Ethminer

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4.6

The facts below are what the maker publishes about Ethminer, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.

The facts

Each one read from Ethminer's own pages, with the date it was checked.

Archived status: The repository was archived on April 24, 2022 and is read-only.checked 14 Nov 2026
Benchmarking: It can benchmark against arbitrary epoch, DAG, or block number.checked 14 Nov 2026
Community support: The project points users to its Gitter channel for questions and community chat.checked 14 Nov 2026
CPU mining: The project says ethminer does not support CPU mining.checked 14 Nov 2026
DAG generation: It generates the DAG on the GPU, avoiding DAG files on disk.checked 14 Nov 2026
Failover: It supports farm failover using getwork and stratum.checked 14 Nov 2026
GPU memory limitation: The FAQ says GPU VRAM must exceed the DAG size for best performance and warns that smaller capacity causes severe hash loss.checked 14 Nov 2026
Interface: Ethminer is a command-line program.checked 14 Nov 2026
License: The project is licensed under GNU General Public License version 3.checked 14 Nov 2026
Purpose: Ethminer is an Ethash GPU mining worker that mines coins based on Ethash proof of work.checked 14 Nov 2026
Stratum: It supports stratum mining without a proxy.checked 14 Nov 2026
Supported mining: It supports OpenCL and Nvidia CUDA mining.checked 14 Nov 2026

Install platforms: Standalone executables are provided for Linux, macOS, and Windows.checked 14 Nov 2026