gettingstarted.php

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<b><u>Get a Bitcoin Address</u></b><br/>
Download the client to your PC from: <a href="http://www.bitcoin.org//" target="_blank"  style="color: blue">bitcoin.org</a><br/><br/>

<b><u>Setup a bitcoin miner</u></b><br/><br/>

<b><u>ATI/AMD Users</u></b><br/>
You will need to download and install the AMD Stream SDK from  <a href="http://developer.amd.com/SDKS/AMDAPPSDK/DOWNLOADS/Pages/default.aspx" target="_blank" style="color: blue">HERE</a> before you can begin mining<br/><br/> 

<b><u>Advanced Windows & Linux (for best mining results)</u></b><br/>
	Download cgminer <a href="https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=28402.0" target="_blank">HERE</a><br/>
	Follow the directions for your operating system in the above link to install<br/>
	Run cgminer: cgminer -o http://<?php echo $poolname ?>:<?php echo $poolport ?> -u username.1 -p x<br/>
	Run cgminer for max performance: cgminer -o http://<?php echo $poolname ?>:<?php echo $poolport ?> -u username.1 -p x -I 8<br/><br/>

	<b><u>Easy Windows</u></b><br/>	
	Download GUIMiner: <a href="https://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=3878.0" target="_blank">HERE</a><br>
	<img src="/images/guiminer.jpg"><br/>
	<u>GUIMiner options</u><br/>
	Server: Other<br />
	Host: <?php echo $poolname ?><br />
	Port: <?php echo $poolport ?><br />
	Username: &lt;your user name&gt;.&lt;miner name (default is 1)&gt;<br/>
	Password: &lt;your miner password (default is 'x')&gt;<br/>
	Device: Select the graphics card/cpu you would like to use<br/>
	Extra Flags: Can be blank, but I find "-v -w128 -f 60" to work well<br/><br/>
	
	<b><u>Easy Linux</u></b><br/>
	Download hashkill: <a href="https://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=6819.0" target="_blank">HERE</a><br/>
	Decompress (tar zxvf hashkill-0.2.4-x86.tar.gz)<br/>
	Change directory to hashkill<br/>
	Run: sudo ./install.sh<br/>
	Run hashkill: hashkill-gpu -p bitcoin minername:password:<?php echo $poolname ?>:<?php echo $poolport ?>
	
	
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