Monero Mining

When I first started mining I spent hours looking for the most optimal configuration files for xmr-stak-amd and xmr-stak-nvidia. It would have been nice to have a bit of a community built solely around sharing configuration examples. Today I have launched XMRStak.com with the hopes…

Edit: This article is now outdated. Please use this article instead: Guide To Mining Monero On Windows 10. Mining Monero with xmr-stak-amd is pretty straightforward. It is one of the best miners as it is very customizable. This guide will walk you through setting up…

This article will take a look at mining Monero with xmr-stak-nvidia. This article assumes that you have successfully installed your Nvidia drivers and Cuda.

Release with phi and hsr algorithms. Built with Cuda 7.5 and 9. Import and optimise phi algo from LuxCoin repository Import and clean the hsr algo (x13 + custom hash) Improve sib algo too for maxwell and pascal cards Small fix to handle more than…

How To Setup xmr-node-proxy on Ubuntu 16.04

Written by CC Freak on September 30, 2017

xmr-node-proxy allows you to merge multiple Monero mining rigs into one, which helps lower the load on pools, reduces bandwidth used and allows you to use a lower difficulty setting. When using a proxy, the mining pool that you connect to see only one miner. 

SecureList, a Kaspersky owned website, recently published a report stating that up to 1.65 Million computers may be unknowingly mining cryptocurrencies. According to SecureList, the most popular methods of deploying the miners is via known exploits such as EternalBlue and also by Adware. The most…

XFX RX 550 4GB Monero Mining with xmr-stak-amd

Written by CC Freak on September 13, 2017

I recently found the XFX RX 550 4GB model for sale for just $109 shipped via Amazon and couldn’t resist the price tag. I was reading people getting around 300 h/s with the cards and that works out to around 2.75 hashrate per dollar spent….

tpruvot has released a new version of CCMiner with support for Cuda 9 Release Candidate. You can view what is new with Cuda 9 RC here. My initial testing with Monero mining does not show a noticeable increase from 2.2 to 2.2.1. You can download…

This morning I woke up to my xmr-stak-cpu application file missing and Windows Defender had alerted to me that they flagged it as a virus. This is irritating but something I kind of expected would happen at some point. The solution is simple:

Edit: This article is now outdated. Please use this article instead: Guide To Mining Monero On Windows 10. Mining Monero on Windows 10 is as easy as downloading a zip file, extracting it and then editing one configuration file.