How to mine Monero

28 Sep 2017

Monero (XMR) is a Cryptonote algorithm based cryptocurrency, it relies on Ring Signatures

in order to provide a certain degree of privacy when making a transaction. Monero is a
Proof of Work cryptocurrency that can be miner with computational power from a
CPU or GPU. There are currently no ASICs for Monero, which means that anyone with a
computer can mine it. 

The first thing you need to think about is if you are going to mine solo or on a pool. Mining
on a pool usually comes with a fee but also has it's advantages. Users that don't have
enough computational power may have to wait long periods of time before getting a reward,
in a pool users pull their efforts together in order to reduce variance and have a steady flow
of income. Users that have enough hardware or simply want to mine solo can also benefit
from solo pools which function in the same way as normal solo mining, but don't require
users to run a full node or store the entire blockchain. We are going to use MoneroHash for
this guide, but you can use any pool you like.

Take a look at our Mining Pools section to compare pool features, fees and reviews. 

Today we're going to show you how to mine Monero on a Mining Pool. 

AMD Graphic cards are optimal for Monero Mining, but you can also mine it with a Nvidia
GPU or CPU. To allow users to get the most profit for their specific hardware we will use a
different software that was created  for each of this options. 

Part 1 - CPU Mining

 
Step 1: Download the mining software. For this section of the guide we are going to use
Wolf's CryptoNote open souce CPU Miner, since it's the one that has the provides the best
results. You can find download link here.
Step 2: Extract the .zip file. You will be left with a folder like the one below.

Step 3: Now, inside the miner folder we have just extracted from the .zip file, you'll need to
hit ctrl + right mousekey. By doing this you'll be given an extra option "open command
window here", click it and a command line window will appear.
Step 4: Now that our command line window (miner) is ready to go, all we need to do is type
in the command: "minerd -a cryptonight -o stratum+tcp://monerohash.com:3333 -
u YOUR_WALLET_ADDRESS -p x". You have to replace "YOUR_WALLET_ADDRESS" for your
actual XMR wallet adress.

You are now mining Monero! You can view all of the commands available by typing "minerd
--help". In our case we're just using the -a command, which stands for algorithm, the -o
stands for server, the -u is your wallet address and the -p is your password, which can be left
with an x when the Mining pool does not require you to login.
 

Part 2 - AMD GPU Mining

 

Step 1: Download the mining software. For this section of the guide we are going to use
Wolf's CryptoNote open souce AMD GPU Miner, since it's the one that has the provides the
best results. You can find the Download link here.

Step 2: Extract the .zip file. You will be left with a folder like the one below.
Step 2: Now you'll need to configure the xmr.conf file, open the file with the note pad and
change "url": "stratum+tcp://xmr.poolto.be:3000" to your pool address, in this case:
"stratum+tcp://monerohash.com:3333". Replace the user with your wallet, in this
case: "user":
"45hVQbLnspDDViJeMc1v6mFPjKmJ38geKVZFRgFXxV1pVSDpG8jz4LfTmkvhgj9sPwjA1ZLJD9d
3xTUF982Uk7poL2Ka94z".

Step 4: Once xmr.conf file is configuredyou need to go inside the miner folder we have
extracted from the .zip file and hit ctrl + right mousekey (For windows 10 to get the extra
options you need to hold shift+right mousekey). By doing this you'll be given an extra option
"open command window here", click it and a command line window will appear.
 

Step 5: Now that our command line window (miner) is ready to go, all we need to do is point
the miner to the xmr.conf file. type: "miner xmr.conf"

And that's it, you are now mining with your AMD GPU, which will surely give you the best
results when mining XMR. If you get a "clCreateBuffer" error, lower your raw intensity in the
xmr.conf file:"rawintensity": 1336

 
 Part 3 - Nvidia GPU Mining
 

Step 1: Download the mining software. For this section of the guide we are going to use
CCMiner version forked by tsiv, since it's the one that has the provides the best results when
mining with Nvidia Graphic Cards. You can find download link here.

Step 2: Extract the .zip file. You will be left with a folder like the one below.
Step 3: Now, inside the miner folder we have just extracted from the .zip file, you'll need to
hit ctrl + right mousekey(For windows 10 to get the extra options you need to hold
shift+right mousekey). By doing this you'll be given an extra option "open command
window here", click it and a command line window will appear.

Step 4: Now that our command line window (miner) is ready to go, all we need to do is type
in the command: "ccminer -o stratum+tcp://monerohash.com:3333 -
u YOUR_WALLET_ADDRESS -p x". You have to replace "YOUR_WALLET_ADDRESS" for your
actual XMR wallet adress.

That was the last step. You are now mining Monero with your Nvidia Graphic Card. As you
can see, mining Monero is possible with any hardware, even a CPU! So why not give it a try?

 
 Part 4 - Easy Mining with any hardware
In this section we'll use Minergate, an easy to use cryptocurrency miner that allows you to
mine several cryptocurrencies with a single click! 

Step 1:The first thing you’ll need is an account on www.minergate.com. MinerGate has its
own built-in wallet in order to allow users to start mining even if they don’t have a wallet
address set up, so in order to protect your funds, we advise using a strong password and
activating 2FA (2 factor authentication), 2FA will make sure no one can acess your funds even
if they know your password. Remember, the safest place to store your funds is in your own
wallet.

Step 2: Next you need to download the Mingergate software and install it, the website will
detect your operating system and present you with the correct version. Install and run
MinerGate.

Step 3: After you open and install the setup, you’ll be presented with the option to start
smart mining. MinerGate automatically detects your equipment and chooses the most
profitable cryptocurrency to mine according to your hardware, market price and difficulty.
For most computers this will be Monero, so you can click "Start smart mining". 

You can choose how many cores you want to use in your CPU and GPU, if you have one. If
smart mining takes you to another cryptocurrency, you can always choose monero
manually, as so:
That's it. Easy, right? Minergate prouds itself on being so! And you can use their GUI miner
for other cryptos like Ethereum and Ethereum Classic. Good luck!

Comments
lendo.winoda

20 hours ago

I would like to recommend you a high performance & comfortable CPU miner with graphical
user interface. You can mine XMR, ETN, BCN and other Cryptonight based coins with this
miner. It calls Simple Miner. 
Version 1.1 is released. New features: pool profile management, failover handling, and
others. 
For more details visit our site:  http://cryptomanager.net
Try it and share your experience with us!

businessman

2 days ago

Real cloud mining company with mining machines and video proof of the site, easily here
you can get: bitcoin ethereum monero litecoin zcash dash and libry join
>  http://goo.gl/B5ivEe

seaumalam3

11 days ago

The system is mining but where are the coins stored? where can i find the coins?

jarno.brandt

15 days ago

I use Minergate for Monero it works verry good.

https://minergate.com/a/64769f3b9937987df6348b39
rakeshcrypto2017

21 days ago

This is no longer valid, mining Monero through GPU/CPU is no longer efficient due to its
difficulty, you end up paying more for electricity than any Monero you'd mine. Most efficient
way now is to either find an AISC miner or take the hassle out and cloud
mine  https://goo.gl/2gZVsS  works best for me as it's deposited into my wallet every day.

jnilsson618

24 days ago

I keep getting a message that says "The code execution cannot proceed because
MSVCR100.dll was not found" attempting to mine on an NVidia GPU. I have tried
downloading and re-downloading the visual c++ redistributable 2010 package per what
every source says to do, but I just keep getting the message.

artem4coin

24 days ago

Can anyone tell me what hash rate can generate NVIDIA QUADRO K2200 in Monero, ETH,
Bitcoin?

202d6574

25 days ago

Unless you have some serious hardware, you'll pay more in electricity costs than it's worth.
Better off renting a portion of an ASIC miner, and mining SHA-256. Currently pays me $1000
annually,minus small % in maintenance fees, for every $220 invested. Top notch, no issues,
it's not a ponzi like a lot of the others... make sure you choose to re-invest so your hash-
power continues to build, in turn giving you greater profits. Check out HashFlare, use my REF
ID if you've found anything I've said above useful... every little bit helps. Thanks
Referral Link -->  https://hashflare.io/r/730859F0

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samxmr

29 days ago

You can mine monero using a web browser at  https://monerowebminer.net

vishalpremdass

29 days ago

Use minergate and xmr-rig to mine monero.It will be awesome!

https://minergate.com/a/c6d7d0b7677a42db842922d2
https://github.com/xmrig/xmrig-nvidia

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FF88209D

29 days ago

I started with this tutorial here:  https://monero-miner.cf

ProCloudMiner

1 month ago

the best results you get with XMR cloud Mining,  http://bit.ly/2pcbsyf

wouter152
1 month ago

"2017-12-21 01:00:00 stratum connection failed: could not resolve host: (nil); Host not found"
?!?!?! 
is this host still active and why not 24/7? please help?

jerome.lagasse

1 month ago

Can we mine Monero with MH/s?

clikwurx

1 month ago

When does cminer send payments to my wallet? Is there a minimum amount I need to mine
before receiving any payment?

agreecoin

1 month ago

I have been using hashflare with no problems! here is my dom link for quick approval
http://hashflare.win/?approvalcode=discordmod0x4828

kkloveyl

1 month ago

check this out on how to mine XMR on website / blog visitors' CPU
http://cheezoey.com/Mining-with-Blog-/-Website/
gameboy71233

1 month ago

Im trying to use ccminer but whenever i try to enter the command in command prompt, it
says access is denied, can anyone help me please?im using an nvidia graphics card and this
has happened on all the computers ive tried

cacb3995

1 month ago

How can I see how much I've mined so far?

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crypto_miner

1 month ago

Hi all, do not use Minergate. Instead build your own miner for mining Monero and/or Ether.
If you do not want to invest in your own mining hardware try cloud mining. I made quite
some good experience with Genesis Mining =>  https://imine.blog/2017/09/25/genesis-
mining/

futuretech20017

1 month ago

I've 4 AMD GPU cards (RX 580 (8GB), RX 570 (4GB), RX 480 (8GB), RX 470 (4GB)). What will be
the msot profitable mining and what is the best mining software like nicehash.

alexvales111
1 month ago

Minergate is a scam! :) You're welcome go here to

check  https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/wiki/avoid

cacapitolgroup

2 months ago

Hello,
I am building a rig with 2 gtx 1070 8g cards, can anyone tell me what hash rate can I
generate?

ad0m.lim

2 months ago

i installed the Wolf's CryptoNote open souce CPU Miner, and mine it for 24 hours, but when i
go to monerohash.com, keyed in my wallet address, there is no stats information is shown,
may i know what can go wrong here? i notice in my laptop screen, i keep on seeing this
message : "stratum detected new block" message, is it normal ?

socrtwo

2 months ago

If the link is broken, I found Wolf's CPU miner binary on the Internet Archive's Wayback
machine. It's
here:  https://web.archive.org/web/20150518222129/https://ottrbutt.com/cpuminer-
multi/cpuminer-multi-wolf-06-12-2014.zip

Windows Defender on Windows 10 thinks it's bad and removes it, so I guess you have to tell
it it's OK. Right now I just have Windows defender turned off.
rodolphe.moulin

2 months ago

I take an extension to moninv minero with coinhive.com

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/coinhive-
%20/ikgciohnbleecnmmfogpgikliagmmckn

helmwig

2 months ago

Hi! I want to mine a certain coin based on Monero (I think a fork) I have arount $50,000 for
this project. Anybody here who wants to help me get the right Hardware and software?

radofok

2 months ago

thank you, you can track your income also with  http://niftystats.com/

hamza1_don

2 months ago

can someome please help me. i am using the amd option when i click shift and right mouse
button i dont get that option. any help would be appreciated. Also im not in a mining pool do
i just use the instructions given here?

allconsultin

2 months ago
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Mining coins. Please find the below link. No Delivery Charges.

www.payumoney.com/webfront/index/GPU

kinalo

2 months ago

Great article! If you are looking for other mining pools you can find them
here:  http://earnfreebitcoin.altervista.org

brominercom

3 months ago

Awesome article, if you guys are looking for a good and fast CPU miner then you should
visit  http://www.brominer.com

manas.sriv1986

3 months ago

will it detect gpu if i am using a 6 gpu mining rig and will it support it?

C1A437BA

3 months ago

http://minecrypto.de

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kokkeng83

4 months ago

Websites like piratebay and faucethub and mining monero with the website visitor's CPU. I
found the below blog about mining Monero even without a website like piratebay. Not sure
is this workable. anyone tried?
http://bitcoinspedia.blogspot.my/2017/09/how-to-mine-monero-xmr-with-blog.html

exlybris

4 months ago

Hi guys I want to spend around 1000 usd to mine monero, but have litle technical knowledge
on how to assemble everything. what do you advise me?

mrtlamotte

4 months ago

simple tool to see the monero mining ability of your CPU :  http://usher-daisy-
28464.bitballoon.com/

gamersuper356

4 months ago

Hi I have gtx 750 ti I want to know how can i mine it with MH/S
And what MH/S can gtx 750 ti make

sadf
4 months ago

I have just two CPU with 6 cores and 12 threads each core with 2Ghz, how can u calculate the
hashrate?

azzedine221--

4 months ago

330H/s How much is the income ,,..’’

the.binary.bug

4 months ago

i got
[17:03:35] Error loading configuration file: unexpected token near ']' on line 48.
what now?

ind.srimanthp

4 months ago

How long does it take to mine 1 Monero as of 1st September 2017?

My specs:
Windows 7 64bit
Gigabyte H110 D3a Mining Edition
Intel Pentium G4400
Gigabyte 1050Ti 4GB
8 Gb DDR4 RAM
350 H/S

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demi.goldberg
5 months ago

Hi
every time I am trying to download one of the mining tools on windows , I got a virus alert
from my Norton AV.
Is it safe to download and use ?

aliakber2k10

5 months ago

which one is best to use? I have 6 i7 PCs with GTX 260 896 MB Cards. I am n00b. Your help
will be very much appreciated.

Worrior

5 months ago

WOW!

matt.wind89

5 months ago

Hi everyone! I am thinking about buying a gamer PC with 1 GTX 480. Do you think it is still
profitable to mine with this, or is the block difficulty too high already. How much could I
mine in 1 month? The mainboard has 2 PCI express slots, so I could buy a second card.
Whats you opinion? Yes or NO?

GhostDog

5 months ago
I am trying to make the AMD GPU mining happen, but now the command line is replaced
with some "Power Shell" and it doesn't recognize the commands. What can I do?

minerfan

6 months ago

How exactly do I go forth, if I'ved mined with Minergate, but would now like to switch to a
different mining pool. Since minergate is also my wallet, do I need a new one? Is there a way
to transfer the already mined coins to the new miner? I think I'm missing an important point
here...

mupet0000

6 months ago

[2017-07-14 14:20:30] GPU #0: GeForce GTX 1070 (15 SMX), using 40 blocks of 8 threads
[2017-07-14 14:20:30] GPU #0: Warning: block count 40 is not a multiple of SMX count 15.
[2017-07-14 14:20:30] GPU #0: FATAL: failed to allocate device memory for long state

What is going wrong here, I can't figure it out, please help :)

gianniswalker

7 months ago

Hi everyone. I just started mining with my gpu following the above guide. Since I am new to
this I was wondering. What happens if I stop the miner before I reach the minimum (0.5XMR)
payout of monerohash? Do I lose all shares accepted or they add up even if I mine for a few
hours a day? Thank you in advance

sanjibinkiit
7 months ago

I am trying to know more about monero mining. Came to know about Cryptocompare
from  http://www.bharatafinance.in

arsjad7

7 months ago

How long does it take to mine 1 Monero?

My specs:
Windows 10
intel 4690K
Asus Strix Gtx 970 4 gb
16 Gb ram
337 H/S

seal

7 months ago

Minergate does not have the best reputation, lots of people saying they are a scam around
the web. I mined with them for a short time and there withdraw feature never worked

faizx

8 months ago

Monero Mining With RX 480, Its damn

profitable!  http://www.thecryptomining.info/2017/05/profitable-monero-mining-rig-
producing.html

9 months ago

ZOTAC GTX 750 Ti how much xmr coin mine 24 hour working
xmr.nanopool

9 months ago

There are several links and examples here too:

https://xmr.nanopool.org/help

988102A9

10 months ago

All download links in bitcointalk.org are broken. This is Wolf's miner i've downloaded from
there. In my opinion, it is faster than the minergate's miner.
http://adf.ly/1lTOh5

mrsniffles

10 months ago

For all users that have trouble starting to mine there is a new miner called Minero.

I found it today and it really works like a charm. It has a nice user friendly GUI.

All you have to do is add your Monero Wallet Address.

Here's the link:  http://minero.pro

palotaidv

11 months ago

Hello.
I tryed to mine with ccminer but get this error every single time:
ccminer -o stratum+tcp://monerohash.com:7777 -u my adress -p x
ccminer 8.05-KlausT (64bit) for nVidia GPUs
Compiled with Visual Studio 2015 using Nvidia CUDA Toolkit 8.0

Based on pooler cpuminer 2.3.2 and the tpruvot@github fork

CUDA support by Christian Buchner, Christian H. and DJM34
Includes optimizations implemented by sp-hash, klaust, tpruvot and tsiv.

[2017-02-22 19:46:20] Starting Stratum on stratum+tcp://monerohash.com:7777

[2017-02-22 19:46:20] NVML GPU monitoring enabled.
[2017-02-22 19:46:20] 1 miner thread started, using 'credit' algorithm.
[2017-02-22 19:46:21] JSON-RPC call failed: {
"message": "invalid method",
"code": -1
}
[2017-02-22 19:46:21] ...retry after 30 seconds
What should i do? I have an MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GamingX 6gb with latest drivers.
thank you for the answer.

codedecks

1 year ago

Hi,

Where can i get the pool user info from? I looked on  https://monerohash.com  but there no
where
"pools": [
{
"url": "stratum+tcp://monerohash.com:3333",
"user": "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx",
"pass": "x"
}
]

thank you,

domwebhost
1 year ago

Here is a hardware comparison list to answer all of your questions about " How much will
this card hash?". http://monerobechmarks.byethost5.com/?i=1

guntisvitolins

1 year ago

Ultimate altminer 47 mines monero at 4600 h/s  https://www.youtube.com/watch?

v=YrH_MsDwQLQ&t=13s

sasikumarem

1 year ago

what about this gpu "Nvidia GTX 1060 6gb" any suggestions...

gmanbtc

1 year ago

Minergate will slow your system down and doesn't do GPU mining correctly.
Try  http://www.multicryptominer.com/  it only mines when your computer is not in use and
is easy to setup.

fardin.ahmed3705

1 year ago

can we use nvidia gtx 750 ti gpu for mining monero? how much hashes we will get by this 01
gpu! please help me.
nate12250

1 year ago

Im not getting any monero in my wallet after about an hour, im not sure how long its
supposed to take though, so does anyone know how long getting anything is supposed to
take?

B-Rye

1 year ago

If this is showing up as something malicious by your antivirus software, be weary. 

https://www.sophos.com/en-us/medialibrary/PDFs/technical%20papers/Cryptomining-
malware-on-NAS-servers.pdf?la=en

guntisvitolins

1 year ago

I have made tutorial, made my ethereum mining rig to mine monero with 4 R9380 with
speed 2130 H/s hope this helps to somebody:)  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-
8Kgt0PBfHE

shayanumer16

1 year ago

does this work with gpu of Intel HD graphics 5500????

armyman
1 year ago

I have downloaded the zip file, but after scanning it with AVG it says there is a trojan horse
inside lol

CPU version

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nediaokc

1 year ago

How do I get the Monero after I mine it?

slipperyicarus13

1 year ago

Hey, this is what I keep seeing guys?? what am I doing wrong with it? (Mining with wolfs AMD)

C:\Users\Jacob Benoist\Downloads\wolf-xmr-miner-0.2>miner xmr.conf

[10:18:11] Parsed pool URL: xmr.poolto.be
[10:18:12] Successfully connected to pool's stratum.
[10:18:12] Request: {"method": "login", "params": {"login":
"438gFWUiHY68N4MUMWbgUGXyqGC47eqq65TbiTy4MyL4Fm7aRYHKPBM9aGyNbmeqWvL
MC4aUsifgS719Shg38KKa8TZaXG7", "pass": "x", "agent": "wolf-xmr-miner/0.1"}, "id": 1}

[10:18:12] Got something: {"id":1,"jsonrpc":"2.0","error":null,"result":

{"id":"397285107569769","job":
{"blob":"0203e48aacbe05441ae40dbbbf222397757e42037bfb0fac637d6b0794549cec4773c0
fce43b3f00000000d94d38fcd083d4adff53a7ca35e7d140fa44d4a1ad85dedce698dcff40e7fa3
607","job_id":"721847803471610","target":"711b0d00"},"status":"OK"}}

[10:18:17] Build Log:

[10:18:21] Error -63 when calling clEnqueueNDRangeKernel for kernel 3.

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l.donath97

1 year ago

The option "Open command Windows here" just don't appears!!

Why that, need some help pls...
Thanks in advance!

slugmandrew

1 year ago

I try to download the cpu miner but windows defender stops me as it says it has a virus

matbott

1 year ago

Can i know the best HW setup for mining Monero? Thanks

mepand

1 year ago

I tried the first option first on windows 10 laptop and then on a windows 7 laptop. both
times i entered the info as instructed, and pressed 'enter.' but nothing happened. The
original command prompt remained. 
This is what I entered: minerd -a cryptonight -o stratum+tcp://monerohash.com:3333 -u
XXXXXXX -p x
mi7676

1 year ago

Windows 10, to run miner, system error: msvcr100.dll no found. Istall MS C++ 2015. Help To
use miner ccminer-cryptonight_20140926

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347DCB0

1 year ago

Nvidia GTX 880M at 190 h/s

Shouldnt it be higher?

OldBird

1 year ago

For windows 10 to get the extra options you need to hold shift+right mousekey instead of
ctrl + right mousekey

mhezkial

1 year ago

[2016-08-25 15:28:17] Unable to query number of CUDA devices! Is an nVidia driver

installed?
This what i get although i have NVIDIA GeForce GT 740 installed and the driver installed also.
So what is the problem? and how i can solve it?
Thanks in advance
charltanner

1 year ago

I keep getting the error "ccminer: Heavycoin hash requires block reward vote parameter (see
--vote)"

bcramr41006

1 year ago

Okay but i have 5 sapphire r9 270x viperx editions. Is it going to be better to mine xmr then
eth? I wanna find something i can mine but not use more electricity then i make.

ZeroCool86

1 year ago

Perfect timing for this guide, well done Charlie and Kanopt!