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How do I mine a block on Linux? (Scrypt/SHA-256/X11)

 Use the following instructions to mine a block on Ubuntu Server 18.04.

Update your Ubuntu machine.

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

Install the required dependencies.

sudo apt-get install build-essential libtool autotools-dev automake pkg-config libssl-dev libevent-dev bsdmainutils python3 libboost-system-dev libboost-filesystem-dev libboost-chrono-dev libboost-test-dev libboost-thread-dev libboost-all-dev libboost-program-options-dev
sudo apt-get install libminiupnpc-dev libzmq3-dev libprotobuf-dev protobuf-compiler unzip software-properties-common

Install Berkeley DB.

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:bitcoin/bitcoin
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install libdb4.8-dev libdb4.8++-dev

Note: replace “examplecoin” with the name of your coin.
Note: replace “6gs39011kick8xmqutpkrvi92xx5kwev4ykanlv1ls0ouuae5x” with the coinID of your coin.

Download the daemon and tools from MyCoin. (Available for a paid coin)

wget "https://dl.walletbuilders.com/download?customer=6gs39011kick8xmqutpkrvi92xx5kwev4ykanlv1ls0ouuae5x&filename=examplecoin-daemon-linux.tar.gz" -O examplecoin-daemon-linux.tar.gz
wget "https://dl.walletbuilders.com/download?customer=6gs39011kick8xmqutpkrvi92xx5kwev4ykanlv1ls0ouuae5x&filename=examplecoin-qt-linux.tar.gz" -O examplecoin-qt-linux.tar.gz

Extract the tar files.

tar -xzvf examplecoin-daemon-linux.tar.gz
tar -xzvf examplecoin-qt-linux.tar.gz

Install the daemon and tools.

sudo mv examplecoind examplecoin-cli examplecoin-tx /usr/bin/

Create the config file.

mkdir $HOME/.examplecoin
nano $HOME/.examplecoin/examplecoin.conf

Paste the following lines in examplecoin.conf.

rpcuser=rpc_examplecoin
rpcpassword=69c863e3356d3dae95df454a1
rpcallowip=127.0.0.1
listen=1
server=1
txindex=1
daemon=1

Start the daemon.

examplecoind

Create a .sh file named mine.sh in the same folder where you extracted example-cli with the following content.

#!/bin/bash
SCRIPT_PATH=`pwd`;
cd $SCRIPT_PATH
echo Press [CTRL+C] to stop mining.
while :
do
./examplecoin-cli generate 1
done

Save the file mine.sh.

Make the file executable.

chmod +x mine.sh

Execute mine.sh to start mining your first block.

./mine.sh

It will take about +/- 30 minutes to mine your first block, depending on your computer hardware.

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