Monero Pool (XMR)

NVidia GPU Mining (Windows)

• The following step requires the 7zip archiver which can be downloaded from here
• Download ccminer from here. Make sure to select the correct version for your hardware and Operating System (32-Bit or 64-Bit) - when in doubt choose 32-Bit
• Extract the archive and open ccminer.conf in a text-editor of your choice
• Replace the contents of the file with:

   {
     "max-log-rate" : 30,
     "quiet" : false,
     "debug" : false,
     "protocol" : false,
     "cpu-priority" : 3,
     "algo" : "cryptonight",
     "url" : "stratum+tcp://xmr.poolmining.org:3032",
     "user" : "<YOUR MONERO WALLET ADDRESS>",
     "pass" : "d=8"
   }

• Replace <YOUR MONERO WALLET ADDRESS> with your own monero wallet address. If you don't know your wallet address, you should read this section first
• To mine directly to an exchange you need append your paymentId to your address separated by a hash sign. Example: <WALLET ADDRESS>#<PAYMENT_ID>. Be advised that the payout threshold is much higher for payouts to exchanges due to the significantly increased transaction fees.
• If you are mining on multiple machines/rigs, you can append an identifier of your choice to your wallet address seperated by a dot to make it easier to distinguish between your rigs when evaluating your results. Example: <WALLET ADDRESS>#<OPTIONAL PAYMENT_ID>.<OPTIONAL WORKERNAME>
• Save the file
• Start ccminer.exe or ccminer-x64.exe

AMD GPU Mining (Windows)

• Download sgminer from here
• Extract the archive and open sgminer-xmr.conf in a text-editor of your choice
• Replace the contents of the file with:

  {
    "pools":
    [
    {
      "name": "poolmining.org",
      "url": "stratum+tcp://xmr.poolmining.org:3032",
      "user": "<YOUR MONERO WALLET ADDRESS>",
      "pass": "x",
      "priority": "0",
      "profile": "xmr"
    }
    ],
    "profiles":
    [
    {
      "name": "xmr",
      "algorithm": "cryptonight",
      "rawintensity": "896",
      "worksize": "8",
      "gpu-threads": "1"
    }
    ],
    "default-profile": "xmr",
    "no-extranonce": true,
    "gpu-platform": "1"
  }

• Replace <YOUR MONERO WALLET ADDRESS> with your own monero wallet address. If you don't know your wallet address, you should read this section first
• To mine directly to an exchange you need append your paymentId to your address separated by a hash sign. Example: <WALLET ADDRESS>#<PAYMENT_ID>. Be advised that the payout threshold is much higher for payouts to exchanges due to the significantly increased transaction fees.
• If you are mining on multiple machines/rigs, you can append an identifier of your choice to your wallet address seperated by a dot to make it easier to distinguish between your rigs when evaluating your results. Example: <WALLET ADDRESS>#<OPTIONAL PAYMENT_ID>.<OPTIONAL WORKERNAME>
• Save the file
• Run start.bat

CPU Mining (Windows)

• Download XMRig 64-Bit or XMRig 32-Bit. When in doubt choose 32-Bit.
• Extract the archive and open config.json in a text-editor of your choice
• Replace the contents of the file with:

  {
    "algo": "cryptonight",
    "av": 0,
    "background": false,
    "colors": true,
    "cpu-affinity": null,
    "donate-level": 2,
    "log-file": null,
    "max-cpu-usage": 75,
    "print-time": 60,
    "retries": 5,
    "retry-pause": 5,
    "safe": false,
    "syslog": false,
    "threads": null,
    "pools": [
      {
        "url": "xmr.poolmining.org:3032",
        "user": "<YOUR MONERO WALLET ADDRESS>",
        "pass": "x",
        "keepalive": true,
        "nicehash": false
      }
    ]
  }

• Replace <YOUR MONERO WALLET ADDRESS> with your own monero wallet address. If you don't know your wallet address, you should read this section first
• To mine directly to an exchange you need append your paymentId to your address separated by a hash sign. Example: <WALLET ADDRESS>#<PAYMENT_ID>. Be advised that the payout threshold is much higher for payouts to exchanges due to the significantly increased transaction fees.
• If you are mining on multiple machines/rigs, you can append an identifier of your choice to your wallet address seperated by a dot to make it easier to distinguish between your rigs when evaluating your results. Example: <WALLET ADDRESS>#<OPTIONAL PAYMENT_ID>.<OPTIONAL WORKERNAME>
• The setting donate-level controls the percentage of your hash power XMRig donates to its developer. Feel free to adjust this to your liking.
• Save the file
• Run xmrig.exe

NVidia GPU Mining (Linux)

• To mine on Linux using a Nvidia GPU you first need to install Nvidia Cuda
• Download ccminer from here
• Extract the archive with tar xfj ccminer-linux-x64-nvidia-cuda-8.0.tar.bz2 followed by cd ccminer-linux-x64-nvidia-cuda-8.0 and create ccminer.conf in a text-editor of your choice
• Paste:

   {
     "max-log-rate" : 30,
     "quiet" : false,
     "debug" : false,
     "protocol" : false,
     "cpu-priority" : 3,
     "algo" : "cryptonight",
     "url" : "stratum+tcp://xmr.poolmining.org:3032",
     "user" : "<YOUR MONERO WALLET ADDRESS>",
     "pass" : "d=8"
   }

• Replace <YOUR MONERO WALLET ADDRESS> with your own monero wallet address. If you don't know your wallet address, you should read this section first
• To mine directly to an exchange you need append your paymentId to your address separated by a hash sign. Example: <WALLET ADDRESS>#<PAYMENT_ID>. Be advised that the payout threshold is much higher for payouts to exchanges due to the significantly increased transaction fees.
• If you are mining on multiple machines/rigs, you can append an identifier of your choice to your wallet address seperated by a dot to make it easier to distinguish between your rigs when evaluating your results. Example: <WALLET ADDRESS>#<OPTIONAL PAYMENT_ID>.<OPTIONAL WORKERNAME>
• Save the file
• Run ./ccminer

CPU Mining (Linux)

• Download XMRig 64-Bit
• Extract the archive and open config.json in a text-editor of your choice
• Replace the contents of the file with:

  {
    "algo": "cryptonight",
    "av": 0,
    "background": false,
    "colors": true,
    "cpu-affinity": null,
    "donate-level": 2,
    "log-file": null,
    "max-cpu-usage": 75,
    "print-time": 60,
    "retries": 5,
    "retry-pause": 5,
    "safe": false,
    "syslog": false,
    "threads": null,
    "pools": [
      {
        "url": "xmr.poolmining.org:3032",
        "user": "<YOUR MONERO WALLET ADDRESS>",
        "pass": "x",
        "keepalive": true,
        "nicehash": false
      }
    ]
  }

• Replace <YOUR MONERO WALLET ADDRESS> with your own monero wallet address. If you don't know your wallet address, you should read this section first
• To mine directly to an exchange you need append your paymentId to your address separated by a hash sign. Example: <WALLET ADDRESS>#<PAYMENT_ID>. Be advised that the payout threshold is much higher for payouts to exchanges due to the significantly increased transaction fees.
• If you are mining on multiple machines/rigs, you can append an identifier of your choice to your wallet address seperated by a dot to make it easier to distinguish between your rigs when evaluating your results. Example: <WALLET ADDRESS>#<OPTIONAL PAYMENT_ID>.<OPTIONAL WORKERNAME>
• The setting donate-level controls the percentage of your hash power XMRig donates to its developer. Feel free to adjust this to your liking.
• Save the file
• Run xmrig

Obtaining a Wallet

Before you can start to mine you need to create a wallet. Although Monero is an entirely digital asset, you still need a place to store them. This is done in a digital wallet. There are multiple methods to obtain a wallet which vary by ease of use and the security they provide.

Registering with an exchange

There are multiple digital currency exchanges you can register with. Registering with an exchange allows you to create a wallet on the exchange for every currency the exchange supports. Registering with an exchange is probably the most convenient way to obtain a wallet. Unfortunately it is also the least secure one. Exchanges have been hacked in the past!

Popular exchanges supporting Monero are: Bittrex, Poloniex, Kraken, Bitfinex and HitBTC.

MyMonero

Alternatively you can get a wallet by registering with MyMonero. This option is more secure that registering with an exchange.

Running a "full node"

If you are able to spare the bandwidth and disk space required to run a full node, doing so helps keep the network stable and robust, and also affords you the maximum privacy Monero has to offer.

Cold-storage wallets

For long-term storage of Monero you should create a cold wallet using MoneroAddress or similar. A cold-storage wallet is extremely secure if you guard your monero private key by storing it in a password vault such as KeePass or LastPass or printing it out and depositing the sheet in a real bank vault.