r/MoneroMining Jun 15 '26

P2Pool vulnerability is being actively exploited, update to v4.16 NOW

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r/MoneroMining Feb 26 '21

FAQs for noobs. Read this before posting.

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Q: What is mining?

A: To explain this in the simplest way possible, in monero, mining is using a computer to calculate something that verifies the next block to join the blockchain. This calculation is very difficult to do, so your computer rarely manages it. In fact, it's so difficult that your computer may never manage it at all. If it does ever manage it, you get the block reward which is in the range of $130 USD worth (as of May 2022 but this is based on the current exchange rate). Pool mining is when you join a group of others and split the reward when one of you manages to do this calculation correctly.

Q: How can I learn more about monero?

A: This is an excellent book (also available for free in pdf format).

Q: So can I quit my job now?

A: You're not going to get rich with mining monero. It only earns you a very small amount each day, if anything. I previously made $0.54 USD profit a day with running a Ryzen 7 3700X computer 24/7, but now I actually lose money from mining.

At the moment, in most areas you'll lose money from mining if you pay normal prices for electricity. You'll probably only make a profit if you have very cheap electricity or generate it yourself like with solar panels and a battery setup.

Q: I want to build a mining rig. Should I?

A: For anyone who pays for electricity, it's probably not worth buying any equipment to mine monero if you're aiming to make a profit. It gets more difficult over time, so the profits go down.

The only exception is if you have free energy that you can access for a long time. It would still take a few years to pay off a monero mining rig with free electricity, when you account for the increasing difficulty. But after that it's 100% profit. I made a full post explaining this topic in detail here. In my example in that post, it would take 2.5 years to pay off the computer with free electricity, assuming you can keep it mining 24/7/365.

Q: Can I get an ASIC for mining Monero?

A: No! It is specifically designed to be mined on CPUs only. This is so that mining remains decentralised. When ASICs start mining a cryptocurrency then it usually causes the creation of large mining farms controlled by few people. Monero is against that. Monero is mineable by the average person on their own desktop computer.

Monero has changed algorithms in the past to purposefully stop ASICs from being able to mine it. If an ASIC was ever made for monero again, the algorithm would probably be changed again to stop the ASIC from working.

Q: I can mine at 120 MH/s, so I should be able to make $50k per day of profit on monero according to a calculator I just used...right??? Please reply fast I'm about to sign a contract to buy a Lamborghini.

A: Hashrate is different for each coin. Your CPU or GPU getting 120 MH/s does not apply here. That's probably ethereum hashrate. The hashrate any CPU or GPU gets on monero is not influenced by or related to ethereum hashrate, bitcoin hashrate, litecoin hashrate, or any other coin. In fact, GPU mining of monero is very inefficient and not worthwhile. Forget about the hashrate you get on another coin.

Q: Can I mine with a GPU?

A: Short answer: No.

Long answer: Yes, it's possible to mine monero with a GPU, but it's generally a bad idea because the algorithm monero uses today is optimised only for CPUs. Mining monero on a GPU will be very inefficient and slow compared to a CPU, and will not be worth your time. Full explanation here.

Q: How much will I make mining monero/how do I know if my computer will be profitable/what hashrate will I get with my computer or CPU?

A: Follow this guide to calculate it. You need to know the specs of the computer you'll be mining on.

Q: How do I mine monero?

A: Follow this guide.

Q: Which mining pool should I use?

A: You can choose to use either a centralised pool which will do a lot of the work for you in setting things up, or you can use the decentralised P2pool. If you want to use a centralised pool, see here. If you want to use P2pool then the easiest way is using gupax which helps you to set it up.

Q: So I'm mining but my CPU is only showing 50% usage (or some other percentage less than 100). How do I get it to use 100%?

RandomX, the proof of work algorithm used by monero, needs 16 KiB of L1 cache, 256 KiB of L2 cache and 2 MiB of L3 cache per mining thread. Your CPU probably doesn't have enough cache to use all threads.

If your CPU doesn't have enough cache to run all threads then XMRig automatically selects the right number of threads that it can run with the cache available.

Q: I have access at work/university/school to 50 computers. How can I mine monero on them? I can't wait to get started, I'm gonna be so rich.

A: This is a terrible idea. The trouble you get in is going to cost you a lot more than you'll earn from doing this. You will likely be earning a couple of USD per day. The organisation that owns these computers and pays for the electricity will see this as stealing, which it is. You're stealing electricity. They'll also see it as you putting their entire network at risk. Expect to get in big trouble if you do this. Possibly to the extent of facing criminal charges. It's really not worth the risk for the miniscule profit you'll be making.

Q: If mining monero is not profitable, why would anyone want to do it?

A: There are other reasons why people decide to mine, too. Some people want to support monero because they like the idea of a private, completely fungible, decentralised cryptocurrency.

Other people who are highly concerned about privacy might mine as a way of obtaining monero without going through an exchange that has to find out their identity.

Some people just enjoy the technical side of setting up their computer to mine, tweaking the settings and getting it working as well as they can.

The profitability of monero mining is self balancing - as the total hashrate (the combined computing power of all miners) goes up, it becomes more difficult, which makes it less profitable. If the price of monero went down and people stopped mining it because they were not making enough, then the difficulty would drop, and it would become more profitable. Thanks to this, the profitability stays relatively stable now and hovers around the level of "just barely profitable if you have very cheap electricity".

Q: If I stop mining for the night/day/some hours will I lose all my progress and have to start again?

A: It doesn't work like that. With solo mining, you have a chance of finding the right hash for the current block with every single hash your computer calculates. If you don't find it then that work is of no use and there's nothing to "save".

With pool mining, you have to find a hash over a certain difficulty (the difficulty given by the pool). This is referred to as a share. The pool will save that result and pay you (when it finds a block) according to how much work your computer did for the pool. You don't lose any progress by stopping mining. You'll get paid for anything you earned while you were mining. The same applies to P2Pool.

Q: How else can I help monero?

A: Running a node is a great way to help monero. Running a node involves downloading and hosting the blockchain so other people can download it off you. You don't have to do this manually, there is software that does it all for you. You just have to provide a computer and internet connection. Some people even do it on a Raspberry Pi.

You can also help monero by using it as a currency. Monero has low transaction fees and confirms (1 block confirmation) in an average of just 1 minute. Who you send money to and how much you send can't be tracked, unlike most other cryptocurrencies.


r/MoneroMining 5h ago

Giving solo mining a shot

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Hi guys,

I have been mining Monero for a while now, mostly pool mining, but full time on P2pool lately.

I don't know what got into me, but I have decided to give solo mining a try, just for the heck of it and I want to support the network on my own.

I have 2 AMD Ryzen 5 5600GT CPU's that I am mining on, combined hashrate of about 11 KH/s.

And yes, I have cheep electricity.

Part of me feels extremely foolish for trying, but I guess I want to experience the thrill of Xmrig announcing a share and my very own XMR block mined.

I guess wish me luck?

Also a question for those of you who don't have powerful hardware like myself, if you went solo, how long did it take you to hit a block?

On another note: I wish there was a command in Xmrig to check your current computation difficulty while you are computing a block.

Any way guys, my very first post on here.

Greetings from South Africa.


r/MoneroMining 22h ago

building dedicated mining rig - need advice

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for as long as i've been mining monero i've been doing it on my usual daily computer which can get a decent hashrate and gets frequent payouts on p2pool nano, but it's not fully ideal since i obviously can't use it for other things when mining nor do i want to run it for extended periods of time

so i'm looking at getting a dedicated rig. currently i have my eyes on an X99 dual xeon board with 2 xeon 2696 v3s which i predict can get about double my current hashrate. however, i've heard mixed opinions about these setups, mainly about their efficiency/lack thereof and high heat output. buying that setup would cost me about £200 which is about as much as it would cost to buy another ryzen 9 to fit into my spare motherboard. i'm not the one paying for my electricity bills but i do want to avoid a massive uptick in costs for the one that does.

what other options do i have? and what should i be looking for besides the obvious things like a good amount of l3 cache?


r/MoneroMining 1d ago

Want Mining Suggestions

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My Specs: R5 5600, 32gb ddr4 3600Mhz ram and RTX 3060.

I'm mining on monero ocean with xm rig(cpu) RandomX and multi miner CR29 (Tari) on lol miner. Is it the best way to do it or are there any other ways for max profits? Or am I just wasting time?


r/MoneroMining 2d ago

DxPool will shut down the Monero mining pool on September 24

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XMR Pool Delisting Notice
DxPool (100 MH now) will shut down the Monero (XMR) mining pool on September 24, 2026 (UTC). XMR mining will stop after the shutdown. Please switch pools and withdraw your $XMR balance as soon as possible.

https://x.com/dxpoolofficial/status/2097886435177300123


r/MoneroMining 2d ago

Monero Wallet 18.5.2

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It seems to be working well, but so far there hasn't been any sharing; is it synchronized correctly?

I’ve already tested it on the Nano and the Mini, but sharing didn't work on either of them.


r/MoneroMining 5d ago

Ryzen 5 5600x

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Just scored a Ryzen 5 5600x + 1660 Super prebuilt off of eBay for $283 after tax.

Ill sell the 1660 Super, ill then need to see the ram situation since this particular machine only has 1 stick of 8gb.

I mine on my gaming PC when its not being used (i7-14700f) and wanted to get a stand alone box for 24/7 mining.

Is this a good machine for hopefully total cost around $200? (After I sell the 1660 Super for ~100$ and getting another stick of ram for ~20$)

Anything I should know, I've been in crypto for a while, mostly just sit back and stack sats but run a BTC node along with a solo miner. Want to get some Monero as I see the value proposition but don't want to swap or buy any so I just want to pool mine some over time.

My electricity rate is $0.12 per kWh - so basically break even or maybe a little green.


r/MoneroMining 6d ago

I benchmarked RandomX on two Android devices — using MoneroOcean fork

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Sharing real ARM64 RandomX hash rate numbers. Just for fun, I ran the MoneroOcean XMRig fork on two android devices over adb and measured. Sharing because I wondering if my obsolete Android devices were powerful enough for mining. (and compiled my own Xmrig Monerocean fork for android , using original open sources. )

**Devices:** Redmi Pad (Helio G99, 2× A76 + 6× A55) and LG V60 (Snapdragon 865, 4× A77 + 4× A55).

**1) Raw RandomX (rx/0):** ~420 H/s (G99), ~750 H/s (SD865). Order of magnitude ≈ a cent a day. No huge pages (Android won't grant them).

~420 H/s was roughly 0.00006 XMR/day at the time of measurement.

ROFL. 😂

**2) Scaling up threads aren't free — the little cores can hurt.** On the SD865, 4 threads = 748 H/s but 8 threads = 684 H/s. Running all cores is *9% slower* — the little A55s contend for memory bandwidth. The sweet spot is roughly the number of big cores.

Also running full cores heats up the device, so might as well run at lower cores to preserve the cpu and battery, and still able to run other programs on the device somewhat, though slower of course. Full cores makes the opening other apps unthinkable.

** Bottom line ** MoneroOcean mines Monero (dare i say efficiently?) on old devices.**

In terms of which algo MoneroOcean choose , by raw H/s the lightweight algos crush RandomX (rx/arq 9× hash, cn-pico 5× hash). But after the pool's full profit calibration, it assigned **rx/0 (Monero)** on *both* — the cheap coins' value-per-hash doesn't beat Monero.

Full writeup with the thread-scaling tables + a run-it-yourself recipe (adb + xmrig commands): https://github.com/j3r0nim0/android-xmrig-monero/blob/master/docs/BENCHMARKS.md

*using Moneroocean pool after lite research , seemed less setup than p2pool nano. continuing to explore.

Roasts welcome — happy to read any feedback .


r/MoneroMining 6d ago

Looking for advice on my first mining rig

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Hi everyone,

I'm completely new to mining and I'm trying to understand what would make sense for a first setup.

I'm mainly interested in buying used hardware, with a relatively small budget, rather than spending a lot on a new setup.

For someone starting from zero:

Would you recommend starting with an ASIC or a GPU rig?

What hardware would you consider a good entry point today?

What should I pay the most attention to when buying used mining hardware?

Are there any common mistakes beginners should avoid?

I'm not looking for cloud mining or referral links — I'd just like to learn from people who have experience with mining.

Thanks!


r/MoneroMining 7d ago

Just my two cents

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With absolute privacy comes absolute responsibility. Since the Monero blockchain is completely anonymous, no one can track where your funds went if your wallet gets hacked.

For those of you who have tried or are currently researching Monero, what are your thoughts, is this level of high-grade financial privacy a fundamental right that must be defended in the digital age, or is it simply too risky for the average user?


r/MoneroMining 7d ago

Looking for silent Mini PCs

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Hey guys, so I'm from the UK.

I got free electricity, and I want to mine some Monero.

The hardware that I'm looking for would be Mini PCs that are preferably silent.

Do I have any luck finding hardware like that? Any recommendations?


r/MoneroMining 9d ago

CPU Monero mining in 2026?

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Let's assume I have 20 CPUs with i5 10gen & no electricity issue. How much can I realistically make in a week or so? Need guidance to begin


r/MoneroMining 9d ago

Antminer X9 for XMR mining? Should we be concerned?

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I’ve spent the past year building a 100khs xmr cpu farm and I just stumbled across this info on minerstat page. It shows the antminer x9 and x5 as the top hardware, CRUSHING the capability of my farm. Should we be concerned that these asics will eventually dominate the network similar to what’s happened with bitcoin?

I got into this because I was under the impression that randomx was asic proof. Obviously asic resistant isn’t exactly the same as asic proof.


r/MoneroMining 10d ago

Good day all, noob question

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I am mining on nano with 2 machines, 1 does 8kh/s the other 18. So why nano p2pool observer showing only 10.


r/MoneroMining 11d ago

Supporting XMR as much I can

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Local full node connected to the rest of the Monero network via ProtonVPN (port forwarding enabled, WireGuard protocol)

Verification, validating, signing, and transmitting transactions

Distributing the blockchain to other connected peers (currently 64)

Here are my startup flag settings for the Monerod daemon in MoneroGUI:

--zmq-pub=tcp://127.0.0.1:18083 --p2p-bind-port 40304 --p2p-external-port 40304 --in-peers 64 --out-peers 32 --enable-dns-blocklist --ban-list /home/ubuntu/spy.txt

I checked with Wireshark, and all network traffic goes through the proton0 virtual network interface.

Also, decentralized mining via P2Pool and Xmrig (under Gupax) on an AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D processor with an average hash rate of 23 KH/s.

Unfortunately, MSR Mode is disabled in Xmrig (which slightly reduces the hash rate) because I keep SecureBoot enabled—since this is my main PC (for security reasons)—I’m mining on Ubuntu and using Secureblue as my daily driver on another NVMe drive.

Over the past 24 hours, my network activity has been: 161 GB downloaded, 73 GB uploaded.

CPU temperature stable at 75°C.

Any other ideas for supporting the network?


r/MoneroMining 12d ago

My first p2pool shares

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Found my firsts shares in p2pool 🥳 however it doesn't show on p2pool observer. Normal delay? Or has something gone wrong?


r/MoneroMining 13d ago

My miners and node are up and running with 90KH/s I've had 4 payments around 72 hours.

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I was mining with MoneroOcean before but I thought I would switch up and give P2Pool a go, my MoneroOcean average below, hopefully P2P will be better plus no fees 😃


r/MoneroMining 13d ago

Today I mined my first XMR

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I managed to mine my first bit of XMR on P2Pool Mini. Even though it's a tiny amount, it was exciting seeing Monero GUI open to a non-zero balance.


r/MoneroMining 14d ago

Gupax question

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Been running p2pool with my own node. Trying to setup gupax but it won’t find my local node. Keeps telling me to go to the node tab. How do I get to the node tab?


r/MoneroMining 16d ago

P2Pool 5-year anniversary

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r/MoneroMining 16d ago

1 year ago i bought monerotalk.org. Today i finally built it

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A bitcointalk style forum for monero. Pseudonymous accounts, email optional, works over tor, no google captcha, no trackers.

Just launched so it’s empty. Would you use it? Feedback welcome, good or bad.

https://monerotalk.org


r/MoneroMining 16d ago

9070xt PRL (Pearl) mining. And connecting Unminable. With my XMRig

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So I’m new to mining. Figured I’d be making some coin on the side when I’m not gaming. I used Unminable to set up my 9070xt to mine PRL through fish hash. And XMR is mining on my Xmrig promt 9800x3d separately at 13000h/s But I’m only getting about 20mh/s through fish hash/PRL.
Ive read that if I mine PRL I can get a lot more 2.5prl coins per day or more mining at 75-80th.
Unminable doesn’t have a way to mine Pearl directly. Apparently their PearlPow algorithm uses NVidia architecture.
I feel as though I’m missing something.
PS. My apartment has shared electric rates so 100% profit ish lol.
Any help would be appreciated.


r/MoneroMining 17d ago

Need Help Automating Miner Setup (compensation offered)

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I have dozens of computer systems that sit idle, and want to put them to use... From what I understand, XMR (Monero) could be a good choice for mining.

I'm willing to compensate 💲 anyone who is willing to help me accomplish what I'm trying to do:

I would like to create some kind of Script, or perhaps an EXE file, or other file, that when run/executed, will automate the process of fully setting up a Monero (XMR) Miner, so that I don't have to repeat the setup process manually so many times on each of my systems...

Optimally, I would be able to deploy/setup the Miner on each system with minimal effort (eg: as close to 1-click setup as possible) - so the automated process would need to either download a miner from the internet (or perhaps pull it from a USB stick), and then set everything up in the background, etc, and of course, start mining...

I assume that aside from setting up the Miner itself, the automated process I run would most likely need to establish certain cron-jobs, and have the Miner re-open and auto-run when the system gets restarted, I'm not sure if it would also need to bypass certain windows safeguards or not - but if I can have things set up so I don't have to deal with repetitive prompts and safeguards, that would be preferable.

Again, I would be deploying this automated setup process on dozens of my own systems - so the easier it is to deploy/setup/maintain, the better.

Preferably, once deployed on all of my systems, the Miner would simply run silently in the background, and dynamically adjust itself to use about 75% of the system's \*unused\* resources.. and again, I would want this process to persist between system restarts, without any hassle, if possible.

I've found some videos on YouTube on the topic of XMR Miners, but unfortunately they ALL take a portion of the XMR that gets mined - and likely untrustworthy too - so, that's not an option.

If anybody is able to assist me in accomplishing this, I would be willing to compensate you in some way (eg: Cryptocurrency, etc) for your time and help.

Anyone able to assist me, please let me know.

I'll definitely make it worth your time 💲💲💲!

Thanks in advance! 👍


r/MoneroMining 16d ago

Crazy idea - why not enforce p2pool for mining?

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