Cryptocurrency Mining Setup and Notes

Setup Ubuntu Server 16.04.3

Ethereum (geth)

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ethereum/ethereum -y
sudo so apt update
sudo apt install ethereum -y

Import ethereum key or create new account

geth account list

AMDGPU-PRO 17.50-511655 (--compute has been deprecated)

amdgpu-pro-install --opencl=legacy,rocm --headless
sudo apt-get install mesa-common-dev

Notes:

boot to onboard VGA first

cli: don't start GUI in headless (server) setup

sudo systemctl set-default multi-user.target

Ethminer

git repository download

Zcash

website

Mining

ethermine.org (ethereum & zcash)