<p>I assume you know that mining with personal computer isn't profitable.  </p>

<p><strong>On-topic</strong>:<br>
There are a variety of algorithms, first you need to find out which algorithm the cryptocurrency you want to mine is based on.<br>
Then find a CPU or GPU mining software that support that algorithm.</p>

<p>One CPU miner that is widely used, and support most of the available algorithms is <a href="https://github.com/tpruvot/cpuminer-multi" rel="nofollow noreferrer">CPUminer-multi</a> .  </p>

<p>You can find the latest about mining on this forum <a href="https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=160.0" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=160.0</a></p>

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<p>I see there are hundreds of coins in the market. Can I use one program to mine all of them? </p>

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Possible duplicate of [How can I start mining Bitcoin?](https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/1433/how-can-i-start-mining-bitcoin)
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What program do I need to mining coins?
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# What program do I need to mining coins?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-12-10)

I see there are hundreds of coins in the market. Can I use one program to mine all of them?

**Tags:** mining-profitability, mining-software

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Possible duplicate of [How can I start mining Bitcoin?](https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/1433/how-can-i-start-mining-bitcoin)  

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### Answer by username_2 on 2017-12-10. Score: 1

I assume you know that mining with personal computer isn't profitable.

**On-topic**:  
There are a variety of algorithms, first you need to find out which algorithm the cryptocurrency you want to mine is based on.  
Then find a CPU or GPU mining software that support that algorithm.

One CPU miner that is widely used, and support most of the available algorithms is [CPUminer-multi](https://github.com/tpruvot/cpuminer-multi) .

You can find the latest about mining on this forum <https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=160.0>


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