[CryptoNight] CPU mining guide & coins that will get you a return

[smoolae]

Also, you can try to mine QWERTYcoin with CPU. Should give a pretty good amount of coins per day (with my 4kH GPU rig I can get 2mil +per day).
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2881418.0

Thanks for the input, will look into it and add it on the first post

Nice to hear that!
Official pool https://qwertycoin.site/

[Wxrhino]

WINDOWS INSTRUCTIONS FOR XMR_STAK

Download XMR-Stak from https://github.com/fireice-uk/xmr-stak/releases note this is for 64bit only

Extract to a folder of your choice, at this point there is no config file for you to change as xmr-stak will create it for you based on your system. So now run
the xmr-stak application, you'll be asked a number of questions as below :-

Currency: 'monero' or 'aeon': Enter  monero
Pool address: Enter the mining pool address and port number for example mining.pool.com:3333
Username (wallet address or pool login): Enter your wallet address
Password (mostly empty or x): Enter x
Does this pool port support TLS/SSL? Use no if unknown. (y/n): Enter n
Do you want to use nicehash on this pool? (y/n): Enter n
Do you want to use multiple pools? (y/n): Enter n

At this point XMR-Stak will start to run, please note you'll only be asked the above questions the first time you run it. There is a 2% dev donation fee for using this software

Now you'll have not one but Two config files created for you in the extracted folder.

The first "config.json" is where you can change your pool address and wallet address when you want too change pools etc (dont forget to change your wallet address is mining a different coin)
 
The second is called "cpu.json" this was created by xmr-stak based on its default settings for your own CPU, you can change these settings if you wish but there is
far too much to explain in a simple setup guide as there are far too many different CPU's out there. So have a google if you want to understand and change these settings but in
all fairness the default settings tend to work fine.

Great guide! I though you would create your own thread with it and I will link to it. Will link to this post then

Also, you can try to mine QWERTYcoin with CPU. Should give a pretty good amount of coins per day (with my 4kH GPU rig I can get 2mil +per day).
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2881418.0

Thanks for the input, will look into it and add it on the first post

Great post.

However, anyone have experience mining via MAC? I would like to start with my personal computer as a learning experience before moving up in then world of mining.

If you would like to to use a MAC for mining and XMRig as your mining software, it's even simpler, you just need to use homebrew.
Just go to: http://www.brewformulas.org/Xmrig for instructions.

Please let me know if you need any help.

Hi Guys,

I'm mining in a pool of tomos and I get mutch more BTC than this altcoin, for exemple in a week Mining ETn with 120h/S I'm doing 23 ETN arround 0.77$ with tomos I'm doing more or less 2$ by week.
please check here: https://[Suspicious link removed]/whCpEy

Yes but let's say next month ETN will increase in value and your 23 ETN will be worth $20.
What you already mined and have in BTC will still be worth about $2 or maybe $4 if BTC doubles (which I doubt).

I definitely need a little help. I have homebrew set up and downloaded the TRTL wallet and everything but got stuck when setting up xmr-stak on MAC.


On a side note, everything I'm reading shuns mining on a MAC/personal computer and states that it will destroy my machine. I'm really only going to mine for a few hours a day to start and really to learn the programming aspect of it before committing to build my own miner. Is this really the case?

[yougoyoukay]

what about Digibyte ? any good to mine with CPU ?

[Old_Timer]

shouldn't monero have changed algorythm by now?

[Piston_82]

What do you think about x11?

[Bhaal1]

shouldn't monero have changed algorythm by now?

In eleven days:
http://xmr.noctism.com/

[vlad230]

What do you think about x11?

This thread is only about CryptoNight.

what about Digibyte ? any good to mine with CPU ?

I'm not familiar with that. Do you have more info on it? Like an announcement thread?

[vlad230]

I've made an update to the number of tokens you will receive

Also, I've added Stellite Coin (XTL) - you will get ~700 tokens/day.

Happy mining

Nice to hear that!
Official pool https://qwertycoin.site/

Will add QWERTY Coin later on

[vlad230]

Added Qwerty Coin to the main post

Qwerty Coin (QWC) - you will get ~90,000 tokens/day

The difficulty seems to be very very low so this is the perfect time to mine this coin.

[WillWorkForFood]

im trying to use qwertycoin.site for mining but it's not producing any coins.. anyone else having the issue?
EDIT : Don't worry it just takes a really long time to start to come in.

[smoolae]

im trying to use qwertycoin.site for mining but it's not producing any coins.. anyone else having the issue?
EDIT : Don't worry it just takes a really long time to start to come in.

Be patient with mining QWERTY, it takes 60 blocks to mature. Plus, there seem to be some problems with it rn but the devs are already fixing them

[vlad230]

im trying to use qwertycoin.site for mining but it's not producing any coins.. anyone else having the issue?
EDIT : Don't worry it just takes a really long time to start to come in.

Be patient with mining QWERTY, it takes 60 blocks to mature. Plus, there seem to be some problems with it rn but the devs are already fixing them

Yes, they've done a hard fork for QWC yesterday and reset the pool. Don't forget to update your wallets.

Here's the post where it was confirmed: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2881418.msg33600115#msg33600115

EDIT: Forgot to mention that I have been paid in the mean time so, everything works again

[vlad230]

I have added in another coin that is worthwhile for mining with your CPU: CREPCOIN (CREP). This coin will bring you about 27 CREP per day using an average CPU that has an estimated hash rate of about 150h/s

I would recommend using this pool to mine CREP: crep.miner.rocks

Happy mining

[dx_twisted]

I have been waiting for this, a very comprehensive and detailed guide for newbie miners who just can't afford to buy those very expensive GPU's and ASICS. By the way, I've heard that Cryptonight algorithm coins can also be mine using GPU, is it true? I'm planning to set up a rig and target mining XMR then will be followed by ETN and BCN given that it should work also with GPU.

[vlad230]

I have been waiting for this, a very comprehensive and detailed guide for newbie miners who just can't afford to buy those very expensive GPU's and ASICS. By the way, I've heard that Cryptonight algorithm coins can also be mine using GPU, is it true? I'm planning to set up a rig and target mining XMR then will be followed by ETN and BCN given that it should work also with GPU.

I'm glad people are still finding it useful I've been updating this list for a couple of months now and have also mined the listed coins with my CPU to make sure everything is working fine.

Yes, CryptoNight coins are mainly designed to be mined with CPU & GPU. Some ASICs were recently launched but some of the coins already forked to be ASIC resistant (to block ASICs from mined them).

If you're new to mining, I would recommend mining with your CPU first, to better understand what's it all about, and after that make an investment and buy GPUs (if you can find them at a good price).

[MATTX]

can you add progress updates of the coins listed.

[vlad230]

can you add progress updates of the coins listed.

What exactly do you mean by 'progress updates'?

Are you by any chance referring to updating the number of tokens you can get per day while the difficulty increases over time? If that's what you mean, then I'm doing it from time to time
I also do post here when I update something on the main post.

[CryptoFrancoQc]

For fun, I started mining XTL on a very old computer (Phenom II X4 945 - 3.0Ghz) and I get an average of 50 H/s with xmrig, which gets me nowhere near the 700 tokens per day that you said you get at 100-150 H/s. I use the community pool and so far I mined about 50 XTL. Is there something I am missing?

[Tidsdilatation]

How are most of these coins holding up to the new CryptoNight ASICs that has been hitting the market? Unless they fork (as Monero) mining with a CPU should give negative value since the difficulty should skyrocket?

[dx_twisted]

I'm glad people are still finding it useful I've been updating this list for a couple of months now and have also mined the listed coins with my CPU to make sure everything is working fine.

Your work is really been appreciated and I do hope that you won't get tired updating this thread. Actually, I was thinking of creating the same post but due to my busy schedule, I just couldn't find the time. Anyways, just keep it up!

If you're new to mining, I would recommend mining with your CPU first, to better understand what's it all about, and after that make an investment and buy GPUs (if you can find them at a good price).

I'm not really new into mining, I have tried several computers and laptops before just to see how it really works. I already read a lot of stuffs even those who are pessimistic that CPU mining is dead. In fact, CPU mining is still profitable if you just mine the right coin, given that you hold it and its value surge up later.

I will make your thread as a reference for my mining guide as most of the coins that I target were mostly Cryptonight, let me find my time to do this as I'm still full of errands to do.

This year, I'm saving up to invest into mining that's why I asked if they can also be mined by GPU. My only problem is the scarcity of it, such as 1080's and Vega's, there are available ones but the price is very expensive.

Once I got into it, I will definitely come back on this thread and will share stuffs that can support your guide.