Would you like to learn how to do Monero CPU mining? In this tutorial, we are going to show you how to CPU mine Monero using a computer running Ubuntu Linux.
Hardware List:
The following section presents the list of equipment used to create this Monero CPU Mining tutorial.
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Tutorial – Monero CPU Mining
Create a new account on the Minergate website to become a member of the mining pool
On the Linux console, use the following commands to install the required packages:
# apt-get update
# apt-get install build-essential
# apt-get install automake autoconf pkg-config libcurl4-openssl-dev
# apt-get install libjansson-dev libssl-dev libgmp-dev make g++ git
Create a directory to the miner software and download the CPUMiner package.
# mkdir /downloads
# cd /downloads
# git clone https://github.com/virtual-coin/cpuminer-multi
Compile and install the CPUMINER-MULTI.
# cd cpuminer-multi/
# ./build.sh
# make install
To start the Monero CPU mining use the following command, as an example:
# cpuminer -a cryptonight -o stratum+tcp://xmr.pool.minergate.com:45560 -u virtualcoin.videos@gmail.com -p x
As a requirement, you need to change the username virtualcoin.videos@gmail.com from the command above to your username.
Keep in mind that the username virtualcoin.videos@gmail.com was used only as an example.
FAQ – Monero CPU Mining
If you are having problems to start mining Monero, you should take a look at our frequently asked questions page.
To add a question to the database, please post the question as a comment on the youtube video listed on the top of this page.
