How To Build A Computer To Mine Ethereum Classic ETC

Ethereum Classic Mining Guide (ETC). How To Mine Ethereum Classic ETC On Windows - Duration. How To Build The Cheapest Mining Rig Possible! Feb 10, 2017 - Someone asked about ETC so here it is a quick tutorial on how to mine Ethereum Classic (ETC) on Windows or Linux using AMD or nVidia GPUs. According to whattomine, Ethereum Classic (ETC) is on second position as mining recommendation (for a rig with 6x RX 470 4gb GPUs), followed by Monero. This guide is going to show you how to build an Ethereum Mining rig. Ethereum (ETH) Ethereum Classic (ETC. Brain of the computer and is what you build. How to mine Ethereum on a Windows PC 2018,how to mine ethereum on mac. You can also mine Ethereum Classic (ETC). If you want to join or build a mining pool.

Is a guide you may find useful: • Download Ethereum Software • Setup Ethereum Software • Download Mining Software • Setup Mining Software • Mine Step 1: Download Geth The first thing you need to do is go to this link download. (The latest version is always available as Geth-Win64-latest.zip) Geth is the program that communicates with the Ethereum Network and acts as the a relay between your computer, its hardware and the rest of the ethereum network computers so if a block is mined by another computer your Geth program will pick it up and then pass on the new information onto your GPU or CPU for mining. Step 2: Unzip GETH You need to unzip the GETH file and move it to a location on your hard drive. (Right click on the zipped file and select unpack.) In this case we'll move it to the hard drive, usually (C:) - which will make the next step easier.

All you need to do is copy the file you have downloaded and unzipped and move it to the hard drive folder. Step 3: Start Command Prompt Now you need to run the program you just downloaded. To do this you need to run Command Prompt.

You can do this by searching in the search function in Windows for 'CMD' and then clicking on it when it shows up. Step 4: cd Into Root Directory Command Prompt is now open. (It can look terrifying to people who aren't familiar with it!) The Command Prompt box usually has C: Users Username>showing in it - where Username is your username - so if you log into your computer with the username cryptocompare, then the command prompt box will open with: C: Users cryptocompare You need to tell the computer to look in another place. Into the newly opened command prompt, type: cd / You should now see: C: >You have just used the cd command or 'change directory' command to make command prompt look at the C:/ drive.

Step 5: Create Geth Account You need to tell your Geth program to create a new account. As you have installed it in your user directory in Step 2, it is just a simple case of typing in: geth account new and then pressing return/enter. It should look like this: C: >geth account new Step 6: Create Password After hitting the enter button in Step 5, you will be asked to enter a password. You will not be able to see what you are typing in, so type it carefully.

This is the password that locks your account and keeps your Private key safe. If you lose this password, you will lose all your Ether attached to the wallet held by that Private key! Once you have entered your password, and confirmed it by entering it a second time, you will have created a new account. Congratulations, your about a third of the way there! Step 7: Connect to Ethereum You need to tell your Geth Program to start communicating with the rest of the Ethereum network. You do this by typing: geth --rpc This should look like: C: >geth --rpc Press enter, and the screen should start downloading the blockchain for Ethereum.

At this point, you are synchronising with the rest of the Ethereum network. Sometimes your fire wall can block this process. If so, just click 'Allow access.'

MINING Step 8: Download Mining Software Now you need to download Ethminer, which makes your GPU or CPU run the hashing algorithm that is integral to securing the Ethereum??network through proof of work.?? You can download this. (Be sure to scroll down to the bottom of the page to get the right version.

The latest and most up to date one is right at the end.) Step 9: Install Mining Software Click on the downloaded file and select 'Install'. Your firewall can cause issues, but just click 'Allow', if the firewall announces that a connection to the Internet has been blocked. The same is true if Windows doesn't recognise or approve the software. Tell windows it is OK, if asked. Click through the installation process, until Ethminer is installed.

Step 10: Start Command Prompt You need to open up another command prompt, as in step 4. You are going to see two scary looking boxes! Simply right click on your already opened command prompt, in the taskbar at the bottom of the page,and click on the command prompt in the menu that appears. A new command prompt should open, showing: C: users username This is the wrong place to look for etherminer, so you need to tell it the right place to find it.

Step 11: Navigate to Etherminer directory Into the newly opened command prompt, type: cd / It should look like this: C: users username>cd / Then tap 'Enter'. You should now see: C: >You have just used the cd command, or 'change directory' command, to make the command prompt look at the C:/ drive, not your user file. Step 12: cd Into 'Program Files' Type in: cd prog Then tap the Tab.

This should look like this: C: >cd prog Then tap Tab, which will automatically complete the phrase for the closest fit, found in the C: drive, just like autotext does on your iPhone. After tapping Tab, you should see: C:/>cd 'Program Files' Tap 'Enter', which should give you a new line saying: C: Program Files>Step 13: cd Into Ethereum Folder Type in: cd eth and then tap Tab, and then Enter. This will take you into the newly installed Ethereum Mining software folder. It should look like this, after tapping Tab: C: Program Files>cd 'Ethereum (++) 0.9.39 (Perhaps the version numbers a the end will differ.) Tapping Enter should give you: C: Program Files Ethereum (++) 0.9.39>This will look slightly different depending on the version! Step 14: cd Into Release Folder Type in: cd release and tap 'Enter'.

This should give you the line as follows: C: Program Files Ethereum (++) 0.9.39 Release>Step 15: GPU mining Type in: ethminer -G and tap 'Enter', and you should then start mining with your GPU (the best way), after building a DAG file, which can take around ten minutes. There can be problems at this point.

For example: • Insufficient Memory The program might say that you have insufficient memory on your Graphics card to mine Ether, with Ethereum's Ethash algorithm. If this is the case, you can still mine with your CPU, or go out and buy a new graphics card! If you get an error message like this, tap Ctrl+ c, to cancel the process. Then you can either retry it, or alternatively, move onto step 16, and mine with your CPU, rather than your GPU. Step 16 CPU mining Type in: ethminer and tap Enter, and you will start mining with your CPU. Again, you will need to create a DAG file, the first time you do this, which can take some time.

But after that is complete, your 'Geth' program downloaded in step 1 should start talking to your 'ethminer' program, and you should start mining! Please note if the above doesn't work.

The real fun part starts - debugging =/ Good luck!

README.md Please see updated Ethereum Classic website: Ethereum Classic is a project to keep the original censorship-resistant Ethereum going Have questions? Create an issue or request to be added to this project to contribute. Ideology We believe in decentralized, censorship-resistant, permissionless blockchains. We believe in the original vision of Ethereum as a world computer you can't shut down, running irreversible smart contracts. We believe in a strong separation of concerns, where system forks are only possible in order to correct actual platform bugs or provide functionality upgrades, not to bail out failed contracts and special interests. We believe in censorship-resistant platform that can be actually trusted - by anyone.

More: Motivation Ethereum Foundation responded to DAO debacle in the worst way possible. Special interests controlling the Foundation are ramming through DAO bailout hardfork against principled opposition of a significant economic minority of Ethereum stakeholders. According to (diligently hidden, pro-fork) coin vote on, 19% of ETH holders oppose this hardfork. Also, about 22% of Ethereum miners voted against the previous 'DAO softfork' and would logically oppose hardfork as well. Such a significant minority of stakeholders should not be silenced or intimidated into submission - they should be given a clear choice. If we want to continue to move forward and guarantee survival of the original Ethereum vision, we must fork Ethereum. This will lay the foundation to build secure decentralized applications that are actually censorship resistant.

More: Goals The main goal of the project is to ensure survival of the original Ethereum blockchain. We will strive to provide alternative for people who strongly disagree with DAO bailout and the direction Ethereum Foundation is taking their project. Anyone opting to remain on the original chain should have such opportunity. Plan Development We fork Ethereum and maintain upstream patches similar to the relation between Redhat and CentOS, until a community can form around the project and create a road map. Until this happens we can fork multiple existing clients to help prevent a monoculture of clients. We plan to follow development except for any features they introduce into existing clients that violate the key principles of openness, neutrality and immutability.

Code (dev) repository: • Telegram: • IRC: Community • Website: • Official forum thread: • Subreddit: • Block explorers:,, • Slack channel: • Telegram group(s):,, • Twitter: • Wiki: • Trading:,,,,,, What can I do? Please help us spread the word about this project in Ethereum community!

Volunteers If you feel strongly about the cause, please get involved. We need your support to ensure original Ethereum will be kept alive. We need more developers, website designers, people who can write and advocate the need for Ethereum Classic.

Please let us know what are your skills and how you would like to contribute,. Redditors, please. Github users, please. Users In order to remain on the original Ethereum chain, just don't upgrade to hardfork client version pushed by Ethereum Foundation.

We will maintain non-fork versions of all major Ethereum clients (as well as other key software), so going forwards all the improvements will be available to you. Everyone who had legacy ETH in your wallet pre-fork, now has an extra 'bonus': you have the same amount of classic ethers (ETC) on the same address. If you install Ethereum Classic client (better on a separate computer), you can use your coins on both chains! Just follow this advice to. If you held ETH balances with major exchanges: Bitfinex, Poloniex, Kraken, you have good news: they are going to assign you an equal amount ETC post-fork!

Miners Miners supporting the original chain should just keep mining with current version of software for now, without upgrading to client version introducing the hardfork code. It will be always possible to download and build latest non-fork version from. The difficulty bump after the fork was huge, but overall the separation of the networks went smoothly. Our miners stood strong and prevailed against long odds.

We are past the initial difficulty bump, nethash is about 30GH, making Ethereum Classic one of the most secure blockchains (for comparison, original Ethereum started with just 16GH last August). Time between blocks is back to normal, network stable and ready for business. Mining is becoming sustainable, even solo miners have a chance to make a classic block or two. It is now possible to obtain decent mining rewards in classic ethers from mining. Join in on the fun! We have mining pools supporting Ethereum Classic: • () • • • • • • • • Additional info on. Traders Most important question for traders is 'will ETC have market price'?

There are all reasons to believe that it will. Essentially, ETC is an Ethereum with a wide user base of all current ETH users. Some of them will see the value of transacting on a censorship-resistant chain, some won't. This creates interesting arbitrage opportunities for smart traders. Additional reasoning why. All the major exchanges announced that they will assign their users both ETH and ETC after the fork.

This is a step in the right direction, now it's up to these major exchanges to enable ETH/ETC trading that will no doubt be demanded by users. Decentralized exchange Bitsquare started. Other trading venues will follow since there is a strong business case. We are in touch with several other exchanges to add ETC trading to their platforms.

If your exchange is interested in ETC trading, please. Press • • Donations • ETC: 0xe9a7e26bf5c05fe3bae272d4c940bd7158611ce9 • ETH: 0xda99c6385e7ec0a7b4031c393dac01b600341fc3 • BTC: 1953UK8Y849SZqfDEnn3Zu4AM98hwWk3Kw Let's make sure original Ethereum vision doesn't just 'go gentle into that good night'!