sgminer/doc/configuration.md

Configuration and command-line options

Work in progress!

Config-file and CLI options

algorithm

Allows choosing between the few mining algorithms for incompatible cryptocurrencies.

Argument: string

Default: scrypt

Supported:

• adaptive-n-factor - Vertcoin-style adaptive N-factor scrypt. N-factor defaults to 11. Aliases: adaptive-nfactor (to be removed in future versions) and nscrypt.
• scrypt - Litecoin-style static N-factor scrypt.
• everything else - currently defaults to scrypt, subject to change without warning.

nfactor

Overrides the default scrypt parameter N, specified as the factor of 2 (N = 2^nfactor).

Argument: whole number (>1).

Default: depends on algorithm; otherwise 10.

CLI-only options

TODO