Ethminer

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Facts from Ethminer's own pages

Archived status: The repository was archived on April 24, 2022 and is read-only. · github.com, 14 Nov 2026
Benchmarking: It can benchmark against arbitrary epoch, DAG, or block number. · github.com, 14 Nov 2026
Community support: The project points users to its Gitter channel for questions and community chat. · github.com, 14 Nov 2026
CPU mining: The project says ethminer does not support CPU mining. · github.com, 14 Nov 2026
DAG generation: It generates the DAG on the GPU, avoiding DAG files on disk. · github.com, 14 Nov 2026
Failover: It supports farm failover using getwork and stratum. · github.com, 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. · github.com, 14 Nov 2026
Install platforms: Standalone executables are provided for Linux, macOS, and Windows. · github.com, 14 Nov 2026
Interface: Ethminer is a command-line program. · github.com, 14 Nov 2026
License: The project is licensed under GNU General Public License version 3. · github.com, 14 Nov 2026
Purpose: Ethminer is an Ethash GPU mining worker that mines coins based on Ethash proof of work. · github.com, 14 Nov 2026
Stratum: It supports stratum mining without a proxy. · github.com, 14 Nov 2026
Supported mining: It supports OpenCL and Nvidia CUDA mining. · github.com, 14 Nov 2026