A Step by Step Guide to Pool Mining Shiba Inu SHIB Coin in 2021 with a CPU!
Sometimes mining can seem to be too complex for the average computer user, so I thought about putting together a quick guide to get you excited about mining cryptocurrency and Shiba SHIB in particular.
Anyone can start mining Shiba Inu with any computer in under 5 minutes with this guide, regardless of your technical skill level you will be able to increase your crypto knowledge and start mining SHIB with your CPU today!!
STEP 1: Get yourself a Wallet.
I recommend you installing Metamask as a Chrome extension, you can get it at metamask.io
Make sure you connect the Binance Smart Chain network to metamask (Google the instructions...) or get them from this link: Binance Academy
You could also get Exodus or Atomic Wallet for you to get some other coin addresses without any hassle.
Select the Binance Smart Chain in Metamask and copy your address.
STEP 2: Download XMRIg from Github
You could go to the xmrig site to download the latest version or from the oficial github repository:
https://github.com/xmrig/xmrig/releases
Once you download the latest version you would have to edit a file named "pool_mine_example.bat" Inside this file you need to modify 2 lines.
It could look similar to this:
cd %~dp0
xmrig.exe -o rx.unmineable.com:3333 -u SHIB:0xe1b2456a2Ad227b93D7a7421f1E9Cc57908cC37c.wini3#e4xd-wmzl -p x
pause
In the second line after the -o you can see the Pool URL, in this case all you have to do depending on your location is to use one of the following URLs (select the one closer to your location).
USA: rx-us.unmineable.com:3333
Europe: rx-eu.unmineable.com:3333
Asia: rx-asia.unmineable.com:3333
Then, the third line is where you will enter your wallet's public address (copied in STEP 1), place it after the SHIB: and before the first dot "." .
The general structure of the address needs to be:
[COIN]:[Wallet address].[workerID]#[Code to lower mining fee]
The workerID is any name you want to give to each computer where you are running the miner so it can easily be identified later on under the pool stats.
The code after the # is important because mining with that code will drop the Mining Fee from 1% to 0.75% (it makes a difference). You can start mining using that code e4xd-wmzl.
Run the file as an administrator.
If everything goes well, you are now running XMRig and are mining. Congrats !!
Step 3: Log into Unmineable to check your stats
Unmineable.com is a mining Pool which allows you to mine with your CPU using RandomX and pay you in any coin you select.
Remember when you set up the address inside the XMRig config file ?
Well, there you just let Unmineable know the coin you want to be paid in, in this example SHIB and then the address where they will transfer the mined coins.
In order to check your balance, log into Unmineable and then select the coin you want to mine. In this example, SHIB.
Then you can select the Tab that reads RandomX and enter your address in the box that reads "Enter your address to check your stats:".
After doing this you will see the balance on your account and you will even be able to request a payment.
Congrats, you are a miner now!
I recommend downloading some software to monitor the running temperature of your CPU, a good and free one is Hardware Monitor.
Try not to exceed the temperature more than 90 degrees celsius. In case you are mining with a laptop, change the thermal paste of your CPU, get it cleaned inside, and get some heat extractors for laptops.
If you take care of the temperature your computer should work very well, the amount of coins you can mine will depend on the hashrate of your CPU.
Remember to use a valid address for each coin, for example if you want to be paid in ADA then you need a valid Cardano blockchain address. In this example Binance Smart Chain is used and you would receive a SHiba Inu token on the BSC blockchain.
If you are looking for more information, there's a good guide in a PDF ebook and is Free, get it at:
Discussion (14)
I have followed each step suggested in this article, but I am getting the error write_error: "software caused connection abort".
"pools": [
{
"algo": null,
"coin": null,
"url": "donate.v2.xmrig.com:3333",
"user": "YOUR_WALLET_ADDRESS",
"pass": "x",
I have replaced the url and user with my wallet address in the config file, but still no luck. Config file after changes:
"pools": [
{
"algo": null,
"coin": null,
"url": "rx-asia.unmineable.com:3333",
"user": "<GIVEN MY WALLET ADDRESS",
"pass": "x",
Kindly suggest.
Hi Staish,
Try to locate a file in the folder which is the "start.bat" file, modify it's contents to pass the parameters there instead of using the Config.js file (this was also giving me some issues).
Below there's an example of how mine looks:
Hopefully passing the parameters directly there will solve the issue, if you want to for example modify the number of cores or threads your processor uses then in the config file leave the Pool connections detail as default and modify the RX line like the below:
"cpu": {
"enabled": true,
"huge-pages": true,
"huge-pages-jit": false,
"hw-aes": null,
"priority": null,
"memory-pool": false,
"yield": true,
"asm": true,
"argon2-impl": null,
"astrobwt-max-size": 550,
"astrobwt-avx2": false,
"argon2": [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7],
"astrobwt": [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7],
"rx": [0,1, 2, 3, 4, 5 ,6]
}
In this case I'm using 7 threads out of 8 in my processor. If you want to use only cores for example then just use [0,1,2,3] . Play with this because using threads for me lowered the hashrate , when I set it to use all available cores made a big jump in hashrates.
Hope this helps you Satish, please let me know if you could make it work, if you have more questions I'm happy to help you out !!
Hello,
Thank you for the response..
As suggested, I passed the parameters in the start.bat and executed the start.bat file, but still getting same error.
start.bat after update:
@echo off
cd %~dp0
xmrig.exe -o rx-asia.unmineable.com:3333 -u WIN:0x47013FED4E16e28D418953975882530A4cadc3.wini3#e4xd-wmzl -p x
pause
Even I tried by replacing WIN with SHIB, but still didn't work. And also I tried with rx-eu and rx-us and still failed.
Not sure if I have downloaded the correct file. Kindly let me know if I am using incorrect file. I am using the downloaded file "xmrig-6.15.2-msvc-win64.zip" as I am using Windows OS.
Kindly suggest.
Thanks.
You could try running the file in Administrator mode.
Double check you have the right address for the right blockchain, using WIN with the address on the example you provided before wouldn't work since you would need a Tron blockchain address to receive WIN.
In the CPU Mining book you can find my email at the end, if you write directly there I could be able to assist further. Try to send some info on your processor and mother board.
Keep an eye on this profile , I'll write a guide using the unmineable software directly, if XMRig keeps giving you trouble you could try that one. I'll try to publish it on Monday. Sorry to hear you are having these issues Satish.
Curious why this is limited to cpu? Is there a way to modify to use a GPU power?
Hi EL3MEnT1,
Short Answer: Yes, this can also be done with GPUs.
Long Answer: When I wrote the guide I thought about keeping it very simple and easy for users which are starting, If you want to give it a try with GPUs all you have to do is:
Modify the Pool URL following the below:
8GB Cards mining Ethash use: ethash.unmineable.com:3333
4GB Cards mining Etchash use: etchash.unmineable.com:3333
The rest should be the same as the instructions in the Post, you are just using a different algorithm instead of RandomX. So in unmineable you have to click on the tab for the algorithm Ethash or Etchash.
The mining software I recommend would be Phoenixminer or Teamredminer (AMD cards) and TRex (Nvidia cards) , the config files for this miners should be something similar to the XMRig ones, you have to use the Pool URL from above and then set your Addres in the format explained in the post.
Is easy on windows, you can also use Linux, in that case I would recommend HiveOS, if there's enough interest I could write a guide explaining how to configure the wallets and flightsheets in HiveOS. I will drop an image below as an example in case this helps you or anyone else !!
I hope all of this helps you and I'm happy to help if you have more questions, thanks a lot for the comment by the way !!
Do you have idea of mining rig
Want to buy
Hi Nuhu,
I'll try to put together a guide so you know what to look for in case you want to buy a rig, I will also include a recommendation for parts in case you want to build it yourself.
Cheers.
Just don't lose your wallet folks!
Do you happen to know if this will work in Canada?
Hi Mark,
Yes, it will work in any country. Good thing about Canada is the low temperature, your hardware will just run super cool.
Cheers.
Alejandro.
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Vc pode me dizer????
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Obrigada
can this be run on aws ec2 instances or ecs docker containers?
Hi Abhineet,
Yes, I think this would work. You just need to install the Linux version of XMRig.
Let me know about your experience once you make it work.