<p>The miner does not need a software upgrade to mine with Bitcoin XT.  The pool or whichever mining solution you choose would need to connect to a Bitcoin XT node rather than a Bitcoin core node. </p>

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2016-03-15T16:03:46.357Z
2016-03-15T16:03:46.357Z
Mark S.
<p>I got in to bitcoin mining about a year ago by purchasing a used Cointerra TerraMiner IV. The price of bitcoin was higher than the electricity cost to run the machine. I don't know a lot about the internals of the machine, but I know it's 4 GoldStrike I 28nm ASIC boards (2 per board) controlled by an embedded linux beaglebone board. With the current news about the Bitcoin/XT split, I'm wondering if it's possible to upgrade the mining software to support XT. </p>

<p>I'm not too familiar with ASIC boards—does "application-specific" exclude Bitcoin XT in this case?</p>

<p>My background: Computer Science/Software Engineering/Internet Security Research</p>

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Can I upgrade the software on Cointerra TerraMiner IV?
ejsuncy
# Can I upgrade the software on Cointerra TerraMiner IV?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2015-08-21)

I got in to bitcoin mining about a year ago by purchasing a used Cointerra TerraMiner IV. The price of bitcoin was higher than the electricity cost to run the machine. I don't know a lot about the internals of the machine, but I know it's 4 GoldStrike I 28nm ASIC boards (2 per board) controlled by an embedded linux beaglebone board. With the current news about the Bitcoin/XT split, I'm wondering if it's possible to upgrade the mining software to support XT.

I'm not too familiar with ASIC boards—does "application-specific" exclude Bitcoin XT in this case?

My background: Computer Science/Software Engineering/Internet Security Research

**Tags:** asic, mining-hardware, miner-configuration, mining-software, bitcoin-xt


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2016-03-15. Score: 1

The miner does not need a software upgrade to mine with Bitcoin XT. The pool or whichever mining solution you choose would need to connect to a Bitcoin XT node rather than a Bitcoin core node.


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