd DiabloMiner<\/strong><\/p>\n

mvn package<\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/strong>it will download all its dependencies and build itself.<\/p>\n

2. Register into a Bitcoin Mining Pool<\/strong><\/p>\n

Now you will see a “DiabloMiner-OSX.sh” script. if you try to use it to mine in solo mode (connecting agaisnt localhost:8332), you will get errors, it seems nowadays there’s only pooled mining (i may be wrong), so you will have to register into a Bitcoin mining pool to make this happen.<\/p>\n

I registered my account at deepbit.net<\/a>, in there you get to enter your BitCoin address to receive your mining rewards.<\/p>\n

3. Launch DiabloMiner<\/strong> (in as many machines as you can using your pool mining account)<\/p>\n

.\/DiabloMiner-OSX.sh -u youremail@somedomain.com -p yourpasswordhere -o pit.deepbit.net -r 8332 -g 5 -w 64<\/strong><\/p>\n

and you should see…<\/p>\n

[4\/26\/13 11:02:23 PM] Started
\n[4\/26\/13 11:02:23 PM] Connecting to: http:\/\/pit.deepbit.net:8332\/
\n[4\/26\/13 11:02:24 PM] Using Apple OpenCL 1.2 (Dec 4 2012 18:26:30)
\n[4\/26\/13 11:02:24 PM] Added ATI Radeon HD 6750M (#1) (6 CU, local work size of 64)
\nmhash: 46.0\/44.4 | accept: 0 | reject: 0 | hw error: 0<\/p>\n

Hope this helped you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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