Altcoin Mining Guide

[BTC_Universe]

To mine on a Mac you will need MacMiner: http://macminer.fabulouspanda.com/
MacMiner can mine all SHA-256 coins and all Scrypt coins.
NOTE: MINING ON A MAC IS VERY STRESSING FOR THE COMPUTER, I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE IF IT DIES

To mine on a Windows you will need GUIMiner for  Bitcoin and GUIMiner-Scrypt for Altcoins: https://guiminer.org/ and https://guiminer.org/guiminer-scrypt.html
GUIMiner supports all CPUs.
If you do not have a AMD or NVIDIA GPU you will need MultiMiner: http://www.multiminerapp.com/ (this can also be used if you have a AMD or NVIDIA GPU.)

You will then need to find a mining pool, below are mining pools I recommend

Bitcoin: https://slushpool.com/home/
Litecoin: https://www.litecoinpool.org/
Dogecoin: https://aikapool.com/doge/index.php
Monero: https://moneropool.com/
Peercoin: https://peercoin.ecoining.com/
Zcash mining pool: https://zcash.nicehash.com/
Ethereum mining pool: http://ethpool.org/
Dash mining pool: https://dash.suprnova.cc/
Gridcoin mining pool: http://pool.gridcoin.co/

After that, you will need to configure your miner

To configure MacMiner click on the cog button that says "General" underneath it, select the coin you want to mine and input the details the pool gives you once you sign up and create a worker. After that, click "save" and "start".

NOTE: For some Windows graphics cards you may need to install OpenCL, search on google how to do this for your graphics card as it is different for each graphics card.

GUIMiner and GUIMiner-scrypt will open to a screen that asks you to put in the pool details, select coin (if you are using GUIMiner-scrypt) and put in your worker details. It will also ask you to select graphics card / CPU you want to use for mining. Once you have filled in these settings, you can click "Start Mining!".

Good luck with your mining!

[vanillarod]

Try with Monero Mining at https://www.coinimp.com. Easy to set the same locally as embedded. We need to promote such sites in the forum so community is up to date

[EthanB]

Your mining guide is by no means complete, but it does seem like you at least put a decent amount of effort into it. You say that you "Need" this and "need that", but in reality there are many reasonable alternatives that will give you just as much if not more versatility and profit. You mention a nicehash pool for zcash, but then do not suggest NiceHash miner anywhere in your guide; this has me wondering why.

Also, starting your mining guide with "To mine on a Mac" is a bit naive if you ask me, because most miners are not running Mac, unless I'm way out of the loop. You do not mention SMOS or Linux anywhere in your post either, so I would say that it needs work at the very least.

[socks435]

There are many guides here that you can follow and you are here in the right path and section.
Check this guide for mining monero https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2126975.0
Also, you check this guide https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2088803.0
So that you have an idea on how to build a mining rig.

[butka]

Your post is somewhat misleading. There is no meaningful way to mine Bitcoin by using your personal computer.

Check this bitcointalk post if you have any doubts about that.

There is no way you can mine any other SHA-256 or Scrypt altcoin, like Litecoin, as well. They have all moved to specialized ASIC mining.

Again, mining Bitcoin or Litecoin is impossible on any Mac, Windows PC, or Linux system no matter how strong the CPU or GPU.

You can, however, mine Monero, Zcash, Ethereum, and other altcoins, provided that you have a strong enough GPU.

[butka]

Your post is somewhat misleading. There is no meaningful way to mine Bitcoin by using your personal computer.

Check this bitcointalk post if you have any doubts about that.

There is no way you can mine any other SHA-256 or Scrypt altcoin, like Litecoin, as well. They have all moved to specialized ASIC mining.

Again, mining Bitcoin or Litecoin is impossible on any Mac, Windows PC, or Linux system no matter how strong the CPU or GPU.

You can, however, mine Monero, Zcash, Ethereum, and some other altcoins, provided that you have a strong enough GPU.

[jillscarbrough]

We need to close this matter. The author misleads beginners. It offers to mine Bitcoin on a computer. Information has long been is not relevant. The author needs to read the forum more, not publish the wrong information.

First, This is a one-half year ago post. (November 12, 2016, 05:47:22 AM)

Secondly, OP last active on November 27, 2016, 04:53:34 AM

So, OP wouldn't hear what we said on this thread.