1. Create account. Register at any fedoracoin pool. 2. Download a miner. CGMiner Linux/Windows: Download here CGMiner Mac OS X: Download here CPU Miner Mac/Linux/Windows: precompiled binaries are available Download here. 3. Configure your miner. Settings for Stratum (recommended): STRATUM: stratum+tcp://pooladdress PORT: port Username: Weblogin.Worker Password: Worker Password If you use a command-line miner, type: ./cgminer --scrypt -o stratum+tcp://pooladdress:port -u Weblogin.Worker -p Worker password If you want, you can create additional workers with usernames and passwords of your choice Here 4. Create a GDC address to recieve payments. Downloading the client & block chain: Download the GDC client from here. Generate a new address and input it on your account page to receive payments. 5. Advanced cgminer settings / FAQ Scrypt readme Don't set intensity too high, I=11 is standard and safest. Higher intensity takes more GPU RAM. Check for hardware errors in cgminer (HW). HW=0 is good, otherwise lower intensity :) Set shaders according to the readme (or look at your graphic cards specifications). Cgminer uses this value at first run to calculate thread-concurrency. Easiest way to get this optimized is to use same settings as others have used here: here. There's also an interesting project which gives you a GUI for cgminer. Windows only it seems. Here's a great guide how to get up and running with Xubuntu.