I’m currently running xmrig, but I’d like to mine without joining a pool. I understand the tradeoffs, that I’m likely to never be the one to mine a block.

Anyone here that does the same? Or knows of a way to do that?

  • ride@monero.town
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    3 days ago

    With the Monero GUI Wallet, almost any standard computer can start mining with a simple click! You can even choose how many cores you want to mine with.

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    6 days ago

    p2pool aside; yes u can (solo) mine without pool and your own node.

    $ ./xmrig -o address:port -u walletAdress --daemon

    address:port section is for node address, not pool.

    And don’t forget the malicious nodes.

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      8 days ago

      why do you want to do that?

      I mine mostly because I like the technology, and have (already paid for) CPU cycles spare. Plus, doing it without a pool is a bit like playing the lottery.

      local monero node and done, no?

      Aha! I have no such thing as far as I’m aware, since I use the mymonero wallet.

      I should run a node, and in the “pool” section of the xmrig config, point to localhost?

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        6 days ago

        I should run a node, and in the “pool” section of the xmrig config, point to localhost?

        and add --daemon to commandline or "daemon": true to config.

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    7 days ago

    Are you aware of p2pool (decentralized pool with 0% tax)? Also there is gupax.io for easy mining setup with p2pool. Oh and then there is gupaxx (notice the two x on the end). Might want to look into this :)

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    8 days ago

    I knew a person who would get hardware from his job for free… he was doing 800 kH/s yet still took him weeks sometimes to find a block.

    I’ve been a member of a small pool with around 300 kH/s total mining power, and I know how it feels to find 4 blocks after each other with 300 - 500% effort. It’s randomness doing its thing