CPU mining 2017?

Hi,

ist there a coin profitable to mine with cpu?

Thanks

Probably monero... Which CPU you have?

I have a low-end laptop right now. I have an Acer Aspire ES1-431 Laptop with 2GB memory Windows 10. I am not really tech savvy but I think its worth the shot.

Quote from: Ctstrphy on May 01, 2017, 04:49:59 PM

I have a low-end laptop right now. I have an Acer Aspire ES1-431 Laptop with 2GB memory Windows 10. I am not really tech savvy but I think its worth the shot.

Even with free electricity, you're wasting your time. The only chance you have of making any profit is from long term appreciation. In which case trading would be more effective than trying to mine with with a low end cpu and competing against the hash from GPU's, ASICS and botnets.

Currently, the best one seems to be Aeon (2x to 4x higher hashrates when mining Aeon compared to mining Monero due to the cryptolight algorithm). You can still mine Monero and other cryptonotes, it's still profitable even with the power-hungry FX series.

It's also possible that I've overlooked some golden nugget for CPU mining, I'm curious what others might have to say.

Well, comparing it to claiming on BTC faucets, is it worth it? I have traded and lost about 200k sats and don't want to dive again until I learn trading. I have tried gambling too and I lost everything I won.

I have a Intel i7-3770 CPU @ 3,40 GHz (x64) and 16 GB ram

Quote from: andreas911 on May 01, 2017, 07:13:04 PM

I have a Intel i7-3770 CPU @ 3,40 GHz (x64) and 16 GB ram

I'm going to guess that you would get around 250 hashrate in Monero, maybe less. Somewhere close to $120 a year at $0.10/kw/h power costs. Download the Nicehash Miner program and let it run the benchmark for your CPU to find the exact hashrate to expect. www.nicehash.com

VeriumReserve (VRM) is a decent CPU-only mining coin you might want to take a look at. I've been mining it the last couple of weeks. There is a pool and client downloads at http://vrm.poolinat0r.com.

I am not fan of the cpu minning.

Quote from: Ctstrphy on May 01, 2017, 04:49:59 PM

I have a low-end laptop right now. I have an Acer Aspire ES1-431 Laptop with 2GB memory Windows 10. I am not really tech savvy but I think its worth the shot.

So, with a low-end laptop you can't do anything. You have to buy a new rig with ryzen 5 or 7 (depending on your budget) if you want to mine a CPU coin, however amd launched the rx 5xx serie that is only a rebrand of the 4xx, the price of rx 4xx will decrease significantly why don't you consider also GPU mining?

Quote from: andreas911 on May 01, 2017, 04:24:30 PM

Hi,

ist there a coin profitable to mine with cpu?

Thanks

there are only verium and zoin not much else, and i think there is also magi but was delisted recently from poloniex, and without an exchange will die quickly, cpu coin are always very bad and not recommended, but you cna build now a good cpu rig and have some profit, check the verium thread there is a guy with a cpu rig

Quote from: fullzero on May 03, 2017, 01:19:20 AM

I have started cpu mining XMR on my 6x rigs while the GPUs mine ZEC.

Can you say the components and the hash rate?

What's the difference between CPU and GPU mining? I thought it was just ASIC and CPU mining..

Quote from: andreas911 on May 01, 2017, 04:24:30 PM

Hi,

ist there a coin profitable to mine with cpu?

Thanks

i can give you soem coins which are profitable with cpu, but you need many cpu ro cpu rig to mien them with good return, these coins are magi verium, zoin and monero, all the other are not cpu friendly, but be aware of botnet that are plague for this coins and quickly ruin your profit

Quote from: fullzero on May 03, 2017, 03:41:30 PM

Quote from: alex9919 on May 03, 2017, 07:33:37 AM

Quote from: fullzero on May 03, 2017, 01:19:20 AM

I have started cpu mining XMR on my 6x rigs while the GPUs mine ZEC.

Can you say the components and the hash rate?

H81 pro btc R2.0 mobo
G1840 cpu
6x zotac 1070 mini
8gb corsair ram
EVGA GQ-1000 psu
16gb USB key https://www.amazon.com/Lexar-JumpDrive-16GB-Flash-Drive/dp/B00S5V5PMY

29.1 H/s 6 hour average XMR @ nanopool ( at current rates with 10c kwh electric the cpu will generate $16 profit a year, and roi on its own in ~3 years ) Note cpu mining hashrate is all over the place (less frequent shares); so it takes a while to get a good idea of a cpu's average hashrate.

2655.4 Sol/s 6 hour average ZEC @ nanopool ( all 6x cards cc200, mc400, powerlimit 125 on nvOC )

using 880 watts at the wall

Currently only running +cpu on a few of my rigs, but all have been stable for over 24 hours; so I will deploy +cpu mining on all my rigs tonight / tomorrow. I have an i3 on the way to test as well.

If all my rigs are stable with +cpu mining I will add it as an option to the next version of nvOC. Also looking for alternative cpu mined coins to try; if anyone has any recommendations.

Isn't mining counterproductive both with cpu and gpu? I've noticed sometimes that GPU's hashrate decrease if CPU is mining.

Solo-mining low-value, low-difficulty altcoins on an i7... likely to get any coins?

I'd be hoping that if I keep switching and holding on to as many coins as possible, one might take off in value.

Stupid or not?

CPU mining - three approaches:
1. CPU mine a coin the first few week of its existence if no GPU miner exists to mine it. Get in early is key. Monitor the ANN-section for any new coins and consider mining those just launched.
2. If you believe that a coin will go to the moon within the next few months/year then you can mine it with cpu.
3. Find a coin that is cpu-mineable only - like XMG (Magi) - and mine it.
If I were to start cpu mining now, I would mine XMR or BCN with xmr-stak-cpu miner in Linux (with huge pages enabled - this keeps my cpus warm during winter :-)).

Myriad Coin - using the Yescrypt algo is good for cpu right now. I mostly trade to make profits but mine myriad to make up for any loses, if any, i would have in a day. I switch between Aeon and Myriad using two laptops and two tablets with free electricity and can make some good coin.

You can also try Coin Magi, but recently i found it not to be as profitable.

Zcoin - is another coin that is mine-able with cpu. I used to mine this coin about 6 months ago and would get killer profits from it. It is now getting taken over by GPU miners but it can still be mined on CPU.

BitSend - Uses Xevan algo. Isn't as profitable as Aeon or Myriad but can still be mined on a CPU.

Aeon - Uses Cryptonight-light which is faster than the regular cryptonight algo. I like mining Aeon because it seems to never slow down or get taken over by GPU miners. It is always a consistent profit.

GlobalBoostY - another yescrypt coin but i have recently seen a falling out from the community with this coin.

Hope this helps.

Quote from: Drawde on May 02, 2017, 12:16:24 AM

VeriumReserve (VRM) is a decent CPU-only mining coin you might want to take a look at. I've been mining it the last couple of weeks. There is a pool and client downloads at http://vrm.poolinat0r.com.

Will i make anything if i used my AMD X4 860k, i get about 115 hashes on AEON.... using Minergate.
Please tell me, if for VRM i can actually make profit ?
Thank you