<p>Cgminer can be used to mine both LTC and BTC.  When executed to mine Litecoin one would need to add the command line switch --scrypt  It is also worth noting that the last version to support GPU mining and scrypt is version 3.7.2  Versions after that have all GPU mining capability removed.</p>

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All versions after 3.7.2 have GPU mining capability removed? As in anything newer than 3.7.2 has had GPU mining removed? Why is that?
oshirowanen
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going forward they will only support asic mining but I suspect the open source community will fork the project and potentially continue supporting gpus
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Mark S.
<p>I'm trying to figure out which software to download for my Ubuntu 12.04 box to start some litecoin mining.  Via google search, I keep coming up with cgminer for both bitcoin and litecoin mining.</p>

<p>How does that work, is the same software cgminer used for both bitcoin and litecoin mining?</p>

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Is cgminer used for both bitcoin and litecoin GPU mining?
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# Is cgminer used for both bitcoin and litecoin GPU mining?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2013-12-14)

I'm trying to figure out which software to download for my Ubuntu 12.04 box to start some litecoin mining. Via google search, I keep coming up with cgminer for both bitcoin and litecoin mining.

How does that work, is the same software cgminer used for both bitcoin and litecoin mining?

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2013-12-14. Score: 1 | Accepted answer

Cgminer can be used to mine both LTC and BTC. When executed to mine Litecoin one would need to add the command line switch --scrypt It is also worth noting that the last version to support GPU mining and scrypt is version 3.7.2 Versions after that have all GPU mining capability removed.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: All versions after 3.7.2 have GPU mining capability removed? As in anything newer than 3.7.2 has had GPU mining removed? Why is that?  
> **username_1**: going forward they will only support asic mining but I suspect the open source community will fork the project and potentially continue supporting gpus  

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