HOW TO MINE DOGECOINS (BY USING A FREE VPS)

HOW TO MINE DOGECOINS

**VERSION 1 - P2POOL**

1. sign up for a digitalocean account here:  http://www.digitalocean.com

Deposit at least $5 and add coupon *LINUX13* or *GIT10* to get $10 extra bonus

2. create the smallest droplet 512 MB/1 CPU - choose Ubuntu 13.04 x64

3. login via ssh (use putty) with your vps login details

4. execute the following comands

make a swap file:

   sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/swapfile bs=64M count=16
   sudo mkswap /swapfile
   sudo swapon /swapfile

install git:
        
        sudo apt-get update
   sudo apt-get install git

clone cpu miner:

   git clone https://github.com/pooler/cpuminer.git    

compile the source code:

   sudo apt-get install build-essential libcurl4-openssl-dev automake make

   cd cpuminer

   #Basic *nix build instructions:
   ./autogen.sh   # only needed if building from git repo (which we are)
   CFLAGS="-O3 -Wall -msse2" ./configure
   make

        apt-get install screen

        screen

   ./minerd --url http://whatever.poolyouwant.com:Port/ --userpass USERNAME:password

(for example: Dogecoin pool http:// pool.hostv.pl:9555 --userpass Dogecoinwalletaddress:password     or   http:// doge.crypto49er.com:9555)

       when logging back again use "screen -r" to restore session

That's all!

tip: create up to 5 similar droplets for more coins 


**VERSION 2 -- STRATUM**


1. sign up for a digitalocean account here:  http://www.digitalocean.com

Deposit at least $5 and add coupon *LINUX13* or *GIT10* to get $10 extra bonus

2. create the smallest droplet 512 MB/1 CPU - choose Ubuntu 13.04 x64

3. login via ssh (use putty) with your vps login details

4. execute the following commands:

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install build-essential libcurl4-openssl-dev

wget http://sourceforge.net/projects/cpuminer/files/pooler-cpuminer-2.3.2.tar.gz

tar -xzf pooler-cpuminer-2.3.2.tar.gz

cd cpuminer-2.3.2/

./configure CFLAGS="-O3"

make

apt-get install screen

screen
   
./minerd --url stratum+tcp://server:port --userpass worker.name:password

That's all!

when logging back again use "screen -r" to restore session

tips: create up to 5 similar droplets for more coins 

in order to keep your sessions alive, use the command "screen" before running "./minerd"

when logging back again use "screen -r" to restore session