Azure Free Credits for Mining Monero/Other CN-Coins. Super-Easy&Super-Profitable

[AzureCloudMiningScript]

how many hash you got for $150

With the 150$ monthly credit from a MSDN-Enterprise-subscription you'll get around 8kH/s mining Monero, which will net you (at the time of writing) around 15$ in crypto-currency per Month.
I like to view this as my retirement fund. I'm doing this long-term, so even a little amount will accumulate to a sizable sum after some time. Also, i expect the exchange-rate for crypto to be _way_ higher by the time i retire...

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[khiron]

thanks dude. it worked very well for me.

[buraz11]

do you think it would be wise to run randomx or veruscoin on these? Could you do a script for those?

[AzureCloudMiningScript]

do you think it would be wise to run randomx or veruscoin on these? Could you do a script for those?

Basically since i started doing this some years ago Monero (i.e. randomX) has been the best option for mining with azure. I just skimmed over the homepage of veruscoin and it seems to focus on similar qualities like monero (privacy, cpu-friendliness). However, Monero is matured and much bigger than veruscoin - so until that changes i will recommend mining Monero (and i will mine it myself, too).

I searched a bit on the internet and i found this post:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5210557.0
-> This guy assumes that the FPGA-people will also try to create a FPGA-miner for Verushash 2.1, which will make CPU-mining unprofitable again - do you have any more information about this?

[buraz11]

i think verus is on 2.2 already and they have been keen on staying asic resistant, even gpu resistant

[AzureCloudMiningScript]

i think verus is on 2.2 already and they have been keen on staying asic resistant, even gpu resistant

Ok,  but is there any reason to think that verus will surpass e.g. Monero anytime soon in popularity? I'm sorry for asking like this - when i started out i tried to adapt my script to different currencies. Looking back, i feel that the effort was in vain because in fact only mining monero is worthwhile.

[AzureCloudMiningScript]

helo btw big thanks for your thread! im just ask why the vm size that you choose must standard f2? how about i change to other vm which have higher price (at least choose the price according to the credit obtained)
and what is difference between dedicated and low priority nodes? cz i fill it with dedicated 3 and low priority 3. my credit free is 200$

First off: please don't use the free credits from trial accounts. You'll need a MSDN-subscription to do any reasonable mining.
My script includes a autotune-feature: if the VM is instantiated on a physical CPU where a lot of neighboring VMs are idle, the script can use the CPU's cache more intensively, resulting in a better hashrate. If you use a VM with many cores, your chances of having neighboring, idle VMs is less (since there are less cores for neighboring VMs available). That's why the F2-type works best (if you get different results, of course i'd love to hear more about it).

The difference between dedicated and low priority-nodes is that the low-priority-nodes are a lot cheaper (low-priority-nodes may be restarted by azure at any time, however, for our mining-application this does not matter).

Since you want to burn your 200$ as fast as possible (i assume you are using a trial account), you should create as many vms as possible. A pool with 10 low priority F2 VMs (20 cores) will consume about 150$ per month, so you'll need more than that. You'll probably have to request a quota increase from the azure-support.

[dev1st]

First off: please don't use the free credits from trial accounts. You'll need a MSDN-subscription to do any reasonable mining.
My script includes a autotune-feature: if the VM is instantiated on a physical CPU where a lot of neighboring VMs are idle, the script can use the CPU's cache more intensively, resulting in a better hashrate. If you use a VM with many cores, your chances of having neighboring, idle VMs is less (since there are less cores for neighboring VMs available). That's why the F2-type works best (if you get different results, of course i'd love to hear more about it).

The difference between dedicated and low priority-nodes is that the low-priority-nodes are a lot cheaper (low-priority-nodes may be restarted by azure at any time, however, for our mining-application this does not matter).

Since you want to burn your 200$ as fast as possible (i assume you are using a trial account), you should create as many vms as possible. A pool with 10 low priority F2 VMs (20 cores) will consume about 150$ per month, so you'll need more than that. You'll probably have to request a quota increase from the azure-support.

 whoaa i think free credit from trial beside MSDN-subs is the same way to do that.. but is still work?

ok ill try to set a 10 low priority

[AzureCloudMiningScript]

 whoaa i think free credit from trial beside MSDN-subs is the same way to do that.. but is still work?

Yes, in principle it works the same. However, azure is very quick to ban people who are using the free credits from trial-accounts. Also, what will you do after the trial runs out? There's just no long term perspective.
What i mean to say is: Just having fun with a single trial account is probably OK. But if you find yourself planning to sign up for more and more trial-accounts just to abuse the free credits, you are going too far.

[dev1st]

 whoaa i think free credit from trial beside MSDN-subs is the same way to do that.. but is still work?

But if you find yourself planning to sign up for more and more trial-accounts just to abuse the free credits, you are going too far.

yes, i think thats the point. thanks dude

[khiron]

XMRig v6.3.0 added support for Intel's cache allocation technology. So i think this is good thing. Do I need to do anything as someone using this script?

[AzureCloudMiningScript]

XMRig v6.3.0 added support for Intel's cache allocation technology. So i think this is good thing. Do I need to do anything as someone using this script?

Are you talking about this?
RandomX: added cache QoS support #1774
https://github.com/xmrig/xmrig/pull/1774
XMRig v6.3.0 added new experimental feature (cache QoS)
https://www.reddit.com/r/MoneroMining/comments/hsscux/xmrig_v630_added_new_experimental_feature_cache/

I'm currently testing the new version. So far i could not see any significant change - I'll post here when i update the script for the new version. The change will be automatic, i.e. you won't have to do anything (but like i said, don't expect a higher hashrate).

[khiron]

Yep. But nothing remarkable. Thanks for your interest.

[juflo]

Low priority cores are deprecated, and will totally disappear soon.
Spot VMs will replace them, but are not available for batch ATM.

[mafia]

Low priority cores are deprecated, and will totally disappear soon.
Spot VMs will replace them, but are not available for batch ATM.

oh no! Will this script cease to exist when this happens?

[mafia]

Since around two weeks the hashrate results (at supportxmr) are very unstable and have a much lower result overall (around 70% compared to before). Do others also experienced this? Is this due to something changed or wrong in the scripts? Or has Microsoft something changed on Azure (for Low Priority VM's)? Or maybe something is changed at SupportXMR?

Are others experiencing the same? Or someone have an explenation or fix?

I also got the same. I am only getting around 30% of the XMR I normally get. I suspect more people are mining Monero now

[Bitbtc8]

Anything cloud mining isn't genuine, if any still pays today the profit will be in pennies anyway, also there are scam cloud mining out there be careful, it's safer to spend the money on mining rigs and start making money yourself

[mafia]

I get around 0.1 XMR using $50 Azure Credit. It adds up

[ez2002]

I get around 0.1 XMR using $50 Azure Credit. It adds up

can you share your setup?
I can only get around 0.1 XMR using the $150 Azure credit.

[mafia]

I use the instructions on the 1st post. However, I have a limit of 100 low priority cores and I use all my credit up in about 2/3 days. I remember I earned a lot less when I tried to make the credit stretch over 30 days (it was a while ago)