<p>I just did this today...</p>

<p>I found a mining pool (I picked Eligius) from here <a href="https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Comparison_of_mining_pools" rel="nofollow">https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Comparison_of_mining_pools</a></p>

<p>The pools website had further instructions. In my case, I installed a mining client "bfgminer" and followed the instructions to add my ID. It sounds like for a windows OS, GUIMiner might be a good start too.</p>

<p>gui miner thread <a href="https://bitcointalk.org/?topic=3878.0" rel="nofollow">https://bitcointalk.org/?topic=3878.0</a></p>

<p>The key thing to realize is that there is a difference being a BitCoin "client", which is what you setup above, and a BitCoin "miner" which requires the steps I in this response.</p>

CC BY-SA 3.0
2013-03-25T04:43:58.050Z
bfgminer thread  https://bitcointalk.org/?topic=78192 (could only post 2 links above)
David Kassa
CC BY-SA 3.0
2013-03-25T17:50:27.673Z
The official bitcoin-qt bitcoin client was the first bitcoin miner as well, but it only supports solo-mining. Unless you have some powerful equipment you're much better off mining with a pool, which requires the separate application like gui-miner.
disinter
CC BY-SA 3.0
2013-03-25T19:16:21.720Z
i think its a pretty strong rig, so i just keep on waiting?
nevets
CC BY-SA 3.0
2013-03-25T21:45:01.747Z
bitcoin-qt won't mine on your GPUs. It's not a miner, think of it as a wallet. You can send and receive coins with it. I created a miner that is dead simple to use. You'll find it at bitminter.com
Dr.Haribo
CC BY-SA 3.0
2013-03-25T04:43:50.927Z
2013-03-25T04:43:50.927Z
David Kassa
<p>I'm totally new to this, but love this idea!</p>

<p>I want to help, (and generate coin), and have only installed Bitcoin-Qt version 0.8.1</p>

<p>It ran, synchronized; I encrypted my wallet.</p>

<p>But now what?  Will it use my 2 NVIDIA gtx580 GPU's on its own? Do I need to do anything else, other than just let it run?  </p>

<p>Got the green checkmark; up to date<br>
I have 8 active connections and my wallet is both locked(?) and encrypted.</p>

<gpu-mining>
How do I get started mining bitcoin with a GPU?
nevets
# How do I get started mining bitcoin with a GPU?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2013-03-25)

I'm totally new to this, but love this idea!

I want to help, (and generate coin), and have only installed Bitcoin-Qt version 0.8.1

It ran, synchronized; I encrypted my wallet.

But now what? Will it use my 2 NVIDIA gtx580 GPU's on its own? Do I need to do anything else, other than just let it run?

Got the green checkmark; up to date  
I have 8 active connections and my wallet is both locked(?) and encrypted.

**Tags:** gpu-mining


---

## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2013-03-25. Score: 1

I just did this today...

I found a mining pool (I picked Eligius) from here <https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Comparison_of_mining_pools>

The pools website had further instructions. In my case, I installed a mining client "bfgminer" and followed the instructions to add my ID. It sounds like for a windows OS, GUIMiner might be a good start too.

gui miner thread <https://bitcointalk.org/?topic=3878.0>

The key thing to realize is that there is a difference being a BitCoin "client", which is what you setup above, and a BitCoin "miner" which requires the steps I in this response.

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: bfgminer thread  https://bitcointalk.org/?topic=78192 (could only post 2 links above)  
> **username_2**: The official bitcoin-qt bitcoin client was the first bitcoin miner as well, but it only supports solo-mining. Unless you have some powerful equipment you're much better off mining with a pool, which requires the separate application like gui-miner.  
> **username_0**: i think its a pretty strong rig, so i just keep on waiting?  
> **username_3**: bitcoin-qt won't mine on your GPUs. It's not a miner, think of it as a wallet. You can send and receive coins with it. I created a miner that is dead simple to use. You'll find it at bitminter.com  

---

