

The last number of that line is the difficulty for that job. Your miner will then repeatedly hash this data to find hashes below the requested target (which comes as part of that job). Net – new job: line means the pool just sent your miner some work. Your miner hasn't been running for 15 minutes yet. The hash rate stays fairly constant at close to 1200 H/s. As far as I can tell, this shows three hash rates over three different rolling windows of 2.5 seconds, a minute, and 15 minutes. Miner – speed: line tells you your miner's hash rate. So what’s the all the XMRIg activity mean? See below. By default, XMRIg will mine using your Mac’s CPU most effectively, so you won’t have to worry about not using all your CPU power for it. The first screen in Terminal will show you your Mac’s system details. Download the config.json file and place it in /Users/USER/xmrig/build folder. Misc: We donate 5 percent but this can be what you want.ĥ.Wallet address is the address to your Monero wallet you created (receive Monero payments address) The easiest way is to do this with the XMRIg wizard here. Now, we need to create a new configuration file in order to run XMRIg.

DOPENSSL_ROOT_DIR=/usr/local/opt/opensslĤ.
#MACMINER CPU POOL INSTALL#
XMRIg will install in /Users/USER/xmrig/.Ī. Open Terminal and type the following commands. In order to use XMRIg on Mac, you will need to install some prerequisites.ģ. We will be using XMRIg to mine Monero (XMR). I do not know if this will work on macOS versions previous or later.ġ. This guide was done on macOS Catalina 10.15.7. At the time of this article, this is the easiest and most profitable method of mining with a basic Mac Desktop using your Mac’s CPU only.
#MACMINER CPU POOL HOW TO#
In this guide, we will you show how to mine Monero (XMR) crypto currency using only your Mac’s CPU. So…you want to use that old or new Mac to mine some Crypto? With all the craze in crypto today, it’s everyone’s dream to let their computer do the heavy lifting, mine some random crypto, and then cash it in for money.
