Bitcoind is a utility for mining bitcoins
Installation
~ # emerge -av net-p2p/bitcoind [ebuild N ] dev-util/boost-build-1.49.0 USE="-examples -python" 47,364 kB [ebuild N ] dev-libs/boost-1.49.0-r2 USE="-debug -doc -icu -mpi python -static-libs -tools" 0 kB [ebuild N ] net-p2p/bitcoind-0.6.3 USE="eligius -examples -logrotate -upnp" 1,333 kB
Configuration
First update the /etc/bitcoin/bitcoin.conf to contain the username and password for your bitcoin RPC.
These values are generated by you for use on your system.
rpcuser=myrpcuser rpcpassword=myrpcpass1234
Mining
To mine you simply run bitcoind.
You'll be better off if you join a mining pool.
/etc/init.d/bitcoind start
Monitoring
bitcoind getbalance bitcoind getinfo bitcoind getmininginfo bitcoind getwork