Hi guys, I have a pc that I would like to mine on for educational purposes.
Currently the PC is linux, ubuntu CLI.
My experience with linux is newbie level, about 3 months in.
Can I ask for some newbie help with regards to mining in a stratum pool?
#1: What is stratum?
#2: Which client should I use to mine for different algorithms? What is the best client to use?
#3: How do I install a project from github?
Thank you!
#1 It's the protocol used for mining.
https://slushpool.com/help/manual/stratum-protocolBasically an optimised way of communicating over the internet for mining.
#2 What are you mining with? Usually miners have their built in software and it's not very flexible.
People usually go with cgminer when they are mining with a CPU/GPU. I don't think cgminer supports mining different coins in parallel. I imagine this would be better done pool side.
#3 I don't understand the question.
Hashing from any device can be applied to any hashing algorithm. However, some are far more efficent depending on the application.
A quick way for you to start up and learn would be to:
1. Chose a pool
2. use cgminer
3. connect to the pool using cgminer
4. Let your computer run for a while to see some results (this won't translate into financial gain since mining that way is very inefficient in 2017).