RE: https://mstdn.feddit.social/@admin/116240084145072868
Tried Monero mining for fun (contributing hashrate to a pool) — earned exactly 0 XMR, but it was a great experience 😄
Mining XMR on Mac using XMRig (not Feather, since their built-in mining feature is being deprecated in an upcoming version):
brew install xmrig
xmrig \
-o pool.supportxmr.com:3333 \
-u [your wallet address] \
-p [worker name, e.g. kipjaychou-mac] \
--threads [number, my CPU has 8 threads total, I used 2] \
--coin monero
After ~2 hours, stats on supportxmr.com:
- Total Hashes: 1,807,915 (computed 1.8M hashes)
- Valid / Invalid Shares: 21 / 0 ✅ (21 times the pool confirmed my work was valid)
- Earnings: 0.0000 XMR (min payout is 0.1 XMR — my contributions are recorded in the pool, earnings show 0 but the contribution isn't truly zero)
- Avg Hashrate: 270.3 H/s over 2hrs (very low — roughly 0.0000047% of the total network hashrate)
Links:
XMRig: https://xmrig.com
XMRig GitHub: https://github.com/xmrig/xmrig
SupportXMR: https://www.supportxmr.com
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