[POOL / GUIDE] Cortex Protocol ($CTX) - RandomX rx/0 CPU Mining | 100% Fair Laun

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⚡ CORTEX PROTOCOL ($CTX) — OFFICIAL CPU MINING GUIDE & STRATUM POOL ⚡
Native RandomX (rx/0) • High-Performance Stratum TCP • VarDiff Enabled • 100% Fair Launch

Hello Miners,

Cortex Protocol ($CTX) is a Layer-1 Proof-of-Work blockchain built with native RandomX (rx/0) consensus, designed as the state and persistent memory layer for autonomous AI agents.

We are currently running our Public Incentivized Testnet 1.0 (Passed Block #11,400+ with over 81,000 transactions).

🎁 Miner Incentive Allocation:

• 70% of the Genesis Bootstrap Pool (147,000 $CTX) is reserved for active hardware CPU miners.
  
• All testnet tokens ($tCTX) accumulated via pool mining are convertible to Mainnet Genesis tokens upon genesis cut.
• Real-time tracking and conversion simulator available on our on-chain Leaderboard.

1. Pool Connection Details

• Algorithm: RandomX (rx/0)
  
• Stratum Host: 141.145.223.211
  
• Stratum Port: 3333
  
• Full Stratum URL: stratum+tcp://141.145.223.211:3333
  
• Pool Fee: 1% (PPLNS automatic on-chain block settlement)
  
• Difficulty Target: Calibrated Monero LE target with dynamic VarDiff (1,000 to 50,000 diff)
  
• Hardware Supported: Any multi-core AMD Ryzen, EPYC, Intel Core, or Xeon CPU.
  

2. Quick Start Configurations

A. XMRig (Linux / Windows CLI):

Code:

xmrig -o stratum+tcp://141.145.223.211:3333 -u YOUR_CORTEX_ADDRESS.worker1 -p x -a rx/0

Note: Replace YOUR_CORTEX_ADDRESS with your ctx1... address (generate one on the explorer or via node CLI).

B. HiveOS Custom Flight Sheet:

• Coin: CTX (or create custom coin CTX)
  
• Wallet: Your Cortex address (ctx1...)
  
• Pool: Configure in miner
  
• Miner: XMRig-new
  
• Miner Configuration (Setup Miner Config):
    - Hash algorithm: randomx
    - Pool URL: 141.145.223.211:3333
    - Pass: x
    - Extra config arguments: "rx":
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  C. SRBMiner-MULTI:
  
  Code:

  SRBMiner-MULTI.exe --algorithm randomx --pool 141.145.223.211:3333 --wallet YOUR_CORTEX_ADDRESS.worker1 --password x
  

  
  
  3. Community Hardware Benchmarks (Real Live Numbers)
  
  Our community rigs have been stress-testing the VarDiff bridge with zero stale shares:
  
  • AMD Ryzen 9 7950X (32T @ 4.7 GHz): ~20,430 H/s (VarDiff 50,000, 100% accepted)
    
  • AMD Ryzen 7 5800X / 5700X: ~7,200 - 8,500 H/s
    
  • AMD Ryzen 5 3600 / 5600: ~4,100 - 5,200 H/s
    
  • Intel Core i9-13900K / 14900K: ~14,000 - 16,500 H/s
    
  
  4. Live Network & Ecosystem Links
  
  
  • Official Portal & Web Explorer: https://cortex-protocol.xyz
    
  • Live Pool Stats API: https://cortex-protocol.xyz/api/pool/stats
    
  • GitHub Repository: https://github.com/cortex-protocol/cortex-protocol
    
  • Official Discord (Miner Support): https://discord.gg/WK7tYSse2
    
  Feel free to post your hardware specs, hashrates, and worker questions below. Happy mining!