Mining with XMRig
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XMRig uses separate miners for CPU and GPU, you need to download a CPU and GPU miner separately and run two separate instances on your computer.
XMRig has separate miners for CPU and GPU. You can download them from here:
Note: You will need to download and run two separate instances if you want to mine with your GPU and CPU at the same time.
You can directly use the pre-built binaries for XMRig CPU. Download the xmrig-*-xenial-amd64.tar.gz
file .
Run the file using ./xmrig
.
XMRig needs to be compiled for NVIDIA and AMD. Instructions for compiling are linked below(Ubuntu):
(instructions for multiple platforms)
Needs to be compiled. Instructions .
Unzip the file and extract the files into a new folder (Make sure your anti-virus doesn't delete the files)
Open the config.json
file with Notepad
Find and change the following lines:
"algo: "cryptonight-pico/trtl"
"url: "[pool address]"
"user: "[wallet address]"
Instead of [wallet address]
, simply paste your Kryptokrona wallet's address. Make sure to keep the "
!
Save the file and:
start xmrig.exe
if you're mining with your CPU,
xmrig-amd.exe
. if you're mining with an AMD GPU,
or xmrig-nvidia.exe
if you're mining with a NVIDIA GPU.
Remember: if you want to mine with both your CPU and your GPU you must have both programs open at the same time!
That's it! You should be mining away now! :)
If you don't have one yet, you can find out how to create a wallet
In place of [pool address]
, you'll need to choose a pool to mine towards. You can learn more about them . Make sure to keep the "
s!