Howto configure zcashd for cpu pool mining

[NNN]

Hello,

I’m running zcashd on Debian. What should I put into zcash.conf to enable mining with a pool? Thanks! -NNN

[trippeng]

see this:

How to Mine Zcash on Amazon EC2

hi all, now for the ‘not waste of time’ version of mining zcash on amazon ec2. use spot instances, around 32-64 cpus is fine. paste the below into userdata, when setting up yr instances (this mines against zec.suprnova.cc) have fun, james #!/bin/bash sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install -y cmake build-essential libboost-all-dev git git clone https://github.com/ocminer/nheqminer.git cd nheqminer/nheqminer mkdir build cd build cmake .. make ./nheqminer -u <username.worker> to mine again…

[NNN]

Ok, let’s start with something easier.

Is it possible to mine, using a pool, with zcashd? Yes/No

[barrystyle]

@NNN

Ok, let’s start with something easier.

Is it possible to mine, using a pool, with zcashd? Yes/No

sorry bud, thats the easiest possible way you can go.
in retrospect, compiling and setting up zcashd to solo-mine (you cant pool mine with it) is a lot more difficult.

how to mine zcash on amazon ec2

you can follow the above instructions for most flavours of linux (it isnt specific to amazon)