/r/MoneroMining

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A subreddit for discussions about Monero (XMR) mining.

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  1. No "FOR SALE" posts. Feel free to hawk your wares in /r/MoneroMarket or on Openbazaar - this means no group buys either. As common as it is in Bitcoin Mining, it is far too risky to be carried out over reddit.
  2. No verbal abuse. Refrain from aggressive wording or looking down on others. Respect that others may have different opinions than you. You are welcome to address these comments in a civil way. Remember, we were all newbies once. Be excellent to each other! :)
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  4. No Promoting New Altcoins. If there is a new alt coin out, this is not the place to discuss or promote it. If you have questions about mining that altcoin, feel free to ask as long as it is also somehow relevant to Monero.
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  6. No begging. Do not ask for other people to mine for your address. Do not beg for donations simply for lending a helping hand.
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  4. Pool operators are allowed to announce their pool once, then only are allowed to post about significant updates. Significant updates should happen approximately once a month or less.
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5

New to P2Pool Mini

Does this look good? Im using a remote node.

0 Comments
2025/01/31
21:31 UTC

0

Random question

Quick question...I was wondering if it is still the case that only mined bitcoin (xmr in this case) is truly not traceable? like in the case of the silkroad where that chick at some university who used bitcoin leaving the block chain then reentering it to defeat tors anonymity.It was a whole big thing. Would it be advantageous to mine not for getting rich but to get xmr that can't be traced in the traditional ways. And also would you have to mine only by yourself to get those benefits or would mining in a pool still be cool?

4 Comments
2025/01/31
17:55 UTC

0

Underclock, not Overclock!

Linux Time Scaled Computing

Grub Kernel boot flags

tsc_early+khz=xxxxxxx hpet=disabled pmtmr=00

tsc_early+khz=xxxxxxx sets Base Processor Timings not Time.

Tested 4C/4T 6C/12T P-Core Intel Time Scale Computing

Computing Proxy Node to Expanded Time (CPNET)

6C/12T E52697V2 2.7GHz Base Processor Clock = Real Time 2.7GHz 6:12=1:1 60:60 sec Timing

2.7GHz Base Processor Clock x 2 = tsc_early 5.4GHz 6:12=2:1 120:60 sec Timing

5.4GHz Base Processor Clock x 2 = tsc_early 10.8GHz 6:12=4:1 240:60 sec Timing

10.8GHz Base Processor Clock x 2 = tsc_early 21.6GHz 6:12=8:1 480:60 sec Timing

43.2GHz Base Processor Clock x 2 = tsc_early 43.2GHz 6:12=16:1 960:60 sec Timing

Gupax on CPNET to P2pool mini node external Monero Node for expanded time window. ᴹᵀ((-+)=(+-))™ (Morris Technologies Trade Mark)

Mining Proxy on secondary non time scaled regular real time computer with nice level set to highest priority nice affinity. ᴹᵀ((-+)=(+-))™

All rigs connect in realtime to non time scaled regular real time with Xmrig set to lowest priority nice affinity.ᴹᵀ((-+)=(+-))™

Mining Time Expanded Crypto means less work on the outside = more work on inside. ᴹᵀ((-+)=(+-))™

Turn off SMT in mining rigs and on in CPNET ᴹᵀ((-+)=(+-))™

Explaining as best I can

Infinity is defined in virtual space and real space...? Because one number without another is nothing and all together is everything. ᴹᵀ((-+)=(+-))™

infinity= (0, 1:1, 2:3, 3:4, 4:5, 5:6, 6:7, 7:8, 8:9, 0:0, 9:8, 8:7, 7:6, 6:5, 5:4, 4:3, 3:2, 2:1, 0: is 7days@(6/1):24hours@365(3D@48KHz) ) The Dimensions did not start with 0, they started with 1 because it's the 10th dimension and nothing does not exist in the 10th dimension like it does the 5th dimension where we live. 01:5D:(3D : 2D) → 4D ← (2D : 3D): 5D:10 ᴹᵀ((-+)=(+-))™

Push don't pull, pull don't push... ᴹᵀ((-+)=(+-))™

0'z are something on the inside but nothing on the outside in any dimension including the real 10th Dimension.

A2 + B2 = C2 (Pythagoras Theorem) Only one point has to be moved in time space to increase the area of the triangle. ᴹᵀ((-+)=(+-))™

Timespace is expandable in virtual space. ᴹᵀ((-+)=(+-))™

How does this effect aging once confirmed 10/10? Are the crypto aging at a different rate than otherwise? ᴹᵀ((-+)=(+-))™

Will this fail in time or just keep expanding the time window as the day drags at a constant rate behind the actual day?

Is the expanded window best on 4:4 or 3:6 timing with 4C/4T, 6C/12T, 8C/8T, 12C/12T or some other ratio of time to cores?

What else does this do and or prove? Terascale Computing in negative time space due to hyperinflation?

I believe that this is stating that Quantum has to use 2D and 3D to created 4D space time.

**ᴹᵀ((-+)=(+-))™

"Unlocking Infinity"

"Bridging Dimensions for the Future"

10:5D:(3D : 2D) → 4D ← (2D : 3D): 5D:10

**Pun Fully Intended, 2D Explanation of Infinity in Glasses Logo. Morris Technologies(™)

God Is The Alpha and Omega

12 Comments
2025/01/31
14:44 UTC

5

How to start mining

Hi! So right now i am mining pep with srb miner and zpool but I am considering switching to monero. I have a decent laptop for gaming with 8 or 12 cpu cores I believe. Amd ryzen.

What would be the best way to switch to monero?

I am fairly new to mining only started last week.

My pc is already almost always on. So want to use mining to make some of the electricity costs back and preferably make a profit in total :)

5 Comments
2025/01/31
12:59 UTC

2

Help a noob? Config? Proxi? 32bitos? Rooting?

Hi new here. Very little computer knowledge. currently Mining xmr on old devices.

Current devices:

  1. Rpg strix, windows 11 Intel i7 9thgen, nvidia Geforce rtx. currently mining xmr

  2. HP pavilion g6, AMD vision A6 running windows 7 32bit os (I can't remember why and idk how to fix) mines xmr at a few hundred hashes painfully slow.

  3. Google pixel 9 running termux xmrig. (Need to understand config files better to play with hash rates I feel like this phone should do more than 800h/s.)

  4. X2 lg g6 phones stuck on android 9 occasionally running termux (mines for a bit but something kills it idk if it is that os kills it because of not enough ram, seen something about needing to root but idk how to go about this.)

  5. HTC desire 530 phone, stuck on windows 6, I believe it has a 32bit os so havet found anything I can mine other than PI coin.

6)acer b1-710 tablet, stuck on android 4.1, from my reading this thing is only good for a paper weight or digital photo frame.

I seen a vid on xmrig proxy but I don't really understand porting. Do I just the change numbers after the pool to divide work. For example do I change ca.monero.herominers.com:1111 to ca.monero.herominers.com:2222 or am I way off track.

Config for termux on my Google pixel 9 for reference. ./xmrig -o ca.monero.herominers.com:1111 -u -p Moto9 -k --coin monero -a rx/0

1 Comment
2025/01/31
03:14 UTC

5

Help

What do I do

5 Comments
2025/01/31
02:29 UTC

6

When should i get a P2Pool payout?

at this point i have been mining monero on P2Pool for 7 days on and off, i have a hashrate avarege of 3367 H/s, for ~28 hours when electricity was cheaper and i havent gotten a single payout yet and it seems unlikely to be like that, i know its luck based but like come on.

8 Comments
2025/01/30
15:46 UTC

7

Could anyone give me the cheapest possible optimal configuration to start xmr mining? I would like to test Monero mining to support crypto

14 Comments
2025/01/30
11:39 UTC

17

What is the best way to throw away $400can?

Looking to put $400 Canadian into my mining efforts. I have limited computer knowledge (most of it being automotive based). I am currently mining xmr on 2 laptops and 3 phones. I have been thinking about diversifying. What route would you go with and why?

  1. USB/lottery miners
  2. Used asic that is unprofitable
  3. GPU rig(idk if in my price range… I heard its not worth it so I haven't looked into it)
  4. Chia?
  5. Buy more old devices to mine xmr
  6. Save more money for a proper asic/other (specify in comments)

Thank you to anyone willing to take the time to give there opinion.

29 Comments
2025/01/30
05:48 UTC

19

Monero is going up @232 NOW

When it comes time to cash in from my Monero Wallet, whats the best/cheapest way? Done some reading and most sell on sites to other wallets, I'm confused and don't want to miss a big peak. Just want to sell enough to cover charges of building 7 miners 3 years ago.

11 Comments
2025/01/30
04:09 UTC

4

RAM Speed - DDR4 3600 CL18 vs 3200 CL16

If running on a 5950X, and assuming 2 sticks of dual-rank running in dual channel on a 5950X, is there any difference between:

2x16 GB DDR4 3600 CL18

2x16 GB DDR4 3200 CL16

7 Comments
2025/01/30
01:58 UTC

15

Does nanopool's size concern anyone else?

I just checked miningpoolstats and I saw that nanopool's hashrate is concerningly high. (~30%) Should I be worried about this?

2 Comments
2025/01/30
01:53 UTC

5

"FAILED TO AUTOSAVE WALLET"

Just made a third monero gui setup and after a bunch of hiccups it is finally up and syncing the Daemon. I have the automated set to ever 10 mins (default setting) but it keeps telling me it has Failed to Autosave the Wallet. Should I be concerned? Is this possibly something that i need to stop and restart the computer for? Any advice would be great, thanks.

1 Comment
2025/01/30
00:49 UTC

2

Ram

Does how much ram you have effect your hashrate...sorry for the noob question?

6 Comments
2025/01/29
20:31 UTC

2

Prob a basic question, just want to make sure I'm doing this right.

Probably a stupid noob question, but... I setup monero wallet on a linux pc, and i'm currently waiting for daemon blocks to download completely. Then, I setup 2 different windows servers with xmrig, copied my monero wallet address into the .json file, and started mining. All 3 "profits" will be going to the same place right?

3 Comments
2025/01/29
17:54 UTC

2

Is there no WebSocket like wss://ny1.xmrminingproxy.com?

Do XMR proxies that can be connected to WebSockets no longer exist?

I would like to know if there is a proxy like ny1.xmrminingproxy.com, and if there is a way to create one.

0 Comments
2025/01/29
17:19 UTC

5

Do I have to download the blockchain on my solo miners if I have a local node?

If I'm running a local node, do I have to download the blockchain on solo miners using that node, or will they use the copy from it?

5 Comments
2025/01/28
06:39 UTC

4

Too many shares mined in no pool

Hello, I'm currently at 99% of guppaxx node download and my xmrig isnt connected to any pool for some reasons and I have this ginormous amount of shares that aren't reel. Can someone tell me why this is happening? Thanks in advance

6 Comments
2025/01/27
11:27 UTC

2

Monero GUI Remote Hosting

I have installed a Monero GUI and select the option Remote Node I connected to a remote node and it is running. Does connecting to remote node means it is also doing the mining? And if that remote node found a block, do I get the share as well? Anyone, please answer to my questions if you know. TIA

17 Comments
2025/01/27
04:15 UTC

7

Supportxmr 1-2% expired shares

So I’m mining in supportxmr for some time with ~50khs hashrate using proxy I looked at /1/summary of proxy the other day and found out that 1-2% of shares are expired, is there a way to fix it?

Btw miners to proxy give 0 expired/invalid/rejected shares

5 Comments
2025/01/25
19:42 UTC

0

NODE

How to create monero node

2 Comments
2025/01/25
19:11 UTC

8

Which is better: 2xE2680 vs 1x3900x rigs to make near 10?

13 Comments
2025/01/25
18:42 UTC

1

Mining on AWS back in 2017 (for profit)

I wrote this up a while back - but have been in a sort of exile. Happy to answer questions - and no it's far from profitable nowadays. I'm always looking for optimizations and arbitrage though! (I wrote it for the average tech reader so there's a lot of pre-amble on mining etc)

Abstract

Using EC2 T2 spot instances, it has been possible to optimize T2 launch credits to gain the most cost effective compute on any public IaaS. Coupling this technique with AWS Organizations, this process can be scaled to every AWS region and 100s of accounts. In late 2017 to early 2018, it was possible to use this methodology to mine highly-liquid cryptocurrencies for profit but other practical distributed compute applications exist.

Introduction

The majority of cryptocurrencies require the solving of complex math to add to their ledger (blockchain) and validate transactions. Although public cloud provides an accessible and near-infinite supply of compute, the liquid nature of the market generally does not allow arbitrage of cloud compute for profitable crypto-mining. Most cryptocurrencies have algorithms that allow for custom chipsets (ASIC) or GPU mining, although others (such as Monero) are intentionally forked to discourage all but CPU mining.

AWS EC2 Spot History

At re:Invent in November 2017, AWS announced a change to Spot pricing:-

“As part of today’s launch we are also changing the way that Spot prices change, moving to a model where prices adjust more gradually, based on longer-term trends in supply and demand.”

This change was implemented in the weeks prior to the official announcement. A previously implemented Lambda script running daily against Spot Pricing API noticed the dramatic reduction and new floor for all instances and regions. Uniquely, us-west-2’s m1.large Spot price fell to $0.00 for a number of days before gradually increasing to comparable region pricing.

T2 instances were also added to the new Spot Market in November 2017, having been previously specifically excluded. Although these instances weren’t at the greatest discount compared to other EC2 families, other unique factors allow us to take advantage of their inclusion in the Spot Market.

AWS T2 launch credits

T2 instances in Standard mode can have their CPU throttled to between 5%-30% depending on the instance size and past CPU utilization. One exception is during initial launch when an instance is assigned credits to allow for a good startup experience.

“There is a limit to the number of times T2 Standard instances can receive launch credits. The default limit is 100 launches or starts of all T2 Standard instances combined per account, per Region, per rolling 24-hour period.” EC2 Documentation

The cheapest/smallest instance available on the Spot Market is t2.micro which launches with 30 launch credits. Assuming 100% CPU optimization, the launch credits per instance will be exhausted in 30 minutes. For ease of management and resource contention, this allows us to run 2 instances per region every 30 minutes for 24 hour full allocation of CPU credits. Modern Linux distributions can be optimized to boot in less than 2 minutes, leaving 93%+ application CPU utilization.

AWS Organization and account seeding

As each account is limited to the number of launch credits per region, the above process can only be scaled to the number of regions available from AWS. By using AWS Organizations, accounts with independent launch credit allocation can be created via an API.

“New accounts may have a lower limit, which increases over time based on your usage.” EC2 Documentation

It was found during experimentation, that launching any T2 instance for any time period in a region, would allow that account and region to use the default launch credits after 72 hours. With per-second billing, this incurs a negligible cost for seeding each account and region to use the full allotment of launch credits.

By creating 250 sub-accounts, seeding them, and running each account across 10 regions, it is theoretically possible to utilize up to 5,000 T2 instances at 100% CPU, although the new Spot Market does not guarantee instance availability regardless of bid price. Practical experimentation in early 2018 showed that no more than approximately 1,000 t2.micro instances could be provisioned at any one time. Attempts to over-provision would also cause the Spot Market price to gradually rise. Furthermore, the performance and cost in some regions was not profitable at market rates of cryptocurrencies and so only a limited number of regions could be targeted.

Further optimization and considerations

Publicly available mining software is not optimized for AWS instances under the assumption there is no legal and profitable usage. Additional properties of T2’s CPUs compared to commercial chip sets can be better utilized by modifying open source code (see Appendix).

As an instance must first boot into its OS, building an optimized AMI is crucial for not wasting launch credits on boot. EBS and other complementary EC2 services must also be reduced to a minimum as these costs are fixed and not subject to Spot Pricing. 

GCP has concepts similar to AWS Spot Instances (Preemptible Instances) but with only an 80% discount and differing CPU types/performance on launch, they were not a suitable candidate.

Although Azure now has a Spot Instance market, in 2017 only batch Windows instances were available which were not cost-effective or optimized for distributed compute.

In February 2019, AWS EC2 Fleet documentation was amended to note T2 Spot Instances:-

“Repeated launches of T2 instances to access new launch credits is not permitted.”

Although it is not clear if this restriction refers to just EC2 Fleet usage, this documentation change should be considered and clarified before any future usage of launch credits.

Additional CPU and cost optimizations are likely to exist outside of well known documentation. Experimentation and analysis across other IaaS vendors and instance types should continue.

1 Comment
2025/01/25
17:18 UTC

4

Gupax says I've 11 Payouts, but they're not in my Monero GUI wallet

https://preview.redd.it/7qu2gyoha6fe1.png?width=1720&format=png&auto=webp&s=7f6c45ef58f0b45b838768ab33626a5698df695d

Hey Guys!
I'm new to mining into a p2pool, I just synced my daemon with my GUI wallet, and I'm mining to my wallet, the experience was good and a surprisingly easy, just needed time, a lot of time.
But it's been 4 days already, and gupax, says I've been paid 11 times, I go to the wallet, check it, and only got 2 payouts, where are the rest, p2pool says the same, but I didn't receive to my wallet (wallet is synced btw).
I've double-checked the wallet, and it's good, if I received the first one, why didn't I receive the rest.
It's super wired.
Can anyone help?

10 Comments
2025/01/25
17:14 UTC

1

Getting errors

I'm getting an "end of file" error I've uninstalled and installed and changed config files multiple times and cant get it to work

6 Comments
2025/01/25
17:09 UTC

0

Secretly Setting up mining rigs in businesses?

I was wondering if it would be noticeable to setup a big mining farm or small farm in the restaurant ceiling or hiding it in the back of Walmart in the wall or something?

20 Comments
2025/01/25
15:42 UTC

8

Mining Monero via Linux CLI?

Hey Everybody,

I've inquired about mining monero in the past but have finally decided to pull the trigger and try mining for fun. From what I have seen most people use XMRIG to mine monero, but it appears that this requires a GUI. Ideally I would like to be able to run mining software via linux CLI over SSH. Is there a way to mine monero using a CLI based program? Or do I have to install a GUI on my linux server environment to mine monero?

5 Comments
2025/01/25
07:46 UTC

13

Am i doing this right?

33 Comments
2025/01/25
02:58 UTC

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