PoW - CPU Mining
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CPU mining is a process of adding transaction records to the public ledger of cryptocurrency by performing necessary calculations with Central Processing Unit (CPU). CPU is a part of computer that provides computing power for execution of operations performed by software installed on that computer.
Merge's wallet supports CPU mining of MERGE until block 57,601.
Source:
Follow the next steps:
Open the wallet.
Go to Tools > Debug console.
Type setgenerate true "X"
Where "X" is the number of CPU cores you are running on your machine.
Example: setgenerate true 2 This is for a machine having 2 CPU cores.
These instructions assume familiarity with the command line and some Linux competence. The below has been tested on an Ubuntu 16 based system.
Follow the next steps:
Install dependencies:
Download CPU Miner's source code, compile and build the miner:
If you want the miner to be generally available on your machine, then:
Run the CPU Miner:
Either from the cpuminer-merge directory by:
or, if installed system-wide or any other location in your path:
For example:
which uses values for the icemining pool. This is NOT a recommendation, just a known working example. Be VERY careful to use the correct receiving address. If you get it wrong, the rewards will still be sent there and you will never see them!
Follow the next steps:
Unzip and extract the folder cpuminer-merge-win64
Open "Windows Command Prompt" or any other console you use and navigate to folder cpuminer-merge-win64
Using the console, run the CPU miner:
For example:
which uses values for the hashpool pool. This is NOT a recommendation, just a known working example. Be VERY careful to use the correct receiving address. If you get it wrong, the rewards will still be sent there and you will never see them!
Follow the next steps:
Open the wallet.
Go to Tools > Debug console.
Type setgenerate false
Type <Ctrl> + c on the console to end the miner.
Close "Windows Command Prompt" window or the console you are using to run the miner.
You will need to have a MERGE address in your possession in order to benefit from the CPU Miner application. See to get a Merge wallet and take your MERGE address from "Receiving addresses...":
Also, you will need to choose a pool to mine with. There are details of suitable pools in the #merge-pool channel in . The pools generally provide the essential parameters you will need for the CPU Miner. Some tweaking of the values might be necessary.
Download the CPU Miner:
