What coin should I 'mine' with my laptops?

[Pearls Before Swine]

Running it as masternode would be the best choice, mining wont going to do it.
You could hunt down coins like JSEcoin and Bittube to mine aside the node.

This was my thought also, and op mentioned staking as well although I rarely visit this section and don't know if discussion of staking is allowed here.  I've just recently gotten very interested in proof of stake coins and while running a masternode would be great, I don't think I could afford enough of any coin to do it.

The only best case scenario I can think of mining with a laptop for a short period of time, is a completely new coin that will moon later on and become very populare. Then maybe it will be worth your while.

After watching dozens of youtube vids about solo mining, I've come to the conclusion that what op is proposing would be a complete waste of time and electricity, and he would probably damage his computer in the process.  Betting on any given altcoin to moon is like buying a lottery ticket, which is usually reserved for those to whom basic mathematics does not come easily.

I think best mining option is to use mining rigs to mine

But even then, the payouts are incredibly small from pools from what I've seen and you would earn nothing by solo mining.  Plus you would still be gambling on the mined coin not dropping in value significantly, which it could very well do.

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[CryptoGirl.y]

The only best case scenario I can think of mining with a laptop for a short period of time, is a completely new coin that will moon later on and become very populare. Then maybe it will be worth your while.

Totally agree with you. The only way out when you have only a laptop for mining is to constantly monitor the release of new coins and try to mine as much as possible at the start, when the coin is not popular and is not worth anything yet.

[Cellerex]

Totally agree with you. The only way out when you have only a laptop for mining is to constantly monitor the release of new coins and try to mine as much as possible at the start, when the coin is not popular and is not worth anything yet.

I agree that the only thing you can earn on a laptop or home computer is on new little-known coins. And then the computer or laptop should be powerful enough. Although I think that this is a meaningless idea. Mining should be done on special equipment, not on home computers.

[matchi2011]

The only best case scenario I can think of mining with a laptop for a short period of time, is a completely new coin that will moon later on and become very populare. Then maybe it will be worth your while.

Totally agree with you. The only way out when you have only a laptop for mining is to constantly monitor the release of new coins and try to mine as much as possible at the start, when the coin is not popular and is not worth anything yet.

If you are really aiming to proceed using your laptop for mining, this options is the best taking the risk hoping that this new coins is like a gem that will
bring you success when things went according to how the dev projects the coins, mining while there's only few miners who's taking also some chances
to that specific coins, cross finger and hope for the best results.

[CryptoGirl.y]

Totally agree with you. The only way out when you have only a laptop for mining is to constantly monitor the release of new coins and try to mine as much as possible at the start, when the coin is not popular and is not worth anything yet.

I agree that the only thing you can earn on a laptop or home computer is on new little-known coins. And then the computer or laptop should be powerful enough. Although I think that this is a meaningless idea. Mining should be done on special equipment, not on home computers.

I'm not talking about millions of profits, mining on a laptop can give initial capital for further development. Buy a videocard with income, then one more, then more ... and so grow into a big owner of mining farms)

[CryptoGirl.y]

Many now well-known coins started with mining at the CPU, for example, Monero, DarkCoin (now DASH), Quark and others. Of the latter, a good profit was given Verium, Raven.

[DeathProxy]

Minning bitcoin can be slow and time consuming with little profit.  So i will advice that you look into minning altcoin that are undervalued, where you can mine large quantity with less stress

[robelneo]

Hello,

I have two laptops with good specs eating dust. I thought to set them to work as nodes or miners or something like that. See if it's worthwhile.

The specs of my best laptop are i7, 16 GB RAM, 1.xx GHz, Windows 10. The other is a 4GB RAM laptop. I think it's i5, but I don't know the exact specs from the top of my head.

I'm a newbie in staking and mining and I don't want to install Ubuntu or Linux. I'm not an IT guy.

It can be leading or non-leading coins. That doesn't matter.

Does anyone have tips and suggestions about where to start and what to mine?

Thanks in advance.

You can try mining BANANO https://bananominer.com/ this is a fork of NANO or MRAI and it's already in the market
https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/banano you can mine using FOLDING AT HOME where you canEarn BANANO by contributing to medical research.

If Nano reaches $32 I don't see any reason why this coin will not reach all-time high, so mine while it is cheap.

[Ailmand]

I think mining with laptops isn't advisable since it would mine too slow and might consume more than what you could earn. You might just waste your time and energy because it will take time for you to earn through that. However, if you're eager to mine, you could look for minable altcoins but I'm sure that they are non-valued coins so I'm not sure if it's worth it.

[edmundduke]

Not really worth it to be honest. Maybe if another HDD mining coin comes, then maybe but its really not worth burning the laptop as you will not gain anything from it. If the laptops are lying around you might make more money by just selling them lol

[Darkoth89]

Even you have good specs of your laptops still better to mine using gpu don't risk your laptops to it as your laptop will only end to not functioning well and will never use it again.

But OP was asking what he could mine with the laptops he already has (and isn't using). If he has to spend money to buy GPUs to mine, this whole discussion here makes no sense.

[profitgenerator212]

Hello,

I have two laptops with good specs eating dust. I thought to set them to work as nodes or miners or something like that. See if it's worthwhile.

The specs of my best laptop are i7, 16 GB RAM, 1.xx GHz, Windows 10. The other is a 4GB RAM laptop. I think it's i5, but I don't know the exact specs from the top of my head.

I'm a newbie in staking and mining and I don't want to install Ubuntu or Linux. I'm not an IT guy.

It can be leading or non-leading coins. That doesn't matter.

Does anyone have tips and suggestions about where to start and what to mine?

Thanks in advance.

It is not advisable to mine with laptop.  I have tried before but it doesn't worth it.  I could remember mine about a month and end up with around $4 worth of coins.  I have to quit because after spending some much in energy I was at loses.

You are right. It's a non worthy fruitless venture . It actually fried a friends laptop while mining Monero and co. He is saving up to set up a mining rig which will be installed before quarter three of 2019.

[Esterklu]

The only way you can use laptops is for a staking. So i suggest to pay  attention on PoS coins. It doesn't require a heavy  loading for processor,  the consumption of energy also is relatively low, just like for a regular laptop's work.  But PoS requires a certain amount of coins on your wallet, so you should be ready to buy them.
As for me, i prefer new, non-leading coins. Usually there are more stakes in the beginning, and also new coins have more chance to a price growing.  For example, you may take a look on Veil or MB8. Or, browse this forum for other PoS  coins, there are a lot of them.

[asbak66]

I suggest you to build rig if you want to mine, laptop isn't good to mine and it can harm your laptop.
From what I know build rig isn't cheap, but if you really want to start mine it's worth to try if you have the money

[corrado25]

if you want to mine something on your CPU then it's better for you to look for new coins for mining. New coins are good for the CPU. The characteristics of your GPU I have not seen. Another option is this POS mining.For this you need to simply install wallet coins and this wallet will bring a large amount of coins that you are going to mining.Your laptops must always be included.

[nightl]

The best way to make money on mining on a laptop is to sell a laptop, buy a mining farm
either just buy tokens on exchange

[Lizzylove1]

I really don't think mining with laptop is economical besides it will end up damaging the CPU of the laptop. I understand electroneum was been mined by phones, but at the long run, it wasn't economical.

[fortunecrypto]

Hello,

I have two laptops with good specs eating dust. I thought to set them to work as nodes or miners or something like that. See if it's worthwhile.

The specs of my best laptop are i7, 16 GB RAM, 1.xx GHz, Windows 10. The other is a 4GB RAM laptop. I think it's i5, but I don't know the exact specs from the top of my head.

I'm a newbie in staking and mining and I don't want to install Ubuntu or Linux. I'm not an IT guy.

It can be leading or non-leading coins. That doesn't matter.

Does anyone have tips and suggestions about where to start and what to mine?

Thanks in advance.

I highly recommend mining coins that are already in the market and easy to mine, yes you can mine these coins using your browser or through folding@home .

These two coins are https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/banano and https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/jsecoin/

You can mine even if you have a lower spec because they are browser base

[naska21]

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The specs of my best laptop are i7, 16 GB RAM, 1.xx GHz, Windows 10.

If I had notebook like yours I would draw attention to Veil,  namely, the possibility of POS minting. As for today with 13K coins in the wallet you could get as many as 50 coins per day (~ $20), the  passive income which is not bad as for me.

[stomachgrowls]

Hello,

I have two laptops with good specs eating dust. I thought to set them to work as nodes or miners or something like that. See if it's worthwhile.

The specs of my best laptop are i7, 16 GB RAM, 1.xx GHz, Windows 10. The other is a 4GB RAM laptop. I think it's i5, but I don't know the exact specs from the top of my head.

I'm a newbie in staking and mining and I don't want to install Ubuntu or Linux. I'm not an IT guy.

It can be leading or non-leading coins. That doesn't matter.

Does anyone have tips and suggestions about where to start and what to mine?

Thanks in advance.

You can try mining BANANO https://bananominer.com/ this is a fork of NANO or MRAI and it's already in the market
https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/banano you can mine using FOLDING AT HOME where you canEarn BANANO by contributing to medical research.

If Nano reaches $32 I don't see any reason why this coin will not reach all-time high, so mine while it is cheap.

Not a worthy thing to spend on even if this is just a browser mining but wont really be worth for it to run on background. I tested it out and give out 7000-8000 BAN per day @$0.00193676
Checked on that Coingecko current price which is roughly $13 but well this amount wont really be that big but for those people who do like to earn some pennies then this suggestion
would be a considerable thing but take note that this uses up 60-70% of your cpu power.