Questions tagged [pool-mining]

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How long do I need to mine until I see some coins in my wallet?

I just started mining today and I set up my Address in the miner but I'm unsure if I did everything right and I'm mining "into" my wallet. Mining with Claymore on I4700MQ with 6MB Cache on -t3 settings. 160 h/s cryptomonero.com:1001 Wallet at…
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How to calculate job target in hex

I received a mining job with target = f3220000. My XMRig miner logged the following statement: new job from ... diff 480045 algo rx/0 height 2027084 I want to find answers to the following questions: How to get a decimal value of difficulty…
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What is the password for monero.hashvault.pro pool?

Hello this is probably a stupid question but. I set up some xmrig miners with this config: { "pools": [ { "url": "pool.monero.hashvault.pro:5555", "user" :"xxxxxxmygui-wallet-address", "pass" : "worker_id", "keepalive" : "true", "nicehash" :…
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Which CPU/GPU Monero miner for macOS?

I was wondering what would be the best CPU/GPU Monero/cryptonight miner for MacOS. I have an Intel Core i7 CPU and AMD Radeon 460 GPU.
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What is the best way to help the Monero network?

Apart from profitability, for the Monero network it doesn't make a big difference if you solo-mine or not. This answer to Is it better to mine Monero on solo mining or joining a mining pool? suggested to me a new question: which is the best way…
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Can a pool keep blocks for itself without giving out rewards to miners?

Can a pool keep blocks for itself without giving out rewards to miners? Can it do this in secret?
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What is relation of job target and nonce in pool mining

When I was reading some miner code I saw a piece and found it was related to the nonce's value, but I was not able find out whether it is proportional or not. If not, then what is it's relation to the nonce's value?
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Can a xmr proxy mine without a pool?

I have several computers at home. I can join all of them through a xmr proxy to be seen as a user but I have been told that to mine I need to join a pool. I know the advantages of mining through a pool but I want to try solo mining. Can some…
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Pool vs proxy for 1000 users?

In my firm, we are going to create a pool or proxy to mine Monero. We have more or less 1000 clients interested in the idea, but, there's something I need to clear up before doing anything. I have been reading a lot about mining pools and proxies.…
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Is the RandomX only algorithm to go?

I'm bit lost with some of many stuff around the mining. I'm using xmrig to mine monero with rx/0. This is by default. As far as I was able to understand, the pool has to support algorithm I want to use for mining. Also xmrig has to support it. But I…
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Can a group of PCs act like a local pool?

I know what pools are for, they combine many nodes power to mine a block quicker but these are cloud pools. Could a group of PCs or mining rigs which are at the same network act like a pool and combine their powers to mine?
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Miner is waiting a long time for new jobs

I have implemented a custom RandomX Pool miner with C++ which even outperforms XMRig. However after submitting a share the miner does not always get a new job instantly. Sometimes it takes several seconds to get a new job. Even calling the RPC…