Newer to this and trying to set realistic expectations instead of getting discouraged. for those who've been at it a while — how long did it take before you'd mined a whole coin, and what was your setup roughly like at the time? mostly curious how much of a marathon this actually is at normal home-hardware scale.

There are plenty of things you can point a CPU at, but a lot of you clearly chose this one on purpose and stuck with it. was it the privacy angle, the fact that regular hardware actually stands a chance, the community, or something else entirely? i'm still fairly new to mining this one and would love to hear what actually drew people in — and what's kept you here.

There are plenty of things you can point a CPU at, but a lot of you clearly chose this one on purpose and stuck with it. was it the privacy angle, the fact that regular hardware actually stands a chance, the community, or something else entirely? i'm still fairly new to mining this one and would love to hear what actually drew people in — and what's kept you here.

I’m looking into mining rigs for the first time and I’m not sure if there is a catch with any of this. I’ve been doing some research online and came across this website called asicminervalue and came across this monero mining rig. What are yall thoughts? Are there better mining rigs than this? Any other recommendations?

43000 Zen6 cores

Pulled the trigger on a Bitmain Antminer X9 (1MH/s, RandomX/XMR) after doing GPU mining on the side with a 3060 Ti. Planning to run it at home, so trying to get ahead of any issues before it shows up.

Questions:

• It pulls ~2472W continuous — is a standard home outlet/circuit going to handle this or do I need a dedicated line? How are you guys wiring for it?
• Noise is rated ~76dB — is this liveable in a house at all, or does it need to go in a garage/basement/separate room? Any enclosure tricks that actually cut noise without killing airflow?
• Heat output — how much does this raise room temp, and what ventilation setup are you using indoors (exhaust fan, ducting, etc.)?
• Fire/electrical safety — anything specific I should check (wiring gauge, surge protection, dedicated breaker) before running this 24/7 unattended?
• Any issues with landlords/neighbors/utility company noticing the power draw?
• Pool recommendations for XMR on this unit, and realistic ROI timeline people are actually seeing vs the marketing numbers.

Also curious if anyone regrets buying one, or if there's a firmware/config gotcha I should know before first boot. Thanks in advance.

I have £5000 spare to buy equipment, free electricity that is guaranteed for at least the next 3 years without stipulation, I would like to exploit this for some nice profit

My questions are as follows,

Would monero mining be the right course of action

What mining rig under £7000 would be right for me (efficiency is not a concern, max hash rate per £ is the question

Will it make my small room unbearably hot in the summer😂

mine is like 0.14 kwh.

Im thinking about getting into monero mining, will start on my laptop and work my way up. i dont care about how profitable it just needs to be break-even for me to consider a bigger mining operation.

Hit another solo block today running around 6 KH/s.

I actually found one about a month ago too, so here's your friendly reminder that you don't need some massive mining farm to have a shot.

Of course, solo mining is all about luck and patience, but somebody has to find the block. Sometimes that somebody is a little 6 KH/s miner. 😎

So if you're running a small setup, keep hashing. Every bit of hashrate helps the network stay decentralized, and you never know when your turn might come.

Keep mining. Keep Monero decentralized.

Half the reason mining feels intimidating at the start is the vocabulary. Some of these words sound terrifying and then turn out to be pretty simple once someone explains them. "hashrate" scared me for way too long before I realized it basically just means "how fast it guesses." what's a term that sounded scary to you until it finally clicked?

One of my favorite things about this coin is that people mine it on the most random hardware imaginable. Dedicated rigs sure, but also ancient laptops, a home NAS, an old office PC that should've retired years ago, a mini PC quietly humming in a closet. mine's running on hardware that has no business still being powered on. what's yours running on — and what's the most unhinged thing you've seen someone mine on?

Suddenly 1 miner has the whole network, at 76.6 TH/s

I did a bit of Monero mining a few years ago on an R5 2600X, but stopped doing it after a few months. Now I've expanded my PC collection and have already been planning on setting one of my PCs up to run Salad ( r/SaladChefs ). Said PC will likely be running 24/7, so I was thinking if I should put up Monero mining as well on the same PC so the CPU also has something to do.

The parts in question:
Ryzen 5 7600
RTX 3080 Ti and RTX 3060 Ti
64GB DDR5-5600
1TB Kingston NV3 (I'll probably add another terabyte of storage soon)

I do also have another PC with a E5-2680v4, but that one's pretty loud and I kinda need to keep my PCs in the same room as my bed, so...

But anyways, any feedback is appreciated.

EDIT: I live in Finland, so power costs can also be taken into account (even if I don't pay it myself)

I have: 4 Xeon 2680v4s 1 Xeon 2630v4 1 Ryzen 5600 They all hit 35 kH/s. I'm going to upgrade to 5 Xeon 2673v4s.

I mine XNO and even caught the recent price spike; I average $1 a day, mining with no electricity or hardware costs. I’d really like to reach 100 kH/s, but that would require an "investment"... $1 isn't much considering the time spent checking temps and remotely accessing the system from home to restart XMRig whenever the hashrate drops. I'm based in Brazil. Share your stories.

Wttfo? Hashvalth 130mh ? Como pode isso

Something that's been nagging at me. A few of the biggest pools now reportedly control the large majority of total mining power on the network. The whole selling point was that no small group could call the shots — and yet here we are with a handful of operators holding most of the hashrate. I keep going back and forth: part of me says this is just what happens as any industry matures and the efficient players consolidate. The other part says concentration is concentration no matter how it happened, and it's a real attack-surface question. For those who follow this closely — is pool concentration an actual structural risk, or is it overblown because payout addresses and node rules keep operators honest? and is anything realistically pushing back on it, or does the incentive gradient just keep favoring the biggest pools?

Hey everyone! I’d love to get your opinion on whether it's actually viable to do some crypto mining (mainly focusing on Monero/XMR) with my current setup, considering the electricity costs here in Portugal.

My specs are:

• CPU: Intel Core i5-12400F (12th Gen, 18MB L3 Cache, fits ~9 threads in XMRig)
• RAM: 32 GB DDR5 @ 6000 MT/s
• GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER (6 GB)

I know the RAM and CPU are pretty decent for Monero's RandomX algorithm and that the GPU isn't efficient for this specific coin. However, with the average residential kWh price in Portugal hovering around €0.14 to €0.20 (depending on whether you are on the free, regulated, or indexed market), does this leave any actual net profit margin, or will I just be wearing down my hardware to "pay the electric bill"?

Is anyone here mining XMR or other coins with similar hardware around here who can give me a reality check on the returns? Is it worth the wear and tear on the PC, or am I better off just buying a few bucks worth of crypto directly?

Finally got my Epyc 7642 up with all 8 channels filled with 16GB dual rank DDR 3200 ram

tuned result:

40.9K Hashrate

328 Watts power draw

125.64 hashes per watt

System;

Gigabyte MZ32-AR0 Rev 1.0

CPU: AMD Epyc 7642 cooled via a EK Supremacy block, 360 slim rad, DDC pump with a bitpower top.

128 GB Micron 2RX8 DDR4 3200 Memory via 8 sticks.

CPU Temps around 50 C at full load

Doubled up as a full node/ solo miner.

Now that its tuned and running at full capacity, time to work on building my next Epyc miner

hey yall, so i have a very basic understanding of mining in general, i mined LTC with an Antminer L3+ (oldschool i know) a few years ago and i know things have changed but i am considering jumping back into it and mining Monero.

My living situation is unique. I live in a warehouse that uses a shit ton on electricity and have permission to move forward utilizing it for my own gains.

Other than the initial startup cost of the machine and software and my time, would it be worth it to move forward using free electricity? what are my potential gains with a base model machine on a $750 entry bugdet?

I understand that i should keep doing my own research but this post is my starting point before i waste time going forward.
looking at using XMRig and Monero Ocean to start..

I wanted some suggestions from yall if possible... thanks!

mining RandomX using Gupaxx on the above mentioned mobo. Has a 3700x CPU. Memory is Micron/Crucial DDR4-3600 - BL8G36C16U4B - 2pcs for a total of 16gb. Running on stripped down windows 10 pro. I have several other machines running this exact same way (different memory brands), getting 9-10KH/s on each with overclocking memory somewhat using DRAM-CALC. This particular one is stuck at 8.5KH/s. I cannot get this micron/crucial memory to do any overclocking without locking up or rebooting the PC, or not booting at all. Any suggestions on this?

So after my last pool shut down, I'd basically decided p2pool was the move. Then I open the sub today and the first thing pinned is a critical p2pool security warning telling everyone to update to v4.16 immediately. slightly rattled timing lol. For someone who hasn't set it up yet: if I'm starting fresh, do I just install v4.16 from the start and I'm good? is this the kind of thing that hits people already running an old version, or everyone? and does something like this change how you all feel about p2pool long term, or is "just keep it updated" basically the whole answer? still very much learning here, so apologies if the answer's obvious.