From 10c14847afd43b76636600f6ab4670e778160747 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Marius=20Kj=C3=A6rstad?= Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2023 15:10:46 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] README: remove text about GPU mining (#26609) Co-authored-by: Felix Lange --- README.md | 6 +----- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 8d104e150e9fe..2a9006eaf9256 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -321,12 +321,8 @@ also need to configure a miner to process transactions and create new blocks for #### Running a private miner -Mining on the public Ethereum network is a complex task as it's only feasible using GPUs, -requiring an OpenCL or CUDA enabled `ethminer` instance. For information on such a -setup, please consult the [EtherMining subreddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/EtherMining/) -and the [ethminer](https://github.com/ethereum-mining/ethminer) repository. -In a private network setting, however, a single CPU miner instance is more than enough for +In a private network setting a single CPU miner instance is more than enough for practical purposes as it can produce a stable stream of blocks at the correct intervals without needing heavy resources (consider running on a single thread, no need for multiple ones either). To start a `geth` instance for mining, run it with all your usual flags, extended