Questions about using CPUs for mining
Questions tagged [cpu-mining]
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Will Monero CPU mining always be feasible?
Bitcoin mining, as far as I'm aware, hit a point where it can't be mined merely with a CPU, if you expect results.
Will Monero's mining remain constant (is "constant" even an appropriate term)?
Lorax
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"I go faster as root"
When I run cpuminer-multi as a normal user, the first message I get is "I go faster as root". It indeed does not appear anymore when run as root (with command sudo)
What is made possible by being root? Is it safe?
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Where did simpleminer go?
With Wolfram Warptangent, where did simpleminer go? Are there any special compilation flags that need to be set?
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A thread problem and a query for solo mining
Once the blockchain synchronization was complete, I wrote the command
start_mining my local/remote wallet address [threads=number of threads I wish to use]
for starting the mining process. I specified 3 in the number of threads I wanted to use for…
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What is the speed difference between CryptoNote Easy Miner and Monero Spelunker?
Links to CryptoNote Easy Miner and Monero Spelunker.
Is there a difference in speed on Windows machines? I notice pools offer one or the other to first-time users. Other than speed, is there a reason to choose one over the other?
sgp
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There are three options for CPU mining Monero on a pool. Which one is best?
I see Claymore's CPU miner, Wolf's CPU miner, and YAM. How do I know which one to choose?
user4
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How can i specify in mining to only use 75% of my CPU power?
I have seen when i mine Monero in pc, the cpu utilized goes to 95% to 100% most of the time, i want to keep it to 75 to 80%, what can i do? will it work by specifying the threads? I have a 4 core pc.
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Is there any way to put non AES-NI processors to use for mining?
Is there anyway to use non AES-NI processors for mining Monero or is it mostly just a waste of time because the hashrate is so small?
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What would be good metrics to measure impact on miners when tweaking hardware/system?
Let's start with wolf's miner and Linux kernel 3.x at least.
What would be some good metrics to measure (+/-) impact for tweaking kernel (kernel cmdline like nohz_full/tickless/ intel.cstate), pinning process and sysctl like vm.stat_interval?…
netmonk
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Physical vs. virtual mining
Which would be better, many physical servers mining or one virtual machine running on openstack and adding hardware as you go?
Thanks.
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Is a 50-60 H/s hashing speed normal for an Intel Core i5 4200?
I was trying to mine Monero using my CPU. I am getting a speed of about 50-60 H/s. Is this speed normally what you get while mining using CPU? I am on an Intel Core i5 4200 CPU.
Coder Boy
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how to cpu mine on arch linux after installing monero-v0.10.3.1?
I use Arch Linux and installed monero-v0.10.3.1, started monerod and also created a wallet.
How can I start CPU mining?
Do I need additional tools?
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How can I achieve over 1 million hash rates with minergate?
When I check minergate top 5 miner list for monero, it says the top miner has 1,976,941 H/s speed whereas I can only get ~270 H/s on CPU.
I also read somewhere that GPU mining for cryptonight algorithm makes it x2 faster or so but not like x100…
Süha Boncukçu
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xmr stack cpu closes without any error
When I open the program it simply closes without returning any messages. What can I do?
Intel Xeon CPU E5-2640 v3 2.60Ghz Windows Server 2008 R2
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Running CPUminer Solo mining without client dependencies
Is there any way we can run the mining script on a client machine without installing required lib-jansson and lib-curl libraries after compiling.
https://github.com/hyc/cpuminer-multi/tree/daemon
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