Start mining Monero with XMRPool

Let's get started!

So you want to be a miner? Before you submit your first share, there are a few things worth understanding. This guide is written for newcomers and keeps the details that are easy to miss: wallet safety, trusted downloads, RandomX memory, worker names, pool difficulty, encrypted connections, and how pool payouts work. If anything is unclear, our support page is the right place to ask.

First of all you need a wallet

Before you start mining, create a wallet whose recovery seed and private keys you control. Download wallet software only from its official website, write the recovery seed down offline, and never paste that seed into a website or send it to support. Good starting points are:

• Official Monero GUI/CLIOpen source and maintained by the Monero community. GUI Simple mode is suitable for beginners; Advanced mode offers node controls.
• Cake Wallet / Monero.comA non-custodial mobile and desktop option listed on Monero's official downloads page.
• MonerujoA Monero-focused Android wallet that scans transactions locally and is listed by the Monero project.
• Atomic WalletA non-custodial, multi-asset alternative with XMR support (Not on Monero's official wallet list). Do your own research.

Once the wallet is backed up, copy a receive address from inside the app. A primary Monero address is 95 characters and usually begins with 4; a subaddress is also suitable and usually begins with 8. This guide uses YOUR_XMR_WALLET_ADDRESS as the placeholder. Always copy and paste the address, then compare its first and last characters before starting the miner.

For mining directly to an exchange, use only the exact XMR deposit address currently shown by that exchange and read the exchange section below. Deposit policies can change without notice.

Start mining with XMRig

XMRig is the actively maintained open-source miner used in this guide. RandomX is designed for general-purpose CPUs, so start with CPU mining; GPU backends exist, but GPUs are usually not the efficient choice for Monero.

Download XMRig only from the project's official GitHub releases page. Mining binaries are frequently flagged by antivirus products because malware sometimes installs miners without permission. Treat a warning as a reason to verify the download source and release details—not as something to dismiss blindly. Never use a repacked binary from a video description, forum attachment, or advertisement.

Configure XMRig

XMRig recommends a JSON configuration file because it exposes the full set of options and is easier to revisit than a long command. Start with this small configuration, replace the wallet placeholder, and give each machine a short, unique rig-id.

{
  "autosave": true,
  "cpu": {
    "enabled": true,
    "huge-pages": true,
    "yield": true
  },
  "opencl": false,
  "cuda": false,
  "pools": [
    {
      "coin": "monero",
      "url": "xmrpool.eu:3333",
      "user": "YOUR_XMR_WALLET_ADDRESS",
      "pass": "x",
      "rig-id": "home_pc",
      "keepalive": true,
      "tls": true
    }
  ]
}

Save the file as config.json beside the XMRig executable, then start it from a terminal:

For a quick first connection without a config file, use:

After connecting, XMRig should report a new job and then accepted shares. An accepted share proves the pool received your work; it is not a block and does not create an immediate payment. Use your wallet address on the pool home page to watch hashrate, workers, accepted work, and pending balance.

Understand RandomX before tuning

RandomX is Monero's CPU-oriented proof-of-work algorithm. It uses random code execution and memory-hard techniques to reduce the advantage of specialized hardware. A modern CPU with plenty of cache and fast memory is generally a better starting point than a GPU.

• Fast mode needs roughly 2 GiB for the dataset plus about 256 MiB for the cache per NUMA node. Leave XMRig on mode: auto unless you know why you need another mode.
• Huge pages can materially improve hashrate. XMRig reports whether allocation succeeded; follow its OS-specific huge-pages guide instead of running permanently as an administrator or root user.
• CPU cache and memory bandwidth matter. XMRig's auto-configuration deliberately may not use every hardware thread.
• Watch temperature and power. Begin with the default yield: true, verify cooling, and measure electricity cost before leaving a machine unattended.

See the official XMRig RandomX optimization guide and huge-pages guide when you are ready to tune. Keep coin set to monero and let the pool negotiate the algorithm.

The best part ... payout!

Once accepted shares appear, you are contributing work—but mining income is variable and a share is not an immediate coin payment.

Enter your wallet address on the home page to see your pending balance and worker activity. The pending balance reflects your current credited pool rewards. When the pool finds a block and the block is mature, the pool then calculates the shares that each miner is going to receive and updates their 'Pending Balance' according to the work they submitted (amount of hashes). Over time, greater hashrate normally submits more valid work, but luck and the pool's block-finding interval make short periods noisy.

When you reach the applicable minimum payment threshold, the pool will automatically send your coins:

• Personal Monero wallet Minimum payment threshold = 0.07 XMR
• Exchange deposit address Minimum payment threshold = 2 XMR

Payments are processed on a schedule, so crossing the threshold does not produce an immediate transaction. Confirm the current threshold shown by the pool before choosing a destination wallet.

Tuning time...

XMRPool supports fixed difficulty and worker names. Start with automatic difficulty; use these options only when you have a reason to override it or want to separate several machines in the dashboard.

These examples use YOUR_XMR_WALLET_ADDRESS as the wallet placeholder:

Monero Community

Remember that you are not alone. Start with the official Monero community directory, visit r/Monero for general discussion, or use r/MoneroMining for mining-specific questions. For account, connection, or payout questions about this pool, use our support page.